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|Zentangle-inspired design by Esther Piszczek
Lately I have been reading quite a bit about the integration of technology into our lives. We have increasingly smart phones and other "smart" devices. Pretty soon we'll also have smart cars. As we transition to this technology-driven future that integrates high tech into the fabric of our lives and culture, I sense there were be an antithetical movement of high touch activities that enable us to feel a measure of control over our sense of humanity. For this reason there will always be a place for arts and crafts, for human creation and affirmation. It's art and design that keeps our hotel rooms and restaurants from being sterile.
Here's a short list of upcoming arts events and happenings.
Beaner's Central, Hermantown High School Art Showcase, 6-8 p.m.
Located at 324 N. Central Avenue in Spirit Valley, Jason has been showcasing local talent for ages. The front room of the coffeehouse is wonderful for these events as the natural light flows in from his massive windows. It's a great room to have lunch in with new art exhibits every month. You should make it a habit to grab a bite there at least once a month or more... The soups, sandwiches and other delights are tasty as well.
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Friday, April 8
Pierce & Piszczek Fine Pianos at 405 E. Superior Street will again feature Zentangle (R) Inspired Art by Esther Piszczek, CZT, and nature photography by UMD Professor Ladona Tornabene, Ph.D. Free parking available behind the building after 5:30 p.m. Her Zentangled piano is now complete. Check it out. Esther's newly patterned and thrown ceramic pieces will also be for sale.
AICHO has lined up another promising exhibit featuring works by Gordon Coons, Ojibwe/Ottawa. The art exhibit open March 21-April 18, from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. in the Gimaajii Gallery. The artist reception is tomorrow evening @ 5:30 p.m. AICHO is located at 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN.
Gordon Coons is a member of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and lives in Minneapolis. Gordon creates works in a variety of mediums, including linoleum block prints and paintings and pen/ink. Gordon has won numerous recognition awards and a commission for his fine art.
Next Week
Empty Bowl Tuesday, April 12, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., The Depot, 506 W. Michigan Street, Soup is Free. Bowls are $25. To learn more about the nature of this fundraiser you can read this summary of the 2013 event.
Now until Wednesday, April 13, 3 p.m.; professionally handcrafted bowls are online for you to view and bid on. For more information call 218-727-5653.
Zeitgeist Arts Café: Henry Roberts, "Venice Carnival" Monday, April 18, 5-7 p.m.
Photography Exhibit. Roberts traveled to Venice, Italy to experience the colorful Carnival pageantry in 2015; this show features photographs depicting his experience of the event.
Zeitgeist Arts Atrium will feature work by figurative and portrait painter Yuta Uchida. Reception Monday, April 18, 5-7 p.m., 222 E. Superior Street
Zeitgeist Arts Lobby will exhibit designer/printmaker David Moreira's work. "SkatRadioh is an art, design and printmaking studio started by David Moreira in Duluth, Minnesota."
Duluth Art Institute's Design Duluth Series, a year-long series that explores Design in Duluth will have its next event Thursday, April 21, 5:30 p.m. at the Red Herring Lounge, 208 E. 1st Street. The theme is "Minnesota Nice: Good, Bad, Nice?" Featured Designers to include: Chaperone Records, Hemlocks Leatherworks, Frost River, & Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Committee.
Duluth Gallery Hop - 26th Annual
Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. "In honor of the 46th Anniversary of Earth Day several downtown Duluth galleries, Duluth Art Institute, Washington 315 Gallery and UMD Art & Design will be hosting free receptions and open studios. Tour local galleries, visit with artists and watch demonstrations at this fun event.
Can't catch it all? As they say, just keep trying.
See you there.


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Good day everyone! It's May 2nd... and we have the pleasure today of introducing you all to our Sketches: Creatively Yours Guest Designer for this month!
|Keely Yowler
S: CY Guest Designer
May 2013
Keely's Bio-
Want2Scrap is where Keely designs. She says it has "Such amazing chipboard and bling!" She also told me that Want2Scrap is a small business, "run with TLC." She also said it's a place where there are "wonderful products that inspire each of my crafty projects." Why not check it out? You will also find the Want2Scrap link in our sidebar.
Speaking of crafty projects, here are some of Keely's favourites...
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Not happy with Jenny McCarthy's wild west of autism woo where every alternative treatment is given more credence than scientific research (as long as it comes with an emotional anecdote)? Want a better resource that untangles all the latest science-based autism research? Of course you do. Check out the new and improved web site for the Autism Science Foundation.
Are you a parent who is looking for ways to guide your humanist family? Do you want to become involved in a secular network that puts the values of freethought as a priority? Of course you do. Check out the new Humanist Family page that has been created just for you at Foundation Beyond Belief.


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Of the 24 million Americans who wear contact lenses, about 80 percent wear soft lenses, according to the Ohio State University Medical Center. Most contact lens wearers continue to wear their lenses until they become torn, painful or lost. There are specific ways to handle soft lenses to avoid tearing the lens and help make them last longer.
Soft contact lenses are made from plastic and water. The Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan notes that water in soft contact lenses makes the lenses soft and flexible. Soft lens material is healthy for eyes because it allows oxygen to reach the cornea, the outer layer of the eye. But the lens material is also delicate and can be damaged if not handled correctly.
Handle with Care
Soft lenses are fragile but durable. Finger nails are a common cause of contact lenses tearing. Removing lenses with the pad of the thumb and index finger, not the finger nails, helps avoid ripping and snagging a soft lens. Keep nails short and filed.
Rinsing and Storing Soft Lenses
Soft lenses tear and crack if they dry out. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises contact lens wearers to clean and disinfect lenses properly to avoid risk of infection. Use a rinsing solution prescribed by your eye care practitioner for your lenses. Always store your lenses in rinsing, storing or disinfecting solution; never store them dry.
Children and teenagers take better care of contact lenses than adults. According to All About Vision, eye care practitioners say children follow contact lens care directions better than adults, who tend to become overly casual about caring for lenses after awhile.
Lens tearing occurs frequently when a person takes a dry lens out of his eye. To avoid this, use a few drops of soft lens rewetting solution on the lens and eye before taking the lens out.


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Profile of a Curator
What is your name?
Martyn Linnie
What is your position called?
Chief Technical Officer (Dept of Zoology) and Curator (Zoological Museum)
Where do you work?
University of Dublin, Trinity College
How many years have you been working in this capacity?
Approximately 20 years
When did you join SPNHC?
Can't remember, a long time ago (maybe 15 years)
*The Great Auk, Alca impennis, extinct 1844, Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin
from left to right: Dr. Martyn Linnie, Curator; Sir David Attenborough; and the British Ambassador to Ireland, Mr. David Reddaway
What drew you to the natural history field?
I have always been fascinated with animals. Working in a Zoology Department and particularly my role as Curator of the museum is pretty much a labour of love.
Describe the nature of the collections you work with.
It is entirely zoological based, approx 25K specimens. Much of the collection dates back over two hundred years and contains fine examples of extinct and endangered species including a well documented specimen of the Great Auk (extinct 1844)
What are your responsibilities for them?
It is very much a one man operation; most of my routine is based around managing the resources of the Zoology Department. In my 'spare' time I have complete responsibility for the care and development of the museum. It is an active teaching museum and provides an invaluable resource for our undergraduate students.
Describe some of your activities.
Recently the focus has been on the complete refurbishment of the museum. We raised around 30K Euro through our friends and alumni, had to replace all the cases and prepare completely new exhibits, based around all the animal groups from insects to elephants!
What do you find most interesting about your work?
Working with a collection of such historic significance and the satisfaction of contributing to its long term security and integrity.
What accomplishments are you most proud of?
The final product! A really attractive, small, but important museum. Also, the completion of a report on its status and history: a long process of five years research. Hopefully, it will raise awareness and provide a platform for its long term development. I was also delighted to complete my doctorate in 2000 on biodeterioration in museum collections with particular emphasis on integrated pest management.
What do you find most fulfilling about your work?
Working on a collection that was clearly in freefall and need of a major overhaul. We are not completely there yet, but like many of its contemporaries, it could have gone either way.
What have you learned from SPNHC to be particularly helpful? How has SPNHC helped you?
Articles on conservation and routine care of collections, the sharing of knowledge and a type of kinship that arises from interested groups with similar problems and issues.


