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Chicago Public Radio : Interview with Ambassador Pierre Vimont
Worldview : Interview by Jerome McDonnell with Ambassador Pierre Vimont on October 21, 2008
JM : You're listening to Worldview from Chicago Public Radio I'm Jerome McDonnell and France assumed the presidency of the European Union in July since then they have had to contend with several crises including Russia's invasion of Georgia and the global economic downturn. Europe has approached their financial crisis under French President Nicolas Sarkozy's leadership has differed from that of the United States Sarkozy thinks that it is time for global transformation to take place, he and other European leaders are calling for a new Bretton Woods conference on the organisation on the Global economy, it should happen within a month or so. The first Bretton Woods conference held in 1944 lead to the creation of the International Monetary Fund and eventually the World Bank. Sarkozy's comments about the global economy have been in stark contrast with President Bush's. Sarkozy has said things like "Self-regulation to solve all problems, its finished laissez-faire, its finished, all powerful market to that is always right, it's finished." He also said "Self regulation is sometimes insufficient, the market is sometimes wrong ; competition is sometimes ineffective or disloyal, it is necessary then for the state to intervene." Meanwhile President Bush then says things like "It is essential that we preserve the foundation of democratic capitalism, we need to commit to free markets, free enterprise, and free trade."
Pierre Vimont is the French Ambassador to the United States and I asked him if these two minds could meet when they start talking about the global regulations for the financial industry.
PV : I think they can meet because you have to understand what President Sarkozy is trying to say. He is not trying to say that we have to get rid of democratic capitalism ; he thinks just like President Bush that we have to preserve it. But in order to preserve it we must take the necessary steps to prevent a new crisis after the ones that we have seen just a few weeks ago or the ones that we have seen at the end of the 90's or a few years ago with the internet system that was going all over the place. We have to prevent those crises from coming back so we need maybe more regulation, maybe not even more regulation but better regulation you know more complete regulations, this is what it is all about. So to some extent what the French authorities are trying to say is that we want to save and preserve democratic capitalism but precisely we have to take the lessons from the past where after those crises we didn't do anything and didn't do any reform, this time we have to find the right reform and put them into practice.
JM : If the Europeans want a global banking regulator with teeth is that something that the U.S. is going to sit still for ? It just isn't going to take an institution that has real power over its national market, the U.S. might sit still for co-ordination and things of that nature but it doesn't want anybody that has real regulatory teeth against it.
PV : Well we have to talk about all this, but we are not looking necessary for some huge big new institution with a lot of bureaucracy we totally agree with you. If in the end we could agree on something that would be better co-ordination and one institution of having the lead and getting the mission of leading the others, why not ? In fact that is what we are doing at the moment in Europe. At the last European Council last week we decided to have better co-ordination among the member states because at the moment most of those surveillance missions or control missions are being looked at by each member state and not by Europe as such. So what we are trying to do is get better co-ordination, better management of this financial crisis and so we ask each national institution to be in touch with the others, to be connected with the others and to try to co-ordinate on what could be some sort of small crisis centre or something of that sort. We are not looking for a new world institution necessarily, we have to discuss that, if we find another way, a lighter way of doing things then let's do it, but we have to do something, if we get out of that crisis we can't just say "Oh good we are out of it let's go back to our usual habits."
JM : But saying a new Breton Woods type of institution, these are grand gestures ; these are bold strokes that you are proposing, that President Sarkozy is proposing.
PV : I think that what we are saying through those commitments and those statements is really that we want to bring back confidence in the markets and among our public opinion because this is what it is really about. And because you have to be aware that behind this finical crisis what we are finding slowing emerging there is a very difficult economic slow down and we have to take care of that one also and to show to our public opinions, in each of our countries, that we are trying to manage that situation in the best way possible. And that we are not just staying aloof, far away to the difficult problems that every one of our citizens is facing.
JM : You're listening to Worldview from Chicago Public Radio, I'm Jerome McDonnell speaking with Pierre Vimont he is the French Ambassador to the United States and we are talking about a couple of the issues that have faced the global community while France has been the head of the E.U.
Russia and Georgia has this little fracas and President Sarkozy had to get involved and negotiate a cease fire agreement, now there are E.U. monitors just getting stared in Georgia. This is a tough situation, it almost seems like a no win situation for the E.U. to have these monitors there, both sides are already accusing the other of breaking the cease fire, your monitors seem to have very little power in that situation, they are strictly guys without guns, how do you win in Georgia ?
PV : Well you see it is a difficult situation and a very difficult diplomatic situation, political situation and even maybe military situation, but we had the choice between doing nothing and just staying comfortably at home and just watching what was going on, on the ground there, or taking an initiative and trying to stop violence first of all. This is what President Sarkozy did with his first trip to Moscow and Tbilisi and the agreement he reached on the 12th of August and then there was this idea about getting, after the cease fire, getting the troops, the Russian troops to withdrawal and that was the second agreement reached on the 8th of September. Now we are in the process of monitoring that withdrawal and this has been going on I think in the proper way so far and getting those European monitors to watch, of course you are right they have no guns, but they are there to watch and to observe, this is what it is all about. Now we have a third step also started which is to start the political negotiations, the diplomatic negotiations and discussions that have started in Geneva, this will take time, it is a long term process without any doubt. But it is precisely to look at the more long term and substantial problems that we are facing there. The fact that Russia has recognised … where as we have not, we the Europeans, America also and most of the international community has refused to recognise and sticks to the point that we want to preserve and protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia. So you are right we are facing a very difficult issue, one on which we hope we will be able to work and discuss and have negotiations rather than having the arms, weapons and military people taking over once again and starting again violence we want to prevent that as much as possible.
JM : How can you play an honest broker role the EU if you basically aren't going to agree with the Russian point of view, if you are basically going to say "Ok we don't recognise these states and we recognise the territorial integrity of Georgia" right there the Russians aren't with you at all, how do you manage to stay there ?
PV : You know we've seen situations like that in the past we know that we always found solutions think about Cyprus which is another example of this kind of situation like this where the region is recognised by one country and not by the others. The important thing is to go on discussing, to go on and try to find solutions, to launch a negotiating process that will offer everybody to speak to tell us what are their positions and what they want and to try step by step to find a solution it make take time let's have no doubt about it. When we started that discussion in Geneva, last week neither Russia nor Georgia in the end went into the negotiation itself, we had bilateral contacts with them but they refused to sit around the same table. Its understandable, its difficult for them they have questions of principles that have to be solved before that. But we are going to take our time, the necessary time to find ways of getting this negotiation on and getting everybody to be on board.
JM : Is NATO membership a good idea now for Georgia and Ukraine ?
PV : Well you know the positions that have been taken by several European countries among them Germany and France. We said that at the Bouras summit the NATO Bouras summit last April that we could agree for the principle of membership for Georgia and Ukraine later on but at this time the timing didn't seem to us to be the right one. And we don't think that when foreign ministers will meet in December in Brussels to look again at that issue that it is the time to decide on starting the first step which is you know allocating what we call a sort of road map for the Georgians and the Ukrainians. We think this is not the right time to do it so we think we have to take the right time to do this in order to avoid any controversial moves that would bring back tension and difficulties on the ground.
