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by Julie Sebire of Narioka.
Welcome to my first Moda Bake Shop tutorial.
Cobblestone Road Quilt and matching Pebbles doll quilt, made using Honey Buns from the very pretty Hunky Dory collection.
2 honey buns
2.5 yards backing
20 inches binding
20 inches of two co-ordinating fabrics for pieced backs (optional).
2 yards batting.
Note: Save any unused strips and off-cuts as you go. With careful cutting there will be enough fabric left over to make the Pebbles doll quilt too.
Step 1:
From the first honey bun separate the strips into seven groups of five strips each. There will be five strips left over, just put aside. Try to vary the colours in each group then join them together sewing from selvedge to selvedge. See image below.
Step 2:
Take your second Honey Bun and two of the leftover strips from step one. From each strip cut ten, 3.5 inch long pieces.
Step 3:
The 3.5 inch long pieces will make up 84 of these rectangle blocks. One color for the centre and four pieces of another fabric for the border. Join the two sides to the center piece first. Then add the top and bottom pieces. See below.
Step 4:
Arrange the rectangle blocks in rows of fourteen, mixing the colors as you go. There will be six rows.
Step 5:
Using the finished quilt image below as a guide, lay out the seven rows of complete strips and six rows of rectangles, alternating between the two. You may need to rearrange rows until you are satisfied with the position of various colors.
Step 6:
Starting from the top. Sew your first row of strips to the first row of rectangles. Start close to one side. The rows of strips will be wider than the row of rectangles. After joining each row of strips onto rectangles, square up the edges making the rows of strips the same length as the rectangle rows, see below.
Tip: Its much safer to trim off the excess than cut your rows to an exact size before joining them together. There are a lot of seams using narrow pre-cuts so you will find a slight error in seam width can make quite a difference over a complete quilt.
Step 7:
Once all your rows are together, your quilt top is complete. Fabric from a regular 44 inch bolt of fabric can be used for backing as the quilt top will be almost the same width. If you are sending your quilt to be professionally quilted, your backing may be required to be wider than the quilt top. To alleviate this problem I insert a pieced section into the backing, alternatively you can use a wider quilt backing. You may not need to do this if you are quilting by hand or on a domestic machine. See pieced back below. It adds a little extra interest to the quilt too.
Step 8:
You can now baste, quilt and bind your quilt. You will have enough scrap fabric left over to make the following matching doll quilt.
Pebbles doll quilt.
Step 9:
Gather all unused strips and off-cuts from the previous quilt. Before you start, lay out your pieces roughly to see if you need to incorporate any additional fabric from a co-ordinating fabric to increase the size. With careful cutting, there should be enough scraps to make a reasonable sized doll quilt.
Join left-over sections of strips together, see image below.
Step 10:
Cut across these strips in 1.5 inch widths.
Step 11:
Arrange different strips and sew together. Make as many blocks like this as your scraps will allow, then join blocks together to make the small dolls quilt top.
Step 12:
Baste, quilt and bind.
One quilt, single bed topper, 42.5 x 65.5 inches.
One matching doll quilt from leftover scraps, 20.5 x 16.5 inches.
A lovely quilt for a little girl and her favorite doll.


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In 1965 Yash Pal Suri left India for the U.K. The first thing he does on his arrival in England is to buy 2 Super 8 cameras, 2 projectors and 2 reel to reel recorders. One set of equipment he sends to his family in India, the other he keeps for himself. For forty years he uses it to share his new life abroad with those back home - images of snow, miniskirted ladies dancing bare-legged, the first trip to an English supermarket - his taped thoughts and observations providing a unique chronicle of the eccentricities of his new English hosts. Back in India, his relatives in turn, respond with their own 'cine-letters' telling tales of weddings, festivals and village life. As time passes and the planned return to India becomes an increasingly remote possibility, the joy and curiosity of the early exchanges give way to the darker reality of alienation, racism and a family falling apart. A bitter-sweet time capsule of alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, "I for India" is a chronicle of immigration in sixties Britain and beyond, seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera


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Relationships, regulations, reputation, and respect are key to building market access in China, according to Christine Vick, a principal with The Cohen Group, a leading international strategic consulting firm with long experience in Chinese affairs.
