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NameCustomer Management Database
xlteq helps to provide the information that clients need to run their business
Customer Management Database Built in Access
Leading plumbing firm, Flexiflame, engaged xlteq to design and build a bespoke customer database to manage their client contact and marketing activity.
The Problem
Flexiflame are a company dealing with a variety of Gas Appliances and Plumbing Jobs, the most common of which were fitting and servicing Gas Boilers and carrying out Gas Safety Checks for landlords. They had been using a single table Access Database to keep a record of their customers, the jobs they did and the means by which each customer found out about their company, initially just to see which forms of advertising were most effective.
Since Flexiflame had a lot of repeat business there were often multiple records for each customer. There were also errors in the spellings of names and addresses which meant that it was difficult to find an existing customer. It was also necessary to enter another complete record to the database in order to enter information about a new job for an existing customer.
Flexiflame wanted to automate their database so that they could see which Appliance Services and Gas Safety Checks were due each month and contact their customers appropriately. They also wanted a quicker and easier way to search for customers and add information.
The Solution
Database Design
Initially, we looked at what the company did and the kind of information they needed to store about their customers. We then created a small but robust relational structure for the database using a number of tables to hold different information, including;
- Customers
- Jobs
- Job Details
- Appliances
The design kept customers' personal contact information in a single table, with one record per customer, then created additional tables to allow customers to have multiple "Jobs" and multiple "Appliances", without actually linking Appliances to Jobs to keep the structure as simple as possible. There was also a table of "Job Lines" to allow for several different activities to be recorded as part of the same Job. A variety of "lookup tables" allowed us to provide managed drop-down selection menus for items such as Appliances, Parts and Activities (e.g. Service, Installation, and Report). This also allowed us to standardise the entries as multiple users had referred to the same activity in different ways; for example, an installation could have been referred to an "Install", a "Fit", a "Fitting", an "Installation", etc.
Having this structure allowed forms to be designed to enter new or recall existing customer details with sub-forms to enter job and appliance details whilst still having referential integrity for the entries.
Data Cleansing
The data from the original database contained many records for one customer but often all with slightly different details. It was therefore necessary to make adjustments to the various records in order to be able to use the original data for running queries to populate the new database. We began by sorting on a combination of name and address fields to put all records with similar details together. Unfortunately, most of the next step had to be done manually. This included correcting spellings and copying missing information from one record to another. In most cases this type of data cleansing would simply not be possible but the original batch of data was small enough to make this exercise worthwhile.
Once the data was clean we were able to use a number of queries to populate the new database structure with existing data.
User Interface
This is where the bulk of the work was done as all of the control and validation for data entry were handled through the forms, rather than any constraints within the database structure. The User Interface was required to control the use of the database going forwards. Its design needed to allow for easy data entry whilst, as far as possible, preventing duplicate entries.
The main form displayed all customer information for one customer at a time with sub-forms in a multi-page control to display all job and appliance information associated with that customer. All additions and deletions to the relevant tables were handled using bespoke control buttons with VBA to enforce certain validation rules for particular fields. In order to keep the database structure as simple as possible, Jobs and Appliances were both linked to a Customer using Database Relationships but not to each other. In order to control the addition of appliances to a particular customer, more VBA was used to create a link between the Job Lines and Appliance Sub-forms and to force the creation of a new appliance of a new Job was being added where a new appliance was being fitted. This ensured clean data going forwards without over-complicating the database itself.
The forms were also designed with as many drop-down menus as possible to make the addition of job and appliance details as quick and easy as possible. This functionality also reduces the need for free field updates which in turn helps negate manual errors.
A Search form was created to allow the user to search for existing customers using Last Name, Postcode, Address or Telephone. The Search Output was then displayed using a form to allow the user to double click to be taken to that customer's details in the main customer form.
Finally, a new Front Page was added to the database to provide a menu to access several activities such as Searching for or Adding Customers. This Front Page had the option to go to a second menu page in order to make additions and amendments to the various lookup tables controlling the options for Appliances, Parts, Employees, etc. In this way, the user never needed to see the standard Datasheet or Table Design views of the database but could still make additions and amendments to their tables quickly and easily.
Since the original database had not been updated for several months it seemed likely that there would be a need to search for Appliances and their service dates for a variety of time intervals and not just a simple output for the current month. Discussion with the customer indicated that there was a need to check for any appliance that might need servicing and any Gas Safety Report that had been carried out. The reports made use of SQL queries which took their input from the Front Page of the database where search dates could be entered. This was handled by means of VBA to pass the information to the relevant query and then create the appropriate report for printing.
The Outputs
- A new version of the database with a better structure for holding the information and a complete user interface to allow easy data entry and prevent duplication and data errors as far as possible.
- A quick reference guide to assist with using the new version of the database.
- A small amount of initial assistance to demonstrate the functionality of the database and to assist with any queries.
- Ongoing support as new functionality is required
Value to our client
- Easy and speed of new job and client entry
- Quick and functional search ability saving time with customers
- Service prompting ensuring customers remain significantly improving customer retention
- Additional data fields enabling more effective marketing campaigns, again resulting in improved customer retention and new customer acquisition
- Larger data capacity giving a future proof solution
- Reduction in human error saving valuable time
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Charles L. Whitfield's 1987 book Healing the Child Within is aimed at adult children of dysfunctional families. The ideas he presented synced up with the 12-step recovery movements for families afflicted by alcohol and addiction (Al-Anon, Nar-Anon). It made perfect sense that the pain of those with alcoholic parents was similar to that of individuals in families whose parents were dysfunctional even if not abusing substances.
Worldwide, formal ACoDF 12-step groups have become established, although fewer in number than 12-step groups. The ACoDF term certainly has been adopted by those within mental health circles — clinicians, therapists and a collective of people whose support groups (such as NAMI) more loosely attach the tag without 12-step trappings.
Many families termed "dysfunctional" are affected by mental illness, trauma from tragedy, or simply by being headed by individuals with very poor parenting skills. Whitfield and many other professionals have written informative books that have fleshed out the tribulations and sadness for adult children — those adults who have not resolved their childhood issues.
Whitfield, especially, eloquently speaks for the child, laying out theory and remedy for this all-too-common predicament. He describes the difficulties of establishing proper boundaries: Essentially what was once used for protection as a child does not help the adult. He writes clearly about this and all elements of codependent theory, which describes adults who become overly involved in others' lives.
In his first book, Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families, Whitfield gives full description of "the journey of discovery" needed to "[heal] our fears, confusions and unhappiness" from early family wounding. This landmark work further "develops the concept of adult children of troubled or dysfunctional families generally, rather than focusing only on the alcoholic family."1
Whitfield writes especially of emotional and spiritual abuse. The latter he uniquely defines as a situation where boundaries were not only crossed, but roles unhealthily mixed up — as in a child being called to act as "surrogate spouse" or as caregiver to the parent. "What is mine? What is not mine?" have become critical questions in codependent theory. Whitfield's readers are urged to contemplate this throughout his books. He gives in-depth examples, compassionate advisement and scholarly backed tables and charts.
The book draws on pertinent historical material as well as Whitfield's own clinical observations. Maslow's hierarchy of needs certainly is found at the core. Many pages are devoted to self-esteem, and especially shame, for the significant part they play in normally functioning adults. Whitfield also speaks uniquely on assertiveness and the true self — to prompt understanding and learn how to "peel away" the many layers of detriment this early dysfunctional environment has on adult life.
Whitfield's companion workbook to Healing the Child Within is A Gift to Myself. Taken together, according to Santa Cruz therapist Erin O'Shaughnessy, they "provide two of the most comprehensive and detailed descriptions of the recovery process ever formulated in layman's terms."2 O'Shaughnessy writes, "Whitfield points out the concept of the 'inner child,' which represents our essence, true self, or that part of us that is ultimately alive, energetic, creative, and capable of fulfillment…."
Charles Whitfield's Healing the Child Within has sold well over a million copies. Many people have been profoundly helped by it. He is an acclaimed physician and psychotherapist still practicing in Atlanta, Ga. He has been on the editorial boards of several professional journals and voted by his peers from the 1990s to today as being one of the "Best Doctors in America." He has been a board member and been long supported, as well, by the Leadership Council of Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence. In 2008 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Atlanta Therapeutic Professional psychology and therapist group.
In a phone interview he identified Healing the Child Within as "Recovery 101" and it has been that for many troubled souls, according to online postings alone. All his work speaks to adults "traumatized as children." He also treats those suffering with addictions in his practice, as "most addictions grow out of early dysfunction."
