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5 Most Common Mistakes While Growing Seeds
The months of April and March are the best for growing different kinds of vegetables and fruits seeds. – it's time to start growing seedlings, it's a hot time for all truck farmers. Let's imagine a selection of the most common mistakes in growing seedlings so that you can avoid them and get healthy plants, and then – a rich harvest.
Usually, there are some common mistakes in growing seeds that people are unaware of these mistakes. They should cope up with these challenge for growing better foods. Below there are some common mistakes that you should avoid them while growing seeds.
The First and most common mistake is
Improper Storage of Seeds
We hope that you have selected the correct seeds in packets for growing seedlings. Or they collected the seeds from the previous harvest. However, often this is not enough to ensure high germination. It's not right to buy and collect seeds, you need to keep them correctly.
Important! Hot and too humid air is the main enemy of seeds. Store them at a temperature not exceeding +15 ° C. Humidity should not be higher than 50%. It is also advisable to restrict air access.
With high humidity, the seeds spoil very quickly, they can become mouldy and cannot get seedlings.
The second mistake is
The Wrong Preparation Of Seeds For Planting
A lot of mistakes truck farmers can do, trying to decontaminate, harden, warm and germinate seeds.
Important! If the seeds you bought in the package have a blue or pink color, they have already been treated with fungicides and do not need to be disinfected!
If the seeds were collected by you personally and did not undergo treatment with fungicides, it would be correct to treat them with a solution of potassium permanganate: 5 grams per half a litre of water. Seeds should be held in a solution of 15, a maximum of 30 minutes, then be sure to rinse and then after soaking in clean water at room temperature for 8 hours.
For seeds germination, it is convenient to use ready-made cotton wool discs, although it is possible and in the old manner – on a soft cloth moistened with water. For hardening, soaked seeds can be placed in a refrigerator for 12 hours, and then transferred again to a warm place. This is useful if you plan to plant seedlings in the open ground in the spring when there is still a risk of frost.
The Third Mistake Is Bad Soil
If your garden is fertile chernozem, of course, you can take the soil directly from your site. However, it should be decontaminated. Experts believe that it is best for this purpose to warm the earth in the oven at a temperature of up to +90 ° C. So, useful substances will be preserved, and all pests will die. As an option – you can steam the soil over boiling water for 30 minutes, but such a soil will lose some of the useful properties. For steaming the soil, a steamer can also be used.
In specialized stores, you can also buy ready-made soil mixtures for seedlings of vegetables. Or add peat (two parts), fine sand (one part) and hummus (also two parts) to the ground from your garden. Such a primer, for example, is excellent for growing pepper seedlings.
The 4th Mistake – Too Thick Seeding
Some truck farmers believe that seeds can be planted densely, and then simply break through as necessary. This is a wrong approach. For example, cucumbers and even better to plant in separate pots – two or three seeds. The distance between the seeds of pepper should be 1.5-2 centimetres, tomatoes – 3-4 centimetres.
Too much sowing will result in plants interfering with each other, part of the seedling will be painful, thin, not adapted to further growth. In addition, the risk of diseases, in particular, of the black leg will increase.
No Five – Wrong Watering
You know that you can not water the seedlings straight from the tap? It should be room temperature, stable for at least 24 hours, you can use thawed water, filtered, but not boil – all the useful substances in it are destroyed.
The soil should be watered before planting the seeds. The first time to water just from a mug or other capacity is impossible – the seeds will be clogged at too deep a depth and will rise longer. Use a spray gun, spray to moisten the soil, but do not fill it! When the seedlings become stronger, it will be possible to carry out regular watering, but carefully – and too dry, and too moist soil is equally harmful to plants.
At last two councils on the correct cultivation of seedlings:
The best place for boxes and pots with plants is a well-lit, warm window sill. At the time of puncturing the seeds, you can cover the boxes with a film, make a mini-greenhouse.
It is desirable to feed the seedlings at least twice – when the first real leaflets appear and 10 days before transplanting to an open ground or a greenhouse. For fertilizing complex fertilizers with nitrogen and phosphorus are used.
So above all are the common mistakes that people and farmers do while growing seeds. It is our advice for all formers and people who have to wish to make their home into a beautiful garden. If you follow and cope up with the above mistakes then we guarantee you that you will get a better result.


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London, England – Cuba – the essential album (ESNDCD222) in the title of a double CD produced by British label Manteca.
It includes a long list of well known Cuban musicians: Compay Segundo, Desi Arnaz, Pérez Prado, Orquesta Aragón, Sierra Maestra, Ibrahim Ferrer, Graciela Machito y sus Afro-Cubans, Lecuona Cuban Boys, Beny Moré, Chapottín y su Conjunto, Enrique Jorrín, Bebo Valdés, Los Van Van, Irakere, NG La Banda, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Mongo Santamaría, Orquesta América, Celina González, Havana All Stara, Pablo Milanés, James Moody & His Bop Men feat. Chano Pozo, Don Azpiazu & his Havana Casino Orchestra, René Touzet, Omara Portuondo, Celia Cruz, Alegría All Stara, Lázaro Ros con Mezcla, Yerba Buena, and Orlando `Cachaíto' López.
The mid-price compilation was produced by Rick Glanvill. He is a London-born writer, author, DJ and broadcaster.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel produced several TV specials for Metropolis (TVE) and co-produced "Musica NA", a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World.

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Murderous Intellectuals: German Elites and the Nazi SS by Jonathan Maxwell: Book Review
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Searching for a sense of understanding and a hope for future prevention, author Jonathan Maxwell explores the different officials of the Holocaust, giving an extensive background of each. He investigates mental defects, childhood occurrences, and family situations of these horrific leaders and identifies the "desk murderers" (those who did not directly kill, but gave orders to kill). "Murderous Intellectuals" provides a concentrated look at the events that took place, as Maxwell attempts to identify the key causes of the mass murders in an effort to prevent future Holocausts.
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This book is an excellent, highly readable account of the discovery of trans-Saturnian Planets of our Solar System, especially Pluto and the Planet X. X stands for ten as well as unknown. When Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was not the tenth planet but was the mysterious unknown planet that was theorized to exist based on the orbital fluctuations of Uranus. The book deals with the wonderful world of astronomy and covers the exploration of our solar system in good detail.
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The Good Doctors examines the creation, role, activism and struggles of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, which started as an organization composed of medical & health professionals to assist civil rights workers in the south during the early 1960s.
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"Railroad 1869: Along the Historic Union Pacific," by author Eugene Arundel Miller with photographs by Arundel C. Hull, William H. Jackson and others vividly portray the desolate plains and rugged Utah canyons, the colorful construction camps and short-lived towns along the way. Present day readers can "travel" across Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, envision and relive the challenges and adventures faced by the builders which includes; desolate terrain, lawlessness, and colorful lifestyles of construction camps, and the race to meet the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit.


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Giving In
by Morgana
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Author's Email: email@example.com
Web page: http://www.paranoid.nl/avalon
Main pairing: Pellaz/Ulaume/Flick
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Ulaume and Flick reach out to Pellaz on a lonely evening.
Disclaimer: Not mine. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters belong to Storm Constantine.
Warning: AU of course.
Beta read by Patricia and DA, thanks sweeties!
All remaining mistakes are mine.
Giving In
Being alone wasn't new for Pellaz. Even while visiting two of his closest friends, Flick and Ulaume, he felt lonely. Blocking them out when they were taking aruna was hard on Pellaz, who yearned for some sort of company.
