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People like to see you get ahead - just not ahead of them
October 4, 2018
Are you a jealous person? I am. I try not to let it bubble to the surface but I suppose keeping it just underneath is even worse and sometimes it ruptures. I get hecka jealous about my husband spending time with anybody who isn't me.
I'm just kidding actually, I don't really care because he's a grown man and can make his own decisions but I do get severe FOMO (fear of missing out) so when he is spending time with friends without me for whatever reason, even if I literally chose not to be there, I'm afraid I'm missing the best hang-out-and-play-video-games ever.
Stop babbling Alyce, how does this relate to business?
Business jealousy is definitely a thing. When I first started out it would make me seethe to see people succeeding when I wasn't. Why them? Why not me? Why them and not me?
My husband made me read "the seven habits of highly successful people" when I first went self employed and he also bought me another couple business books (unfortunately they didn't really apply to this new breed of creative business which people are opting for in the age of Etsy and Amazon Handmade - so he's writing his own book on his observations of me running my business, so look out for that).
Stephen R. Covey, the writer of the seven habits, talks about the abundance principle and essentially what it touches on is that success is not like a pie. If someone else is succeeding that is NOT taking any success away from you. There's plenty to go around, my loves.
So I'm trying to promote supporting each other and lifting each other up here. Because I've had - and I'm sure you have had too - other small business owners or freelancers who were behind me, behind me, behind me whilst I was building up my business... but then suddenly... as soon as they were behind me (as in, they perceived I was doing better than them - and I say perceived because guess what YOU CAN'T COMPARE because you don't have the full picture)... then they weren't behind me anymore... because I had "got ahead" of them.
And I've had trash talk, about how I've sold out and such (lmao okay). But guess what I'm too busy to indulge in that because I'm over here running my business.
If you're here you probably know what I sell and that my brand is linked around a cohesive theme rather than a specific product... If you don't, hi I'm Alyce the owner and operator of Doodlepeople among other ventures under the same umbrella company (the company is me, as a sole trader). I sell feminist, body positive, LGBTQIA+, social justice, mental health, chronic/invisible illness and hidden disability aiding accessories (pins, patches, etc.), jewellery and wall art.
My products span a huge range of items: pin buttons, patches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, wall art, mini prints, art books, enamel pins, tote bags, clothing, laser cut stuff, etc. But they all have that same angry neighbourhood feminist, social justice warrior, liberal snowflake vibe. That's my brand. I want everyone to be comfortable and happy in society. I want people to mind their own fucking business and be nice to each other. I want to bury rapists in my back yard, alive, so I can hear them scream. ~Who said THAT?? (Obviously I'm kidding like you really shouldn't be taking these blogs too seriously that this point).
So, for that reason... I don't really believe in "competition". I know that this is different for A LOT of businesses and a lot of small business owners. For people who offer custom work, for example wooden signs, they may be in direct competition with other people who sell wooden signs. I get that.
For me, it isn't like that. I'm not in competition with other people preaching intersectional feminism, inclusiveness, self love, body positivity, worth that isn't based on appearance, mental health acceptance, chronic illness awareness... etc.
I am working with them.
We're all fighting the same fight. We're fighting for survivors to be believed. We're fighting for respect for people even if you aren't attracted to them. We're fighting for the recognition of the fact that biological sex and gender are not the same thing. We're fighting for mothers to be able to breastfeed in public AND mothers to not be shamed for NOT breastfeeding at all. We're fighting for invisible illnesses to not be the subject of judgement and doubts of veracity. We're fighting for togetherness. We're fighting for love and lifting each other up.
How in the fuck can I compete against them when we're all working towards the same thing?
So, as I said, I get that this isn't the same for all businesses. I understand that depending on what you make it's a huge part of your success to stay ahead of the curve and ahead of competitors in your market. But I still believe we should be supporting each other.
And before you come at me about how your business is your livelihood - well I'm not just here to fuck spiders, my business is my livelihood too. It's my only source of income.
If people want your product, they'll buy it. Stop concentrating on what other people are doing - concentrate on your own shit. Make it the shit so people want it. Don't be jealous of other peoples' successes (hard, I know, I feel you). Celebrate their successes with them because it's the fucking decent thing to do. And you know what? If they can do it, it means you can too.
Definitely don't twist this, I'm obviously not condoning you supporting people who are selling copyrighted material (don't even get me started), stealing ideas, etc. I just mean, support good, honest businesses and small business owners. We're all in this together, ya know? Support small business as a whole - shop small when you can. Support real people.
And remember that all success is based on its own merit. As the great Earl Nightingale says, "success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal".
Your success is based upon ONLY your own worthy ideal. Below is an excerpt from Earl Nightingale's "The Strangest Secret" (which is fantastic and available on YouTube, I'd highly recommend it):
"Who succeeds? The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realising a worthy ideal. He's the person who says I'm going to become this and begins to work toward that goal. I'll tell you who the successful people are - a success is the schoolteacher who's teaching school because that's what he or she wants to do. The success is the woman who's a wife and mother because she wanted to become a wife and mother and is doing a good job of it.The success is the man who runs the corner gas station because that was his dream, that's what he wanted to do. The success is the successful salesman who wants to become a top notch salesman and grow and build with his organization. A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a predetermined job because that's what he decided to do deliberately."
So there you go. Decide, deliberately, to do it. Base your success on your own worthy ideals. Don't compare. Comparison is the vacant lot where your ideas of success goes to get whacked. Stop comparing. Start supporting. Lift each other up. Support small business (this doesn't have to be by buying!! I'm going to write a blog post on that).
I hope you enjoyed this rambling trip to nowhere. You're welcome. Have a nice day.
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The San Jose Sharks surprised the hockey world at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by selecting German prospects with each of their first three picks in the draft. Five years later, the Sharks are well on their way toward getting the last laugh.
All six of the Sharks picks from the 2001 Draft were signed to entry-level contracts, and all are still in the organization five years later. No Sharks draft previous to the 2001 saw all of the players signed by the organization, and each player selected in 2001 still has a legitimate shot at playing in the NHL, if they are not already doing so.
Two of the Sharks three German picks are already regulars in the San Jose line-up. Marcel Goc played nearly every game in 2005-06 and provides San Jose with a young forward with excellent two-way awareness and ability. Christian Ehrhoff has overcome some defensive deficiencies and showed his considerable talent in the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The third German the Sharks selected in the 2001 Draft, goaltender Dimitri Patzold, has yet to play an NHL game for San Jose, but he was an emergency recall in 2005-06 and could still figure into the team's plans.
Fifth round pick Tomas Plihal, the Sharks fourth pick in the 2001 Draft, should contend for a spot in San Jose in 2006-07 after finishing 2005-06 with the Cleveland Barons in strong fashion. Fellow Baron Ryane Clowe, a sixth round Shark pick in the 2001 Draft, has already played for San Jose and should compete for a full-time spot on the Sharks roster in 2006-07. The Sharks final pick in the 2001 Draft, Tom Cavanagh, played his rookie pro season last season with Cleveland and showed the same two-way awareness he showed in the college game.
Depending on how the 2001 Draft class continues to develop for the Sharks, it could become one of the best in San Jose franchise history. Thus, the Sharks receive high marks for translating unconventional into exceptional.
The six picks have played 204 NHL games, for an average of 34 games per pick.
Marcel Goc, C
1st Rd, 20th overall
Status: NHL Player
NHL Games: 81
Entering the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Marcel Goc was considered the best prospect Germany had produced since Marco Sturm. Five years later, San Jose's second German first round pick is well on his way toward becoming one of the top two-way forwards in the NHL.
After playing four seasons in the DEL Goc came to North America for the 2003-04 season to play for the AHL Cleveland Barons. The 20-year-old Goc scored 16 goals and 21 assists in 78 games for Cleveland, but he also impressed in five playoffs games with the San Jose Sharks. The lockout kept him out of the NHL in 2004-05, but with the return of the NHL came the arrival of Goc in San Jose as a regular in the line-up.
