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Wayland alums to be honored with awards
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University will honor five alumni for service and career accomplishments during homecoming festivities Nov. 19-20 in Plainview. The Distinguished Alumni awards will be presented during the Homecoming Chapel at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19.
Honorees include healthcare consultant Linda Pickens Price, screenwriter Anne Rapp, former NBC producer Ray Cullin, Fulbright Scholar Jerome Stueart and benefactors James and Yvonne Franklin.
Linda Pickens Price, a 1969 graduate, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. A former Flying Queen, Price was an All American her senior year and was named Outstanding Freshman of the Year. She earned her degree in psychology in three years and has a Master of Social Work degree from Tulane University. Price is a certified mental health administrator, a certified social worker and an advanced clinical practitioner and served as administrator for the Harris County Psychiatric Center in Houston for 11 years. She was also assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, specializing in coursework about administration, mental health regulations and policy.
Since 1993, Price has served as Chief Executive Officer and owner of Pickens-Price
Enterprises, Inc., a company that evaluates a healthcare or academic institution's
business office outsourcing needs. She also previously served as board chair and president
of Questa Youth Ranch, where she directed and coordinated the startup of the not-for-profit
therapeutic ranch for troubled youth.
Price has authored and co-authored publications dealing with the needs of the mentally ill and has given many presentations concerning psychiatric healthcare issues. She received the Helen Farabee Community Leadership Award from the Texas Mental Health Association of Texas and was named as one of the "Most Powerful Women" in Houston by Houston City Magazine. She served for several years as chair of the Mental Health Needs Council, Inc., a Houston consortium of public and private organizations.
A 1973 Wayland graduate, Anne Rapp will receive the Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award. Rapp came to Wayland to play for the Queen Bees after graduating from Estelline High School. She was active on campus and graduated with a degree in mathematics. After graduate school, Rapp moved to Dallas and began working for a film crew, gaining new responsibilities as time progressed.
In 1981, Rapp became script supervisor for Tom Hanks' film "Tender Mercies," and for 15 years she worked in that area on more than 40 feature films, ending with "That Thing You Do" in 1997. Among the many movies she worked as script supervisor are "Marvin's Room," "Last Dance," "The Firm," "Death Becomes Her," "Crimes of the Heart," "Places in the Heart," "The Color Purple," and "Three Amigos." Rapp then began writing short stories, which led to a job writing for director Robert Altman. Altman later directed two of her screenplays, "Cookie's Fortune" and "Dr. T and the Women," as well as an episode for the ABC series "Gun." Rapp has written other television specials and published short stories and is currently working on a book adaptation. Her original screenplay "Double Wide" has recently been optioned by Blue Collar Productions with Rapp as director. She lives in Austin.
The winner of the Distinguished Service Alumni Award, Ray Cullin spent two years at Wayland, leaving in 1951 to enlist in the Air Force during the Korean War. He began his broadcasting career in Plainview, working at KVOP radio station as disc jockey and sports announcer. During his military service, he served with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, then returned to West Texas to continue his journalism career at KCBD-TV in Lubbock and KGNC-TV and radio in Amarillo.
Cullin began working for NBC News in Burbank, Calif., and retired after more than 33 years as a correspondent, show producer, political field producer, bureau chief, White House producer and West Coast producer for NBC Nightly News. During his time at NBC, Cullin covered nine presidents and every election from 1968-2000, and from retirement he helped coordinate the newscast of President Ronald Reagan's funeral, having been active in covering Reagan's administration as California Governor, his campaigns and his presidency. Other notable events Cullin has covered include the Alaska earthquake of 1964, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. During his career, Cullin has received a local TV Emmy in Los Angeles for a story he produced on the city's drug problem; the Abe Lincoln Award of Merit for service during the Reagan years and other honors. He and wife Barbara have lived in Sun City West, Ariz., since 1994 and are active in their church.
A 1992 graduate, Jerome Stueart is the recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree in English, history and theatre and was active in musical organizations and theatre productions. He earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Missouri in Columbia and began working toward a doctorate in English and creative writing at Texas Tech University.
During his doctoral studies, Stueart was appointed a Fulbright Scholar and chose to study the Yukon Territory. His love for that region grew and he extended the fellowship to two years. He plans to return to Canada after graduation. Currently, Stueart teaching creative writing adjunctly at Wayland while teaching at Tech and serving as editor of the Iron Horse Literary Review. He has also taught at Yukon College, Newman University in Kansas, Friends University in Kansas and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
A multitalented individual, Stueart is also a cartoonist and published his first collection of cartoons in 1994. He has done numerous presentations on his various areas of interest and has adjudicated in writing, poetry and the arts. He has also worked as an interim church music director and as director of religious education.
The Distinguished Benefactor Award will be presented to James and Yvonne Franklin of Amarillo. Active members of First Baptist Church, the Franklins are involved in community, area, and statewide projects and have been very benevolent to Wayland. An endowed scholarship was recently dedicated, marking their desire to benefit students who require financial assistance in achieving their educational goals.
Mrs. Franklin served on the Board of Trustees at Wayland for 12 years, and the couple has supported WBU over the years. They were major donors to the Jones-Franklin Music Technology Lab dedicated in September, are donors of a wing in the Wallace and Patsy Davis Hall and provided the Franklin Family Music Library in the Mabee Learning Resources Center. For a number of years, Mrs. Franklin has provided a yearly advertisement for Wayland in the Amarillo Symphony program book. In addition, the Franklins were donors to the Janis Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund and provided a major challenge gift for the Student Opportunity Fund phone-a-thon.
During her tenure on the Wayland Board, Mrs. Franklin was given the Keeper of the Flame Award for major contributions to the university. In addition to her service on the board, Mrs. Franklin is a member of the Wayland Advisory Council.
A luncheon will be held in honor of the alumni award winners and their families following the chapel service.


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"I just came to the conclusion that I wanted some more time with my wife," Tomas Young told NPR's Arun Rath. "And I decided that I really don't have the chutzpah to go ahead and do away with myself."
Young, 34, was paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper's bullet just five days into his deployment to Iraq in 2004. Since then, he's endured painful circumstances and frustration with medical care.
In one of those medical setbacks, Mr. Young's arm puffed up from a blood clot. He was rushed to the hospital, given oxycontin, and sent home. That night, he lapsed into a coma due to a pulmonary embolism. Although he recovered from the coma, he was left with limited mobility in his arm.
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Soon after he published his "last letter," Young explained to Democracy Now that he was "sick and tired of being sick and tired" and would refuse his feeding tube and medication until he died.


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Today's guest blog post is by Guven Witteveen. Witteveen is Outreach Education Consultant and Evaluator, visual anthropologist and Japan expert based in Michigan. He is studying better ways for scholars to use ePublishing to advance their work. He can be reached via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Early March 2012 I was invited to send a brief proposal for a 5 week course & workshops on anthropological research methods to the prospective host, the Xinjiang Normal University's Institute for History and Ethnology in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on China's western edge and home to 13 ethnic nationalities. In a few weeks a formal offer was sent and travel and teaching plans began in earnest. Due to permissions needed from multiple agencies on and off campus to issue the sponsoring letter, the visa process at the consulate in the U.S. had to be rushed in person. But early in June I was met at the airport by an English speaking graduate student and a university driver in a U.S. brand of car. In a few days my classes got underway. But the story began in summer 2010.