Cal and Caeru were back in Immanion and out of his reach at the moment. Galdra had returned to Freyhella and Pellaz yearned for any one of them to take him into their arms and hold him. He had learned to cope with loneliness in the past and had hidden his tears and sorrow, but he felt that he deserved some happiness too. He worked so hard to satisfy any hopes or requests that hara might have of him, but in the end, what he felt the most was loneliness.
It didn't help that Flick and Ulaume were taking aruna only a few doors away. It only made Pellaz wallow deeper in self-pity. He wanted them to be happy and wished them the best, but at the same time he felt envious of what they had.
He closed his eyes as he curled up in a fetal position on the bed, waiting for them to finish. Pellaz thought of Cal and how much he loved him, but that only served awaken his body to need. He cursed himself for being stupid and becoming aroused and tried to make his feelings go away again. Thankfully Flick and Ulaume finished and their rapture no longer leaked into his mind.
Hiding beneath the sheet, Pellaz tried to make himself invisible to the world. A deep pain settled into his heart and his soul ached for companionship.
The last thing Pellaz expected to hear was a knock on his door, soft yet intruding. "Go away," he replied firmly. "I don't wish to be bothered." Nothing happened and Pellaz surmised the har had obeyed and had moved away. It was best that way. When he was in this sort of mood he didn't want anyhar close to him.
"What are you doing, Pell?"
Hearing Flick's voice so close startled Pellaz, for he hadn't heard the other har approach the bed. He lifted the sheet, pushed it down, and looked into Flick's concerned eyes. "I told you to go away." Making matters even worse was the fact that Flick was naked and still glowed from the aruna he had just taken with Ulaume.
Suddenly the bed moved and Pellaz turned his head to see what had caused the movement. Ulaume was sitting there, gloriously naked and only dressed in his long hair. "Go away." Pellaz was afraid of the temptation they presented. "Leave me."
Ulaume, however, shook his head and raised his hand, placing it palm down onto Pellaz' chest. It rose and fell with each breath Pellaz drew in and released. "You are lonely."
"It is nothing new. I can deal with it." Pellaz wondered what the wisest thing was to do. If they refused to leave, maybe he should go instead. He sat upright, which caused Ulaume's hand to slither lower down his chest and landed in his lap. Pellaz looked up sharply. "What do you think you are doing?" Ulaume's fingers brushed tenderly against his ouana-lim and not even Pellaz could remain distant and unyielding under that touch.
Flick smiled. He hoped Pellaz would surrender to them. When Ulaume and he had taken aruna earlier, they had sensed Pellaz' dark depression. At first, they had tried to block it out, but then they had realized that Pellaz craved companionship and probably even aruna. Flick had addressed the matter with Ulaume and had even gone as far as to admit to his chesnari that taking aruna with Pellaz was one of his fantasies. Flick would never forget the wicked smile Ulaume had given him before his chesnari had suggested something sinful: namely that they invited Pellaz to take aruna with them. Flick had put up resistance for only a minute and had then readily agreed. They had made their way over to the guest room and had found Pellaz hiding there.
"Trust yourself to us." Flick leaned in closer to press his lips to Pellaz'.
"We are your friends," Ulaume added, finishing for his chesnari. "We only mean well."
Pellaz considered fighting them, but his body was at war with his mind. It had been weeks since he had last taken aruna and he needed it. He needed it badly. In the end, he raised his right hand and slid it into Flick's hair, pulling the other har on top of him. He was ready for aruna and wondered if Flick felt the same way.
Flick eyed Pellaz hungrily before his gaze drifted to Ulaume to make sure his chesnari fully supported their idea. Ulaume nodded and smiled. Ever since he had talked to Pellaz about his recurring dream and had found out that part of it had been real, Ulaume had dreamt of duplicating the situation one way or another.
The kiss developed into something more and Pellaz offered bits and pieces of himself in their sharing of breath while Flick breathed affection and desire into Pellaz' mind. Flick ran his hands down Pellaz' flanks and the Tigron arched beneath him in want. "How long has it been, Pell?" Flick asked after releasing Pellaz' lips.
"Too long," Pellaz answered as he released their mixed breath. "Are you sure you want to do this? I don't want to come between Ulaume and you." Flick straddled his waist, having become soume for him.
"We are sure," Ulaume replied in Flick's stead. He stretched out on his side next to Pellaz and turned the Tigron's head toward him with a hand cupping the other har's cheek. Pursing his lips, he invited Pellaz into sharing breath with him. Pellaz accepted the invitation as soft lips descended onto his. This was even better than living it in a dream. Ulaume's hands buried themselves in Pellaz' hair and his fingers massaged the scalp. The sharing of breath deepened and became highly erotic, causing Ulaume to become ouana as well. They were still sharing breath when Flick unexpectedly opened up and took in Pellaz' ouana-lim.
Pellaz' eyes widened and he sucked in Ulaume's breath greedily. Flick descended onto his ouana-lim and enveloped him in heat. Pellaz couldn't stop himself from thrusting upward to stimulate them both, causing Flick to moan deep within his throat in approval. At the same time, Ulaume continued to share breath with him and Pellaz had the feeling he might burst due to all the different sensations coursing through him.
Flick placed his hands on the mattress next to Pellaz' shoulders and rode the Tigron. He watched the other two share breath and seeing Ulaume become ouana aroused him even more. Pellaz' movements became increasingly more erratic and the fact that Pellaz could barely contain himself proved to him how much his friend needed aruna. Flick felt honored that Pellaz was allowing this to show.
It didn't take them long to reach fulfillment and Pellaz shook from the freeing release that Flick had lured from his body. Ulaume finally released Pellaz' lips and turned his head to share breath with Flick instead. Pellaz watched them as they shared breath and gasped. They presented a magical sight.
Flick bestowed a teasing lick onto Ulaume's bottom lip and then slid off of Pellaz. His body tingled all over and he felt pleasantly lazy. He didn't plan on moving any time soon, but simply curled up at Pellaz' side and watched Ulaume, knowing his chesnari was about to make his move.
Ulaume had been dreaming of this moment for years. Since he had Flick's permission to proceed, he knelt at Pellaz' side and let his hands explore the willing body. His nimble fingers showed him which touches brought Pellaz the most pleasure and he enjoyed seeing the Tigron squirm. "Soon," he whispered and changed position, parting Pellaz' long legs before he knelt in-between them.
Pellaz felt something akin to shock when he realized what was going to happen. He had thought that, once Flick had slid off, their session had come to an end. But now he realized they were only halfway through. Ulaume was ready for him. The ouana-lim's green stem was hard and the flowery head opened, revealing shiny green and yellow petals.
Ulaume however froze where he was. "I will only do this if you allow it." He had no intention of coercing Pellaz into something his friend wanted no part of. "I would make it good for you," he promised.
Flick raised a hand and placed it on Pellaz' chest. "You need this," he said, voicing the truth when Pellaz found it hard to say such a thing aloud.
Pellaz knew they were right: he *did* need this. "Do it," he murmured and parted his legs further to accommodate Ulaume. He raised his arms and caught the other har in an embrace. Ulaume reacted at once and moved closer. Pellaz kept his eyes open so he would see every move Ulaume made. Once Ulaume's cool fire happened upon the raging heat inside him, Pellaz threw back his head and buried his fingernails in Ulaume's back. Long, raven strands caressed his body and some of them wrapped themselves around his wrists and ankles, making him Ulaume's prisoner.