JM : Was it a mistake not to recognise Georgia the last time around when the U.S. was pushing it but Europe didn't want it then either ?
PV : Well of course we were not in favour of that so we think that it was not a mistake and we think that just think for one second if we were in last August with this military situation with Russia fighting against Georgia and Georgia having its map, this program with NATO being adopted before the summit NATO could lose a lot of its credibility if it didn't do anything as was the case this time. So our impression is on the contrary the decision that we took, not to take any decision in fact, the fact that we took no decision at the time was rather a good thing because it showed that time was not right for Georgia nor for Ukraine by the way. Our whole point is that it hasn't to do with the fact that Russia could be angry about such a decision, it the whole question of whether those countries are stable enough to start the process of becoming members of NATO. This is what we usually do also with countries who ask for membership inside the European Union they have first of all to respect certain principles ; they have to be in a situation of real stability in order to allow for the negotiations to go on in a proper way. We thought at that time and we still think that neither Georgia nor Ukraine, just look at what is happening at the moment with domestic politics in Ukraine ; we think that those two countries are still not in the right situation to start negotiation about their membership
JM : Does NATO have any credibility now in the first place, it's a defence pact that operates in Afghanistan, but only some countries fight when they want to and it seems like such a broad mandate that NATO has that it doesn't defend Georgia but it works in Afghanistan ?
PV : I think NATO it still relevant and it is still efficient if you just look at the military power that NATO represents its still very impressive, I mean it is still very impressive and efficient military institution. The problem is how to improve that efficiency and in Afghanistan you are quite right one of the problems were facing is greater co-ordination between the different national contributions there and this is what we are looking at the moment you know with regards to Afghanistan we all more or less agree that we need to assess the situation at it is and to look at the different dimensions of our global strategy there. Not only the military dimension but also the political dimension that with regard to the influence and authority of the … government to look at what we are doing in terms of assistance of the economic and social development of Afghanistan. The whole question of the poppy crop the whole question of the relationship with Pakistan and all this has to be looked at and assessed in the proper way and improved as much as possible.
JM : France has had the presidency of the E.U. during these two blow ups that we are talking about. I imagine this wasn't exactly what was on your agenda ; did you have ideas about things you wanted to move forward as the presidency of the E.U. that you kind of didn't get around to because of all this ?
PV : The fascinating thing about every presidency is that you prepare for two years in ahead and you have your priorities right and you stick to those priorities and you prepare that in the best way possible. We had climate change, energy policy, agriculture, immigration, external relations, and we are still going on with those but suddenly right at the start of our presidency we discovered new issues that we forecasted at all. The Irish vote on the Lisbon treaty first of all, then the Georgian crisis, then the financial crisis, and what I find fascinating is that if in the end people will remember something about the French presidency of the second semester of 2008 it will be those issues and not the ones that we had prepared a long time ago.
JM : Are you worried that people will remember it as a time when things fell apart because, I mean all these things are tremendously negative, be it Georgia or the Lisbon treaty could be the death knell of forward movement for the European Union ?
PV : I hope people will remember and I think this is a fact so far is that Europe has played a major part with the Georgian crisis and the with financial crisis and has showed that it could speak with one voice and that it could bring a valuable contribution to try to solve those issues. There is still a lot of work ahead but who could have expected that Europe would be there with the Georgian crisis take the initiative and be in the forefront of the diplomatic action and that was very interesting. And to the same is true with the financial crisis, its Europe with its different countries, Britain, France, Germany, who came up with the clear proposals, complete proposals to try to solve the problem with this idea of first let's take immediate action then afterwards let's look for the reform of the international financial system. I think all this was rather new when you look at Europe, Europe was not silent, Europe in full action and that was interesting was and I hope that will go on.
JM : Ambassador Vimont thanks for joining us.
PV : Thank you for welcoming me thank you very much.
JM : Pierre Vimont is the French Ambassador to the United States ; France has held the presidency of the E.U. for the second half of this year.


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HA NOI (VNS) — Banners protesting the American war in Viet Nam as well as gifts from international friends that encouraged Vietnamese people in their resistance wars are on display at an ongoing exhibition at the Viet Nam National Museum of History.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the country's reunification, the exhibition showcases the solidarity and support shown for Viet Nam by people in many parts of the world.
More than 150 photos and other artifacts evidencing international support for Viet Nam from around 50 countries as well as organisations can be seen at the exhibit.
These include a money-saving box used during the "200 million yen to support Viet Nam" campaign organised by the Communist Party of Japan in 1969, a bird grommet made by Japanese women and sold to raise money to support Viet Nam's fight against the US aggression and a proclamation signed by John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York City to provide medical aid (on May 9-16, 1973) for Indochina.
Mary Byrne McDonnell, director of the Social Science Research Council in the US, said she was on a business trip in Ha Noi and came upon the exhibition by chance.
She said she and her husband John McAuliff participated in many anti-war movements in the US when they were high school students. They gathered at demonstrations in front of the White House with banners calling for an end to the war.
"That time we were young but we knew that there's something wrong," she said.
"We were aware that the war was a big mistake and it would hurt both Vietnamese and American people."
McDonnell said she was moved on seeing the display, which reminded her of the old days when she agitated for peace.
"I'm surprised to see the New York City mayor's proclamation displayed here," she said.
"Although I lived in New York, I never knew about this medical aid campaign."
The great victory of Spring 1975 belonged to the Vietnamese people as well as international friends who wholeheartedly supported and struggled for Viet Nam, said Vu Xuan Hong, chairman of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations.
"I believe that no other struggle by any other nation in the 20th century enjoyed such strong and fruitful support from the international community as the one Viet Nam waged against the US.
Nguyen Van Cuong, director of the museum, said the exhibition is a tribute to international friends who stood side by side with the Vietnamese people then and are consolidating and promoting that solidarity and co-operation now.
"At the same time, it's a chance to educate the younger generation about our glorious traditions and continue to nurture and further develop the solidarity, friendship and co-operation between Viet Nam and the peace loving community."
The exhibition is open at the National Museum of History, 25 Tong Dan Street, Ha Noi. — VNS

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A DRAMA workshop which turns city youngsters into TV stars has landed a prestigious gong.
And the Children's Bafta Award for the ITV Junior Television Workshop is even more poignant as comes just eighteen months after the scheme was threatened with closure.
Bosses Colin Edwards and Ian Smith were presented with a special achievement award by one of their former trainees - Meet the Braithwaites' star Sarah Smart who hails from Northfield.
The workshops, based in Birmingham and Nottingham, were launched back in 1983 and have produced a host of stars like Erdington's Ryan Cartwright (The Grimleys/ Donovan), Yardley's Jacqueline Pirie (Emmerdale/ Coronation Street) and double Oscar-nominee Samantha Morton.
Other success stories include Hall Green's This Morning presenter Alison Hammond and 11-year-old Yasmin Murphy, from Bidford-on-Avon, who recently starred alongside Ally McBeal's Golden Globewining star Calista Flockhart in a Spanish movie called Fragile.
