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A. Andrew Gonzalez, "Unio Mystica"
1."When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim."
Acts 2:1-4
2. "Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground."
Genesis 8:8
3."Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
Matthew 10:16
One of the most important symbols of Pentecost, celebrated today, is the dove, which in Christianity is identified with the Holy Spirit. The symbolism of the dove goes back a long way and over many geographical locations. In ancient Greece, it was sacred to the goddess Aphrodite, who the Romans called Venus Columba (Venus-the-Dove). In India it was perceived as a symbol of lust and the equivalent of the yoni. As Barbara G. Walker puts it, "Joined to her consort the phallic serpent, the Dove-goddess stood for sexual union and Life." Interestingly, the Semitic word for 'dove' – ione, is related not only to 'yoni' but also to the Roman name of the goddess Hera – Juno. "Juno" also meant a woman genius, and if you are still following my linguistic meanderings, the Dove/Holy Spirit is in its essence an expression of the higher mind of the deity, i.e. Sophia –an emanation of divine wisdom. In Gnosticism, Sophia was a feminine figure, identified with the soul.
Queen Semiramis, legendary founder of Babylon – her name meant "Dove" in the Syrian tongue
The dove is a longstanding symbol of the soul. In ancient Rome, Aphrodite's catacombs were called "columbaria" (dovecotes), which, according to Barbara G. Walker, gave rise to the belief that the soul returns to the Goddess after death as a dove.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, "Venus with Doves"
As an interesting parallel, during canonization ceremonies in the Catholic Church white doves are released as symbols of the souls of saints.
In Christian iconography, the dove is sometimes shown with seven rays emanating from her, which further connects her to the Goddess, specifically to the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, whose name in Greek meant "a flock of doves."
Pleiades as doves, image via http://corinazone.deviantart.com/art/Pleiades-The-doves-66096424
Ted Andrews identifies the dove with "feminine energies of peace, maternity and prophecy." Cassandra Eason wrote that "the cooing of sacred doves in the oracular groves dedicated to the Ancient Greek Sky god Zeus at Dodona was used for prophecy by the priestesses." This ancient shrine was second only to Delphi in its oracular significance and it was dedicated to a Mother Goddess. The prophetesses residing there were called "peleiades" (doves). According to a legend retold by Herodotus, the oracle was established by former foreign female slaves at a place where a black dove settled on an oak tree:
"I expect that these women were called 'doves' by the people of Dodona because they spoke a strange language, and the people thought it like the cries of birds; then the woman spoke what they could understand, and that is why they say that the dove uttered human speech; as long as she spoke in a foreign tongue, they thought her voice was like the voice of a bird. For how could a dove utter the speech of men? The tale that the dove was black signifies that the woman was Egyptian." (quote after Wikipedia)
John William Waterhouse, "Consulting the Oracle"
I usually write at length about ancient Greek traditions but I was especially charmed by the way the Pueblo Indians honored the dove, as Ted Andrews writes:
"The mournful song of the dove was considered an invocation to water and an indication to men where the water could be found. … Its song would signify waterholes or springs to which the dove must return at dusk to drink."
The cooing of the white dove is one of the most beautiful sounds one can hear. Ted Andrews says the song of the dove (especially the mourning dove) is "the rain song," which "invokes new waters of life." It is the most distinct and audible at liminal temporal spaces, i.e. the dawn and the dusk. At these times the veil between matter and spirit is the thinnest, the past opens the gate to the future and the Holy Spirit descends. To sum up by quoting Ted Andrew again:
"The song of this totem tells you to mourn what has passed, but awaken to the promise of the future. It is a bird of prophecy and can help you to see what you can give birth to in your life."
Ted Andrews, Animal Speak
Cassandra Eason, Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters and Animal Power Symbols
Barbara G. Walker, Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets


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The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
In this story, an unknown narrator talks about the thievery of someone's sandwich. A bear, after eating many basketfuls of berries, foolishly falls asleep in a truck. As a result, he is whisked away from the buzzing forest to a rumbling city. The bear's new location is unfamiliar, but he repurposes it for temporary forest needs, that is, until the most delicious sandwich in the world catches his eye. The technique behind the art in this story is amazing…colorful, light, almost like watercolors, but not quite. From beginning to end this book was a joy to read…especially for that surprise ending.
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
The Bear and the Piano has a beautiful, sparkling forest setting. It starts with a wandering bear happening upon a piano in this stunning forest. At first he does not know what to do with the object, but a few pages and a considerable number of months later he becomes an expert at playing. Bears gather to hear piano music every evening. Some humans discover him and encourage him to find success across the water in a nearby city. The illustrations contain warm, muted and earthy colors. Every page evokes a sense of wonder. And, best yet, the story has a lovely, heart-warming ending. If you have not read this book already, it should be next up on your picture book to-read list.
Goodnight Already! by Jory John & Benji Davies
The best part of the book is definitely the subtlety. At the beginning it is obvious what role the duck will play…he is reading a book called "101 Ways to Stay Awake." The juxtaposition of bright light and darkness is also a recurring artistic element. In this book a tired, scraggly bear attempts to fall asleep. His neighbor is an obnoxious duck who wants to spend his night awake and having fun. He thinks the bear should join him, and spends a lot of the night interrupting his neighbor's sleep cycle. These interaction will go about as poorly as you can imagine for the poor bear…
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A storm is coming to our part of the state so the shop was hopping today with customers coming by to pick up yarn to knit....and lucky for us they shared all of their latest creations. We love to see what you're knitting or crocheting...bring your creations by so we can post them here to share with everyone!
Isabel knit these sweet little socks for children. She used the Yankee Knitter Classic Socks pattern. Louet Gems sock yarn was used for this project
Carol knit this Snowboarder hat from the Need A Hat? by Cabin Fever. This was a recent class that she taught at the shop. She used Louet Gems merino wool Bulky/Chunky weight.
Sue knit these beautiful Hedgerow Mitts from Malabrigio sock yarn.
Sue also knit this lovely shawl called Midwest Moonlight from Interweave Knits Accessories 2009. She used Shibui yarn for this project which is an Alpaca DK weight. She changed the pattern slightly.
Sam knit this Basil Hat designed by Christiane Burkhard. She used Mochi Plus yarn which is a beautiful and colorful yarn that lots of people are enjoying knitting with at the shop. Sam also made mittens and as well as a scarf out of this yarn. Check out her Ravelry page to read more.


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Peripheral Neuropathy: Causes, Symptoms and TreatmentsPeripheral neuropathy generally describe the pain as stabbing or burning. (2015)
Peripheral Neuropathy is disorder of nerve apart from the brain and spinal cord. Patients with peripheral neuropathy may have tingling, numbness, unusual sensations, weakness, or burning pain in the affected area.
- scrambler therapy,
- peripheral neuropathy,
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy,
- medical device,
- rsd treatment,
- crps treatment,
- chronic pain,
- nerve pain,
- low back pain,
- chiropractic care.