Vick was speaking at the U.S. Grains Council's 51st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in San Francisco, July 25-28.
Relationships in China are built on listening and mutual respect, Vick said.
As an economic superpower, China is capable of setting its own rules, and foreigners wishing to do business with China must respect China's sensitivities and priorities.
In agriculture in particular, she emphasized that the current generations of Chinese remember all too well the Great Leap Forward, in which an unknown number of people — probably at least 20 million — died of starvation.
Food security is not just a slogan in China; it is a deeply held national commitment.
The recent emergence of China as a major international grains buyer suggests that China is prepared to broaden its options in this sensitive area.
A new generation of leadership is also emerging, and the most recent Five Year Plan places a significantly greater emphasis on expanded domestic consumption.
The prospects for increased U.S. grains exports to China are promising, but constructive engagement in building long-term relationships of trust and respect are essential — a policy priority which the U.S. Grains Council has adopted and is seeking to increase in the coming year.


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What's dumber? Robbing a house, or getting caught because a ghost wouldn't let you leave?
I'm guessing it's that second part. Even dumber, when they found him he was suffering dehydration. Or maybe he was already on the brink of it when he robbed the house, which is why he thought it was haunted. Beats me.
Of course, we hear ghost stories all the time. As I (and lots of others, of course) have long been saying, there is no credible evidence of ghosts. None. Zip. Like with UFOs, if you want to convince me of this, I want real evidence. Not a blurry photo, or video of a spider crawling on a surveillance camera. Evidence.
Of course, it would also help if people like David Klinghoffer didn't apologize for belief in the supernatural. His opinion piece in the L.A. Times has some good points, but is way too credulous of the possibility of the paranormal. He dismissed brain-related effects explaining the belief in paranormal as too much like "just-so stories", and being unfalsifiable. Mr Klinghoffer, if you read this: there have been tests that show this effect to occur. Magnetic effects to the temporal lobe can induce all sorts of paranormal-like feelings. While this is not a sufficient explanation, it certainly is far more than a just-so story.
Anyway, I know stories like the one about the goofball burglar will continue on forever. As a rational person, I know that we will never be an entirely rational species. My hope is that we can minimize our irrationality… especially when it comes to our voters, our politicians, our editors, our writers, and anyone else in positions of power or the ability to communicate.
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Rams quarterback Sam Bradford has a torn ACL in his left knee for the second straight year and is out for the season.
Coach Jeff Fisher confirmed the extent of the injury Sunday night, news first reported by ESPN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"We lost our quarterback," Fisher said. "For Sam, it was devastating."
Bradford, the first overall pick of the 2010 draft, missed the last nine games last season after getting injured at Carolina. Veteran Shaun Hill is the backup and the Rams also have rookie Garrett Gilbert and Austin Davis on the roster.
In all, five starters were hurt against the Browns.
Cornerback Trumaine Johnson was carted off with a knee injury and three others - guard Rodger Saffold and defensive tackles Kendall Langford and Michael Brockers - left with ankle injuries.
Johnson will be out 4-6 weeks with an MCL tear, but Fisher said Saffold, Langford and Brockers could play if needed in the preseason finale Thursday at Miami.


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Le Vent d'Est (1993)
Directed by Robert EnricoGenres - Drama | Run Time - 116 min. | Countries - France |
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After World War II, due to a longstanding prior agreement among the victorious Allies, displaced citizens of the various countries were returned to their homeland of origin whether or not they wanted to be. There were almost no exceptions to this rule. As a result, several million anti-communist citizens of Eastern Bloc nations were handed over to the not-so tender mercies of their native countries, now under communist rule. Only one nation in all of Europe failed to honor this agreement: the tiny Duchy of Luxembourg. The story of this film is based on a true incident, and the furor it caused. In 1945, the Russian general (Malcom McDowell) of a small detachment of five hundred Eastern Bloc soldiers who fought on the Axis (German) side, led them into the (neutral) Duchy, which had an announced policy of granting asylum. These refugees were swifly assimilated into the everyday life of the country and, despite enormous pressure from the great military powers of the day (particularly Russia), Luxembourg refused to relinquish them to almost certain death.