Browsing the Fulbright pages at cies.org, I learned of the Specialist Program, intended for experts to visit for two weeks to two months, with airfare reimbursed and a modest daily stipend from the U.S. government. The room and board and the local transportation were to be met by the host institution. I completed my application to be added to the registry and in due course was accepted for a five year term with a maximum of two assignments spaced 24 months apart (exceptions are Burma, Indonesia, and Pakistan where a new initiative exists). My call to China came from their search of the registry, although a project may be sparked directly by the Specialist cultivating a prospective host, too. Whether the expert is retired or still in service, campus-based or working outside the academy, the FSP is a good way to apply oneself to relatively discrete, well-defined projects. The FSP website testimonials show the scope of assignments, but it is fair to say in all cases that both host and guest are enriched by the personal interchange.
Recounting my FSP work begins with the main purpose: a graduate class about methods. Attendance varied from 6 to 26 people representing several ethnic groups and included some faculty and staff who were curious, too. Not knowing the language levels, I depended on the whiteboard and LCD projector to underscore my meaning. Occasionally I turned to the strongest English speakers to paraphrase my ideas. In addition I assisted with native speaker editing of subtitles for three ethnographic films (e.g. tinyurl.com/ashiq2010; screenings, tinyurl.com/dvd2012xuar), helped with English print and web materials (abstracts, announcements), and organized a twice weekly ethnographic film night. I gave the annual Kunlun lecture in my final week of teaching, too. At the individual advising level I worked with a half dozen faculty at the Institute and the same number of grad students to source electronic publications in English relevant to their research. Toward the end of the 38 days in Xinjiang I was invited on a day trip to Turpan and before that a longer tour north to the Altay Mountains and to the Karamay petrochemical center. Pictures and video links are at the bottom of gpwitteveen.googlepages.com/fulbright2012. Anecdotal observations are in blog style at jot2012urc.blogspot.com
The Fulbright Specialist Program connects dozens of experts each year around the world as a useful complement to the traditional Fulbright year programs abroad and in USA. Whether registering and actively seeking hosts, or just waiting for a host to call from the registry listing, the FSP is well suited to us contextual chameleons trained in the fields of anthropology.


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Monday, February 11, 2008
the best links ever:
Proper srs links:
Daisy is asking if we can support the troops without supporting the war, and where classism fits with that.
Vii on interracial dating.
Brad Hicks on lynching as an economic crime.
The entire internets on those racist mid-Superbowl ads that put us right off our cookies.
Sillier links;
Deathboy on Chanology London - omg, read this, or at least look at the pictures.
Saint Gasoline has a comic strip on How To Be An Asshole With Mathematics.
Punkass on that bit where Mitt Romney said that voting Democrat is surrendering to terrorism.
Aishwarya on the suicidal, sex-obsessed Hobbits who sneaked into her house.
9 comments:
- Daisy said...
"put us right off our cookies."
I love British expressions!
- 11 February 2008 at 23:26
HAH!! So that's what the throng of people I saw on Sunday in the city was all about. I couldn't read their signs- I could only make out XENUTV.COM- so I figured they were Scientologists. =)
- 12 February 2008 at 13:02
- a very public sociologist said...
No funny links I'm afraid, though I remain perplexed how someone could land on a post of mine called Defining Neoliberalism after searching on google for 'feminist porn'. Funny old world.
- 13 February 2008 at 23:22
- thene said...
Daisy: funny, I was kinda wondering about doing a post about British vocab and other expectations.
avps: I should start posting about my bestest google hits. The other day someone got to my rant about sex workers in sci fi by googling 'do dwarf women have normal sized vaginas'. The hits for my Les Mis post are piling up awful fast, too, though they're nearly all fishing for slash rather than metaslash. Also, I am liek 12th on Saudi Arabian Google for 'farmgirls', and the other 11 are all porn.
- 13 February 2008 at 23:31
- a very public sociologist said...
Hahaha, well Thene, I've been toying with the idea of calling a post 'Britney Spears sex tape' just to see what happens. Not long ago I posted about a documentary on San Quentin prison, and I still get a load of traffic from people searching for info about the crimes of the featured inmates. Nice! (The day after I posted that message, my traffic increased by seven times).
- 15 February 2008 at 10:34
- belledame222 said...
...wait, I never say thank you?? Thank you for calling me beautiful...um, what'd I miss?...
- 16 February 2008 at 16:13
- thene said...
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- 16 February 2008 at 18:37
- thene said...
Sorry that one went over your head! There's an old Flanders and Swann skit I used to listen to on vinyl when I was a kid in which Michael Flanders translates 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' as 'The Beautiful Lady Who Never Says Thankyou'. It is a bad joke blatantly stolen from someone who's too dead to complain about it, and I will remove it if you wish.
- 16 February 2008 at 18:39
- belledame222 said...
ahhhhhhhh! and I love Flanders and Swann, but I nevah knew that one. gotcha...
- 30 August 2008 at 06:43


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January 04, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA -- UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries and nominations for the 2011 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. The Loeb Awards are the most prestigious honor in business journalism, recognizing writers, editors and producers who make significant contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy for both the private investor and the general public.
This year, the Loeb Awards have replaced Feature Writing with a new Explanatory category and have added a category for Online Enterprise. The awards use an entirely electronic submissions process. Submissions and nominations for the competition categories and career achievement awards are accepted online only at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu.
Entries Accepted in 13 Competition Categories
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- Personal Finance
- Television Enterprise
- Business Book
Consideration is limited to entries that were published or broadcast in the United States during calendar year 2010. All submissions and nominations must be submitted online at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu by 11:59 p.m. PST Monday, January 31, 2011.
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RAFAT ALI, Founder, PaidContent.org
AMANDA BENNETT, Executive Editor, Enterprise, Bloomberg News
MATTHEW BISHOP, New York Bureau Chief, The Economist
GENE BLOCH, Managing Editor, CNN New York
DAVID BOARDMAN, Executive Editor, The Seattle Times
CHRYSTIA FREELAND, Global Editor-at-Large, Thomson Reuters
JOHN HILLKIRK, Executive Editor, USA Today
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GLENN KRAMON, Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times
JOANNE LIPMAN, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Condé Nast Portfolio
TYLER MATHISEN, Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC
MATT MURRAY, Deputy Managing Editor, National News, The Wall Street Journal
JUDY D. OLIAN, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
ALLAN SLOAN, Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune
RUSS STANTON, Editor, Los Angeles Times
PAUL STEIGER, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica
GILLIAN TETT, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
JONATHAN WALD, Executive Producer, Piers Morgan Tonight / Adjunct Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
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Contributing writer
Sara Goldsby, a third grade teacher at Heusner Elementary School in Salina, was one of 32 outstanding first-year teachers chosen by the Kansas Board of Education for the Horizon Award. Goldsby is the daughter of Jim and Myrna Hamm. Her grandparents are Gaylord and Valera Hamm.