Publication DateWinter November 6, 2015
Citation InformationChrista Jocelyn. "Peripheral Neuropathy: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments" Peripheral neuropathy generally describe the pain as stabbing or burning. (2015)
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MIRAMAR -- Last year's heated discussion over annexation seems to have subsided -- again.
Miramar for now has ruled out annexing Carver Ranches and Miami Gardens, and Pembroke Park's plan to annex the two neighborhoods is on hold.
Miramar officials criticized last year's plan, saying the area's commercial tax base is too small to support the many residents who would require city services. To make it economically fair, some said, Miramar would have to annex a very large area, including Pembroke Park, stretching east to Interstate 95.
Mayor Frank Branca said the city's planning consultants have been concentrating on Miramar's western developments. No one has requested anyone to study annexation of Miami Gardens, the nearby Beverly Hills neighborhood or Carver Ranches, Branca said.
City Commissioner Marty Sobol said that no talk of annexation has come up in the city's long-range planning discussions.
Any proposal would have to be studied by a team of urban planning specialists. Civic activist Don Faust of Miami Gardens said he believes the area will eventually become part of Pembroke Park. But, Faust said, future development of stores and businesses in unincorporated areas could make the area more attractive for annexation.
For the near future, though, annexation is a dead issue, said Faust, a former president of the South Broward Community Action Group.
"Annexation with Pembroke Park looks like it's out," Faust said. "As far as I'm concerned Pembroke Park has gone back to Bozoville. All we can do is wait and watch what happens. People couldn't afford Miramar any more than they could afford Hollywood. We're still working for a new city down here that includes all of us."


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A woman is dead, and the man she lived with is in the hospital. This, after an officer-involved shooting in Wauwatosa, WI, on Monday night. More Here.
January 12, 2016
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Kojack58 @ 1/15/2016 6:46 PM
It's too bad the suspect survived now you have to pay for him to be housed ad fed and he will probably sue the department for excessive force. Get better officer take care all brothers and sisters in blue.


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The brief was to design a package concept for the first domestic organic cracker (korppu) products in the market in Finland. The inspiration came from old signage and old style "Manicles", pointing hand icons used to emphasize in signs, newspapers, posters and such around 1800. But in this concept the hands come to life and start making other gestures in addition to pointing.
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Date 2014
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As per the warning label on any new diet regime, we're always told to check with our doctors before going forth into any unfamiliar foodstuff planning. So, in the interests of being a Responsible Blogger, I headed over to my GP to discuss my fast approaching vegan adventure.
As a side note, I've always found relationships with family doctors a bit funny. Not strange, just funny. With who else can one calmly discuss the weather while he or she is essentially spelunking and peering into our most, shall we say, privileged areas?
Regardless, my doctor is a kindly, silver haired woman who has seem me through the hormonal horrors of adolescence, broken bones, bad sushi, birth control and other gripping tales of health-related tribulation. After our routine examination, I notice her snatch a look at the clock, and she then asks what could essentially be under the category of "any other business." I break the big news.
"Well," I say, "I've decided I've given veganism a try. It just seems like the right thing to do."
"Oh. Hmm," she says, with one eyebrow shooting toward her hairline. "May I ask why?" Again, I sort of felt as though I had just uncovered plans to have Belinda Carlisle's face tattooed on my rump. She seems unimpressed, but softens a bit after a moment.
Long story short, I give her my reasons. She looks thoughtful for a moment, then we have a good chat about what she called "the iffy bits" of veganism: protein, calcium, vitamin B12 and iron (we'll discuss these later in detail, readers). None of which, she assures me, are unconquerable with a well-balanced diet, and, as she says, even the late Dr. Benjamin Spock undertook veganism late in life, maintaining that humans did not require animal-based proteins after the age of two.
She did however, voice some concern as in the past I have presented some stress-related anemia. Confirming that I was already ingesting a good multivitamin and had done some research, she drew a few vials of blood and called back two days later to give me the go-ahead, as my levels of iron, calcium, etc, appeared be doing just fine.
In retrospect, I can't really blame her apprehension; she did, after all, treat me for more than one mosh pit-related concussion in my mercurial adolescence.
Tomorrow's the big day. Day One as a vegan.
In preparation, I thought I would introduce a few excellent resources worth looking at:
The Vegan Food Guide (an adapted version of the Canada Food Guide), as found in Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis' indispensable book, Becoming Vegan.
PETA's "Accidentally Vegan" lists of vegan food items. (Yes, folks: Oreos are vegan. This is weird, somehow.)
GoVeg.Com. Great, radio-friendly introduction to vegetarianism and veganism.
Next on Gone Vegan: Day One as a real, live vegan and dietitan Nimisha Raja gives us the skinny on commonly conducted vegan screw-ups.


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Engineering Research
Materials Science
Limited Collections
Diffusion Foundations
Prof. Irina V. Belova
University of Newcastle, School of Engineering; University Drive, Callaghan, Australia, NSW 2308;
Prof. Graeme E. Murch
University of Newcastle, PRC for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, School of Engineering; University Drive, Callaghan, Australia, NSW 2308;
Prof. Andreas Öchsner
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Kanalstrasse 33, Esslingen, 73728, Germany;
Editorial Board
Prof. Rafal Abdank-Kozubski
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics; Lojasiewicza 11, Krakow, 30-348, Poland;
Prof. João M.P.Q. Delgado
University of Porto, Department of Civil Engineering; Porto, Portugal;
Prof. Helmut Mehrer
University of Muenster, Institute for Materials Physics; Wilhelm-Klemm Street 10, Muenster, 48419, Germany;
Prof. Aloke Paul
Indian Institute of Science, Department of Materials Engineering; Bangalore, India, 560012;
Prof. Vladimir V. Popov
Russian Academy of Sciences, M.N. Miheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch; S. Kovalevskaya Street, 18, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620990;
Prof. Yong Ho Sohn
University of Central Florida, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, USA, 32816-2455;


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Circular No.619/10/2002-CX
19th February, 2002
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
Sub: Valuation of goods manufactured on job-work
I am directed to say that a number of representations have been received from the trade as well as the Commissioners on the method of valuation of goods manufactured on job-work basis after the introduction of the new valuation provisions w.e.f. 1.7.2000.
2. The matter has been examined by the Board. It is observed that the system of getting goods manufactured on job-work basis is not new. Under the provisions of the earlier section 4 and the Rules made thereunder the matter has been finally decided by the Apex Court in the case of Ujagar Prints Ltd [1989(039)ELT0493(SC)] and the case of Pawan Biscuits Co. Pvt Ltd [2000(120)ELT0024(SC)]. It was clearly held that in respect of goods manufactured on job-work basis, assessable value would be the job charges (including the profit of the job-worker if not already included in the job-charges) plus the cost of the materials used in the manufacture of the item (including the cost of the materials supplied free of cost to the job-worker). The assessable value in such cases will not include the profit or the expenses (like advertisement and publicity, overheads etc ) incurred by the buyer (or the supplier of the raw materials), where the dealing between the two are on principal to principal basis . The mere fact that the buyer is supplying some raw materials free of cost to the job-worker, will not be sufficient ground to contend that the dealings between the two are not at arms length. Goods manufactured on job-work were earlier assessed under the residuary Rule 7 of the erstwhile valuation Rules of 1975 read with rule 6(b) read with the Apex Court decisions referred to above.