Goc started the 2005-06 season as a second and third line center, but he was moved down to the third and fourth lines after the acquisition of Joe Thornton. However, after Alyn McCauey was injured against Nashville in the first round of the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Goc was again on the third line full-time and playing a high-energy forechecking game.
The 22-year-old has displayed keen two-way hockey sense since he was a teenager in Germany, but the smooth skating Goc also has soft hands and offensive abilities. His defensive awareness and effort, mixed with his offensive skills, should help Goc contend for the Selke Trophy later in his career. Goc will never be a regular first line forward in the NHL, but players like Goc help win Stanley Cups.
Christian Ehrhoff, D
4th Rd, 106th overall
Status: NHL Player
NHL Games: 105
Goc has turned out well, but fourth round pick Christian Ehrhoff looks poised to become the Sharks top selection in franchise history.
Erhrhoff was the youngest player at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and established himself as a talented offensive defenseman in three full seasons in the DEL with the Krefeld Penguins. After winning the 2003 DEL Championship with Krefeld, Ehrhoff made the move to North America for 2003-04, splitting the season between San Jose and Cleveland. The 21-year-old Ehrhoff impressed enough in his NHL action to be named to the 2004 Young Stars Game and was among the Barons leading scorers in the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs with two goals and six assists in nine games, but his -8 rating proved he had work to do.
The 2004-05 season with Cleveland was more of the same for Ehrhoff, scoring points but failing to play with enough intensity on defense. Ehrhoff was a semi-regular healthy scratch for the first half of 2005-06, but a four-game assist streak prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics and a one-goal, one-assist performance after playing for Germany in Turin marked a turning point. Ehrhoff "got it" and received around 20 minutes of ice time per game the rest of the season.
Ehrhoff took his game to another level in the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the 23-year-old was San Jose's most effective defenseman offensively and defensively against the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Semifinals. If Ehrhoff can fill out his 6'2, 195-pound frame, he'll have the combination of speed, skating, skill and size to be one of the best defensemen in the NHL. The 2004 fourth round pick is starting to live up to his considerable potential.
Dimitri Patzold, G
4th Rd, 107th overall
Status: NHL Prospect
NHL Games: 0
Taken with the pick immediately after Ehrhoff, goaltender Dimitri Patzold has yet to play a game for San Jose, and it's up in the air whether he'll get the chance.
Patzold only received spot duty over three years of DEL action, two with Cologne and one with Mannheim, but he was thoroughly impressive when he represented Germany's junior national team, especially at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Nova Scotia. Patzold stood on his head to prevent Germany from being blown out by the Finns and Czechs and had a 49-save performance against Team Canada, limiting Germany to a 4-1 loss.
Patzold started the 2003-04 season as the backup netminder for Cleveland, but Nolan Schaefer rose from the ECHL to establish dominion in the Cleveland net in the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs. Schaefer and Patzold platooned in 2004-05, and Patzold even had superior numbers with a .915 save percentage and 2.88 goals-against average. In 2005-06, San Jose recalled Patzold under emergency conditions in late October, but he did not see an NHL action in his short stint. Inconsistency was the word for Patzold's 2005-06 AHL campaign, as the 23-year-old Patzold finished with a .869 save percentage and a 3.97 goals-against average. A knee injury suffered in early December that kept him out for a month further hampered Patzold's 2005-06.
Patzold must receive a qualifying offer by 5:00 p.m. ET the Monday after the draft to remain a restricted free agent. With Thomas Greiss and Patrick Ehelechner both signed, it's uncertain whether San Jose will re-sign Patzold and give him the chance to develop under goaltending coach Warren Strelow, who is starting to regain his health.
Tomas Plihal, C/LW
5th Rd, 140th overall
Status: NHL Prospect
NHL Games: 0
Despite unimpressive stats the past three AHL seasons, Tomas Plihal is on the verge of cracking the San Jose line-up.
Drafted out of the Czech Republic, Plihal played for the Kootenay Ice in 2001-02 and finished third in WHL rookie scoring with 32 goals and 54 assists, playing with Marek Svatos on a line that helped Kootenay win the 2002 Memorial Cup. After scoring 35 goals and 42 assists in his second WHL season, without Svatos, Plihal made the jump to the AHL in 2003-04.
Injuries in his first two AHL seasons limited forced him to miss over 40 games over that time and also limited his production to 16 points in 2003-04 and 28 points in 2004-05. Plihal's stats in 2005-06 weren't that impressive either, but the seven goals and one assist he scored in his final seven games of the season earned him recall to San Jose April 11. Plihal did not play, but he did practice with the Sharks to end the season and throughout the playoffs.
The 23-year-old Czech has re-emerged as a legitimate NHL prospect, not just because of the goal scoring he showed to close the AHL season, but because of the two-way game he has developed over his five seasons in North America. A healthy Plihal has the speed, skill, size (6'1, 195 pounds), and two-way awareness to become a contributing fourth line Shark in 2006-07, and the confidence he gained at the end of the 2005-06 season may just be enough to carry him to a roster spot next season, proving the 2001 fifth round pick was worth the wait.
Ryane Clowe, RW
6th Rd, 175th overall
Status: NHL Player/Prospect
NHL Games: 18
Ryane Clowe is on the cusp of cracking San Jose full time.
Clowe established himself as one of the top power forwards in the QMJHL over the course of three seasons and signed and quickly adapted to the AHL. In 2003-04, Clowe's rookie pro season, he scored 11 goals and 29 assists in 72 games and appeared to have an outside shot of cracking San Jose in 2004-05. The lockout prevented Clowe from getting a shot in 2004-05, but he did lead Cleveland in scoring with 27 goals and 35 assists in 75 games.
Clowe cracked the Sharks line-up out of training camp in 2005-06, but he was sent down to Cleveland in mid-November when San Jose started struggling. He was recalled in mid-December, but suffered a knee injury Dec. 30 that kept him out of action for two weeks. Reassigned to Cleveland, Clowe finished the 2005-06 AHL season with 13 goals and 21 assists in 21 games. Clowe was recalled for the Sharks final game of the season and also played one game in the playoffs after Milan Michalek was injured.
The 23-year-old should challenge for a spot in San Jose for 2006-07. The 6'2, 215-pound Clowe has good size, is good along the boards, and has the hands to finish chances around the net. In order to become a full-time Shark, Clowe must adjust to playing only eight minutes a game on San Jose's fourth line and play his intimidating power game every minute of every shift. The sixth round pick has the potential to be a fourth liner who can contribute on higher lines if needed.
Tom Cavanagh, C
6th Rd, 182nd overall
Status: NHL Prospect
NHL Games: 0
Unheralded Tom Cavanagh is still plugging away at becoming a fourth liner for San Jose.
Cavanagh was drafted out of Phillips Exeter Academy, where he set a school record of 42 goals in one season, but he established himself as one of the ECACHL's top two-way forwards in his four years at Harvard. The Crimson center was a two-time finalist for the Walter Brown Award given to the top American-born player playing college hockey in the Northeast, and was the ECACHL Defensive Forward of the Year his senior season, as well as an All-ECACHL Second Team member and a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection.
Despite missing no games in his collegiate career, Cavanagh required knee surgery after his senior season and had to rehab instead of train for his first season of AHL hockey. After missing the first 16 games of the Cleveland Barons season, Cavanagh scored a goal and two assists in his first AHL game. Cavanagh's was inconsistent in the scoring department in 2005-06, scoring only 10 goals and 11 assists in 62 games, but his effort on the forecheck was never questioned. Despite overcoming a weaker leg, Cavanagh still showed decent quickness and power in 2005-06 and should be an even better skater in 2006-07.
Cavanagh will play for Worcester in 2006-07, the new home of the Sharks AHL affiliate, and should be a second or third line forward. Long term, Cavanagh has the potential to become a puck pursuit fourth line forward who has the hands and offensive awareness to capitalize on his chances.