The Tampa area celebrated Kansas Day with a Kansas snow. By the morning of Jan. 30, almost three inches had accumulated.
Tom and Dee Duggan's granddaughter, Kaylee Hall, won the spelling contest at Herington Middle School and will compete in the Dickinson County spelling bee at Chapman.
Family members celebrated the wedding anniversary of Paul and Edna Backhus and the birthdays of Phyllis Mueller and Mike Jay with dinner out on Jan. 27 in Abilene. Others present were Jennifer Jay and Cody, Bev and Tom Reid, Brad Backhus, Jason Backhus, Alisha Barney, Rod Mueller, Don and Ophelia Jacobson, and Greg Jacobson. Alisha Barney baked and decorated a cake for the occasion.
Lori Moldenhauer was a supper guest Jan. 27 of her parents, Frank and Anna Mae Stika.
Jesse Smith and Sydney of Pilsen and Lucille Kerbs were dinner guests Jan. 27 of Russ and Julie Kerbs. Ashton Smith visited in the afternoon.
Chuck and Sophia Weigel of Dallas, Texas, were supper guests Jan. 26 of Jerry and Jeanne Rziha. The Weigels' son, Thomas, is engaged to marry the Rzihas' daughter, Cecilia.
Paul and Edna Backhus celebrated their wedding anniversary by spending Jan. 24-25 in Hutchinson, where they attended the Kansas Ground Water Association convention. Jason Backhus and Alisha Barney joined them for the banquet Jan. 24 and some of the sessions.
Irma Benda visited Frank and Anna Mae Stika on Jan. 24.
Phyllis Branson visited Tom and Dee Duggan on Jan. 22.
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Saying he made the decision before arriving at spring training, Mariano Rivera announced Saturday that he will retire at the end of the season and hopes to cap his record-setting career by winning another World Series with the New York Yankees.
Rivera was surrounded by family and teammates when he made the announcement during a news conference at the team's spring training complex.
The 43-year-old has a clear vision of how he wants his career to end.
"The last game I hope will be throwing the last pitch in the World Series," he said. "''Winning the World Series, that would be my ambition."
Rivera holds the career saves record with 608 and has helped the Yankees win five World Series titles. He is regarded as the greatest closer of all time, whether he's throwing his cut fastball in the regular season or postseason.
With the entire Yankees' team looking on — including longtime teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte — Rivera said he knew the time was right for his decision.
"I have just a few bullets left," he said.
Rivera missed most of last year after tearing his right knee while shagging flyballs during batting practice in early May. Rivera said he would have retired at the end of last season if he had not gotten hurt.
"I didn't want to leave like that," he said. "I felt like I wanted to give everything."
He also said he wanted to give Yankees fans around the major leagues a chance to see him one more time, knowing this will be the end.
Rivera's wife and two children were by his side for the news conference. He began by playfully thanking the Yankees for giving him a new contract for two additional years through 2015 — which would break a team policy of not negotiating new deals before the old ones expire.
"It's not too easy when you come to a decision like this," Rivera said, turning serious. "After this year, I will be retired. ... Now you're hearing it from me. It's official now."
While others have proclaimed him the best closer in baseball history, Rivera wouldn't put that label on himself.
"I don't feel myself, the greatest of all time. I'm a team player," he said. "I would love to be remembered as a player who was always there for others."
Rivera said he will miss being on the field but not the long travel and many nights in hotels. He will be the last player to wear No. 42 — retired for Jackie Robinson by Major League Baseball in 1997 but allowed to remain for players using it at the time.
"Being the last player to wear No. 42 is a privilege," he said.
Rivera has not pitched in an exhibition game this spring training. He usually goes at his own pace in camp, working in the bullpen and throwing in simulated games — while avoiding bus trips to opponents' spring ballparks.
The 12-time All-Star has earned a record 42 saves in the postseason while putting up an 0.70 ERA. He began his major league career in 1995 and has spent his entire time with the Yankees.
Rivera made just nine appearances last season before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on May 3, and he had surgery on June 12. Rivera returned to his native Panama earlier this week on a personal matter.
As for the future, Rivera wants to take time off after this season to spend with his family. He envisions himself working in baseball, perhaps with minor leaguers.
"I definitely will be involved in the game some way, some aspect of the game," he said.


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Tennis coach seeks focus
Staff writer
Hillsboro boys' tennis coach Stuart Holmes said it is still too early to tell which of the four team members will earn varsity spots, but he said he is already seeing focus and determination.
"The guys seem focused and really looking forward to the season," Holmes said. "As our guys dedicate themselves to getting better, they will find the satisfaction that goes with working hard as well as increased measures of success."
Two letter winners, seniors Ty Carey and River Cecil, return this season. They are joined by two new teammates, Leo Sontag and Josh Funk.
Holmes said he doesn't know who will play what varsity spots, or who will play singles or doubles. Last season Carey and Cecil played as a team, but Holmes said this season they could play individually.
"Every day we will be looking to improve in practice and make progress throughout the season," Holmes said. "Tennis provides a great opportunity to challenge yourself mentally as well as physically and we want to grow in both areas each day whether at practice or in competition."
Those improvements, Holmes hopes, will allow the team to compete this season with what he says are some of the best 2A and 3A players in the state.
"I'm looking forward to the season as we'll focus on helping all players improve, being competitive, and working to help each player have a positive experience," he said.


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As we know the meaning of life may be important ...
As Dharmaists we find meaning not in Islamism. Where though?
Practice? The results of practice? Happiness? The three jewels?
Personally I find service and kindness a useful Bodhisattva type direction. However my fish stocks and imaginary cupboard full of Buddhas might not agree.
What is your meaning? Being reasonably well? Content? Open to answers?
If you give meaning to your life, then life will also have a meaning.
-be content with what you have and be in the present moment
-give attention to others, and practice deep listening
-be open minded and not judgmental to people on a diffrent path.
-live in harmony with things as they are
-dont waste time watching tv-shows/series, read a good book instead
-go out in nature with friends and family and take fresh air
-make good and healthy food.
-take care of people around you, help them when you can.
-dont let monkey mind ruin your day, instead smile and practice mantras and gatas:
" Waking Up Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at beings with eyes of compassion".
Simple. The meaning of life is to conceive abstract notions, like meaning, about concrete realities, like life, or abstract notions, like meaning and life, about concrete realities, like meaning and life, and to connect those notions to form more complex ones that can be formulated into questions with answers to pursue. Jellyfish can't do that. At least, I don't think they can. Maybe it's not doing that. That's the meaning. Or both. I'm pretty sure it's one of those three things. I'll have to get back to you on this.
Meanwhile, it occurred to me this morning that if I would discern states connected to desire, hate and delusion or their opposites in myself and respond to those states with an appropriately sublime attitude, then shouldn't I discern and respond the same with others?
@lobster said:
Personally I find service and kindness a useful Bodhisattva type direction.
@lobster also said:
Metta Smile Or as we semi humans say, Bravo.
@lobster said:
As we know the meaning of life may be important ...