3. Under the new valuation provisions, introduced with effect from 1.7.2000, there is no departure from the principles laid down by the Apex Court in the above two decisions, in respect of goods manufactured on job-work basis. In other words goods manufactured on job-work basis after 1.7.2000 will continue to be valued in the same manner as they were being valued before 1.7.2000. In other words, after 1.7.2000, in respect of goods manufactured on job-work basis, valuation would be governed by Rule 11 of the new valuation Rules of 2000 read with rule 6 read with the above two decisions of the Apex Court.
4. As for example, problems have been reported in the case of recorded CD(Compact Disc) manufactured on job-work basis. The practice in most cases in the CD industry is that a music or a film company acquires the copyright of some songs or movie on payment of a lump sum amount of royalty to the artiste/producer and sends the master copy of the musical score or movie either in the form of a digital audio tape (DAT) or a cinematograph reel or a CD to a job-worker for making CDs on payment of job charges. The job worker is provided, in most cases, the inlay cards, jackets and the jewel box (plastic cover) to pack the CDs and return the same to the copyright owner. The copyright owner then sells the CDs in the wholesale market through its dealers, distributors or consignment agents. The copyright is perpetual in nature and the copyright owner can give repeat orders to the job worker. Thus even if the cost of obtaining the copyright is known, problems arise in apportioning this cost to the CDs manufactured on job work because it is not possible to ascertain the number of CDs which would get manufactured over a period of time (which may extend to even 20 or 30 years). Further, the copyright acquired covers audio cassettes also.
5. The expenses incurred by the copyright owner towards advertisements and overheads cannot be included in the assessable value of the CDs since the job worker (manufacturer) has no connection with these expenses and these costs are not incurred at the instance or on behalf of the manufacturer (job-worker). Since the job-worker receives some items free of cost from the copyright owner, price is not the sole consideration for the transaction between the copyright owner and the job-worker. Therefore, resort will have to be taken to the Central Excise Valuation Rules. No specific rule covers such a contingency. Resort will therefore have to be taken to rule 11 of the valuation rules read with rule 6, read with the Apex Court decisions cited above. The money value of the additional consideration will have to be added to the job-charges. The cost elements which have to be included are the cost of the items supplied free by the music company to the job worker, namely inlay cards, jackets, jewel boxes and the DAT/disc.
6. The DAT/discs contains the original recorded music/movie. Its cost would include the royalty amount paid/payable by the music company for acquiring exclusive rights for the music/movie and the cost incurred in getting the original score recorded in a studio (if this has been incurred by the copyright owner). In such cases the most reasonable method would be to ascertain the royalty amount and studio hire charges contained in the wholesale price of the CDs at which the copy right owner sells, to its dealers, at arms length. This could be done by determining the royalty amount plus the studio hire charges as a percentage of the net sale value (gross sale minus central excise duty element) of the music company or copyright owner in respect of the recorded media. In case the company also sells audio cassettes of the same music, there would be no need to break up the sale value for CD's and cassettes separately for determining the percentage since the royalty amount would cover rights for both. The figures of net sales and royalty payments are normally available in the balance sheets of these companies. This percentage will be used to determine the element of royalty cost attributable to each CD. Duty will have to be paid by the job-worker on the royalty amount also. As an illustration, if the ratio of the royalty amount plus studio hire charges, to net sales of a music company is, say, 9.41% and the whole sale price of a recorded CD of the music company is, say, Rs 100/- and the job-charges charged by the job-worker is Rs 25/-, then the value on which duty will have to be paid by the job-worker would be Rs 25 + 9.41% of Rs 100 = Rs 25 + Rs 9.41= Rs 34.41. In case the music company has also supplied to the job worker, free of cost, inlay cards, jackets, jewel box or any other material/input, their cost should also be added to the job-charges. If the job worker has purchased some raw materials (e.g. poly carbonate) or inputs, their value will also be added.
7. For this it will be necessary for the music company to supply to the job-worker the data relating to royalty payment and the wholesale price of each CD, the cost of the inlay cards, jacket, jewel box and other material supplied free of cost. Since net sales value and total royalty payment for the current year will not be available with the music company, duty should be determined on the basis of figuresfor the previous year. Till the figures for the previous year are provided assessments should be done provisionally. Assessments should be finalized immediately after the figures for the previous year are made available.
8. Care should be taken to ascertain the correct amount of expenditure involved in a year on royalty/copyright. Some companiescapitalize part of this amount and the expenditure may also be reflected under the head "assets". In that case depreciation taken/shown during the relevant year under this head would be added to the expenditure incurred on royalty/copyright during the said year. Some companies sell part of their acquired copyrights to other companies and the income on this may be shown under the head license fees. In that case total expenditure on royalty/copyright during a year would be the gross amount spent under this head in a year minus the amount received for sale of part of the rights during the same year.
9. Pending cases on valuation of goods manufactured on job-work basis may be decided on the basis of these instructions.
10. Suitable Trade notices may be issued for the information of the Trade
11. Hindi version will follow
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June 30, 2010
Who knew that my last post (You Don't Need A Social Media Strategy) would get such a viral response? It touches a nerve for social media enthusiasts, marketers and brand managers. And it should.
I've thought quite a bit today about the conversation going on via my Twitter feed about this post, and more explanation is obviously necessary.
1. Have a brand strategy and channel tactics - Every company or product must have a brand, a promise of an experience or result. It differentiates, increases perceived value and decreases decision making time. It is the essence of a strong business model. The brand strategy is composed of three elements: The Promise, Fulfillment, Monetization. What do you offer, how will operations deliver it consistently and then how will you leverage it to drive profits. You MUST focus on those three at a strategic level and NEVER let communication channel opportunities take priority, they are tactics. If you make an island out of any channel (say TV, Twitter, or even trade marketing) it is very easy to lose focus on the three elements of the strategy. So I'm not saying that you ignore social media, just don't let it drive the agenda.
2. Social media tactics must be coordination with mass media, direct sales and customer service to be aligned with the brand strategy. Remember the pressing need for an eCommerce strategy for retailers in 1997-2002? I do. I worked on it with leading brands from Victoria's Secret to Amway. (Read Love Is the Killer App for the narrative). In too many cases, boutique agencies and rogue corporate groups (dedicated eCommerce business units) schemed without comparing notes with traditional channels - often pitting them as the old-timers that don't get it. Today, in many of those cases, the winning companies have folded all things E back underneath a centralized brand focus with tremendous results.
3. It's not just the conversation, it's the strategy - So many social media consultants and users declare that social media is a conversation, like never seen before. True/Not True. Companies have had suggestion boxes, research panels, conferences, hotlines and feet on the street for decades ... social media makes it more scalable. Really. Often, the conversations are one-off on social media, fractured snippets of threaded thoughts that flurry up for a minute, then disappear as quickly as Twitter purges it's too-expensive-to-store data every 10 days. If the tactics don't tie into the strategy, then what do we do with the former users of Twitter and Facebook (there are tens of thousands of them created every day)?