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17 Jun 2015
Its 10 duties and functions include to "facilitate the implementation, integration, and alignment of the Palau NCD Plan, and related NCD plans and commitments, with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and its guidelines, with the Ministry of Health's strategic plan, and with national development plans and policies".
Engaging ministries other than health is key to advancing tobacco control as well as to addressing NCDs.
FCTC Article 5.2
One task of a working group set up to strengthen implementation of the FCTC is to develop options for countries to create mechanisms for coordinating tobacco control within their governments, in line with Article 5.2(a) of the Convention.
The Convention Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme are working on a guidance tool on implementation of Article 5.2(a), according to a recent report to the UN Economic and Social Council.
Civil society in Palau, a small Pacific Island country, worked with the Ministry of Health on the mechanism, and to develop a new national five-year NCD plan, and several NGOs are expected to be formally invited to join the current government members of the mechanism. These include Coalition for Tobacco Free Palau (CTFP), Palau's NCD Coalition (UAK) and Palau's Cancer Coalition.
Civil society expertise
"We have been working in harmonious partnership with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to agree on the best way to align our efforts to combat NCDs, and would suggest that government agencies seek the experience and advice that civil society can offer to determine what would work best for your particular country," says CTFP Vice Chairman Kambes Kesolei.
"At the same time, I would urge civil society organisations to do their homework on FCTC implementation and potential solutions to the NCD epidemic, become involved, offer your expertise, and seek to be invited to work with the government to be part of the solution," he added.
The Palau group is also tasked to develop an explicit code of conduct for how all members of the Committee interact with industry representatives. Article 5.3 of the FCTC already recommends that Parties to the Convention exclude the tobacco industry from policy discussions.
*NCDs cause nearly 2/3 of global deaths, and it is estimated that they will cost the world economy US$30 trillion by 2031. Tobacco use is the one risk factor common to four major NCDs: cancers, cardiovascular and lung disease, and diabetes. NCDs already cause 78 percent of deaths in Palau, and indications are that NCD-related mortality and morbidity are rising.
Get involved
- Read our fact sheet on tobacco control and sustainable development
- Engage in our campaign on country-level action


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Chocolate Mousse – Chocolate mousse always seems so decadent and rich (which it is) that I don't ever really think to make it an home as a stand alone dessert. It seems to be one that is saved for special occasions, dinners at restaurants, or a layer in a cake. Those reasons are why I put it on my 30 While 30 list. I wanted to make things that I wouldn't normally make and mousse was one of the first desserts that came to mind.
This version doesn't use raw eggs which I liked. I have nothing against the more traditional, raw egg mousse but I wanted one that I would feel comfortable with our 18-month old trying. (He enjoyed his few bites.)
This is definitely rich and chocolaty, not something that you need too much of, we definitely had to pace ourselves. This made enough for 4 smallish servings. I left two as just chocolate and added about 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract to the other two to make chocolate peppermint mousse. It's important to use good quality ingredients in this simple dish. You will notice the difference between qualities of chocolate, for sure.
Chocolate Mousse
- ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp. coffee (can substitute water)
- 2 large egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 1 tbsp. coffee liqueur or vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp. sugar
whipped cream, for garnish
chocolate shavings or chopped chocolate, for garnish
1. In a small heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips with coffee over low heat; stir until smooth.
2. Temper the egg yolks by stirring a small amount of hot chocolate mixture into the egg yolks. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan, stirring constantly.
3. Continue to cook until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the coffee liqueur or vanilla. Cool, stirring several times to speed up the process.
4. In a large bowl, beat the whipping cream until it begins to thicken. Add sugar; beat until soft peaks form.
5. Add ⅓ of the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Gently but thoroughly fold in the remaining whipped cream.
6. Spoon into individual serving glasses or dishes and cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings or chopped chocolate if desired.
adapted from Girl Cooks World.
Chocolate Mousse


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Scientists are having difficulty finding volunteers to test a mineral that is linked to cancer and has many of the same qualities as asbestos, a material known to cause personal injury and even wrongful death.
Our firm's personal injury lawyers in San Diego have reviewed cases like this in the past where a personal injury occurred because of exposure to asbestos and substances like it. Often those cases would involve emo and occasionally, wrongful death. Hiring a personal injury lawyer can help you get the money that you need to make up for lost wages and pay your medical bills.
A call for 50 test subjects was put out by the State health officials and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hoping citizens looking to prevent personal injuries in their community would get chest X-rays and CT scans to later be researched at the University of Cincinnati.
Erionite, the mineral in question, can collect in the lungs of people who breathe it. North Dakota's number one geologist and the state's chief fossil expert have signed up to find out if they have acquired a personal injury due to long exposure to the substance.
With the going rate being $100 per volunteer, only ten other people have signed up for the study. Obviously any amount of money is not worth the pain and suffering that potentially comes with the test.
Three years ago, a State geologist informed the EPA of the region's high concentration of erionite after it was linked to mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer that often leads to fatal accidents, in Turkey. The European version of erionite differs only in that is more sodium based and has already been labeled as a carcinogen.
While the North Dakota erionite is calcium-based, it still has the potential to cause personal injury or wrongful deaths in human beings. This risk is increased because the mineral is found all over the state's landscape.
Our San Diego personal injury attorneys believe that anyone should be careful when it comes to testing dangerous materials that could result in a personal injury and may even require the hurt person to seek out medical treatment. A little bit of money to increase the likelihood of a fatality is not worth the price of admission.
Call us now at 1-858-551-2090 or click here for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney and find out how we can help you. We speak English and Spanish, and we look forward to providing advice for your case. No fee if no recovery.


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The Right to Read: The How and Why of Supporting Intellectual Freedom for Teens. From In the Library with the Lead Pipe.
School library make the difference. From ilovelibraries.org.
How bookstores survive in the age of Amazon. From PW.
More nonfiction writers adapting their books for children. From The New York Times.
John Krokidas will direct Lionsgate's YA adaptation Wonder. From The Hollywood Reporter.
Best practices for teaching in the cloud. From SLJ.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, who received three Newbery Honors for her middle-grade novels, including The Egypt Game, has died at 87. I actually just finished reading The Egypt Game this month. From PW.
Interview with Jacqueline Wilson. From The Guardian.
Scott Westerfeld on his novel-within-a-YA-novel. From Los Angeles Times.
Philadelphia Museum and a library lose Maurice Sendak collection. From SLJ.
Writing Native lives in YA. From PW.
Why adults are buzzing about YA literature. From PBS.org.
Picture book adaptations that sort of need to happen. From Book Riot.
Q & A with Bob Shea and Lane Smith. From PW.
The Guardian's children's fiction award shortlist 2014.
97% of school librarians have spent their own money on their libraries. From SLJ.
Oh Jon Klassen. You are so adorable. Even when you're filling a window full of dirt. From The Guardian.
Perseplolis challenge fails in Illinois. From SLJ.


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Pentagon Spends $1.3 Billion on Contractors
The Department of Defense issued $1.3 billion worth of new contract awards Friday. However, a single, $950 million award for engineering services accounted for the bulk of the spending -- and that one went to a series of privately held companies. Publicly traded names fared less well. Among the few winners:
- L-3 Communications was awarded a $10.5 million firm-fixed-price foreign military sales contract to supply Egypt with RT-1606 digital radio transceivers.
- General Dynamics' Electric Boat subsidiary won a $9.5 million firm-fixed-priced modification to a previously awarded contract for maintenance and modernization work on the nuclear fast attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) through September. (Trivia: the Hartford was the first U.S. submarine to successfully launch and recover an unmanned underwater vehicle -- the underwater equivalent of an airborne drone -- from a torpedo tube.)
- Alon USA won a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply aviation turbine fuel to the Defense Logistics Agency -- Energy. The ceiling value on this award is $11.6 million, and its performance completion date is Sept. 30.
The article Pentagon Spends $1.3 Billion on Contractors originally appeared on Fool.com.Fool contributor Rich Smith has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of General Dynamics and L-3 Communications Holdings. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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50 Cent Reveals He Has a Third Son Named Davian
Curtis "50 cent"Jackson " life is full of surprises.
The Queens rapper's rollercoaster life has been on full display in the past year or so, from bankruptcies to beefing with MeekMill. Through it all, 50 keeps his head above water. In the latest headline, the rapper revealed he is the father of a young boy named Davian.
The rapper shared the news via Instagram, where he's seen pictured with Davian at a red carpet event. 50 captioned the photo, "My life is full of surprises, this little guy is my son DAVIAN. He started crying, I was thinking why you crying i gotta pay for this shit. LMAO."
The mother of Davian is not yet known to the public. 50 already has 2 boys, 18-year-old Marquise and 3-year-old Sire.


