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The failed prosecution of an alleged Somali pirate — and the fact that that failure could leave him living freely, and permanently, inside U.S. borders — is highlighting anew the risks of trying terror suspects in American courts.
Just a few weeks ago, Ali Mohamed Ali was facing the possibility of a mandatory life sentence in a 2008 shipjacking off the coast of Yemen — an incident much like the one dramatized in the film "Captain Phillips." Now, the Somali native is in immigration detention in Virginia and seeking permanent asylum in the United States.
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Ali, who was accused of piracy for acting as a translator and negotiator for a crew of pirates, was partially acquitted by a jury in November after a trial in Washington. Prosecutors initially vowed a retrial but decided last month to drop the rest of the case against him.
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That's just the kind of situation that opponents of U.S. criminal trials for Al Qaeda suspects caught abroad have long feared: The government falls short at trial — and the courts eventually order an accused terror figure freed to live legally among Americans.
"It's a trial, not a play. You don't know how it's going to end," said Cully Stimson, a former military prosecutor and defense official now at The Heritage Foundation. "Justice has all sorts of twists and turns. … It really has to be thought through at the highest level of government before we take action to bring someone here."
One current federal terrorism prosecutor said the Ali case and the potential for his eventual release is another reason why foreign Al Qaeda suspects picked up overseas should not be brought to the United States but should instead be detained at Guantánamo or some other facility.
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"It's a significant risk … to say, 'Oh well, we'll just turn him over to the immigration service'" if a criminal case falls apart, said the prosecutor, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly. "You can't count on the justice system working out just the way you want it to."
Even some proponents of closing Guantánamo and relying on American civilian courts to prosecute alleged terrorists agree that the collapse of the Ali case highlights the potential downside of bringing suspected terrorists to the United States for trial.
"It really is where the rubber meets the road," said Fordham University's Karen Greenberg. "This is the kind of case that someone can look at and say, 'Look how scary this is. …' You can't say we're going to use [the Department of Justice] and then not be able to handle an acquittal."
As a civilian criminal trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks was under active discussion in 2009 and 2010, Obama administration officials gave nearly ironclad assurances that the suspects would be convicted. Officials responded dismissively to congressional critics and journalists who raised questions about a backup plan if the trial didn't go as the government expected.
"Once the administration brings detainees into the United States, it is no longer simply about what the administration will or will not do with them. It's also about what a federal judge will or will not do," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote in the National Law Journal in 2009.
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When Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try the Sept. 11 suspects in New York — a plan later halted and reversed by the White House — he dodged questions about a possible acquittal or dismissal. "I would not have authorized the prosecution of these cases unless I was confident that our outcome would be a successful one," he said.
Pressed by reporters to outline the government's "Plan B," officials then said the public could be assured that the suspects would never be released in the United States — because American immigration laws would prohibit it, because Congress has barred expenditure of funds for such a release and because the men could be returned to military custody as law-of-war detainees.
"We are confident that we have the authority to detain someone who constitutes a combatant and a threat to national security," a senior Defense Department official said in 2009.
But now, the wind-down of the war in Afghanistan may be cutting away one of the legs of that stool.
The authority to detain individuals under the law of war is linked to the existence of ongoing armed conflict. In court, U.S. officials have repeatedly cited the Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed days after the Sept. 11 attacks as legal justification for holding prisoners at Guantánamo and elsewhere.
But President Barack Obama has vowed to end armed conflict by extricating U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of this year. There are serious questions about how the AUMF — which is aimed at the individuals and groups responsible for Sept. 11 — can reach the new diaspora of Al Qaeda spinoffs and Al Qaeda-inspired groups.
And in a speech last May, Obama called for revoking the 2001 war resolution entirely.
"I look forward to engaging Congress and the American people in efforts to refine, and ultimately repeal, the AUMF's mandate. And I will not sign laws designed to expand this mandate further. Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end," the president said.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Injuries have plagued the Green Bay Packers since the first day of training camp.
On Monday, they may have suffered their most significant blow yet.
Wide receiver Randall Cobb will miss the next six to eight weeks with a fractured fibula, according to a source. The third-year receiver suffered the injury on a low hit by Baltimore's Matt Elam in the Packers' 19-17 win Sunday. The source indicated that Cobb nearly broke the fibula entirely.
Green Bay is hopeful the injury is not season-ending.
Meanwhile, James Jones suffered ligament damage to his knee that is not serious. The source indicated Jones has a chance to play Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.
Coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't discuss injuries in detail Monday, only saying that Cobb would miss "multiple weeks." Either way, replacing Cobb instantly becomes the No. 1 challenge facing the Packers.
"I appreciate everyone for all the love & support," the former University of Kentucky star tweeted Monday night. "Thank The Lord we bit a bullet w/ what it could've been."
The collision occurred with 30 seconds remaining in the first half. From the right slot, Cobb ran a quick out and up. When he reached for the pass from Aaron Rodgers, Cobb was chopped low by Elam. The rookie safety struck Cobb's knee, and the receiver writhed in pain. He fractured the fibula, the smaller bone that runs lateral to the tibia.
If Cobb is forced to miss the full eight weeks, he'd return for Green Bay's game at Dallas on Dec. 15.
This is a cruel dose of deja vu for the Packers. A year ago, top wideout Greg Jennings missed eight games with a core muscle injury. Jordy Nelson missed four games, too. Yet with Jennings out, Green Bay found a way. The three-receiver sets of Nelson, Cobb and Jones became the bedrock of the offense and Green Bay won 10 of 11 games to take a second straight division title.
Now, the Packers must evolve again on offense. With Cobb out, there's a good chance tight end Jermichael Finley will see more time in the slot andor at wide receiver anywhere on the field.
Second-year wideout Jarrett Boykin will see an expanded role. And if there is one silver lining for Green Bay through this avalanche of injuries it's the running game. Expect more games of 20 to 25 carries for Eddie Lacy.
With Cobb out and Jones hobbled, Green Bay is actively shopping for another wide receiver.
There's a chance the team will promote Myles White to the 53-man roster Tuesday.
The Packers have also spoken to Tyrone Walker. The undrafted rookie had a strong training camp — albeit with an up-and-down preseason — before being released on cutdown day. Walker spent time on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad before getting released again. Veteran options on the market include Brandon Lloyd, Deion Branch and Steve Breaston.
On Monday, the Packers brought back Reggie Dunn to the practice squad.