As Dharmaists we find meaning not in Islamism. Where though?
Practice? The results of practice? Happiness? The three jewels?
Personally I find service and kindness a useful Bodhisattva type direction. However my fish stocks and imaginary cupboard full of Buddhas might not agree.
What is your meaning? Being reasonably well? Content? Open to answers?
I never asked about the meaning of life. When I started practicing, thats when I found I need an intention or goal to practice (is it "in the moment"; nibanna; service to others; etc). What is suffering? I never knew it was a internal issue until I started practicing. Helping others didnt have a priority meaning as I couldnt identify that without thinking of a purpose Or some purposes at least. In the moment purpose is taken to where living in the past has no value and future doesnt either. I feel its a balance of sorts.
I added up things that bothered me tremendously such as killing, genecide, limiting ones freedom, lack of communication, and lack of respect and inequality. I broke these up under the precepts on different ways one can kill, steal, act inappriopriate around others, and obsorbing things unhealthy for the mind. Any form of intoxicants.
Once I broke up my issue with no killing, now my purpose is the opposite. Save lives. I can do this in many ways. The Dharma helps put perspective on how for our own liberation and others.
I've always had a hard time wrapping my head around this question for some reason. I think life has always just been life to me, I'm part of the slacker generation and tend to fit the mold. All I've ever really wanted is to be happy and I never really sought any purpose beyond that. So now having some knowledge about philosophy and all that I'm either an existentialist or an optimistic nihilist when it comes to meaning. Meaning I don't really look to the universe to offer my life meaning, I think it is up to us to give our life meaning.
It's interesting to see this pop up. Every day, my husband asks what I did. I usually answer with "I did laundry, not much else." And every evening I would be disappointed (not quite, but that's the best word I have) with looking back on my day. I'd wake up and think "Sigh, another day of the same routine." And go to bed with "Sigh. Another day I didn't do much of anything." It didn't feel that way as I went through my day, but trying to evaluate it, I felt like I didn't "accomplish" much.
So yesterday I decided I would photo-document my day and tried to keep it as average as I could. I took about 40 pictures during my 18 hours awake and it was honestly quite fascinating. Our lives are more interesting than we give them credit for. Weaved into the routine and same-ness are a million moments of not-same. For me, that is where life is. Can I assign some phrase or something that defines what life means? I can't really. I've never been able to. I can feel it, but every attempt to describe it falls short. But it reminds me of those gaps you get in awareness when you find yourself in that spaciousness of mindfulness/awareness. I shared it on FB, and a friend commented how interesting my life is. It's really not. It's just a life. I told her to try it, and see how many amazing moments she finds in a day that aren't about drudgery. Just like awareness, life happens in the gaps, in the moments. It's too simplified and cliched to say "it's all about the little things" because they aren't little things.
"One thing I teach: suffering and the end of suffering. It is just ill and the ceasing of ill that I proclaim." --The Buddha
"In Buddhism, the primary purpose of life is to end suffering. The Buddha taught that humans suffer because we continually strive after things that do not give lasting happiness. We desperately try to hold on to things - friends, health, material things - that do not last, and this causes sorrow".
Life, the Universe and everything.
However, Viktor Frankl states that it is we who give life meaning, and the more we behave in a compassionate, altruistic and generous loving way, the greater meaning we give it.
I use to run Feng Shui courses, incorporating Space Clearing and the Bagua.
One of the greatest compliments I ever received from someone attending is that I #made a difference'.
It's never been far from my Conscious, that how we behave towards other people, always, but always has an impact.
It's up to us to ensure that impact is positive, rather than negative.
Great idea @karasti
A sort of modern life journal, one step on from a mindfulness bell ...
Wonderful diversity of answers everyone ... it is that diversity that triggers meaningful answers for me ♥???
Personally I do trend and attend to the positive living experience, succinctly expressed by@silver ...
In a life that seems to make no sense, the meaning I have found is to make peace with this life as it is, as it comes, not as I would like it to be.
To stop grappling for answers and drop rhetorical questions.
To work with what is.
Not to miss what is not.
To create a positive life for myself and for the people that make up my reality.
To choose to be happy no matter what.
And if I cannot be happy, to be contented and accepting: accepting of the things I cannot change.
But proactively change those things that depend on me to change.
My personal version of cessation of dukkha is inner peace.
Meaning of life: Absorb energy and disperse it with the awareness of a flowing occurrence. Thanks, @lobster.
That sounds more like a wish list.
But then again, meaning isn't any less meaningful if it's something we make rather than find.
I guess for me personally (and in a nutshell)
Life.....Not to be taken too seriously, other wise it will be too serious..
@techie said:
What is the meaning of life?
I don't know.
No, seriously, I don't know.
Maybe we don't have to. Maybe there is none BUT chaos and nihilism is so ... empty and meaningless.
Even though we may be comforted by a dream life, we may also [dharma sponsored ad coming up] wake up any moment
The three jewels ?™ and other Buddha developed technology may help. That's the dharma plan.
Here is one from earlier ...
To learn to cope with all the junk that the mind generates, and return to the ground of being underneath. To be joyful in just breathing. To be in the moment.
the meaning of life? what has helped me to live a life of faith , hope ,and love is the statement--love solves,love saves,love wins.just a personal believe keeps me going.so i live.simplify this life--work , masterbate,eat,sleep...the mudain stuff.
...this also lead me to the thought --which has subtle difference--what is the purpose of life? my answer was--to love.
.......in a chatty mood.to love,in a buddhist perspective , to metta you.thus the buddha,thus came and thus gone--definition of the tathagata--left metta footprint.they also say about the buddha,he who loves most,loves best.
@IronRabbit said:
Meaning of life: Absorb energy and disperse it with the awareness of a flowing occurrence. Thanks, @lobster.
I rather like that. It is like the still in breath and the compassionate/giving Bodhisattva out breath that @federica sort of mentions ...
@federica said:
However, Viktor Frankl states that it is we who give life meaning, and the more we behave in a compassionate, altruistic and generous loving way, the greater meaning we give it.
It is almost like we are the witness to creation or through us the purpose/revelation is unfolded. That would perhaps be a very theistic/mystic understanding.
However we word it. We are the centre of something/everything. When we no longer sing, the universe is gone ...
Eh ma ho (how wonderful)
Thanks everyone
@Shoshin said:
To transform & evolve......
In biological evolution, to transform involves best suited to the environment. So for example not all birds become better flyers ...
In Buddhist evolution we are improving our situation, lessening ignorance and dukkha. Transforming our being. Able to focus and contain multitudes of wisdom as mentioned here:
@jwredel said:
Great doubt, great faith, great determination.
The meaning of life is different for every individual although there are some things that apply to everyone.
We want to experience and do things actively. So as mentioned already it's a good idea not to spend too much time watching tv and such.
The other thing that is important is to be aware of what is around you and open yourself up to the possibilities.
...and always be prepared for the unexpected.
Hello @Carameltail , welcome to 'the party'. Pull up a chair, grab a mug of tea and make yourself at home....
@federica said:
...and always be prepared for the unexpected.
Hello @Carameltail , welcome to 'the party'. Pull up a chair, grab a mug of tea and make yourself at home....