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We pushed the launch button!
The Weirds launch at Toy Fair 2016 in NYC was a hit! We visited with a ton of really cool people from around the world - store owners, buyers, toy companies, press, bloggers, distributors, etc.
We are in production now and product will be ready to order at the end of July.
Made from non-toxic, safe materials, these anything but normal plush characters are the perfectly odd addition to any kid's or kid-at-heart's collection of cool friends. Each with their own unique personality, there's a Weird that's just right for you.
And Fab Ric is totally colorable! Includes 4 washable markers so kids can create their very OWN Weird, adding their own like and dislikes.
We will also have other awesome merch - Coloring Book, T-shirts, Lanyards, Buttons, Stickers and more.
Normal is lame. Embrace your Weird!


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Hi, guys! Maybe some of you have already know who I'm talking about, and some of you haven't.
I'll introduce you the lovable, the creative, the thoughtful blogger, Bibi from Bibi Blog.
She has been so kind to me since I knew about her. (and of course kind to the other bloggers around there(◕‿-))
Why I dedicated this post to her?? (beside she's lovely❤) It's because I got stylish blogger award andd.... A gift I have never had for the whole of my life! it's a drawing. Special drawing. The drawing is me. I love it very much that I can't sleep without see it first.
Thank you, Bibi. I don't know how many times I said this to you!xp
1. Thank and link back to the person that awarded you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.
Ok, let me start it, seven things about me:
1. I'm tired of telling my name to people because everytime I tell them my name is "Joan" they will ask twice or more, "Jon??" And I will continue to spell my name "J-O-A-N" Then, this is the part I hate most. "Oh, Jo-an?" They won't say "Joan" but "Jo-an" that sounds like American say for Joanne. I hate it when people mispronounce my name. Even few of my friends still call me Jo-an. Please call my name correctly..
2. Recently, I've been playing, replaying and singing Taylor Swift's Back to December all the time. It's weird coz I'm not really a Swift person. But I like her songs these days xp
3. Until this time, I've dyed, straigtened and curled my hair permanently. I give time to my hair now because they falling so often):
4. I'd love to keep my curiosities about everything and find out by myself (ex. Movies, books, etc). So please, don't give me any spoilers. I hate it when my friends talk about the end of movies that I'd die to watch. It makes me so.. AArrrghhh….
5. My fashion blogger muse: Alix from thecherryblossomgirl.com
6. Some people assume that I'm a high school girl..=,= Well, don't get me wrong, I love if people think that I'm younger than I look, but I want people see me as a grown up and mature person too. Maybe I'm still childish at my age. Should be more mature!
7. When I tweeted a compliment about his other site, Perez Hilton replied me thank you. Hahaha.. You'll think that I'm stupid enoguh but this small thing really made happy at that time and I even captured it xP
Lucky bloggers I'll pass the award:
I had never received this kind of thing. So, I'm so so so happy (:


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22 of June 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a course titled "An Analysis of the UN Charter, History, and Emerging Challenges at the UN Headquarters". The course focused on the UN Charter and its historical significant background and evolution since its creation dating back to late 1940's. Most importantly, the panellist pointed out interesting observations concerning the UN charter, its role in the era of sustainable development and the challenges it faced when applied to societal issues. The course was divided into two sections each lead by two of our panellists.
The course began with opening remarks from Mr. Marco Suazo who currently serves as the Head of the UNITAR office in New York, and emphasized the importance of the UN Charter and since its creation. The first section was led by Mr. Larry Johnson who is currently professor at Columbia Law School and a former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. This section was a comprehensive review of the history behind particular articles of the UN Charter, covering from the veto power of the Permanent Members on the Security council to the United Nations Military Staff Committee.
The second section was led by Mr. Navid Hanif who is currently serving as Director, Office for Economicand Social Council (ECOSOC) Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Throughout this second session, he focused on the flexibility and the adaptability of the charter. In addition, he emphasized the exchange of creativity and inventiveness in modern day issues such as the creation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mr. Hanif also discussed the future challenges related with development and the connection between the SDGs and the UN Charter. Furthermore, all three panellists discussed how the UN charter in face revolutionized the UN from starting with 50 member states to currently bringing together 193 nations together and recognizing evolution and various forms of interpretation of the charter.
By the end of this session, participants engaged in a Q and A with the panellists with questions concerning a range of global issues, and its incorporation of the UN charter. The course concluded with closing remarks from all our panellists.
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The leadership strategies behind Walter White's meth empire
By Ben Wasserstein
Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work?" Walter White hisses to his wife at the midpoint of the most-quoted monologue in AMC's Breaking Bad. "A business big enough that it could be listed on the Nasdaq goes belly up. Disappears!"
A stock exchange reference might seem out of place on a show about an Albuquerque meth king, but Breaking Bad, which begins airing its final eight episodes on Aug. 11, has always focused on the financial rewards of breaking the law. Over the course of the series, Walt (played by Bryan Cranston), an overqualified, milquetoast chemistry teacher who began cooking meth to pay for lung cancer treatments, has built his drug operation into an international powerhouse. And through Walt's increasingly unhinged management style, Breaking Bad creator and executive producer Vince Gilligan has offered a riveting critique of professional leadership.
Walt's success is attributable, for the most part, to the superiority of his product. His "blue meth" is the best on the market, 99.1 percent pure, and he's able to command higher prices than his competitors. Still, in order to rise he's had to commit multiple murders, including a vehicular homicide and the assassination of his boss with a wheelchair bomb — not the standard corporate trajectory. As a strategist, though, Walt has often proceeded by the book. At his operation's make-or-break moment, when his partners want to quit and sell the business out from under him, he makes an empire-saving pivot that would win plaudits from Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School professor who gave us the classic "five forces" template for analyzing competition.
In the season 5 story line, Walt and his partners — his former student, the inveterate homeboy Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), and dead-eyed ex-cop Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) — have stolen 1,000 gallons of a crystal meth precursor, methylamine.
Looking to end his relationship with Walt, Mike makes a deal to sell his and Jesse's shares of the methylamine to Declan (Louis Ferreira), a rival dealer. But Declan demands Walt's share, too, to get Walt's product off the market entirely. Walt's counter: that Declan distribute Walt's meth. As Porter explains, "Strategy can be viewed as building defenses against the competitive forces or finding a position in the industry where the forces are weakest." The offer is more lucrative for Declan, who accepts reluctantly. In a masterstroke, Walt creates for himself a cosseted new role within the industry as a pure manufacturer with no involvement in the street-level market.
Leadership is more than strategy, however. As management theorists and self-help authors contend in book after book, it's also about how one cultivates business relationships. Tufts professor Jeswald Salacuse, author of Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People, argues that "good leaders are invariably effective negotiators." Walter is a ruthless negotiator, but he's shortsighted. When Walt and Declan meet, Walt demands subservience. "Now, say my name," Walt growls, his voice dropping a register. His bargaining style maximizes profits, at least for the moment, but inflames rivals.
In scenes like this, Gilligan reveals Walt's true, darker motivations. As a young scientist, Walt co-founded and then left a company that's now worth billions, and he's never gotten over it. His need for recognition overpowers his more sympathetic drive to set his family up financially. As he tells Jesse of his deal with Declan: "You asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business." But resentment, of course, rarely leads to wise business decisions.
When he's not homicidal, Walt's a fairly nurturing employer. In their Harvard Business Review article "How to Keep Your Top Talent," Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt write that "the very best programs place emerging leaders in 'live fire' roles where new capabilities can — or, more accurately, must — be acquired." In his role as Jesse's boss, Walt knows this instinctively. Jesse was a screwup in Mr. White's chemistry class, but Walt empowers and trains him. According to the Corporate Executive Board's latest Quarterly Global Labor Market Survey of more than 18,500 employees, compensation and respect rank in the top five reasons workers are attracted to a company. The ninth-most-important factor for employees in the CEB survey is their organization's commitment to ethics and integrity. Here, of course, Walt fails spectacularly. He makes Jesse murder on his behalf, allows Jesse's girlfriend to fatally overdose, and poisons the son of Jesse's subsequent girlfriend. Sure, he aids Jesse's career development, but he's a cancer on his soul, which no doubt will play a role in Walt's seemingly inevitable demise.
Most important, Walt lacks humility, which Built to Last author Jim Collins argues is an essential quality, along with determination, for truly great leadership. Walt may have an iron will, but he's megalomaniacal. In season 4, Walt corrects his Drug Enforcement Agency brother-in-law on a fine point of meth making, putting him onto his trail. As Mike admonishes him in season 5, "You and your pride and your ego! ... If you'd known your place, we'd all be fine right now!" It's the last thing Mike says before Walt kills him.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Gilligan says, "[Walt] is fantastic at deluding himself." And a survey of the 75 members of the advisory council to Stanford's Graduate School of Business said that self-awareness was the top quality recommended for leaders to develop. Without understanding their own inclinations — and how they are viewed by colleagues — executives don't evolve. Walt is entirely lacking in self-awareness. Over the course of the series, he's evolved as a businessman, but he's turned into a sociopath in both his personal and professional lives. He's shed basic empathy and has no idea how much his colleagues and wife loathe him.
Gilligan was inspired to create Walt after joking darkly with another TV writer during a lean period that they ought to start making meth. In his book Difficult Men, Brett Martin reports that Gilligan "was known as a good man to work for — someone who managed to balance the vision and microscopic control of the most autocratic showrunner with the open and supportive spirit of the most relaxed. He was a firm believer in collaboration." In Gilligan's writers' room, Martin explains, "all writers were equal." As a boss, Gilligan has instituted a style of leadership very unlike that of his antihero's.
Given Walt's blindness to his own faults, it's hard to believe he'll survive the end of the series. If his criminal enterprise were listed on Nasdaq, now might be a good time to sell. The respect he reluctantly shows Jesse is no match for the brutality he has forced on him. For Walt, being ruthless isn't terribly smart.