In the meat-and-potatoes win at Baltimore, the Packers were forced to cycle in new personnel on the fly. Offensive coordinator Tom Clements was pleased with the production.
"I think we did a good job of adjusting," Clements said. "We ran similar type plays, we just put different people in there and utilized the same basic concept and the same basic protections, and the guys who were inserted did a good job. It's unfortunate when you lose guys, but it's not as if it never happens.
"We've had to deal with it before and we'll adjust accordingly."
As Cobb hinted, he might have avoided a much more serious injury. His fibula was close to breaking "all the way through," the source said.
For now, the Packers lose a matchup nightmare. Often drawing nickel cornerbacks and even linebackers — see his 35-yard touchdown on fourth down against Washington — Cobb has become a go-to receiver for Rodgers. He picked up the offense quickly. Before the season, the quarterback said Cobb had 100-catch potential.
Not to mention McCarthy can go ahead and tear out a few pages in that playbook. Without Cobb, the Packers lose a lot of creativity. This is a player who threw the ball 122 times, ran it 228 times and caught it 144 times at Kentucky. His 67-yard carry busted open Green Bay's 22-9 win against Detroit.
At least in Lacy and the Packers' mauling offensive line, McCarthy has the legitimate threat of the run. Teams are biting on play fakes. In Green Bay, a revelation. After watching the film of Sunday's game, Clements said Baltimore's safeties hesitated on Rodgers' play-action, 64-yard heave to Nelson.
That cause and effect was non-existent last season. The extended play-action bomb — so often a weapon in Rodgers' early years — wasn't in 2012. Defenses stayed in a two-deep shell and the safeties wouldn't flinch.
"It's a good development," Clements said. "I think last year when we tried to run those types of plays, we got no reaction from the secondary."
Also McCarthy will be counting on the 6-foot-2, 218-pound Boykin in his three-receiver sets. Boykin's strong, vise-like grip from camp was missing Sunday. He dropped a pair of passes from Rodgers before rebounding with a 43-yard reception off a wide receiver screen.
Clements doesn't believe timing is a factor, pointing to the fact that Boykin has worked with Rodgers plenty. The second-year receiver, once cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars after rookie camp, is not nearly as fast as Cobb, but McCarthy said Boykin "did some good things."
"He had a rough start," McCarthy said, "but I thought the big play that he had was one of the spark plays in game."
So life without Cobb begins, however long that is.
Questions about injuries draw death stares from McCarthy these days. He's clearly sick of talking about them. For various lengths, the Packers are now without Bryan Bulaga, DuJuan Harris, Clay Matthews, Brad Jones, Nick Perry, Casey Hayward and Cobb.
McCarthy isn't sulking. He said Monday you have to "flip the page."
Really, the Packers have no choice.
"It's like anything in life, are you going to cry about it or are you going to look at it as an opportunity to improve?" McCarthy said. "Really, these injury situations are opportunities for our younger players, young players or any player on our roster, to jump up and take the rope.
"The development of these players to get ready to play in these games doesn't start this week because the guy in front of him went down. That started the day they walked in here April 15. That's always been our plan. That's our program. It's worked and it will continue to work."

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Did you all follow Love HFW this year? Well they included sports wear this year. I WAS SOOOOO excited. Did I participate??...sadly no..but I'm thinking about doing so the next one this fall.
Back to the fashions during Hijabi Fashion Week there was only TWO sister that profiled swimwear as workout wear and it WASN'T LiaWear (sad inside). Check out *bluewendy* and *Kakikusukaberialan*. Of course there were lots of attempts to piece together workout wear. Most did a great job but its better to have something made for you that fits the activity you want to do, whether its swimming or zumba or yoga. Well we're so happy to have LiaWear!!!
Beautiful Ummah: What is the philosophy behind LiaWear?
LiaWear: GET ACTIVE. KEEP MODEST. LiaWear allows you to get in motion and take care of the body you have been blessed with. I want for modest women to experience life, not just sit on the sidelines. Being fit adds quality to your life and that is what I want for my sisters. Women who are already active have pieced together outfits. Women who are not, stay inactive. LiaWear offers sportswear and swimsuits as a solution for the woman who values modesty.
BU: Have you always had an eye for fashion?
LW: I have always had an eye and love for detail and quality. My strength is in garment construction, I love a well made garment and do my best to offer the same. When I was younger, my mother took me to different Muslim Fashion shows and I just loved the color, excitement and beauty of the designs.
BU: What types of products to you provide for your line?
LW: Currently, I offer modest swimsuits, coverups, jogging suits, long sleeve tunic tees, sport hijabs, yoga wear, and workout wear. Each design is custom made to the size and shape of the customer. I love collaborating with customers because the synergy usually produces a new design or a unique idea. This is how I now offer a nursing swimsuit and a water park swimsuit. I have been asked to design a horse riding outfit, too! Answering the needs of the modest woman is my service to community.
BU: What drives you to bring modest affordable fashions to American sisters?
LW: The fact that American sisters don't have everything they need in terms of clothing choices. I have traveled to Syria, Dubai and Yemen and there are choices available particularly in Dubai. If an American sister registered for an exercise class and needs to buy a long sleeve T-shirt that covers her, she should be able to so. The same if she needs a modest business suit for work, or a fancy dress for a party. One day I would like to offer all these clothing categories for my Muslim sister so that she can be free to express herself in every facet of her life without compromising her deen. Wouldn't it be nice to have the right modest outfit for any occasion already in your closet?
BU: What is your definition of beauty?
LW: Symmetry. I love when color, design detail, shape and size are all balanced.
Jazkallah Kheir Sister Latifa for participating. Check out Sister Latifah and LiaWear on FB here. Or email her for more info at liawear (at) gmail (dot)com. Size is NO problem. I actually have one cover up that I love. Soon to purchase swim suits for my kids. LiaWear also has LiaWear Prayer...also on facebook. Prayer garments for adults and kids.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Beauty on the Outside: LiaWear Interview
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Beautiful Ummah Trunk Show update....
Asalaamu Alaikum LADIES!!
Long time no TYPE...
All is well..life is just BUSY. Alhumdulillah for live, and Alhumdulillah for its busy-ness!
So I've done about 3 hijab tutorials in the past couple of month. Its been SOOO fun showing sister's different ways to wear hijab. Everyday, fancy, and with a little somethin' somethin' you know.
Below are a couple of the styles hijabs that BUTS carries.
I have two more hijab workshops before EID...staying busy.
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DENVER — Just a few miles from the midday bustle of this city's hip downtown, a pen of black-hided yearlings trotted into a dusty arena, as a crowd of burly men in cowboy hats looked on silently.