4. Here's the best tactical approach I recommend to brands in my consulting (which is strategic marketing consulting always done in partnership with corporate marketing and the agencies of record): Listen in on the buzz about your brand (Twitter, Blogworld and YouTube). This is best done by setting up a social media monitoring system that can capture, define and distribute comments to brand managers. For one of my clients, it's an early warning system for detractors with big influence. For another client, it's a great focus group that gives additional insight to traditional ad/brand success metrics such as Nielsen data or focus groups.
Once you've listened and analyzed, then you need to respond or integrate the insight into the larger strategy. I've set up systems for 'whale detractors' (people ticked off at a brand with big social media influence) where executives can directly reach out to them and increase the conversation quality to phone (tone of voice is 500% more effective at conveying intentions than words on screen). In other cases, you might adjust your mass media or trade media campaigns based on insight without directly responding.
Again, here's the takeaway: Never lose focus on brand strategy. There will be many more tech innovations that will shake up communications - especially in the mobile arena. Each one of them can derail you if you treat it on a standalone basis, condemning old-school methods along the way. For those of you that offer social media advice, this doesn't mean you aren't REALLY IMPORTANT, it means that you need to spend at least half your time in client work coordinating with non-social media brand components, instead of just focusing on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. They are big, no doubt, but the brand group's leadership will always be bigger.
Strategies on top of strategies equal dis-coordination ...
Contact me if you'd like to explore my consulting services<
June 28, 2010
While in Cape Town for the World Cup I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Chris Kirubi, Chairman of Coca Cola Nairobi - he's smart, witty and very forward thinking.
We talked about my internet background and the conversation eventually moved to social media, which is growing throughout the upper middle class in Africa. When I asked him what his social media strategy was, his answer surprised me:
"You don't need a social media strategy - You need a brand strategy that leverages social media. Don't get off the brand strategy just because there's a new communications channel, that's how you lose the plot as a brand. Technology is the tail, not the dog."
Wow. He's spot on. I saw this back in '97 when companies had to quickly create an "internet strategy," often wasting tons of money on agencies, consultants and painful meetings. What they eventually realized, was that they needed to integrate this new communications channel in their brand promise/fulfillment approach to their customers. Those that did, succeeded wildly in the coming years.
So here's the takeaway: Don't let social media glam you out, causing you to waste time and money on 'keeping up' - Confirm your brand promise and how you fulfill it, and find ways that social media can complement it. Just ask @chrisbrogan, it's about being human, not techy.
NOTE: This is the most retweeted post I've ever had in my blog's history. Some agree, many social media consultants make clarifications, and my mind races to extend this idea into a useful tactic for brand. See Part 2 of this post for much more.
Read my previous postings on Social Media
Who am I? Author of Love Is The Killer App
June 25, 2010
Yesterday, on my author Facebook page, I posted a note about the power of self-image. It's worth reposting here: Master or Merely Human?
NOTE: I'm sharing section by section snippets of my 2011 release at my author Facebook page - join in!
There are several great reads in this area, my favorite two are:
* Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
* See You At The Top by Zig Ziglar
I know they are old, but I like them because they don't rely on NLP and aren't affected by modern psychotherapist-babble speak.
June 23, 2010
The first few minutes of you day sets its tone.
What's the most important meal of the day? Breakfast. Why? Same reason!
Do you jump out of bed, grab the paper, turn on the coffee pot and go onlineIf so, you might have wildly inconsistent early morning moods -- often driven by your inbox or the day's headlines. Don't leave your attitude and mood to chance, they are important! When you are in a great mood, filled with gratitude, your day will be more effective (and enjoyable).
Last year, I put myself on a new wake-up plan that's changed my life. When I first wake up, I lay back down and close my eyes and concentrate on three people I should be grateful for from the previous day.
It could be a helpful co-worker. My wife. A friend who gave me good advice. I think and think until I've come up with three people. I focus on their positive intentions to help me be successful or happy. I say outloud "Grateful for ____." Then, I get up and over coffee, write down one sentence to capture my gratefulness for those three people. In the beginning, I struggled to always find three helpful people from the previous day, especially if I was writing in seclusion. But soon I realized that everyday is filled with people helping us along. Now, I struggle to limit myself to three.
Start tomorrow off with this exercise, and you'll see how deeply it colors your mood. Filled with gratitude for those who intend to help you, your total confidence will swell and you'll feel like you've got a strong tailwind for the day.
Sure beats reading the newspaper or checking out the weird news of the day on Yahoo!
This is one of several pieces of advice to come in my next book, Today We Are Rich! (March 2011). I'm sharing advance excerpts from it as I write, and having a conversation about the concepts in the book on my Facebook Author Page. Go there, like in and join the conversation!
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June 21, 2010
In late 2008, I sat down with author/radio host/biz owner Dave Ramsey for an interview. In this case, I interviewed him about his business values and practices. We were backstage at one of his public seminars where I was about to appear as a special guest.
I'd visited his company headquarters in Tennessee earlier in the year, and was impressed by the family-like culture of his group. The company, Financial Peace University, offers financial management teachings for people via churches. I spoke at a morning devotional they have every Friday (they call it DEVO), and observed how loyal and energized employees were.
During my video interview, I learned why. Check out this interview to take away valuable employership values from Dave's simple-yet-profound point of view.
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June 17, 2010
Today I gave a talk at the Board Of Trade in Vancouver.
The theme? Community synergy for companies. The point of my talk was that when a company makes a contribution to its community, it benefits all parties - including itself. "When they do well, we do well," is a mantra of companies that build-in community service as part of its value system.
One point: Obey the Law Of Reflection if you want to get this right. This law states that companies should contribute to communities or cause as a reflection of its values, and if possible, from its core assets and capabilities. Examples in shipping: UPS has a value of education and training opportunities. In its shipping hub (Louisville), the company invested in a school-to-work program for high schools students as well as a university for full time employees. Fedex, with a core value of safety, built a successful "Walk This Way" program for kids to learn pedestrian safety.
Meanwhile, Enron's involvement with the arts in Houston was driven by Kenneth Lay's passion for the arts, not the company's values - and was promptly cancelled when the economy started to go soft. Moreover, it didn't 'make sense' to employees or Houstonites as it didn't come from a logical place.
Here's the other side of the Reflection idea: Give from your core assets and it will work even better. That's what health care group purchasing company Consorta did when it wanted to contribute to United Way. The CEO dispatched some of the best negotiators to help the United Way trim its operating budget, saving the company twenty one million dollars in its first year! This was way more than the company could directly contribute (and would have crashed its P&L).
So, if you want your company to make a difference, make sure you are not pursuing an unrelated passion or trying to write checks to 'check the box.' Proper social outreach is good business - which keeps it sustainable over time.
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June 16, 2010
Anyone reading this has one thing in common with me: You write.