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#24249 needs_information enhancement
Create automated mechanism for C/Rust types to stay in sync
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In transitioning parts of tor to Rust, some parts of the code will either need to temporarily exist in both C and Rust (such as protover), or will be highly coupled (such as enums that are passed between the FFI boundary).
It would be good to automatically verify these areas of the code don't get out of sync. This could either be a post-hoc verifier, or a generator that takes a higher-level specification and generates both C and Rust types.
Ideally, the coupling between C and Rust will be as minimal as possible, so this probably does not need to be a heavyweight solution.
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Started initial work this week to keep constants in sync across language boundaries, but this should be able to be extended to enums, structs, etc.
I'll put up an initial POC for review, and then we can talk about some questions that I have around project structure/external dependencies (i.e, where should generated files on the Rust/C side be in the project structure, is it ok that a pre-processing step to generate files relies on an external library, etc).
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Initial implementation at
http://github.com/chelseakomlo/types-parser- documentation is currently a bit rough so please let me know how this can be further improved.
One TODO that I'm currently working on is a suggestion from Nick, which is to allow the ability to give items a prefix in C that they don't have in Rust. That is fairly easy and I'll fix this up.
This tool can be extended to enums and structs, but I think we should take a look at Bindgen again before deciding we want to build capacity for generating FFI.
A few questions:
1) Is this something we want in the core tor codebase, or should this be an external tool (as it relies on
https://github.com/dtolnay/syn? I'm leaning towards this remaining external but would be interested to hear what others think. One argument for making this internal is that we could have a make task that would search for all
_generated.rs files and generate corresponding c files (as opposed to having this be a manual task during development).
2) What code conventions do we want for where generated files should be in the tor codebase? I think it might be good to have a separate file for each subdomain/subsystem- i.e, bridges, hidden services, dirauths, etc, but it would be good to also logically be able to track easily which files are generated or not. Curious what others think.
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Chelsea and I talked about this a bit and we want to take a minute to explore how difficult it would be to get bindgen to do this for us (without generating the entire world), but in the opposite direction. This could probably build off of Nick's work on #26383.
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Ok, here is the overall difference between using bindgen (C to Rust) or a custom tool (Rust to C).
Bindgen (C to Rust):
Takes C data types and generates FFI bindings for them. https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/rust-bindgen
As shown in their documentation, a struct in C such as:
typedef struct Person { int height; char *name; } Person;
Becomes in Rust:
#[repr(C)] #[derive(Debug, Copy)] pub struct Person { pub height: ::std::os::raw::c_int, pub name: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_char, }
and a constant in C
#define PERSON_NAME "HELLO";
becomes in Rust:
pub const PERSON_NAME: &'static [u8; 6usize] = b"HELLO\x00";
If we were to use bindgen, we could generate types, but we would still need to write wrapper "glue" to translate specific libc types into Rust types (such as a *mut c_char into a String, smartlists into vectors, etc).
Advantages of using bindgen:
- Using a library we don't have to maintain
- Ability to autogenerate multiple types (functions, structs, enums, etc).
Disadvantages of using bindgen:
- Hand-writing FFI type translation code
- More FFI code which is unsafe and (for now) often requires copies
Custom library (Rust to C):
(something like
Takes Rust data types and generates C equivilant types.
For example, a struct in Rust such as:
struct Person { height: i32, name: String, }
could be autogenerated to the following struct in C:
typedef struct Person { int height; char *name; } Person;
and a constant in Rust:
const FIRST_CONTSTANT: &'static str = "first_constant";
becomes in C:
#define FIRST_CONTSTANT first_constant
Advantages of using a custom library:
- Compile types into Rust and C without further translation/error handling code
Disadvantages of using a custom library:
- Maintain our own library
- Effort to scale out features. Currently supporting only constants is simple, but adding new data types will be effort. (for example, structs with smartlists as fields won't be the easiest to compile, I think)
Overall Thoughts:
While I'm not crazy about maintaining our own library, I do prefer the option of being able to cleanly keep Rust and C types separate without the need to hand write FFI type-conversion glue. However, both approaches certainly have drawbacks, and overall this effort should be minimal as we are striving to keep the Rust/C FFI interface small to begin with.
Considering currently we mainly need to keep constants and enums in sync, both options are relatively equal. The complexity for both increases for more complex of data types to keep in sync.
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Ok, Manish pointed me to this project, which generates C bindings for Rust. https://github.com/eqrion/cbindgen
I definitely think this is the approach we should take, but I'll dig into this project to see if it does what we need.
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Alex Crichton pointed me to this, which can be helpful for verifying Rust C bindings: https://github.com/alexcrichton/ctest
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WOW! This should be a "post mortum" not a PGA. The problem is the Pens have changed, evolved, and adapted their style of play to match the team they are playing the Canes have not. Ward is tired, ~40 shots per game for the last 3-4 games...........he's tired. Pens have played one 6 game series, and one 7 game series = 13 games Canes have played 2 seven game series = 14 games This is a poor excuse at best these guys are high paid professionals---SUCK IT UP it's the playoffs. One game more played than the Pens and these guys look this bad??? Don't tell me they had harder series either SUCK IT UP, MAN UP, GET IT UP whatever, just play. You cannot "grind a game out" with the Pens. I live with a Pens fan (wife) so I have followed them throughout the year and the playoffs. They will burn you with the breakout, just ask Joe C. last night with his tripping penalty in the 3rd. He had 2 choices, give up the breakaway or trip the man at the blueline------he took the penalty. Sad to say as a realist, this series is over. Don't FLAME me for "giving up" I'm from Buffalo we never quit on a team(see Sabres, Bills). When the team is "star struck" and watching as players skate by it's over. I have enjoyed the ride this far and think a total revamp of the team is in desparate need. Some are old, slow, and need to go!! John
Ryan Miller
beefonweck posted a topic in Around the NHL & Other Hockey TalkWHAT *edit*!!! Gomez goes in hard after puck behind net, Miller's back to Gomez playing the puck and he makes NO EFFORT to avoid Miller. Ref warns Lindy and the Sabres not to retailiate so it goes "unpunished". Not broke but low sprain to left ankle out ???? 2 weeks ???? Gomez may not be a cheap player but the play was weak on his part. I was hoping to see Miller next week, oh well it should be a GREAT game anyway!
Like they always say opinions are like **edit** everyone has one!! So we don't pack them in every night, big deal! The fans that do go are dedicated and loud. I just wonder how many games this guy has attended at RBC. Just my opinion john
I never thought it would happen!!
beefonweck replied to BigMiike's topic in Around the NHL & Other Hockey TalkSilly Silly you! NBC= Nothing but Crosby HEHEHEHE John
Car Magnet Trouble
beefonweck replied to rock-star's topic in Off TopicEASY WAY TO REMOVE THEM IS TO BOIL SOME WATER (1 POT) USING DENTAL FLOSS POUR THE WATER OVER THE MAGNET AND WORK THE DENTAL FLOSS DOWN THE MAG. i HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES WITH NO DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK. i ALSO REMOVED THE ORIGINAL DECALS FROM THE TRUCK THIS WAY WITHOUT ISSUES! JOHN
Winning or WHINING!! JK! JK! JK! PLEASE don't reply I just could't help myself John
No because that is highly irratating! 1 row back or 1 row in front is the limit (in my rule book ) I agree on this point. As for yelling in the concourse like some long lost friend, I just smile and wave polietly. Same as when someone yells across the concourse to me that is a Canes fan I just give a wave or nod and keep on my way. John
AHHH but by this statement you are lowering yourself to the "drunken moron fans" level. If I am minding my own business and sitting with my family and cheering in a respectful manner why do I have to get "*&%##$#%" from you? Why even talk to me or acknowledge me if I have done NOTHING WRONG? I attend 20-25 games a year and every game I go to I wear my Sabres jersey and cheer for the Canes just as loud as I cheer for the Sabres when they are in town. 99.9% of the time I get into a great discussion re:hockey and if I do get a neg. comment it is usually just a fun poke at the team. I think we all need to grow up and treat others as we would want our mothers/daughters/or wives treated!!! John P.S. I do go to all the games in my Sabres white MILLER jersey with the Slug on it. If you see me I would love to talk hockey with you!