Awed, Flick watched. During aruna, Ulaume became a force of nature. Since Flick was always locked in aruna with Ulaume during those moments, he seldom got the chance to study his chesnari. But now he had that chance. Ulaume was all over Pellaz as his hands grabbed hold of Pellaz' shoulders and crushed Pellaz against the hard body. The thrusts which had been shallow and fast changed pace. Ulaume took his time to bury himself inside Pellaz' body and pulled out painstakingly slow only to enter the Tigron again.
Overcome with renewed need, Flick grabbed Ulaume's head and shared breath with his chesnari. The look Ulaume gave him was enough to turn him ouana and he barely contained the urge to touch himself since he didn't want to find release that way.
Ulaume guided Flick's lips closer to Pellaz' and united the three of them in the sharing of breath.
It was a bit too much for Ulaume, who had fantasized about taking aruna with Pellaz for so long. There then was the combined force of Flick and Pellaz in his mind. He had to let go and his body shook fiercely, signaling his climax to the other two hara. Pellaz however was left behind and still craved release. Hungrily, Pellaz sucked on the first pair of lips he encountered, which happened to be Flick's.
Realizing he had left Pellaz behind, Ulaume exchanged a look with Flick and found his chesnari ready to finish what he had started. He pulled out and rolled onto his side. "Now, Flick."
Flick didn't waste any time and pressed into Pellaz' soume-lam. Pellaz stared in wonder at Flick while he was taken again. He was certain that he wouldn't be able to lift his little finger once they were finally through with him. They would exhaust him.
Flick picked up their pace, eager to bring Pellaz that which his friend craved so much: namely release from what must have been painful aruna. Pellaz suddenly screamed and his body convulsed beneath Flick. Pleased, Flick let go as well and joined his friend in arunic bliss.
Ulaume waited a minute until he was certain that Flick was starting to come down from the arunic high and started to stroke his chesnari's back. He pushed his arms beneath Flick's chest and legs and lifted the other har from Pellaz' body, which still shook with tremors. He tucked Flick in-between Pellaz and him and extended his embrace to both hara, safely tucking them against him.
Pellaz managed to roll onto his side so he could look at Flick and Ulaume. Both hara lay facing him and had smug grins on their faces. "The two of you are very wicked," he whispered, feeling fatigued and sated.
Ulaume's grin remained on his face as he retorted, "Pell, this is probably the only time that you will ever allow yourself to take aruna with us. The least we can do is make it good for you."
"I enjoyed myself too," Flick mumbled and brushed his lips against Pellaz' brow. "Maybe now you will feel more comfortable about taking aruna should you ever need us in that way again? We know that you are lonely when you visit us. You never bring Cal or Caeru with you."
"When I am here, I can be myself. I like that." When he visited Flick and Ulaume, he felt like he was on holiday. Caeru and Cal, no matter how much they loved him, always wanted something from him. With Flick and Ulaume there never were any demands.
"You seem to be feeling better now. I wonder why that is," Ulaume commented teasingly and tightened his hold on the two hara. Soon, Pellaz would doze off and dream pleasant dreams for a change – just like Flick and he would
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Cleghorn - SCLR New Member Trail Run
For SCLR's Annual New Member Orientation trail run, we held an "outdoor classroom" session, then broke the 20+ trucks into two groups and proceeded up the Cleghorn Trail. Accompanying the group was Marni Woods in a loaner vehicle (2007 Jeep!). It was a very fun day, but as one of the Trail Leaders, I didn't get to shoot as many photos this time around....Read More


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The 47-year-old serial entrepreneur, Eric Lefkofsky, is renowned for having established several successful startups. After his wife was diagnosed with cancer, Lefkofsky co-founded Tempus. The company focuses on a data-based approach to curing cancer. The innovation seeks to alleviate the confusion brought about by cancer diagnosis for both the patient and the people close to them.
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FOR ancient town lovers, maybe it's hard for you to find your destinations to match your budget and let alone get enough days off to plan a proper vacation. But here is good news. Just 1.5 hours' travel from Shenzhen, you can reach an 800-year-old ancient town of Lingnan style — Shawan Ancient Town.
Located in Panyu District in southern Guangzhou, Shawan Ancient Town was originally built during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) and enjoys a history of over 800 years. It features not only rich history and culture but is also known for many traditional local delicacies, some of which are hard to find in even the other old districts of Guangzhou.
The town is simultaneously primitive and elegant. Rows of houses, old streets and long alleys showcase the features of the ancient Lingnan style. The most common attractions you can see here are ancestral halls, the number of which has reached 100.
Big banyan trees standing at the corners of streets, stone benches along the lotus pond, and a variety snack booths together add a nice touch of Lingnan flavor to the town. The exquisite tile carvings, an intangible heritage that dot the town, will tell you the story of Guangzhou craftsmen.
When strolling along the alleys of the town, you will bump into oyster walls from time to time. Oyster walls, built up by layers upon layers of oyster shells, are not only great for blocking outside noise but also make the houses cool in summer and warm in winter.
Once you are here, remember to check out Liugeng Hall. It is a representative building of Shawan Ancient Town. Originally built in 1275, it has been destroyed many times and the present hall was reconstructed in 1720. Covering 3,300 square meters, it is the largest ancestral shrine of the He family, the largest family in this town.
What's more, not far away from the ancient town lies a time-honored cheongsam shop which enjoys a history of over 100 years. The delicate embroidery and long history is sure to bring joy to cheongsam lovers.
After walking for some time, you'll of course feel hungry. Shawan Nainiu Huanghou (Shawan Milk Cow Queen) dessert shop specializes in Cantonese desserts made with milk, such as double cream custard and ginger milk pudding. Qinfangyuan is a dessert shop known for its fried milk, green bean paste, sesame paste and glutinous rice dumplings.
Meichao roast chicken is known for its roast chicken and the roast chicken with rice here only costs 12 yuan (US$1.8). And not to be outdone, at Dangdang Wonton you can taste a bowl of wontons for just 5 yuan.
Add: Shawan Ancient Town, 10 Daxiangchong Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou (广州市番禺区沙湾大巷涌路10号沙湾古镇)
Open hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Ticket: 35 yuan
Transportation: Take a train from Shenzhen North Railway Station to Guangzhou South Railway Station, then take Metro Line 3 to Panyu Square Station, then transfer to Bus Pan 29; get off at Liugeng Hall, then walk for 140 meters to reach the destination. (Chen Xiaochun)
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"You always say that!. You always say you love us! But you're lying! And you're NOT REAL!" This is from my 9-year-old son Carl. We are adopting his group of siblings but it isn't finalized yet. He doesn't believe in it. He doesn't believe in me. He doesn't believe in mom. He doesn't have a concept of it yet.
I stare at him with mouth agape "Wait a minute!"I gasp in astonishment, "you mean I'm a ghost?! Can other people see me? Wow! Being a ghost mommy is cool!" I float around for a few minutes and say "Boo!"
The problem for our kids is nurture. They don't understand it and they haven't had it in this way before. When their caretaker takes care of them it's scary. They feel like they are losing control by letting someone else care for their needs. This is because our kids have learned not to trust adults and to rely on themselves to meet their own needs. In their early childhoods they experienced trauma. When they cried or needed something as babies, their caregiver's response was unreliable. Sometimes their infant/toddler cries were met with love, affection, and immediate response. Sometimes there was no response at all or an indifferent response. Sometimes their needs were met with anger and resentment. Would you trust adults if they had proven to be this unpredictable? Unlikely. So our children have learned to take care of themselves and exert control over their environments. When they can only trust themselves to meet their own needs this is how they feel safe.