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Also, Bean is waiving its $4.50 Federal Express delivery fee with each purchase made from its catalog using the card.
"People told us they like no-annual-fee cards and they're sick of dealing with shipping charges," said Catharine Harnett, public affairs manager for the 84-year-old marketer, which sells 90% of its merchandise direct through catalogs. L.L. Bean has one store in its hometown of Freeport, Me., and seven factory outlets.
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The Pakistan Hockey Federation has sought the intervention of Asian Hockey Federation after its team has been dumped from the forthcoming Azlan Shah tournament to be held from April 26 in Malaysia.
"We are very disappointed at the way the Azlan Shah Cup organisers have dropped us from the tournament and included England in our place," PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmad said today.
Without elaborating on the reasons for the Pakistan team being dropped from the high-profile tournament, he said that Pakistan had played a big role in promotion and development of hockey in Malaysia.
"We have written to the AHF to intervene and do something because it is disappointing to be in this position. We had already made a lot of preparations to send the team to Malaysia. It was important for us since the World Cup qualifiers are also due to take place in June in London," he said.
Pakistan has been regularly taking part in the Azlan Shah tournament since 1983, having won it thrice but in 2014 it withdrew from the competition due to lack of funds. Last year Pakistan finished fifth in the event.
Shahbaz said that the PHF would now try to arrange test matches for the team in Germany, Belgium, Argentina and Spain to prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.


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MSL 22 Jan 2015 // 8:56AM GMT
Davos, Switzerland, is indeed the beautiful place we see on the news for many of the world's corporate and political leaders to gather once a year to talk about the future. The snow-covered Alps, five-star hotels, private jets and the truly extraordinary level of security have all created an aura that once was only accorded to royalty. The view absolutely is impressive.
But while the bright lights, cameras, microphones and social media all tell us something important is happening here, none of it gets to the heart of why the World Economic Forum at Davos is really important. It is one of the few…and maybe the only…times all year when leaders from around the world come together to talk about the longer term.
It may not be obvious at first glance but today's increasingly attention deficit disorder world means that a five-minute conversation is often considered in depth decision-making. CEOs are frequently focused no further ahead than the next quarter's earnings announcement. Elected officials are similarly totally absorbed by the next election, which often is no more than two years away at best. And scientists and other researchers have little choice but to concentrate on the next funding cycle.
That's what makes the theme of "The New Context" at this year's meeting of the World Economic Forum so exciting. Asking leaders to step out of their comfort zone and think about the future – the past-the-next-earnings-report, after-the-next election and beyond-the-next-fiscal-year future – that few get a chance to discuss with their peers.
These are the same leaders who usually spend their time fighting economic, political and legal fires as they deal with crisis after crisis. In most cases they are also the ones who will be in their current positions and have access to information and other resources for a relatively short period of time. The future is increasingly left to the next generation of leaders.
There is, of course, something disconcerting about asking current leaders to think about what life will be like without them and to get them to commit to making things better for the time when they're no longer in a position of direct power. Unless you're Mother Theresa, that's actually counter to human nature.
That's why the WEF's decision to include younger leaders in its program is extremely encouraging. It means that the information, advice, and intelligence shared at the 2015 World Economic Forum will have an even greater chance of having on impact in 2016 in beyond. It also means that future WEF programs will be able to start from an even higher level.
And that makes the already extraordinary view from Davos even more impressive this year.
Stan Collender is executive vice chairman at Qorvis MSLGROUP.


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Anyone who took part on the KIN CMAD event on 27th January will know what an inspirational speaker Richard Millington from Feverbee is! His book 'Buzzing Communities' is full of great ideas on how to engage with your community and create a real sense of belonging in your community or network.
On 20th-21st January this year he is pulling together a host of speakers for their first ever Virtual Community summit. I (Erica) will be going along and it would be great to see KIN members there too, it promises to be an engaging and informative few days. You can find out more about how to book your place here.
Please not that this is not a KIN event, so is open to non-KIN members too...
The Innovation Network (KIN) is a members only community, however this blog reflects musings and interests of the KIN Facilitators and members that may be of interest to the wider world.
Friday, 7 February 2014
Feverbee Vircomm summit 2014 - by Erica Hurley
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Crescenta Valley received a match-best seven goals from Kim Fraisse to help spark the Falcons to an 11-6 win against El Diamante in the championship contest of the Falcon Tournament at Burbank High on a balmy Saturday afternoon.