It's easier to take the "HIGH road" than to stoop to their level. The sad thing is my son was worried about cheering for "HIS TEAM". I told him to yell as loud as he wants it's his team and building and I would take care of any comments. I go to ALOT of games (I should get season tix would be cheaper ) and wear my Sabres jersey to all of them. I yell LOUD for the Canes 78 games a year my son understands about the other 4 (Sabres) games. I am not the biggest guy so fighting is out and if I get aressted I could lose my professional license. Not to mention jail, court and fines. NOT WOTH IT!!! I like the "only you can make yourself angry" that is VERY TRUE!!! John
I agree with you but I hear this for every game. I was at the Pitts game on Valentines day and the chants of "lets go Pens" were much louder for that game. john
Since we are venting about Sabres "fans" I would like to vent about some of the Canes "fans". Just because I have a Sabres flag and stickers on my truck (ALONG with Canes stickers and OFFICIAL CANES NC license plate) dosent mean I #1 have to pay more to park--since when is it $10, I gave him $8 and told him that was illegle. #2 I have to park in the back of the lot The GOOD from the lot were the 2 little girls who were playing hockey and hit the ball under my truck. Their faces were priceless and there dad even got "nervous" when they had to come over and get the ball. I showed the one girl the "correct" way to hold the stick and what a "snap-shot" was HEHEHE her little sister got beat every time after that. She even said THANK YOU and I told her THANK YOU for her great manners. Dad gave me a nod and wave. I was in 321 with my wife and son who are Carolina fans. I am 6' 1" and 165 lbs but I have a voice like a drill sgt. Every time I started "Let's Go Sabres (Buffalo)" chant The Canes fan 2 rows BEHIND me felt the need to ask me to quiet down. Now I was NOT swearing, disrespectful, just VERY LOUD and the 2 rows in front were Sabres fans so they did not mind and joined in. I told him "as long as I am just cheering I can be as loud as I want" He told me this was the "Hurricanes house" and I needed to "respect it". NOW MY FEELINGS on this is BE LOUDER THAN ME! You are asking me to sit quietly and golf clap throughout the game!?! I talked to the usher and told him the situation and he agreed that I can cheer as loud as I want but if he hears any swearing he will have to ask me to leave. I agreed and told him the swearing would not come from me as I was sober and here for a HOCKEY game not a fight. As the game went on I got louder and the fan got drunker and made an off color comment to me about my son's heritage and my wife's choice of partners. I DID NOT RESPOND but I heard his wife "WHIP" him into shape. HEHEHEHE His wife even apoligized to my wife and son for his comment after the game. When I am outside smoking with the wife it dosen't mean I am looking for a fight. I was standing with my wife and son and a group of Sabres fans were drunk, loud and obnoxious when a group of Canes fans came over also drunk, loud, and obnoxious. NOW I am 38 yrs old, served our country, been to war, and have some "street smarts". I told my wife and son it was time to go because of the "VIBE" had changed, she areed and we headed in. I was pushed by a Canes fan and told the parking lot was the other way. Not a cool situation to be in! I headed to the chains leading to the parking lot and told the usher/security the situation and they escorted me and my family in. THANK YOU TO THE RBC STAFF!!!! I don't know if this is the same groups that were fighting in the earlier post but I bet it was. Great game for the most part. I hate there are idiots who cant control themselves or feel the need to drink themselves into a stupor. I had one "BLUE" as a treat but stopped after that because #1 I do get beligerent #2 I was driving I love this rivalry but hate the BS that goes along with it. This dosen't meen I will stop going or cheer and quietier. I will continue to go and watch out for the idiots from both sides and enjoy my one beer with my family! John
SWEETNESS!! John
Put a fiver on the OVER for me
Brian who???? JK!! Good luck to "Soupy" on SJ WELCOME to Buffalo Bernie!!! 2 goals 1 assist an "almost fight" and 1st star of the night. NOT a bad start! Darcy dosen't look so bad after this trade, but time will tell! GO SABRES!!!!! John
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November 27th, 2013
(writing/personal) Good intentions and all that jazz
I meant to write more today on the Advent Story for Nano. I'm still determined that I'm finishing by November 30 (I can totally do it), but today was one of those days where I knew if I didn't write at lunch, weren't no words getting written.
Well, I had Things to Do(TM) today. Lots of them. Which involved lots of driving (and there will be more driving after work). And all that meant that I completely forgot where I was in my writing. *sigh*
And while I have Dropbox on my phone (omg, I LOVE DROPBOX!!!), I can't open the file on my phone, because I am writing in Scrivener, and there is no Windows app for Scrivener. (Please don't tell me that I shouldn't have a Windows Phone. There were reasons that I got it when I got it.) So while I can SEE the file, I can't read it. Which means I can't figure out where I am. And my writing is linear, which means the "oh, go to the next scene and just fix it later" hack doesn't work for me.
Oh well. So I give you a blog post instead, because I won't give up my writing streak. And because I was planning a post anyways, to say thank you to you, my readers. I know I'm very inconsistant in blogging (something I'm working on!), but I love to talk to you, and the fact that you guys are there, and wonder where I am when I'm not blogging, really makes me happy. It warms my heart. So when I sit down to Thanksgiving tomorrow, I will be giving thanks for my family, my friends, my readers and my stories. Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading me. Thank you for being awesome.
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Newcastle legend Alan Shearer believes the club are in danger of relegation this season.
Alan Pardew's men are without a win so far this season and lie in the bottom three after just seven games.
Should they fail to beat Leicester or Tottenham in their next two games, they will head into November - the fourth month of the season - yet to pick up three points.
And Shearer - the club's greatest ever goalscorer - has voiced his concerns.
He told the Chronicle : "I'm exactly the same as the fans at the minute - I'm one of them.
"I pay for my ticket and I'm the same. I am entitled to my opinion. It hasn't been pleasant watching to be honest. It's been poor."
The Magpies have won just five matches throughout 2014 and Shearer insists the problems have been mounting for sometime.
The ex-No.9 added: "It has been poor since January this year. The quicker we can get out of it the better.
"I don't hold too much hope for us this season. I think it could be a long hard season for us.
"You can make whatever excuses you want - injuries, too many games or confidence.
"Put all of that to one side, the simple fact of the matter is we just have not been good enough.
"It's simple. That's the harsh reality of it. Things have to improve and they have to improve pretty quickly or we could find ourselves in a hole."


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Aleksandr Blok Poetry: World Poets Analysis
(World Poets and Poetry)
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Aleksandr Blok sought to give a metaphysical dimension to his poetry by creating a persona that pays homage to a supernatural ideal, in his own words "an essence possessed of an independent existence." This ideal is usually represented by the concept of the Eternal Feminine, which takes on a range of embodiments in the various stages of Blok's development. Initially, he depicted an ephemeral, distant spirit, the Beautiful Lady, whose presence the poet perceives in almost every poem, but who is never made manifest. As Blok matured, his mental discipline, inquiring mind, and sensuous disposition prompted him to alter the image, until it became more of a literary device and less of a religious inspiration. While the vision retained some of its ethereal, purifying characteristics in later works, it also assumed demoniac, physically alluring aspects. In many other poems, desperate city women, whose misfortunes Blok ascertained from newspapers, represent the feminine ideal, as do the poet's female friends and relatives. The persona's attitude to the changing image is ambiguous. He is inexplicably and fatally drawn to some embodiments, observing others wistfully and indifferently. Eventually, social pressures, war, and revolution drew Blok further from the transcendental sphere, causing him to blend his vision with the concept of Mother Russia. Blok then saw the Beautiful Lady in the lined faces of praying peasant women and urban prostitutes, and even in the Russian landscape. A final attempt to revive the religious dimension of the image occurs in the revolutionary poem The Twelve, in which an effeminate, Christ-like ghost silently and gently accompanies marauding Bolshevik revolutionaries.