"I'm in the market for some heifers," whispered one cattle rancher, eyeing the animals up and down. "If the price is right, I'll be buying."
For more than a century now, the National Western Stock Show has been a proud totem of the old frontier — a place where rodeos, ranching and cowboys still live and breathe, even as Denver's cow town roots have long since faded.
These days, as lofts and breweries spring up in the once blighted industrial neighborhoods near the old stockyards, the show has also become a colorful illustration of just how strikingly life on the range has changed. And there is perhaps no greater example of this shift than cattle ranching.
As suburbs around the West have crept farther out onto the plains and the cost of raising cattle has risen, the number of cattle has dwindled to the lowest level since 1952, according to 2013 data from the United States Department of Agriculture. Years of drought have also left pastureland harder to come by, ranchers say.
At the stock show last week, generations of ranchers who come each January to showcase and sell their animals told of the marked changes they have had to make in recent years to maintain their livelihoods and traditions. Gone are the days when a cattleman could simply eyeball his herd to figure out which animals to breed; these days, cutting-edge genetic techniques are used to identify the strongest cattle and those requiring the least amount of grass.
"It's a tough, rapidly changing business," said Marshall Ernst, a cattle rancher from Windsor, Colo., who serves as senior director of livestock operations at the two-week stock show, which runs through Sunday. "Those who are not taking advantage of new technology or are resistant to change may not be able to survive."
Finding good, knowledgeable cowboys has also become harder, as more people have moved to cities away from the rural communities that raised them, cattlemen here said. And these days, ranchers must spend considerably more money and time on marketing their cattle over the Internet to stay relevant and profitable.
At a showcase of breeding cattle last week, ranchers drawled quietly into their cellphones, negotiating sales and checking on business back home. From his front-row seat, Newley Hutchison, a sixth-generation rancher from Seiling, Okla., whose ancestors were original homesteaders, watched intently as a set of prized heifers he was trying to sell stared blankly out at the crowd. He talked of the mounting pressure ranchers feel to keep up with all the advancements, like the newest genetic markers being used for herds and the latest computerized equipment to maximize the efficiency of land.
Still, Mr. Hutchison said, some aspects of ranch work will never change.
"A cow still eats grass, and she always will," Mr. Hutchison, 40, said with a chuckle. "You still have to have devout faith in the creator, because there are a lot of variables you have no control over."
By day's end, 22 of his family ranch's heifers, including the ones being displayed, had fetched $1,700 a head.
To be sure, beef cattle prices have risen sharply of late, driven in part by historically low inventories. But the increasing costs of feeding and caring for cattle have prompted more ranchers to get out of the business, said Mike Miller, a senior vice president for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, which has its headquarters in Centennial, Colo., not far from the stockyards.
Fifty years ago, Mr. Miller said, a family of four could make a decent living off 250 cows. These days, it would take more than twice as many for the same family to earn the same amount of money, he said.
"Generationally, things change," Mr. Miller said. "We've got kids that grow up on farms and ranches. They watch their mom and dad work extremely hard, and in some cases not make very much money. And they decide that's not the life for them."
Kyle Schnell, one of the few men in the crowd without a cowboy hat, watched the competition with his wife and two children. Mr. Schnell, 35, grew up on his family's cattle ranch in western Nebraska. But at 17, he decided he wanted to do something different.
"Honestly, it was too much work," he said with a grin. "I'm in the technology field. It's a little easier than waking up at 4 in the morning and staying out until it's dark."
Every year, though, Mr. Schnell and his family travel to the stock show from their home in Windsor, Colo., to support Mr. Schnell's younger brother and father, who still run the ranch and show their cattle here.
"My brother has always had it in his blood," Mr. Schnell said. "He got a couple of agricultural degrees in college and came right back. It's still something I want to keep around my kids, for sure."
The stock show continues to be a huge regional draw. More than 600,000 people attend each year, a number that has held largely steady for two decades.
Outside the arena, little boys in cowboy hats darted in and out of a warren of cattle pens, while an elegantly dressed couple wearing blazers and riding pants gazed admiringly at a sleeping calf.
Courtney Jacobs, a kindergarten teacher from Denver, pointed out the cows to her young daughter. Ms. Jacobs, 33, has been coming to the stock show since she was 3.
"I'm a city girl, but my parents wanted me to be immersed in ranching and farming because we were never around it growing up," she said. "Ranching, farming, they are the arteries of our society, and I want my daughter to know that, too."


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The first shots of Zagato's coachbuilt GranSport coupe surfaced on Ultimate Car Page yesterday, providing the first look at the kind of exclusivity one custom-kitchen magnate's fortune can buy. Designers did work in the all-important helmet bubbles, though appear to have gotten a little curvilinear happy, like they'd just gotten a new pair of compasses and couldn't wait to get to work. Still, the commissioned piece does have some compelling side surfacing and a decent interpretation of the historic trident nose. Does it compare to the new Pininfarina-penned Maserati Grand Turismo? Hmm.
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Software Factory enters Beta and is released as an Open Source Project
Today, eNovance by Red Hat is releasing the first beta version of the Software Factory project. Software Factory is an open source, integrated agile development platform that provides integrated tools for collaborative software development. Greatly inspired by StackForge, the collaborative platform used to manage contributions to OpenStack, Software Factory replicates its OpenStack development process to help organizations deliver high quality… Read more →


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October was a huge month for stars! Kicking off the action, Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman got married at a private estate in Big Sur, CA, while Blake Lively celebrated nuptials too. Blake's on-set ceremony with Penn Badgley was filmed for Gossip Girl, Jennifer Aniston debuted her massive engagement ring on a getaway with fiancé Justin Theroux, and Kristen Stewart took a trip of her own to begin her Breaking Dawn Part 2 promotional tour in Tokyo.
Plenty more happened this month. Click through for the rest of the fun snaps from October!


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Quirk Classics' new book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith debuts today. I'm only half-way through the book, but so far I do love it. Now, let me just say that I am not generally a fan of zombie movies or fiction. I very much like Jane Austen, though, and I find mash-ups really fun and, well, quirky.
The book is the sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (which I reviewed here) and the third in the series which includes the prequel Dawn of the Dreadfuls. The story unfolds as the newlywed Darcy is bitten by an unmentionable which begins the process of zombification. Elizabeth is sent by Lady Catherine de Bourgh to London to obtain a highly-guarded cure for the zombie plague. However, as any Austen reader knows, Elizabeth and Lady Catherine are not on the best of terms, and the quest is hampered by lies, schemes, and ninjas, not to mention zombies.