Whitfield calls Not Crazy (published in 2011) "Recovery 102" and Wisdom to Know the Difference: Core Issues in Relationships, Recovery and Living (2012) "103." He clearly believes and states, "Troubled families bring about much of life's woes, with a child's severe wounding commonly resulting in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." His website states he is "A pioneer in trauma recovery…" (or "trauma psychology," as he defined it by telephone), "including the way we remember childhood and other trauma and abuse."
Boundaries and Relationships is a best-selling continuation of Whitfield's theorizing (1993). As well, he has written Memory and Abuse; The Truth about Depression; The Truth about Mental Illness and many more.
Controversially, Whitfield is not a big believer in psychiatric drugs. He talks of "troubled families" as the main reason behind individuals exhibiting psychiatric symptoms, yet these individuals "are often misdiagnosed as just having severe mental illness." Not Crazy: You May Not Be Mentally Ill takes this into fullest detail. The family is not the only focus for his critical eye, as he emphasizes a "troubled world increasingly in the current day." The family unit, to him, is behind the need for so many to seek out temporary pain-relieving substances, circumstances and more. Indeed, his conviction is that early trauma plays a larger role, even, than genetics.
His website, clinical practice as well as publication, calls out to individuals who have had difficulty stopping psychiatric drugs. Whitfield finds these drugs toxic and laden with side effects. The subtitle of Not Crazy may make many families gasp, as they try usually unsuccessfully to get ill loved ones to accept therapy and psychiatric drugs as help for their emotional and behavioral symptoms and pain.
According to Peter R. Breggin, M.D. (author of Medication Madness), however, Not Crazy "combines the best healing principles of trauma psychology with holistic psychiatry."3 Randy Noblitt, PhD (The California School of Professional Psychology) states it "tells the truth about how and why psychiatric drugs don't work well [to heal such lingering pain] and too often make people worse."4
Despite the controversy some may see with his later books, Whitfield has always unashamedly gone after the sad truths about early family pain, with the recovery of the wounded adult child clearly at heart. Through his latest works, as his first, he creatively and convincingly covers "the process of wounding" within "shame-based families" — which detrimentally shape life for an adult child.
- From website copy review (editor) of Healing the Child Within, www.cbwhit.com [↩]
- From O'Shaughnessy's review pasted on website, ibid. [↩]
- From O'Shaughnessy's review pasted on website, ibid. [↩]
- From O'Shaughnessy's review pasted on website, ibid. [↩]

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In a joint conference call earlier this afternoon, Sen. Warner said that Americans have gotten "at least a brief reprieve" from the Senate GOP health care bill, which Warner calls "maybe one of the worst pieces of legislation I have ever seen." Warner added that he didn't think any Republican-only tweaks to this bill would solve its fundamental problems. Warner said he hoped that "after the fiasco of this week" and the "universal rejection of their current proposal" that they'd "come back and restart the process and do this in a way that gets full airing." Warner said he doesn't think Republicans are "heartless" (based on…???), but simply haven't had time (why not?) to sit down with families who would be harmed by Trumpcare.
Sen. Kaine said this bill would have been "very tough" on states like Virginia, particularly with regard to harsh Medicaid cuts. Kaine added that the "bill was bad because the process was bad," including not having hearings, only doing this with Republican votes, crafting it in secret, etc. Kaine said he hopes Republicans will commit to a "full process, where they put these bills before committee[s]" and "work in a bipartisan way to improve healthcare." Kaine reminded everyone that Trump promised that nobody would lose coverage, nobody would pay more, Medicaid wouldn't be cut, "nobody gets kicked around because of preexisting conditions." Kaine noted that Democrats are happy to work with Republicans to improve the Affordable Care Act, but that Republicans haven't been interested — "what are [Republicans] afraid of?"


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After reading Lubor's blog on content management predictions for 2014, I had a bit of de ja vu:
The debate about the future of ECM has been raging over the last years. Many consider the term obsolete or at least tired and believe that it doesn?t capture some of the new hip technologies such as social media, cloud computing, and mobility. Since the term ECM was coined back in 2001 (with many self-proclaimed authors), it has to stand only for a traditional, boring, on-premises software. Right? Basically, ECM is dead and it has to be replaced by a new term.
This is almost identical to the discussion and debate going on in BPM circles, spurred mostly by the slightly discontent ACM evangelists, and by folks who just get frustrated with the "establishment" BPM providers and analysts and would love to shake things up.
And yet, ECM and BPM aren't going away.? Perhaps they will acquire new names, for sure they will continue to evolve as new technologies change the marketplace.? Think mobile, cloud, faster internet, social media, etc.
However, then he turns his attention to BPM:
Mentioning BPM, I have another prediction. I consider BPM so highly adjacent to ECM that it is probably one and the same - but that?s yet another topic of a discussion for a later blog post.
Clearly this isn't the case.? First, technologically, these are two different products, not leveraging much common code. Second, market-wise, these two product areas are largely *not* competing for the same software dollars.? People spend real money on both types of systems, and they are not, typically, competing with each other.
My prediction is that the BPM market will continue to look for a future direction. Little has happened in the last few years. At the core of BPM is the ability to analyze and optimize business processes, to orchestrate them, to integrate with other systems, to monitor their status, and to analyze the process activity across a period of time.
Spoken like someone who isn't paying attention to the market.? In the "last few years", BPM providers have been implementing BPMN 2 more thoroughly (yawn), moving to the cloud (nice), and adopting mobile tech and altering how processes work to take these trends into account.? If there's one thing BPM hasn't been lacking, it is direction.? More of the same please.
Well, everyone is doing that. Sure, there has been a lot of talk about leveraging some of the new trends such as social collaboration, mobility, and the cloud but let?s face it - every software does that by now. Not much has happened since the last true innovative thought which was case management.
Hah. Actually, case management wasn't an innovative thought, it was a retread of a very old thought.? And while leveraging new trends like social collaboration, mobility, and the cloud may not be innovative, it is significant and requires real work.? Customers have been slower to put their mission critical processes in the cloud, than they have been to put their docs in the cloud or their customer data.? You can argue whether that makes sense or not, but it is just "the way it has worked out", and was not limited by availability of BPM in the cloud (we've been offering IBM BPM in the cloud since 2012).
Ironically, by being late to both cloud and mobile, both efforts have been easier for BPM players than it was for other markets or earlier adopters.? Just one of life's little ironies.
Now, if you want to get a peak at innovation a year ago, take a look at the presenters from bpmNEXT 2013 (for example, Fluxicon's presentation, or Keith Swenson's, or Camunda's, or several on ontologies) - or take another look at this year's bpmNEXT 2014, when it happens in March.? Innovation is alive and well.
Even the analysts have been struggling to articulate innovation by introducing concepts such as Intelligent BPM Systems (iBPMS) and Smart Process Applications. Those are compelling discussions but they don?t really introduce much in terms of technology innovation. Instead, these concepts basically package existing technologies into a larger bucket.
I'm not sure there was ever a time when analysts were not struggling to articulate innovation, across any market, in aggregate. Luckily, that's not the metric for innovation in a market.? Packaging related technologies into a cohesive new offering *is* innovation if done right (see: Design Thinking).? Decision Management and Business Process Management complement each other well when redesigned to do so.? But I, too, despise terms like IBPMS!
I predict that BPM will continue looking for a new direction in 2014, without finding it. In the longer term (beyond 2014), BPM technologies will become a feature of other software including ECM, ERP, CRM, etc.
Well.? I think that ECM vendors need to add process to their offering, but more likely, ECM will just become fancy document repositories... and the process work will live in BPM suites.? This is largely the story of ERP, and CRM as well.? There are whole markets that can be summed up as "products that specialize on the process to do X" (where X is the action-verb that goes with the market).
- ERP:? the data storage and data maintenance applications for your operational / fulfillment data.
- CRM:? the data storage and data maintenance applications for your customer (and sales) data.
- ECM:? the data storage and data maintenance applications for your documents.
- BPM:? where your processes actually live.? Yes, there's data storage and maintenance applications for your process data, but the deployed processes are themselves living breathing applications your organization will interact with, where the organizing principle is the process rather than the data.?
I don't know, which space would you rather be in??? It looks to me like BPM will be, in one form or another, just about everywhere.


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Miami Dolphins, IBM Team Up for Stadium of the Future
Text messages that tell fans when their usual parking lot is full and where to park instead. Automated alerts that avoid dangerous overcrowding by directing masses of spectators to specific gates to enter and exit. Inclement weather warnings that prepare people in the stands for a storm before it hits.
