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Face it: financial advisors have issues — often with themselves. In fact, sometimes they can be their own worst enemy.
ThinkAdvisor asked Darci Hemsley Brown, senior managing partner of the management, sales and psychological training firm Aaron Hemsley & Associates, to identify the 10 worst sales mistakes that advisors make.
Since 2001, Brown has worked with hundreds of financial advisors in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Asia. The financial author-speaker Nick Murray calls Brown's 10-week coaching program "the single best investment you can make in your career."
Brown's father, Aaron Hemsley, is a pioneering performance-psychology researcher and sales-process coach whose philosophy is: "Top producers are not born – they are made."
[Check out The 6 Cold Calling Skills You Really Need]
Darci joined the company after years as a psychology professor and psychotherapist. She specializes in coaching advisors one-on-one to help overcome sales-related fears and self-sabotaging behaviors. Once completing the "Psychology of Maximum Sales Performance" program, advisors are ready to use the techniques on their own.
Speaking from company headquarters in Las Vegas, Brown revealed financial advisors' biggest sales mistakes and ways to overcome them. Here is what she said, starting with No. 10 on her list:
10. Rationalizing, Justifying, Minimizing, Making Excuses for Behavior
If you stay up till midnight drinking with your buddies on a Monday night and your head feels like a bowling ball on Tuesday, how can that not affect your performance, sales and prospecting? Thinking that it's "no big deal" is making an excuse. Mood, energy, productivity, performance are directly affected daily by everything you do. You're 100% responsible for the things in your life that you have 100% control over. No one would consider putting anything other than premium fuel in a Bugatti. Likewise, if you're not taking care of yourself, you aren't able to effectively help people that need your help – who are negatively affected by your bad personal choices too. When you don't get enough sleep, you might think, "No big thing." But feeling tired and sluggish the next day will affect your performance and productivity. The human body is so much more valuable than a sports car.
9. Not Having a Daily Accountability Tracking System
You can use a yellow pad to track performance. I don't care if you use a Post-it! A tracking system is a way to slow down the action so that you can see your reality and fix problems quickly. That allows you to do better in sales and every other area of your business. When you track your performance, you're able to evaluate it rationally instead of emotionally. Any time you're trying to improve, grow or overcome a negative habit, or create a new positive one, you need to be accountable and carefully monitor everything you do all day long. If you're unwilling to do this, you're putting your head in the sand: "Oh, I'll just do the same ol'- same ol'." You don't need to be held accountable to a branch manager or regional manager; but if you're serious about growth and change, you must be held accountable to yourself.
8. Living Life in Your Comfort Zone
You feel you're making enough money; you don't need a nicer house or car. So you get complacent and stop pushing. Or you're simply settling for mediocrity. That good-enough attitude, "I'm doing well enough," or living in your comfort zone are lazy approaches. If you're grossing $1 million a year but capable of doing four times that and not using all your talents and skills, or if you're sitting in your office reading the sports page online and not working seven to eight hours a day, you're choosing to act irresponsibly.
Maybe you have a fear of success because you think that you're undeserving: "Good grief, I can't make more than my brother, the doctor. He saves lives. What do I do?" Fear of success usually is quite hidden. When I see advisors clearly sabotaging themselves, I typically spot a red flag: a record of roller-coaster productivity, with their best month frequently followed by two or three bad months. But then they get nervous again: "Oh, I'd better kick it up a notch and have another great month." Then: "Whoa, I'm getting too big!" This is always absolutely subconscious. If you bring up a fear of success, they'll immediately be in denial: "That can't be me!"
7. Perfectionism
This is a self-defeating behavior that affects financial advisors by sucking all the joy, happiness and peace right out of them. Perfectionism is typically motivated by a fear of failure or a sense of duty. But if you pursue excellence in a healthy, rational way, you find joy in the journey. Perfectionists are so terrified of failure that they try to do everything perfectly. This leads to procrastination because you're worried that you can't do it perfectly. Or when you do start a project, you spend way too much time on it. That creates anxiety, making you and everybody around you uncomfortable. The perfectionist is waiting to be happy.
But no matter how great their accomplishments, they're never really satisfied: "I sure will be happy once I become a million-dollar producer." But when you get to the million dollar mark, you're still not happy: "Maybe $2 million is the happy gross-production point." Perfectionists are striving to accept themselves: If I'm perfect enough, then I'll be worthy of love. Perfectionism is tied into loving yourself unconditionally and allowing others to love you unconditionally.
6. Refusing to Create a Daily Plan of Attack
This is a horrendous mistake: Not having an hour-by-hour agenda of how you're going to use your time every day. A fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach is ineffective at best. A daily plan makes you more organized and gives you flexibility to move things around. In the life of a financial advisor, money is on the line every day – yours and other people's. If you're not making a plan of attack that's specific, immediate and clear, and are passively approaching prospecting and client care, that's lazy and irresponsible. You aren't serious. Professional football players always have a plan of attack. The teams are strategizing – just like in war – studying the opponent and how they're going to beat them.
There's a proverb associated with King Richard III about the neglect of a simple detail. He [supposedly] was unprepared in a crucial battle because of a missing horseshoe nail, causing him to fall off his horse and his army to scatter. Shakespeare wrote: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" [Factually, the horse got stuck in mud.]
5. Focusing on Results vs. Activities Over Which You Have Control
It's not just advisors that do this — it's branch managers and all the way up the company. They focus their attention on results — gross production — instead of rewarding advisors' good activities that will lead to good results. This can cause advisors to become depressed and discouraged, leading to emotional exhaustion. Many branch managers think concentrating on results will push you harder; but if your focus is on results and you have a fear of success, that can backfire. This destroys your emotional strength, bringing on low self-esteem and all kinds of other negative issues.
