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Have you ever paused and tried to come up with a definition for the idea of intelligence? Typically, people associate intelligence with the ability to perform complicated equations or figure out complex logic problems. But it goes much deeper than that.
The Role of Intelligence in Entrepreneurship
"Intelligence has been defined in many different ways including as one's capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, and problem solving," Wikipedia explains. "It can be more generally described as the ability to perceive or infer information, and to retain it as knowledge to be applied towards adaptive behaviors within an environment or context."
While everyone agrees that intelligence plays a role in being a successful and productive entrepreneur, there's still confusion about how intelligence is acquired and what amount of intelligence is needed to find success.
To a degree, intelligence is hereditary. If both of your parents are talented scientists with dozens of awards and recognition from leading institutions, then your chances of being smart are pretty good. However, not every intelligent person has "smart" parents. Just as genes play a role, so do environmental factors. Furthermore, the types of intelligence a person acquires are often a direct result of the world in which they live.
Dr. Howard Gardner, a Harvard psychologist, has developed something he calls the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. This theory essentially states that there are eight distinct types of intelligence and there's no direct correlation between them. In other words, a person could possess strong intelligence in one category and be totally helpless in the other seven areas (or vice versa).
Dr. Gardner also believes that these various forms of intelligence have evolved over time in response to their value in human history. If a particular form of intelligence wasn't beneficial to society, it wouldn't have evolved and survived to this point.
3 Types of Intelligence You Need to Master
Different types of intelligence are valued in different areas of life. When you look at entrepreneurship and study the factors that set the most successful startup founders apart from the pack, you'll notice that there are three types of intelligence that seem to have evolved into relevancy over the years. The more you hone your skills in these areas, the more potential you'll have.
1. Social Intelligence
"It's not what you know, but who you know." How many times have you heard this saying? Well, you hear it because it's true. Your connections with people are almost always more important than your book smarts – and that's why you need to focus on honing social intelligence: The ability to build effective relationships with other people and successfully navigate social environments.
As Dr. Daniel Goleman points out, humans are biologically hardwired to connect with other people. The human brain contains more spindle cells – cells that guide social decisions – than any other animal species. We also have mirror neurons that help us predict the behavior of people around us. Then there's dopamine, the chemical secreted by the brain when we find other people attractive and engaging.
As an entrepreneur, social intelligence allows you excel at networking, effectively manage employees, and enhance your sales skills. It's integral to your overall success. The question is, how do you improve your social intelligence?
Believe it or not, it all starts with body language. Researchers have come to the conclusion that 55 percent of communication is non-verbal. (Approximately 38 percent is the tone of voice, while just 7 percent is the actual words spoken.) The more you can improve your body language – i.e. gestures, eye contact, posture, etc. – the greater influence you'll have.
From a leadership perspective, it's also important that you learn how to use your words for maximum influence. This means taking firm stances and having confidence in what you say.
"We admire and respect assertive people," business coach Eva Gregory writes. "It's frustrating when others beat around the bush or attempt to be indirect. But there's a difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness."
For example, assertiveness would be saying something like, "I feel like it's in the company's best interest for us to go with the second marketing campaign." On the other hand, an aggressive statement would say, "I don't care what you think, we're doing the second marketing campaign."
A high level of emotional intelligence enables you to lead a group of people through persuasion and motivation. It's essential to your success as a startup founder.
2. Cultural Intelligence
Cultural intelligence is often described as the ability to successfully and efficiently communicate with people across a variety of cultures. It has a variety of components, including behavioral, motivational, and metacognitive aspects.
When Dr. Gardner talks about the idea that different types of intelligence evolve and rise to prominence over time, cultural intelligence would certainly be a good example.
In the past, cultural intelligence has only mattered for a select few people – i.e. those who spent a lot of time traveling the globe for business. But as the internet and technology have grown, borders have dissipated, and cultures now have more interaction than ever before.
Cultural intelligence must be learned and practiced over time. The more you become aware of your deficiencies in this area, the more you can improve.
Inquisitive people tend to possess high levels of cultural intelligence. They ask questions, look for new information, and don't automatically assume their way of doing something is the best way.
"If you find yourself puzzled or surprised about something members of the culture say or do, that can be an entry point to the culture," applied cognitive psychologist Dr. Louise Rasmussen writes for Global Cognition. "The fact that you don't immediately understand what's going on is a sign that they may have a different shared understanding than you. This can be a good point to ask questions or otherwise get more information."
Cultural intelligence is also rooted in a willingness to learn through a variety of channels, including websites and blogs, films, books, and travel. The more you diversify your pursuit of knowledge, the greater your cultural intelligence will become.
In a business world where you're increasingly likely to have interactions with multiple cultures – both inside the workplace and outside of your company – a high degree of cultural intelligence will help you tremendously.
3. Emotional Intelligence
The third type of intelligence modern entrepreneurs must possess is emotional intelligence, or the ability to detect and understand your emotions and the emotions of others.
"Emotionally intelligent people are empathetic – they're good at putting themselves in someone else's shoes and seeing challenges from different perspectives, which can also help them solve problems. These qualities typically make them excellent, respected communicators," startup consultant Andrew Deen writes. "Although emotional intelligence is highly prized in the traditional workplace, it can be extremely helpful – and even crucial – for entrepreneurs."
As Deen explains, a high level of emotional intelligence improves self-awareness, leads to more effective communication, enhances control over emotions, allows you to identify customer needs more effectively, unifies employees through enhanced leadership, and is "the number one indicator of success." But how do you, as an entrepreneur, improve your emotional intelligence to enjoy more success?
The number one key to honing your emotional intelligence is to be strategic with who and what you surround yourself with. For example, the more time you spend with smart and creative people, the more likely that you'll personally be smart and creative.
Reading is also something that has a positive impact on emotional intelligence. The more you read, the more you begin to understand how people think and process information.
On a more personal note, you need to be cognizant of your own emotions and how they impact your performance, output, and ability to lead. For example, you need people in your life who can let you know when you're being foolish or biased. Having people in your life who hold you accountable will help you get back on track and avoid making costly mistakes.