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Manual Handling All Wales Passport
Menter Training
Monday, 21 May 2018 at 09:30 - Tuesday, 22 May 2018 at 16:30 (BST)
Event Details
Who should attend?
This manual handling training course has been designed for anyone working within an environment where there is a need for the moving and handling of people. It is ideal for anyone working withing the care sector who on a daily basis who use equipment to aid in the process of manual / moving handling of people. It also covers the moving and handling of inanimate loads.
Course content
The course will cover:
- Legislation
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- Modules A-F of the All Wales Passport
Benefits of the course
By attending this course manual handling course, learners will receive a great deal of information to allow them to carry out their roles within their workplaces, safely and efficiently. This qualification is recognised throughout Wales and is part if the minimum standards for CSSIW. Each learner will gain an understanding of using different pieces of equipment for the moving and handling of people.
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QCF Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care.This course covers the Moving & Handling unit, 'Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care'. Please find below the relevant units for the applicable awarding bodies:
- EDI - Unit CU2645
- City & Guilds - Unit 4222-232
- Edexcel - Unit 68
- SSC Ref - HSC 2028
Throughout the course, learners will have sessions of questions & answers, alongside activities and exercises. Learners will complete a multiple choice test paper on manual handling and learners will also be assessed through the practical elements of moving & handling.
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The Campus Coordinator will interface with prospective students and provide valuable administrative and coordination support to the campus - Operations and Academics. This position is responsible for maintaining compliance related to all admissions documents for new student applicants, including reviewing and processing files of new student applicants for completeness; and tracking new student transcript requests for evaluation.
Essential Duties:
- Greets visitors, current and prospective students and faculty. Refers prospective students to Admissions Officers. Assists current students in meeting with appropriate operations or academic staff.
- Enters data including student inquiries and applications into the Admissions Information System.
- Reviews files of new student applicants for completeness, scans completed files and submits them to the Records office. Admits and matriculates prospective students and follows up with the Admissions Officers.
- Processes new student transcript requests, submits transcripts to Central Transcript (TRF) Team, and conducts follow-up with institutions as necessary until official transcripts have been received.
- Prepares external correspondence, including certification of enrollment and award letters as requested.
- Calls inquiries, prospective students, new and continuing students as directed.
- Reviews admissions reports/checklists with Campus Director to include timeliness of documents.
- Provides assistance to the Campus Director, Admissions Manager, Admissions Officers, Business Office and Academics as required.
- Maintains employment documents as required by the State.
- Ensures the class schedule is entered in the system and posted at the classrooms. Confirms that classes have a room, day, time and professor assigned via guidance from the Campus Dean.
- Enters and updates campus class attendance as needed.
- Operates campus switchboard and inbox; receives incoming calls and emails and transfers them to appropriate staff members.
- Reviews inventory, orders office/kitchen supplies, and ensures campus is organized.
- Collects and distributes incoming mail.
- Ensures accuracy and timeliness of ABOA students' information. Does appropriate follow ups
- Completes role specific training.
- Week-end and evening hours are required.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Annual performance evaluation to be conducted jointly by Campus Dean and Director.
- Two years of college is required.
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- At least one year of administrative or coordinator experience is required.
- Possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
- Be detail-oriented and self-motivated.
- Must have strong computer skills (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Working at Strayer is rewarding and each one of us is incredibly passionate about succeeding at our mission and that passion is contagious. With that in mind we are always in search of dedicated, talented individuals who want to be part of something that's enriching, challenging, and rewarding.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2009) - The ETSU men's soccer team is set to host VMI in a non-conference match Friday at 5 p.m. at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
The Bucs (0-0-1) drew a 2-2 tie against Wofford earlier in the week, and will look to pick up their first win of the season against the Keydets. Conrad McCue (Round Rock, Texas) and Sean Hoek (Newburgh, Ind.) both scored goals for the Bucs in the comeback. ETSU is 1-0 all-time against VMI having defeated the Keydets 2-1 last season in Lexington, Va. after falling behind 1-0 early in the match.