If you're a smart branch manager, you do not want that to happen. If you're an advisor focusing on the goal to make $1 million in gross production next year and on January 10, you land the largest client of your career and already surpass your goal, you might think, "Guess I'll take a vacation for the rest of the year." No! What you earned yesterday is irrelevant. How many people are you going to talk to today? If you want to make your branch manager happy, set a darn goal. But then try forgetting about it and start focusing on the daily activities that you have 100% control over. Focus on what you can control, not on what you can't.
4. Neglecting to Effectively Manage Daily Stress and Anxiety
The higher your stress level, the lower your productivity and the poorer your performance. If you feel stress but are doing nothing about it, you become worn out emotionally and physically. This affects your mood, productivity, sales and ability to prospect. Performance anxiety is about stress; it typically comes from a fear of rejection or looking foolish. Ruminating about the past or worrying about future production is a distraction; it wastes your emotional energy and creates stress. Many advisors self-medicate for stress. The most common way is to surf the Internet.
But this is an avoidance behavior that actually exacerbates stress: you've lost an hour or two procrastinating, putting you behind; and now you're anxious about something that has to be done. Drugs are another way to self-medicate: caffeine or cocaine – both are drugs. Alcohol is the most common self-medicating drug used for stress. But instead of feeling better, you've made the problem worse by taking a depressant. Be sensitive to your stress level. When you notice it's getting out of control, do some deep diaphragmatic breathing, for example, and generate relaxing, peaceful thoughts. This helps keep your motivation, energy and emotional strength at healthy levels.
3. Pride
A self-defeating behavior, pride negatively affects sales because it prevents learning and growth. Pride is, in this sense, more than conceit or arrogance: it is a state of opposition. If you're a truly prideful person, you have a very difficult time accepting authority or direction and if you need help, are highly unlikely to seek it. You might not even admit that you have a problem. If you're capable of but not quadrupling your gross production by using all your talents and time effectively, you're choosing to act irresponsibly. You have a fear of failure, a fear of success or a fear of rejection. It requires humility to seek out help when you're struggling, but prideful people are not humble enough to do that. They make everyone their adversary and pit their intellectual ability, talent, wealth – any other worldly measure – against everyone else.
2. Habitual Distorted Thinking
Negative thinking can be both accurate and true, but distorted thinking is different: there is something wrong with a distorted thought. It is inaccurate and untrue. And it tends to be negative as well. Distorted thinking is the root of all irrational fear. We create our own fear through the distorted thoughts we choose to entertain. "Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda" is a type of distorted thinking. Fantasy daydreaming is self-defeating too because it wastes time: it's avoidance from work.
One of the most common types of distorted thinking that financial advisors engage in is "mind-reading": they think they know what another person is thinking and feeling about them. For instance: You have a fear of asking for a referral because you imagine that clients will think you're rude or offensive. This leads to the belief system that asking for referrals is rude, annoying, makes people angry and that they therefore won't like you. The big, encompassing fear is the fear of rejection. Advisors need to learn how to control distorted thoughts by using the three C's: Catch it, Challenge it, Change it – into healthy, rational thoughts.
1. Fear of Prospecting
This is the most damaging fear – and it's pretty prevalent.
Prospecting is the one thing that financial advisors, almost without exception, avoid because of fear of rejection, fear of failure or fear of success. Everyone has fears; but if they're causing you to perform below your potential, hide out in your office and not prospect day after day – and if you aren't seeking help – that is going to lead to failure in the industry. At a bare minimum, you won't be as effective. You might be able to somehow get by, but you'll be performing far below your true potential because you're not handling your fear. You control your own fear. You exacerbate it. And you can choose to start minimizing it.
If you're just sitting on your behind waiting for referrals to fall in your lap, you're rationalizing. That's a very passive, lazy approach to prospecting. In fact, you're not prospecting – you're making excuses for not prospecting. All advisors know they need to prospect to grow their business. So avoiding it creates anxiety, worry, remorse, frustration and self-loathing. You can't wait for referrals to magically come to you. The biggest problem is choosing not to do something proactive to eliminate any fear that interferes with doing your job effectively.
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BRENTWOOD — The Portsmouth woman charged with lying to police about her whereabouts on the night Elizabeth Marriott went missing remains incarcerated in a Rockingham County jail after being arrested earlier this week.
Kathryn "Kat" McDonough, 19, was ordered held on $35,000 cash bail or corporate surety at her arraignment in Derry Circuit Court on Wednesday.
McDonough, of 450 Greenside Ave., was arrested on Monday and charged with one felony count of hindering apprehension or prosecution and one felony count of conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension or prosecution. Both are Class B felonies, and each carries a sentence of up to 7 years imprisonment.
According to a court document, McDonough allegedly agreed with murder suspect Seth Mazzaglia to "cause the commission of the crime of hindering apprehension or prosecution." The pair both allegedly lied to police during interviews on Oct. 12 in Newington.
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Kenyan coffee and tea are famous throughout the world and there is a great variety of cuisine to try when you come to a city like Nairobi or Mombasa. As well as western food on offer, many restaurants will also have the choice of more local fare including ugali, a dish of maize flour and millet, and nyama choma, or barbecued meat.
Kenya is also becoming increasingly important for businessmen looking for good and safe investments in Africa. It's a rapidly developing country and the business returns are superb. The combination of solid monetary and fiscal policies, excellent economic infrastructure and political stability makes this a uniquely vibrant African economy. With minimal government involvement, entrepreneurs and international firms are free to explore new markets and widen their margins.