All that and more will soon become real at south Florida's Sun Life Stadium, thanks to a high-tech partnership the Miami Dolphins and IBM announced Tuesday. The agreement incorporates IBM's cutting-edge analytics technology into the Dolphins' home stadium, which also hosts many concerts and other events. It will make Sun Life Stadium the most advanced venue of its kind in North America, say IBM and Dolphins officials.
With 75,00 seats, 24,000 parking spots, 1.5 million square feet of space and the world's largest point-of-sale vending system under one roof, Sun Life Stadium functions almost as its own little city when the Dolphins play or a famous performer comes to town. That's why the Dolphins are adopting technology originally intended for IBM's "Smarter Cities" initiative. Aspects of that program have already been implemented by officials in Berlin, Malta and London.
The technology monitors systems of different inputs and outputs — in the Dolphins' case, for example, traffic patterns on freeways, crowd flow through turnstiles, social media chatter, and the like — then correlates it all in one place to make the data relevant for officials and administrators. At Sun Life Stadium, the information will all be run through IBM's cloud-based Intelligent Operations Center.
Mike Gerentine, IBM's vice president of global business partners and midmarket, said you can "think of it as a central command center" for analyzing event-day information and figuring out how to leverage that to enhance fan experience.
Dolphins CTO Tery Howard said that, as in-home entertainment becomes more and more advanced, live event venues have no choice but to keep up.
"When you look at who we're competing with here for sporting events, really it's the comfort of home with an HDTV," Howard told Mashable. "We want to enable our management to be proactive as opposed to reactive to these data points."
The initial phases of the IBM partnership will be rolled out on Wednesday, when Sun Life Stadium hosts an international soccer friendly between Mexico and Colombia. Officials will be able to monitor which point-of-sale tills sell alcohol after the cutoff time, as well as track parking capacity and entry numbers.
In the coming several months and couple years, the team will analyze how best to implement the next phase of the stadium's high tech upgrade—those personalized alerts. Howard believes the continued innovation will be key to maintaining Sun Life Stadium's reputation as a top-flight venue capable of hosting Super Bowls and the world's biggest musical acts.
"These types of technological capabilities and intelligence allow us to differentiate ourselves not just to our fans, but also to those who wan to partner with us to host great events," Howard said.
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The LEGO videos found here are from YouTube. Several have been run through ViewPure to remove ads we thought inappropriate for youth. But as with all YouTube videos, watcher beware.
The Maine Robotic YouTube Page is HERE click to watch videos.
The Rube Goldberg Machine here has nothing to do with LEGOs, although there is one short scene with LEGOs in it. But it shows ingenuity, creativity, and that absurd sense of commitment found in so many engineers.
Rube Goldberg Machine
This is all LEGOs and quite complex. Look for all the different mechanisms that are used to move the balls around.
Another Rube Goldberg Machine
Here is a LHEX bot (six legged robot that walks along and avoids hitting things). Nice creation but needs six motors. Could you find a way to build it with fewer?
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Hello everyone! It's another hot and humid afternoon. A "cold front" is on the way, having stalled out just south of us, to hopefully, trigger showers. It gets cloudy and dark and then El Sol rules again.
Received a wonderful compliment for Jackson's human, Linda. She received the stone today and said just seeing his face brought tears to her eyes. She really misses him! Made me cry! I had just emailed or messaged her the tracking numbers from Priority Mail. Quick to Dallas - just over 24 hours - wow!
Finished packaging up all 48 bookmarks to ship to Under the Stars in Ohio, the art gallery/shop I have mentioned in past posts. Just gotta write a bio about me - always tuff because I'm a little wordy but just a simple statement will be great. Yup! I took a leap of faith and just decided to let it all go and the outcome is NOT in my control!
Gearing up for Arts Goggle - taking inventory, lining up projects to paint aka more dragon bookmarks for sure and maybe a dragon tile or two.
Working out in my head how to set up my table at Arts Goggle - Have examples of everything for sale, one of each item, and the rest in boxes under the table. The tiles are the weighty ones in a box, and the palm size river rocks I always for the kiddos. Will have a lamp to contend with - maybe a gooseneck for the table and a "garage clip" light for the tip of the canopy. Pray the weather is fine for this event. It would be a shame for all the working artists to have the event cancelled due to weather. We can stand the cold, some what, but rain for one 12 hour shift is no bueno. Hubby will help me set up then probably disappear for a while. Oh well! Taking the kitchen mat to stand on because it's comfy and eases the pain in my back and mostly hip. Yay!
It's been an off and on week for me. Hubby likes my attention when he's home so we can spend time together. It's approaching a year since his sweet momma left us, so he's wanting me close by. Understand.....
Back to it. Got an order for 10 labrador bookmarks - no money just yet however, she's really INTO labrador rescue and placing thorobread puppies for adoption. Would be wonderful when I get orders from her friends too.
Remember - art is out there, even in a storm caused traffic jam. The rows of red lights is beautiful, unless you are in it! :-)


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text: Hello Friends. I am trading in my 2014 Model S, with 33,000 miles, in great condition, needing tires soon. This car has Tech Package, Air Suspension but no Pano and no driver assist as it was not out when I bought it, fabric seats, 19" wheels. It is important I think that the car still charges to 255 miles and maybe more if it were balanced or whatever. I observed the proper routine limits, rarely charging all the way unless going on a trip and then only hitting max right before leaving. The car was appraised by the AIM third party appraiser with no consideration to the battery condition. The car was appraised as if an ICE. Emphasis should be given to the battery, after all what is an EV without a good battery. They are offering only $49,000 for my car, a disappointment indeed. I am posting this, not as a lament but for a reference to fellows. The new 2016 Model S will be mine March 3. Wow. ~Larry


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So it's taken a little longer than I initially anticipated, but here it is: part three of my Lawrenceburg fair blog series.
As a teenager, I had heard all kinds of legendary stories about the Lawrenceburg fair.
(Let's just pause for a moment to laugh at my use of the phrase, "As a teenager." Like it was so long ago. Also, laugh at the implication that I am now an adult. Ha!)
There was a glow of grandeur around my vision of this event. But to be perfectly honest, I was less than impressed when we arrived. We walked in next to the bathrooms and the animal stalls, and I have to tell you, it was not thrilling. Around the corner, we came to a string of rides and booths. Exciting but nothing different from any other fair. From where I was standing, it just didn't look like anything to write home about.
After a short wait in line, a friend and I climbed into a cage on the Zipper. If you're unfamiliar with fair rides, let me explain: the Zipper is essentially a Ferris wheel for thrill-seekers. Hence the cage. Though I have seen it make grown men nauseated and terrified, it is one of my favorite rides.
Much like the Ferris wheel, whenever other riders get off, the ride stops mid-circle, leaving you dangling wherever you stop. After a few minutes of flipping and screaming, the ride paused, leaving us at the very pinnacle of the machine. I looked to my left, through the holes of the closed-in contraption, and saw the Lawrenceburg fair. All of it. It was glittering, beautiful, and huge, expanding far beyond what I had originally assumed. At the highest point, I could see all the grandeur I had missed from the ground.
That's often how life goes. We see only pieces at a time, confused by their smallness or ugliness or inability to fit in the puzzle we've already started.
But sometimes we get glimpses from the top. We stop at the peak of the ride and look out on all the pieces at once. We're allowed a moment of perspective. Of understanding. Of clarity.
When we're standing on the ground, it's important to remember that another view does exist. There is a bigger picture. There is an end result even if we can't see it. Just because the stables are clouding our current view, doesn't mean there isn't more just around the corner. There's always more than what we see.


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The Pinnacle of Frustration
Do you ever have those days when it feels like all the small, insignificant, annoying things happen in a row? You feel your attitude going sour and your patience dissolving. Expectations are shattered. Plans fall through.
"I think I'm hearing your next blog post," Cody said to me as I drove home. Looks like he was right, because that simple statement made me pause from my inner, overly dramatic tirade and ask, "What can I learn from this?"
I left my office a few minutes earlier than normal Friday. It had been a long day. Several appointments cancelled. I made contact with 30 people, sold nothing, set 0 appointments. I don't care if it's sales or sports, those aren't good averages.
Needless to say, I had been painting a picture of what the start of my weekend should look like. I would be to our favorite Mexican restaurant a few minutes early. I would go ahead and get a table, order a cheese dip, unwind before the rest of the group got there.
After making little progress on the packed interstate, I plugged in the address to see what the GPS had to say about my current situation. I was still 40 minutes away!