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Clean water...Its a basic need to all people and yet not everyone has access to it. It seems unbelievable that a BILLION people live everyday with the choice of drinking unsafe water, or die. Let's change that! through your donations we will provide education and solutions to the BILLION.
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- Construction of a concrete area around an exsisting well. This helped to impove water quality by providing drainage of contaminated bathing, and laundry water away from the well area. It also provided a clean work area insted of mud.
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NAME Sloane Vincenzo Somerset
NICKNAME The Philosopher
SPECIES Human
GENDER Male
BIRTHDATE September 13, 2332
BIRTHPLACE Miami, Florida [Earth]
HAIR Brown (going gray)
EYES Blue
LANGUAGES Federation Standard. French. German. Vulcan. Klingon. Andorian
HOBBIES Cooking. Terran Blues, R'n'B, and Jazz music. Dogs. Cats. Football (US). Studying Klingon military tactics. Playing guitar.
2349-2351: Starfleet Marine Corp, Officer's Training Center (Andor)
2351-2353: Starfleet Marine Corp, Command Level Training; Brighton, England (Earth)
2353-2355: Planetside Marine Unit, Axanar [Second Lieutenant]
2355-2356: USS Gavilan, Ordnance Officer [Second Lieutenant]
2356-2358: USS Gavilan, Ordnance Officer [First Lieutenant]
2358-2360: USS Gavilan, Tactical Specialist [First Lieutenant]
2360-2361: USS Gavilan, Tactical Specialist [Marine Captain]
2361-2371: USS Pembroke, Field Commander [Marine Captain]
2371-2374: USS Pembroke, Senior Field Commander [Marine Captain]
2374-2379: USS Hyperion, Marine Unit XO [Major]
2379-2381: USS Hyperion, Marine Unit CO [Major]
2381-2382: USS Honorious, Marine Unit CO [Lieutenant Colonel]
2382-2388: Planetside Marine Unit CO, Tau Ceti Prime [Lieutenant Colonel]
2388-2389: Starfleet Academy, Tactical Instructor [Lieutenant Colonel]
2389-2390: Planetside Marine Unit CO, Sigma Draconis IV [Colonel]
2390-2393: Starbase 718, Marine Unit CO, [Colonel]
2393-pres.: Starbase Magellan, Marine Unit XO [Colonel]
2364 Grankite Order of Courage
2369 Rogue Cross
2370 Purple Heart
2371 Semper Fidelis Cross
2374 Cross of Distinction
2375 Marine Exceptional Service Medal
2375 Purple Heart
2378 Federation Legion of Merit
2380 Bronze Cluster
2370 - Insubordination to a superior officer
The son of a civilian scientist, and a Federation diplomat. The second of three children. Sloane Somerset was born in Miami, Florida. On Earth.
Do to the fact that his mother was often abroad through her job as a Federation envoy, he and his siblings were raised, for the most part, by their father. Professor Somerset did have the benefit of a governess to help raise the children. But, they saw their mother infrequently. The professor moved the family to Durham, England; so that he could take a job teaching at the University of Durham.
When Sloane was 14, his mother was granted an ambassadorship to Andor. She was appointed the chief Federation Ambassador to Andor, with a staff of four serving under her. The family moved to the icy planet, and Sloane continued his schooling on Andor.
He spent two years there, before he asked his parents to let him go back to England. He wanted to major in history, and language studies; and Oxford had an excellent language arts program. Sloane moved to England, living with his uncle until he graduated from High School. Here, somehow, his plans changed. And after school was finished, Sloane enlisted with the Starfleet Marine Corp. He was immediately moved back to Andor, to the Marine training center there.
There was no reason forthcoming to his family why Sloane decided on such a change in the direction of his life. But, his father felt that there was some sort of romantic entanglement behind it all. Perhaps he has been spurned by a lover in his senior years, and he wanted to join the marines as a way to restart his young life.
Whatever the case, Sloane sailed through basic training. In high school he embraced contact sports; Football (both British and American), Rugby, and Parrises Squares. And this inevitably made it easier for him to grasp the physical aspect of marine life. In adult life, Sloane matured into a tall, handsome young man, with a strapping physique. And even in his twenties, he looked the image of a marine.
After basic training on Andor, Sloane enrolled in the Marine Command Officer's program. This forced a move back to Earth, and back to England. This time the city of Brighton. It seemed to be his lot in life to be shuffled between Andor and England.
In 2353, Sloane garnered his first assignment. At the rank of Second Lieutenant, he was assigned to Weapons Detail at the Starfleet installation on Axanar. After two years on the planet, Sloane was transferred aboard the USS Gavilan as an Ordnance Officer. A position he would hold for the next three years. After a promotion, Sloane moved up to the position of Tactical Specialist. Like an underclassmen from he Academy that Sloane befriended; a man called John Northcote, Sloane found that he had a particular knack for strategy and tactics. Despite his love of science and more passive pursuits.
Sloane found had an inherent skill at guessing what a Romulan, or a Cardassian was planning before he actually did it.
He stayed in that position for a little over three years before being asked to transfer to Field Commander aboard the USS Pembroke. In this position, Sloane was placed in charge of an armed away team with the responsibility of protecting civilians, and dignitaries aboard the ship. "Babysitting with a phaser", Sloane once called it. After five years of babysitting, Sloane was promoted to Senior Field Commander. As the Dominion War was raging around him, Sloane was able to put his tactical skill to use on the front lines.
As the War was winding down, Sloane found himself transferred, and promoted again. This time his rank was Marine Major, and he was made the executive officer of the Marine Unit stationed aboard the USS Hyperion. The Hyperion was a smaller ship, with a small unit of marines aboard. And Sloane quickly gained his troops trust, and he felt as if they were actually more of a family than a mere unit of men and women in green uniforms.
When the original Field Commander who served aboard the Hyperion during the Dominion War chose to accept a commission as Marine Commander at Deep Space 4, the Hyperion's Captain offered Sloane the job. To the great relief of his unit, he accepted. And he maintained the position for the next two years.
On Stardate 58028.7, he was asked by Starfleet Marine Command to assemble a marine task force, and serve aboard the USS Honorious during an extended mission in Klingon space. He was offered a promotion. But, Sloane cared more about keeping his team together. And that was the reply he sent to Starfleet. Due to the nature of the mission, Starfleet acquiesced. Sloane accepted the promotion. And he assembled his team from among the people he had served with aboard the Hyperion.
The Honorious was recalled after a year in space. And Sloane and his team were reassigned to fill out the marine unit on Tau Ceti Prime. The planet boasted a large planetary starbase, as well as a science base. And Sloane's team was largely in charge of base security. The team also handled security for the Starfleet installations on the other planets in the system. It was a big job. But, many of the marines stationed under Sloane's command received decorations and promotions for their unswerving devotion to their duty. Many of these officers went on to command units of their own.
One of the team, Rebecca Marshall, went on to transfer to the Command branch of the regular fleet. And she is now in command of the USS Hyperion.
The team itself was disbanded in 2388. And Sloane accepted a teaching job, as a Tactical Instructor at Starfleet Academy. It was a chance for Sloane to reconnect with his family, and take what felt like an extended spate of leave-time after so many years in the field. Sloane relished teaching. And he felt that his late father would have truly been proud of him.
But, it didn't last long. The marine corps canned Sloane back into active duty due to the looming threat of the Vakluran Coalition, who had been menacing the Cardassian border with the Federation since the end of the Dominion War. Starfleet command wanted a strong presence to detour the Vakluran from any type of first strike at the Tourist Center at Sigma Draconis IV. And a contingent of marines seemed to be the best answer.
Sloane, now a full Colonel, accepted the assignment reluctantly.
He was growing tired of leading men and women into battle, only to write letters home to their loved ones when a mission did not go well.
The year-long stint at Draconis went well. Sloane never lost a member of this new team during that time. And as a reward, the marine corps let Sloane pick his next assignment. But there was a catch. He was offered a choice of three active posts. The corps needed an experienced commander like Sloane in the field in case any of the Federations new enemies tried any kind of surprise attack.
Sloane was not allowed to return to teaching unless he did so as a civilian. He would have to retire. Sloane felt he was not ready to retire, so he chose a post as marine commander at Starbase 718. A medical facility. Essentially a big hospital in space. Sloane found himself in charge in security for the hospital. It was actually a relatively calm assignment. He worked heavily with medical personnel, scientists, and the SCIS.
He made several valuable friends during his tenure at Starbase 718.
And he saw his daughter more often. Then he was transferred again. This time to what was promised to be a short assignment. He left his second in command in charge of the marine unit aboard Starbase 718. He assumed to be gone a week… maybe two.
Sloane was posted to Starbase Magellan, near the confluence of the Klingon and Romulan empires. He took only one bag, a spare uniform, and his beloved book of poetry.
The assignment ? Jonathan Pippen, a ranking marine officer at Magellan had disappeared. Sloane was tasked with finding him, and bringing him back. After an initial investigation by the starbase security staff, Commodore Grant had concluded that the Vakluran might be involved in Pippen's disappearance.
After finding no evidence that Pippen was even still alive, Sloane prepared to leave the station. But, a series of overlooked events convinced Grant that Sloane would make a perfect addition the the crew. Grant needed people he could rely on. And Sloane was well-known as a very dutiful marine. It took Grant some effort to convince Sloane to stay, but stay he did.
And it worked.
Sloane Somerset is a complicated man. A marine, and by all accounts, the embodiment of the corps. He's tough, loyal, and true. He's a strong man, stout and hardy, in his middle years. His dark green eyes still twinkle like they did when he was a cadet. But, his brown hair has all but turned to silver.
He has worn a mustache, or a trim beard for years, and this, too, has turned silver. As befits a Starfleet Marine that has been in the field for forty years, Sloane also has amassed quite a collection of scars. Some small, some not so small; but they all tell their own story.
His voice is still soft, but strong. And he speaks in measured tones, and with an ability to raise that voice with a minimum of effort..
He has a very intellectual style. He seems very intelligent, and is well rounded in his skills, and the use of them.
Sloane usually wears his uniform, even when off duty. But he has been caught wearing a occasional denim jeans, and a tee-shirt. Or a casual pull-over sweater. He will wear glasses when he's off duty. For reading. And his eyes have been corrected for long vision by starfleet medical personnel. It may be that he simply enjoys wearing them, perhaps to give him a more studious appearance.
He can often be seen reading a book of poetry, or a volume of Shakespeare.
For physical recreation, Sloane still enjoys sports. And he loves animals, and horseback riding. He has at least two British racetracks programmed into the starbase's holocomputers.
He is very healthy, and rumor has it he has never been sick a day since he first reported for duty. This is not entirely true. When he was teaching at the Academy, he was diagnosed and treated for an undisclosed ailment. The treatment lasted for several months. This may have been connected to his use of tobacco. Something he does not do anymore.
Sloane reads widely, and often quotes what he has read in casual conversation. Something that tends to frustrate those who do not know the text from which Sloane is deriving his quotes. He a very intelligent man, and worldly. He's been around for a while with no sign of slowing down.
Over time, both of Sloane's parents have died. His brother and younger sister both were casualties of the Dominion War. The man has never married, but his does have a daughter. The daughter, Jennifer Somerset, is a freelance explorer who often works with Starfleet. And she has a young son, making Sloane a grandfather.
He dotes on his daughter and grandson; always asking them to visit the station. But, Jennifer is often in obscure sections of the Beta quadrant. She is a hard woman to get into touch with. She did work, for a time, as a civilian scientist aboard the USS Cavalier, and then on Quadra Station. Jennifer is a beautiful lady, with long dark hair and a shapely figure. She has a decidedly Latin air about her.
Sloane, himself, has some Italian heritage in his background. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was Italian. Ergo, his middle name of Vincenzo. His grandfather's name.
Though Sloane loves animals, he does not have a companion animal with him on the station. His quarters are decorated in the style of the 1970s, on Earth. With a few Andorian and Klingon trappings. It is commonplace to hear blues or jazz music wafting down a corridor when his computer is turned to a programmed music feed. As far as music is concerned, Sloane is very open-minded.
He is a generally broadminded individual. With very few prejudices, all of which come from his war experiences. He tends to distrust Cardassians, and especially The Breen. He speaks several phrases in several languages. And he is very fond of the French language, often using it during his day-to-day activities.
Sloane is a good man, and a fine marine. He is a good leader. He is a good listener, and he respects the people serving with him and under him.
Colonel Somerset is the Best and Brightest the Marine Corps has to offer.