"Emotional intelligence takes work and practice just like any other form of intelligence," entrepreneur John Boitnott points out. "Good news – you're in total control of working those emotional intelligence muscles. Watch who you interact with, learn new things and give yourself emotional outlets. These will all help grow this highly valuable personal capability."
The Pursuit of Intelligence
A lot of people assume that intelligence is 100 percent hereditary. In other words, they think it's something you either have or don't. And while genes certainly play a significant role, to believe that you have no control over your level of intelligence is to be acutely unaware of your own power and influence.
Social, cultural, and emotional intelligence are all important for entrepreneurial success. They are also forms of intelligence that you can sharpen and improve over time. In this sense, you have more control over your own destiny than you realize.
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Drake Bennett of the Boston Globe has just published an group profile of emerging conservative thinkers for the Ideas section, and he covers yours truly alongside Luigi Zingales, Brad Wilcox, and Megan McArdle. I've know and admired Megan for some time now, and not just because she's engaged to Peter, and I'm a huge fan of Zingales and Wilcox. Suffice it to say, I'm very flattered to be in such company.
Rather amusingly, Bennett noted the following from our interview.
According to those who have worked with him, Salam blends conservative political belief with a voracious embrace of contemporary pop culture in all its forms – in conversation, before the references to Russell Kirk and John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Predator State," he opens with a semi-profane line from the hip-hop artist Ludacris.
These days, a Ludacris reference marks you as an old fogey. To provide context, the conversation went something like this —
[REIHAN] Oh yeah, I always pick up calls from strange area codes, as I have 'hoes' in many area codes. And by 'hoes,' I mean 'friendly acquaintances.'
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I remember when I first heard Desmond Dekker's, "Israelites" back in the late 1960s, I was blown away by how different it sounded. It wasn't until the late seventies that I realised it was reggae.
I was one of those people in that late 1970s that absolutely hated disco and I was also beginning to be bored with rock at about the same time. Punk had come out as an antidote, but to me much of it was like rock that was being performed on speed. Reggae offered some relief but the music of that time that spoke me the most was ska. I couldn't get enough of ska and it always disappointed me that the skinheads appropriated the genre as their own, which of course turned so many people off the music.
One of my favourite ska albums was Desmond Dekker's, "Black and Dekker". What made this album so great, in my mind, was that instead of just re-releasing Desmond's old hits played the same old way, as some kind of retrospective cash cow, Stiff Records (a punk label) teamed Dekker up with Graham Parker's backing band "The Rumour". A band as tight and hard driving as The Rumour was a perfect match for Dekker to bring him up to date.
This video is a TV performance of Dekker doing his up-dated version of "Israelites".
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Don't Be Fooled By Deceptive Food Labels: 5 Claims to Watch Out For
The majority of Americans rely on food labels to give them an accurate picture of the nutritional content of the foods they buy for themselves and their families. But it's no secret that food labels are sometimes uninformative if not outright deceptive, leading you to think you're choosing healthy foods when you're actually not. From undefined words like "natural" to deceptive serving sizes, reading food labels can be tricky. The more you know what to look for and what to avoid, the better choices you'll be able to make.
5 Misleading Food Label Claims to Watch Out For:
"Natural" or "All Natural"
Don't be fooled, all natural doesn't mean all that much. According to the FDA, a product labeled as "natural" must not contain synthetic or artificial ingredients. However, it may still contain pesticides, genetically modified ingredients, high fructose corn syrup and be heavily processed, which negates what many consumers think of as natural.
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Many products tout they're a healthy source of whole grains, when in reality refined flour is the first ingredient. Because the FDA does not define what percentage of grain must be whole in order to use this claim, it's important to look for food packaging with "100% whole wheat" and ensure "whole grain" or "whole wheat flour" is listed as a primary ingredient.
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Products that claim to be made with real fruit may not contain very much at all, or none of the type pictured on the packaging. For example, Pom Wonderful, which sells 100% pomegranate juice is suing The Coca Cola Company for false advertising of their Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry Flavored Blend. The product in question is made almost entirely from apple and grape juice, but is called "Pomegranate Blueberry," followed in smaller type by the words "Flavored Blend of 5 Juices." Be sure to read the ingredient list for any product claiming to be "made with real fruit" to ensure you are really getting the nutrition advertised.
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This is the second potato soup recipe I have on the blog. The other one is for a baked potato soup which is really good but requires a little more planning. This one is perfect for the nights when some says "Hey, potato soup sounds really good for supper." It's made in one pot and takes about 30 minutes from start to finish.
Potato Soup
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6-8 cups peeled cubed potatoes. I'd estimate a potato per cup.
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2-3 cups milk
- salt and pepper to taste. White pepper is best.
- Cornstarch or flour for thickening if desired
In a 4 quart or larger pot, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is softened and translucent. Add potatoes and chicken broth, the potatoes should barely be covered by liquid. If broth doesn't cover the potatoes you can add more broth or water. Cover and cook over medium heat until potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes. Mash a few of the potatoes and add milk until desired creaminess is achieved. Heat until warmed through without boiling. If soup needs to be thickened mix 1-2 tablespoons flour or cornstarch with an equal amount or water. Add to hot soup, mix well and cook until thickened.
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Being serious won't kill you3:43 PM
Nasty title, right? Well, cutting short, it means that I'm angry + upset by the behavior of some folks. Names will not be given, referring to them by simple A, B, C, etc.
Let's begin with a tale.
One day, A wanted to go out with friends. Being so considerate, he sent messages to about 10 friends. Spending about RM0.50? Maxis to Maxis rate, okay. Well, he didn't want to force them to accompany him so he didn't say RSVP in his message. ^.^ It was just a friendly hanging out, not some uptight big important event.
On the same evening he sent out the messages, B responded saying that he would go. A was delighted. Then came a message from C, also saying he will come. The next day, A posted in Facebook, asking if anyone else would like to join. He stated the time, place and date for their convenience. B and C promptly commented that they would come. Suddenly, A decided to cancel it. Below was the reason why:
On the day itself:
A: Hey, guys, don't have to come, okay. Going myself, alone as always anyway. Sorry, was only joking about asking you all. :P
In my own head right now:
ARGHHH!! Never mind! I'm sure that I'll be labeled as being too sensitive, courtesy of maybe the same folks.
But, you know........
The outing was a failure. T.T Because I got held back by my group's APK meeting, they went ahead first. Another person dropped out. So, it's either I go myself in a taxi or just cancel ME going. Well, since I had things to do (nightmare of being a secretary came true!
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it's better to say they cannot go and show up later rather than say they're coming. Poor you, eh A. :)ReplyDelete
i read this entry of yours 3 times..but i did not understand your story...maybe i am too serious...and it's killing me...damn!!!!ReplyDelete
munsyi..ko macam nak ngurat die je..haha..saying sumtin nice to console a heartbroken gurl...