I left almost 40 minutes before then. What I thought was going to be me getting there early, became me getting there a little late, became me not making it at all. Expectations shattered. Plans falling through.
It sounds so silly even just a day after to write about how much I let that bother me. If frustration was a meter, mine was approaching the max. This was the cherry on top, the tipping point, the nail in the coffin of a day that needed to be buried.
Now that my cortisol levels have returned to a non-lethal point, and I've had a good night's sleep, here's what I've realized...
We will always be at risk of arriving at the pinnacle of our frustration if our emotions are controlled by the power of our expectations.
I have found that I am excellent at playing out in my head exactly how my day should look. I could see Felipe setting my drink down and asking how we've been. I could taste the first bite of chips and salsa. I had even thought through a couple things we might talk about at dinner. (I know, I know, I'm crazy). Do you follow, though?
Before you ask, "But aren't we supposed to begin with the end in mind?" let me put your principled hearts at rest. Yes, of course. But that end you begin with needs to be held with a relatively loose grip, because you'll break yourself when you realize life is unpredictable and doesn't always pan out as planned.
What will be, will be. Yes, plan ahead, dream big, set goals, begin with the end in mind, but don't let your well-intentioned vision of the future become dangerous expectations that crush your spirit when they don't come to fruition.


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The IIA's strategic plan includes a goal to raise the profile of and demand for internal audit and to ensure the profession is recognized as an indispensable resource by key stakeholders. One of the principle tools in accomplishing this goal is advocacy.
One of the keys to successful advocacy is honing and promoting key messages that inform and promote the fundamental elements that will help The IIA achieve its goal. The three principle advocacy messages are:
At The IIA, advocacy is actively reaching out on behalf of internal auditors everywhere to promote and elevate the value of the work they do, and to educate and influence key stakeholders. The Institute is hard at work in developing relationships which broaden the business world's understanding of internal auditing and of The IIA as the profession's global voice, acknowledged leader, recognized authority, and principal educator. Engaging with stakeholders at the local, national, and regional levels is vital to The IIA's advocacy efforts. Within this context, stakeholders include oversight bodies, regulators, government officials, standard-setting bodies, board of directors, audit committee members, executive management, external auditors, shareholders, customers, and the business community at large.
The IIA and Institutes throughout the world are advocating internal auditing by building and maintaining long-term relationships. These relationships are selected by The IIA's Global Advocacy Committee (GAC) and the Global Board of Directors. The IIA is currently working with the following US-based organizations:
The IIA's desired results are to:
In October 2010, a new International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) Oversight Council was formed to serve as an independent evaluator and advisor to the IIA Global Board of Directors on the rigor of The IIA's standard-setting process. This international council is charged with monitoring the process for developing the IPPF's authoritative guidance for internal auditing professionals around the world. Organizations represented on the Oversight Council include:
The council's oversight places additional rigor on top of The IIA's existing standard-setting process.
The IIA's vision is to be the global voice of the internal audit profession: advocating its value, promoting best practices, and providing exceptional service to its members. The IIA has developed an easy-to-read value proposition that you can share with multiple audiences in understanding and promoting the profession.
On behalf of the internal audit profession and IIA members, The Institute works tirelessly to elevate the profession and enhance professionalism. Building awareness of the value of internal auditing is a key component of The IIA's advocacy efforts. The IIA offers a variety of resources designed to support your efforts in promoting the profession.
Find the latest IIA news about internal auditing in The IIA's Press Room.


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Sen. Bob Graham is famous for waiting until the last minute to make up his mind on controversial votes and then siding with his fellow Democrats. His vote on judicial nominee Miguel Estrada was no exception.
Graham, recovering from heart surgery, missed last week's vote on Estrada, a nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In Thursday's vote, Graham did not declare his intentions until two hours before the roll call.
In a 55-42 vote, Republicans failed to win the 60 votes needed to break a Democratic filibuster and move to the confirmation of Estrada, who wants a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Graham voted no; Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., voted yes.
On the Senate floor, Graham complained the Bush administration had politicized judicial nominations and had not provided enough information about Estrada's record. But Graham left open the possibility he might vote for Estrada if more information was provided.
The Estrada nomination puts Graham, a presidential candidate, in a difficult spot. Graham could lose support with the Democratic activists who vote in primary states if he sides with Republicans to support Estrada. But the GOP has criticized him for failing to back a Hispanic nominee.
Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach, who is seeking Graham's Senate seat, said Thursday, "Sen. Graham has a lot of explaining to do to the people of Florida and America's ever-growing Hispanic community. Sen. Graham isn't only voting against a qualified nominee, he's voting against inclusion."
Mel Martinez, President Bush's secretary of housing and urban development and a possible candidate for the Senate seat, also criticized Graham. "The senator's vote today is not in keeping with his long tradition of being supportive of the interests of Hispanics," Martinez said. "The action he took is not representative of his Florida constituents."
Graham's spokesman Paul Anderson responded: "Mr. Estrada's ethnic origins had nothing to do with this. It's unfortunate people on the other side of the aisle attempted to use this as a political weapon."
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Current Oracle Spatial Blog Articles
Data pump is a great utility, more flexible and compatible than the old imp/exp utility. One area where it is useful is in the remapping of tablespaces. I often get data from customers in data pump format in which references to tablespaces that I do not have in my Oracle database exist. But this is relatively easy to fix via the remap_tablespace option as the following example command shows:
Notice how I can have multiple remap_tablespace parameters.
Now this works fine to a point. All objects, such as tables and ordinary indexes, have TABLESPACE keywords in the DDL that is exported by data pump as follows:
These objects are happily remapped by data pump.
However, what data pump does not do, when importing, is apply the remap_tablespace to the TABLESPACE= element within the PARAMETERS clause of an Oracle spatial index:
I guess this is because the TABLESPACE information is within a text string.
After import, if the actual tablespace referenced in the PARAMETERS clause does not exist in the target database, the spatial index will exist but have a FAILED status. To fix this one can write a trivial bit of PL/SQL which will change the name referenced by the TABLESPACE= element and then rebuild the index.
The following PL/SQL should be saved in a SQL text file (my version is called index_rebuild.sql).
This SQL script can be called, from a Windows command shell, as follows:
I hope this is helpful to someone.
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Very helpfull thank you.
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Five Great …
Front Range parks for family sledding and tubing
BOULDER Great for younger kids, Harlow Platts offers a quick beginning and a long run out. From Broadway, turn west on Grinnell Ave., then left onto Knox Dr. (park along the sidewalk before Fairview High School); City of Boulder Parks and Recreation, 303/413-7200.
Harlow Platts Park.
Scott Carpenter Park. This hill may be on the short side, but it's perfect for young kids and offers expansive views of the Flatirons from the top. One block south of 30th St. at Arapahoe Ave. (park at Scott Carpenter Swimming Pool); City of Boulder Parks and Recreation, 303/413-7200.
DENVER Denver's classic sledding hill is in the middle of the park, underneath the giant play set. Call for hours. S. Platte River Dr. at W. Florida Ave. (park in the lot on W. Florida); Denver Parks and Recreation Department, 720/913-0696. GOLDEN This lengthy, uncrowded hill sits just before the park's visitor center. $5 fee per vehicle. On Golden Gate Canyon Rd., 13 miles west of State 93 (park at visitor center); 303/582-3707.
Ruby Hill Park.
Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
LITTLETON The longest hill in this group. Limited parking is its only drawback. Ken Caryl Ave. at Continental Divide Rd. (park in subdivision and cross Ken Caryl at the stoplight); Foothills Park and Recreation District, 303/409-2612.―SCOTT SCHUMAKER
Sledding Hill Park.


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In the past week, celebrities across the Hamptons took to various downtowns to shop, much to the surprise of local fans.
Beyoncé, Jay-Z and their daughter, Blue Ivy, were spotted at Ralph Lauren on Main Street in East Hampton Monday afternoon before exiting through the parking lot behind the store.
The famous couple previously rented in Bridgehampton, yet public sightings of the musical duo in the Hamptons are rare.
While her famous parents shopped, Blue Ivy charmed fellow Hamptonites, chatting with another toddler in the store. Page Six reported the mini playdate, recounting how Jay-Z and Beyoncé came over to the little girl and her star-struck mother.
The Carters are currently in the mid of their On the Run summer stadium tour. They come to the area again July 11 and 12 for shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Perhaps that weekend will include another Hamptons shopping excursion.
Another famous family also took to downtown East Hampton this weekend, with multiple sightings of Katie Holmes and her daughter, Suri Cruise.