Whether you write for a blog, reports for work or articles for publication - writing is becoming a driver of your ability to communicate and succeed. Think about how many words you need to write in the average week to report, inform, persuade, sell or explain.
How much do you study your craft, writing? Because I'm working on my fourth book (Today We Are Rich, March 2011), I'm in writer mode, brushing up on the skillset. Currently, I'm re-reading the fabulous book On Writing Well by William Zinsser. He gives great advice for all non-fiction formats from business to biography to memoir. His central message is that writers must eliminate clutter from their sentences and paragraphs.
He points out that readers are fickle, and if you make them work too hard, their eyes will drift to a writer who's better at his craft. Years ago an editor remarked, "when editing your documents, make every word beg for it's life. Treat them like they cost $1.00 a piece, and that will change the way you write."
One way you can do this is re-read your writings, putting brackets around any words that aren't absolutely critical to the sentences they are a part of. It's OK to bracket entire sentences or paragraphs too. Later review each bracket and expect to strike out half of them, trimming down your work considerably.
Unless you already have word economy down pat, plan on excising a third of your original words in the editing process. You are not trying to get rid of the words that reflect your style, just the ones that are not required.
You don't have to say, "In my opinion, this is a bad idea." Say, "This is a bad idea." (We know it's your opinion). "At this point in time" should be stricken, replaced with "now". Get the idea? Starting a sentence with "It must be pointed out" is also wordy, just make your point.
Zissner's promise is that word economy allows the idea to shine through and keep the reader engaged. No matter what you write, if you're not being read to the end, you probably aren't making a connection.
June 14, 2010
Today I gave a talk for a group of CEO's and industry leaders that represent hundreds of companies that sell products and services to the government. They are thinking about marketing, and how they can convey their value proposition to buyers - avoiding the perils of low bid work.
My message was paraphrased from Dale Carnegie: You will accomplish more, developing a sincere interest in people than you will accomplish, trying to get people interested in you.
The best marketing opportunity, then, is dialing into the needs of your customer and focusing the conversation on what they wish/want or need and NOT what you have to sell. For example, many of the companies I spoke to today sell to the military. In my research, I've found that over half of all military purchasing agents have friends or family deployed somewhere in the world, many in the Persian Gulf, risking their lives in service. If a sales conversation were to start with that issue, and the feelings that surround it (hope, fear, loneliness, pride, etc.), then the rest of the 'business conversation' can easily redirect to the products being contemplated.
Too often, we make small talk, then move to our pitch, missing the opportunity to connect at an emotional level. In my view, this is very important especially when you are trying to expand your range of products or services, where developing deep trust is essential to trial or sampling.
Takeaway: While advertising and promotions get the word out, sales or account reps can penetrate barriers and overcome objections through powerful listening and sincere interest in their client contacts. For every hour you spend trying to position your company, spend two hours trying to help your people connect with the humans you are trying to sell to. As Stephen Covey Sr. always says, "Seek first to understand, then to be understood."
People buy from people, and they buy even more from people that care about them.
June 11, 2010
Just when I think I'll have a tennis lesson without an aha, Nick Mathews proves me wrong.
Today's aha from him had to do with going for the winner, when getting the ball back over the net is a futile strategy. He'd serve, I'd punch it back, he'd send me sprinting to the right, pop it up back to him, then he runs me to the left ... and eventually, he puts it away as my tongue is hanging out of my mouth.
Over and over again, he admonished me to, at some point when I had a chance, plant my feet and square my shoulders - and let one rip down the line. Go for the smash, put him on his heels and win. When I had him a break point, he wanted me to go for the kill on the first opportunity - because how often do I have my coach at break point? By focusing on keeping the ball in play, I'm just playing patsy with him until he decides to put me away.
He's like: "What's the use of even returning the ball like that (soft, safe)?"
Point taken: Winners don't play to survive. When facing a bigger rival, they look for a time to strike. They take a mighty swing, making themselves vulnerable to an easy return or an out-of-bounds shot. Nick put it this way: "It's risk/reward. When I'm in control like that, you have no risk when you go for it, just the reward of surprising me with a forceful winner."
OK - now here's the bigger lesson to be learned: This applies to any competitive situation. Take your small business, for example. Are you just trying to keep 'the doors open' each month, while your more aggressive competitor hits spinners at you? Are you letting the last eighteen months put you in a defensive business posture?
Ask yourself, what's the use? What is the real value of staying in business one more month or one more quarter, if you are merely doing it just to keep doing it? At some point, you need to go all in when you have a chance and do something BOLD in the market.
Launch a predatory promotion that under cuts a competitor that can't respond nimbly. Double your service levels when a bigger competitor isn't thinking about customer experience. Do an all-out canvas of a market while your competitor is covered up with a big job. Just go for it and extend yourself in an effort to find opportunity in the current climate.
That's what Kelloggs an Chevrolet did in the 30's, when their competition (most of them much bigger brands) were conducting an expense driven business model. Kellogg's went for sweet. Chevy went for sport. Both of them had huge gains during this period - and risked important cash to do it. Had they just played to survive, they would have remained 3rd Tier players as their rivals (Chrysler, Post) eventually got their second wind and applied ample resources to extending the lead or putting their weaker rivals out of business.
At the end of the day, you have to embrace failure as possible, and noble so long as you give all. Regret comes from being timid, and realizing that it was your ego that convinced you to prioritize survival above excellence and gusto. To quote Motorola's Paul Galvin: Do not fear failure.
June 09, 2010
A recent government report indicates that employees are quitting bad jobs as the economy improves. It's like 2004 all over again. Back then, millions went from lock-down bad jobs to startups and good employers when they gained some confidence in the market.
For the last eighteen months, I've heard employers sniff that "if their employees didn't like the workplace or task load, they could join the rest of the unemployed in line." While that might have been true in Q1 2009, it's not a long term strategy for talent retention.
In First Break All The Rules, former Gallup researcher Marcus Buckingham offers the #1 reason people quit jobs: Bad bosses. These bad bosses have a sense of entitlement, combined with Michael-Scott ineptitude that can lead to a jail break when the recession clouds part.
And according to this article (More Employees Jump Ship As Economy Improves), it's starting to happen. There are a few implications for you, whether you run a small company or work at an enterprise:
1. The current labor pool is weak, gunked up with everybody's B, C and D team from 2007. In other words, most people (75% or more) that were laid off were laid off because they weren't effective in their jobs and the poor economy exposed it. Trying to replace people you lose now is a whole lot more complicated than it was in 2006.
2. The work experience is as important as the customer experience. In his fantastic book, Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman observed that the mood state at work was a predictor of employee engagement - which is the #1 way to retain talent. Focus on purpose, recognition, empathy and giving people what Dan Pink calls "Self-Directed Mastery". (For more, check out the RSA Animated Video: Dan Pink on the surprising truth about what motives people)
3. Give raises, bonuses and incentives as you can afford them. You might be tempted, for years, to keep thinking that you can't afford any love for your people, and besides, they have no where to go. Don't rest on that. Google was handing out bonuses and raises back in '02 and '03, and you can see where that got them on the talent tree.