Quirk Classics is having a give-away - just "like" the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After Facebook page to enter. And watch for my upcoming post on Austenesque - that is, novels written as sequels to, in the style of, or using the characters of, Jane Austen.
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary review copy of this book.
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Praise for Declan Burke: "Burke shows again that he's not just a comic genius, but also a fine dramatic writer and storyteller." – Booklist. "Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness." – Spectator. "Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre." – Sunday Times. "A hardboiled delight." – Guardian. "Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir." – Kirkus Reviews. "A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O'Brien." – John Banville.
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The Pre Surgery Diet Procedure
It's important to follow a special diet before undergoing the slimming surgery. The little loss of extra weight helps to:
• Reduce the size of the liver.
• Reduce the amount of water, fats, and sugar stored in the liver.
• Reduce health problems that might happen after the surgery.
• Recover quickly after the surgery.
• Lose weight healthily.
To help achieve good results, follow these steps in the preparatory stage before the surgery:
• Divide the portions of food and fluids for the whole day.
• Drink at least two liters of fluids per day.
• Stop smoking and drinking alcoholic drinks.
• Take vitamins and minerals daily.
• If you suffer from diabetes, consult your physician to reduce the amount of medicine because eating less food, your body doesn't need the same amount of medicine per day.
1. Elements of the Preparatory Diet:
• The preparatory diet is usually with little amounts of calories, starches, and lipids. It contains balanced amounts of protein.
• This system depends on limited amounts of all types of foods to provide a balanced diet with fewer calories.
You can take the daily portions for these meals as used in the following table:
Notice: Suggested diet for one day:
• Breakfast: 2 toasts (1 – starches) + 2 soft creamy lite cheese (1 – meats) + 1 small tomato (1 – vegetables)
• Snack: 1 apple (1 – fruits)
• Lunch: ½ cup of cooked vegetables (1 – vegetables) + ¾ roasted chicken breast (3 – meats) + 1 small baked potato (1 – starches)
• Snack: 1 small banana (1 – fruits) + fat free fruit yoghurt (1 – dairy products)
• Dinner: 1 small plate of salads (1 – vegetables) + 60 grams of lite Feta cheese (2 – meats) + 1 teaspoon of olive oil (1 – oils) + 6 tablespoons of corn (1 – starches)
• Snack: 1 cup of fat free (skimmed) milk (1 – dairy products)
2. The Participation of the Alternative Meal "Food Supplements" with the Preparatory Diet:
Most often, these products are kinds of powder added to it skimmed milk or water. It contains complete nutrition needed by the body that can be taken as follows:
a. The alternative meal only: when a person needs to take four portions of the "alternative meal" through the day, in addition to drinking water only.
b. The alternative meal with regular meals: in this case the person takes two "alternative meals" in addition to one lite regular main meal. So the diet would be as follows:
* Breakfast: alternative meal
* Snack: 4 apricots (1 – fruits)
* Lunch: salad plate (1 – vegetables) + 90 grams of canned tuna with water (3 – meats) + 1 teaspoon of olive oil (1 – oils) + 8 tablespoons of pasta (2 – starches)
* Dinner: alternative meal


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Currently the sun is launching some intense solar flares.
Th article I've linked also mentions how a "coronal mass ejection knocked out the power grid in Quebec" in 1989. Some powerful stuff. Thankfully the Earth's magnetic fields protect us rather well from the brunt of the force. But I wondered about those on the International Space Station? How are they protected, if it all? Surely a blackout on the ISS would mean death, so how do they prevent them?


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Over the years Dream Essentials has appeared in 100's of Sleep articles, features, magazines, newspapers, movies, supplements ranging from Good Housekeeping, Universal Pictures to Style publications. Here is a selection of Dream Essentials in print, media and movies.
July 2008"Pregnancy & Newborn " magazine
Featured the Solace Gel Eye Mask
June 2008"Soap Opera Weekly" magazine
Featured the Solitude Sleep Mask
March 2008"Vegetarian Times" magazine
Featured the Dream Essence Sleep Mask
"Dance Teacher " magazine
Featured the Delta Sleep 2 CD Set
February 2008"In Style" magazine
Featured the Dream Essence Sleep Mask
"Today" msnbc.com
Featured the Escape Sleep Mask
January 2008"American Shopper" on The Fine Living Network
Featured Dream Essentials signature line of sleep masks
"Dance Teacher " Magazine
Featured the Essence Sleep Mask
December 2007"PBS"
Special with "The Sleep Doctor" Featured the Twilight Shade
November 2007"Prevention" Magazine
Featured the Opulence Sleep Mask
"Ladies Home Journal " Magazine
Featured the Dreamer Sleep Mask
September 2007"Self" Magazine
Featured the Dream Essence Sleep Mask
August 2007"City Living" Magazine
Featured the SunRise Alarm Clock
"EVA" Magazine
Featured the Monarch Silk Eye Pillow
May 2007"ExpressJet Airlines ~ Express Lane Inflight Magazine"
Featured the Essence Sleep Mask
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
Delta Airlines Flight 767-400 from LA to NY
Featured the Snooz Airline Style Mask
"Stars" Magazine
Featured the Monarch Silk Eye Pillow
March 2007"Better Homes and Gardens"
Featured the Dreamer Sleep Mask
December 2006"The Tampa Tribune"
Featured the Essence Sleep Mask
October 2006Official sleep mask supplier to GoodSleep.com.