Page Six reported the famous mother-daughter duo lunched at Serafina on Saturday. Holmes was also spotted shopping solo on Newtown Lane. The actress stopped into several shops, including Calypso St. Barth.
The Kardashian klan has been all over the Hamptons, filming Kourtney and Khloé Take the Hamptons, but a visit from half sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner has been making news this week.
Kendall and friend Hailey Baldwin shopped downtown Sag Harbor Tuesday afternoon. The reality star and model was seen browsing at Breezin' Up on Main Street before both leaving with full shopping bags.


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This is not on the subject of marketing or sales, but instead is my contribution to preserving the legacy of a phenomenal pianist.
I have had the privilege of hearing Mario Feninger play many times in the last 15 years since I relocated to Los Angeles. He is truly amazing and one of a kind. I would be honored if you would read the following and find some way to contribute. If not, please pass it along to someone you know who is a fan of virtuoso classical piano.
P.S. – you can hear some of his playing by clicking on the link at the end!
Dear Friends of Mario,
There have been many great artists throughout history.
If they worked in stone, their art very likely survives to the present. Great paintings remain as wall frescoes or on canvas for us to appreciate.
But there are no performance recordings — much less film or videos — of Lizst, Chopin and other greats from music's past. What we have are interpretations of their works by later great pianists, with Mario Feninger being an extraordinary example.
Mario has been performing and studying music since he was 6. He is now 90 years of age and playing better than ever!
Mario is a foremost interpreter of Chopin, Lizst and other great pianists and composers. And now we have a golden opportunity to professionally capture–on video–not only Mario's performances of these classics, but also his unique insights and understandings about the music, the composers and the historical settings in which they wrote and performed.
The principal reason we have the many wonderful artworks that have survived–from the Renaissance, for example–is because of benefactors and Patrons of the Arts. Without them, our artistic heritage would be practically non-existent, primitive at best; the occasional cave painting or traveling minstrel.
And we will be remembered and thanked for having the foresight to bequeath this comprehensive video library of Mario Feninger's work and brilliant insights, as a priceless musical legacy to future generations.
Please click here for details on how you can help make this possible.
Tom Solari
for Mario
I've been keeping myself busy promoting my business, I hope you are too. Let me know what's working for you, I'm interested, leave a comment!
In the meantime, here's another very relevant article to our topic from our friend, Pat. Enjoy!
Would you consider yourself a fox or a hedgehog?
What's the difference?
Jim Collins wrote about it in his bestseller Good to Great and it's based on the famous essay "The Hedgehog and the Fox," written by Isaiah Berlin. In it, he divided the world into hedgehogs and foxes, based upon an ancient Greek parable: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
The fox is crafty and resourceful. When he goes hunting for the hedgehog, he tries to think of many different plans – dig into the burrow, lie in ambush and attack when the hedgehog comes out, etc. But he can't focus on one strategy…he is scattered and chases many trails at once.
The hedgehog knows one thing and can do it well. When the fox comes to eat him, he rolls up in a tight, spiky ball. All the fox gets is a bloody nose, yet he tries again and again, hatching new unusual methods of attack. He just doesn't learn.
In business, the fox is the person who starts something only to quit after three weeks in favor of some new, better plan or fad. He is so busy trying to juggle all his ideas and excitement to start something new and promising that he has no time to really understand what he's doing. He is simply treading water.
The foxes of the business world rarely succeed. The lion's share of success and wealth belongs to the hedgehogs–the people who focused on one thing and became a true specialist. They do one thing and do it very well. It's their Hedgehog Concept.
For example, my Hedgehog Concept has always been direct sales–specifically telesales. I've made millions of dollars specializing in just that. I've been in sales all my life and have built two multi-million dollar sales organizations from scratch. Along the way I've always looked for new, creative ways to enhance and expand my Hedgehog Concept, but I never let myself get distracted by other trails. (Sure I have ownership in other businesses and have done many joint ventures, but I never lost sight of my Hedgehog Concept…)
The Three Circles of the Hedgehog Concept
Hedgehog Concepts are based on three circles…all the same size and all equally important. Think of them as a classic Venn diagram*: each intersect and that combined "middle" is where the magic happens.
Circle 1
This circle involves what you can be best at. It's not a goal, strategy or plan, and it's not just a "core competency." It's the place where you can really shine; the thing that you could become one of the best in the world at.
Circle 2
This is the economic part of the equation. All very successful people I know were very smart with setting things up that will provide a powerful cash flow.
Circle 3
Great success requires passion. This circle contains what ignites your passion. The idea here is not to stimulate passion but to find what really makes you passionate. You have to ask yourself if you'd still come to work if you had all the money you need…if the answer is no, it's probably not your passion. Like Confucius once said, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
Your Hedgehog Concept lies in the intersection of these three circles. If you can live your life in the middle of them, you'll have it made. You'll be doing something that you can truly excel in, you'll be deeply passionate about your work and you'll be making great money.
It's no good having two…you want it all! If you're passionate about your work but make no money, you're going to be very frustrated. If you're good at what you do and make lots of money but hate your job, it's not worth it. If there's money to be made and you're passionate about the field, but you're no good at it, that's frustrating too.
Ultimately you're going to have to figure out what your Hedgehog Concept is, and you'll know it once you hit it. Don't settle for anything less because it's where real happiness and success lies.
Accelerated Training Solutions
601 Cleveland Street, Suite 220, Clearwater FL 33755
Hope you enjoyed it! Please leave a comment. Let me know if there's something you'd like to hear about relating to network marketing.
To your success,
*Venn diagram – a diagram that uses circles to show the relationship among the parts of the whole
Today's article comes courtesy of Grant Cardone – supersales trainer extraordinaire. Being a sales trainer, he is talking about sales in particular, but obviously, his advice applies just as well to network marketing as it does to any other area of life.
I don't need to add anything – he says it just fine. Enjoy!
Create your own luck.
Because the truth is, luck isn't something that someone hands over to you. It's something that you create for yourself. It's something that's created by those who make the sacrifice of putting their nose to the grindstone and working hard at their craft, relationship or hobby.
Only YOU can increase your luck. Here's how:
1. Focus on Opportunity
Lucky people see all situations – even problems and complaints – as opportunities. Many people might perceive these situations as unlucky, but you have to see it as an opportunity to progress. Every problem, complaint, and difficult moment is a chance to become successful at what you want to do.
2. Persist Until You Are Successful
This quality is necessary to make any dream a reality. If you want to increase your chances of getting lucky, you have to keep putting yourself out there until you become lucky. You can't expect to do something once and get lucky. You have to keep doing it over and over again until you overcome all the odds.
3. Take Risks
No one gets lucky without taking risks. If you don't ever put yourself out there, how do you even expect yourself to get lucky? It's impossible. Put your foot out, step forward, and take the risk to achieve the kind of luck you want to get. Remember, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
The bottom line is, you can't get very far by only relying on luck. You have to rely on yourself to create your own opportunities and to create your own success. Only then will you be lucky.
by Grant Cardone; follow him at @GrantCardone or www.GrantCardone.com
What do you want to be lucky at? Find something you love to do, focus on it, persist against any and all obstacles, take risks; and you will find your luck.
Till next time,
This guy has a way with subject lines. This was the title of the email that arrived in my Inbox. I'm thinking – what does Steve Martin have to do with success in business. Little did I know!
The following article comes from a recent issue of a newsletter that I receive. Contact info is below the article. Enjoy!
by Pat Clouden
Steve Martin is one of the most famous comedians of the 20th century, and many "modern" devices that young people think are so novel actually have their roots in Martin's work. Martin is a highly accomplished stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and musician…
…but how did he do it?
In his memoirs, Born Standing Up, Martin wanted to share his insights on how he achieved his success, not just what he achieved. His advice is inspiring, spot-on, and applicable to any activity or field. I want to share the essence of what I'm going to call the "Steve Martin Method for Dominating Your Field" with you here.
When people ask Martin what his secret to success in the entertainment industry, his answer usually disappoints. It's one, unsexy line and it's very simple. Here's what he tells them:
"Be so good they can't ignore you."
Before you dismiss this as clichéd, let it sink in because it captures the essence of success in any area of your life.
While his "secret" might seem daunting, it can actually be invigorating. It simplifies the quest for success, which is often made to look very complex and overwhelming.
What Martin is saying is forget the secret backdoors, the gimmicks and tricks, the frustration of feeling like you're missing some mystical element, and focus on just one thing: Become really damn good at something. Become extraordinary at it. Better than everyone you know. So good that people couldn't help but be amazed.