Whatever you do, don't take your people for granted. By the time you realize your company's culture stinks, it will be too late to turn the ship around, and when the economy totally improves - you are toast.


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Eighth-grader Tessa Embry sticks to a healthy diet and attends softball practice nearly every night. Yet according to her Body Mass Index (BMI), she's "obese."
Tessa was given this label after she was weighed in PE class (a traumatic experience in its own right), reports Today.com. When Tessa came home from school distraught, her mom decided to take her to see the doctor.
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The 14-year-old penned an entire essay detailing the problem with BMI, which a family friend then posted to Facebook.
"BMI is an outdated way of defining normal weight, under weight, over weight, and obesity by taking one person's height divided by their weight," she wrote. "So, let's say there is a fairly athletic woman who maintains a decent diet, she's five feet, six inches, and she weighs 190 pounds, but 80% of her body is muscle. That doesn't matter when calculating BMI! This woman's BMI would be 30.7, and she would be labeled obese. Does that make sense to you? Because it sure doesn't make sense to me."
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There's actually plenty of recent research debunking BMI as a legitimate method for gauging body fat or health status. One study published earlier this year in the International Journal of Obesity found 19.8 million Americans thought to be "obese" based on their BMI are actually healthy. And on the flip side, a 2012 study found 29% of people who were classified as "normal" weight by their BMI actually had unhealthy levels of body fat.
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The bottom line: BMI is no better than physical appearance when it comes to assessing a person's health.
That's why it's great that body-positive role models like Tessa are calling out this flawed method. According to Today.com, the inspiring student hopes her essay will help fellow teens be more wary about how they allow others to label their bodies.
"I am just beginning to love my body, like I should, and I'm not going to let some outdated calculator and a middle school gym teacher tell me I'm obese, because I'm not," Tessa wrote in her assignment. "My BMI is none of your concern because my body and BMI are perfect and beautiful just the way they are."


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- "The Most Outrageous Masquerade": Queering Asian-American Masculinity
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"The Most Outrageous Masquerade":
Queering Asian-american Masculinity
Crystal Parikh
LEE: I knew you hated being Chinese. You're all chicken! Not an ounce of guts in all of you put together! Instead of guts you have . . . all that you have is is . . . culture! Watery paintings, silk, all that grace and beauty arts and crafts crap! You're all very pretty, and all so intelligent. And . . . you couldn't even get one of your own girls, because they know . . .
TAM: Know what?
LEE: They know all about you, mama's boys and crybabies, not a man in all your males . . . so you go take advantage of some stupid white girl who's been to a museum, some scared little ninny with visions of jade and ancient art and being gently cared for.
—Frank Chin, The Chickencoop Chinaman
When, in Frank Chin's play The Chickencoop Chinaman, Tam Lum declares to his "Hong Kong dream girl" that "Chinamen are made, not born, my dear" (6), he both anticipates and responds to the attack that Lee, the play's "possible Eurasian or Chinese American" (3) female character, makes against Asian-American men. In a text that is highly [End Page 858] anxious about the viability of Asian-American manhood and that mourns the emasculation of Asians in American history and imagination, the white woman presents a frightening, arguably monstrous, threat to the Asian-American male subject. 1 If, according to Freudian psychoanalysis, the woman embodies a castration anxiety for all male subjects because her body makes visible a feared lack, this threat reaches a spectacular pitch in Chin's play in the relation between the white woman and Asian-American man, because the woman herself is imagined to be the castrating agent, able to grant status as social and sexual beings to Asian-American men, but also able to withhold it, "reminding Asian-American men of their inability to be real men by reversing traditional gender roles" (J. Lee73). Chin's declaration that Chinamen are constructs of the social forces that produce them as well as of their own active self-generation is an assertion that seeks to historicize and counter the stereotypical images circulated of Asian-American manhood.
We can contrast this well-known stereotype of the emasculated Asian-American man that Chin both deploys and writes against with another, that of the "rice boy," a relatively new stereotype of Asian-American men (and women, although this latter is inflected quite differently). As young, attractive, professionals with access to and ease with the material symbols of socioeconomic status—cars, hi-tech sound systems, cellular phones, etc.—and participation in trendy social and leisure activities—"clubbing" comes most readily to mind—Asian Americans have garnered an enviable position in American culture. The "rice boy" image suggests something quite different from the better-known "yellow peril" or the "model minority." 2 The rice boy construct suggests to me an interesting manifestation of transnational formation, where cultural belongingness is first and foremost imagined in terms of consumption practices that mark the historical transformations that segments of Asian America have undergone because of globalization.
In its incorporation of some Asian Americans, namely middle-class, white-collar, US-born men into the logic of transnational capitalism and a nominally heterosexual normativity, the rice boy image seems to register a historical movement since the writing of Chin's play. 3 Unlike, for example, the fetishization of women of color by white foreign tourists or the exploitation of both men and women of color as cheap labor, the commodification of a select group of Asian-American men as "trophy [End Page 859] boyfriends" for white women (as an Asian-American man describes himself in a Newsweek article [qtd. in Pan 51]) also attempts to install Asian men as viable alternatives for heterosexual and patriarchal privilege. 4 The trendiness of Asian-American men, then, both as consumers and as commodities, does not disturb the binary matrices of orientalism and whiteness, femininity and masculinity, or heteronormativity and queerness. It does, however...
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PISCATAWAY, NJ - The opening of the first JFK Urgent Care Center signifies their expansion into the urgent care space and convenience medicine, as well an extended reach of the JFK brand promise.
The center, located at 1080 Stelton Road in Piscataway, will be open at convenient times, 7 days a week and no appointment is necessary. The highly trained physicians and staff treat non-life threatening injuries (lacerations, abrasions, mild fractures) and illnesses (earaches, sore throats, colds, flu and coughs) all in a patient friendly environment. The Center will also offer EKG, lab tests and x-rays.
The JFK Urgent Care Center is designed to eliminate many of the reasons patients seek care in a more expensive and time-consuming emergency room by offering a less expensive and rapid alternative for quality care.
"If your health issue is not an emergency, seeing a doctor at the Urgent Care Center will not only get you faster treatment for what ails you, but it will be less expensive as well," Marcel Stern, M.D explained. "Our board certified physicians can treat a range of Illnesses, including colds, flu, coughs and other viral illnesses, as well as preventative treatment and management of chronic health conditions. Urgent Care clinicians are able to refer patients who need specialty care, advanced diagnostic testing or surgery to their primary care physician, thereby providing a comprehensive continuum of care.
Although JFK's Urgent Care Center can treat many ailments, Dr. Stern emphasized that if patients are experiencing chest pain, sudden weakness or other signs of stroke, they should always first seek treatment at the nearest emergency room.