Blok was the forerunner of modern Russian poetry. He replaced the realistic, low-quality verse of the second half of the nineteenth century with a new lyricism, to which he gave a mystical dimension. Technically, he freed Russian verse from rigid meter and led the way to modern tonic patterns. The social upheavals of his era are reflected in his work but are always subordinate to artistic requirements. Blok appealed to all segments of the public and continues to be popular at home and abroad.
"Gorod" and "Arfy i skripki"
Although the Eternal Feminine is a constant in Blok's work, it does not exhaust his poetic themes. After witnessing the bloodbath of the unsuccessful 1905 uprising in St. Petersburg, he devoted an entire cycle, "Gorod," to his hometown. Only a few of these poems express political observations; most of them deal with the darker aspects of street life. Feelings of impending catastrophe, both personal and societal, pervade the poetic atmosphere. The later cycle "Strashny mir" (a terrible world) extends this theme of urban degradation and misery. In one of the sections of the cycle, "Plyaski smerti" (dances of death), which echoes Charles Baudelaire's "Danse Macabre," Blok evokes the disintegration of his society, which the persona views in the shape of a corpse, no longer believing in transcendence, while soulless St. Petersburg citizens dance their own deaths through empty lives. In the seventy-two-poem cycle "Arfy i skripki" (harps and violins), Blok endeavors to link poetry to music, and several of his verses were later set to music. He manages to reproduce the rhythm of ballads, romances, and factory and folk songs in these and many other poems. Finally, the unfinished epic "Vozmezdie" is a lyrical chronicle of his family's and nation's destiny. Blok's general poetic mood ranges from mystical belief and idealistic expectation to false rapture, skeptical, even cynical visions of life, and eventually sadness, despair, and critical aloofness.
Poetic style
Stylistically, Blok stands between the traditional syllabic meter and modern tonic patterns. In his earlier work, metric regularity and exact rhyme dominate, to be followed by syllabotonic verse and experiments with vers libre . His...
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Rowlinson Knitwear, the UK's market leader in the manufacturing of personalised, high quality school knitwear, has achieved certification to The Planet Mark sustainability programme.
Confirmed on 20 September 2019, the employee-owned business combined The Planet Mark's sustainability certification with the signing of a Climate Emergency Declaration during its own hosted Climate Crisis Day, which was timed to coincide with Global Climate Strike Day. Building on its longstanding ethical commitment, the business also aims to become a Certified B Corporation by the end of 2020.
The company first calculated the carbon footprint of its UK head office in Stockport, Cheshire for the year ending November 2018 and set a target to reduce emissions by 5% annually. The first year's certification to the programme is based on the commitment to continuous improvement in sustainability by measuring and reducing carbon and engaging stakeholders. This year's footprint includes emissions from purchased electricity, fuel used by the fleet, waste, business travel, printing paper and freight.
Donald Moore, Rowlinson's Managing Director commented: "Scientists around the world agree that we face an unprecedented Climate Emergency which requires radical action. As a responsible employee-owned business, it's our duty to act immediately. Rowlinson's Climate Crisis Day equipped colleagues with the stark facts about our negative impact on the planet. Collectively signing our Climate Emergency Declaration demonstrates we accept those realities and are committed to do something about them."
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Rowlinson Knitwear's carbon footprint in year ending November 2018 was 66,799.2 tCO2e and the relative carbon footprint was 1,363.2 tCO2e per employee. Freight accounts for nearly the entirely business carbon footprint (99% of the total carbon emissions).


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"What's your dog's name?"
The Chihuahua lapped up beer from a bowl on the bar. Beer is not good for dogs, but the dog's owner looked as testy as his pet. I was disinclined to criticize. Also, the bar was a few doors down from a place into which I recently had moved. I was a stranger to the regulars there. I always would be, as it turned out, but that is beside the point.
"His name's Tojo," the man, who looked to be in his late 60s, replied.
"Are you a veteran of World War II?"
"Yeah. I was in the Navy. I was a master plumber."
I had to ask the next question. "Did you see a lot of action?" The Chihuahua looked up at me and growled.
"I built submarines."
The guy was serious. I mean—plumbing on a submarine is very serious. If a valve does not function properly, the submarine might continue to dive. With one eye on the dog, I asked something mundane, like, "How was that experience?"
"It was okay. I remember the first boat"—submarines are called "boats" by those in the trade—"on which I was foreman. The skipper was about to take her out on her first test run. He asked me is she was ready. I said yeah. He said great, hop on board, let's get underway." He paused to pour some more Old Style into Tojo's bowl. The dog seemed mollified and lapped up more krausened product.
"They'd never told me I had to ride on a boat after I'd built her. Don't get me wrong—I'd done my best on that boat. But after that test run, every boat I built I knew my life was on the line. The skipper of each one made sure I was out there on those runs."
Much has been said about human-caused global climate change. Ninety-seven percent of scientists in fields related to climate say people have trashed Earth to such an extent the climate has warmed. People are alarmed at what they perceive as an increase in numbers of earthquakes in areas in which fracking occurs.
Other people contest these notions. They do not seem to contest how much crap humans pump into the air or dump into rivers and oceans. The doubters of harm simply (1) confess they are not scientists and (2) say there is no proof of harm.
If there is no harm from these activities, we should employ a test derived from my conversation with the owner of Tojo, the beer-drinking Chihuahua.
The owners of such facilities as belch out fumes from coal should live in a direction that is generally downwind from the plant or whatever source of the smoke. Gated communities for the wealthy should be built within a five-block radius of nuclear power plants, and the major shareholders of the particular company that owns and operates the plant encouraged—hey! With tax incentives! How about that?—to reside in the gated communities. If a corporate entity dumps into rivers materials the corporate spokes people say are harmless, let the major shareholders live downstream.
There always is the argument that the rich—and the people who are the major shareholders either are the rich or other corporate entities—would not live in areas where such activities occur. After all, the lower-middle-class or poor reside in coal country, where mountain tops are leveled and left to fester on the landscape. Perhaps there is an exception. Maybe one or two billionaires maintain a weekend home in those parts. That is the point, however. If the quality of life is impaired by the activities, we should curtail or stop those activities. If people's health or safety are in danger from coal, we should pursue solar or wind energy—and employ a lot of people.
If people deny harms from these activities, let them live near the sources of those activities. If those people's asses—and not simply the asses of the lower-middle-class and the poor—are on the line, the deniers might be so adamant in denial.
I finished my beer that day in Berwyn, and left. Tojo could be a mean drunk, I later heard.
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Posturbanism & Reurbanism
Michigan Debates on Urbaism Volume III
This volume is one of three books in The Michigan Debates on Urbanism, a series that also features Everyday Urbanism and New Urbanism. Each book represents a distinct, inevitable, but stillemerging paradigm in contemporary urbanism, and is an elaboration of public debates held at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning during the winter of 2004. Peter Eisenman, acclaimed New York architect, author and theorist, presents several of his recent projects, including his team's entry for the controversial Ground Zero competition at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. This project and the larger body of his work are termed Post Urbanist by the series editor Douglas Kelbaugh. Post Urbanism refers to a critical, post-structuralist project, expressing avant-garde sensibilities and the techno-flow of a globalizing society. Barbara Littenberg and partner Steven Peterson, also well-known design practitioners from New York, present their entry into the Ground Zero competition, as well as other urban design projects that are characterized as ReUrbanism. Each side takes strong exception to the other's work, leading to a heated discussion moderated by Roy Strickland, Director of the Master of Urban Design program at Taubman College.