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The mission of the Penn Psychiatry Residency Psychotherapy Track is to provide an elective experience for psychiatry residents interested in deepening and broadening their understanding and technical proficiency in psychotherapy. The track will provide an opportunity to supplement the basic required curriculum, and will focus on:
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Residents will carry a minimum of 7 psychotherapy hours per week, and may add a fourth supervision. A group clinical supervision organized around topics in psychotherapy with associated readings will meet Friday mornings 8:30-10:00 from September through June. Potential topics will include female development and psychology, comparison of psychodynamic and CBT treatment, psychotherapy as narrative, specialized CBT techniques, group psychotherapy, the psychology of organizations, terrorism, and classic Freud articles. Each faculty member will be scheduled for 3-4 weeks and will lead a discussion focusing on residents' cases with reference to the topic of interest and discussing key articles in the area. The resident's PGY4 academic project should focus on psychotherapy, and a mentor will be identified early in the year to help with the development of the project.
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced today that it has completed the redemption of the entire $162.5 million of 2 ⅝% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2027. The redemption price plus accrued interest was approximately $164 million and was settled in cash using the net proceeds of the Company's August 2012 issuance of $201.25 million aggregate principal amount of 2 ¾ % Convertible Senior Notes due 2019.
"We are pleased to have successfully completed the offering of our 2 ¾% Convertible Senior Notes at terms that reflect the favorable market conditions for convertible debt and the recent positive trend in Isis' stock performance. The proceeds from the newer offering allowed us to settle the entire $162.5 million 2 ⅝% Convertible Subordinated Notes in cash and without diluting current shareholders," said B. Lynne Parshall, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Isis.
Isis is exploiting its leadership position in antisense technology to discover and develop novel drugs for its product pipeline and for its partners. Isis' broad pipeline consists of 25 drugs to treat a wide variety of diseases with an emphasis on cardiovascular, metabolic, severe and rare diseases, and cancer. Isis' partner, Genzyme, plans to commercialize Isis' lead product, KYNAMRO™, following regulatory approval. Isis' patents provide strong and extensive protection for its drugs and technology. Additional information about Isis is available at www.isispharm.com.
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The Man Who Created Vans Shoes is Dead
Vans, makers of the ubiquitous skater-culture sneaker, has lost its founding father. James Van Doren (pictured, right) died on Oct. 12th at age 72 at his home in Fullerton, Ca. The cause was cancer. The company began as the Van Doren Rubber Company, maker of rubber-soled canvas leisure shoes for the casually stylish California man. The classic Vans slip-on, made iconic by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, was initially devised as a boat shoe with an extra-strong grip to keep the wearer firmly upright on a pitching deck.
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Mr. Van Doren collaborated with a chemist to develop the rubber recipe used in the sole. A mechanical engineer by training, he also devised its characteristic tread pattern: diamonds interrupted by a band of tiny six-pointed stars at the ball of the foot. Together, rubber and tread made the sole clingy.
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Crunch Fitness recently acquired two facilities in New York City. The New York-based company acquired a Club H facility in April, and in June, it acquired a Gold's Gym facility. These facilities are the 10th and 11th Crunch locations in New York City and 42nd and 43rd locations worldwide.
"We've been poised for growth in the marketplace for quite some time, so it's exciting to finally see our vision become a reality," Keith Worts, president of Crunch, said in a release. "New York City is the heart and soul of our brand, and we're thrilled to expand our footprint across the city we call home."
During the next 90 days, Crunch will complete $300,000 in renovations for the former Gold's 25,000-square-foot, three-level location.
Crunch, which is owned by private equity firm Angelo Gordon and New Evolution Ventures, has opened more than 20 Crunch locations in the past two years. The company says it will announce additional expansion plans this summer.


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Oakland, CA: A Likable Lunch at Dopo
4293 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611 (map); 510-652-3676; dopoadesso.com
Pizza style: Upscale New York with California toppings
The skinny: These pies have flaws, but they taste good, and that should be the bottom line
Price: Pies, $12-17
I have no bells and whistles to report here. No imported Italian pizzaiolo suckled from birth on milk from the water buffalo he now uses to make his mozzarella. No fancy oven lit with a flame preserved from when Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii. Rather, with Dopo, I offer you a little Italian restaurant in Oakland that cooks a few pies daily in their gas-fired deck oven. If Dopo leaves me a bit short on pizza-geek back story and buzz words, the pizza offers some satisfaction, so let me tell you about that.
Neapolitan-inspired pizza tends to be the touchstone for most fancy-ish Italian restaurants in the Bay Area, but Dopo leans more towards New York in its inspirations. Maybe it's because they preceded the Neapolitan-stye craze, or maybe it's just how they roll. Either way, their crust bakes up light and airy inside—almost too airy—while the blond-brown exterior has a pronounced crispness.
The undercarriage of these pies, barely dusted with cornmeal, gets thin enough that slices sag at the tip. You can find flaws with this crust, but it offers a nice buttery flavor, and that counts for a lot.
We found ourselves surprised by our pizza of buffalo mozzarella and oregano because the ostensible accents stole the show. The mozzarella took a back seat to a shower of grated Parmesan, while the the bits of oregano upstaged Dopo's tomato sauce. Still, the combination of herbs and cheese proved anything but bland.
The second pie we tried came with wild mushrooms, arugula, and a deeply orange farm egg at its center. Rather than choosing to create a salad pizza, Dopo cooked the arugula with the rest of the pie, achieving a vegetal, slightly bitter flavor that nicely complemented the earthiness of the mushrooms. Again bedazzled with a dose of grated Parmesan, this pie didn't go for pyrotechnics but still provided pleasure.
During our lunchtime visit, business moved at a steady clip, and at least one pie sat at almost every table. It's no wonder—Dopo's pies taste good enough that you want to eat them, and isn't that the point?