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In response to "Maryland seeks to tackle prescription drug problem" (April 2), the American Pain Foundation (APF), the nation's leading advocacy group for people affected by pain, located in Baltimore, would like to remind legislators that in addition to helping curb abuse and misuse of prescription pain medication in this state, they must be careful not to diminish access to pain care. Pain is a serious and costly public health issue, and if untreated, it can be devastating. Unmanaged pain impacts all areas of one's life including ability to perform everyday tasks, sleep and work. It affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Approximately 76.5 million Americans, or a quarter of the population, including almost 1.5 million Marylanders, report issues with pain.
When pain is treated, most people can resume daily activities and become productive citizens. For many, opioid pain medication is an integral part of a comprehensive pain management plan to help relieve pain, restore functioning and improve quality of life and is not misused, abused or diverted.
If prescription monitoring programs are encouraged through our legislation, the policy must be specific about the elements of a balanced approach, addressing both the need to curb abuse and protecting access to care. Legislators must oppose strategies that negatively affect those with pain who require prescription pain medication. APF has outlined key elements essential to promoting this balanced approach in a position statement. These elements can be found in our newsroom on our website at http://www.painfoundation.org.
Will Rowe, Baltimore
The writer is CEO of the American Pain Foundation.


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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Terrorists have not dented the long-term prospects of the American economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday.
Although temporary disruptions in the economy are profound, "I am confident that we will recover and prosper as we have in the past," Greenspan said in prepared remarks to the Senate Banking Committee.
"We must not lose sight of our longer-run prospects, which have not been significantly diminished by these terrible events," said Greenspan. Watch some of Greenspan's testimony.
"No evil, no matter how unspeakable, can destroy America's productive spirit," said Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Read his prepared remarks.
"The amber waves of grain didn't stop growing on Sept. 11," O'Neill said.
Neither Greenspan nor O'Neill would hazard a guess about how the economy would react in the next few weeks and months. Greenspan noted several "tentative" but "encouraging" signs that the economy had been stabilizing in the period just before the attacks.
"The elements were there" for a bottom, Greenspan said, citing significant reductions in inventories.
"Nobody has the capacity to fathom fully how the tragedy of Sept. 11 will play out," Greenspan said. But as the shock wears off in the next few weeks, "we should be able to better gauge" the short-term economic outlook.
Greenspan and O'Neill joined with Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt and the heads of the top U.S. stock exchanges to give a report on how Sept. 11 has affected the financial system. Read more.
Pitt praised the stock exchanges for the their cooperation in getting back in business, and he said investors had held on.
"The market did not give way to panic selling," Pitt said in his prepared testimony.
Beyond the physical damage caused by the terrorists, the economy has absorbed a large shock to its psyche -- one that Greenspan and O'Neill hoped to heal with optimistic remarks. Listen to Marshall Loeb's commentary on Greenspan.
"Last week's events are of far greater concern because they strike at the roots of our free society," Greenspan said. "All modern economies require the confidence that free-market institutions are firmly in place and that commitments made today by market participants will be honored not only tomorrow, but for years into the future."
'Pronounced disengagement'
The attacks have the potential to cause "for a time, a pronounced disengagement from future commitments," he said.
"Indeed, much economic activity ground to a halt last week," Greenspan said.
Air traffic was shut down completely for several days and could face a prolonged slump. Consumer spending appears "to have fallen off noticeably," Greenspan said. Some production has been curtailed by the bottleneck in the air travel system, Greenspan said.
Financial markets were also closed for days but "are mostly functioning now," Greenspan said.
The Fed and other central banks have already pumped billions of dollars in extra reserves into their economies and arranged special currency swaps to address immediate liquidity problems. A series of coordinated interest-rate cuts has sliced overnight rates by 25 to 50 basis points in most of the world. See full story.
"For a brief time, the terrorist attack markedly disrupted payment transfers that are usually measured in terms of trillions of dollars a day," Greenspan said. "Many obligators temporarily lost their technical ability to pay on time."
"Those needs were met by the Federal Reserve, both through record lending at the discount window and through an extraordinary infusion of funds through open-market operations," Greenspan explained.
The liquidity crisis is abating, he said. "Loans are being repaid and the temporarily bloated balance sheet of the Federal Reserve is now shrinking back to normal," he said.
As Greenspan spoke, the New York Fed said it had added just $7 billion in reserves on Thursday, down from last Friday's record $81.25 billion.
Fiscal policy
On Wednesday, Greenspan met with congressional leaders behind closed doors to discuss what Congress should do to bolster confidence and boost economic demand. According to congressional sources, Greenspan counseled caution, arguing that no long-term decisions ought to be made before the situation can be fully assessed. See full story.
"It's easy in haste to do things which are not right," Greenspan said Thursday. "It's better to be right than to be quick" in formulating policy.
Greenspan also cautioned the lawmakers that fiscal policy might have unintended results. A smaller surplus could raise long-term interest rates, eroding housing values and taking away one source of wealth that's supported spending.
Congress has already approved a $40 billion package to pay for clean-up costs at the site of the toppled World Trade Towers and at the Pentagon and for increased security.
Now, leaders are trying to decide what else, if anything, to do. A $17.5 billion bailout package for the airline industry is on the fast track, including potentially $12.5 billion in loan guarantees.
O'Neill said he favors an infusion of $5 billion "or so" in immediate aid to the airlines to address their liquidity problems. But he said loan guarantees "make no sense," with Greenspan in agreement.
Once the immediate crunch is solved, "companies that are truly viable won't have problems raising money in the capital markets," O'Neill said.
Airline executives said Wednesday that three of the top 10 airlines might be forced into bankruptcy very soon if an aid package is not approved. See full story.
Other ideas under consideration include a cut in capital-gains taxes, other business tax breaks, another tax rebate or a speed-up of the tax cut already passed, and increased spending on defense and related programs.
Republican leaders are also promoting new trade deals and the president's energy plan as long-term answers to the crisis.
"We are not excluding anything" from consideration, O'Neill said.
At the same time, he cautioned that Congress should proceed "deliberately" and refrain from using the crisis as an excuse to approve politicians' wish-list items without regard for the usefulness in addressing this situation.


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Thursday, June 14, 2012
daifuku mochi
I'm obsessed with mochi. No really. Not overly sweet it comes in an amazing array of flavours and is gluten free, vegan perfection. I've had a bag of glutinous rice flour sitting in my cupboard for a YEAR and finally got around to it on the weekend. James and Matt finally pushed me over the edge a few months ago with their extensive post, I'm also clearing out all the ingredients I've been hoarding (I'm a serious hoarder) it was time, mochi time.
I'll be straight up and say I don't have a microwave which has always put me off but thanks to Chocolate and Zucchinis post with instructions for a steamer AND a rice cooker I was able to give it a go (there is talk elsewhere on the interwebs that mixing the dough with boiling water might be sufficient).