Children from all backgrounds are chosen for the workshops purely on ability and do not pay to attend.
The scheme was under threat last year because of ITV's latest round of financial cuts, but the company's chief executive Charles Allen told a 600-strong audience at London's Mayfair Hilton that he hoped the scheme would now last for another 50 years.
Colin said: "I'll be past my sell-by date by then. But, from our uncertain future last year, we are now looking to expand the scheme in other cities.
"This award will help to secure further investment to develop raw, young talent.
"And not only to continue the free training in the established Nottingham and Birmingham workshops, but hopefully to set up similar schemes in other city centres.
"The award is a tremendous endorsement from the television and film industry which should encourage great use of the creative energies of the workshop."
Minority Report star Samantha Morton sent a message to the ceremony saying: "Without the workshop I would not be in the position I find myself in today."
* Auditions for the workshop's next annual intake will be held around Easter. For information, write to ITV Junior Television Workshop, Gas Street, Birmingham, B1 2JT.


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Kinda Kinks
Michael Amsler
Ray Davies' one-man show rolls into LBC
By Greg Cahill
RAY DAVIES sounds shagged. He's midway through a hectic U.S. tour to perform The Storyteller at a series of one-night stands and to promote the just-released CD version of the acclaimed performing arts piece--a sometimes touching, often humorous one-man show in which the frontman for the Kinks tells of his early rock career while accompanying himself on solo acoustic guitar--and all the press attention clearly is taking its toll.
For this 54-year-old singer and songwriter, it's almost like living the frenzied rock 'n' roll life.
"Actually, rock 'n' roll was easier going than this," says a weary Davies from an Arizona hotel room, his sense of humor holding up after four phone interviews in two hours. "As I remember it, you'd just get out of your brain during the day and pull it together at night for the show.
"This thing I'm doing now, I have to be on at seven in the morning."
Now on his third tour of the states with The Storyteller, Davies has racked up rave reviews. New York Times critic Neil Strauss has lauded the piece as "surprisingly intimate, honest, and well staged," and marveled that Davies' voice is still "capable of hitting the sweet high notes that can turn detailed observation into perfect pop."
Like his contemporaries Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Pete Townshend of the Who, Davies--one of the most accomplished songwriters to emerge from the 1960s British rock invasion--has stretched out artistically in recent years. He has worked as a filmmaker, an actor, a theatrical writer and producer, a composer for musical theater, and an author.
The idea for the one-man show came while Davies was writing his autobiography, X-Ray (Overlook Press, 1994). "The book made me realize the links between my life as a musician--and even my life before I became a musician--and the subtext of what I'd been writing about all those years as a songwriter," he says. "The lyrics uncannily paralleled things that were going on in my life, much more so when I was newer at it, because I was only writing about those things I knew about from direct experience. There was a sort of innocence and naiveté, but somehow it was very truthful to me.
"So it was logical that the story of the band and growing up in North London worked with some of the old songs."
While many rockers express bitterness about their upbringings--complaining that their dysfunctional families fueled their angst-driven music--Davies' recollections possess a sweet charm, a nostalgic look at a post-World War II society.
Nowhere does that sentimentality for the past--which permeates such classic Kinks social satires as The Village Green Preservation Society, and reflects the wistfulness of a declining empire-- become more obvious than in Davies' tales about the Front Room, the family parlor that provided shelter from the storm of societal changes sweeping across England in the early to mid-'60s.
"Once upon a time there was a room in our house called the Front Room," he recounts in his autobiography. "It was so named because it was the front of the house, by the street. It was reserved for special occasions: Christmas parties, wedding receptions, birthdays, christenings, and funerals all took place in the Front Room. Important visitors were always shown into it... . People laughed, cried there. My sisters courted their boyfriends in there. Every special time and occasion was celebrated in the Front Room. The first time that I, Raymond Douglas, saw David Russell, my baby brother, was in the Front Room just after he had been born."
THE REST, as they say, is musical history. Ray and Davey went on to form the nucleus of the Kinks. In the Front Room, Ray Davies first hammered out on the family piano the opening chords of the band's first pop hit, "You Really Got Me," and brother Davey set up his distortion-heavy guitar amp dubbed the Green Monster.
Within months, Ray Davies, then 19, and his bandmates were thrust into the international spotlight. Yet, Davies had no idea that he had crafted a sound that would reverberate for three decades. Now he's regarded as the Godfather of Power Pop and a hero to a whole new generation of British and American rock bands influenced by the Kinks' punkish garage rock. "I'm sure they all have their own varying heroes," he laughs. "But it does seem that a lot of folks do like the Kinks and the songs I wrote for them.
"It's interesting to look back at what very modest ambitions I had. At the time we recorded those songs, really, we just wanted to do well with them. But what an impact they had."
Today, Ray Davies has little time to dwell on past glories, despite his retrospective show. "There are a few things on the boil," he quips. "For the past two years, we've been working on a musical version of [the Kinks' hit homage to 1950s dance palaces] 'Come Dancing'--we've done the script, we've completed the first act with music, and we're very pleased with that. So that could see the light of day next year," he says. "I'm supposed to be writing a small orchestral piece for an arts festival in England in the fall.
"And I'm getting ready to go in to record my first solo studio album, which I'm really excited about.
Will he retire The Storyteller, now that it's been recorded for posterity? "Well, it's something of a work in progress," he concludes. "It really only tells my life up until the recording of 'You Really Got Me,' so that's less than half my career.
"There are always more stories to tell."
Ray Davies performs The Storyteller on Friday, May 22, at 8 p.m. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. Tickets are $21.50. 546-3600.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 27, 2019 / Renaissance Gold Inc. (TSX-V:REN / OTCQB:RNSGF) ("RenGold") is pleased to share public comments made by AngloGold Ashanti's ("Anglo") CEO, Kevin Dushnisky, during an interview at the recent BMO Global Metals and Mining Conference in Florida, USA. Dushnisky described RenGold's Silicon Project in Nevada as "a very interesting deposit" and "the base of Anglo's increasing presence in North America." Please click on the following link for the full video interview with Dushnisky.
Robert Felder, President and CEO states, "We are happy to hear these positive comments coming from the CEO of Anglo about their work to date on the Silicon Project, and are very pleased with the significant commitment of resources and the rapid advancement of this project by Anglo. All indications point to a significant success."
Anglo entered into an agreement with RenGold in 2017, whereby it has the option to acquire 100% interest in the project by paying RenGold US$3,000,000 by June 21, 2020 (See NRs dated June 30, 2017 and June 11, 2018). Anglo has already paid US$300,000 to RenGold, and the 2nd anniversary payment of US$300,000 is due in June. If Anglo completes the option, RenGold would retain a 1% net smelter return royalty on future production from the project.
RenGold personnel recently visited the project and noted two drill rigs operating (one core and one reverse circulation) and a drill pattern covering approximately 3 kilometers in length.