If you do this, you've almost guaranteed your success (the rest is all too easy, especially in this age of instant, worldwide communication channels).
Martin had two other powerful pieces of advice that will help you apply his one-step-to-success.
Tip #1: Innovate, Don't Just Work
Going through the motions to "put in your time" isn't enough to become outstanding. You need a restless desire to figure out new, better ways to do things. You can't be afraid to experiment and learn from the successes and failures.
Don't be content with just following the crowd. Take the time to understand the principles and laws of the activity and look to others to see what they do well and what they don't, and then dream up new ways to mix, match, stretch, and augment these things into something new and better.
Tip #2: One Focus, One Goal
Martin said he owes his success to his diligence in one field at a time until he had mastered it. He resisted the urge to branch off into other, new types of work or projects.
In today's age of never-ending distractions and possibilities, it can feel a bit counter-intuitive to sharpen your ambitions to a razor's edge, but it's actually the most effective way I know to dominate in any activity. Martin was right when he said that if you don't align your entire life with one, singular quest for greatness, you'll dilute your focus and drive to a point where becoming extraordinary is not possible.
So, if you want to become a true leader in your field, forget about comparing yourself to others and looking for consolation. Instead, ask yourself this question:
"Am I so good that I can't be ignored?"
If your honest answer is "no," then you've taken your first step to achieving greatness because now you know what needs to happen. Start applying the Steve Martin Method and one day, you'll realize that you're at the top of your industry.
See you next week,
Accelerated Training Solutions
601 Cleveland Street, Suite 220, Clearwater FL 33755
That title certainly caught my attention when it landed in my email inbox. The accompanying article came from a newsletter that I receive. I post this with the author's permission. Contact info is below the article. Enjoy!
When I was growing up, I played a lot of basketball. I loved it. I got pretty good and ended up playing on my high school and college teams. But, as anyone that's ever learned a sport has experienced, I sucked at first. Like really, really bad.
But my desire to get good was burning hot and I put in hours and hours of practice. Every week I sucked a little less until one day, I had a magical epiphany: I didn't suck anymore. I could move and protect the ball well, I was a good shot, and I understood the flow of the game.
Why am I telling you this? Because it's very relevant to business. If you want to achieve any level of success in your business, there are many things that you must be willing to suck at first.
I used to suck at sales, but I studied and "practiced" until I got good. I used to suck at managing salespeople, but I stuck with it and got good. I used to suck at marketing, but I persisted until I got better. Whenever I got into some new aspect of running a business, I was totally fine with sucking because I knew I had the will to persist until I got better.
Over the years, many people have told me that they were afraid they'd never be able to master some specific skill of business. They would hold themselves back because of this fear and never push beyond the "suck" phase. Don't be like them.
The fact is there are quite a few things that you must do well to build a thriving business and most of them won't be second nature to you. You're going to have to learn them from scratch and, well, you'll probably suck at most of them in the beginning. But don't get down on yourself for this or let it dissuade you from your course. Sucking is just a part of the game.
It's also true that many businesspeople don't want to face up to the types and volume of work that it takes to really make it. I've known many people that completely ignored the things they knew they should've been doing because they felt they didn't have enough know-how and weren't willing to learn, or because they just "didn't like that kind of work."
Well, if you feel like your business is stuck and you just "don't know why," take a look at what you're not doing that you know you should be or what you're not good enough at, and I bet you could figure out how to unstick it. Maybe that means you'll have to burn the midnight oil and learn something new. Maybe it means you'll have to do things you don't particularly enjoy. Maybe you'll suck at them at first. That's normal.
Give yourself permission to suck and just keep working at those things. You'll get better and better, and one day you'll realize, "Wow, I'm pretty good at this!"
by Pat Clouden
Accelerated Training Solutions
601 Cleveland Street, Suite 220, Clearwater FL 33755
Frauds, Liars & Scams
First, a few definitions.
Fraud – One who assumes a false pose; an impostor. From the Latin for deceit or injury.
Liar – A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who declares to another as a fact what he knows to be not true, and with an intention to deceive him. From a predecessor to Old English meaning to be untruthful.
Scam – A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle. U.S. slang, a carnival term, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to 19c. British slang scamp "cheater, swindler"
A Man Named Gordo
I advertise my home business opportunity in a magazine called the "Home Business Connection." Now, surprisingly, you might think that I would expect people to call me who are looking for a home business opportunity. At least that's why I thought I was advertising in that magazine.
Enter a man named Gordo. Gordo left me a voicemail in which he said he was interested in my business opportunity. Seems pretty straightforward, I normally call people back and find out about them and what they're looking for and find out if there's a match.
When I called Gordo back however, it turned out he was more interested in selling me on him, than vice versa. He called himself the "Greatest Networker in the World."
The Greatest Networker In The World, by the way, is an actual book written by John Milton Fogg, who has been in the networking industry for over 20 years, and was also one of the founders of UPLINE magazine, a magazine about the network marketing industry. John gives seminars and lectures, writes books and articles, and in general would not be cold calling someone to invite them to listen to a conference call. So red flags were already going off.
When I mentioned that I had read "his" book, he responded "yep, that's me." I never bothered asking why he was disguising himself as Gordo. I was too curious at this point to see where he was going with this.
So he invited me to listen to a live conference call which was limited to 10 network marketers. He claimed it would be 100% live and 100% interactive. After inviting me, he then asked if there was anyone in my organization who I wanted to invite to the call.
The next thing that was odd was he couldn't just give me the number to the conference call and the PIN. He had to call me back later in the day to give me these.
Finally, the appointed time rolls around and I call the number and get on the conference call. The first 15 minutes of the call were spent trying to locate someone who was supposed to be on the call and hadn't called in.
He started the conference around 7:15, by saying the call was designed to help us make money, it's not about making friends or saving the world.
Other statements he issued were: "Gordo hates liars," "No one in the world knows more about networking than me," and "No one in the industry earns more than me."
Remember that statement about the call being 100% interactive, once the call started, everyone was locked out or muted except for Mr. Gordo, so much for the "interactive" call.
Another gem was "The secret to making money is not to make money."
"Stupid is okay, don't act stupid."
"Same circus – different clowns."
Since he had told us to be at our computers at 7 and the red flags were screaming at me by this point, I got online and started looking up Gordo and Gordo's phone number.
What I found was pretty interesting.
Or you can check out his blog. But be forewarned it has nothing to do with networking.
Okay, one more
Okay, I think you get the idea. Stay away; far, far away.
Better idea
For more info on how to pick a real opportunity, go to www.AlansMLMTips.com and sign up for the "7 Days, 7 Insider Secrets" email newsletter.
Those tips will help you avoid falling victim to any frauds, lies, or scams.
Have a great week!
Someone sent this to me recently. After watching it, I had to pass it along. I thought it such a moving commentary on the basic goodness of man, that in one of the darkest moments in recent U.S. history, people responded to the basic, simple impulse to help.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. It's about 12 minutes long.
Watch movie here.
I'd love to hear your comments, if you're so inclined after watching the movie, come back and tell me what you thought.
A recent posting from a friend whose blog postings about education are wonderful. I loved this one so much I wanted to share it.
Never Give Up
by Dr. Wendy Ghiora – August 13, 2011
As I teacher, "Never give up," was my mantra. Time after time, the most unlikely students would wind up finding the genius within and become my "brightest star." As a teacher, leader, mentor, boss, whatever, you can help others find their own" hidden genius." I believe there is a way to find that special something in every student; and when you do, all I can say is "WOW!"
See if you can guess who each one of these supposed ne'er-do-well's is: (answers at the bottom)
1.This person's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, he made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at his invention until he finally succeeded.
2.This person failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.
3.This person failed sixth grade and was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until the age of 62. He later wrote, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up." (his capitals, mind you)
4.This person did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams." He was expelled from school .
One interesting anecdote, told by Otto Neugebauer, a historian of science, goes like this:
As he was a late talker, his parents were worried. At last, at the supper table one night, he broke his silence to say, "The soup is too hot."
Greatly relieved, his parents asked why he had never said a word before.
He replied, "Because up to now everything was in order."
5.This person was cut from his high school basketball team. He once observed, "I've failed over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed."
6.After his first audition, this person was told by the casting director, "Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?" It was at that moment, that he decided to devote his life to acting.
7.This person flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.
8.was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt several times. The "bright idea" he proposed was rejected by the local city on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.
1.Thomas Edison
2.Henry Ford
3.Winston Churchill
4.Albert Einstein
5.Michael Jordan
6.Sidney Portier
7. Leo Tolstoy
8. Walt Disney
Next time you are just about to give up on someone, I hope you will think about these examples. The "I CAN," is there in everyone. Just find it.