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February 26, 2017
Dear Working Preachers, I feel like I need to begin with some rather unsolicited advice: do not preach some sort of sermon on the how the Transfiguration matters. Preach about how ...
SB526 - Transfiguration of Our Lord
Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Transfiguration of Our Lord (Feb. 26, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 17:1-9; (1st Reading) Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 2; (2nd Reading) 2 Peter 1:16-21. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for WorkingPreacher.org.


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Quality of Life
Michigan is a great place to live. Bridge will report that fact often — and on potential threats to the assets that make it so.
Rich cities lose out as Wayne County cuts waste in programs to help poor
For years, Wayne County was slammed over its handling of community development block grant funds. Now, the county is changing how it distributes money in hopes of steering more toward poor cities and reducing costs.
The federal shutdown hit Sleeping Bear Dunes. So volunteers rushed in.
Michigan's majestic national park had to shutter its visitor's center and curb popular snowshoe hikes. But a hardy group of park angels is hauling trash, cleaning toilets and helping maintain the park during the shutdown.
Federal shutdown gets real in Beer City: Michigan summer ales in jeopardy
This year's new seasonal brews may never hit the shelf, and some smaller breweries along West Michigan's "Ale Trail" fear their openings may be at risk. Thanks, Washington!
As cities rush to sell off utilities, Wyandotte boasts 3 city-run systems
Cities across the nation are selling off utilities to raise cash for other needs. But Detroit's downriver neighbor still runs its electrical, water and cable systems, sparking community pride.
Canada geese are as annoying as hell. In Alpena, that's a death sentence.
Pooping, squawking and bullying, Canada geese are back from the brink of extinction and irritating much of Michigan. Alpena has a big surprise for them.
In Charlevoix and Petoskey, pricey housing leaves businesses without workers
Picturesque views of Lake Michigan draw tourist crowds but push out the workers who make shoreside cities run.
Message from marijuana country: We love legal pot. Will Michigan?
For three weeks, I traveled the marijuana highway from Colorado to California and up to Washington. Most like the taxes pot provides and shrug off worries about legalization. But it's not a cure all.
Support legal pot in Michigan? Know the latest health risks (and benefits)
The latest research shows pot is less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol, but it's not without health risks. Here is what you should know before Michigan votes on legal weed.
More pot and lower taxes if Michigan marijuana vote passes this fall (slideshow)
The Michigan marijuana initiative would allow customers to possess more pot and pay lower taxes than most states that legalize recreational marijuana. Bridge compares state laws.
What's legal, and what isn't, under Michigan recreational marijuana plan (slideshow)
Legalizing recreational marijuana would not mean a free-for-all. Here are the legal limits if the measure passes in November.
Traverse City grows as local workers search for a place to call home
Michigan towns that rely on tourism like Traverse City are flourishing. But high housing costs paired with low wages leave many local workers scrambling for a place to live.
Despite opioid problems, small-town Hastings, Michigan 'a good place to be from'
Southeast of Grand Rapids, Hastings is battling opioid addiction and other challenges as it maintains its easy-going character. Bridge pays a visit during its 2018 Truth Tour.
A Northern Michigan town waves as I-75 drivers barrel past
West Branch wants to become a destination for tourists and new businesses. Residents plead for more job training. And the town may even ditch its Victorian past. (With slideshow)
Plans on track for passenger train from Ann Arbor to Traverse City, group says
Booming tourism in Traverse City and interest justifies daily passenger trains from Ann Arbor through stops to Up North, study shows.
Michigan's riding high. But a downturn is coming and the safety net is frayed.
A peak economy is the perfect time to expand job training and assistance. Instead, state officials are squandering the good times, experts warn.
Michigan falls short in frontline treatment for opioid crisis
The state, hard hit by opioid deaths, has a shortage of doctors trained to prescribe medication that's critical to recovery.
Lansing provides sluggish response to Michigan's rising drug prices
Expected bills aimed at skyrocketing drug costs face an uncertain fate in the Michigan Legislature
How other states are fighting prescription drug costs
From pressuring drug manufacturers to offer bigger discounts to seeking bulk sales from Canada, other states are taking aggressive steps to help consumers.
Did a Michigan campus narrowly avert a massacre like the Florida shooting?
We've all seen the horrible scenes from a Florida high school. But similar carnage may have visited Lansing Community College in November. But then a worried friend called police.
Aging area near Traverse City joins "village movement" to stay at home
Graying populations in regions across Michigan can benefit from grassroots membership networks that help with rides, nursing visits, and other challenges for older residents who want to remain independent.


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Girls basketball: Spartan duo sinks Gaelettes
The Shelton High girls basketball team opened the New Year still searching for its first win of the season, when it tangled with Amity High on Saturday night at Murray Gymnasium.
After an 0-6 start, including three losses by fewer than three points, the Gaelettes took on a talented Spartan squad that's lone loss came to the state's second-ranked team, Mercy High of Middletown.
Behind 13 points from sophomore forward Nicole Roberts, Shelton hung tough. But, Amity rode its inside-outside combo of Chloe Brinton and Molly Ronan to a 50-31 Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division victory.
"Defensively, we were there all night," Shelton coach Mary Piccirillo said.
"Offensively, we couldn't move the ball, we couldn't pass the ball and we couldn't get Nicole Roberts the ball tonight.
"She was having a good night but we weren't getting her the ball enough."
Brinton, a senior guard, netted a game-high 21 points — including 15 in the second half — while Ronan, a senior center, chipped in with 13.
A jumper from Brooke McCone got Shelton to within 19-13 with 2:01 left in the first half, before consecutive breakout layups by Mikaila Schmitt (eight points) and Brinton sparked a 14-2 Amity run that extended into the third quarter.
Most of the damage during the flurry was done by Brinton, who poured in 10 points, while the 6-0 Ronan added the other basket.
Roberts scored in the paint for the Gaelettes' lone field goal during the four-minute, 32-second Spartan barrage, until a 3-pointer from Brinton pushed Amity's advantage to 33-15.
Undaunted, Roberts rattled off four straight points, on a layup and two free throws, to get Shelton back within 33-19 with 2:57 left in the period.
Brinton then sank a 3-pointer with seven seconds left in the third to stake Amity to a 38-23 lead heading into the final frame.
Sivan Tepper came off the bench to score two baskets in the fourth quarter for Shelton, one off of a crafty assist from Jessica Wilm, while Roberts notched a third Gaelette field goal.
Unfortunately for the locals, Brinton kept up the sharp shooting with five points, as Amity outscored Shelton, 13-7, to cruise to the divisional victory.
The schedule doesn't ease up for the Gaelettes.
"It's coming," Piccirillo said. "Every game I see a lot of good things. So hopefully it's coming soon."
Shelton faced Lyman Hall (6-1) last night, before Guilford High (3-4) pays a visit to Murray Gym on Friday at 7 p.m.
On Monday, Shelton hosts Daniel Hand of Madison (5-3) at 7.