The Silicon Project is in Nye County, Nevada in the Bare Mountain District near the town of Beatty. Corvus Gold (KOR) is advancing the adjacent Mother Lode deposit and Coeur Mining (CDE) recently acquired the Sterling Mine property from Northern Empire Resources and is advancing that project as well. A map showing relative land positions in the district is shown in Figure 1.
About Renaissance Gold Inc.
Renaissance Gold Inc. is a western US focused prospect generator utilizing a joint venture business model. RenGold applies the extensive exploration experience and high-end technical skills of its founders and team members to search for and acquire high quality precious metal exploration projects that are then offered for joint venture to industry partners who provide exploration funding. RenGold maintains a large portfolio of gold and silver exploration properties and has entered into over 70 exploration agreements including those as its predecessor, AuEx Ventures Inc., and those from Kinetic Gold. RenGold's objective is to place its projects into exploration agreements, testing as many drill targets as possible and providing maximum exposure to success through discovery.
About AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a global gold mining company. It was formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. AngloGold Ashanti Limited is now a global gold producer with 14 operations in nine countries.
Qualified Person
All technical data disclosed in this press release has been verified by RenGold's Qualified Person, Robert Felder, M.Sc. and Certified Professional Geologist as recognized by the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG).
By: Robert Felder, President & CEO
For further information, contact:
Robert Felder 775-337-1545 or [email protected]
Ronald Parratt 775-337-1545 or [email protected]
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking" statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although Renaissance Gold Inc. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Renaissance Gold Inc's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, Renaissance Gold Inc. undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
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WOW – What a week!
20 placements! There are only 4 cages full in the cat rooms.
Nancy Kuntz was with me on most of the relocations this week and it was a very busy week.
- Tuesday - We were off to Farmersville in the eastern part of Collin County. We set up 5 cats at a great barn. The 5 cats are all gray tabbies from the SPCA.
- Thursday - Sanger was the destination for 5 additional cats today. Ellie, Emerson, Rita, Tamara, and Brooklyn went there. They were set up in a large workshop with great ventilation. When I went there last Friday, a beautiful, young gray tabby came out of the hay stack. The barn owner did not know her and she was not spay. When I called her, she came right to me – what a beautiful, little girl. The barn owner wanted feral cats, so "Penny" went with me (immediately) to All Care for testing and spaying plus rabies and distemper shots. She was traded to New Beginnings Cat Rescue on Thursday evening. That makes 6 cats placed on Thursday.
- Friday - We prepared today for a LONG trip to Paris, TX. At least the 121 toll road and the new fly-over from 121 to 75 North saved us 40 minutes from what we used to do going that direction. We made it to Powderly (that is north of Paris) in just 2 hours. 2 hours from Dallas/Fort Worth is the limit of our service area. We placed 5 cats there, tool…Preston, Baby, Gerka, Tally, and Miranda. The folks were nice and the barn clean.
- Saturday - As volunteers, Linny and Chris, cleaned the cat rooms, I left to place "Silver" in McKinney as a backyard cat in a very nice neighborhood. They back up to a golf course…which means there are many rodents to control. Silver came from Decatur a little over a week ago. He just "showed up" at a barn where we placed 3 ferals several years ago. His presence upset the others and the barn owner asked Barn Cats to take him. Silver is a big, Russian Blue looking cat….very handsome. I think he will do well in McKinney.
- Sunday - (Since it is just Saturday now). Three friendly cats will be going to Cat Matchers tomorrow…a big, polydactyl brown tabby, a wonderful orange classic tabby from the Tri-City Shelter, and a Siamese mix.
Well – that makes 20 for the week. Strangely enough we were not in that many counties this week (Denton, Dallas, Tarrant, Wise, Grayson, Lamar, Collin, and Fannin). Some DAYS we are in that many counties. BUT – Lamar is a new county for us which makes 37 Texas counties and 5 southern Oklahoma counties.
Thanks to Linny Heagy and Chris Johnston for cleaning up and to Nancy for the 3 big trips this week to place 15 of the cats and for weekday cleanups. It takes a lot of cleaning to maintain both cat rooms, all the equipment (comes from the barn dirty/dusty and smelling nasty), and the room full of "older than dirt" cats. I will feature them one by one in my "Cat Tales" entries.


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TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly were separately brought to prison for non-payment of a fine - and promptly released.
Ms Daly spent just over an hour in Limerick Prison before she was released at 10.30pm. Mr Wallace spent slightly longer - around three hours - and was put on temporary release just before 4.30pm.
The arrest of both TDs arises from their breach of security at Shannon Airport and their subsequent refusal to pay €2,000 fines.
Mr Wallace was arrested by appointment in Clontarf at 11.30am yesterday, before being driven to the prison by two gardaí. On arrival, he shouted to an assembled crowd: "It probably won't be as bad for me as it is for the people in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan."
He had earlier spoken in the Dáil on education issues.
Before leaving Dublin, Mr Wallace travelled the short distance to his home and collected a bag of clothes and a number of books.
Despite being handed a 30-day sentence for the non-payment of a €2,000 fine, Mr Wallace was released around three hours later.
Prison sources emphasised that in cases of non-payment of fines, those convicted are often released within a number of hours, depending on the circumstances.
After his release, Mr Wallace claimed that he has no intention of paying the fine, which was issued to both him and Ms Daly for breaching security at Shannon Airport in July 2014.
The pair used a rope to scale the fence in order to inspect US aircraft using the airport to refuel.
Last night, Ms Daly was also arrested in Dublin and taken to the same facility by gardai, arriving at around 9.15pm.
She was also given temporary release just over an hour later.
Speaking after her brief period in jail Deputy Daly remained defiant about the validity of her actions in Shannon Airport last year. "The gas thing is I heard people commenting earlier on, 'do they think that we as law markers should be breaking the law?' she said.
"We think we have a responsibility under the Nuremberg principles when we see an injustice being done."
Deputy Daly said she was given time to say goodbye to her daughter and pack a bag before she was brought to Limerick prison
Speaking outside the jail after his release, Mr Wallace also said he was determined to continue his campaign against the use of Shannon Airport by the US military.
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In Nazareth things look very different than in the times of Yeshua. The city has grown to be a major city in Israel boasting a population of over 110,000 people with 40% being Jewish and 60% being Arab.
This year on Christmas Eve we had the opportunity to do a joint outreach with the Arab believers in Nazareth. The Festival of Christmas is organized by the city for the Christian Arab community. This festival has grown to include the Christian Arab communities from the north, as well as Jewish tourists and locals. It is estimated that around 100,000 people visit the Festival of Christmas in Nazareth each year.
Throughout the city, there are booths set up with festive food and trinkets. On the main street, there are parades held throughout the day.
Avi, together with the Dugit staff, and some members of the Adonai Roi Congregation, joined with Local Arab believers to share the Gospel. They prepared a booth near the parade with a manger scene. Arabs and Jews from all over Israel came to the booth to take pictures and learn about Yeshua's birth. Many of the Israeli Jews who came to experience 'Christmas' were surprised to learn that Yeshua was Jewish. We had the opportunity to share the Good News and to pray for many.