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The LGBT RPCV Mentor Program is our most successful outreach and recruitment project. Started in 1995, the program connects Peace Corps applicants and invitees with our members to discuss life as a gay or lesbian volunteers.
We help dozens of lesbian, gay and bisexual applicants each year who are interested in joining the Peace Corps, all seeking advice from those who have gone before.
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"Being a volunteer was the most amazing time of my life. I left Ghana thinking that if I died tomorrow, then it would be okay. Seriously, because I'd lived enough in the last three years to consider it a wonderful life. Nothing I have done has compared to my experience living in a rural community in a developing country. My brain and all my senses were summoned every morning when the roosters crowed and they were working until I fell asleep at the end of the day out under the stars." – Rose Rosely, RPCV Ghana
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Former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, and possible future presidential candidate Sarah Palin was in Pella Tuesday. Accompanying her was an elite team of bodyguards. Who are they? What do they do? How do they do it, and what do they watch for in the crowd?
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Swim Test Protocol
Swim Test Protocol
The swim test of individuals participating at an aquatic facility is a key element in both aquatic safety and basic water safety standards. Swim tests should be performed annually to children under the age of 14 years old or 48 inches or less. A swim test is developed to demonstrate a skill level consistent with the circumstances in which a participant will be in the water without a parent or guardian at their side using "touch-supervision" or using proper USCG flotation device (life jacket). A swim test will demonstrate the minimum level of swimming ability for recreation activity in a confined body of water. "Touch-supervision" means that the supervising adult is constantly monitoring the swimmer and within immediate (arm's length) reach of the swimmer. Watch Around Water is an organization that USA Pools is proud to have partnered with to help promote water safety awareness to reduce drownings or near drownings. A Swim Test is another practice to help promote water safety in and around water.
A lifeguard will administer the swim test. Swim tests will be given upon child's arrival to facility or during safety breaks throughout the day at the lifeguards' discretion. After the test is given, the lifeguard will record the result from the given test into a database. All staff at the aquatic facility will have access to this information.
PASS = Swimmer will have no swimming restrictions while using the aquatic facility.
FAIL = Non-swimmer must have a parent/guardian with them in the water using "touch-supervision" at all times. According to the facilities rules & safety equipment, the non-swimmer should also wear an accredited USCG flotation device (life jacket) while at the aquatic facility.
Jump feet first into water over the head in depth, level-off and tread water for 60 seconds.
Jump feet first into water, level-off and swim 1 length of the pool in a strong manner using the following strokes. (Free-style or front crawl)
USA Pools of Nevada has adopted the Swim Test Protocol to promote water safety at all aquatic facilities. The swim test program has five basic objectives.
To promote water safety and reduce drownings and near drownings at aquatic facilities.
To identify swimmers and non-swimmers at an aquatic facility.
To promote and encourage learn to swim classes for self-preservation in children.
To promote aquatics recreation.
To conduct a safe aquatic facility program.
*Note to Lifeguards: It is very important that you administer this test exactly as stated. Do not make exceptions for any reason.
**Note to Aquatic Facilities: You should adopt and allow a Swim Test at your facility as stated above. Failure to do so places lifeguards & children at risk.


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Eighty-four-year-old Holden resident Stephen Jareckie has brought a deep personal knowledge of photography to a gorgeous exhibition that explores the growth of the Fitchburg Art Museum's exceptional collection of more than 450 high-quality photographic prints.
Born during the Great Depression just a few years after the founding of the Fitchburg Art Museum, Stephen Jareckie has devoted much of his long life to a close study of the art of photography.
The 84-year-old Holden resident has brought that deep personal knowledge to a gorgeous exhibition that explores the growth of the FAM's exceptional collection of more than 450 high quality photographic prints.
Visitors will see memorable images by several of the giants of American photography including Alexander Gardner, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Bradford Washington and Harold E. Edgerton.
Occupying two galleries in the Simonds Building, the show, "Building a Collection: Photography at the Fitchburg Art Museum,'' showcases about 50 mostly black-and-white images, arranged chronologically from Gardner's 1863 "Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Courthouse'' to Japanese artist Kenro Izu's somber 2005 panoramas of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
And in between, viewers will American notables, such as Edward S. Curtis, Minor White, Walker Evans and even three hand-tinted images by former Framingham minister, artist and antiquarian Wallace Nutting.
Upon arriving at the museum last December, new Director Nick Capasso created special galleries in the Simonds Building, opened in 1989, to showcase the museum's very strong photographic holdings which have grown exponentially during Jareckie's tenure.
Capasso called Jareckie, the consulting curator of photography, "a national treasure.''
Jareckie said, "I guess photography has always intrigued me because it reproduces the real world.''
After graduating from Lehigh University, earning a master's degree at Syracuse and serving abroad in the Korean War, Jareckie got his start as a curator at the Worcester Art Museum when he was hired in 1973 as WAM's first curator of photography, eventually presenting 75 exhibitions and acquiring 1.875 works and overseeing the collection's growth into the 1990s.
Jareckie said FAM credited the generosity of the late Jude Peterson, a Massachusetts collector and friend of the museum, who left 330 photographs to the museum on his untimely death.
Some of Peterson's gifts include Frank A. Rinehart's powerful Native American portraits of a warrior named "Kills Alone'' and English photographer Peter Henry Emerson's evocative images of rural life.
One of the museum's most significant acquisitions was the 2011 purchase of Steiglitz's classic 1915 photo, "The Steerage, 1915,'' printed on a large format on tissue that shows the social divisions among passengers on an ocean liner carrying poor immigrants.
Jareckie said some of the surprises of the Peterson gift included several hand-tinted scenes by Nutting.