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Show All Answers
Applications are available online. Computers are available for use at The Malden Teen Enrichment Center, Malden High School and the Malden Public Library. If you do not have access to any of these options, please email Karen Colón Hayes.
The deadline is April 5, 2019 at midnight.
If you have questions, email Karen Colón Hayes or email Kelli Collomb.
The Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP) is 6 weeks long. Beginning on July 8th and ending on August 16th (this can vary slightly depending on placement).
14 to 15 year olds work a maximum of 10 to 12 hours per week which includes a two hour work readiness program (paid). Schedules vary depending on placement. 16 to 21 year olds work a maximum of 20 to 22 hours per week which includes a two hour work readiness program (paid). Schedules vary depending on placement.
No. Unfortunately, we do not have the funding to support everyone who applies. We encourage you to apply for other job opportunities.
You will be notified on or before May 31, 2019. Please do not contact us before this date.
A committee determines the placements and we try our best to match applicants with jobs based on experience and requests. We do not have enough job placements to accommodate all requests.
You are paid only for the hours you work. There is no compensation for sick days. You must contact your supervisor to let them know you will not be able to come to work and provide a valid reason. Because the program runs for only 6 weeks, there will be no vacation allowances during Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MYSEP) job placements. If you have a vacation planned during this time, you must provide dates prior to being hired and it most likely it will influence your employment opportunity with the program.
We had an overwhelming response of applicants and we are unable to place everyone. Each year we will begin the process overtaking into consideration people on the waitlist. If you applied and did not get a job last year, you will be ensured an interview. Applicants are placed based on:
The goal of the program is to give our youth equal opportunity to participate. Two years is the average number of years employed with a maximum of 3 years in the program. This does not imply or guarantee you will be hired for three years. There are many factors to be considered during placement. Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP) Staff is not subject to the 3 year maximum as we are trying to provide stability.
We ask that you bring a list of 3 references to the interview. These are names of people we may call for a verbal reference.
You do not need identification (ID) to submit an application. However, if you are hired, you will need a valid ID to begin employment.
You will not be able to begin work with this paperwork. You will need to provide documents that establish Identity and employment authorization.
Once you have been contacted that you have been accepted into Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MYSEP), you will receive notice for orientation. It is mandatory to attend orientation each year as paperwork needs to be updated.
Job hours are determined by the supervisors at the job sites. Summer school will most likely have an influence on whether you are chosen for the program based on the availability of work hours. If summer school hours conflict with work hours, your position will be terminated.
Yes. You will need to fill out the same tax forms that you would be expected to complete at any other job. There will be Human Resource volunteers available at orientation to help answer questions.
All minors under the age of 18 must complete an employment permit application and obtain the permit before starting a new job. Applications for employment permits are available at Malden High School. You will need a new work permit each year. A minor cannot be granted a permit unless the specific employer, work address, and job description have been provided. Therefore, you will not be able to receive this permit until after you have been notified you have received a position in the program.
With a few exceptions, it is recommended that youth workers are 16 years of age to work with children in a camp setting.
As an applicant, employee or volunteer for the City of Malden, a criminal record check will be conducted for conviction and pending criminal case information only. It will not necessarily disqualify you.


text: Visit Glamourela to get your best brows ever! We've heard it a million times before, eyebrows are sisters, not twins, but that doesn't mean that an over plucked or tinted brow won't cause you to avoid mirrors for weeks. So, how do you really know if your arches are living up to their potential? You go see Maxine Weiss of Glamourela, a seasoned esthetician with over 18 years of experience (she is such a brow savant, she can color match your tint within a few minutes of meeting you). Read below to find out all about our experience! Spa: Glamourela Service: Triple Threat $75.00 (brow tint, brow shape + lash tint) Why we love it: We love a sculpted arch, but we don't trust ourselves to fill in our brows on the daily, so when Maxine said we could be out the door in under 30-minutes and look like we were wearing perfectly applied makeup, we were in. Her bubbly personality felt like we were talking to a friend who just happened to be working on our brows (us & our brows are glad she returned to the city from Florida)! The service starts off with her tinting the upper and lower lashes which can feel a little goofy. Hint, it involves under eye patches and Vaseline under your eyes to stop any excess tint staining the skin (eyes must remain shut). Note, she said some clients can't bear the thought of unplugging, and she has had to physically remove phones from clients (don't be that person). Next, your custom brow tint is applied and once remove, Weiss evaluates the status of your current brows and redesigns them to match your unique features. Then a quick clean up and you are out the door with fuller brows and eyes so mesmerizing, Liz Taylor would be jealous. Click HERE to learn more about the Spa & Wellness Gift Card, which grants access to over 8,000 spas nationwide for the ultimate spa day. From facials to hot stone massages, there is a treatment for everyone to relax, renew and rejuvenate. Book your escape now. Start a Conversation Cancel a Conversation Connect with Enter your WordPress.com blog URL http://.wordpress.com Proceed Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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Be Thankful, And Look Good Doing It
by Hamed Saber
Article by Elizabeth Johnson
The Christmas season is well under way. Any store you enter is full of the magic of potential Christmas expenditure, with all the tinkly music and garish color schemes that accompany the birth of the Baby Jesus.
Now, when I was a kid, there were several holidays that came in between the Fourth of July and Christmas. Thanks to the power of the All American Dollar and the advent of neighborly and not-so-neighborly contests to determine the best Martha Stewart wannabe in the neighborhood, one can also buy a flotsam of plastic corpses, skeletons, ghosts, and headstones with which to spookily adorn one's yard for the invasion of Trick or Treaters on October 31.
However, for one of the nation's most beloved holidays, department stores dedicate almost no floor space. Really, what would be the point? How many orange and brown crepe paper turkeys and straw cornucopias can one really buy from one year to the next? After all, turkey day décor really only works for one day, since you know you have to tear it all down on Leftover Friday and start unraveling 47 miles of Christmas lights that may or may nor work – or more likely will work just fine until you hang it on the tree.
It's important to remember, though, that Thanksgiving is a truly important holiday. It is indicative of the wealth of riches we all have in this country. It is reminiscent of the first gourmet club on American soil. Moreover, Thanksgiving is a symbol of our gratitude – or alleged gratitude – for what we've been given in this country: opportunity, freedom, large supermarkets with more food on the pet aisle than many towns in third world countries have between every single last resident.
Thanksgiving has been held on our soil since Sept. 8, 1565, when Spaniards landed at what is now San Augustine, Florida, and held a Mass to thank God for getting them safely to the New World. Similar random celebrations were held until the first traditionally recognized Thanksgivings, which were held at Virginia Colony in 1619 and at Plymouth Colony in 1621. The latter is the much-acclaimed Thanksgiving of American legend, with the Indian Squanto helping to plan the harvest feast and its bi-lingual guest list.
During the Revolutionary War, various Thanksgiving celebrations were held following victory after battle, and in 1789, President George Washington declared the first official November Thanksgiving holiday. Several presidents called for Thanksgivings at various times up until the Civil War, and the holiday was commemorated mostly in New England.
It was President Abraham Lincoln, however, who created the national Thanksgiving holiday we know today. The event became the most important holiday for the Victorian hostess, because it gave her the opportunity to pull out all the stops and show off her recipes and entertaining skills to her neighbors. In fact, the meal we all know today – turkey, which was readily available to most Americans, cranberry sauce, potatoes, fall vegetables, and pies made from fall fruits such as apples and pumpkins – is a testament to the ingenuity of the American cook.
College and professional football became a staple of the long holiday weekend as early as the 1920s, because people could take time off to travel to faraway games. Hence, you'll see a lot of college rivalry games held over the turkey weekend. When television began making inroads in American living rooms in the 1950s, professional football was a natural – it gave the men something to do while the women tied on their aprons and pounded the heck out of a bag of taters and debated whether in-the-bird stuffing was teeming bacteria or just plain yummy.
I don't know when Thanksgiving became the slobfest that it is today. To me, when someone goes to the effort to make mountains of food and set out the good china, it's just downright rude to show up in your college sweatshirt and your stretchiest pants. Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for our gifts – our material ones and our spiritual ones. Why not make it an occasion?
Surprise your loved ones by showing up in a suit – or for Pete's sake, at least a jacket and tie. Make the tie festive with seasonal colors. By this, by the way, I do not mean a tie covered with little turkeys or a big one or a blown-up photo of George W. pardoning this year's White House bird. Pick something autumnal and rich, and you can work it into your Christmas party wardrobe for this year.
Add some interest to your cuffs – and take the pressure off your table manners – by wearing a pair of beautifully crafted cufflinks. For Thanksgiving, you could choose pumpkin cufflinks or a pair of pewter cuff links emblazoned with grapes – a perfect nod to the harvest traditions of American Thanksgiving. You could go the other way and pay homage to the sport weekend with a pair of sterling silver footballs or a pair of sports team cuff links.
Any way you go – remember to kiss the cook.
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Friday, 21 February 2014
Book review - Queen of Thorns by Dave Gross
Queen of Thorns
Written by Dave Gross
Published by Paizo Publishing LLC
'In the deep forests of Kyonin, elves live secretively among their own kind, far from the prying eyes of other races. Few of impure blood are allowed beyond the nation's borders, and thus it's a great honor for the half-elven Count Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard Radovan to be allowed inside. Yet all is not well in the elven kingdom: demons stir in its depths, and an intricate web of politics seems destined to catch the two travelers in its snares. In the course of tracking down a missing druid, Varian and a team of eccentric elven adventurers will be forced to delve into dark secrets lost for generations - including the mystery of Varian's own past!'
This Pathfinder Tales novel from Dave Gross is the third novel of the characters Count Varian Jeggare and Radovan. Dave Gross' previous novels with these two individuals have taken us through plenty of ups and downs but this time it's much more personal as a missing person drags the two men into a pit of danger and adventure. Although the banter between them is what we've come to expect from these books it's still well written and can be very funny.
The story itself moves along at a nice pace and doesn't feel like it's dragging at any point - I read the novel over three days and at no point did I feel like I didn't want to go back to it. In fact, I was quite eager to go back to the story as finishing each chapter makes you want more, and that's a sign of a well-written, involving book.
Compared to the two previous books in this series, "Prince of Wolves" and "Master of Devils", this is by far the best one and I can heartily recommended it.
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A Bridgeport police officer shot an 18-year-old man suspected in an attempted robbery Wednesday night, police said.
State police said the Bridgeport State's Attorney's Office contacted them on Wednesday night to investigate an officer-involved shooting.
Police said Bridgeport detectives were "interacting" with an armed 18-year-old, Austin Carr, of Bridgeport, and an armed 16-year-old at 7:10 p.m. and there was an altercation. One detective fired at least one round, which hit an 18-year-old.
Police said Thursday that they seized facsimile firearms from both suspects.
Carr was transported to St. Vincent's Medical Center and transferred to Yale-New Haven. His injuries are not life-threatening.
Police said the 16-year-old was not injured.
Carr and the other suspect were charged with criminal attempt at robbery and weapon offenses, police said.