When consistently nurturing caregivers enter the picture it's confusing and hard. They wonder when and if we will leave them. They wonder when and if we will hit them. By providing for them we are essentially displacing them from their primary role in the family. The love and nurture we provide causes anxiety, confusion, and even pain. Accepting love can be painful because tomorrow it could be all gone, at least in their experience.
Big Sean would rather wear old mismatched socks than allow us to buy him new socks. He would prefer to make his own clothes out of older clothes, bubble wrap ( see picture above) and maybe even newspaper than allow us to buy him new things! Sean hid in his bed crying for hours last week because Luke bought him a pair of shoes. They went on a shopping trip and Luke offered him a lot of things. The problem is that Big Sean is used to taking care of others. He isn't used to people taking care of him. At 14, he wants to wear his shoes until they have holes in them before getting a new pair. He's already outgrown his current shoes by 2 sizes. He hobbles around in them as if he is just learning to walk. Sean's shoe problem is twofold. On one hand, he doesn't want us to spend money on him. A good pair of Nike sneakers, (even on sale!) is enough to shut him down so that he stops speaking completely. He doesn't want anyone to "waste" their money on him. The other problem is the amount of attention he gets from a shopping trip. He cannot stand events that are centered around him. He puts his sweatshirt on, puts his head down, and refuses to look at anything in the store. When he gets home he hides whatever was bought for him while he was staring intently at the floor. Then he cries for a long time before ignoring the new things completely and wearing the same old clothes he has had for years.
Sean took the longest to start calling me "mom." He has never ever stopped. At 14, he was the first to hug and cuddle and say, "I love you." He has run away from me though. Once in a parking lot at Target.
When they go too far in depending on our affection and care, they pull back. Waaaay back. They react against their feelings as a mechanism to protect themselves. Too many kind words or compliments send them into a tailspin, particularly if they are face to face compliments.
Luke and I took a much needed respite weekend to ourselves in Vermont. The kids stayed with Grandma for the weekend and we got to explore the little town of Brattleboro and be as romantic as we wanted without four smaller people saying "Eeew! Gross!" I was surprised that by the first night, Sean was texting me. A lot. He was actually missing us. He even went so far as to tell us that we could bring him home a souvenir! That day, as we walked the streets looking for little presents that wouldn't offend our kids with price tags, Luke laughingly told me that I looked just like a tourist. I was taking way too many pictures and delighting in way too many things. I relayed this to Sean who was texting us throughout the day. I mean, who wouldn't want to see my amazing photos of innocuous street signs and Vermont shop windows?! I think I make an excellent tourist! Sean responded with, "Yeah mom. You are definitely a terrorist. You guys are both terrorists." It was hilarious at the time, but it made me think.
One definition of the term "terrorist" is "one who terrorizes or frightens others." Luke and I are certainly frightening them with our love. We are changing their way of life and threatening the only definition of "mom" "dad" and "family" that they have known. As wonderful as our parenting experience is for us. it's very scary to them. Sean is right in a sense. His mom and dad are terrorists.
When we picked up our little chickens on Sunday they actually ran to us with hugs. This doesn't always happen because a lot of times the younger two need time and privacy to express their affection. They laughed and squealed with delight and opened their gifts. Even Sean. That's when I noticed something different about him. His shoes. He was wearing his new shoes!
We have to be patient. We must remain consistent. It will take a long time for our little chickens to trust our love and our nurture. They will learn that we are capable of taking care of them and meeting their needs. They may even learn that mom and dad are not really "nurturing terrorists!"


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The Pittsburgh District of the Army Corps of Engineers installed a new commander, Col. Andrew J. "Coby" Short, on Friday.
The Corps rotates district commanders every two years.
Among other projects, Short will lead the $350 million cleanup of the nuclear waste dump in Parks Township, the operation of the locks dams on the Allegheny River and elsewhere, and flood reduction efforts throughout the region.
Outgoing Col. John P. Lloyd will assume command of the U.S. Forces Korea in Yongsan Garrison, Seoul, South Korea
Short comes to the Pittsburgh District following an assignment at the Army War College. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Service Staff School, Engineer Captain's Career Course and the Engineer Officer Basic Course. Additionally, he holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. Short has served in key command and staff positions at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Fort Hood, Texas, and deployed to both eastern Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve and to South Korea.
Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, Army Corps commander for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, led the change of command ceremony Friday at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.
One of 43 Army Corps districts, the Pittsburgh District covers an area of approximately 26,000 square miles, comprising the upper Ohio River Basin and extending into five states — Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and New York.
Mary Ann Thomas is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach her at 724-226-4691, [email protected] or via Twitter @MaThomas_Trib.
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The Fires of Atlantis is the fourth book in the Purge of Babylon series and it has finally struck…I'm kind of sick of reading these books. They aren't even the kind of books I usually read which makes it even harder to stick with them. BUT, I'm going to soldier on because I can't leave the series just yet, mostly because my mom told me to keep going. I'm an only child, I listen to my mom. I also talk to her at least once a day on the phone or in person, so it's hard to avoid her recommendations, ha ha. In the last book, the most important people (in terms of survival skills) left the island and ended up getting separated. Then they send out the other most important person to attempt to do a little recon about where the others went. This to me is asinine, especially because Will and Danny are military trained. They left one kid "drown" because it was a matter of survival. So why now, is one person's life so important that the entire groups' safety is put in jeopardy? It doesn't make any damn sense.
But I'm not in charge here so I'll just do my best to recount what happens without completely spoiling the book, but to be honest, I don't even know what's a spoiler in these books anymore. Gaby has been held hostage since book three, with help she escapes right before Danny and Will show up to break her out of these ghoul devised internment camps. For the next 100 pages Will, Danny and Gaby are within blocks of each other, fighting for survival and attempting to reunite without knowing they're in such close proximity of each other. This was TIRING. Everyone's getting beat to a pulp, they barely survive and just about any time they meet someone new, that person ends up dying because… SKILLZ. Apparently only Will, Danny and Gabby have the necessary survival skills (even though all of the human survivors have been dealing with the same things for the same amount of time and have all remained alive–no matter, hang with either Will, Danny or Gaby and you're gonna die!) to fight off the ghouls and keep themselves alive. This leads me to my next problem with this novel that had me not reading with as much fervor as I did with the previous three novels…how in the hell are Danny, Will and Gaby still alive?
Listen, I'm a teacher. I teach suspension of disbelief like it's my job (because it IS my job)but I'm getting a little tired of being suspended here. The wire harness is beginning to chafe. Will and Danny get attacked by the "blue eyed ghouls" (basically the generals of the ghouls, since the rest work on a hive mentality). These special ghouls can dodge bullets, they can anticipate, learn from previous encounters, silver doesn't affect them like the other ghouls, and they are ultra fast and strong. So why then, is it possible that Will and Danny are able to defeat a pair of them? Sheer luck. That luck continues on epic levels in several other major showdowns. I want Will, Danny and Gaby to live because they are the best characters in all of the books but that doesn't mean that they should live. I guess this is how Walking Dead comic book people feel about Norman Reedus and the Walking Dead TV show fans. I don't want to see them go, but is it fair for them to beat every odd, time and time again? No. You can't fight the law of diminishing returns, not even if you're my favorite character…sorry Will. And so, another book draws to a close and instead of excitement boiling over, I'm kind of resigned to the fact that I have at least two more books to read with ridiculously grandiose titles. Here's hoping that things open fresh with the next one. Otherwise, I may pay someone to tell me what happens at the end of the series. I gave it 3 stars but it's really more 2.5, but I hate being mean.