Ok so what I would do differently next time. Firstly I "scraped down the sides" of the rice cooker a little bit too much, I wouldn't touch it at all next time, it made the dough go a bit lumpy as you can see. Secondly I would take James and Matts advice and have a shaped, hard filling to wrap the mochi around. I had wet red bean paste and it was really difficult keeping it in. Other than that this was ridiculously easy. I doubled the recipe because I wanted a mountain of mochi.
ingredients from Chocolate and Zucchini - watch the video embedded in the post too
filling for your mochi, I used red bean paste - this you will have to experiment with (recipe says 240gms)
200 gms glutinous rice flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1 1/3 cup of water
potato starch or corn starch for dusting (A LOT)
method (for a rice cooker)
1. Put the flour, sugar and water in your rice cooker and stir to combine. Cook for about 10 minutes, mixture should be thick and slightly translucent.
2. On a baking sheet lay down a thick dusting of starch. When the dough is cooked pour it onto the starch , sprinkle with a load of starch and (with floured hands) pat out the dough to about 2cm thick (shit is STICKY and HOT so be careful).
3. Slice up as best you can into a grid making 6-9 squares (I dipped a chefs knife in potato starch each slice). Work quickly because the dough is easiest when hot, dust off the starch on the filling side, put your filling in the middle and bring up the sides squeezing them together. You can then roll them around in your palm a bit to get a more uniform look.
4. Once all the mochi is made leave to cool down for about an hour. Put all the potato starch into a container for your next batch and then store the mochis at room temp in an airtight container. NOM.
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Today marks the halfway point in our countdown of the 100 greatest gore moments in movie history. We hope that you are enjoying reading this feature as much as we're loving putting it together -- and the best part is, we've still got some of the most awesome grue moments yet to come! Remember, we tried to keep the selection process of this list down to just the most exciting and visceral moments of movie gore that are ultimately meant to be fun. That said, please comment on the story at the bottom of this page and let us know what your favorite movie gore moment is!
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Tranny with a Straight Razor
Movie: Dressed to Kill (1980)
Victim: Kate Miller, bored and oh-so-hot middle-aged housewife
In a Bloody Nutshell: Sexy lady has a one-night stand and is immediately punished for it.
The Gory Truth: Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill has Hitchcock dripping all over it like blood drops falling from a freshly cut wound, but back in 1980 the Master of Suspense riffs were not as important to certain IGN editors' young eyes as was seeing Angie Dickinson nude in the shower (or seeing her body double nude, anyway). Of course, the thrill of such imagery only set us up for the shock of what was to follow. Dickinson's discontent Manhattan housewife Kate Miller happens into a one-night stand with a complete stranger, and after a night of passion hurries out of the man's pad -- but not before suffering the indignity of discovering a letter in his desk indicating that he has... wait for it&#Array; VD! Also, she forgets her wedding ring at his place (and her panties in the cab -- don't ask), so after a long and tension filled elevator ride back upstairs -- we know De Palma is leading up to something here -- the door opens to the lift only to reveal a creepy woman in blond hair and sunglasses who is sporting a straight razor. And the cutting begins! A slash to the hand, another to the groin, one to the neck, and the blood is flying, though Angie isn't quite dead yet. Nancy Allen then stumbles upon the scene and spots the strange assailant in the elevator mirror in a truly unsettling moment. And things are made even more disturbing when we later learn that the slasher woman is no woman at all but instead a mentally disturbed and cross-dressing&#Array; Michael Caine! It was nightmare city in 1980 for many of us, yes it was.
Bonus Celebrity Gorehound Take
Watch Amanda Peet from Martian Child discuss Michael Caine's antics in Dressed to Kill:
So that's Where He Got that Mask
Movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Victim: Eric, (formerly) lucky boyfriend to Jordana Brewster's Chrissie
In a Bloody Nutshell: Leatherface explores his artistic side with some unnecessary surgery&#Array;
The Gory Truth: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series has more than its share of disgusting scenes, but by far the most graphic and disturbing in the series' history occurs in the 2006 prequel, when Leatherface learns how to take apart his victims piece by piece. Prior to that moment, the lumbering serial killer had merely beaten his adversaries to death with any available blunt instrument; but after he straps poor Eric onto his operating table/butcher's block, he slowly tortures the boy to death. Much of the scene is shot from the perspective of Eric's girlfriend Chrissie (Jordana Brewster), who must endure his screams of pain, not to mention the spray of his bodily fluids. But in the iconic moment when Leatherface dons his mask for the first time, picks up a chainsaw and runs out to greet another future victim, we see the results of his handiwork: Eric, quite literally dissected on the table, with his arms and legs split open to reveal bloody muscle and bone underneath.


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Big-League Badminton in Barcelona Forget the Garden-Party Image: `Birds' May Fly at 200 M.P.H
Ross Atkin, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
WHEN one exits the Metro at the Poblenou stop in Barcelona looking for Olympic badminton, there is but one sign - pointing the wrong way.
Getting there is a trick, but those who arrive may be richly rewarded by a sport that can amaze with its fast, athletic action - for a bargain-basement price of 1,000 pesetas (about $10).
At the conclusion of one morning session, the British team of Gillian Clark and Julie Bradbury won a tense battle against an Indonesian pair. The game climaxed in a match-point rally of 50 shots or more - smashes, incredible returns, attacks, and counterattacks.
"I can't even remember the last shot of the match, I was so focused," said Ms. Clark, who belongs to the Wimbledon Squash and Badminton Club, Britain's largest. (It sits a mile or so away from the hallowed tennis ground, which is no relation.) Four million Britons play the sport, she says, "more than squash and tennis put together." But badminton suffers from what she calls a "church-hall image" that prevents people from discovering how "spectacular and fun" international-caliber badminton is to watch.
In the United States, the image problem may be even more pronounced, but Cynthia Kelly, president of the US Badminton Association, says the sport is ex- periencing "a real growth curve" now that it's an official medal sport. The US Olympic Committee is funding a development program, including a toll-free hotline (800-621-BIRD) for serious inquiries.
The association has distributed a summary sheet stating why they think badminton is a sleeping giant, a potential boom sport in the US. Among the factors cited:
* The potential for turning on casual "backyard and picnic" players to a more dynamic and challenging level of competition, just as volleyball has done using the Olympic showcase.
* The economy of size - four badminton courts will fit in the space of one tennis court. …


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The Eolia Group is currently seeking opportunities to expand its business through involvement in other conversion programmes, particularly its Low Cost Freighter conversion programme for wide and narrowbody aircraft.
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I thoroughly enjoy arriving in a place where I experience everything for the first time. My senses come alive and the excitement of finding the next surprise gives me a natural high.
For me, it is extremely satisfying to capture the essence of a place and share my experiences through and with images. From the colourful sari of the ladies in India to the incredible temples in Cambodia. From the exhilarating breaching of a humpback whale on the shores of South Africa to the summit of Kilimanjaro, you can be a part of it.
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Police have issued an appeal for witnesses after a pensioner was hit by a car in Hastings last week.
At around 2.15pm on Thursday (January 5) police and ambulance crews were called to the junction of Bethune Way and Lower Park Road after a 66-year-old woman had been in collision with a blue Peugeot 107.
The woman, from Hastings, sustained multiple fractures and was taken to the Conquest Hospital for treatment.
The car driver, a 75-year-old man, also from Hastings, was unhurt.
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