VMI (0-1-0) comes into the match having dropped its season opener at home to Mount St. Marys by a score of 4-0. The Keydets feature Second Team All-Conference goalie Brian Sowell as he enters his junior season as VMI's all-time leader in save percentage. Offensively, the Keydets are paced by midfielder Brian Harding and a cast of forwards, including juniors John Sisco and Zach Morgan, while the defense is led by Sonny Landry, Brandon Gary and Will Quarles.
This weekend is Family Fun Weekend at Summers-Taylor Stadium as fans can purchase Buy one, Get one FREE general admission tickets to both the men's and women's soccer home matches this weekend.
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Don't Set Goals…Until You Read This
Don't set goals…… Without taking these 14 tips into consideration!
1. Make it specific and challenging
Telling yourself, "I'm going to do my best" leaves the door open to settle for sub-par effort. Make yourself accountable, be specific and raise the bar.
2. Remind yourself that it's going to be difficult
Two reasons people throw in the towel on their goals is because they underestimate how long it's going to take and how difficult it's going to be. This isn't going to happen to you will it?
3. Make sure it's your goal
Don't pick a goal that you're "supposed" to choose or a goal that someone gives you. Own your goal.
4. Just pick one
You'll be amazed on what you can do when you lock-‐in on one thing.
5. Don't let your goal consume you
Just because I told you to pick one, that doesn't mean to forget everything else. Don't let your goal blind you from other important things (i.e. family, sleep, health, school, work, etc.)
6. Celebrate your victories
If you're not careful you're going to miss those hard-‐to-‐notice successes, don't let that happen. Those are going to fuel your confidence along the way.
7. Have your goal in your face every day
Have a poster, a saying, picture, or anything else to remind you of your goal every day.
8. Have a finish line
Could you imagine running in a race that doesn't end? Eventually your motivation would drop, your energy would give, and your enjoyment will whither. The same thing happens when you don't have a finish line to your goal.
9. Know your obstacles
Think about and write down all the things you're going to face that will get in the way of your goal achievement. Do you still want to climb this mountain?
10. Have plans to combat those obstacles
What are you going to do when adversity strikes?
11. Start BIG, work small
Don't get caught into the minute details of achieving your goal before you start. For example, some people trying to get into shape don't begin immediately because they're so worried about having the perfect shoes, the right watch, and ideal meal plan, that it gets in the way of them actually doing something. Just go; take care of the details later.
12. Lock‐in on the present
Goal attainment is achieved by giving your attention to the only thing you can control – doing something today.
13. Process over results
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5 Steps to Financial Mindfulness
5Financial mindfulness might sound like some vague abstraction, but it's really a simple concept. The idea is that when you increase your awareness of not just your spending habits but your thoughts and feelings about money itself, you can have a better relationship with your finances.
Achieving financial mindfulness isn't linear. It's a mix of both practical and emotional approaches — building up your financial health with tangible tips, but also decluttering your mind and building up your self-esteem. Essentially, by taking ownership of your actions and thoughts, you can achieve true financial mindfulness.
Here, you'll find just a handful of tips to get you started on the path of financial mindfulness:
1. Look at your income objectively
We often look at our paychecks disapprovingly. Maybe we wish we had made more; maybe we're cursing Uncle Sam for taking a bigger chunk than we expected. But when it comes to financial mindfulness, you can't get caught up in the emotion of your paycheck. When you stop worrying about how much money you don't have and start focusing on what you do have, you can have a clearer outlook and a better relationship with your financial situation overall.
"You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you." – Dave Ramsey
2. Assess what you've been avoiding
Whether it's that credit card bill, student loan or empty savings account, look at it, and I guarantee you'll feel less stressed about it. How so? Well, whether it's finances or a fight with your partner, problems seem to get bigger when you avoid acting. So, when it comes to your financial health, be mindful of the things you've been avoiding.