Edited by Roy Strickland
Essays by Peter Eisenman, Barbara Littenberg, and Steven Peterson
Foreword by George Baird
Introduction by Doug Kelbaugh
Design by Christian Unverzagt with Matha Merzig
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- Published: 2005
- Dimensions: 6.5 x 9.0 inches
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Nation branding: Indonesia
Jakarta, rife with traffic and infrastructure problems, is not for the faint of heart says Samantha North, despite the appealing tourism destination on offer in the Indonesian capital
What kind of city wishes to be synonymous with appalling traffic jams? Probably not very many, but in Jakarta's case, that's exactly what's happening. The teeming Indonesian capital, home to 10m people, recently gained the dubious honour of being voted the 'world's most congested city,' in a survey conducted earlier this year by Castrol.
The streets of Jakarta are not for the faint of heart. Under the heavy tropical heat, thousands of people battle the ever-increasing traffic. They dodge the ubiquitous motorbike taxis (known as 'ojeks') if on foot, or risk their lives riding the precarious ojeks to shave a few minutes off their daily commute. Many Jakartans spend three or four hours every day travelling to their workplaces.
For the casual visitor, hopping between the city's tourist attractions, the traffic situation is bad news. Not much can be done quickly in Jakarta. Even reaching the airport from downtown requires a travel time of at least four hours, just to be sure of catching the flight. Public transport in Jakarta is limited, although the city is currently in the process of building new facilities, including a bus system that travels alongside regular traffic in its own dedicated lanes.
Congestion is not Jakarta's only concern. During monsoon season, the city suffers from regular floods which shut down large areas, damage infrastructure and exacerbate existing traffic flow problems. Waste disposal is Jakarta's third big problem. The city groans under the strain of dealing with the waste produced by millions.
"Jakarta is a special city. It needs a special way of thinking to solve its myriad problems," said Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Jakarta governor, at the New Cities Summit, held in the Indonesian capital this June.
Jakarta is a special city. It needs a special way of thinking to solve its myriad problems
At this event, local innovators presented their ideas to solve Jakarta's problems. Notables included Go-Jek, a service similar to Uber, but for ojeks. It uses a mobile app to connect Jakarta's many thousands of ojek drivers with passengers around the city. Another innovation, Peta Jakarta, leverages user-generated data to map floods around the city, allowing people to avoid affected areas.
How do these issues affect the city's efforts to develop its brand identity? Jakarta is already running a promotional campaign, 'Enjoy Jakarta,' which the city launched in 2005. But Alistair Speirs, a Jakarta-based brand consultant who worked on the campaign, told the Jakarta Globe in 2012 that Jakarta had, "Failed to deliver the values promised." Speirs said that the city's problems had "overshadowed" the campaign's message. Unfortunately, it seems he's right. How can people enjoy spas, golf, shopping, nightlife or cuisine when they have to sit in traffic for hours just to get there?
Joko Widodo, the Indonesian president, has an ambitious goal for the country. By 2019, he wants to attract 20m international tourists to Indonesia. Currently, tourism numbers stand at over 9m. Jakarta, as the capital and main travel hub, is a major part of the plan. Achieving a positive reputation for Jakarta will draw more tourists to the capital, even if they just stop for a few days en route to other destinations such as Bali or Lombok.
To help reach this goal, Jakarta needs to shift its existing reputation as a 'challenging' city. It has much to offer, but if visitors can't access the attractions easily, they will be discouraged from the get-go.
Necessity breeds innovation. As Jakarta's local entrepreneurs have shown, troubled cities can provide fertile environments to search for ideas and test potential solutions. It is here that Jakarta can gain insights to help boost the government's efforts to address pressing urban problems. Once the solutions are in place, only then will the branding and reputation building efforts start to gain a firmer foothold.


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What started as a way to honour the men and women who served donuts during World War I, has gone on to become a great American tradition. The
holiday was instituted by the Chicago Salvation Army to commemorate the
efforts of the "Donut Lassies".
This year, the tradition continues on Friday, June 7 with the return of the
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Perusing the gallery here at OScraps for this post, makes me realize how many talented people are sharing their layouts with us. So much beautiful work, makes it hard to pick just a few layouts. It is quite the challenge. That said, here are just a few of the amazing layout in the gallery.
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I chose I Hope You Dance because I love the way the colors she chose compliment the photo so well. I also think she did an excellent job of choosing elements for the page.
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Ben Horowitz, the rapper-quoting cofounder of venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, is on a book tour at the moment, promoting The Hard Thing About Hard Things. The tour brought him to New York's General Assembly last night for a one-on-one chat with Steve Stoute, the CEO of ad agency Translation.
Much of the hour-long conversation covered Horowitz's tenure as the CEO of Opsware, an early cloud-computing company that nearly went bankrupt as Loudcloud during the Dot-Com crash. Businessweek dubbed its March 2001 public-market debut as the "IPO from hell." (Hat tip to Casey Newton at the Verge for this bit.) Horowitz, who routinely makes clear that he was the one who "f---ed things up in the first place," later turned the company around by selling off its data center services business and rebranding it as Opsware. HP bought the company for $1.6 billion in 2007.
In true Horowitz-form, he referred to at least three sets of rap lyrics to illustrate points about the perils of running a fast-growing company. (Those quoted: Heavy D, Too $hort and Nas.) When he casually dropped, "I was talking to Nas the other day..." towards the end of the discussion, the audience reacted with something like incredulous laughter.
In between hip-hop allusions, Horowitz laid out some solid wisdom. Below, grouped by topic, are what I deemed the most valuable quotes from the talk.
The Most Important Skill for an Entrepreneur
The biggest thing is, 'Can you think for yourself?' I like to challenge founders in meetings and if they agree with me, it's a very bad sign. I don't want people to tell me what I want to hear. I want people to tell me how it is.
It's hard because you're overcoming anthropology. It's good to be liked for survival, so somebody doesn't come after you with a rock to the back of your head. But that's what's required to run a company. If you follow someone else you're going to fail.
How to do Layoffs, Correctly
Bill Campbell told me that the first thing you should know is that you're laying people off because you f---ed up. If they were bad performers, you would have fired them. Then you need to make clear to management that no one is getting out of this. This is not something they can pass along to HR.
The right way is, afterwards, you help people pack up. You walk them to their car and you let them know that you appreciated their time at the company. You have violated the trust of your employees by doing this layoff. You need to do everything you can to regain that trust."
The Role of the CEO
People say that the CEO should be 'the best salesman at the company' or the 'product visionary' or all these things. No. The CEO is the CEO. They've got to deliver very quality decisions at a very high rate of speed. And if they don't make a decision, the company freezes up.
In order to do that, you need to be talking to everybody. You need to figure out what's going on with your finance people, and your engineering people. Because by the time this s--t comes to you, you won't have time to do that. You won't have time to make your decision.
The only mistake you cannot make is running out of cash.
Storytelling is Underrated
When a company goes astray, you talk to employees and they say, 'We have no strategy. We don't know where we're going.'
The strategy is the story. They're not different. The strategy is the story you tell. It's the why. If you can't tell that in a massively compelling way, who's going to follow you? That's what makes people get up in the morning and do stuff."
His Biggest Mistake
It was February 2000. We had 600 employees and the fire marshal almost shut us down because we had people literally sitting in the hallways. We were blowing circuits because we had so much stuff plugged in. We were six months old and we just did a $20 million quarter.
So my CFO comes in and says 'I found this great space that will allow us to grow.' I looked it over for about five minutes and signed off. I spent five minutes on that decision. Had I spent 15 minutes on that decision...
It worked out to a $30 million commitment over 10 years. The thing was, the way the deal worked, that $30 million was locked up, even though it was over 10 years. So that $30 million was gone.
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5 Important Money Lessons for Kids of All Ages
The kids are back in classes, and the learning is off to a good start (right?). Between the math homework, pop quizzes and history lessons that just don't stick, it's easy to forget about some of the lifelong money lessons your kids have right in front of them at home. Not sure where to start? We'll give you a headstart with five fun ones!
Money lesson #1: You'll have to make decisions with your money.