Thank you
And that's a good point, what's happens next can be very unpredictable. And that can be exciting in one sense.


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For The Law of Attraction to really move in your life
Use the gift of gratitude! As you walk towards the things you want to attract, you should always recognize the larger thing that moves, creates and builds in your life. Let's use the word Universe to describe this phenomena. Some call it God or Creator..
When we are thankful or grateful we are generating feelings of joy and bliss in the body which attracts more of whatever we are focusing on. It's important to say thank you silently or out loud! There is so much to be thankful for! ~S. Dailey
"If you are positive and truthful, you are raising consciousness in all beings, You see good things for sure. If you treat others badly, you are lowering all consciousness . After some time there will be a karmic lesson to learn from this. Whatever we do comes back to us. Be mindful of your actions.
If we are positive, we attract positive events and places in our lives. When we are angry, we attract negative people and surroundings. These are clear signs of our divine nature.
Many people do not realise how powerful they are so they do not bother trying to change their circumstances. All they do is complain and get stuck deeper and deeper in their unwanted circumstances.
Yet if they could shift their focus for what is bad to what is positive in their environment, changes would take place gradually but for certain." ~S. Rich
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These multi-serving breakfast casseroles are as insanely delicious as they are genuinely guilt-free. They're even great if you're cooking for one or two, since they taste just as good reheated later in the week!
1/4th of egg bake: 248 calories, 6g fat, 888mg sodium, 9g carbs, 1g fiber, 4.5g sugars, 35g protein -- PointsPlus® value 6* When you wake up CRAVING a cheeseburger but NEEDING a smart breakfast, this recipe is here to save the day!
4 slices center-cut bacon or turkey bacon
2 cups chopped spinach leaves
8 oz. raw extra-lean ground beef (4% fat or less)
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. each salt and black pepper
3 wedges The Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss cheese
2 1/2 cups fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup seeded and chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
4 tsp. ketchup
4 tsp. yellow mustard
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8" X 8" baking pan with nonstick spray.
Cook bacon until crispy, either in a large skillet over medium heat or on a microwave-safe plate in the microwave. (See package for cook time.)
Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat. Cook and stir spinach until just wilted, about 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl, and blot away excess moisture.
Remove skillet from heat, re-spray, and return to medium-high heat. Add beef and sprinkle with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Cook and crumble for about 5 minutes, until fully cooked.
Transfer beef to the large bowl. Add cheese wedges, breaking them into pieces, and stir until evenly distributed.
Add egg substitute, onion, and tomatoes. Chop or crumble bacon, and add to the bowl. Mix well, and transfer mixture to the baking pan.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake until center is firm and cheese has melted, about 10 minutes.
Top each serving with 1 tsp. ketchup and 1 tsp. mustard. Enjoy!
1/4th of egg bake: 193 calories, 6.5g fat, 695mg sodium, 11g carbs, 2g fiber, 4g sugars, 22g protein -- PointsPlus® value 5*
This protein-packed breakfast is exploding with classic Greek ingredients: feta, olives, red onions, and more. Break out a baking pan, and prepare for a face full of deliciousness!
1 cup chopped red onion
1 cup seeded and chopped tomatoes
5 cups chopped spinach leaves
2 1/2 cups fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
3/4 cup crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese
1/2 cup canned sliced black olives, drained
2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8" X 8" baking pan with nonstick spray.
Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl, and blot away excess moisture.
Add spinach to the skillet and cook until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a strainer, and press with paper towels to remove as much liquid as possible.
Transfer spinach to the large bowl. Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
Add all remaining ingredients to the bowl, and mix well. Transfer to the baking pan.
Bake until center is firm, about 1 hour. Serve and enjoy!
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Imari 1 pint Jug
This earthenware pottey Jug measures approx 14cm high and It has a base diameter of approx 9cm tapering to 8cm diameter across the top edge. Made and decorated entirely by hand It has a capacity of approximately one pint.
Suitable for pouring liquids and also a very good size to display floral arrangements, but also looks great on its own as a decorative item.
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travelmob.com is a social marketplace where travelling "Guests" can locate and book cool places owned by local "Hosts" in Asia Pacific. The unique places can be an extra cozy room, a cool loft or even a private villa. Guests can develop real connections with their hosts, live like a local and immerse themselves in the culture of their destination.
In July 2013, travelmob was acquired by HomeAway, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWAY), the world's leading online marketplace for vacation rentals. As part of the HomeAway family, we are continuing with our mission to reach out to global travellers who want an authentic travel experience in Asia Pacific.
"Singapore-based short term home rental marketplace, travelmob is pushing steadily into the space with new features on its site. Today, it released a way for home owners to list last-minute discounts to travelers. This follows an earlier feature released last year which allowed travelers to find listings by descriptive tags."
"Want to go to Bali or Bangkok? Now you can find accommodations in the Asia Pacific region with a new website. travelmob.com connects travelers with property owners in the Asia Pacific region who are willing to rent space in their home - or their entire house or apartment - for brief periods.You can view your search results by looking at a grid of room photos instead of a list. Then toggle between types of properties such as Unique, Scenic, Urban, Luxury, Budget, Nightlife or Beach, to name a few."
"If your budget can't quite stretch to five-star luxury resorts, check out travelmob.com before you book a hotel. This handy site provides tons of listings in the Asia Pacific region, with the choice to bunk with locals or find a room with discounted rates."
"travelmob founder Turochas "T" Fuad, who was the managing director of Skype Asia before his new startup venture, said in today's announcement: "travelmob is honored to partner with the global leader in vacation rentals. This partnership enables us to significantly expand our global reach and provide our property owners and managers with the opportunity to market their properties to more travelers worldwide. It is also a testament of travelmob's mission to enable global travelers to experience Asia Pacific like a local.""
"travelmob Partners With HomeAway, Potentially Adds More Than 420M Eyeballs To Its Listings"
"In the world of new social stay start-up, travelmob, everyone in Asia can be a host and tour guide and co-founder Turochas Fuad believes this will unlock the kind of local experiences desired by a growing breed of travellers coming to the region."
"旅遊住宿網站travelmob剛於本月啟用。travelmob為亞太區業主和尋找短期住宿旅客的平台... 網站現時登記了香港、新加坡、馬來西亞、印尼、泰國、日本、越南、印度等地數以千計的住宿"
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"Theoretically, if you have a spare couch and you want to list it, there will probably be someone who wants to sleep on it," CEO Turochas Fuad explained."
"Turochas Fuad mengatakan, kini para pelancong memiliki kesempatan untuk menemukan akomodasi berkualitas dengan harga terjangkau. "Semakin banyak pelancong yang ingin merasakan pengalaman unik selama perjalanannya, termasuk pilihan tempat menginap,di mana mereka dapat bertemu dengan penduduk lokal serta mengalami langsung keramahan dan kebudayaan daerah tersebut," sebut Turochas."