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....what are we allowing?????
8 comments:
- Linda said...
I honestly can't imagine. I can't imagine how crap like this goes on and babies starve to death or have to suffer so much. It is not right.
At the same time, I don't know how to help and I guess, like too many people, I try to put it out of my mind. I know that is not right. I would send money but have none to speak of. Perhaps being aware and staying aware is a start. I don't know.
- August 12, 2011 4:28 PM
- Angela Recada said...
So very sad. . . Even though I've decided to stop posting any more on my earth blog, I'll be adding this video to my final post.
- August 13, 2011 9:16 AM
- Angela Recada said...
OK, I'm posting it on my main blog and facebook too. It's too important. . .
- August 13, 2011 9:20 AM
- AkasaWolfSong said...
Oh Sweet Julie...I had saved this to edit for today...now I feel I don't have to because you did, but the greater question looms for me should I too? Probably. As I answer the question in my mind how do I give I always come to my own community. Yes, there are hungry and thirsty in everyone's community that we should be helping. I do give to my local food pantry here when I am able and on a larger scale send a twenty here or there to someone who may need it more than I. On the Reservations across the United States there are many who go hungry, without electricity, wood for warmth, etc., and this has to be a number one priority for us. If we cannot take care of those who live within our own land how in the world do we expect to take care of others? We have to clean up the mess we have made here first. I do feel sad at times and cry till I make myself sick sometimes but more than that I just get angry that our governments aren't doing what they should be doing. That humanity isn't doing what they should be doing and until and unless we get the bigger picture taken care of no peace, large or small is ever going to bring about a change in this world. That is a sad fact. Anyone can conact any venue in their own hometown and jump on the train to bringing change. It's up to us.
Thanks for posting this today...it is needed to see and imbed in our psyche so we 'get it!'
Blessings Sister, Blessing for You and Those Who are Hungry and Thirst.
- August 13, 2011 9:22 AM
- julie said...
Linda..I've thought about what I posted here a lot in the past hours...Akasa says it well, we do what we can, where ever we are called. I posted the Star Thrower because it points out that one thing can make a difference for someone. It is also my opinion that we need to raise your voices...those of us fortunate enough to have the internet can easily write to our state representatives, I use the term representatives very loosely...President Obama said, 'I won't change things unless you make me.' or something very close to that. We have to demand change as we become the change. And yes, awareness is a start..Thank you Linda for sharing...xo
- August 13, 2011 11:59 AM
- julie said...
Angela...I don't want you to stop your blog but I understand...Thank you for posting the video...xoxoxo
- August 13, 2011 12:00 PM
- julie said...
Akasa...I know about the horrors that Native Americans have faced since the first white man appeared. I watched a doc not too long ago about the living conditions and despair on reservations across this country. I had a Native boyfriend about 20 years ago and his mom was very involved in the inequities of her people right here in Coarsegold...I would listen literally at her feet, and once again wonder how? why?...my partner in my little art gallery was a Native woman, she had been a 'stolen child'...my heart ached for what was done to her, I'm not sure she was ever able to overcome....
You are so right when you say it is fairly easy to get on the train of change....with money, time, and the willingness to look and share what we see...xoxoxoxo...and demand change...we have to be heard.
- August 13, 2011 12:11 PM
- On Fragile Wings said...
You cannot post this message
enough in my books.
Never be afraid to speak out
about injustice.
There is enough food to feed
all the starving people of the world.
Until the masses get angry
and shout the message to the
wealthy powers that be.
there will be no change.
- August 13, 2011 9:04 PM


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If you don't believe in God, visit the maternity ward in a government hospital. What does a new born child have to do with the worldly problems? Why are some children born with bent femurs and with vocal cords that don't produce noise?
Why are they born with eyes that can't see? Why are they born with arteries that have blocks?
A sunset yellow- colored chick, which comes out of the egg, the chick that is yet to open its eyes to see the world, the white ellipsoid that gave various thought to various people- the beauty in it is excellent. But, how many painters, even 'Leonardo Da Vinci' knew to touch their palette, to get black or brown colour out of white and yellow?
What percentage did he mix, so that he got various colours from the same white and yellow bases? A little mathematics would say, one could get 99x99 colours. But, look at the shades of colours of hen or the tail feathers of a cock. How many colours has it got? There are more shades than the number of font colours available in MS-word.
Not only hen or cock, take peacock, kingfisher, crow[a black and white mastery], woodpecker, parrots, kingfisher, parrots, vultures, eagles, hawks and all those little love birds, humming birds, mynahs and many more… All from shades of yellow and white!!! Is 99x99 the limit???
How lovely nature is! How lovely is the power that created nature! There is another big collection of things that are called 'trees' that comes out of a seed that is almost of one colour!!!
Green, brown, yellow, orange, red, violet… Oh! I couldn't name all the colours in a tree. The leaves, fruits, bark, branches, thorns, stamens, flowers!!! Well, I got some more colours: rose, crimson, blue, pale green(stalk of jasmine)…
So many colours, from a single colour… The divinity of creation… Every small thing counts…
Once upon an evening time
In the month of May
While drinking juice of lime
Behind a stack of hay
On the twigs of a plant
Bloomed the fairy-white stamens
On the muddy, grainless land
Spreading the scent of heavens
Perfume- scent of flowers. All that is from the seed that otherwise would have been dead! The colourful chicken or cock was out of an egg, which otherwise would have been an omelet 3 weeks ago!
Living, is just, extended death. A death sentence that was delayed for three weeks, gives out such beautiful things to the world! A death, that was survived, gave out a plant, tree, flowers, seeds and again a plant…
Death, destruction- these when survived, can give us a life that inspires another life, to living! Life, the only proof, life was here in the past! What a beauty this world really is! How holy and divine these things on the crust are!!!
I'd wish men and humanity develop! I'd wish every man to see, a thousand colours inside the white crust of eggs! I'd wish, every human being to see a beautiful flower or a sweet fruit in a dying seed.
I'd wish every man to think of a harvest on seeing, a cracked land. 'God of small things', is every human being, filled with humanity.
P.S. Dedicated to the peahens of GCT.