GoodSleep experts, Dr. Jacobs and Dr. Moore-Ede featured on NBC's Today Show
June 2006"Today's Chicago Woman"
Features the Dream Deluxe Sleep Mask
May 2006"Sony Pictures"
Selects the Dreamer Sleep Mask for the Da Vinci Code World Premier Celebrity Gift Basket
"Lucky Magazine"
Featured Butterfly Dreams Silk Eye Pillow
"Lucky Magazine"
Featured Sound Conditioners
"Southwest Airlines ~ Spirit Magazine"
Featured our DreamAway Fold-Up Mask
January 2006"Quick & Simple Magazine"
Special Offer Q&S Coupon
November 2005"Quick & Simple Magazine"
Featured Butterfly Dreams Silk Eye Pillow
October 2005"City of Beverly Hills Hotels" New York promotion
Featured our exclusive Aromessentials Sleep Mask
September 2005"OK Magazine"
Featured our Soothing Bead Eye Mask
August 2005"Courier Journal in Louisville Kentucky"
Featured our DreamAway Fold-Up mask
"Real Simple Magazine"
Featured our DreamAway Fold-Up Mask
"OK Magazine"
Featured our DreamAway Fold-Up mask
"MSNBC" article
"Building a business on a good night's rest"
July 2005"Chicago Tribune" article
"Pillow can leave a sleeper down and out"
"New York Times" article
"Who Stole Sleep? The Pillow as Perp"
"Entrepreneur Magazine"
article feature Biz 101 section "Dream On"
"Shop Etc Magazine"
article featured our DreamEssentials Sleep Mask
"London Daily Mail" article
"Can you buy better sleep"
February 2004Miami Herald's "Style"
Featured Butterfly Dreams Silk Eye Pillow
January 2004Style Network's popular show called "Stripped"
Features Dream Essentials in a show called Bed Time.
September 2003Dream Essentials is nominated for Microsoft's SMB E-Commerce awards by Lagarde software for outstanding achievement
August 2003"Fifth Avenue Magazine"
Features Dream Essentials
Dream Essentials to appear as "featured merchant" in Largarde software's monthly Storefront newsletter issue #31
June 2003Dream Essentials approached by the "E Network's Fashion Channel" to appear in their popular television program "Stripped". Filming on location at the Dream Essentials offices is scheduled for early August.
May 2003Dream Essentials approached by "20th Century Fox" to supply products to be used as props for the production of upcoming motion picture"I Love Huckabees". Film stars Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg, Jude Law and Naomi Watts.
April 2003Dream Essentials sleep and travel eye masks to be featured in July / August edition of the "Frontier Airlines" inflight magazine.


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Latest media releases
UBS commences new share buyback program
On 6 March 2002, UBS will commence a share buyback program leading to the cancellation of shares. The repurchase will take place over a "second trading line" on virt-x.
UBS is setting up a second trading line on virt-x to buy back its registered shares. On this second line, shares will be purchased exclusively by UBS. The second line will be available from March 6, 2002 to March 6, 2003. The repurchased shares must be cancelled. Cancellation will follow the approval of the 2003 Annual General Meeting. The program, aimed at institutional investors, allows tax-efficient cancellation of shares.
UBS's Board of Directors has established a maximum buyback limit of CHF 5 billion, corresponding to about 4.7% of total share capital. While maintaining its strong capitalisation and ratings, UBS is committed to returning to shareholders capital in excess of its business needs. Strong cashflow generation and rigid capital discipline contributed to a BIS Tier 1 Ratio of 11.6% at December 31, 2001.
This second line program supersedes the share buyback program launched last year. A total of 28'818'690 shares were repurchased between March 5, 2001 and March 5, 2002 at an average price of CHF 79. Given the approval of the Annual General Meeting on 18 April 2002, these shares will be cancelled.
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Bitcoin Protester Confronts Mt.Gox Executive
"You still have everyone's bitcoin?" bitcoin trader Kolin Burges asked Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Japan-based company Tibanne, which operates bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, on Friday morning.
Unhappy about information coming out of Mt.Gox about recent withdrawal problems, Mr. Burges, a London resident, this week bought a last-minute ticket to Tokyo for 850 pounds (around $1,400) to get better answers. He arrived in Japan on Wednesday and requested an appointment with Tibanne executives. He received no reply, he said, and thus showed up to protest at the offices of the exchange on Friday instead..
He isn't alone among bitcoin users to worry about the state of the Tokyo-based company, once the dominant bitcoin trading platform, which announced on Feb. 7 that it was halting bitcoin withdrawals due to technical glitches. The statement caused bitcoin prices to fall sharply.
The exchange, which now accounts for 22% of the whole market volume, updated the statement on Monday, blaming the weakness of bitcoin's infrastructure for the withdrawal problems. That caused another drop in prices and prompted open criticism from the Bitcoin Foundation.
Mr. Burges was also unhappy with Monday's statement, saying he believes "not enough information is disclosed."
"I want get my bitcoin back, or get Mt.Gox to bring back public confidence that the company is solvent and people's money are safe," said the 40-year-old protester. He deposited 250 bitcoins, with a current value of around $99,000, into his Mt.Gox account in early January, intending to keep them there temporarily, an action he now regrets. He said he won't use the exchange again.
Tokyo was blanketed in heavy snowfall on Friday morning, but that didn't stop Mr. Burges's protest action at Mt.Gox's offices in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Taking up position outside the building housing the offices at 8:45 a.m., he encountered Mr. Karpeles, showing up for work around 9:15, a cup from Starbucks in hand. He confronted the French executive, who was reluctant to answer his questions and soon managed to walk past him to get inside the building.
Another frustrated Bitcoin trader from Australia, who wished to remain anonymous, also staked out the Mt.Gox offices last week, managing to get some time with executives, though he said he wasn't completely satisfied.
Meanwhile, worries about the state of investors' accounts at Mt. Gox was a major topic of conversation at a Tokyo bitcoin community's weekly meeting on Thursday at a restaurant just a five-minute-walk from the Mt.Gox office.
"We are requesting Mr. Karpeles to join the meet-up and offer us explanations," an organizer of the meeting said. "But they hardly appear in public lately."
In an email on Thursday, Reina Matsushita, a Mt.Gox spokeswoman, said the company would issue a statement later that day, but by Friday morning no new statement had appeared on the company's website. Phone calls to the company's office rang unanswered on Friday.
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So I am trying to help a friend do her homework and I am a bit stuck.
$$8x+3 = 3x^2$$
I can look at this and see that the answer is $3$, but I am having a hard time remembering how to solve for $x$ in this situation.
Could someone be so kind as to break down the steps in solving for $x$.
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Summit League Men: South Dakota Comes Up Short at Omaha
The South Dakota men's basketball team came within a one made three pointer of pulling off a road win at Omaha Saturday afternoon, but the shot, and the Coyotes comeback failed to connect, as UNO won 77-73, extending USD's losing streak to two.
With the Mavericks up 75-73 with :21.2 remaining, Justin Simmons missed the front end of a 1-and-1, giving South Dakota the basketball, and a chance to take the lead with a three-pointer. The Coyotes got an open look from Adam Thoesby behind the arc in the right corner with :05.4 left, but the shot didn't go and Omaha tacked on a pair of free throws to win by four.