Jobs & Recession/Depression/Economic Uncertainty
Since there seems to be widespread disagreement about what to call the current economy, but pretty much everyone agrees the current economy is in the trash can; yet there can be a silver lining in every cloud. Some of the biggest and brightest companies in the U.S. were started or formed in recessions.
Also remember that whenever someone loses money by selling a stock, someone else is buying that stock in hopes of making money.
Home businesses always thrive in a recession as people look for ways to supplement, increase or replace their incomes.
With those positive notes in mind, here is an article that outlines part of the problem:
Porter Stansberry: This is why there are no jobs in America
Monday, May 23, 2011
I've decided to re-publish the most popular essay I've ever written. For some subscribers, this will only be a reminder about the serious problems we face in America. But for the many subscribers we've added in the last several months, this will be all new.
If it resonates with you… if you see these same problems in your communities… I encourage you to pass this along to your friends. This is a message we must get across to our fellow citizens. Robbing Peter to pay Paul will not lead to national wealth or prosperity. It will only lead to bigger problems for our children and grandchildren.
This Is Why There Are No Jobs in America
I'd like to make you a business offer. Seriously. This is a real offer. In fact, you really can't turn me down, as you'll come to understand in a moment…
Here's the deal. You're going to start a business or expand the one you've got now. It doesn't really matter what you do or what you're going to do. I'll partner with you no matter what business you're in – as long as it's legal. But I can't give you any capital – you have to come up with that on your own. I won't give you any labor – that's definitely up to you. What I will do, however, is demand you follow all sorts of rules about what products and services you can offer, how much (and how often) you pay your employees, and where and when you're allowed to operate your business. That's my role in the affair: to tell you what to do.
Now in return for my rules, I'm going to take roughly half of whatever you make in the business, each year. Half seems fair, doesn't it? I think so. Of course, that's half of your profits. You're also going to have to pay me about 12% of whatever you decide to pay your employees because you've got to cover my expenses for promulgating all of the rules about who you can employ, when, where, and how. Come on, you're my partner. It's only "fair."
Now… after you've put your hard-earned savings at risk to start this business and after you've worked hard at it for a few decades (paying me my 50% or a bit more along the way each year), you might decide you'd like to cash out – to finally live the good life.
Whether or not this is "fair" – some people never can afford to retire – is a different argument. As your partner, I'm happy for you to sell whenever you'd like… because our agreement says, if you sell, you have to pay me an additional 20% of whatever the capitalized value of the business is at that time.
I know… I know… you put up all the original capital. You took all the risks. You put in all of the labor. That's all true. But I've done my part, too. I've collected 50% of the profits each year. And I've always come up with more rules for you to follow each year. Therefore, I deserve another, final 20% slice of the business. Oh… and one more thing…
Even after you've sold the business and paid all of my fees… I'd recommend buying lots of life insurance. You see, even after you've been retired for years, when you die, you'll have to pay me 50% of whatever your estate is worth. After all, I've got lots of partners and not all of them are as successful as you and your family. We don't think it's "fair" for your kids to have such a big advantage. But if you buy enough life insurance, you can finance this expense for your children. All in all, if you're a very successful entrepreneur… if you're one of the rare, lucky, and hard-working people who can create a new company, employ lots of people, and satisfy the public… you'll end up paying me more than 75% of your income over your life. Thanks so much.
I'm sure you'll think my offer is reasonable and happily partner with me… but it doesn't really matter how you feel about it because if you ever try to stiff me – or cheat me on any of my fees or rules – I'll break down your door in the middle of the night, threaten you and your family with heavy, automatic weapons, and throw you in jail. That's how civil society is supposed to work, right? This is Amerika, isn't it?
That's the offer Amerika gives its entrepreneurs. And the idiots in Washington wonder why there are no new jobs…
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If you don't know how to pick a good company with a great product, network marketing probably won't work for you.
One of my favorite mentors came up with a book and course called "MLM-The Whole Truth." In it, he lays out what he calls the 12 Critical Success Factors™. You can get a free introduction to the factors he's isolated by going here. It's a 7 day series of emails where you learn 7 of the 12 concepts.
I Already Have A Company, But It's Just Not Working For Me
Okay, fair enough. Did you get the 7 day series of emails? Does your company/product meet the qualifications that he talks about? If not, you probably need to go back to the drawing board and find a company/product that does meet the 12 Critical Success Factors.
If your company does meet them, then my next recommendation is to run, not walk to get your copy of "Professional Inviter" to learn how to do the business. In it he covers what is communication, the six steps of the "Inviting Formula", how to tell when you're done greeting someone, what qualified means when prospecting for network marketing business partners, and much, much more.
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1. Novartis has received a Breakthrough Therapy designation for its CAR-T therapy. The drugmaker has also embarked on a collaboration with Allergan to pair two experimental drugs in a mid-stage clinical trial for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH. (Reuters)
2. Kim Kardashian West's recent Instagram post about Diclegis, Duchesnay USA's morning-sickness drug, isn't part of a previous agreement with the FDA. The agency in 2015 required Kardashian West to republish an Instagram post, this time including full risk information, after sending a warning letter to the company. "Duchesnay USA is proud to continue working with Kim Kardashian West to help generate awareness and educate women about morning sickness," a Duchesnay spokesperson said.
3. The most recent user-fee deal would likely benefit healthcare companies because it would provide the FDA approval process with more certainty and efficiency. (Modern Healthcare)
4. A lack of adherence to medications can explain why so many patients don't get better, have relapses, or sometimes die. For example, one-third of kidney transplant patients don't take their anti-rejection medications. (NYT)
5. UnitedHealth Group said revenue for Optum, its PBM and healthcare data and analytics business, rose 7.9%, to $21.2 billion, in the first quarter of 2017. (Reuters)


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Brockton killer likely did it before, may do it again, experts say
By Benjamin Paulin, The Enterprise
When apprised of the gruesome discovery of two sets of remains in Brockton, three retired FBI profilers were unanimous on three key characteristics: the person who put the bodies there is 1) a male killer, 2) who lives locally and 3) has likely done it before and may do it again.
The Enterprise recently interviewed three internationally renowned retired FBI profilers to ask them what type of person would be capable of dumping the bodies of 20-year-old Ashley Mylett and 50-year-old Linda Schufeldt in a wooded area on the outskirts of the city, The Enterprise reports.
The remains of both women were found Dec. 28 by a resident whose property abuts the 20-acre wooded area behind North Quincy Street on the city's northeast side. Mylett's body had been dismembered and was amongst a pile of wood about 50 yards behind the resident's backyard. Underneath Mylett's body, police found the remains of Schufeldt, which had been there longer and had decomposed to mostly bones. The cause of death for either victim has not yet been released.
The ex-FBI agents all agreed that it was a man who killed the women and disposed of their bodies in the same place because he was knowledgeable and comfortable with the area.
"Dumping a body is a very high-risk thing to do," said former FBI profiler Gregg McCrary. "Where do you go to dispose of a body? Do you go to some place you've never been where you may be discovered? No, you go some place where you know that you're comfortable with. That's going to be one of the defining characteristics of this person. He's so confident in that area he's doing it twice."
Clint van Zandt agreed with McCrary. Van Zandt was a member of the FBI for 25 years and was a supervisor in the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
"With one (body) on top of another it sounds like this is the location that he's comfortable at. That he would be comfortable explaining his presence where he was coming or going," van Zandt said. "It's somebody local, somebody that knows the area."
According to family members, friends and court records Mylett and Schufeldt had struggles with addiction. Schufeldt also had several prostitution convictions, court records show.
Understanding the lifestyle and behaviors of victims is vital for investigators in trying to find out who is responsible for their death, said McCrary, who began his career with the FBI in 1969.
"The key to these cases is victimology," McCrary said. "Who the victims are and then we put the victims on a risk continuum from low to moderate to high. You're looking for anything that would have put them at risk."
"These are high-risk victims if their lifestyle includes current drug addiction and prostitution," said Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former senior profiler for the FBI until her retirement in 2009. "They have a lifestyle that puts them in contact with people that could hurt them."
"With a killer, that's why he will target women who are high-risk because they often go unreported for a long time. Their families don't report them missing or they don't regularly check in," O'Toole said.
Mylett's family last heard from her about a month before her remains were found. Schufeldt's family last heard from her in July.
O'Toole said the women were likely to have known the perpetrator or came in contact with him in the past without incident.