A handful of local photographers are featured in the show, including the late Brad Washburn, the pioneering aerial photographer who served as founding director of the Museum of Science, Edgerton, an MIT scientist who took some of the earliest stop action photos and Arno Rafael Minkkinen, who inserts his lanky naked body in his images which a curious comic effect.
Reflecting the generosity of key donors and Jareckie's thoughtful stewardship, this gorgeous exhibit presents not-to-be missed treasures of American photography.
"Building a Collecting: Photography at the Fitchburg Art Museum'' runs through 2014.


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In late September, both "Breaking Bad" and "Dexter" will finish off their notable cable-TV runs, closing the book on two of prime time's most reprehensible lead characters.
I have no clue as to what fates await ruthless drug dealer Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and coldblooded serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall). I don't know if they'll pay for their sins with their lives, or flee to parts unknown -- or just disappear as the screen annoyingly fades to black.
But the bottom line is they'll both be done, and it might be a while before we see the likes of them again.
Since the late 1990s, when Tony Soprano started sending people to live with the fishes, the so-called antihero has been all
the rage on television -- especially cable. Shows such as "The Shield," "Deadwood," "Sons of Anarchy" and "Boardwalk Empire" delivered crooks and killers whose actions grew increasingly despicable, leading to what FX president John Landgraf calls "a nuclear arms race of darkness."
"Dexter" and "Breaking Bad" both did their parts to escalate that race by taking TV to places previously considered way out of bounds. Who thought viewers would follow, much less embrace, a forensics expert with a flesh-carving fetish? And when had we ever seen a mild-mannered chemistry teacher morph into an out-of-control, murderous monster?
Now, it's time to pull back. "I can't imagine a protagonist darker than Walter White," Landgraf at the recent TV critics press tour. "I think that's the end of the road for out-darking each other."
That sentiment has been echoed by David Nevins, entertainment president for Showtime, the network that gave us "Dexter." He suspects that, when it comes to truly depraved antiheroes, TV has reached the saturation point.
"I think we're now sort of seeing some movement back away from the extreme edge," Nevins said during the press tour. "I don't think you can keep going further to the left of what Bryan Cranston is doing on 'Breaking Bad.' I'm sure somebody will figure out how to go further to the left of him, but there's also interest in more in the middle."
Of course, we're not about to see the end of flawed, or "morally ambiguous," characters. They're scattered all over prime time and are here to stay. But in the near future they might more closely resemble the Hollywood fixer played by Liev Schreiber in Showtime's freshman hit "Ray Donovan," than Walter White.
"Ray Donovan is much more of a guy in the middle who's actually trying to be on the right side and, most of the time, is on the right side of the law," explains Nevins. "(He's) mostly trying to be a good man in a more conventional sense of law abiding, you know,
societal norms."
That doesn't mean brutal bad guys are totally gone. AMC, home of "Breaking Bad," recently debuted "Low Winter Sun," a gritty drama with shades of "The Shield," about two Detroit cops who have killed a fellow detective.
But, despite being impressed by some solid performances by Mark Strong and Lennie James, I agree with New York magazine's Matt Zoller Seitz, who recently wrote that the show feels like a relic from TV's past. Meanwhile, he adds, the "vein of pop-culture ore" opened by "The Sopranos" has been strip-mined and tapped.
Even Vince Gilligan, the writer-producer who blessed us with "Breaking Bad," is ready for a change. When recently asked what kind of show he might want to work on next, he replied, "The best thing you can do is to not try and repeat it. If ("Breaking Bad") is an apple, go out and make an orange."
And as for the near future of the relentlessly dark bad guys, Gilligan agrees that the pendulum is swinging the other way.
"I don't have a crystal ball," he says, "but maybe where we go from here is that characters get less dark and antiheroic and perhaps they start to get lighter again."


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Pinwheels Call Attention to Child Abuse, Ways to Identify and Prevent It!
Many communities "plant pinwheel gardens" each April of colorful pinwheels spinning in the wind which represents a child living in the community who was abused last year.
April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month and many local organizations offer tips on preventing abuse.
Congress first declared April as National Child Abuse Awareness Month, a time designated each year to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect, in 1983, and each year the president issues a proclamation calling on Americans to use the month to help prevent child abuse.
The first step in helping abused children is learning to recognize the symptoms of child abuse. Although child abuse is divided into four types – physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment – the types are more typically found in combination than alone. A physically abused child for example is often emotionally maltreated as well, and a sexually abused child may be also neglected. Any child at any age may experience any of the types of child abuse.
Child abuse leaves more than just bruises. Long after children have recovered from the physical results of any type of abuse, abused children suffer from emotional and psychological trauma that can last the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, many bystanders witness child abuse and do nothing about it. Neighbors and friends may hear or even see child abuse happening, but don't want to intrude or interfere with "the rights" of the parents. Such inaction can mean years of pain and heartbreak for young children who are unable to get out of a horrific situation.
Abused children need your intervention. In their helplessness, they must rely on capable adults who are willing to take a stand and get them out of an abusive environment. By being aware of child abuse, and helping to educate the people you know, you can help prevent child abuse in your community.
Identifying Child Abuse
While it is impossible to determine the presence of abuse or neglect by behavior, the following signs may signal the presence of child abuse or neglect:
The Child:
- Shows sudden changes in behavior or school performance
- Has not received help for physical or medical problems brought to the parent's attention
- Has learning problems or difficulty concentrating that cannot be attributed to specific physical or psychological causes
- Is always watchful, as though preparing for something bad to happen
- Lacks adult supervision•Is overly compliant, passive or withdrawn
- Comes to school or other activities early, stays late, and does not want to go home
The Parent:
- Shows little concern for the child
- Denies the existence of, or blames the child for the child's problems in school or at home
- Asks teachers or other caretakers to use harsh physical discipline if the child misbehaves
- Sees the child as entirely bad, worthless, or burdensome
- Demands a level of physical or academic performance the child cannot achieve
- Looks primarily to the child for care, attention, and satisfaction of emotional needs
The Parent and the Child:
- Rarely touch or look at each other
- Consider their relationship entirely negative
- State that they do not like each other
Preventing Child Abuse
Learn about child abuse. Educate yourself and keep these key facts in mind:
- Child abusers can be any age, any gender and any race. They can be from any economic class, and have any level of education.