This one's easy for grownups because we make decisions all the time. But kids are still learning the ropes of decision-making. Start small. Explain why you choose to spend money on groceries instead of takeout. Or clue them in on why you chose to buy one car over another. Eventually, they'll start making tradeoffs on their own.
Show, don't tell: Get your kids a Greenlight login and send them money for spending and saving. The next time they ask you to buy something at the store, tell them they have a choice to make in their Greenlight app!
Money lesson #2: Money comes from hard work.
The earlier kids can understand this, the better. Psst, we've got an idea. Set them up with chores and choose whether or not an allowance works for your family. Believe it or not, pulling out the vacuum or washing the car actually helps your kids become more responsible. Just ask Marty Rossman, who researched the impact of household chores at a young age. She found the "best predictor of young adults' success" was their involvement in household chores at a young age.
Make chores fun: Turn on some music and come up with a fun name for your kids' chores in your Greenlight app.
Money lesson #3: Compound growth helps you grow your money.
Ever heard of the marshmallow experiment? You know — one marshmallow now or two marshmallows later? Your kids can learn about compound growth in simple terms like this. If you save and invest at a young age (even if that means spending less in the short term), it'll pay off in the long run. Big time.
Incentivize your kids: Pay your kids an interest rate on their savings. Setting Parent-Paid Interest lets you decide how much you want to give, from 0-100%. The average rate for Greenlight parents is 18%. Start here and raise it as they save more. Spoiler alert — they will.
Money lesson #4: You are your own money managing boss.
One day, your kids will be budgeting, saving for their dream car and making big decisions with their money… OR they can get started right now. To get them in the habit, encourage them to put money toward savings goals or try Greenlight's Round Ups to send extra cents into savings. They'll get the hang of it — and yes, they'll get that dream car much sooner if they start young!
Let them take the reigns: When they're managing their money, they might have a hiccup every now and then. That's okay! They're learning while they have you to coach them. Talk about those hiccups and learn from them together.
Money lesson #5: Money doesn't grow on trees (but really!)
Okay, let's be real. How many times have you told your kids that money doesn't grow on trees? It's one thing to say it, but for them to learn it, they'll need to see it in action. When they're constantly borrowing money from you (especially cash), they don't have a full grasp on spending and saving. To them, it's just their parent's bank account — which may seem endless.
Get the ball rolling: Give them their own debit card (a la Greenlight) with money set aside for different expenses: restaurants, gas only, general spending, you name it!
That's a wrap! Now you know how to make chores fun, get a debit card for your kids and set an interest rate to incentivize saving habits. And hey, these aren't just money lessons for kids — you might even learn a thing or two about managing your money!
Greenlight's 2019 Year in Review
You did it. You celebrated the birthdays, packed lunches for soccer tournaments and survived the endless conversation about Minecraft. Congratulations, Moms and Dads — you've made it through 2019.
As we look toward 2020, allow us to celebrate the unsung heroes of financial literacy – YOU! The hundreds of thousands of Greenlight parents teaching their kids the value of a dollar and the art of making smart trade-off decisions.
In 2019, Greenlight kids did 1.8 million chores and collectively managed more than $150 million. But that's not all.
Looking toward 2020
In 2020, we've got big plans to improve the Greenlight app and add more features for your kids to learn the full-spectrum of money management.
We'll be weaving more educational layers into the Greenlight app, making it fun (and painless!) for kids to build smart earning, spending, saving and giving habits.
Our team is also building tools for kids to learn all about the world of investing, with a new suite of features that allow kids to invest in multiple funds and even buy fractional shares from their favorite companies.
Our single most important job is to support you – the parents doing the hard work. Together, let's make 2020 the Year of Financial Literacy.
*Data captured from Greenlight families based on activity from Dec 2018 to Nov 2019. Average monthly spend calculated only for kids who spent.
Greenlight's Guide to Chores
Julie Lythcott-Haimes, author of How to Raise an Adult, gave a TED Talk in 2015 about setting the right priorities for your kids. She quoted the Harvard Grant Study (only the longest longitudinal study ever conducted) which concluded "professional success in life comes from having done chores as a kid."
We think chores are important too, which is why we launched a set of chores features in the Greenlight app in February of this year. Since then, we've actually had Greenlight families tell us that their kids have asked for MORE chores after instituting a routine.
When is the right time to start chores?
All families are different, and all kids are different. A chores routine can start as early as "getting clothes to the laundry basket" in preschool years.
Back-to-school season is a great time to talk about getting back into routines, and asking your kids for input on what tasks need to be done. Another great time is birthdays, recognizing that with age comes new responsibilities.
Which chores do I choose?
Of all Greenlight families, the five most popular chores are:
Clean your bedroom is the most popular chore for all ages. Read is popular for younger kids, under the age of 10. Take out the trash heats up for children over 12 years of age. And wash the dishes is most popular around 15-17.
Some other personal favorites from the editor: pick up after yourself, scoop the dog poop and be nice to your brother. "No cussing" has also been a fan favorite around the Greenlight office. A special shout out to the parents writing their chores in ALL CAPS. But we digress…
On average, Greenlight families institute 4.41 chores per child, and recurring chores are by far more popular than one-time.
Here's a helpful guide from the moms of Sunshine and Hurricanes with kid-friendly chores from preschool through 10 years of age.
Do I pay my kids for chores?
A recent T. Rowe Price survey on parents, kids and money saw that 51% of parents give their kids allowance, but the kids have to earn it.
Ron Lieber, author of Greenlight staff favorite The Opposite of Spoiled, advises not to give allowances in exchange for chores. He says, "Allowances ought to stand on its own, not as a wage but as a teaching tool."
Chores teach accountability and responsibility. Allowances tangibly teach the practices of budgeting and saving. (More on allowances over the coming weeks.)
There are experts and Greenlight families, on both sides of the fence of this debate. We encourage each family to make decisions based on what will work best for them.
- You may institute a chore schedule that includes standard tasks (like cleaning up bedrooms, doing laundry or walking the dog), and incentivizes more high-value tasks with monetary rewards on a less-frequent basis.
- You might consider an allowance to be regular payment for jobs well done. If the clothes are piled up on the desk instead of on the floor, little Sophia's room still isn't "clean" to mom's golden standard.
- You can tie chore completion to allowances. If the trash isn't taken out, floor isn't vacuumed and the dog poop isn't scooped, you won't get your allowance this week.
Whatever your chore routine, Greenlight can help you stick to it
With features like flexible scheduling and linking chore completion to allowance, Greenlight has helped thousands of families implement a routine.
Set chores that repeat weekly, or multiple times a week.
Or set one-time chores for bigger tasks like spring cleaning, babysitting or mowing the lawn.
Kids review and check off their chores as complete.
Review the chore schedule and manage scheduled payouts.
Don't have Greenlight yet?
Own a Business? Why You Should Hire Your Child This Summer
Many self-employed parents have no idea that it's absolutely legal—and a great tax move—to hire their own kids to work in their companies. Better yet, it's a great way to help your kids develop a work ethic, teach them some basic work skills and encourage them to work for their spending money.
Should You Pay Your Kids For Good Grades?
As kids' year-end report cards start coming home, many parents are considering this question: "Is it a good idea to pay our kids for doing well at school?"
What Your Kid Should Pack for Summer Camp
In many parts of the country, it's traditional for kids to spend a week or two—or even a month or two—away at summer camp. Each camp provides parents with packing lists. However, some of them aren't regularly updated or are provided by idealistic camp directors rather than real families. In addition to the basics, here are some things experienced parents say are essential for kids to take to sleepaway camp:
- Fewer clothes than you think: Yes, your kid will need basics ranging from shorts to rain jackets. However, when they're away from home, most kids wear a few of their favorite clothing items over and over. Help your kid pack enough so they can deal with different kinds of weather and have enough clothes to make it to wash day. But don't overdo it.
- Replaceable items from home: A stuffed animal for comfort is great. Just make sure it's not your child's one-and-only lovey—in case it gets lost or damaged. Photos of family members, friends and beloved pets can also help cheer up homesick campers.