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- 4 cups half-and-half
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 whole egg yolks
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Chipotle Chocolate Sauce, recipe follows
Combine the half-and-half, vanilla bean and seeds, cinnamon sticks, cinnamon and salt, in a non-reactive saucepan over medium heat. Bring the half-and-half to a boil to scald it, and remove the saucepan from the heat.
Beat the sugar and egg yolks in a bowl. Add the half-and-half mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time, to the beaten eggs and sugar, whisking in between each addition, until all is used. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring, over medium heat, for 5 to 6 minutes, or until the mixture becomes thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, strain through a fine mesh sieve and cool completely. Pour the filling into the ice cream machine and follow the manufacturer's instructions for churning time. Place ice cream in a freezer-safe container and freeze until firm, about 8 hours.
Line a baking sheet (that will fit in the freezer) with plastic wrap. Using a 1/2 cup ice cream scoop, form 8 large balls and place on the prepared baking sheet. Cover the ice cream balls with plastic wrap and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
Whisk together the 2 whole eggs and vanilla in a small bowl. Place the graham cracker crumbs in a medium bowl. Remove the ice cream balls from the freezer and dip, 1 at a time in the egg mixture and then in the graham cracker crumbs. Dip the ice cream balls a second time in the egg mixture and then again in the graham cracker crumbs, pressing to coat well. Place the ice cream balls on the baking sheet and return to the freezer. Freeze overnight, or until very firm.
Pour the vegetable oil into a medium stockpot to a depth of about 3 inches and preheat the oil to 375 degrees F. Remove the ice cream balls from the freezer 2 at a time and immediately drop into the hot oil and fry for 15 seconds. Remove from the oil with a large slotted spoon, draining well and place on the serving plate. Drizzle with the Chipotle Chocolate Sauce, garnish with whipped cream, fresh mint and a maraschino cherry if desired. Serve immediately. Repeat with remaining ice cream balls.
Chipotle Chocolate Sauce:
3/4 cup half-and-half
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
1/2 pound Mexican chocolate, chopped
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Combine the half-and-half, butter, and ground chipotle in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Heat the mixture until a thin paper like skin appears on the top. Do not boil. Add the chocolate and vanilla and stir until the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.
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The 25th Anniversary Midwest Book Awards has recognized Odin's Promise: A Novel of Norway, by Wisconsin author Sandy Brehl, as an outstanding middle-grade novel published in 2014 in the Midwest region.
May 14, 2015 – MILWAUKEE – ODIN'S PROMISE is a novel for young readers, the story of a girl in western Norway at the beginning of the German occupation of World War II. In 1940, eleven-year-old Mari is forced to face harsh new realities in her small village, as Hilter's troops have overrun the country, including the community of Yrte Arne, not far from Bergen.
At Mari's side is Odin, her faithful Norwegian elkhound. Odin quickly makes an enemy of soldiers who patrol the area. Soon, Mari is drawn into the activities of the underground resistance movement, as young and old find a way to oppose the occupying forces and show their love for their native land.
Sandy Brehl, the author of Odin's Promise, is a retired teacher and an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. She lives in Muskego, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. This is her debut novel, with a sequel in the works that follows Mari and her family through the subsequent years of the World War II occupation.
The novel was developed after visits to friends in Norway, where Brehl heard accounts of the war years from elder Norwegians and learned of the quiet heroism of ordinary Norwegians in small villages, who mounted a campaign of obstruction and underground resistance to cause difficulties to the Germans, while avoiding escalating to a level that would cause widespread retaliation. The underground often used humor to mock the Nazi pretensions of Aryan superiority, and they employed unlikely couriers to carry messages, from old grandmothers to young children.
To develop the character of Mari, Brehl sought out a variety of other sources to her oral sources, including war-time diaries by young Norwegians and historical accounts of the years of German occupation.
Odin's Promise is a wonderful middle-grade novel, especially ideal for dog lovers, for Norwegian Americans and other European-Americans whose ancestors were involved in resistance movements in World War II, and for all who enjoy reading stories about World War II history.
The Midwest Book Award competition, now in its 25th year, is sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA). The awards are chosen by panels of publishers, writers, editors, librarians, and teachers, who pick the winners based on overall excellence. MIPA serves a 12-state region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Crispin Books, which released Odin's Promise in May 2014, is an indie book publisher based in Milwaukee. With its sibling imprint Crickhollow Books, Crispin produces diverse books for adult and younger readers. For more, visit its website at http://www.CrickhollowBooks.com.
Odin's Promise is available from fine bookstores that support titles by independent publishers, as well as from major online vendors such as Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and IndieBound.org. In Milwaukee, the book is available from Boswell Book Co.
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Boutique financial planning licensee HNW Planning is now covered by their PI insurance policy to cover credit and property investment advice services as well as financial planning.
HNW says that while many planning groups are struggling to come to terms with FoFA and changes to their income, HNW is using it as a business opportunity and a chance to diversify. Its 40 financial planners will use Forrester Cohen's IRESTS platform to source property and manage any transactions. They will also gain expertise through PIAA property investment advice training.
IRESTS supports fee for service via an escrow account for advisers and referrers. The platform has separated the relationship between the property adviser and the developer in an attempt to remove the conflict of interest. HNW will now be able to provide expert opinion in their SOA process in the same way that advisers normally provide opinion on insurance, investment and superannuation.
The platform supports advice for selected investment-grade property with advice-standard tools and reports.
HNW managing director Rob Cumming says that it is important to be able to provide advice in the areas where clients want the services.
"There's a beautiful and logical symmetry to it," he said about the arrangement.
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Hi Matthew; 1. Will be client/adviser driven. Importantly this PI takes the adviser away from their only option being new or off-plan referral fees. Adviser might also advise on an old fibro for a young couple, or whether to keep Grandma's property when she is put into high care... with advice being alongside other related and often interconnected concerns that also require financial advice.2. Will be client/adviser driven. So long as any fees derived in whatever manner are disclosed and passed via AFSL and are transparent and disclosed to clients .... and of course that related state rules/laws are adhered to.Advisers will be required to have appropriate training and maintain professional membership.
Curious to know:1. What % of properties recommended are off the plan versus established properties.2. Does HNW receive a commission from property developers when clients invest?Any chance of getting this information Hilary?
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Why can't i find answers that were posted to yahoo answers in google?
Based on keywords and phrases (most probably importance of such questions) depending on that it will appear on Google Search.
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Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a method to achieve maximum equipment effectiveness through employee involvement. TPM achieves efficiency by building a comprehensive maintenance system based on respect for individuals and total employee participation. It brings together people from different departments, from top managers down to work in small groups activities.
During the last couple of months, I had conversations with several plant managers from different companies and the priority for almost all of them is the TPM implementation. When you look at the benefits of this system it is easy to understand why; the improved equipment productivity brings with it reduced scrap, improved on-time delivery, lowered maintenance and manufacturing costs and enhanced job satisfaction.
TPM is one of the hardest lean tools to implement if not the most difficult. To accomplish all those things mentioned before we need to change people's attitudes. There are a lot of traditional ideas from which we have to walk away as a team.
Let's start with the top management if we as leaders don't change anybody else will change. Managers must make TPM a part of their daily activities, support and encourage all TPM activities, treat it as a priority for the organization because it is a priority! It is important to recognize that the TPM implementation is not easy and will take many years, the consistency to show support and lead by example will be critical through all those years. Managers cannot fall into the trap of "I have too much to do" and let the implementation on the hands of somebody else, it is top management responsibility to support TPM every day.
When something happens, everybody looks for their supervisors; or worst, for their managers to answer the question, what we need to do? We need to move away from this traditional behavior in which only supervisors and managers take decisions and operators receive instructions. Managers need to practice, encourage and promote certain behaviors like go and see, ask why, respect others, try new ideas, communicate your concerns, be a team player!
The preconceived idea that the machine operators work is to operate the machine and maintenance work is to fix it is one of the hardest to change. With that idea in mind, operators stop the machine and call maintenance to tight a screw or align a sensor. They know what to do but "is not their work" causing a lot of downtime. On the other side, the maintenance crew works more as firefighters, running through the whole production floor from one emergency to the next. They never stop to analyze the faults or breakdowns to figure out their root cause to be able to design a solution to prevent it from happening again. TPM promotes small group activities, honest and respectful discussions about how to obtain the best of each equipment. Production, maintenance, and quality need to work together to investigate the reason for defects, find out the best solution, coordinate how and when to fix those problems and follow-up to adjust the plan or change the standards.
I leave this one for the end but certainly is not less important. The idea that product quality is the responsibility of the quality department is completely wrong! Quality is everybody's responsibility, from top management down. Everything we do affects the final quality of the product and therefore the final outcome of whether or not we accomplish our customer expectations. Managers need to redefine quality, to include not only the product quality but the people's relationship quality (with the emphasis in respect), our daily work quality (including quality of maintenance), materials, tools, and processes quality.
Like I said before, TPM implementation is not easy; but the process although overwhelming at some points is very rewarding most of the time. It is an incredible journey for everybody, but as a leader there is hardly a bigger reward to your hard work than looking at your employees taking care of their own problems with a huge satisfaction face, knowing that they are the owners of the process, that they are not followers but influencers, thinking people, treated with respect.