- Children are more likely to be abused by their own parents than by a stranger.
- Rarely does an incident of child abuse happen in isolation. When a child is abused once, it is likely to happen again.
- Educate your neighbors and friends about child abuse.
Stop child abuse when you see it. If you have trouble identifying the difference between child abuse and acceptable forms of discipline, learn the Federal and State laws and find resources that distinguish between discipline and abuse. Do not hesitate to contact the National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-Child). During your anonymous call, their counselors can help you evaluate the situation and help you make a child abuse report to the proper authorities. If you are nervous about making a report, they will even stay on the line during a 3-way call to offer you support. If a child is in life-threatening danger, call 911 immediately.
It's time that people take a stand against child abuse. Your simple actions will help prevent child abuse and give abused children hope for a brighter future.
Take care and STAY SAFE!
Sexual Assault Can Be Prevented
It can happen at home. It can happen at work. It can happen in a car. It can happen in a dorm. Sexual assault occurs whenever someone is forced, coerced or manipulated into any unwanted sexual activity. The list of offenses is graphic and includes rape, incest, date rape, marital rape, sexual harassment, child sexual assault, stranger rape, forced prostitution, exposure, voyeurism and statutory rape. Silence continues to surround the topic of sexual assault, yet according to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, one in six American women and one in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. Seventy three percent of rapes were committed by a non-stranger — a friend, intimate, relative or acquaintance. In other words, sexual assaults are happening more often to people we love by people they know, rather than the stranger hiding in the bushes. And it's happening to our daughters, mothers, girlfriends, sons and co-workers.
There are many myths that still exist today that place blame on the victim, such as past consensual sex, whether alcohol was involved and even the type of clothing worn by the victim. No one, under any circumstances, deserves to be sexually assaulted . Period. Sexual assault is not about sexual desire gone wrong but about power and control over another, utilizing sex as a weapon. Most often sexual assault happens as a pervasive result of attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that assert male privilege over females, as evidenced by advertising, music videos, video games and other media. When males are taught to respect their peers, both male and female, how to understand boundaries, the elements of consent and how to appropriately challenge negative behaviors of peers, then change at the individual level can happen. However, beyond individual responsibility, we need organizations that support the redefining of positive parameters that define masculinity beyond brute strength and sexual activity. We need organizations that challenge young people to develop effective communication and negotiation skills for healthy relationships. We need systems that support victims and understand the devastating impact of trauma due to sexual assault. We need churches, educational institutions, community agencies, parents and youth organizations to step out of the box and talk about sexual assault in authentic, informed and creative ways.
Sexual violence is preventable. However, prevention is more than educating individuals concerning objectification and healthy sexual boundaries. By following the Spectrum of Prevention, a tool developed by the Prevention Institute and tailored by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, communities like yours can participate in comprehensive sexual-violence prevention initiatives. The spectrum consists of strengthening individual knowledge and skills, promoting community education, educating professional providers, fostering coalitions and networks, changing organizational practices and, finally, influencing policies and legislation.
Programs to help youth navigate the maze of relationships that often includes violence in many forms. Teens-4-Change is a social-change organization for young women ages 14 to 18 that focuses on healthy bodies, minds and relationships. R.A.P., Raising Awareness and Prevention, works with males at the high-school and college level to challenge pervasive attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that perpetuate sexual violence.
Take the opportunity during April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, to learn more, do more and understand more about an issue that affects entire communities. Challenge leaders to reinforce positive cultural norms and send clear and consistent messages that sexual violence is traumatic in any form, as well as inappropriate. Because sexual violence happens in all races, socio-economic classes, genders and age groups, we need to send the message to everyone that no one, under any circumstances, should be blamed for being sexually violated. Intervention is important and necessary; however, primary prevention, stopping sexual violence before it ever starts, is a worthy goal for ALL communities.
Take care and STAY SAFE!
Contributor Al Renna


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Welcome to the Reader Top 30, I will be releasing a new poll every day Monday-Friday until we are done. Each poll will contain the names of nine prospects and a space for a write-in answer. The top write-in vote receiver (or popular request from the comments) will be added to the next day's poll to replace the winner. For the initial poll I have used the Top 9 from Baseball America's Top 10 (the order should be randomized every time the poll appears). Feel free to give a reason for your choice and please post if you added a write-in vote. I will post the winner in the next day's poll as well as update the title of the poll to reflect the winner.
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Top New Game Releases This Week On Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC -- September 16-22
It's great week for Nintendo Switch and RPG fans, with Undertale and Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country coming to the portable console.
It's great week for Nintendo Switch and RPG fans, with Undertale and Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country coming to the portable console.
Some fun new adventures and puzzles await you in Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Tom Mc Shea turns the new Wii U into a magic notebook in order to bring you this review for Scribblenauts Unlimited.
An old abandoned building is an eyesore on the town, can you help Maxwell get rid if it?
When you just need to have a certain creature in your dictionary, you can just create it and customize it to fit your needs.
What's the best way to get past a pesky security guard in a museum full of precious gems?
Mario and other Nintendo characters are available exclusively on the WiiU version of Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Link meets up with Maxwell in this gameplay trailer for Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Here's the 30-second TV trailer for Scribblenauts Unlimited.