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Hosted by Michael Schulder
Follow Michael at: www.wavemaker.me
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(CNN) - When the CNN Profiles guest booking producers recommended we interview Emily Bazelon about her new book on bullying I was reluctant.
Sure, Bazelon is a household name to those of us who read Slate – which is not a household name.
And she has great credentials, not limited to her law degree from Yale.
But I have bully fatigue. There has been so much news coverage of the issue these past few years.
Nevertheless, I read Bazelon's "Sticks and Stones" and it changed my perspective on bullying, whether it's encountered in person or online.
Bazelon makes the case that we, as a society, have come to define bullying too broadly - that we often mistake bullying for what children often recognize as more routine "drama" - conflict best handled by children themselves in ways that build resilience.
Bullying first got on Bazelon's radar in 8th grade when, as she tells us, "my friends essentially fired me."
Isolated in the aftermath of that painful experience, Bazelon became acutely aware of the power of empathy.
Now, as a mother of two, her story goes way beyond the serious but relatively rare phenomenon of bullying to a much broader issue of parenting.
How do we fathers and mothers create the conditions for empathy to grow deep roots in our children?
Bazelon shares her insights with us, including a taste of her personally vetted reading list of books we can share with our children.
You may think you have bully fatigue just as I did.
I don't have Bazelon fatigue.
Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. And listen to CNN Profiles on our SoundCloud page.


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Some years ago, before my morning walk regime, I spent some time at a local gym working out on the treadmill. I told my son, Tobias, who is in spectacular shape, that it depressed me to slog away and then see someone on the next treadmill going twice as fast, and uphill. He gave me some very wise advice: "Pay no attention to them. Just concentrate on your personal best."
With that in mind, I hereby report my personal best. Never mind The Big Bang Theory or The Rachel Maddow Show or Huffington Post or even a Noam Chomsky video, all of which get more views on YouTube in a day than I could get in a lifetime. My first lecture on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is eight views away from hitting the 50,000 mark!
To be sure, it falls off rapidly after that, so that the ninth and last lecture now has only 3554 views. But still, 3554! That is probably ten times as many people as I taught the Critique to in a fifty-year career.


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Starc, Hazlewood battle for Lord's vacancy
Australian selectors have mustered the courage coach Justin Langer said they would need and left James Pattinson out of the final 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test at Lord's.
Josh Hazlewood looks likely to play in place of James Pattinson as bowler management for the five Test series kicks in straight away, with Mitchell Starc also in the 12.
Langer said on Monday that the three-day break between this Test and the third at Headingley, which starts next Thursday, would be a factor in deciding who plays at Lord's.
Pattinson played his first Test since 2016 in the opening victory at Edgbaston, taking 2-111 across two innings, in which he bowled 35 overs.
It wasn't as heavy a workload as expected, but with rain forecast for three of the five days at Lord's, and the high possibility of a draw, the extra break could leave Pattinson primed for the next Test at Leeds.
"We know that back-to-back Tests are always hard," Langer said.
"We were lucky in the first Test that our fast bowlers didn't have to bowl much in the second innings, as Nathan (Lyon) bowled very well and the way the game panned out.
"But it's certainly something that's on our mind. It will be on England's mind as well. You've got to get through back-to-back Test matches, that's why Test series are hard, Ashes series are hard.
"Where we're fortunate at the moment is we've got six fit and healthy fast bowlers.
"The fact that we had Josh (Hazlewood) and Mitch Starc on the bench last Test match, it doesn't happen very often so we won't get complacent with it, we'll just be happy we're in that spot."
Hazlewood, who has 164 test wickets but missed the first Test in an 11th hour decision, was the pick of the bowlers in the tour match at Worcester last week.
He not only took 3-34 from his 15 overs, but bowled with the sort of control that has become a key plank in Australia's Ashes game plan.
Captain Tim Paine said both Hazlewood and Starc have a good record at Lord's and both could contribute if picked.
"We are really happy with the group of fast bowlers we have got. We think in all conditions all can play a role here.
"We've spoken to the group of bowlers about having this core group together for the next four or five years.
Paine said leaving Pattinson out was aimed at the bowler's longevity.
"He has come back off a really long layoff, a really long preparation and we want to make sure he is cherry ripe for the next five years.
"What has happened in the past, he's come back and because he's so good we have played him and he has broken.
"He's available, but we have decided to rest him and make sure his long-term future is in really good shape."
Starc also took two wickets at Worcestershire, but went for close to four runs an over.
Langer said it would take courage to change a winning side, but he and the selectors would do whatever was necessary to win the Ashes.
"We've got to be as good at the back end as we are at the front. It's easy to be good at the front end," he said.
"And that's what I said after Edgbaston, we're not here to win the Edgbaston Test, we're here to win the Ashes."
Australia has announced a 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test at Lord's starting on Wednesday: Tim Paine (captain & wicketkeeper) David Warner Cameron Bancroft Usman Khawaja Steve Smith Travis Head (co vice-captain) Matthew Wade Pat Cummins (co vice-captain) Mitchell Starc Peter Siddle Nathan Lyon Josh Hazlewood