Tyler Larson was making his first career start for USD, in place of the injured Trey Norris, got the Coyotes out of the gate in a hurry, scoring nine of the team's first 14 points as South Dakota led by as many as 10 in the first half. Larson finished the half 4-of-5 from the floor with 11 points.
The Coyotes played a strong game defensively in the first half, holding Omaha to 33% shooting, as Tyler Flack controlled the paint with three blocked shots.
USD up 32-27 at intermission.
In the second half, Omaha started having success penetrating the basketball, and kicking it outside where CJ Carter hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Mavericks the lead with 14:18 left. Carter finished with 18 points, Simmons added 18, while Marcus Tyus scored 10 of his 12 in the second half. UNO shot 59% in the second half.
Trevor Gruis led USD with 16 points, two nights after being held to five at Western Illinois. Brandon Bos had 12 of his 14 in the second half, Larson finished with 13, Thoesby with 11.
South Dakota was just 3-of-15 from behind the 3-point line.
The Coyotes (8-11/3-2) host North Dakota State next Thursday and South Dakota State next Saturday.


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Bad song titles in heavy metal
Keel-"You're the victim, I'm the crime"
What? This sounds like an awkward pick up line from some desperate guy in a bar.
Kiss-"Let's put the X in sex"
Same reason as the Keel song except that the guy using this line would get slapped while the guy using the Keel line would just get a drink thrown in his face.
Quiet Riot-"Stomp your hands, clap your feet"
I am sure all the teenage metal fans were singing this one out loud (yeah, right).
**Just so it won't look like I am picking on certain bands here is one by an artist that I like a lot.
Dio-"Death by love"
It sounds like something a heart broken 15 year old would write.
So what song title(s) do you think are really bad? Keep in mind this is only song titles as I will do bad lyrics on a different post later in the week.


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Editor's note: This is the first of two articles based on Pascal Lamy's recent talk to the Paris-based Notre Europe think tank, of which Mr. Lamy is the honorary president. Tomorrow: Which policies must Europe follow to prosper in a new global economic landscape?
The global economy has undergone two major changes in the past 20 years. Those changes are going to continue and, in all likelihood, speed up over the coming decade.
The first change involves a radical upheaval linked to the growing power of the emerging countries with very large populations, or "economic masses." There is no other instance in the entire history of mankind of such massive economic development, which some describe as the "big swing," concentrated in so short a space of time.
China's output today accounts for over 8 percent of the world's economy (in current dollars) compared with less than 2 percent only 30 years ago. This increase is already having considerable economic, political, and media repercussions, but 20 years from now China is likely going to be worth 20 percent of the global economy.
The place that China occupies in this picture is of necessity unique because it is the largest and most important of the rapidly developing economic masses. India accounts for 3 percent of the global economy today and should account for only 5 percent 20 years from now. Africa accounts for 2 percent of the global economy today, while Latin America accounts for 4 percent to 5 percent. In 20 years' time, Africa should account for 3 percent of the global economy and Latin America's share should remain stable. Thus, while these other economic masses are also shifting, they are not doing so to as great an extent as China will.
The downswing in the West's economic power is the logical offset to the increasing economic weight carried by the emerging countries. If the trend observed over the past two decades continues, the weight Europe carries in the global economy is going to drop from 35 percent to 25 percent by 2030, and the weight carried by North America (the United States and Canada) is going to drop from 30 percent to 28 percent.
The fact that North America is likely to hold out better is due mainly to a more favorable demographic situation than in Europe. This swing in relative weights is destined to continue, or even to speed up in China's case, while heightening the kind of turbulence we are already experiencing today in the advanced economies.
The second major transformation that the world's economy has experienced in the past two decades is a deep change in the nature of the international division of labor, particularly in terms of stronger specialization in the manufacturing apparatus of the various countries. This specialization movement is rooted in the technological changes that have made the world a smaller place.
International trade has traditionally been restricted by the costs entailed by distance, particularly in connection with transportation and communications. That has led to a "preference for proximity," which translates into a country choosing to trade first and foremost with its neighbors. The inventions of the container ship and of the Internet have considerably reduced the obstacle of distance in the space of a mere few decades.
Thanks to the container, the cost of transporting a ton of goods by sea has been slashed by 50 times in the space of a few years, while the Internet revolution has had an impact of the same magnitude in the sphere of communications. The power of today's computer tools combined with the possibility of real-time communication with the whole world has made it possible to set up logistics chains on a global scale spread out over different countries.
These logistics chains, comprising a large number of distinct operations, would never have seen the light of day without a series of tools making it possible to handle complexity while at the same time regulating, monitoring, and remote-managing the work of all the suppliers and partners involved.
Fully 60 percent of Asian countries' international trade is concentrated in the Asian zone itself, the area which has witnessed the most in-depth integration of its production chains, with the manufacture of parts and semi-assembled units that are then mixed with components, which themselves comprise elements from different countries, and the whole then ends up in China for assembly before being exported elsewhere.
The underlying phenomenon, a process of fragmentation among different countries and types of labor, is effectively illustrated by the production chain of certain emblematic products such as the iPad, a part of which is assembled in Chengdu, in western China. Over 100,000 people work in a factory that only "manufactures" one part, namely the iPad's aluminum casing. The rest of the factory's activity consists of alternating assembly operations with technical testing.
Logistics circuits are enormously complex, and it takes eight hours to assemble the components of an iPad on account of the large number of quality controls required. The Chinese added value generated by this factory accounts for 5 percent of the iPad's purchase price, while the American added value of the same iPad, assembled in China and exported to the United States, is over 20 times higher.
Global manufacturing chains are constantly changing, in an ongoing movement involving the allocation and reallocation of labor and capital in response to the opportunities that businesses perceive, to a changing regulatory environment, and to changes in trade barriers. The execution of these tasks, once performed in a given country by a given company and based on the use of an extensive labor force, can now be brutally shifted to another country and another company with different means of production.
It is no longer a matter of trading in goods and services but of "trading in tasks" that enter the production process of an end-product or service. This underlying transformation has numerous and very obvious consequences because it rests on industrial location, transfer, and relocation, which give businesses the leverage they need to improve their efficiency.
To understand where the efficiency in this new configuration of international trade comes from, we have only to refer to a simplified Ricardo-Schumpeter model. From David Ricardo we take the increased manufacturing efficiency that he argues is to be gained from an increasing international division of labor, while from Joseph Schumpeter we take his theory based on the uninterrupted cycle of the destruction and creation of manufacturing systems, the least efficient making way for the more productive, which then employ the labor and capital thus freed up.