E3 2012: This Scribblenauts Unlimited trailer features some of the aspects unique to the 3DS version, which includes HD, 3D open world gameplay and the 3DS' Street Pass functionality.
E3 2012: Tom and Jessaca explain why Scribblenauts might not be well suited on the Wii U.
Carlos Rodela creates AWESOMECAT in this booth tour for Scribblenauts Unlimited.
On today's show, Guy and Jane take a look at the big Wii U announcements from Nintendo's E3 presentation. Zombies have taken over London, LEGO goes undercover, Scribblenauts takes its ...
How could you not see this coming? Awesome new gameplay footage of Scribblenauts Unlimited, coming soon to the Nintendo Wii U!
Nintendo and 5th Cell debut Scribblenauts Unlimited at the Nintendo E3 2012 press conference.
Missed all the fun at the Nintendo Press Conference? Here is the replay from E3 2012!
E3 2012: The Scribblenauts franchise heads to 3DS and Wii U in HD.
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Agile Web Development with Rails (3rd edition)
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, et al
Agile Web Development with Rails (3rd edition)
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, et al

This edition covers Rails 2.x
The edition covering Rails 3.2 is available here: Rails 3.2
The newest edition covers Rails 4.x, and is available here: Rails 4.x
About this Title
Pages: 792
Published: 2009-03-01
Release: P7.0 (2010-09-14)

This edition covers Rails 2.×.
For Rails 3.2, please see the Rails 3.2
For Rails 4.0, please go here Rails 4.0
Rails swept to world-wide attention in the Spring of 2005. Since then, it has become a serious and popular alternative to traditional web development environments such as Java and .NET. Why? Because Rails has the best of both worlds.
You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and across your organization), and proper release management.
But Rails is more than a set of best practices. Rails also makes it both fun and easy to turn out very cool web applications. Need Ajax support, so your web applications are highly interactive? Rails has it built in. Want an application that sends and receives e-mail? produces and consumes web services? supports meaningful URLs? Want to write applications with a REST-based interface (so they can interact with other RESTful applications with almost no effort on your part)? All built-in.
With this book, you'll learn how to use ActiveRecord to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let Rails do the rest. Need to create and modify your schema? Migrations make it painless (and they're versioned, so you can roll changes backward and forward). You'll learn how to use the Action Pack framework to route incoming requests and render pages using easy-to-write templates and components. See how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails, implement web services, and create dynamic, user-centric web-pages using built-in Javascript and Ajax support. There are extensive chapters on testing, deployment, and scaling.
As with the previous editions of the book, we start with an extended tutorial that builds parts of an online store. And, of course, the application has been rewritten to show the best of Rails 2.
Contents & Extracts
- Getting Started
- The Architecture of Rails Applications
- Installing Rails
- Instant Gratification
- Building an Application
- The Depot Application
- Task A: Product Maintenance
- Task B: Catalog Display excerpt
- Task C: Cart Creation
- Task D: Add a Dash of Ajax
- Task E: Check Out!
- Task F: Administration
- Task G: One Last Wafer-Thin Change
- Task I: Internationalization
- Task T: Testing
- Working with the Rails Framework
- Rails in Depth
- Active Support
- Migrations
- Active Record Part I:The Basics
- Active Record Part II:Relationships Between Tables
- Active Record Part III:Object Life Cycle
- Action Controller: Routing and URLs excerpt
- Action Controller and Rails
- Action View
- The Web, v2.0
- Action Mailer
- Active Resources
- Securing and Deploying Your Application
- Securing Your Rails Application
- Deployment and Production
- Appendixes
- Introduction to Ruby
- Configuration Parameters
- Source Code
- Resources
Sam Ruby is a prominent software developer who has made significant contributions to many of the Apache Software Foundation's open source software projects, and to the standardization of web feeds via his involvement with the Atom web feed standard and the popular Feed Validator web service.
He currently holds a Senior Technical Staff Member position in the Emerging Technologies Group of IBM. As one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, Dave Thomas understands agility. As the author of Programming Ruby, he understands Ruby and how to describe writing Ruby applications. David Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of the Rails framework.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jairo Arrieta has given the Columbus Crew offense a real boost with three goals, including one vs. the Galaxy on Wednesday night, to go with an assist in five games since his arrival from Costa Rica.
His play has quelled criticism about some other recent Crew acquisitions, most notably countryman Olman Vargas. The highly touted January signing was expected to help offset the loss of Andrés Mendoza – the Peruvian scored 13 goals last season – but Vargas' only tally came in the second game and he didn't dress for Wednesday's match.
The arrival of Argentine forward Federico Higuaín as the club's newest Designated Player means the depth chart is now overflowing. Higuaín is expected to partner Arrieta up top, with Emilio Rentería, Aaron Schoenfeld and Vargas in reserve.
Arrieta's still the first name on that list, though. He's been as good as technical director Brian Bliss expected when he was signed in April.
"He's a streaky goal scorer if you look at his career," Bliss told MLSsoccer.com
The Crew TD likes the possible pairing of Arrieta and Higuaín.
"The two guys will complement each other and maybe that final pass will come and create a few more opportunities," Bliss said.
Always there
Crew president Mark McCullers was touched by the family of Kirk Urso attending Wednesday's match as the organization paid tribute to the rookie midfielder who died unexpectedly Aug. 5.
The team and many staff attended the funeral last Saturday in Urso's hometown of Lombard, Ill.
"We didn't know until the day before the game that they were going to come," McCullers said. "In the initial time I met with them after Kirk's death one of the things his mom said was, 'It's been such a big part of our lives.'
"I said, 'It still can be a big part of your lives. You're always going to be connected to this organization and you're always welcome here.'"