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Ouch! Have you ventured out to the gas pump lately?
Hurricane Isaac has made landfall and we are all familiar with how the natural disaster plays out. The seas rise, the rain falls, the winds topple and the gas prices soar. In fact, prices jumped $.05 just today alone. Of course gas prices have been creeping back up all summer. The storm has merely hastened the inevitable.
As gas prices shoot into the sky, families seek ways to deal with painful trips to the pump. Everyone has their own strategy for dealing with their own gas budget, but undoubtedly some methods are more popular with families than others. Since I'm always curious with how my peers are dealing with their family finances, I thought I'd share the most popular techniques as reported by Nielsen.
Combine Trips
Over 60 percent of households fight rising gas prices by cutting back on driving. They seek to make trips more beneficial by accomplishing multiple errands in single trips. They also try and reduce the number of regular trips made. Someone who might shop for groceries weekly can switch to every other week or monthly. It's all about squeezing more into fewer trips.
Eat Out Less
Bad news for the food industry, families take aim at eating out when gas prices rise. Over 40 percent of families report making fewer trips to the family restaurant. Not without good reason.
Nearly 40 percent of the average family's food expenses are made eating out. It's a luxury for families and when cut, can yield a great deal of savings. The cost of eating out is more than food prices and preparation. Families need to use fuel to drive out to their favorite location. By eating out less, they also reduce gas consumption.
Use More Coupons
This method has risen to power only in the last year or two. However, nearly 40 percent of family's report greater coupon usage in the wake of gas price increases. Why not? The rise of digital coupons has made finding savings in the form of little pieces of paper easy and more available. Often, you can find a few dollars in savings in a matter of minutes.
Buy Generic Brand Groceries
Nearly 30 percent of families choose to sacrifice brand loyalty on the altar of savings. Personally, I find it surprising that this option isn't more popular. Apparently advertising is so effective that families will change driving behavior, eating behavior and coupon clipping behavior before buying a no-name brand.
I suppose to some degree, this list makes my family average. We try and drive more efficiently as prices eat more and more of our budget. We shop more at the grocery store that is in walking distance five houses away. We've also sought out closer bike trails than the ones we prefer. I know my wife works hard to entice the children with a walk to a local playground instead of driving out to a zoo or museum.
However, my family has long tightened the food budget, there's not much money to be saved from eating out less, couponing or switching brands, because we are already doing it. If you were to ask me to prioritize this list I'd say, look to generic brands first, cut back on eating out second, make driving more efficient third and cut coupons fourth.
What about you? How does your family deal with rising gas prices? How do you think average families should conquer the pump pain?


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This is a review of the Hamilton Khaki Field Officer Mechanical watch.
I've owned this little Hamilton watch for a little over five months now, and I find myself wearing it more than any other watch in my collection.
It's a great little Swiss made field watch, and I'm excited to share my thoughts about it. If you're thinking about buying this watch, this review should help.
First of all, this watch has a few different names. I've seen it called the Khaki Mechanical, the Officer Mechanical, the Khaki Field watch and other variations of these names.
Since there are other versions of this watch, I'll just tell you that the reference number is: H69419933
This version has a black dial and comes on a beige canvas strap. It sells for $425 if you buy it directly from Hamilton, but you can usually find it for $250-300 on Amazon and other online retailers.
The Specs
Let's look at the specifications for this watch:
- Stainless steel case (bead blasted, matte finish)
- 38 mm case diameter
- 9.5 mm case thickness
- 20 mm wide strap
- Luminous hands
- Date window at 3 o'clock
- Mechanical, manually wound movement (ETA 2804-2)
- Anti-reflective sapphire crystal (slightly domed)
- 50 meters water resistant
I love the simple, casual, functional nature of field watches. They're easy to read and easy to pair with most casual outfits – especially when you have a neutral dial (black or white).
And I love the size of this particular field watch. It's 38 mm in diameter and under 10 mm thick, which is perfect for small or average sized wrists.
One reason I chose this hand winding version over its automatic big brother is the thickness. Both watches are 38 mm in diameter, but this simple manually wound movement is very thin.
That means this watch slides neatly under any shirt cuff, almost like a dress watch. In fact, in a pinch, you could absolutely throw this watch on a patent leather strap and wear it with a suit.
It's also very light, so it really disappears on your wrist after you wear it for a while. I think this watch offers a ton of value for the price. It's a Swiss made watch from a company with plenty of heritage.
Hamilton was originally founded in Lancaster, PA, not too far from where I grew up. The company made a name for itself with super accurate pocket watches for the railroad industry.
During WWII, Hamilton provided hundreds of thousands of watches to American soldiers. Their field watches – like this one – are still some of their most popular models.
In the 1970s, Hamilton was bought by the Swatch Group, a giant Swiss watch company that owns brands like Omega, Longines and Tissot.
So they have this American heritage, even though they're technically Swiss watches. And the fact that you can get this mechanical, Swiss watch for under $300 is ridiculous.
The Strap
A lot of people complain about the strap that this watch comes on, and I think many people who buy it end up putting it on a leather or NATO strap.
I actually had it on a black perlon from Clockwork Synergy for a while, but I ended up putting it back on its original canvas strap because it's so comfortable.
I'm not in love with the color of this strap, but it has broken in very nicely, and it feels great on the wrist.
Of course, you could put it on a leather strap or NATO, and I think black is nice choice (regardless of which type of strap you choose).
What I Don't Like
In case you can't tell, I love this watch, but there are some things I don't like about it.
First and foremost, I wish it was more resistant to water. Technically, this watch is water resistant up to 50 meters, and it's supposed to be able to withstand brief submersion.
But I've heard reports of this watch being damaged during heavy rainfall and light swimming, so I don't want to risk getting it wet.
If this watch were more water resistant, it would truly be a great beater – something you could take hiking or to the beach without worry.
The other thing I would change is the size of the crown. The large crown makes winding and setting this watch a breeze, but in my opinion it looks a little too big for the case.
Compare it to the Seiko SNK805, for example. The SNK has a tiny little crown that almost sits flush with the case when it's in its default position.
Granted, this makes it harder to manipulate the crown, but it definitely looks better.
If you want a casual, mechanical watch that's Swiss made and has some heritage, I can't think of a better option under $300 – especially if you have small or average sized wrists.
And if you're debating between manual wind and automatic, I really haven't felt inconvenienced by having to wind this watch each morning.
In fact, it's an enjoyable little ritual. I've actually found that this watch doesn't run out of juice as much as my automatic, non-hand winding watches do (because I'm always winding it up).
All things considered, I highly recommend the Hamilton Khaki Mechanical Field watch.