This movement is speeding up at the global level, and it is triggering an increase in growth and employment at an international level. But the division of employment and the changes affecting it are by no means uniform. Social and economic fabrics cannot develop at the same pace, and they take considerable time to adapt to the changes to which they are subjected.
Hence the deindustrialization process that is hitting certain traditional labor pools, triggering dramatic social shocks in certain regions. Hence also the painful social insecurity in job markets in developed countries where the previous model had been stable for a long time
In this new configuration of international trade, commercial issues broadly transcend the mere issue of trade imbalances. And in any case, bilateral trade imbalances are becoming meaningless when China's exports to the United States contain almost 50 percent of Chinese added value while US exports to China contain 80 percent to 90 percent of American added value. It is economic nonsense to continue to calculate bilateral trade balances the way we do today. What we need to monitor is the effective added value in each country, not the overall value of goods and services imported and exported.
Naturally, China is in a surplus situation and the US is in deficit. That is a macro-economic problem whose causes are well-known: excessive consumer restraint in the former case and insufficient savings in the latter. Yet politicians focus on the two countries' bilateral trade relations, which makes very little sense these days as we can see from the example of the manufacture of iPads.
That is why we have to stop measuring international trade flows using a gauge that increases a product's overall value each time that product crosses a border. We need to calculate trade in the same way as we calculate gross domestic product (GDP), in other words by adding together the value-added flows. An approach of this kind would also allow us to conduct a meaningful analysis of the impact of trade on employment, the most crucial policy issue in today's world.
Pascal Lamy is the director general of the World Trade Organization.
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Welcome to the Farmers Market Federation of NY
The Farmers Market Federation of New York is a grassroots, membership organization of farmers' market managers, market sponsors, farmers and market supporters. Together, we have developed a spectrum of services to increase the number and capacity of farmers' markets in the state, develop the scope of professionalism in farmers' market management and improve the ability of markets to serve their farmers, their consumers and their host communities. On our site we have resources for market managers, resources for market farmers/vendors, and resources for farmers market customers as well. Take a look
Resources for Market Managers:
On this site you'll find support materials that will guide you to the successful development, implementation and operation of farmers' markets. Everything from publications and guides to research to reporting tools are available to assist you in market development and management.
If you're just getting started, you'll want to check out our 63 page Guide to Developing a Community Farmers Market along with the other resources and publications on our Market Management & Operations page. You'll find the networking opportunities through the Federation's list serv, sponsored by Cornell University's Community, Food and Agriculture Program, will keep you plugged in to market managers across the state for instant feedback to your questions and concerns. We also have a secret Facebook group to allow market managers and others involved in the field of farmers markets to connect, discuss, and resolve issues within a group of peers. Email [email protected] with the email associated with your Facebook account if you want to be added to the group. In addition, you can connect with other managers in person at our annual conference which is generally held in winter in various communities around the state. We've recorded all the sessions from last year's conference held at SUNY Cobleskill, and turned them into New York State's first Farmers Market Manager's Certification Program: FMM Pro in partnership with SUNY and Cornell Cooperative Extension Broome County. Market managers, prospective managers, and those involved in the field of agriculture or ag education have one year from the date they first sign in to complete the course which consists of over 20 hours of videos, handouts, homework assignments and quizzes. Upon completion, the participants will be armed with all the knowledge needed to run a successful market, along with a certificate signed by the Federation, CCE, and the SUNY system showing they are now a certified manager, allowing them to leverage additional funding and support for their markets. The Federation also helps markets get into the EBT program so their farmers can accept SNAP benefits through a central terminal system. We offer discounted Farmers Market Insurance to our market members. You can check out our Membership Benefits and other Resources for Market Managers as well. You can also list your market on our website! Go to http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com/add-your-market/ to add a new market or to update your existing listing(s) today. Keeping your listings accurate helps us to serve you better and helps customer and farmers find you more easily. Feel free to reach out to us at (315) 400 – 1447 or email [email protected] with any questions.
Resources for Market Farmers/Vendors:
Support programs that directly benefit the farmers participating in New York's farmers markets are a big part of the Farmers' Market Federation of NY's mission as well. We offer a Farmers Market Decision Tool where farmers and other market vendors can input information about your products, production methods, and location and be given a list of new potential markets who are looking for vendors like you! The farmers market Vendor Insurance Program is instrumental in keeping markets and farmers profitable and safe. We also offer SNAP program assistance for farmers looking to accept SNAP/EBT at their Farmstand, PYO operation or farmers markets they may attend that don't use a central SNAP terminal. In addition, we offer several free guides on Farm Business & Marketing as well as Food Safety Topics for Farmers.
Resources for Market Consumers:
Finally, we encourage consumers across the state to visit their local farmers' market. Experience the colorful abundance of nutritious, high quality New York state foods, the aroma of fresh produce and the friendly banter of farmers and customers, neighbors and families. A visit to a farmers' market is an adventure, one that can be experienced every week in your own community. We now have a dedicated website for farmers market consumers – please visit http://www.nylocalfood.com for tips on shopping at your local farmers market, helpful fillable shopping lists and things to consider when choosing what to buy at the market. You can also use our market locator here: http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com/summer-markets to find a summer market near you, or check our winter market listing here: http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com/winter-markets. You can also check the Department of Agriculture's Map of Markets as well. If you use SNAP benefits, you can now shop at many NYS markets using your EBT card. You can visit http://www.snaptomarket.com, our website geared towards SNAP consumers, to find a market that accepts your benefits and search for recipes using healthy local fruits and veggies or find out what's in season this month as well.
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September 08, 2009
UCLA Anderson Adjunct Professor Victor Tabbush has been emotionally connected to Africa since he lived there during the '70s. "The continent really got into my blood," said Tabbush. "I love being in Africa. I just feel a tremendous connection with the continent and the people when I'm there. It vitalizes me."
For the past three years, Tabbush has visited all parts of the continent as part of UCLA Anderson's Management Development Institute (MDI), and as an advisor to students participating in the school's Applied Management Research (AMR) program.
MDI is a one-week program designed to enhance the management skills of HIV/AIDS service providers and leaders of organizations in Africa devoted to treating and supporting people with the disease. Funded by Johnson & Johnson, the training is delivered by UCLA Anderson faculty, as well as instructors from African universities.
Held annually in Kenya and Ghana, more than 350 people from 22 countries have graduated from MDI since 2006. This year, the program will expand to the University of Capetown in South Africa. "We have an existing exchange program with this world class university," said Tabbush, "and their business school will be our implementing partner. They will provide facilities, logistical support and faculty."