- Helpful gadgets: Consider sending your child with a battery-powered clip-on book light (flashlights get awkward to hold), a clip-on fan for some fresh airflow and disposable cameras for taking pictures.
- Shower helpers: For simplicity, give your camper a bottle of all-in-one body wash/shampoo/conditioner. A small water-friendly tote is great for helping campers schlep gear to the shower. Sew small loops (ribbon or bias tape works great) on towels and washcloths to make them easier for your camper to hang them in the shower room and near their bed to dry.
- Zip-top bags: They're great for storing items like cards, camp keepsakes and other items in your child's bunk area. Larger bags also come in handy for keeping a change of clothing dry when your camper goes on kayak trips.
- Spending money or debit card. If the camp allows it, it's nice for your camper to be able to buy items at the camp canteen or in a nearby town, according to the American Camp Association (ACA). The Greenlight card may be safer for campers than cash and prepaid debit cards. Why? Cash can be lost, stolen or spent outside of your agreed-upon spending plan. Campers can't withdraw cash or get cash back from their Greenlight Card. And if your child loses a prepaid debit card, it's as good as losing cash. If your child's Greenlight card is lost or stolen, you can quickly lock it and block purchases.
- Postcards, paper, pre-addressed envelopes and stamps: Most camps now have a "no electronics" policy. This means your child may not be able to bring a cell phone to call or text you. This can be a great thing. Not only will your phone-free child be able to focus more fully on camp activities, you may also receive a few of those beloved, old-style letters from camp!
One last tip: If possible, have your camper all packed two full days before they leave for camp. This packing tip is borrowed from travel writer Rick Steves. Advance packing gives your camper some time to really relax before taking off for camp. It also gives both you and your child a couple of bonus days to remember any last-minute items you've forgotten to pack!
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What a Junior Achievement Survey Tells Us About Kids, Parents and Money
Guess which topic most parents say is easier to explain to their kids than the birds and the bees, death or politics?
You guessed it: Money. A whopping 77 percent of parents can talk more easily about finances with their kids than they can other challenging topics.
That's good news on the financial front. It means money isn't a taboo topic in most U.S. families, according to a new survey by Wakefield Research for Junior Achievement and the Jackson Charitable Foundation. The Children's Financial Literacy Survey included 500 children, aged seven to 10, and their parents.
Other key survey findings:
- 77 percent of parents believe the best place for kids to learn personal finance basics is at home. Good thing, since only five U.S. states (Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia) require high school students to take one personal finance course in order to graduate, says Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy. Eleven states plus the District of Columbia have zero personal finance requirements in their high school curricula.
- Parents think kids should learn about money as young as age five, and by age eight, on average. Many kids begin to start understanding the connection between numbers and money in kindergarten ("Five pennies is the same as a five-cent nickel."). By age eight, kids may understand that money is exchanged for goods and services (i.e. to buy stuff).
- 92 percent of parents save money—for emergencies, college tuition, and retirement. Good on you, parents! You've got the most important savings goals covered. Of course, we don't know how much the surveyed parents are saving. But hey, any savings amount is a good thing.
- 82 percent of kids earn allowances from parents for doing chores, getting good grades, doing homework and doing good deeds. Learn more about the pros and cons of connecting allowance to these accomplishments.
Of course, all is not rosy when it comes to kids and money. Many of the young survey respondents showed they have a lot left to learn about finances. But hey, the oldest kids surveyed were only 10. They've got time:
- 33 percent of the kids surveyed haven't yet been taught how to get or earn money. Uh oh. Is that a sign that it's time to talk about extra summer chores for pay, parents?
- 41 percent of kids don't know how to spend money. Even kids as young as 10 can begin making some simple spending decisions. How about having your kid help pick a birthday gift (with a maximum dollar amount) for a friend? Or choose how to spend their souvenir money during your summer vacation?
- 47 percent of kids haven't learned how to give money to help people. An easy fix: Many parents use the "three-jar system," (or some version of it.). They require their kids to split their allowances three ways: Spending, saving and donating. This way, giving money to others becomes an automatic habit. Be sure to let your kids help decide where their donations will go.
- When asked why they think people put money in a bank, only slightly more than half (53 percent) of kids said "saving it so they won't spend it." First, banks and credit unions are almost invisible to kids, since parents don't physically visit branches anymore. You could make a point to drop into your bank or credit union occasionally, or look online for kid-friendly videos like "Roles of a Bank" from CashVille Kidz.Just as important, though, is explaining to your kids how banks, budget categories and savings accounts make it easier for them to separate their spending money from savings.
- Only 25 percent of kids surveyed know you can earn interest on savings. Interest can seem like a tricky topic to explain to kids, for sure. How about sharing this "Schoolhouse Rock" classic to help make the concept clear?
For more about the survey, along with other kids, work and money topics, visit Junior Achievement's website.
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What to Pack for a School Field Trip
The weather is improving and the school year is starting to wind down: It's prime time for teachers to plan school field trips.
If your kids are heading out for a day trip with their class, their teacher may send home a list of items to pack. However, experienced parents know that those lists often cover just the basics. Here's what your kids really should bring on a day trip:
- Backpack or string bag: This pack should be a bit smaller and lighter-weight than their everyday school backpack. Be sure your family's last name is clearly marked inside the bag. Security-conscious parents suggest you not mark your child's first name in the bag. A sketchy adult could see and use your child's first name to suggest that they know each other. ("Hey, Jake, remember me from your dad's work?") Include your phone number or email somewhere inside the bag in case it gets lost.
- Cell phone (if allowed): Some schools prohibit or strongly dissuade kids from bringing phones. Instead, you may get a list of the teacher's and chaperones' cell phone numbers, and they'll have your contact info. If your child takes his/her phone, consider sending them with a portable phone charger, too. The kids probably won't have spots where they can recharge their phones during the day.
- Cash or debit card for extras: Your school may have a policy about personal money. If students are allowed to purchase extra snacks or souvenirs on the field trip, send them with a modest amount of cash or a kid-friendly debit card.
It's a good idea to make sure your child's debit card doesn't allow them to withdraw cash at ATMs or get cash back (for splurges or treating their friends). Even better are kid/teen debit cards that message you before authorizing your child's purchases.
Be sure you have account information safely stored at home or work in case your child loses their debit card. Also, make sure your child knows to contact you right away (or have a chaperone do so) if they lose their debit card. That way, you can quickly get in touch with the card issuer or use a mobile app to disable the card.
- Writing tools: Include a notebook and a pen or mechanical pencil with a clip on the side. Insert the pen/pencil into the metal spine of notebook (clip on the outside) for easy storage.
- Disposable camera: Give your child a one-time-use camera marked with their last name. You'll develop the photos the old-fashioned way when your kid gets home.
- Wearables: Sunglasses are something most kids forget to pack but wish they had available. Depending on the weather, your child may also need a light wind or rain jacket and extra layers of clothing. An extra pair of socks is easy to carry and super helpful if it's rainy or your kid loves stomping through any type of water.
- Refillable water bottle: An inexpensive plastic one is fine. If your child is fussy about keeping their water cold, a small, insulated water bottle is great, too.
- Packable snacks and/or lunch: If the school isn't providing food, keep your kid's options simple and disposable. That way, they don't have to carry back bulky items like a lunch box or thermos.A brilliant idea: Pack your child's lunch in one of the plastic clamshell boxes that often hold fresh fruit at the grocery store. These sturdy containers keep sandwiches and other soft items from getting squashed. Plus, your child can toss the whole container when they're done. Need some lunch inspiration? Check out these ideas for disposable field trip lunches.
By the way, are you chaperoning a school field trip? Get the inside scoop here about field-trip volunteering, including stocking your own daypack with extra snacks, sunscreen, hand-wipes…you name it. If you actually survive taking a bus-full of kids to the art museum, planetarium or anywhere, you are a rock-star parent. Kudos to you!
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