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If the name of the political game is the economy, then Republicans have a lot of reasons to be optimistic about the future. Even as the Trump team finds itself embroiled in Democrat created controversies, and Democrat driven gridlock, the administration continues to go about the important work of righting our nation's economic ship.
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The news about another spectacular month of jobs growth immediately had an impact on the stock market as well, driving stock prices up, up, up.
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after solid private employment data underscored the strength of the economy, boosting financial stocks and helping calm investor jitters over President Donald Trump's ability to deliver on his policy plans…
The S&P 500 financial sector rose 0.84 percent, leading the seven gainers among the 11 major S&P sectors. The financial index's gains were led by banks, which start reporting first-quarter results next week.
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Pluralis excellentiae
The pluralis excellentiae is the name given by early grammarians of Hebrew, such as Wilhelm Gesenius, to a perceived anomaly in the grammatical number and syntax in Hebrew. In some cases it bears some similarity to the pluralis maiestatis or "royal plural".[1] However the idea of excellence is not necessarily present:
Of (c): the pluralis excellentiae or maiestatis, as has been remarked above, is properly a variety of the abstract plural, since it sums up the several characteristics belonging to the idea, besides possessing the secondary sense of an intensification of the original idea. It is thus closely related to the plurals of amplification, treated under e, which are mostly found in poetry.— Gesenius' Grammar[2]
Hebrew distinguishes grammatical number by endings in nouns, verbs and adjectives. A grammatical phenomenon occurs with a small number of Hebrew nouns, such as elohim 'great god' and behemoth 'giant beast', whereby a grammatically redundant plural ending (-im, usually masculine plural, or -oth, usually feminine plural) is attached to a noun, but the noun nevertheless continues to take singular verbs and adjectives.
Abstract plurals with feminine singular[edit]
Abstract plurals with -im endings such as in words for 'uprightness', 'blessedness', 'sweetness', 'youth', 'strength', etc. take feminine singular verbs and adjectives.[3]
Behemoth—beasts or great beast[edit]
Sometimes the normal plural of a noun and the intensive plural are the same. For example behem, 'beast' singular, conjugates with the common feminine plural -oth, and behemoth + plural verb in, for example, the Genesis account of Noah's Ark indicates 'beasts' plural. But in the Book of Job behemoth + singular verb indicates 'giant beast', i.e. the sense of behemoth in English. Leviathan is also intensive: "You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You gave it as food for people, for[?] beasts".[4]
Intensive plurals with masculine or feminine singular[edit]
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An adjective qualifying a noun in the plural of excellence is more often found in the singular than in the plural. Examples of the singular include
- Deuteronomy 5:23
- 1 Samuel 17:26, 36
- 2 Kings 19:4, 16 Elohim hay 'living God'.[5]
- Psalm 7:10 "a just God"[6]
- Isaiah 19:4 adonim qaseh 'a hard master'
- Isaiah 37:4, 17
- Jeremiah 10:10, 23:36
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2014)
Against this are objections such of that of the grammarian and Messianic Jewish missionary C. W. H. Pauli (1863) that Gesenius had misunderstood the grammar and perpetuated a hoax.[7]
Other correspondence of number in Hebrew[edit]
This section needs expansion with: examples and explanation of section's significance to the main topic. You can help by adding to it. (May 2014)
Singular nouns may also take plural adjectives.[8]
Related grammatical constructs[edit]
Distinct from the apparent "plural" of nouns with singular verbs is the "plural of deliberation", for "Let us make man in our own image".[9]
- ^ Gesenius 124 g-i, 132 h, 124 a-c, 135 p
- ^ Gesenius ch.124
- ^ Andrew Bruce Davidson, Introductory Hebrew Grammar: Hebrew Syntax 1902 p74 "On the other hand, plur. of inanimate objects that may be grouped under one conception, of the lower creatures, and abstract plurals are frequently construed with fem. sing, of pred."
- ^ Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O'Connor; An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew syntax, p. 122.
- ^ Paul Joüon, T. Muraoka; "7.4.3 Honorifics and the Like", A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, p. 541: "An adjective qualifying a noun in the plural of excellence or of majesty (§ 136 d) is more often found in the singular than in the plural. Singular: Is 19.4 ne? p D'ng 'a hard master', 2Kg 19.4,16 TJ DYfts 'living'
- ^ Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O'Connor; An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, p. 122, 1990: "D'VjVn 'a just God,' Ps 7:10); 16 when used of various gods, it takes plural agreement (OnriN wribx 'other gods,' Exod 20:3; cf. ... The agreement is mixed in, e.g. Josh 24:19, which has plural predicate adjectives and a singular verb."
- ^ "which some modern grammarians, who possess more of the so-called philosophical than of the real knowledge of the Oriental languages, call a pluralis excellentiae."
- ^ Glinert Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar Routledge
- ^ Steven L. Bridge; Getting the Old Testament: What It Meant to Them, 2009: "Scholars advance two possibilities. One is that the plural is appropriate given the self-reflective tone of the passage. This grammatical construction is called a 'plural of deliberation.' Similar examples can be found in Gen 11:7–8, Isa 6:8 ...".


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Global Surgical Power Tools Market 2016-2020
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|外科用電力工具的全球市場:2016∼2020年 Global Surgical Power Tools Market 2016-2020
|出版日期: 2016年09月13日
|內容資訊: 英文 82 Pages
Surgical power tools are specially manufactured devices that utilize different sources of energy for carrying out a particular action such as drilling or fixing implants during surgeries. Many surgical power tools such as drills, saws, and reamers are available in the market. These devices use different energy sources such as electricity, battery, or compressed gases like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or compressed air, a used in pneumatic devices. These power tools are used in orthopedic; thoracic; oral; neurology; and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries.
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
Always Follow Your Heart
12 comments:
- froebelsternchen Susi said...
The page is just beautiful and I am thrilled about all this fantastic photos! Just GREAT!!!
Thank you so much for another fab post linked to AJJ - you rock Erika!
- July 18, 2016 at 1:49 AM
- Valerie-Jael said...
Another wonderful journal page with lots of gorgeous details, thanks for joining us again at AJJ. And the photos are FAN*TAS*TIC - I want a camera like that! But then I would need water to swim in, too...Looks like you had fun weekend with the family, 2 and 4 legged. I'm glad you are enjoying your summer break. Have a good week, hugs, Valerie
- July 18, 2016 at 4:09 AM
- Meggymay said...
I agree a garden should be made with love, your page looks fabulous, super kitchen towel background, and great vibrant colours.
I think you are enjoying your new camera with these fabulous photos, you will guess that once again I was drawn to your dogs enjoying the water.
Yvonne xx
- July 18, 2016 at 4:16 AM
- Indira said...
The journal page is lovely and the photos made me feel cooler on this hot humid day.
- July 18, 2016 at 3:52 PM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
This is a lovely entry for AJJ. I know how hard it is to stamp on paper towels, so you did good by adding the paint.
You made me very happy when you shared these latest photos. I love the new and unique perspective. It's a wonderful way to bring summer fun to the page.
- July 18, 2016 at 5:54 PM
- Linda Kunsman said...
fab garden page Erika, and I am loving your underwater shots-looks like a ton of fun!
- July 18, 2016 at 8:18 PM
- ~*~Patty S said...
Lovely garden page full of Love and special elements!
Your underwater shots are fabulous Erika.
Such clear water.
But now I'll be thinking about your sunfish gumming with his stubby teeth ACK! Great shot of him and his shadow.
Super pix above water too.
- July 18, 2016 at 10:50 PM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
I forgot to mention the photo of the person on the steps in the water reminded me of my flooded basement. Sad, but true.
- July 18, 2016 at 11:34 PM
- Corrine at corrinegilman.com said...
This looks like so much fun. We had swimming dogs today...a bit cooler which is fine by me. did you get that thunderstorm yesterday? xox
- July 19, 2016 at 12:42 PM
- Let's Art Journal said...
Oh my, your page is so bright and cheery, it really makes me smile! The underwater photos are so cool, the clarity of the picture is fabulous. I think the fish came to see what you were all up to :-). I can see you having lots more fun with your new camera throughout your summer break. Happy Wednesday! J :-)
- July 20, 2016 at 11:53 AM
- Beo said...
I love what you did with your underwater camera!! It's great!!
- July 21, 2016 at 5:40 PM
- Jeanie said...
Not only does this look like a fun day but the underwater camera is fabulous! Nice shots!
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