Setting aside
McCullers doesn't anticipate that Urso's No. 15 will be retired but, "I think it will be awhile before you see somebody wear that number."
Special meaning
Higuaín was asked about wearing No. 33 for the Crew.
"The number's pretty high," he said. "I'm a religious person, and 33's the age Jesus Christ died so that's the reason I have the number for the rest of the season."
He said through translator/Crew assistant coach Ricardo Iribarren that he prefers No. 8.
"He's going to have to fight [midfielder Chris] Birchall for it," Iribarren joked.
As Higuaín finished an interview at his first press conference Thursday morning at Crew Stadium, coach Robert Warzycha nudged Iribarren and told him they had to get Higuaín to the Obetz training facility immediately for practice.
As Warzycha hustled his newest player out the door he smiled and said, "He can't be late. I don't want to fine him his first day."


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Determine your interests, skills, and work values and use them to find career options that are right for you.
Search for careers using things like salaries and career clusters or look for specific careers.
Create resumes and thank-you letters, polish your interview skills and get help finding jobs in your area.
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Hardee's Encourages Customers to Wrap it Up for the Holidays
Dec 20, 2010
Hardee's expands on Chicken Tenders success with portable
Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – December 20, 2010 – Much to the delight of multi-taskers, drive-thru masters and one-handed jugglers everywhere, Hardee's® is making one of its new favorites portable. The new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender™ Wrappers are perfect for those who crave a delicious Chicken Tenders meal but have no time to sit down when grabbing a quick bite. Neatly folded into a small flour tortilla, the new Wrappers are easy to handle, and no dipping is required since your choice of sauce is already added.
"People love our new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders and have been asking us to do more with them," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Hardee's Food Systems. "The new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers were a logical next choice since they take that great taste our customers have come to crave and serve it up in more of a sandwich-like experience that's perfect for a quick snack or meal."
Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers feature one Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender rolled in a 6" Flour Tortilla with shredded lettuce and shredded cheese plus a choice of Buttermilk Ranch, Honey Mustard, or Sweet Baby Ray's® award-winning BBQ sauce. Hand Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers are available at Hardee's as a single entrée for $1.49, in a small combo for $3.49, or as a two-wrap combo for $4.99. Prices may vary by location.


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By Gary M. Douglas
Conscious Horse Conscious Rider is a remarkable TV Series, starring horse medium Gary Douglas, and created at the request of horses everywhere.
It will delight and intrigue animal lovers world-wide, particularly those with horses.
Enjoy other episodes: Episode 2, Episode 3
Facilitator: Gary M. Douglas
Format: MP4 Digital Download
Pre-Requisite: None
This TV series explores the consciousness that horses have and the possibility of riders connecting with animals in a way, that until now, has only been available to a few. It's time that we open up to the magic that horses are for us and that we can be for them.
Conscious Horse Conscious Rider is an invitation to change what isn't working for you, the horses and it will provide you with a great set of tools to create what you have always known is possible.
This episode is about changing and transforming the bodies and lives of both horse and rider into something even greater!
There is a level of consciousness that the horses have, where they can give to us in a way that we haven't even begun to imagine, something far greater than anything that anyone has ever been able to speak about.
--Gary M. Douglas
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Pop corn according to package directions and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the almonds.
Place the syrups in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer, stirring constantly for about 5 to 7 minutes. Pour the hot syrup over the popcorn and almonds. Mix thoroughly until all the popcorn and almonds are covered with syrup.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Place the popcorn on a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. With a spatula, loosen the popcorn from the baking sheet to prevent sticking.
Place 1 cup cold water in a bowl. Lightly moisten your hands with water. Working quickly, take a handful of popcorn and form it into a fist size ball, packing like you would a snowball. Repeat, lightly moistening your hands as needed, until all the popcorn is formed into balls. Refrigerate to harden the syrup for 30 minutes before serving.
Yields: 12 popcorn balls
Per serving - 240 calories, 18 g fat (52% calories from fat), 7 g protein, 30 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 123 mg sodium


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OCEAN CITY — The Art League of Ocean City will celebrate the various forms of fiber art in May at their new facility, the Ocean City Center for the Arts, on 94 Street in Ocean City.
A wide variety of both decorative and wearable fiber art will be on display in the galleria for the month of May. The exhibit will open with a public reception on Friday, May 3 from 5-7 p.m. and continue through May 25. The center is open from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.
Fiber art forms represented in the show include batiks by Betsy Hall-Harrison, quilts by Barbara Warden, woven clothing and accessories by Deborah Lewis-Idema, basketry and mixed media fiber pieces by Heidi Wetzel, painted silk by Mitzi Ash and hooked items by the Delmarva Friendship Crafters. Many of the pieces will be available to purchase.
Featured May artist in residence, Monika Lilley will demonstrate the art of weaving during the reception. Lilley will also be displaying her felted and knitted items in the galleria and also in her studio.
Lilley has been working in fiber arts for over 13 years and has been teaching for over 8. In 2009, she started the Upper Room Studio to supply the shore with quality fiber art supplies and fun classes. She will offer several classes at the Ocean City Center for the Arts during the month including making felted flowers on May 11, "Nuno" felted scarves on May 15, and creating needle felted sculptures on May 28-29. No experience is necessary to participate in the fiber classes and all materials will be supplied. A complete schedule of classes can be found on the Art League of Ocean City website at www.artleagueofoceancity.org.
"Through everything, my goal is for children and adults to enjoy an amazing art while taking part in continuing a legacy," said Lilley. "It's more than just creating something beautiful and unique. It's a way to continue our world's traditions."
For more information, contact the Art League of Ocean City at 410-524-9433 or visit the website at www.artleagueofoceancity.org.