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During the official sumo tournament held six times a year, many sumo wrestlers can be found in the area around the venue.
The official sumo tournament is held at Ryogoku Kokugikan, also known as Suno Hall in Tokyo, three times out of six and others in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka.
The tournament is performed all day long for fifteen days, with the matches for low-ranking wrestlers in the morning and for high-ranking ones in the afternoon.
Sumo watching in a short time can be enjoyed because a ticket sold on the day of the match is usually available except for a weekend or the last day. The picture taken in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan during the official tournament shows young wrestlers are joyfully talking with their funs.
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Masahisa Takaki.
posted by masahisa at 14:11 | "Sumo" | |
Many sumo stables concentrating in the vicinity of Ryogoku in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, hold an early morning hard practice under the stable master's coaching.
Every sumo wrestler belongs to a sumo stable to become a full-fledged wrestler through a hard training early in the morning on the whole from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.. He has to learn not only sumo tricks but also manners and formalities as a sumo wrestler. These sorts of trainings are carried out by every stable and many of them are opened to the public, provided that the visitors refrain from a festive mood because the practice is not a show at all. No whispering, no flash and no leaving are allowed until the end of the keen discipline. Every visitor is strictly required to pay a respect to the stable master and wrestlers. Sumo seems to be a sport but in fact it is a kind of divine service used to be observed in front of the shinto god.
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Masahisa Takaki.
posted by masahisa at 10:49 | "Sumo" | |
"Chanko", dishes prepared for the sumo wrestlers, is the specialty of this restaurant.
This simple house is one of the special restaurants only serve "Chanko" dinner,the sumo wrestlers one-pot dish.
"Chanko"originally was served only in sumo stables for the sumo wrestlers. Cooking and serving such meal is a part of young wrestlers duty. Later some of these ex-sumo wrestlers started chanko restaurants and now in Ryogoku and its visinity, many chanko restaurants are opened to the gourmets and it has become a popular dish espesially in winter. The chanko includes different kinds of meat,sea food and vegetables in the special broth.
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Two ex-Boston Celtics stars are going at it over recognition, after Paul Pierce made it known that he had absolutely no plans of sharing the limelight with Isaiah Thomas.
Apparently, the NBA champion had something to say about IT getting his tribute video on the same day Boston will retire his No. 34 jersey this February 11.
"I'm not sure I want to look up at the Jumbotron and see Isaiah highlights after all the years I put in," he said. Adding: "You know I had the chance to watch Kobe's and throughout the game and timeouts, there were a lot of tribute videos for him and I enjoyed watching that throughout the game. Now hopefully, the Boston Celtics would do that for me."
We can't really blame Pierce. After all, he deserves to live in the moment with all eyes on him after his 2008 season with Boston saw another title added to the storied Celtics franchise.
But IT later clarified that he had no intention of stealing the spot from Pierce. He explained that his camp only requested that his tribute video be moved since he wanted his family to be there with him.
"I don't know why they're so mad about it. I'm not taking nothing from Paul Pierce. He did 15 years here so there's nothing I can take from him. But if they choose to do it that night, that would be great and I would be honored. And my family and friends can see how much they appreciated me here," he said.
Boston initially wanted to run their tribute video for Thomas when the Celtics faced the Cleveland Cavaliers this week, but this was canceled to give way to IT's request. Needless to say, Thomas still got a hero's welcome from both the fans and his former teammates the moment he walked out the tunnel of the TD Garden since being traded during the offseason.


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- 2 Pebbles to Use
- 3 Installing Loose Pebble Floors
- 4 Filling in the Spaces
- 5 Maintaining Loose Pebble Floors
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When installing a shower floor, you should use a material that holds up well in the presence of water and heat. Pebbles provide one such water-resistant material. If you'd like to build your own shower floor, you can do so using loose pebbles, but the pebbles still must be secured to the shower floor.
Pebbles to Use
Though you can lay a floor out of any type of loose rock, when choosing pebbles for a shower floor, you should select pebbles with fully rounded, soft edges. Stay away from pebbles with sharp edges to prevent the possibility of cuts from protruding pieces of the floor. If you want to simplify the process of laying the loose pebbles, consider using pebble sheets. While these pebbles come held together on a backing, making them easier to install than individual pebbles, the backing dissolves in the adhesive, which makes them loose pebbles once they're in the shower floor.
Installing Loose Pebble Floors
Before installing loose pebbles to a shower floor, put down a waterproof liner that prevents damage to the subfloor surface over which you intend to install the pebbles. Vinyl liners install flat against a floor's surface and are held in place with staples or adhesive. Once the floor is waterproofed, spread thinset mortar — or the adhesive recommended by the seller of the pebbles — to the shower floor and lay the pebbles in whatever design that you want in the adhesive. Use as much or as little space as you want between the pebbles.
Filling in the Spaces
After all the pebbles have been laid in the shower floor, allow the pebbles to dry in the adhesive for the length of time recommended on the adhesive packaging. As soon as the drying period has passed, grout the spaces between the pebbles to prevent dirt from accumulating between them. Apply grout with a grout float over the surface of the pebbles and remove all of the grout from the tops of the pebbles with a damp sponge before the grout has a chance to dry.
Maintaining Loose Pebble Floors
Like the adhesive used to install a loose pebble floor, the grout used to fill in the blanks must be allowed to dry for the recommended amount of time. Once the grout dries, apply a waterproof sealant over the pebble floor. This sealant prevents the grout from absorbing water, which can cause the grout to break down over time, and prevents discoloration from shampoos, soaps and body oils. With this step taken, loose pebble floors should need only occasional, minor cleaning with a mild soap.
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I'm talking about Kahane, G., Everett, J. A. C., Earp, B. D., Caviola, L., Faber, N. S., Crockett, M. J., & Savulescu, J. (2017).
Aka Beyond Sacrificial Harm: A Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology, the best moral psychology paper of the year!
In the field of psychology, there is a particular area that has become quite visible to outsiders for its colourful use of moral dilemmas, in particular the trolley problem. This area, moral psychology, studies the how people reason about moral issues, using sometimes those dilemmas to probe people's intuitions.
The recent story of moral psychology (At least, in the post-Kohlberg era) has its roots ,to a large extent, in the work of Jonathan Haidt, who postulated a series of moral foundations (Care, Purity, Fairness, Authority, Loyalty, and Liberty) to explain moral beliefs. Back from then there is a now classic though experiment, asking participants what they think of eating their recently deceased dog, or a brother and sister having safe, consensual sex.
For Haidt, morality is mostly a matter of emotions. In his early work, he seems to have left some room for reason, but in the latest editions of the theory (see the book The Righteous Mind), reason takes a back seat, and acts merely as a spokesperson of the moral sentiments.
Haidt was also notorious for being a pioneer of studying the moral judgments of libertarians: a group that is relatively small in politics in every country, but that finds its members overrepresented among philosophers.[1]
But reason seemed to also play a role. Enter Joshua Greene, who began publishing a series of papers (the gist of them is compiled in his book Moral Tribes), arguing that morality, like general reasoning, follows a two system model: there is an automatic, "gut-feeling" based mode, and a rational, cold, evidence-based, model. This second one he considers to be linked to utilitarianism.
As a separate issue, this book opened a sub-stream within philosophy itself (see, for example Erik Wielenberg's review of the book), on whether scientific studies like this can support or debunk moral theories. If it is indeed proved that a truly rational individual, devoid of all passions and biases would be utilitarian (or deontological, or libertarian) , doesn't that provide in itself an argument for those moral systems? (And, in addition, prove that we can have a purely rational morality, contra David Hume?) Research doesn't have a conclusive answer for these questions yet.