For example, maybe you've been afraid to look at your credit score because you missed a few payments and think it's gone down. Today, many credit card companies offer a dashboard to access your credit score and interact with it so it feels less like an arbitrary number and more like something you can control.
Many times, you can even play with metrics to see how making changes to your habits or payments can affect your score. So, whether it's your credit score or your savings account, by confronting what you've been afraid to know or deal with, you put the power to take control back in your own hands.
3. Build up your financial self-esteem
Setting large financial goals are like setting New Year's resolutions — if they're too big, you're never going to get around to doing them. So, if you want to start saving money, start by making the effort to put away just 5% every month. While this might seem like a small amount, the mindful act of doing so is going to kick-start your goal and build up your self-esteem. Once that happens, you'll be able to set bigger goals, too.
4. Clean house
Literally, clean your house. Make it a seasonal habit of going through your closet, your pantry and your home and taking an assessment of what you already have. When you can see all of your possessions, it's easier to be mindful of what you actually need and helps eliminate frivolous spending.
"All money is a matter of belief." – Adam Smith
5. Think before you swipe
A lot of experts will tell you to carry around cash so you can be more mindful of spending. But the fact of the matter is, that's not always practical. What you can do however, is make a mental note every time you swipe. The action of being more conscious and less distracted while swiping can really help you feel more in control.
Think about it like this — you start buying $4 cappuccinos on your way to work while commuting with a coworker. For the first few swipes, it might seem like just a few bucks. But if you start taking the time to mentally check in while swiping, you'll start to realize what that money can add up to in the long run.
Either that's money you could be saving and allocating towards bills, or simply be putting to use on things you'd enjoy more. When you're mindful, you have more choices.
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How Video Games Made Me A Multi-Millionaire
How I made $3M in 15 weeks with a brand new business.
And how video game theory made me a multi-millionaire…
First, let me clarify – this isn't my first company, but that shouldn't distract you from the true and honest reality that you can replicate what I am about to teach you.
Yet before I lay out a strategy, let me warn you, if you have never played an RPG video game, like Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo II™, then the following will likely fly right over your head and you should download any RPG game that has a SKILL TREE and here is why…
In life everything you do, unlocks new opportunities, yet every single business strategy, project management system, and business framework I have seen, fail to incorporate this fundamental reality into their daily business operations.
And this is where game theory and specifically the importance of understanding how skill trees in popular RPG video games play a critical role in my past success and soon to be yours.
Every game ever, shows you the ENTIRE skill tree, and allows for you to see the end destination and the beginning of the decision you are about to make.
You put a skill point into "Firebolt" and then level it up to say level 5, and you unlock "Firewall", repeat, and you unlock "Meteor" and so on and so forth, but because you can see the entire skill tree, you know where to put your skill points in order to unlock the most powerful skills as early as possible.
Now for those of you that are lost in all this video game jargon, essentially in video games, as you level up through quests or fighting monsters you gain experience, similar to how you do in real life reading books and reading or watching "How To" videos and articles on the internet to learn about a new skill, industry, or craft like marketing or copywriting for instance.
The more time you invest, the greater your experience and hopefully your skill, and just like how in real life your resume builds up, you unlock higher and higher paying jobs based on your skill level and accolades; In video games, specifically RPG games, it is the exact same.
This entire methodology however is simplified for children of all ages to play, and that is where the genius of game theory applies to building easy to execute business plans that anyone can follow to achieve wealth and rapid growth, while at the same time avoiding many of the pit falls and traps that kill motivation and businesses before they have a chance to truly thrive in the world.
So what is so genius about this "game theory" I keep referring to?
It is the very categorization by gaming companies and how they layout objectives in such a simple and intuitive way that a child as young as 6 years old, can recognize and make not only the correct decision, but also achieve taking the shortest path to success if they know only the starting point and the desired end result – that is so absolutely genius.