"This is someone these women did not view as a threat most likely. These are women that went with him probably willingly and then he turned on them," O'Toole said.
"Clearly they have both crossed paths with the same guy. What's the connection between these two women? There's going to be one common link," McCrary said. "He may have been with them before where they were uninjured and then one time something went horribly wrong."
Both McCrary and van Zandt said the person is likely older rather than younger.
"That his first victim is older, I would say there is a potential for him to be a little bit older," van Zandt said.
"They have to have some place to do this and it's a real bloody thing to do if you're dismembering a fresh corpse. To me it makes this guy a little bit older, a little bit more experienced with violent crime. It may suggest more familiarity with being around bodies," McCrary said. "I tend to think this pushes the age up a little but this isn't a teenager doing this. You have to have some tools, you have to have a place to do it, you have to have the fortitude to be able to do it."
Because of the way the bodies were disposed of, van Zandt said, the person is likely not very intelligent.
"To me it's somebody who is somewhat sloppy," van Zandt said. "This is not a real intelligent person. This is someone who is crude and just dumped the bodies there and left."
The bodies were discovered underneath a folding chair and a pile of wood that had been stacked up.
McCrary said the person likely has a similar socioeconomic background as that of Mylett and Schufeldt.
"It's somebody who is going to have a history of contact in the drug community or the drug abuse community," van Zandt said. "Not necessarily somebody with a drug addiction but someone who knows people with drug addictions."
One thing O'Toole stressed was that the person's outward appearance may not lead someone to believe they are capable of doing such a thing.
"What's important is that law enforcement will be out doing neighborhood investigations and asking people if they saw anybody," O'Toole said. "Don't think in terms of creepy or off-putting, think in terms of everybody. He may not be creepy or off-putting. He could be a pretty ordinary guy. Don't think, 'He's working, he's got a good job, he's got children, he goes to church on Sunday, so ergo he's not the guy.' That may not be the case."
McCrary, O'Toole and van Zandt all differed on whether to say there was a serial killer on the loose in Brockton, however they all agreed that the person may likely have killed in the past and may likely do it again.
"He's interacting with other women who have probably been in the same or similar situations," O'Toole said. "He wouldn't just interact with these two women then totally go to another kind of victim."
"There's a statistical likelihood that there could well be others and someone who has committed crimes like this usually doesn't quit on his own volition," van Zandt said. "It's very likely that he's killed before and that there is a likelihood he could do it again."


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Tim Tebow stopped by the 105th Precinct in Queens on Tuesday — the station where NYPD Officer Brian Moore worked before he was killed last year — to show his appreciation for New York's Finest.
"It's very meaningful to be able to give back, but honestly [I'm here to ] just to say thank you and try to encourage all of them that what they do really matters," Tebow explained during a meeting with police officers and officials.
"It matters to me, and they're making a difference. What they're doing is significant," he said. "Sometimes it can be a thankless job. We just wanted to take this time to say thank you."
The New York Mets prospect and former football sensation is in town promoting his memoir, "Shaken," and ultimately decided to pay his respects to the boys in blue instead of making more media rounds, according to ESPN.
"It's great to be able to come in here and try to encourage them," Tebow said. "But, at the same time, they're such an encouragement to me with just what they do every single day."
Moore, 25, was shot and killed on May 4, 2015 as he sat in his patrol car with his partner.
The cops at his old precinct told ESPN on Tuesday that it meant a lot to them to see Tebow show his support for law enforcement.
"It's really nice to see people come down that really appreciate us, that care about what we do every day," said NYPD Lt. Robert Maguire. "There's a lot of support in New York. With Tim Tebow coming down and the Mets coming down…it gives us a good feeling."
The former Heisman Trophy winner made headlines in September when he signed a minor league contract with the Mets and then blasted a home run in his first at-bat.
He went on to have a disappointing season, though, in the Arizona Fall League — posting a batting average of .194 and striking out 20 times.


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After the New York Times released a bombshell report last week alleging that Hollywood power player Harvey Weinstein covered up decades of sexual assault charges. Women in Hollywood have been coming out in droves to criticize Weinstein and anyone who helped cover up his behavior.
On Monday's Late Night, Seth Meyers left it up to his female writers to react to the news.
Amber Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, and Allison Hord were "disturbed," "shocked…it took this long to become a story," and "shocked that people are shocked."
They praised the women for coming forward, but also suggested that when allegations like this come out, there are "always more" and the details are usually worse than they appear in the papers.
Ruffin, Hagel, and Hord took issue with Weinstein's "apology" in which he said he came up in the business world in the 60s and 70s, when things were different. Hord wondered if he "came to the present via time machine" and missed decades of progress.
In his apology, Weinstein also said he would take time away from Hollywood to focus on taking down the NRA, "as if our shared politics makes his sexual assault okay." Ruffin remarked, "Hey, I saw a guy masturbate into a plant… but it was okay because he was wearing a Planned Parenthood button!"
"When he got busted, Weinstein said 'To make up for it, I'm staring a scholarship for women directors.' That's just him being around more women!" Hagel said. "That's not the solution; that's the problem! That's like Jared from Subway saying 'I know I messed up, but don't worry. I'm starting a t-ball league.'"


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Skip to 0 minutes and 5 seconds People do need more calories and protein to help recover post-transplant. So from what I was saying about people having lost muscle when they are ill, obviously, post-transplant you have a brand new transplanted liver, but you still have some of the problems existing, ie the muscle loss and weight loss. So initially, we'd be giving people high protein advice to help with healing, to help with muscle recovery, and longer term muscle gain. So while the body is healing, you don't tend to put on weight and muscle, because those proteins are diverted to provide the building blocks for new tissues.
Skip to 0 minutes and 44 seconds Once the healing process is completed, that can be weeks in people that are better nourished, but it can be a couple of months in people that have got a poorer protein status. Once that healing is completed, that protein can be diverted to muscle to start to get some muscle gain. Also steroids do promote the deposition of fat, so you're more likely to gain fat, and they hinder muscle gain. So it's about getting the balance right of calories and protein. So it would be higher calorie and higher protein advice for most patients post-transplant. The duration of that depends on the degree of weight loss pre-transplant.
Skip to 1 minute and 24 seconds And again, we tailor that advice to people and say that they would usually be continuing with their supplement drinks, if they were on them. But as their appetite increases, their healing is finished, and they start to gain weight, we would be giving them advice to tail down those supplement drinks, so they're reducing. Because longer term post-transplant it's very important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, because you can gain weight. Steroids do set the scene for increased appetite. And so you can get into a habit of eating more.
Skip to 2 minutes and 0 seconds And because it takes longer to get back to your usual activity level when you've had a chronic disease and not used to being as active, and you've had surgery, it takes you a while to recover from. Sometimes your eating recovers quicker than the exercise and burning off. So we've got to be careful about weight gain. So we're quite keen to give people the tools to be able to reduce the supplements and the extra calories and protein as their weight improves. And longer term, it's healthy lifestyle management, as we talked about earlier.
Skip to 2 minutes and 32 seconds The only exceptions, perhaps, would be that somebody who has been transplanted for fatty liver may not need additional calories, because they're quite well nourished, but they do need the additional proteins to promote healing and recovery of the muscle. And again, it's very important in those patients that we give them quite specific advice, that they know when to tail down the protein supplements. And again, longer term, it's healthy lifestyle management to help prevent the recurrence of the accumulation of fat in the liver.
Skip to 3 minutes and 8 seconds Anybody avoiding fats, or reducing fats to manage the biliary diseases, once that the bilirubin have been level and the jaundice starts to subside post-transplant, they can re-introduce fats and eat a normal, healthy diet, once they've recovered from any weight loss. Those are a key aspects of recovering weight and managing weight. The other aspect of dietary management post-transplant is the consideration of food safety. Obviously, people are immunosuppressed. Their immune systems are not functioning as per a normal healthy individual because of the medication. So we give food safety advice to any food related illness.
Skip to 3 minutes and 52 seconds So that storage of food in the fridge, so cooked foods, always go above rule, so you don't get raw juices contaminating that they could drip on cooked foods below. So in the fridge, cooked above raw. People also have got to make sure that unpasteurised foods and cheeses, mayonnaises are made with pasteurised products, not unpasteurised, because of the risk of illness from salmonella. Also, we would make sure that people were having well cooked eggs and poultry. Again, to avoid the risk of salmonella. So we would give that food safety advice. We also give caution to avoid taking probiotics early in the post-transplant period. But longer term, they can be reintroduced under the guidance of the medical and dietetic team.
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