But anyway. Some time later, dual-system morality began to get some critiques, both in theory and methodology, most notoriously by Guy Kahane, one of the authors of the present paper (Kahane et al., 2015a and 2015b). Among other things, these papers show that psychopaths seemed to be highly utilitarian, which doesn't match with the impartial concern for all sentient beings that utilitarianism defends.
In addition to that, as a matter of personal interpretation, the moral dilemmas being used to tease out utilitarianism are not fit for purpose. Consider those available in the supplemental material of Greene et al. (2004). I -not an utilitarian- rank very high on those utilitarianism tests. The basis for my answers was not utilitarianism, so it wasn't picking up what is should.
This finally leads us to the paper at hand.
The authors try to get to a measure of utilitarianism that really picks up utilitarian thinking in the general population. And to a large extent they succeed, doing so with more rigor than the one deployed by your average paper:
They first collected hundreds of possible questions from psychology, philosophy, and themselves, and then tortured it with an expert panel of philosophers to make sure the questions do get to the core of what is known as utilitarianism, and then factor-analysed the responses from 960 participants. The resulting factors loadings were analysed to see if any items did not load into any of them, dropping "weak" items, and repeating the process ten times, arriving at a final model by looking at not one but six different metrics of model fit.
The end result was a two subcomponent scale (Oxford Utilitarianism Scale), that itself was tested for coherence in a different sample of 282 participants. Having survived this barrage of statistical analysis, the arrived at this:
Oxford Utilitarianism Scale (OUS)
- Impartial Beneficence subcomponent
- The only way to save another person's life during an emergency is to sacrifice one's own leg, then one is morally required to make this sacrifice.
- From a moral point of view, we should feel obliged to give one of our kidneys to a person with kidney failure since we do not need two kidneys to survive, but really only one to be healthy.
- From a moral perspective, people should care about the well-being of all human beings on the planet equally; they should not favor the well-being of people who are especially close to them either physically or emotionally.
- It is just as wrong to fail to help someone as it is to actively harm them yourself.
- It is morally wrong to keep money that one doesn't really need if one can donate it to causes that provide effective help to those who will benefit a great deal
- Instrumental Harm subcomponent
It is morally right to harm an innocent person if harming them is a necessary means to helping several other innocent people.
If the only way to ensure the overall well-being and happiness of the people is through the use of political oppression for a short, limited period, then political oppression should be used.
It is permissible to torture an innocent person if this would be necessary to provide information to prevent a bomb going off that would kill hundreds of people.
Sometimes it is morally necessary for innocent people to die as collateral damage—if more people are saved overall.
This scale picks up the gradient of position that goes between Kantianism and Act Utilitarianism, with weaker forms of utilitarianism and virtue ethics in between.
The two factors they found were not very correlated in their validation sample (r=.14). Note that the factors were extracted assuming latent variables (factors), not principal components (that would have made them fully orthogonal by design), so the fact that they do show some correlation is not a bad thing. But in a sample of philosophers, they were indeed correlated. [2]
Other correlations of the scale, shown below, indicate that there is a moderate correlation between psychopathy and the instrumental harm scale, but not the impartial beneficence scale. This is what may be at play in the experiments cited above: psychopaths care less about harm, but do not endorse impartial beneficence.
Empathy had a low-medium correlation with the impartial beneficence scale, with some negative correlation with the instrumental harm scale. The authors remark that this association with empathy might be making utilitarianism psychologically unstable: If you have deep feelings for others that leads to impartiality, but also to reluctance to harm people to pursue the greater good, and viceversa.
I might add that this sounds at odds with the dual-system model of morality. The empathic concern scale (items marked as EC) asks questions like "I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me", "Sometimes I don feel sorry for other people when they are having problems", "When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel kind of protective towards them".
So here, feelings of empathy might be driving (the impartial beneficence component of) utilitarianism, in the same way that feelings of disgust or even anger may be behind more traditional moralities. But perhaps this is a proxy for things like "I believe I ought to help those less fortunate than me" or things like that, which are questions that appeal to beliefs and not feelings. This ought to be explored more [3].
Religiosity was also, interestingly, associated with the impartiality scale ("love thy neighbor…"), and two measures of political ideology (social and economic) also showed some association with the instrumental harm scale.
What do I score, as assessed in a Likert scale, just for fun?
- Oxford Utilitarianism Scale: 4.0 (1-7)
- Impartial Beneficence: 2.6 (1-7)
- Instrumental Harm: 5.75 (1-7)
- Psychopathy: 2.06 (1-4)
- Empathic Concern: 1.0 (1-5)
- Explicit utilitarianism: 1.0 (1-5)
- Need for cognition: 4.33 (1-5)
- Identification with All Humanity: 2.44 (1-5)
- Religiosity: 1.0 (1-5)
- Hypothetical donation: 30 (0-100)
- Economic liberalism [4]: 7.0 (1-7)
- Social conservatism: 1.0 (1-7)
Finally, what do the authors think are the next steps following the release of the scale? Doing less trolley problems, for one, and just using the OUS to measure utilitarianism. Also, for more pragmatic ends, they recommend utilitarians to focus on the moral impartiality side of things rather than in the instrumental harm side of things – which makes sense.
This paper will surely accrue many citations in the coming years, and I bet it will probably find its way into a central position in the area. We will probably still see trolley dilemmas, but they will now come paired with a really robust and theoretically sound measure that does match with the philosophical meaning of "utilitarianism".
To close this post, there is one question that the paper raises, which is unrelated to the paper itself, but that is probably worth exploring. The paper says that
Modern-day secular morality can be seen as the gradual expansion of our circle of moral concern from those who are emotionally close, physically near, or similar to us, to cover the whole of humanity, and even all sentient life (Singer, 1981; see also Pinker, 2011). Utilitarians like Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and, in our time, Peter Singer, have played a pivotal role in this process, and in progressive causes more generally. They have been leading figures in the fights against sexism, racism, and 'speciesism;' influential supporters of political and sexual liberty; and key actors in attempts to eradicate poverty in developing countries as well as to encourage more permissive attitudes to prenatal screening, abortion, and euthanasia within our own societies (Bentham, 1789/1983; Mill, 1863; Singer, 2011)
[1] In this framework, abstract, highly intellectual philosophies, as in Kantian deontology, utilitarianism or libertarianism, are weirdenesses, to be explained by means of autism or some other deviance from neurotypicality, plus perhaps high reactance in the case of libertarians.