"The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple." – Albert Einstein
As Albert Einstein says, genius is in the simplest of practices, but the irony is that many are mislead by gurus pushing complex solutions to create the illusion of authority and prestige, and as a consequence (even those of you reading this) will overlook simple executable systems that all age ranges and backgrounds can follow, because their simplicity makes you so wary and cautious of their efficacy because of your prior conditioning to look for complex solutions over those that simply and directly solve your problems.
This symptom of being conditioned to only give attention to complex solutions, is a corrosive dogmatic ideology that has created a disease I like to call "analysis paralysis" amongst every day people and especially entrepreneurs and business executives of whom I coach with great frequency, to help recover from this metaphorical paralysis that can cost millions or worse – their business.
So in order to help you now, to help you understand the value of the solution I am about to outline below, you have to consciously make a single commitment to me while reading this, you have to take a deep breath and blink three times.
Right now!
And while I could go into the psychology as to why this will help you remember what I am about to say, I will keep it short – you have been reading this long article of text, straining your eyes, while constantly both consciously and subconsciously connecting different phrases and key points made above against your wealth of personal life experiences to determine how well they either do or do not relate to you. You do this in order to determine if you can exact true actionable value in this post that will help you get ahead or solve a problem – all actions which naturally stress you out and lessen your attention span.
We, humans are natural problem solvers with an innate desire to win.
So by a simple micro-commitment to your future, such as blinking three times to give your eyes a short break and taking a deep breath (which you may or may not have noticed you have decreased the frequency and depth of your breathing when you started focusing on this article,) will all help combat the stress chemical (cortisol) in the brain, and increase overall retention. After all, the classes you were likely best at in high school and perhaps college (if you attended), were the classes you had the most fun in. Where you smiled and laughed the most, both two textbook reactions that release serotonin and dopamine (the happy chemicals) that kill cortisol (the stress chemical) and help you not only narrow in your focus, but also greatly retain more information.
Fascinating, right? Now STOP!
Pay attention or everything you have read to this point will vanish and be forgotten in the void a thousand new experiences, you are bound to experience today. HOWEVER, if you are committed to making a positive change in your life, if you are committed towards your future success, get closer to the screen, stop skimming the text and read WORD by WORD, for I fear if you do anything else, you may miss the simplicity of the solution I am about to provide by your haste to get to the end.
Each word I use from here on out is carefully crafted and I implore you to re-read not only the following section but the entirety of this article again, and then in the company of friends, to thoroughly retain and then talk over the strategy covered until YOU fully understand – this is for YOU – not THEM.
Step 1 – Start with the end in mind, but leap with clear conscious where others misguidedly step
In game theory and in this article, I gave you a glimpse about the depth of the topic we would dive into at the start in order to prepare you for the next set of information and the next and so on. In game theory, this is no different than you having a basic skill such as typing on a keyboard, which aids you in being able to complete more complex tasks such as navigating the internet, blogging, copywriting, and more. Every bit of prior information and experience, unlocks the next opportunity.
For those of you feeling numbed by the common sense above, thinking "of course you need to know how to type before you can navigate the internet" you have already failed this lesson. For you could never type and instead use speech or any variety of inputs such as a simple computer mouse to complete the task… and this is where you need to kill past prejudice about the simplicity of things, to allow for the genius of game theory come to life.
Having a firm and CLEAR understanding of where your starting point is (where you currently are now in your life at the time of reading this), and the resources that are available to you like money, time, and assets in the form of experience or relationships that you can withdraw from ( know that every relationship is like a bank account that can go bankrupt ) for any of the prior mentioned resources, and MAPPING all of these resources out before you, is the single most IMPORTANT action you can EVER do because…
It allows you to identify your ORIGIN, ground zero, your base, the lowest point at which you will ever be if you are truly investing in yourself and have already started taking notes with a pen and paper by this point of the article.
You need to write down, all of the resources I mentioned above, how you spend your time, your income, the valuable assets you have from the device you are reading this on, to your car and any other miscellaneous valuable things in your possession including junk which could be repurposed ( this list will be LONG ) and any valuable connections, etc.