"travelmob adalah sebuah media pemasaran socialstay, di mana para pemilik properti di Asia Pasifik bisa menawarkan berbagai tempat unik kepada para pelancong yang memerlukan tempat menginap jangka pendek. Melalui situs ini Anda akan dapat membuat sebuah homepageuntuk perjalanan liburan, mengundang teman Anda untuk liburan, dan mulai mengoordinasikan apa yang semua orang perlu lakukan agar perjalanan berlibur Anda lancar."
ทราเวล ม็อบจะทำหน้าที่เป็นคนกลาง เพื่อให้ผู้ให้เช่า และผู้เช่าได้มาเจอกัน ดังนั้นทางเว็บจะเน้นหาพันธมิตรมากขึ้นในทุกประเทศ โดยเฉพาะพม่าที่กำลังมาแรงในช่วงนี้
"都是亞洲熱門旅遊城市酒店以外的選擇,例如交吉了的apartment、民宿、shared room、連廚子及管家的resort villa式大宅…
"travelmob can also give travellers a wide array of options, whether they're looking for a budget stay or a romantic place or something luxurious and unique. Users can easily filter their choices on travelmob, using the "experience tags" such as "budget", "boutique", "shopping" or "nature.""
"More recently, sites like travelmob have encouraged ordinary people to rent their homes – and sometimes merely single rooms within their homes – by the night."
"Travelmob is a social stay market place that enables travellers to find unique accommodation options offered by home owners. How does it all work? BFM 89.9 speaks with the co-founder and CEO, Turochas Fuad, former Managing Director for Skype Asia who launched Travelmob in July 2012."
"Silicon Valley based Accel Partners joins Jungle Ventures in seed round of funding of new generation OTA travelmob - travelmob's objective is to become a one-stop shop for global travellers who want to experience local living, in contrast to luxurious hotel stay. The focus is essentially on the Asia-Pacific region and the listing at Travelmob is free for hosts while guests can book those places online and share their experience on the portal after their trips."
"travelmob, a Singapore-based vacation rental marketplace, has launched a partnership with HomeAway, a public-listed Airbnb predecessor based in the United States. Through this agreement, HomeAway users will have access to travelmob's inventory of accommodations in Asia-Pacific, which range from luxury villas, tatami-mat apartments to houseboats."
"The creators of travelmob.com, a website that offers accommodation options for travellers in the Asia-Pacific region, launched its Thai-language version, th.travelmob.com, yesterday in a move to cash in on Thailand's growing property market and tourism industry."
"According to CEO Turochas Fuad, "Renting out your spare room or apartment to foreign guests visiting the country is a great way to help boost local tourism and meet new people from all around the world. Travelmob provides another avenue for homeowners to monetize their properties to earn extra cash."
"travelmob vừa đưa dịch vụ ở cùng người bản xứ dành cho du khách tại VN vào hoạt động. Travelmob sẽ tạo điều kiện liên lạc, giải quyết các giao dịch tài chính giữa khách du lịch và chủ nhà. Website sẽ cung cấp cho du khách hàng hệ thống thanh toán."
"Through the service, which was launched in the Philippines recently, backpackers, tourists, and travelers can browse through an assortment of accommodation choices that can only be found in this part of the world."
"travelmob, sebuah media pemasaran social stay, resmi diluncurkan di indonesia hari ini. Media pemasaran secara online ini menghubungkan pelancong dari seluruh dunia, dengan pemilik properti di wilayah asia pasifik, yang menawarkan akomodasi berkualitas dengan harga terjangkau, dan tentunya pengalaman unik."
"Are you bored of traveling to the same 'exotic' locales and living the way all other travelers do? Do want a change? You might want to consider travelmob as your partner in traveling 'crime'."
ทราเวลม็อบจะเป็นแหล่งรวมที่พักแบบโซเชียล สเตย์ยอดนิยมที่มอบประสบการณ์อันเป็นเอกลักษณ์ และแตกต่างของแต่ละท้องถิ่นให้แก่ผู้ใช้บริการเว็บไซต์ของอีกด้วย
"Prashant Kirtane, CTO and Co-Founder of travelmob said, "This is just the start. We intend to continuously gather feedback from our community and will introduce innovative,localized features in the near future."
"travelmob, chính thức ra mắt trang web tại thị trường Việt Nam (vn.travelmob.com). Travelmob là nơi uy tín, an toàn phòng trống hay toàn bộ căn hộ, biệt thự vào danh sách cho thuê ngắn hạn. Tạo điều kiện cho khách du lịch và chủ nhà liên lạc với nhau cung cấp cho khách hàng một hệ thống thanh toán an toàn, nhằm đảm bảo một trải nghiệm suôn sẻ và đáp ứng được yêu cầu khách hàng."


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William it was really nothing
I had the pleasure of meeting William in person this past summer. I was at the front of the queue and made a beeline through the Egyptian galleries until I found him.He looks good for being 4000 years old.
You will therefore understand my delight at discovering that the Met also sells not only reproductions of William (which I would love to acquire) but also various other William-shaped items including this 4GB flash drive.I rest easy knowing that my data will be protected in both this life and the next.
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- Jody said...
I LOVE William and your mittens are really divine!
- December 28, 2010 at 10:47 a.m.
- Beverly said...
I may have just fallen in love with a pair of in-progress mittens. I did. I did.
- December 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
- Thea said...
I just love this! both William and his namesake mitts....
- December 28, 2010 at 12:03 p.m.
- Ruth said...
I love William, too.
- December 28, 2010 at 1:35 p.m.
- love2stitch said...
I love William and bought a T-shirt with his counterfeit on it when I first came to NYC for a visit (oh boy that was 15 years ago!!!)
Now that I live here I am still love the Met Museum and William and now your new mittens - I guess this has to go on my to do list for 2011 :-)
- December 28, 2010 at 2:12 p.m.
blue hippo mittens are BRILLIANT and inspired by William makes them fascinating too!
- December 28, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.
- Azura said...
Ooo .. these hippo mittens may be my new favourites, replacing the Swedish Fish Mittens from so long ago :)
- December 28, 2010 at 9:09 p.m.
- Nobiantary said...
Soo cute!
- December 28, 2010 at 9:19 p.m.
- Not that Jeanne said...
Oooh! I love all of your mittens, but these are the most wonderful things I have ever seen. Please say there will be a pattern someday!
- December 29, 2010 at 12:46 p.m.
How fantastic! I have a deep love for egyptology, and firmly believe such motifs should be more common in knitting patterns. :)
- December 29, 2010 at 1:49 p.m.
- Mette Jin Mayland said...
Perfect.. just perfect
- December 30, 2010 at 2:40 a.m.
- Noreen said...
Your mittens are just the best! I've checked out your Rav project pages. Yipes! What a talent!
- January 1, 2011 at 12:24 a.m.
I also met William this summer (and we now have a little plush stuffed William living with us. In fact, that William is looking over my shoulder as I type). Mittens. Hmm. Must make them!
- January 7, 2011 at 5:31 p.m.
Hello! So amazing! My friend sent me this link as I also do a craft blog and was just talking about my love of the blue hippos (there is one in the British Museum. He is supposed to have a friend but the friend isn't there!) I will have to link to this now. I am so glad others love blue hippos and knitting too. ^_^
- January 17, 2011 at 6:04 a.m.