[2] The authors say that
It is striking that while the two were only weakly associated in the lay population, they were strongly correlated in a sample of expert moral philosophers. It is unclear what explains this sharp contrast, and at this stage we can only speculate about its source. One natural explanation would be that this change may be due to philosophical education, including exposure to explicit views and arguments that tie the two moral dimensions together.On the 2D model, individuals are likely to arrive at such an overall utilitarian view by following two distinct psychological paths. Some individuals—perhaps driven by unusually high levels of empathic concern—begin by endorsing a radically impartial vision of moral concern and, in an attempt to turn this endorsement into a coherent theory, eventually come to endorse forms of instrumental harm as well, to promote such impartial goals. Other individuals may start with greater acceptance of instrumental harm—likely driven by low levels of empathic concern—and a general rejection of traditional moral rules, and, seeking to find a systematic moral framework to replace the commonsense morality that they reject, come to endorse a sweeping impartial view.In both cases, reasoning may serve not as the impetus to the embryonic utilitarian view, but rather as a means to integrate two aspects of utilitarianism that are psychologically
independent or even opposed. Utilitarianism may be the product, not of pure rational reflection and argument, but of an attempt to bring pretheoretical tendencies and intuitions into a coherent equilibrium (along the lines suggested, in the deontological context, by Holyoak & Powell, 2016).Further research could investigate (a) the extent to which explicit endorsement of utilitarian views involves such adjustment, (b) whether one of the two 'starting points' is predominant, and (c) whether the initially dominantdimension predicts the degree to which the behavior of utilitarians mirrors their theoretical commitments. One can predict, for example, that individuals who start out high only in instrumental harm give less money to charity compared with those who start out high in impartial beneficence.An alternative explanation of the association between the two subscales in the expert sample is that the structure of the debate in current moral philosophy attracts those individuals in whom the two dimensions are already aligned…
[3] The authors do acknowledge this in the conclusion
While a unitary model of utilitarianism-as-cognitive (anddeontology-as-emotional) seemed to be supported by earlier stud-ies using sacrificial dilemmas that tied prosacrifice judgments toeffortful deliberation (Greene et al., 2004), more recent work hasrelated such judgments to reduced aversion to harming (Cushman,Gray, Gaffey, & Mendes, 2012; Kahane et al., 2015). This latterwork suggests therefore that prosacrifice judgments are largelydriven by reduced emotion. In line with this interpretation, in thepresent study we found an association between the InstrumentalHarm subscale and psychopathy and reduced empathic concern.The positive dimension of utilitarianism has also often beenclaimed to be based in rational reflection (de Lazari-Radek &Singer, 2012; Sidgwick, 1907)—Peter Singer's (1972) famousargument that there is no moral difference between letting adrowning child die and refusing to donate money to prevent deathsin developing countries is based on an appeal to consistency, noton pulling at our heartstrings. As we saw, however, the presentstudy also associates impartial beneficence with empathic concern,an affective disposition—indeed, one that is exactly the reverse ofthat associated with instrumental harm. At the same time, neithersubscale was significantly associated with need for cognition, atrait measure of motivation to engage in effortful cognition. Theseresults are consonant with recent studies that found that extremealtruists who donated their kidneys to strangers exhibit higherempathic concern (Brethel-Haurwitz et al., 2016).


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I have always been amazed at how poorly many, if not most, firms handle requests for quotes (RFQs). Over the years I have done a lot of competitive shopping over the phone. Typically if I called 10 companies and asked for a quick, simple quote, only about two would even ask for my name and phone number. The ones that did get my name and number would rarely attempt to follow up. Today with more RFQs coming online, following up on these opportunities is equally, if not more, important than phone inquiries. Still, the same principle of follow-up applies.
In my own firm, I found that I had to frequently remind our staff of the importance of handling quotes professionally and following up. I once wrote what I called a "Phone Quote Attack Plan" on 3X5 cards and placed them by each phone. It included the basics:
Phone Quote Attack Plan
- Always ask for the prospects name, company and phone number.
- First thing out of your mouth.
- I am currently busy with a customer now but will call you back promptly.
- I can take a minute to get some details on your request.
- Ask for job specs.
- Write down details.
- That's enough for now it will help me prepare before I call you back.
- Call back or e-mail quote within five minutes or ASAP
- Ask for feedback, "how does this sound"?
- Ask when they will need the job and/or make a decision.
- Better yet, hand deliver the quote if possible/practical.
- Follow up within half-day or before their decision time.
- Polite follow-up. Do they need more information?
- Ask for order.
- What can I do to earn the business?
- If price is the issue make decision if you want to meet competitor's price.
- Sell your quality/service etc. "I can meet this quote this one time to prove the value of our product/service".
- If you lose the order ask why?
- Deliver early. Exceed expectations.
- Red flag every first time customer order so your staff pays special attention.
- Follow up within five days of delivery. Everything OK?
- Send thank you note.
It helped because it made it clear that going after business was a top priority of management. Moreover, it created a consistent method of handling RFQs and we kept detailed records of quotes won/lost.
Training, Repetition and Follow-Up is Critical
We also put in place a weekly sales meeting for customer service managers/account managers. At this meeting we would review all RFQ wins/losses, keep score and hold everyone accountable for this critical issue. It seems to be human nature to drift away from following procedures and especially follow up. Fulfilling orders and daily activities take a higher priority than following up on potential business. We did not do this to punish or reprimand staff members but rather to gather the intelligence on why we were winning/losing and make corrections accordingly. Employees worth keeping will comply and do a great job…..if you inspect what you expect.
I would readily admit that if a full time salesperson was taking the request, follow up would normally take top priority. I am talking primarily about those calls that are picked up by whomever answers the phone and Web inquiries.
Let's remember that we are an instant gratification society and expect immediate response to everything. The person requesting the RFQ is no different. The firms that respond quickly and then follow up diligently and quickly (within an hour or two) will find that their odds of getting the business will go up exponentially.
Let's Not Waste Marketing Dollars
We often spend big money on sophisticated marketing plans to attract new customers. If we fall down on quick, professional response to quotes, we end up making this the weakest link in the marketing chain. We leave the low hanging fruit on the tree for a more aggressive competitor to pick.
It should be simple business sensibility to attack quotes. Following up with folks wanting to buy from us should be at the top of everyone's priority list. Savvy business managers do not take it for granted.
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FORTUNE — Brain-teaser questions, timed written tests that rival the GMAT, successive rounds of rapid-fire interview sessions with intensely focused hiring managers — are you ready for all these, plus the occasional odd moment of catch-you-off-your-guard eccentricity?
Career site Glassdoor.com sifted through more than 80,000 job hunters' interview ratings and reviews over the past 12 months to come up with this list of the 25 companies where getting hired is hardest. The number at the right is each company's difficulty rating on a 5-point scale where 1 is "very easy" and 5 is "extremely difficult."
1. McKinsey & Co. – 3.9
2. BCG (Boston Consulting Group) – 3.8
3. Oliver Wyman – 3.7
4. A.T. Kearney – 3.7
5. ZS Associates – 3.7
6. Thoughtworks – 3.6
7. Bain & Co. – 3.6
8. Royal Dutch Shell (rdsa) – 3.6
9. Google (goog) – 3.5
10. Unisys – 3.5
11. Rackspace Hosting – 3.4
12. Cypress Semiconductor – 3.4
13. Susquehanna International Group – 3.4
14. BazaarVoice – 3.4
15. P&G (pg) – 3.4
16. Teach for America – 3.4
17. L.E.K. Consulting – 3.4
18. Juniper Networks (jnpr) – 3.4
19. Sapient (sape) – 3.4
20. Stryker (syk) – 3.3
21. General Mills (gis) – 3.3
22. Progressive (pgr) – 3.3
23. Headstrong – 3.3
24. Facebook – 3.3
25. Amazon (amzn) – 3.3
It's no surprise that so many of the most challenging job interviews take place at consulting firms. After all, these companies' only product is brainpower. So their interviewers are partial to posing knotty questions like "How many people would use a drug that prevents baldness?" (BCG) or "What is the profit potential of offering wireless Internet service on airplanes?" (Oliver Wyman). At McKinsey, candidates must also take a written quiz loaded with charts and figures that has to be "analyzed swiftly with an acute sense of numbers," one aspiring consultant told Glassdoor.
Want a job at Facebook (FB)? "Be ready to give great answers to 'Why Facebook?'" advises a recently hired software engineer. "All seven interviewers asked me this, and it's really important to them."