One woman came to the booth after hearing about the birth of the True Messiah and asked for prayer. As we started praying for her, the Holy Spirit moved in her heart and she cried tears of joy and repentance. We praise God for the souls who were reached with the Gospel of Yeshua's birth, death, and resurrection!
Please join us in prayer for the seeds that were sown to grow and mature.
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It was a big surprise to SABC3's My Top Billing Dream reality show viewers last week when two contestants were eliminated. I sat down with Greg Kriek and Khanya Ngumbela to chat about their Top Billing experiences. Juggling both the Top Billing presenter search auditions and a philanthropic initiative, Greg Kriek found himself in the midst of a safari when he received the call from Top Billing that led to him receiving the news that he had been selected from thousands of hopefuls to be a part of the Top 10. Shortly thereafter, Greg checked in to his hotel room at the 15 On Orange Hotel to join the Top 10 contestants and the roller-coaster began. With his background in production, direction and acting, Greg embraced this new opportunity with both hands, "My whole Top Billing experience, everything was a debut for me, from the oysters to walking on a runway." says Greg, "My motto and my vision in life is to use the platform of entertainment and media to empower others." We spoke about the publicity that My Top Billing Dream has afforded him, "You know, going for a walk on the beach and having people say "Greg, I'm rooting for you", for me that is a sign that I am walking in the right direction." Given a opportunity to train as a director on Top Billing after being eliminated, Greg's journey has certainly opened doors not only for him, but also organizations like the Happy Feet Foundation which he is involved in, "In reflection, exposure with Happy Feet, to me that is gold! To me it's the grand prize."
Khanya Ngumbela gracefully shared a bit of background about herself, highlighting her previous presenting and modeling experience and her decision to audition, "I thought, let me bring what I've got and let's see if they like it." says Khanya. She described the moment she was told that she made the Top 10 as a whirlwind of emotion and excitement, "It was wonderful, so surreal." In a competition environment, it can tough and straining, Khanya took another approach to this, "I said to myself, I need to compete against myself, I need to give my all and showcase myself in the best light." About her elimination last week, Khanya remains positive and grateful for the opportunity she was given and worked toward, "Even though I'm out right now, I don't feel like I've lost. I've grown as a person and a presenter."
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Certain auspicious Nakshatra, Tithi, day and time are considered Shubh Muhurat for marriage. Only eleven Nakshatras among twenty-eight Nakshatra are favorable. Akshaya Tritiya, Dev Uthani Ekadashi Tithi which comes once every year is generally considered Shubh for deciding Shubh Muhurat for marriage.
However, there are some unfavorable Nakshatra, Tithi, period(time) during the combustion of Shukra or GuruJupiter in (Shukra Ast or Guru Asta) other Ashubh Yoga periods, which are avoided for marriage in Vedic astrologyThe study of the influence of celestial bodies on earth and humans.
First quarter (Charana) of Magha and Moola and the last quarter of Revati are known as Ati Gand Mool Nakshatra, one should avoid this Nakshatra for the auspicious marriage Muhurat.
The presence of any one of all the three Uttara Nakshatra is an auspicious day for all the auspicious events. Some astrologers believe that Uttara Phalguni nakshatra should be avoided for marriage.
During auspicious Navaratri days, marriage can be performed, if necessary. Pushya Nakshatra is inauspicious for marriage, though it is the most auspicious Nakshatra for all the events. This is an exception to the general rule.
Abhijit Nakshatra, a masculine but not a regular nakshatra, lies from 6.40' to 10.53'.20 in Capricorn i.e. last quarter of Uttara Ashadha, first 1/15th part of Shravana, is also an auspicious Nakshatra for a marriage ceremony. It falls on a Wednesday, one should avoid it.
Inauspicious/auspicious dates, Shubh Muhurat for marriage
Marriage dates or Vivah Tithi may differ from place to place (location) or for person to person, one should consult a learned astrologer for Panchang Shuddhi, and the available marriage venue for booking in advance, before choosing a marriage date, finally.
Each person's astrological birth chartA diagram showing exact position of planets in signs at time of birth of an individual prepared with the help of time, date and place of birth is a unique one. The running Period and sub-periods of planets and the major planetary transits Jupiter's transitMovement of planets in the sky in real time, Venus' transit and Saturn's transit (Guru- Gonchar, Shukra- Gonchar and Shani- Gochar) may be beneficPlanets having natural beneficial and positive influences, opposite to malefic or maleficUnfavorable, opposite of benefic for an individual.
One should consult family astrologer personally, before deciding the date and Shubh Muhurat for marriage, finally.
Shubh Muhurat for Marriage, dates for 2019
Auspicious marriage ceremony dates or Shubh Vivah Muhurat have started again from January 17, 2019.
The auspicious wedding dates or Shubh Vivah Muhurat for performing the marriage in the year 2019 will be only in these months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, November, and December.
There are a few auspicious wedding dates or Shubh Vivah Muhurat for performing the marriage in November and December 2019 according to some Panchangas.
Auspicious Hindu Vivah Tithi or dates(Shubh Muhurat for marriage) based on Indian Vedic astrology for the year 2019 have started again in January. Marriage dates for 2019 are from 17th January (Thursday) to 11 July 2019; 8th November to 12th December 2019.
No marriage ceremony is recommended during Shukra Tara Asta period. Auspicious period or dates for performing marriage or Shubh Muhurat for marriage begins with the rise of Venus or Shukra Tara Uday (Shukroday).
Shukra Tara Asta or Shukrodaya
Shukra Tara Asta starts on July 09, 2019 (Tuesday). Shukra Tara will rise on September 19, 2019 (Thursday).
ii) There will be no marriage ceremony dates from July 07, 2019 to November 07, 2019.
iii) Auspicious Hindu Vivah Tithi or dates(Shubh Muhurat for marriage) based on Indian Vedic astrology for the year 2019 will start again from 08th November 2019.
iv) No marriage dates (Shubh Vivah Muhurat) are available after December 12, 2019.
Auspicious Hindu Vivah Tithi or dates (Shubh Muhurat for marriage) based on Indian Vedic astrology for the year 2019 will start again from January 20, 2020.
The inauspicious or Ashubh Muhurat to be avoided for marriage
i) It is recommended that a marriage ceremony should not be performed on birthdays, during the period of Venus or Jupiter combustion (Guru or Shukra Asta) Gulika or RahukalamRahukalam or Period of Rahu is different for each day and it should be avoided for any auspicious work or event.
ii) Eight days' period, in the month of Phalgun, which generally falls in the month of February or March just before Holi is known as Holashtak, it is also avoided for performing the marriage in some parts of North India. The Holashtaka period will be from March 14, 2019, to March 21, 2019.
iii) Kharmas, Adhik Maas and Shraddha Paksha (Mahalaya) are considered inauspicious, should be avoided for a Hindu wedding. Kharmas will be from December 16, 2018, to January 14, 2019. Another Kharmas period of 2019 is from March 14 to April 14, 2019.