STOP! Remember how I said genius is in simplicity?
Why are you falling into the SAME TRAP of pursuing complex solutions?
Consider for a moment, how can you know what is valuable or what you should write down when you DO NOT EVEN KNOW YOUR GOAL?!
I gave you a NEW PROBLEM disguised as a solution that you believed would advance you closer to your GOALS, without giving any context as to what is considered valuable. Subconsciously in your innate desire to win and solve the problem, you already started thinking of things – or worse, already committed to writing them down without knowing the END GOAL of why you are writing anything down to begin with.
Again, and this is the last time I will test you, as any room for future confusion will only hurt your ability to learn what you need to from this experience, you need to LISTEN and become a student. Kill any and all form of ego, pride, and status you believe you have – only through abandoning those distractions will you reveal your ORIGIN and with complete and total CLARITY, understand that you are truly at the STARTING point and no closer nor farther away.
It is incredibly important that for the purpose of the remainder of this article you think about nothing else but YOURSELF and reflect on everything I will say in the context of where YOU want to go with YOUR LIFE in the context of the two following questions :
What fulfills YOU, makes you HAPPY?
Who do YOU want to be in the FUTURE?
Take your time to answer both of these before continuing to read the remaining steps to understanding the genius of game theory and how to apply it in the context of YOUR LIFE, because any LACK OF CLARITY will cause you to misstep, instead of take the actions that will progress you by LEAPS and bounds closer towards your goal.
Once you have a CLEAR idea of what the answer to both of these questions is, write them down. It doesn't have to be organized in any way, it doesn't need to be even in complete sentences or even words at all, it can be in any form that makes sense to YOU. Remember, this is not for others, this is for YOU and how YOU hit your life goals.
Once you have your answers written down, a FUTURE is created. Now we can get to work – as you now have both pieces that are NECESSARY to successfully utilize game theory to it's fullest extent as I have to achieve success.
You have an ORIGIN and a DESTINATION, the two points that even a 6 year old can connect the dots between to find the shortest path.
Remember how I said ego, pride, and the status you believe you have would only serve to distract you?
Do any of those things truly matter if a 6 year old is on the same playing field as you at being able to connect the dots between two points?
That is why I told you, to be a student, a BLANK SLATE, as are children who are still eager to learn how the world works.
Now get ready for the GAME part of the theory.
Final Step – Work Backwards From Failure
This is how NASA put a man on the moon, they used game theory, defining the two points above, to discover their ORIGIN and their END POINT, and then proceeded to work backwards from failure.
Luckily, achieving your goals is likely easier than putting a man on the moon. If what you are about to read is properly followed, you will learn the system by which even NASA and the billionaire elite operate, as well as 6 year old children who all realize that FAILURE is only the temporary status of a MISUNDERSTOOD dependency of SUCCESS.
Consider for a moment, you have both the INPUT and OUTPUT of a PROBLEM, does it matter what you put in-between as long as the ORIGIN equals the DESTINATION in the end?
If I have a desire to make 382.18 equal 3,000,000 does it matter whether I use multiplication, division, addition, subtraction or any other process in-between to make the numbers equal one another in the end?
And when you realize how powerful that concept is, you will have fully grasped the power of game theory and how anything becomes possible for anyone with the willingness to UNDERSTAND that FAILURE is only a TEMPORARY status of a MISUNDERSTOOD dependency of SUCCESS.
To put it plainly, the secret to success is not wealth, money, status, or power – it is through finding fulfillment through understanding failure.
It may take you a few years to fully grasp that last statement, but if you know the ORIGIN and the desired DESTINATION of any given problem, then all that's left is to work backwards from failure.
Pay special attention to what I am about to say next.
Most people when they start a project, they just dive in and try to build as they go versus looking at the entire landscape to see where the points of resistance, obstacles, and death traps are.
Furthermore, most business owners and consultants tend to create roadmaps for businesses from the ORIGIN, however this is an incredibly TOXIC and limiting approach to scaling any company.