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Maybe it's just me, but the medical profession seems to be getting seriously out of order, and calling for more and more bans.
E-cigarettes should be banned in public places because they 'normalise' smoking, a leading doctor has said.
Surgeon Ram Moorthy urged so-called 'vaping' to be banned in the same places that smoking is prohibited.
No medical justification there. Just that e-cigs supposedly 'normalise' smoking. Doctors now seem to think they can say what is and isn't normal. Or what should and shouldn't be normal. When did that become their job?
This on top of calling for anyone born after 2000 to be prohibited from buying tobacco, and of course for plain packaging.
And then there are the calls for restrictions on sugar, salt, soda, etc.
And what kind of idiot thinks that there's a 'tobacco epidemic'? There isn't one. Tobacco is a plant, not a disease.
I was wondering yesterday why nobody in government seems to realise that these doctors have all gone bonkers. It seems perfectly obvious to me. So why not to them?
I suppose that part of the problem is that doctors are excessively highly respected. And another part of the problem is that there seem to be one hell of a lot of fruitcakes in the medical profession these days. So it's not just one nutcase calling for more or less everything to be banned, but a whole army of them.
Sooner or later, people are going to have to face the fact that the medical profession has gone collectively insane, and that it needs to be purged.
So I've been wondering how to purge the medical profession of nutty doctors. I started out thinking that doctors would be interviewed, and asked their opinions. Those that thought that all diseases were caused by smoking would be kicked out of the profession. Those who didn't would be retained.
But what if they lied? What if they pretended not to bothered by smoking, drinking, fast food, etc.
So I came up with a different test. A doctor would be told to sit in a small waiting room before being interviewed. He'd be kept under observation in the waiting room. After he'd been in there a couple of minutes, somebody would come in, sit down, and light a cigarette, and start reading a newspaper. If the doctor failed to respond to this, a second man would come in, sit down, and light another cigarette, and start talking to the first man. And so on, until the waiting room was filled with more and more people, and a dense fog of smoke.
If the doctor remained sitting quietly, patiently waiting to be interviewed, someone would come in holding a can of beer and smoking a cigarette. And somebody else would come in eating a carton of burgers and chips.
The waiting room would gradually turn into something like a noisy, smoky pub.
After an hour or two of this, the doctor would finally be called in for his interview. Any doctor who actually managed to make it to the interview would be deemed to have passed the test with full marks, and would become a fully qualified doctor, no further questions asked. Because the interview would be a formality. But any doctor who walked out of the waiting room, complained, fainted, or started screaming like a banshee, would be deemed to have failed the test, and would not qualify as a doctor.
And the doctor who started his interview by saying, "I really loved the waiting room! I haven't seen people having such a good time since smoking was banned!" would become the president of the doctors' medical association.


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This post by senior fellow Roger Thurow originally appeared on the Outrage and Inspire blog.
Imagine This: Food Aid Reform
As word spread earlier this week of the food aid reform section of President Obama's 2014 budget, I wondered how Jerman Amente would greet the news. He was a wiry 39-year-old Ethiopian farmer and grain trader when I first met him back in 2003. The country was tipping toward a disastrous food crisis – 14 million people would be on the doorstep of starvation that year – when he invited me to see his warehouse in the crossroads town of Nazareth. He unlocked the door and threw open its large metal panels, revealing, astonishingly, a room full of food.
It was a gobsmacking site in a country that would be receiving more than one million tons of international food aid. Bag upon bag of Ethiopian grown wheat, corn, beans, peas and lentils were stacked in towering columns stretching toward the ceiling. It was the bounty from the two previous farming seasons, when Ethiopian farmers reaped bumper harvests. Those surpluses overwhelmed the weak markets and prices plunged 80% in some areas, to levels below their cost of growing the food. It was a catastrophe for the farmers; their success had led to failure. Without a market, the food piled up in warehouses or rotted on farms.
Just a few blocks away, though, trucks laden with international food aid, most it from the United States, raced down the main highway. This is how I described the scene in the book ENOUGH, Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, with Jerman at his warehouse:
"He could feel the trucks rumbling in from Djibouti, massive double-load wagons stacked to the top with 220-pound white woven-plastic bags bearing the characteristic red, white and blue markings of American food intended for hungry foreigners. The trucks came in waves….The ground shook as they rolled over the potholes.
"Jerman shook with anger whenever he saw those trucks.…(He) scrambled to the summit of one of his mountains of grain and comically posed for pictures. "I should hold a sign saying, 'Please send food. In Ethiopia we have no food!' " He howled wickedly. "I don't think Americans can imagine this."
"No, Americans imagined their food aid arriving to save the day amid blighted landscapes of misery where everything was brown, dying and grim. Their perceptions of the situation – and of their own best intentions – were perhaps most clearly expressed on one of the trucks that rolled up to the Ethiopian government's strategic grain storehouse in Nazareth, groaning under the weight of American wheat and corn to be unloaded there. The truck's passenger-side window had been converted into a stained-glass painting of Jesus. It was perfect imagery: Jesus, in Nazareth, bringing salvation to the Ethiopians.
"Americans certainly didn't imagine their food aid arriving in green fields, rolling past warehouses full of local food. They didn't imagine African countries producing grain surpluses, certainly not those countries with all those starving people."
It was eminently clear to me, standing there with Jerman, that something was wrong with the U.S. food aid system, which, since the 1940s, mandated that the U.S. provide American-grown food on American flagged ships. No matter that it doubled the cost and the time of food delivery to the hungry. There was no room, no flexibility, for American dollars to be spent buying up food that was grown locally, in the same country or the same region where hunger reigned.
It was hard to fathom. Why not buy up the food here first? It would be cheaper. It was already here, so it didn't need to sail on the high seas for months. And it would be a great help to local farmers, who saw their own markets collapse from their surpluses. Instead of solely shipping in surplus food from America, why not buy up local surpluses first?
It seemed like common sense. But common sense had long ago left the U.S. food aid system. As the years went by, U.S. business and political interests had come to wield ever more influence over food aid policy, keeping the focus on what was best for American agribusiness and for the politicians it supported rather than on what was best for the world's hungry. Even as American generosity grew – half of all international food aid has routinely been provided by the U.S. – so did its self-interest.
Jerman and other farmers who had gathered with him told me that they were grateful for international assistance because the need in their country was so great. But couldn't some of that assistance be to also help local food systems?
Again from ENOUGH:
"Jerman reported that some farmers hauling their own grain up from the south, hoping to sell it on the markets, had pulled a U-turn in Nazareth when they met the food-aid trucks coming in from the east. They returned to their farms and stashed the grain in flimsy storage facilities, breezy bins open to the elements, where insects and pests and the heat would ruin it in a matter of months. What kind of incentive was this for farmers to improve their harvest? With food aid flooding into the country, what was the use of producing a surplus?"
Back then, Jerman told me: "If we take the perspective of the American farmer, it is logical to supply food aid to the world. This is the right policy for America. But if the main aim of aid is not only to support American farmers but to support the poor country, then the donors must do what is best for the Ethiopian farmers and the Ethiopian people. If this is the aim, to solve the hunger problem, then the U.S. must change. Don't only send your food."
It's taken 10 years, but finally change may be coming, pending approval from Congress. There have been modest moves toward what is called "local purchase" in past U.S. budgets, but they have been tentative pilot projects. Now the President was proposing that nearly half of America's $1.5 billion food aid budget could be used to buy local food when that food was available in hunger areas. Just like Jerman had pleaded a decade ago. Imagine that.