Important Tithi and Shubh Muhurat for marriage in 2019
i)Auspicious marriage ceremony dates will start again from mid-January, 2019.
ii) Hindu wedding dates or Shubh Muhurat for marriage start after Makar Sankranti, which generally commences on January 14. Makar Sankranti falls on January 15, 2019. There are no marriage dates before Makar Sankranti 2019.
iii) Akshaya Tritiya: Akshaya Tritiya Tithi begins at 05:40 am on Tuesday, 07th May 2019, ends at 12: 17 am on 08 May 2019, this year. These are auspicious dates for marriage (Shubh Vivah Muhurat).
iv) Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2019: Ekadashi Tithi begins at 01:33 pm on 8th November 2019, ends on 9th November 2019, from this auspicious Tithi, Hindu wedding dates will start again after Chaturmas(in some regions).
Shubh Vivah Muhurat/Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in 2019
Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra and Tithi for different months in 2019 start from Thursday, January 17, 2019. They are as follows:
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in January 2019
17th January (Thursday) Rohini, Dwadashi.
18th January (Friday) Rohini, Mrigasira, Dwadashi, Trayodashi
23rd January (Wednesday) Magha, Tritiya
25th January (Friday) Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Panchami, Sashti.
26th January (Saturday) Hasta, Sashti
29th January (Tuesday) Anuradha, Dashami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in February 2019
1st February (Friday) Mula, Dwadashi, Trayodashi
8th February (Friday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Chaturthi
9th February (Saturday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati, Panchami
10th February (Sunday) Revati, Panchami
15th February (Friday) Mrigasira, Dashami, Ekadashi
21st February (Thursday) Uttara Phalguni, Dwitiya, Tritiya
23rd February (Saturday) Swati, Panchami
24th February (Sunday) Swati, Shashthi
26th February (Tuesday) Anuradha, Ashtami
28th February (Thursday) Mula, Dashami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in March 2019
02nd March (Saturday) Uttara Ashadha, Dwadashi
07th March (Thursday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Pratipada, Dwitiya
08th March (Friday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati, Dwitiya, Tritiya
09th March (Saturday) Revati, Tritiya
13th March (Wednesday Rohini, Saptami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in April 2019
16th April (Tuesday) Uttara Phalguni, Trayodashi
17th April (Wednesday) Uttara Phalguni, Trayodashi
18th April (Thursday) Hasta, Chaturdashi
19th April (Friday) Swati, Pratipada
20th April (Saturday) Swati, Pratipada, Dwitiya
22nd April (Monday) Anuradha, Chaturthi
23rd April (Tuesday) Mula, Panchami
24th April (Wednesday) Mula, Panchami, Sashti
25th April (Thursday) Uttara Ashadha, Saptami
26th April (Friday) Uttara Ashadha, Saptami, Ashtami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in May 2019
02nd May (Thursday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati, Trayodashi
06th May (Monday) Rohini, Dwitiya
07th May (Tuesday) Mrigashira, Tritiya, Chaturthi
08th May (Wednesday) Mrigashira, Chaturthi
12th May (Sunday) Magha, Navami
13th May (Monday) Magha, Purva Phalguni, Navami
14th May (Tuesday) Uttara Phalguni, Dashami, Ekadashi
15th May (Wednesday) Hasta, Dwadashi
17th May (Friday) Swati, Chaturdashi
19th May (Sunday) Anuradha, Pratipada
21st May (Tuesday) Mula, Tritiya
23rd May (Thursday) Uttara Ashadha, Panchami, Shashthi
28th May (Tuesday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Dashami
29th May (Wednesday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati, Ekadashi
30th May (Thursday) Revati, Ekadashi
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in June 2019
08th June (Saturday) Magha, Sashti, Saptami
09th June (Sunday) Magha, Saptami
10th June (Monday) Uttara Phalguni, Ashtami, Navami
12th June (Wednesday) Hasta, Dashami
13th June (Thursday) Swati, Dwadashi
14th June (Friday) Swati, Dwadashi
15th June (Saturday) Anuradha, Trayodashi, Chaturdashi
16th June (Sunday) Anuradha, Chaturdashi
17th June (Monday) Mula, Pratipada
18th June (Tuesday) Mula, Pratipada
19th June (Wednesday) Uttara Ashadha, Dwitiya, Tritiya
25th June (Tuesday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Ashtami, Navami
26th June (Wednesday) Revati, Navami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in July 2019
06th July (Saturday) Magha, Panchami
07th July (Sunday) Uttara Phalguni, Shashti
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in November 2019
Auspicious Dev Uthani Ekadashi or Prabodhini Ekadashi Tithi begins on Friday, 8th November 2019. Ekadashi Tithi ends(Paran) at 6:42 AM-8:51 AM on 9th November 2019.
08th November (Friday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Dwadashi
09th November (Saturday)Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati, Dwadashi, Trayodashi
10 November (Sunday) Revati, Trayodashi
14th November (Thursday)Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Dwitiya, Tritiya
22nd November (Friday) Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Ekadashi
23rd November (Saturday) Hasta, Dwadashi
24th November (Sunday) Swati, Trayodashi
30th November (Saturday) Uttara Ashadha, Panchami
Auspicious Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in December 2019
05th December (Thursday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Navami, Dashami
06th December (Friday) Uttara Bhadrapada, Dashami
07th December(Saturday) Revati, Ekadashi
Shubh Vivah Muhurat/Marriage dates, Var, Nakshatra, and Tithi in January 2020
Marriage dates: Date Time Auspicious Nakshatra
20 January 2020 (Monday) 07:59 to 23:30 Anuradha
29 January 2020 (Wednesday) 12:13 to 31:14+ Uttarabhadrapada
30 January 2020 (Thursday) 07:14 to 31:14+ Uttarabhadrapada, Revati
31 January 2020 (Friday) 07:14 to 11:25 Revati
Abhijit Muhurat, Shubh Muhurat for marriage
Abhijit Muhurta is auspicious for performing marriages. The word Abhijit means victorious, Muhurta or Muhurtha means auspicious moment; anything done during this time ensures victory.
Abhijit Muhurta, important time is one of the simplest methods to select an auspicious time for performing any important event or ceremony, like engagement or marriage, without any calculation of Tithi or Nakshatra.
Avoid auspicious events if Abhijit Muhurat falls on Wednesday
If Abhijit Muhurta falls on a Wednesday, performing of the auspicious events are avoided.
Abhijit Muhurta of a particular place is calculated on the basis of L.M.T. of that place, begins 24 minutes before and 24 minutes after 12 noon, i.e. from 11:36 AM to 12:24 PM, total 48 minutes.
Performing most of the marriage ceremonies is preferred in Abhijit Muhurta in many parts of India.
Note: Traveling towards south direction should be avoided during Abhijit Muhurat.
The suitable Nakshatra, Charana for Shubh Muhurat for marriage in Vedic astrology
Rohini (4th), Mrigasira(5th), Magha (10th)- 1st Charana should be avoided.
Uttara Phalguni (12th) Hasta (13th), Swati (15th), Anuradha (17th), Moola (19th)- 1st Charana should be avoided.