Fair enough, but some interviewers throw candidates a curve ball, apparently just to see how they'll react. One applicant at Boston Consulting Group reports that, in his second interview, his interlocutor "started by putting his feet on the desk (with no socks) and eating out of a bowl of soup, talking simultaneously. Odd start." Indeed.
Among the most intriguing of Glassdoor's findings: Most veterans of tough interviews at these 25 companies rated the experience a positive one. More striking still, the companies with the highest difficulty ratings also score highest in employee satisfaction.
That makes sense, says Rusty Rueff, a member of Glassdoor's board of directors and the site's resident career expert. "A company that has stringent standards for performance will really put you through your paces [in interviews] because that is an honest and true reflection of their culture," says Rueff, a former vice president of international human resources at PepsiCo (pep). "So the people they select are the ones who thrive on difficulty — and, for people who don't, a tough screening process gives them the chance to opt out."
At any company, he adds, "you really need job interviews to be the best possible window into what the company is about, and what it will really be like to work there. Otherwise, you end up hiring people who won't fit in, and you'll end up having to replace them when they quit."


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Dave Berry catches up with Ant and Dec the morning of the BRIT Awards to find out just HOW much the 2015 hosts know, and more importantly can reveal...
Unfortunately for PJ and Duncan fans, the duo reveal their musical aliases will NOT be making an appearance at the BRITs with their smash hit 'Lets Get Ready To Rumble', despite much speculation.
The Geordie boys also banter with Capital's Dave about the pressure of presenting the awards, and their lack of Southern twang when it comes to hosting at London's iconic O2 arena.
Dec reveals to our dismay that he purposely asks to not be told winners and details of the event prior, seeing as he would be the one most likely to share the information... there goes our plan to probe him for juicy inside gossip!!
And the question we all want to know, do the pair share a dressing room at events, or opt for their own space with individual rooms?


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- "All energy from the Living Force, from all things that have ever lived, feeds into the Cosmic Force, binding everything and communicating to us through the midi-chlorians. Because of this, I can speak to you now."
- ―The spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn, communing with Yoda
The Living Force was an aspect of the Force. It was fed from the energy of living things and was distinct from the Cosmic Force. It made possible the phenomenon of Force spirits.[1]
Qui-Gon Jinn was considered a student of the Living Force[2] and stressed its importance to his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, telling him that being mindful of the Living Force required him to keep his concentration on the here and now, rather than letting anxieties about the future come at the expense of the present moment.[3]
- Age of Republic - Qui-Gon Jinn 1
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (Mentioned only)
- Obi-Wan and Anakin, Part II (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Overlords"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ghosts of Mortis"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Disappeared, Part II" (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Voices"
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 5: The Chosen One, Part V
- Guardians of the Whills
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
- Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes
- Doctor Aphra 22: The Catastrophe Con, Part III
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
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Once again I have loved doing this project. Apart from a few days of going with my own thoughts I followed along with Shimelles prompts this year. I used a different format this time too. A new shape, inspired by Rinda at Gallo Organico and no pictures apart from page 12.
I might add a couple of pages of photos at the end but to be honest I didn't take very many pictures this year, I found trying to stay well zapped all my energy and creativity. I am sure the project won't suffer!
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Canadian executives are getting ready to put the help wanted sign out for professionals this summer, according to a new report from employment services firm Robert Half International.
The survey of more than 1,000 top-level Canadian executives found many of them are planning to increase their head counts significantly from early July to late September.
Here are the sectors where the staffing firm expects to see the strongest growth.
- 49% increase in demand for lawyers, paralegals and support staff
- 28% of manufacturing executives plan on hiring more workers
- 27% of finance, insurance and real estate executives plan on growing their work forces
- 23% increase in demand for sales and business development professionals
- 21% of all executives plan on hiring marketing professionals
"Although some firms remain conservative in their hiring outlook, augmenting staff levels for others is becoming necessary when trying to meet added consumer demand," Kathryn Bolt, district president of Robert Half Canada, said in a release. "Increased business activity and economic factors are stimulating hiring in many industries."
The survey found 14% of executives plan to add professional staff in the third quarter.
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by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor
Home for proceedings, in a part of the world where table tennis has been played for over 40 years but not formalised, was Nassau, the island's capital city.
Attracting teachers from eight high schools, Richard McAfee conducted an ITTF/PTT Level One Course followed by directing matters at several training sessions.
Additionally, he met members of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, the University of the Bahamas, and the Ministry of Education.
"Working with the Bahamas Table Tennis Federation a developmental plan of action has been worked out that includes a major focus on putting table tennis into the schools. Fourteen schools have been targeted in the Nassau area along with several more on Grand Bahamas. Each school with receive an equipment package along with training for the teachers." Richard McAfee
Notably during the visit, a gift of equipment was also made to the Ranfirly Home for Children. Also, it is anticipated that Richard McAfee will return later in the year in September to implement a schools programme and conduct coaching sessions.
"The Bahamas Table Tennis Federation along with the International Table Tennis Federation will also hire a local Development Officer who will work with the schools to identify talented athletes; these athletes will be offered additional training at weekends. A series of quarterly tournaments is also in the works. In December, the first National Schools Championships for the Bahamas is planned." Richard McAfee
Exciting initiatives, the Bahamas Development Programme has been made possible thanks to the support of Seamaster; overall the company having agreed to provide US$100,000 per year for development, education and training projects.
Notably part of the sponsorship includes technical and equipment support for the four new members.
"The Bahamas Table Tennis Federation deserves great credit for their efforts to build the sport of table tennis in their country." Richard McAfee.
Members of the board include: Geoffrey McPhee (President), Adrian Rollins (Vice President), Shameka Fernander (Secretary) in addition to Carl Stubbs and Keith Saunders.
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I'm still reeling from the President's comments on Easter, calling out Christians or being "less than loving." Then I can't help but recall that Christians today were criticized for something that happened 800 years ago, and even that was skewed. (The Crusades were battles fought defending what was sacred and territorial to the Christian – it was a war.) Even more upsetting is the statement: "America is NOT a Christian nation … we are a nation of citizens." What in the world does that mean?
Compare Mr Obama's comments with that of the Prime minister of England, who said that although England was comprised of many faiths, they were in culture and faith, Christian. When the 154 Christians were murdered at Kenyan University, Mr. Obama spoke out about the murders, but NEVER mentioned they were Christians — the very reason for which they were killed. He praises immoral behavior – abortion and same-sex marriage – and seems, at least to me -- and many others, to protect Muslims, even radical Muslims, while DISTANCING himself from Christianity.
Let me go on record! CHRISTIANITY IS A LOVING RELIGION/FAITH. Look at the organizations, which show up for natural disasters and world relief, they are almost ALL Christian organizations – Red Cross, World Vision, Samaritans' Purse, Salvation Army and the list goes on. How about all of the homeless shelters and soup kitchens and missions, most of which are Christian based? Furthermore, they are there when all others have left. … still loving, still ministering kindness.
I'm sorry! I have done my best to honor this President, but my respect for him is waning, quickly. I have heard enough Christian bashing. How about a little praise for Christians who truly love, minister to the poor, and the list goes on!
Well, enough venting; let's talk about this week's sermon. Chapter 16 takes us to "the final battle of all time." We don't get there this week. :-) The Spirit directs our attention to "The God of Heaven" and "The Lord's Prayer." It is so end-time and yet so powerfully contemporary. I personalize The Lord's Prayer illustrating how this is NOT a prayer to be said by rote, but it is a template to pray about everything under the sun from our hearts.
In Jesus,
The best of all is God is with us. Psalm 46:7/JBS