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Rockville, Md. (MarketWatch) — Stocks made 2013 a year to remember, with the S&P tallying its best run since 1997 with a 30% gain. So does the record-setting year signal the gains have been made and it's time to tap the brakes? Or do these tremendous gains mean that the stock market is in top gear, and we'll see even more profits in 2014?
I think it's the latter.
Yes, unemployment is still stubbornly high at 7%. And yes, corporate earnings have been boosted in part by a stock-buyback frenzy and efficiencies in place of organic growth.
But when you look at the numbers behind the American consumer — arguably the world's largest engine of economic growth — things continue to look up.
And there are going to be a host of stocks that share in this success in 2014.
Here are five signs that consumer spending is rising, which could mean big things for the stock market, too.
Let's start here, with the headline unemployment rate back down to 7.0%, the lowest level since 2008. And looking forward, the pace of job creation has picked up recently to about 200,000 in both October and November. The economy averaged a little more than 150,000 jobs added each month in 2012.
Furthermore, the "quits" rate — that is, the number of folks leaving work voluntarily — continues to steadily climb. That shows that folks are sensing more opportunity out there. In early 2013, the percentage of people who left jobs of their own accord exceeded 50% of discharges for the first time since before the Great Recession.
Yes, there's a problem with stagnant wages. And a lot of folks who have been unemployed long-term remain shut out, and are at risk of losing jobless benefits in 2014 to boot.
There is clearly a long way to go for the labor market. But there are also encouraging signs, and 2014 will see this improvement in the job market continue.
Moving beyond jobs to spending, one of my favorite indicators of consumer sentiment is restaurant sales. That's because while some expenses, like gasoline, can be swayed by a variety of factors, dining out is arguably the most discretionary of discretionary expenses.
So take note that the restaurant-performance index from the National Restaurant Association just hit a five-month high in November, and signaled expansion for the ninth consecutive month.
Furthermore, the trade association predicts capital expenses to pick up in 2014, with more than half of its members predicted spending cash in the next six months to update restaurants in an effort to tap into increased customer traffic.
We all have to buy toilet paper. And if our ancient stove or car breaks down, we have to buy a new one. But we all know frequent brown-bag lunches or home-made pasta dinners are an easy way for the average family to pinch pennies when times are tough.
The fact that American families are willing to dine out is good for consumer spending, and good for the restaurant service biz that is increasingly an important part of the U.S. labor market.


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Grammy-Award Winning Musician JJ Cale Dies of a Heart Attack at 74
(LA JOLLA, Calif.) -- JJ Cale, the renowned songwriter behind classic rock hits like Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Synyrd's "Call Me the Breeze," has died of a heart attack.
Cale passed away Friday evening at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., according to his website. He was 74.
The Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter and Oklahoma native made his indelible mark on the 1970s music scene writing with his unique sound. Throughout his career, he continued to write songs for an array of artists such as Santana, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash and The Band.
While no funeral plans have been set, a request on his website asked for those who wanted to remember him to make a donation to their local animal shelter.
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• Location: West Chester, OH• Schedule: days vary sun-sat; 5am-2pm Start Time; 30 hr/wkONLY A CDL B PERMIT REQUIRED TO START ROLE
As one of "The World's Most Admired Food Companies" in Fortune magazine, Nestlé provides quality brands that bring flavor to life every day. The Nestlé Dreyer's Ice Cream division serves to provide world class service to frozen grocery accounts across the country. Products include industry leading brands such as DIGIORNO pizza, DRUMSTICK ice cream snacks, and HӒAGEN-DAZS premium ice cream.
The Sales Representative - Relief's primary function is to provide relief coverage to Sales Representatives and other full-time sales positions, including covering open routes due to vacancies within the district. This position maximizes sales of Nestlé products at various customer sites and provide excellent customer service through safe and effective planning, selling, ordering, and in store servicing while demonstrating sound safety practices. Sales Rep Reliefs identify and act on selling opportunities, make secondary placements, gain extra displays, use Point of Sale (POS), and make effective sales presentations through use of sales data. This role works directly with store managers and store personnel to ensure a high level of sales and customer service is provided in retail accounts. The position requires both driving to grocery store customers in a personal vehicle, for which mileage reimbursement will be provided per company policy, and a company vehicle. Knowledge and compliance with Department of Transportation ("DOT") standards, meals/break policies, etc. is mandatory.
• Incumbent will work as a sales relief, filling temporary vacancies (planned and unplanned) for Sales Representatives and other full-time positions, inclusive of merchandising. Will require coverage across broad geographies and may require overnight visits.
• Identify and act on selling opportunities, utilize problem solving techniques to respond to competitor activities, maintain/increase space, participate in store resets when necessary, make secondary placements, gain extra displays, use Point of Sale, make effective sales presentations and effective use of sales data.
• To drive new sales and maximize customer relations: establish and maintain rapport with key store individuals, communicate to customers or manager about service matters, adhere to route schedule (Deliver, Merchandise and Order, also known as "DMO"), properly order authorized product, maintain proper inventory, set stores to schematic and ensure proper display, rotation and pricing or all products, manage out of stocks, replace outdated or damaged product, execute promotional displays, perform product resets according to plan-o-grams and schedules, maintain company owned equipment, and properly handle paperwork.
• Follow operational standard procedures that outline route schedules, merchandising principles, filling frozen shelves with product, rotating product regularly, and front facing product. Responsible for timely product deliveries and coordination with back room receivers and store personnel.
• Communicate directly with co-workers on issues, specifically Delivery Drivers and Merchandisers, openly share ideas with others, encourage performance in others, give feedback when needed, and train new employees when applicable.
• Demonstrate Decision Driving skills including, but not limited to, proper following distance, proper eye lead, proper stopping distance, checking intersections, using safety wedge, proper use of horn, left/ right turn execution, seat belt use, checking and scanning mirrors, maintaining proper speed, proper lane observance, parking in appropriate locations and avoiding backing-up. Incumbent must be in compliance with DOT standards and follow all DOT policies and processes. Keep a clean and orderly cab and trailer.
• Conduct activities in a safe manner, follow corporate safety guidelines and requirements (no cell phones while driving, pre-trip/ post-trip inspections, proper bending, etc.), use personal protective equipment, proactively address any unsafe conditions observed and lock vehicle.
• Attend monthly district meetings, participate in daily meetings with management and prepare necessary documentation as required.
• Effective sales and presentation skills to drive for results and win in the marketplace
• Ability to practice safe working habits at all times
• Initiative: Self-starter, gets involved quickly, takes on difficult tasks with enthusiasm. Takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required.
• Energy: Maintains high activity/productivity level. Operates with sense of urgency, efficiency, effectiveness and determination over extended periods of time.
• Stress Tolerance: Maintains stable and professional performance under pressure or opposition
• Detail: Strives to understand the details. Balances, analyzes and takes appropriate action. Solid planning, detail oriented and organization skills.
• Communication: Presents ideas effectively, actively listens, and works across functional boundaries with the ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and store personnel. Ability to influence others.