Uttarashada(21st)-all Charana, Uttarabhadrapada(26th)- all Charana, Revathi (27th)- last Charana is inauspicious, one should avoid it.
Abhijit Nakshatra lies between Uttara Ashadha and Shravana is also auspicious Muhurat


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Hello there! My name is Marco Gervasio and this is a collection of stories about how interaction design, digital marketing, visual design, and social media can come together to create powerful programs and platforms for a meaningful customer experience. Feel free to reach out to me:
Heart Over Brain
So there it is, that very moment when it's time for you to make a decision about something. You probably think that reason is influencing what you should do because you are a smart rational person, but in reality, it is your heart that is taking over your brain and affecting your behavior the most.
Whether you are buying a new home, selecting between job opportunities, or picking a new shirt, you will first base your decision on how you feel about it, then justify that decision with more logical thinking.
This is even truer in our day and age. Customers are much more aware of what you need to deliver in order to impact their lives positively. They not only seek value but also significance in everything they acquire or interact with, something sincerely meaningful.
In a previous article I discuss what the creation of meaning involves. In essence it's about making sure you develop enough empathy towards your audience, understand how they really feel, what they aspired to, and create a momentous experience that supports the emotional drive during the journey: a path to goal-achievement and contempt.
But what emotions are we talking about exactly?
Primary Emotions
Psychology experts have offered us plenty of studies in the last few decades about the understanding of the emotional self, the shambolic and sometimes unpredictable pool of sentiments (and their correlated responses) that makes us the opposite of robots.
Anyone can identify basic emotions such as happy or sad, but there are many more nuances and when combined, they influence how we behave in a specific moment and over time. And this of course applies to customers and clients. We will never stop being human even in business situations, which means emotions also need to be taken into account in a B2B context.
Understanding emotions is not simple, but once you grasp the basics you can actually determine what to do with them and identify opportunities to connect with your audience and support them efficiently. A commonly used guide to emotions is Plutchik's wheel which structures 8 families of emotions. The inner circle are the most intense emotions but the second circle (joy, sadness, etc.) are the most common ones. Outer circles are variants and less intense emotions within the same family.
The Plutchik theory also demonstrates how pairing primary emotions from different families can define new ones. Here are a few examples:
But what perhaps matters the most is what to do with these emotions. Plutchik also suggests some anticipated reactions from people when facing certain situations. And that is of particular value when defining customer journeys.
One good example of how emotion scales are used is by companies wanting to optimize their customer service centers. They will develop guidelines and training classes for the representatives so they are equipped to deal with certain situations, particularly the more negative types of emotions such as anger or fear. An irritated and overwhelmed customer is not easy to handle after all.
But we all react differently to situations, now don't we?
While understanding specific emotions is very useful, the way they are combined in each of us is just as important. Personality refers to someone's amalgamation of emotions, thoughts, and traits, as well as the psychological responses to situations. Personality is basically a pattern of characteristics forming a distinct behavior. And of course, scientists have spent a lot of time trying to understanding what makes us so unique.
There are many sets of customer personalities out there, but the most referred one is probably David Merrill and Roger Reid's "Knowing About Social Styles" theory in which 4 types of personalities are identified. You can actually use a quadrant to define more precisely one's personality, for instance you may be assertive in a given situation but not dramatic about it.
Many experts or agencies provide insights on how to deal with the 4 types of customers. They tend to adapt the characteristics to the industry they evolve in, but here are some of the most common ones from my audit:
While Merrill & Reid's theory is very enlightening, I see it as a base. I think each project is different and identifying specific personalities for each might be more targeted. For instance in a recent user experience research project I focused my efforts on one particular area of a digital platform redesign: talent recruitment.
My investigation allowed me to discover that in this area of expertize potential employees are often divided in 2 distinct categories: the passive seeker and the active seeker. It was clear early on that both have specific behavioral traits regarding career opportunities. They do not seek information the same way and are interesting in different things (or at least have different priorities).
Here's a summary of the top-level personalities I presented:
They are typically in a situation where they need to find another job, either because they are unhappy or just pursuing a better opportunity, or because the company may be closing or outsourcing jobs (making the situation more urgent). Active seekers only represent about 30% of the total workforce, but most jobs are filled with this group who is proactively looking for new positions (and are more rational in their decision making). They will work hard at their personal brand and will be easier to find on social networks and recruitment websites. Because there is more of an urgency to find a new position, they will get down to business quickly by looking at your job descriptions early in the process. But it does not mean the talent you need is in this group. Many believe they are not as qualified as the passive candidates (on average). Why? They may not hold jobs as long and therefore have less experience. They may take any position and are less committed. That being said, there can be strong professionals in this group but you just need to filter the candidates properly.
This group represents about 70% of the workforce and is often thought as too "difficult" to approach (despite often including the most qualified candidates). These professionals are obviously not looking for jobs, but it does not mean they are not interested in hearing from you. Many are actually whiling to engage into a conversation with prospect employers to see if there are opportunities. While you need a specific strategy on how to reach them, if they do visit your digital properties or come across content published elsewhere, you need to excite them. You have to connect with them on a more emotional level because only a spark, a moment of revelation, could make them decide to start considering new horizons.
In the full analysis, what I presented my client with is not only an understanding of the primary candidates but also how to handle them. But this is just a first layer. You need to take into account some of the other personality traits such as outgoing versus shy, or nervous versus confident, which can apply to both the passive or active seeker and do not necessarily define the qualification level of a potential employee. A shy and less confident person may still be the best match for your company but you need to know how to deal with them (note: introverts are now considered important players due to their more composed and analytical approach in life. Find the ideal moment or the best way to collect their thoughts).
So how else can you use emotions and personalities?
Leveraging emotions and personalities can be done in many ways. These obviously relate a lot to profiling exercises but also help model user experience artifacts. Here are a couple examples and some tips:
Modeling archetypes is obviously the best way to translate the common characteristics of an audience into specific sets of emotions and personalities. As I explain in another article, a persona can only be called that way if it is brought to life during the development process (through storytelling and role-playing). To help you do this, persona artifacts should include a few elements related to the emotional state and overall attitude. I usually include a single sentence that sum up the archetype's state of mind (sometime as a quote). The overall personality must shine through the background stories you will write and specific emotions can be identified in particular stages of the journey.
Diagraming the path to goal-achievement is one of my favorite exercises. It represents how an audience member is likely to evolve over time within a given experiential platform. Because it is sequential and evolutionary, you can identify specific mindsets or feelings when certain events occur or when certain tasks are performed. A good example of that was a project I worked on not so long ago where the audience was not only young but also going through a difficult experience. Kids were participating in a clinical trial and it was clear that emotions were going to influence a lot how they were going to interact with our retention program. To make our flows impactful we used an emotional cycle related to patients going through such an experiment. It included a sequence of stages from motivated to doubtful and even growing apathy.
In a nutshell, it just about asking yourself: "How do they feel and what can I do about it?" Think of customers or clients as human beings, understand their perspective of a situation and act as a true friend or partner. Show that you really care about them and want to make a difference in their lives, whether it is personal or professional.