According to Tabbush, HIV/AIDS is a massive problem across Africa - but is especially acute in the south, in states such as South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho."We're talking about 40 percent of the adult population of Africa," said Tabbush."At the end of the day, it's more than a health problem - it's a social problem. Parents die and leave orphans who become street urchins or are just discarded by their grandparents. These orphans place a tremendous burden on grandparents. They thought they were going to be looked after by their children, but now they're looking after their children's children."
But Tabbush believes that MDI is having an impact. The program's six-part curriculum imparts participants with a coherent and relevant framework for delivering capacity building. A special feature of the program is the Community Healthcare Improvement Project (CHIP) which asks participants to analyzie their organization, identify critical issues and problems, and then developestrategic options for resolving.
Being able to work so closely with peers and faculty allows participants to make significant improvements in their organizations. After attending MDI in 2006, leaders of the Coptic Hope Center for Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya opened three new clinics in Kenya and Zambia. The Center's four locations now treat 450 patients daily. And there are similar MDI success stories across Africa.
"I have to say that the Price Center has been instrumental in supporting this work," said Tabbush. The Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies provides administrative support for the MDI program. Alfred E. Osborne, founder of the Price Center, teaches in the MDI Program and is a vigorous supporter of the school's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.
In addition to his efforts with MDI, Tabbush has worked with students on a number of healthcare-related. AMR projects in Africa. Most recently, he advised a student team in Mozambique who developed a business plan for a nonprofit organization that would bring U.S. medical students to the country to provide specialized services in clinics. "Hopefully, students returning from an experience like this will be inspired to go into community medicine and work in underserved areas back home in the United States," said Tabbush.
In the coming year, Tabbush will work with a student team analyzing operations in an academic medical center in Ghana. According to Tabbush, the operating theater is tremendously stressed with demand far exceeding the number of procedures they can perform. There are also terrible bottlenecks, delays and unnecessary casualties. "Johnson & Johnson has been very interested in operating theater efficiency," said Tabbush. "They asked me to take a look at that -- and so I brought in a field study team. We're going to assess the process flow, make recommendations and hope to develop a curriculum for operating theater managers that can be taught all over Africa."
"What we're bringing to these organizations is the capacity to manage their organizations more effectively," said Tabbush. "This makes a significant difference in the quality, quantity and nature of services they are able to provide. That's the theme that connects these projects."
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Wisdom I wish I had when I first entered the work world.
If could go back in time, I'd tell myself these things—but I'm not sure if I would have understood. Sometimes, experience helps bring a level of comprehension that just would not have been there otherwise. I'm sharing these tips now, hoping they are useful.
A colleague told me this once, as I pushed her to achieve on a project we were working on. Her point was that not everyone wants to be a high achiever or to attain perfection—or close to perfection at least—and to allow for that difference in goals. Some people are happy to attain "very good" and to balance that with stopping work at a reasonable hour.
Funny as it sounds, this point was a revelation to me. I'm not even sure I really understood what she meant at first. How could you not want to do a fabulous job? Well, some people don't want to reach that high if it comes at the price of their personal time, health, sanity or something else.
Now, I try to remind myself that not everyone has the goal of achieving the very best whatever the time required—to allow for those differences among team members. It makes for a better team environment when you do. I try to be more conscious about when I personally should pull out all the stops to achieve the best, and when I should be happy with "very good" and return to life outside work.
I'm very goal-oriented. When I put my sight on something, I'll do almost anything to achieve it. Somewhere along the way, I finally realized that in some situations—many, in fact—it's not always about the end goal but often about how you get there. Earlier in my career, when working on a project with a tough deadline, I was ruthless on conference calls—everyone needed to talk fast, we needed to agree, decide and move on to the next step in order to stay on schedule. I was taking no prisoners—no time to worry about people feeling rushed, not having time to listen to all points of view, and so on. Generally, collaboration and listening to others are things I care about, but, when under a tight deadline, I felt everyone should understand that we would have less time for those things.
Well, I came to realize that people still cared about the steps along the way, even with a tough deadline looming. While it's important to attain goals in a timely manner, I realized that you can't cast aside the process and the way you work with others to get there. When there is a tough timeline, you might need to be more creative about how you reach the end—the group might refine the nature of the end product or come up with a creative way to phase the work.
In some situations, success might actually be the journey itself rather than the end—sometimes, getting a group to work together, learn something, feel good about the process and buy into the idea is a very large part of a project. It might require some creativity, but achieving your goal on time with the team feeling good about how they got there usually results in a better product—and certainly better morale. Knowing my natural inclination is to laser-focus on the goal, I try to remind myself that the means is important too.
Of course, we need to have good judgment about asking questions—when and how many—and to be respectful and professional when we ask. However, I have learned that asking questions can be invaluable.
I first learned this from a friend of mine, who is one of the smartest people I know. She astounded me by asking tons of questions. Often, they were things I wanted to know but was hesitant to ask for fear of appearing stupid—and this obviously super-intelligent woman was asking those very questions! I decided that if this savvy friend of mine was going to ask those questions, I, too, would ask mine. No longer would I appear stupid by asking or, even if I did, I knew that the only way to becoming more intelligent was to ask the questions—and that, in itself, is smart.
Ah, but it hasn't always been so easy. I've found at work during the years that some people don't like questions. They think the group already knows the answer or has already discussed the topic or maybe the question being asked is opening up a topic they don't want to discuss. I've been ignored and told "no" in response to my questions more times than I can count. So, at first, in these cases, I sat quietly and dropped my questions. Then, I often learned later that my line of questioning, had I been able to pursue it, would have encountered an issue or topic that would have been invaluable to learn about earlier—it could have saved time, avoided wasted work or provided some other benefit. Often, I've been told that something can't be done, but, when I asked about various options, we were able to figure out together a way it could be done. I resolved to stand my ground more often.
To help gain cooperation, I explain to people why I'm asking and how it might benefit them (e.g., save them time by avoiding working on the wrong thing, help figure out a way we can do something that seems impossible). Sometimes, I profess my ignorance on the topic and ask them if they could please be kind enough to allow me to ask some questions to understand better. Most people are generous when you do that (and it probably makes them feel smart too, which doesn't hurt). I also sometimes suggest I'd like to brainstorm on the topic a bit more together and would like to ask some questions to learn more or think through options. Doesn't seem so hard does it? Wait, was that a question?


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