• Teamwork: Can work in group or alone; oriented towards the good of the whole. Contain ability to build rapport and good working relationship with multiple store personnel, including Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers and Frozen Food Managers, as well as co-workers.
• Manage job professionally and with a high level of organization
• Ability to effectively deal with change and adversity in the work place, and work in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrate ability to deliver consistent results while building organization capabilities.
• Ability to respond to change with positive attitude, offer suggestions for improvements to increase effectiveness of change, support new initiatives, and maintain an open mind.
• Must be at least 21 years of age for DOT covered positions
• High School Diploma / GED equivalent preferred, not required
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work
• Must have a valid driver's license and reliable vehicle with valid insurance
• Must have a valid, unrestricted Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or a Class B Commercial Learner's Permit (CLP) with ability to obtain a Class B CDL within 30 days of hire, with a driving record satisfactory to established company requirements
• Successful completion of post offer background checks, drug screen, DOT physical and motor vehicle report
• Must live within 50 miles or 60 minutes of primary work location
• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule which may include early morning/late night hours; Willing to work any day of the week, weekends, Holidays and required over-time as specific to role
• Must possess basic math and computer skills
• Ability to use computer ordering equipment
• Ability to work safely
• Ability to read, write and speak English
• 1-2 years of Sales Representative experience required
This description should not be construed to contain every responsibility that an incumbent in this job may be required to perform. Incumbents are required to perform other related functions assigned.
The Nestlé Companies are equal employment and affirmative action employers and looking for diversity in qualified candidates for employment.


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Today's surprise announcement of the Nintendo 2DS left a large part of the gaming world pretty confused: what was Nintendo thinking by creating this odd hybrid device? Judging by one largely hidden design choice in the system, though, Nintendo missed an easy opportunity to truly stun the gaming world. Instead of the 2DS, we could have learned of an even more confusing gaming tablet—with potentially a much greater chance to truly break through.
The core of the "DSTablet" idea is buried in USGamer's analysis of the 2DS announcement, which includes the odd tidbit that the 2DS "actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones." Yes, apparently the new system is built on top of one big LCD display that's partially covered up (on the bottom half) by the system's plastic shell, creating the appearance of two distinct screens in the standard 3DS ratios and sizes.
This design choice explains the 2DS' lack of a folding hinge (a first for the DS/3DS line) and likely reveals why the top screen on the system no longer has 3D autostereoscopic features. Having one unified screen is also probably good from a cost standpoint—even with the wasted pixel area that's covered by plastic, it's easier to produce and install a single large LCD touchscreen than two smaller ones.
With the single underlying screen already locked into the 2DS design, Nintendo could have easily gone one extra, crucial step by simply removing the bits of plastic separating the two "screen" areas. The new, single screen "DSTablet" could have been a bold effort to catch up to a mobile gaming world that's quickly leaving Nintendo behind.
Based on my rough calculations (and the current 3DS screen measurements), the touchscreen on such a DSTablet would measure about 5.25" diagonally (3.25" wide, 4.5" tall), putting it squarely in phablet range. That entire screen would be touch sensitive, as well, expanding the 4.375 sq inch touch surface on the current 3DS to a robust 14.625 sq inches of usable stylus area. Obviously, existing 3DS and DS games wouldn't be able to take advantage of the new touch space, but new games and apps would be able to use that (relatively) huge touchscreen freely to create everything from drawing apps to a new, expanded sequel to the excellent Kirby: Canvas Curse (a guy can dream, can't he?).
Even games that don't need the extra touch surface would be able to take advantage of the extra pixels. More importantly, DSTablet games would no longer have to worry about splitting their displays onto two discrete, separated areas. Finally, DS developers could use the entire screen area provided by Nintendo without having to worry with that annoying, invisible "dead zone" between the screens, a problem they've been designing around for years now (with varying success).
Expanding the traditional 3DS to a larger single screen would also make it a whole lot easier to port touch-based games and apps designed for mobile devices to Nintendo's platforms. The unified DSTablet screen's aspect ratio of 1.385:1 is within spitting distance of the 1.5:1 ratio of many smartphones. Everything from Web browsing to Twitter would be a lot more convenient and better looking on a larger, single screen. Turn the DSTablet sideways, for instance, and you'd have a Netflix experience that'd be a whole lot larger than what you get on the current 3DS that would approach the larger screen of the current 3DS XL (while we're at it, a further DSTablet XL could rival the iPad mini for sheer touchscreen real estate).
And here's the kicker: all of this could actually come in at a price cheaper than the current 3DS. Nintendo has already proved that by announcing the 2DS with a single screen (underneath, at least) at a quite friendly $130. Nintendo could take that exact same design, remove a few bits of plastic on the front, and have itself a cheap DSTablet without much hassle at all.
Playing it safe
So why didn't Nintendo go all the way and convert their single screen 2DS into a true tablet (assuming they even considered the idea)? The most obvious reason is that they didn't want to fragment the market. Releasing a completely new, completely redesigned portable not even three years after the 3DS first debuted would frustrate a lot of consumers who invested in the original 3DS relatively recently.
Developers would have to choose whether to make games for the wider 3DS market or focus on the new DSTablet, splitting the 3DS software market just when it was starting to hit its stride. Consumers would face the confusing choice of which system to buy: the cheap one with the big touch screen or the more expensive one with the 3D effects and folding hinge (the introduction of the 2DS to the market is going to be confusing enough, even without any new features to speak of). Changing the 3DS design so drastically would have also come off as a little desperate, a sign that Nintendo was flailing to grab onto something, anything, that would help reverse its fortunes (which, let's face it, is kind of where Nintendo seems to be at this point).
Still, I think all these risks might have been worth it. The 3DS is doing better than it once was, but it's still struggling to hold off the massive shift to smartphone and tablet gaming. The stereoscopic 3D effect was too gimmicky to really prevent this shift on its own, as the existence of the 2DS implicitly proves. With the DSTablet, Nintendo would gain a lot of the advantages of the touchscreen gaming revolution without giving up traditional, button-based gaming or the large library of DS and 3DS classics. More importantly, it would open Nintendo's portable environment to the kind of experimentation and new development ideas that made the original DS such a market success.


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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Nominees at Sunday's Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles will be presented with goodie bags valued at $47,802, organizers said.
Noting the worth of the swag harkens close to America's 2011 median household income of $50,054, NBC News reported this will be the least-expensive gift bag nominees have gotten in five years.
The 2010 Oscar nominee swag bags, which included vouchers for African safaris, were valued at $90,000.
"I am confident that having a $48,000 gift bag versus a $58,000 gift bag will go unnoticed by Amy Adams, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Lawrence," Lash Fary, founder of marketing firm Distinctive Assets, which has put together the nominee gift bag for the past 11 years, told NBC News via email.
Among the items in this year's bags are gift certificates for Australian vacations, interior decorating services, weight-loss retreats, tubes of expensive hand cream, water filtration devices, condoms and passes to the VIP clubs at airports.
Fary said the main reason for the drop in value of this year's bag is the number of vouchers for vacations has been reduced.
"Redeeming 12 trips in one year is difficult for anyone ... let alone a busy celebrity," Fary said.