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By this point, I think that most people have seen the big announcement coming out of the Apple event that the Apple Watch 4 now has ECG and other heart monitoring capabilities built in. The watch will notify you if your heart rate is too low and instances of atrial fibrillation that it detects. Plus, all of this is done as an FDA cleared device (some are reporting that Apple got their FDA clearance in 30 days which is crazy fast for a medical device).
The response to this announcement has been quite interesting. Most aren't surprised that Apple has been moving more and more into healthcare. Plus, there have been a lot of reports that have mistakenly called this the first consumer ECG which it's not. AliveCor deserves that credit and I recently wrote about another consumer ECG which is just one of many that are coming. However, many are suggesting that the Apple Watch will be the first time that many younger, healthier people will be regularly using an ECG like this. That's an interesting idea.
As you might have assumed by the title of this post, I think the Apple Watch announcement isn't much ado about nothing, but it's also not the announcement of "sliced bread" being invented either. Let's dive into what this announcement really means for healthcare.
As I mentioned when I wrote about the other consumer ECG, there's currently somewhat limited value in what can be done with a single lead ECG. So, it's important to keep this Apple Watch announcement in the right perspective even though I'm sure most consumers won't understand these details. One person even commented on how Apple created messaging that calls it an "intelligent health guardian" to confuse people while still avoiding liability:
Apple's attorney and marketers developed "intelligent health guardian" messaging to confuse people without taking any liability.
— Chinmay A. Singh (@cagefreesingh) September 13, 2018
Perception sells and Apple is as good at creating perception as anyone. Will many more people buy an Apple Watch if they perceive it as something that will help them monitor their health better? Definitely. However, there are some other consequences that many doctors are warning about when it comes to this type of tracking hitting the masses.
First up is Dr. Nick van Terheyden who provides a comparative example of why all this "testing" could lead to a lot of incidentloma's (Nice word I assume he made up to describe false positives in health tests):
There's a reason why the CEO of the newly commissioned hospital that we built stopped "testing" the MRI's on staff/healthy people – you will find 20% incidenteloma's – expect the same stat to be true for routine monitoring of "healthy" group
— Nick van Terheyden, MD (@drnic1) September 12, 2018
A nephrologist at Cricket Health, Carmen A. Peralta, chimed in with this perspective:
Hi @chrissyfarr. I'm a Nephrologist. Our patients are at extremely high risk for sudden death, arrhythmia and hyperkalemia. They're already anxious about this. I am concerned about false positives and visits to ER in this population. Need data on sens/spec https://t.co/U0AeyW0Dwb
— Carmen A. Peralta (@Peralta_KHRC) September 12, 2018
The problem with these devices is that it's not in Apple's best interest to truly educate a patient on what the device can and can't do. If a single lead ECG like this was a reliable arbitrator of when to go to the ED or when to not go, then it would be extremely valuable. However, many doctors I've talked to are suggesting that a single lead ECG isn't sufficient for this type of information. So, a false negative or a false positive from the Apple Watch can provide incorrect reassurance or unfortunate anxiety that is dangerous. Who's going to communicate this information to the unsuspecting Apple Watch buyer? My guess is relatively no one.
Another doctor made this ironic observation when it comes to the false positives the Apple Watch will produce:
Will be offline for a bit while working on my "Apple Watch said you were in a fib but your EKG is normal please fu with your PCP" template.
— Eric Funk (@efunkEM) September 12, 2018
You can just imagine the Apple Watch template in an EHR system. I wonder if it will include an Apple Watch education sheet. Maybe the EHR could send that education sheet to their watch instead of the portal. Wishful thinking…I know.
Another doctor made this poignant observation about the announcement:
I got an idea. Let's not prevent afib. Let's wait until they get afib, then make a $400 watch to poorly diagnose it n celebrate the win. ($$) Man are our priorities screwed up. N sell it to 30 yr olds that don't need it. ✌? #medtwitter #HITsm
— The Roctor,MD (@TheRoctor_MD) September 13, 2018
We could go on for a while about prevention versus diagnosis. However, I don't think it's really an either or proposition. Prevention is great, but detection and diagnosis are as well since we can't prevent everything.
This MD/PhD student summed up where we're at with these consumer health devices really well:
Patients need reliable and accurate devices for home monitoring that can prevent then from having to interact with an antiquated, frustrating, inefficient care system. Watch is in right direction but still far away: https://t.co/V1BZL5LlBh
— Erik Reinertsen (@erikrtn) September 13, 2018
I agree completely. The Apple Watch is directionally good, but still far away from really making a significant impact on health and/or our healthcare sysetm.


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Oct 17, 2007 China opposes Congressional award to Dalai Lama. What's new?
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The Dalai Lama said: "Tolerance can be learned only from an enemy; it cannot be learned from your guru." (Image from the public domain).
China has been vigorously lobbying against the Dalai Lama's receipt on October 17 of a Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D.C. Fortunately, Congress is going full speed ahead with the award.
What does the Chinese government fear here? An amplified and living image of its own atrocities?
Instead of spending so much time and resources trying to whitewash and revise its shameful history and present with Tibet and Tibetans, the Chinese government should focus on respecting and protecting human rights throughout Tibet and China. Jon Katz.


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My sister just got her driver's lisence. Omaigahd.
And over the past week that she's been around, she has been religiously begging and nagging me to let her take me for a drive in my own car.
I did pretty much everything I could to not let this happen. From what I heard from my mom, her driving is something along the lines of this Family Guy sketch:
Despite my strongest efforts, today, after another morning of constant pleading, I finally gave in to her wishes and let her drive us to her school.
It went well.
I was a bit tense, but did my best to relax and help her relax as we drove down the highway. Most of our trip consisted of me looking behind me to make sure the lanes were clear, so no merging incidents occurred.
Thank Jesus, we made it in one piece.
I think I'll let her drive me around again.
In about 3 more years.
The stress-indigestion I suffered from when I got home was no joke.