Here are some additional tips about the attitude YOU should have regarding your audience:
Anecdote: I came across an interesting study from Frac.tl which identifies the top drivers of viral content, and in the end, feeling "happy" was identified as the overall motivation for social media sharing, as seen in this list:
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Vintage bikes take you away from the clutter of today's technology and back to a time of mechanical simplicity. If you enjoy reading about, working on, or just plain riding classic motorcycles, this site was written for you.
About Me
I've been riding and wrenching for 40+ years, and in that time I've brought home numerous disassembled and basket-case cars and motorcycles. Because of this, two things have happened; I have become quite familiar with old iron, and I have pushed the limit of my patience far beyond what I thought it was.
My first motorcycle was a 1972 Harley-Davidson Sportster, which I bought wrecked in 1981. It was the only way I could afford the bike I wanted, but six months and $500 later, I was riding. I rode this bike for 13 years.
Read: 1972 Sportster Build
I've owned and enjoyed many different types of bikes, and have commuted many years on motorcycles. In 1983, I bought a Yamaha Seca Turbo to be my daily rider while I was building my Hardtail Sportster. As you can see from the picture below, it got me through all kinds of weather.
From 2005 to 2010, I rode a Harley-Davidson Road King. At the time, I was working at a Harley-Davidson dealer in the county below mine. It was a 70-mile commute, and the King was a good ride. After riding it for five years, I decided cruisers weren't for me and sold it.
In 2010, I was looking for another bike, but without having the money to buy a complete running motorcycle of any quality, my only choice was to find a good project bike.
In 2012, I found a basket-case 1976 Sportster for sale. After two years, it was together and running strong. I stayed with the Sportster for a couple more years, then sold it in 2014. Shortly after I bought a 1961 Harley trike.
1961 Servi-Car
What's more nostalgic than a flathead-powered three-wheeler? I found this Harley trike project on ebay - a frame, a disassembled motor, and boxes and boxes of parts.
Read: Harley Servi-car Restoration
Current Street Bike
This 1995 BMW R1100R is my daily rider. The R-series motorcycles are called "Oilheads" because the heads are oil-cooled, but the cylinders are still air-cooled like traditional flat-twin Beemers (Airheads). It's smooth, reliable, and comfortable, and when called upon, it gets up and goes!
Read: BMW Oilhead Real World Review
Thank You
This website is made possible with the support of readers like you. When you use the links on these pages to purchase tools and gear, the small commissions from those sales allow me to keep this site going. For all those that do, thank you for your support.
Ride Safe And Live
When I was in my early twenties, I could care less about motorcycle safety. What changed that was an accident that a friend of mine had. His name was Palmer, and he was an experienced motorcyclist. He didn't own a car and rode all year round. Today we call them bad-weather bikers.
Palmer was an older and more experienced rider than I was, but that didn't help the day an elderly woman pulled out in front of him. She claimed she didn't see him. His helmet certainly saved his life.
He was still unconscious when they got him to the hospital. When he finally came to, they told him he may never walk again. Little did they know how stubborn he was. Well, he's still alive and well, and walks with a bad limp, but was never able to ride a motorcycle again. The day after Palmer's accident, I stopped wearing my $20 helmet and bought a real one. A quality proper fitting helmet is the most important piece of motorcycle gear.


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After much hype, speculation, anticipation and more than a few announcements of competing sales — we're looking at you, Wal-Mart and Toys R Us — Amazon Prime Day 2016 is here.
The 24-hour sale that debuted in 2015 is returning with more than 100,000 deals available exclusively to Amazon Prime members. Discounts apply to items across the online store's 40 product categories.
Prime Day kicked off on Tuesday at 12 a.m. Pacific time, and from what we've seen so far, it's a great day to buy an Amazon device, such as an e-reader or a speaker. The following discounts are valid until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time:
- $80 off the Fire HD 10 tablet (regularly $229.99).
- $50 off the Amazon Echo (regularly $179.99).
- $30 off the Amazon Tap (regularly $129.99).
- $30 off the Kindle Paperwhite (regularly $119.99).
- $50 off the Kindle Voyage (regularly $199.99).
- $15 off the Fire TV Stick (regularly $39.99).
- $30 off the Fire TV (regularly $99.99).
- Dash Buttons for $0.99 each (regularly $4.99).
And it's not just Amazon products on sale. Prime Day shoppers can also take advantage of these deals:
- Up to 50% off toys from top brands, including Nerf, Barbie, Fisher-Price and more.
- 30% off clothing, shoes, jewelry, watches and more.
- Up to 60% off athletic shoes.
- 43-inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $299.99.
- 32-inch 720p Roku Smart TV for $119.99.
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Prime members can also cash in on a $10 discount when they make their first eligible Amazon order of more than $20 using Alexa on Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap devices.
In addition to deals of the day, Amazon will launch "lightning deals" — limited-time discounts — as frequently as every five minutes. These items will sell out fast, so we recommend that you set up deal alerts for items you're watching on the Amazon mobile app.
Visit the Amazon Prime Day page all day Tuesday for the latest sales.
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This gorgeous young lady, who's my sweet cousin, turned 16 yesterday!
Unfortunately we don't get to see each other too often cos of the busy schedule and living in different parts of the country but every time we have the opportunity to spend at least a weekend together we have a small photoshoot. This one happened on Easter Monday.
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New research, published today has evaluated several key interventions aimed at reducing unplanned admissions and identified those which are most effective.
The research team, led by academics from the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff and NHS Bristol with funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), undertook an evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of thirteen interventions to assess which were successful in the reduction of unplanned admission or re-admission to a secondary care acute hospital.
Using data from 274 studies, the researchers carried out a systematic literature review which assessed interventions that included case management, specialist clinics, community interventions such as home visits, systematic reviews for patients, medication reviews, education and self management, exercise and rehabilitation, telemedicine, vaccine programmes, and hospital-at-home following early discharge.
The findings show that education and self management, exercise and rehabilitation and telemedicine in selected patient populations, and specialist heart failure interventions can help reduce unplanned admissions by up to 60 per cent. However, the evidence to date suggests that the majority of the remaining interventions included in this analysis do not help reduce unplanned admissions in a wide range of patients.
Dr Sarah Purdy, lead researcher from Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine, said: "The results of this research are important for policy makers, clinicians and researchers as few studies include evaluation of system-wide approaches.
"The research shows which of the interventions are more effective. Some interventions that are shown to have no impact on rates of unplanned hospital admission may have impact in other areas, for example case management appears to reduce length of hospital stay."
Deborah Evans, the Chief Executive of NHS Bristol, added: "These findings are significant for the NHS as they highlight the importance of robust evaluation of interventions and we welcome having evidence of which interventions reduce unplanned hospital admissions which are often distressing for patients. We have to balance this against other interventions, which might not affect unplanned admissions, such as patients being allowed to go home from hospital with help which often helps their recovery."
The study was funded under the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme and is entitled 'Interventions to reduce unplanned hospital admissions: a systematic review',
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