Consider this, if I asked you how to build a $100M million dollar company right now, would you know which questions to ask yourself and which actions you should do first in order to have the GREATEST IMPACT for the LEAST amount of capital or resources?
No, because you are thinking from the BOTTOM UP, you essentially are forced to think small because you are likely looking at your available resources and going "what can I initially build with X tiny budget to make more money so I can afford the next step".
And just that question alone, can create "analysis paralysis" where you are so caught up in trying to make the right decision with what little funds or resources you may have, that you unintentionally stress yourself out as a result, and make rash emotionally clouded decisions.
However, if you follow game theory and instead worked BACKWARDS from your DESTINATION/GOAL, and repeatedly asked yourself the question of, "What ways can I achieve this?", then instead of having to constantly try and figure out what the next step is or even beat yourself up whether you are asking the right question, all you have to do is continuously list actions that are necessary to achieve the last step.
You solve for failure.
To achieve this GOAL, I can do A, B, or C action to get there, and to A,B, or C action, these are the things I need to do in order to make sure those happen, and so on and so forth. You KEEP DOING THIS until you can not break down the dependencies (requirements) of any one action any further.
And without you even knowing it, you will have discovered that the actions that are all listed at the very bottom of what will look like an upside down tree, have become so granular and simple, that any one of them have become STARTING points, that all lead to your DESTINATION.
Do not be afraid to spend a week or more doing this, it is by far a lot more efficient and smarter to spend a day to sharpen your axe to cut down a tree in a few short swings, than spend an entire day hacking away at a tree with a blunt axe.
By the time you get done, it should look like a really large triangle of sorts, with rows that have the least amount of steps at the top and dozens if not hundreds of steps or actions on the very bottom row.
Now, you might consider you are done and that you have the most thought out business plan in the world and there is no possible way you could fail, and while you will certainly out perform others who do not plan, still have skipped an incredibly important step.
You haven't written down what any of these actions will COST you in terms of time and money.
You likely don't want to retire and start living your dream life at 65, when you're so old that you can break a hip riding a jet ski. So now the question becomes, which path will get you to your DESTINATION the fastest for the least amount of time, money, and effort?
Right now, just by looking at the web of possible futures you have created for yourself there is no context or way of telling which path is the easiest and which one will cost you the most or stress you out the most.
What you will read next, is the MOST IMPORTANT step of game theory, and if followed incorrectly will render everything you have done up until this point useless.
In order to add context to this massive web of possible actions and steps before you and to make the entire thing so easy to understand that even a 6 year old can answer the question of "Where do we start?", we need to add two values.
The first, the time it will take to find and have SOMEONE ELSE do that task.
The second, the amount of money it will cost to have SOMEONE ELSE do that task.
Consider for a moment, what is the #1 trap you hear most entrepreneurs and business owners falling into?
That they get so caught up IN their business instead of ON it, right?
So why would I have you write down the amount of time or money it would cost YOU to do any of the tasks that you have written out?
If you don't know the time or cost it would take to do a task on your decision tree, ask someone who would know, utilize your network. If you do not have someone in your network, jump on LinkedIn and look up people who are in positions at companies who can.
Make educated estimates, but do not GUESS.
The goal of game theory is to give you the shortest executable path to achieve your end DESTINATION/GOAL and to answer the question that has probably been nagging in the back of your mind of "Where do I start?".
Once you have filled out the answers to these two questions above for every action you have in your decision tree, have likely made all of your friends feel like you've fallen off the deep end and become some mad genius – the real fun starts.
It is time to find the shortest path to success.
You have thousands of ways you can succeed, thousands of ways you can solve the problem of how to get from where you are now to where you want to be, and there is NO WRONG ANSWER, just a series of shorter and longer paths that will get you there.
It's time to get out a blank notepad and a calculator and get to work. Start adding up which path will take the LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY to get you to your desired end DESTINATION.
Sound like a lot of work? Work smarter, not harder.
Do not calculate paths from the bottom up, start from your DESTINATION and then work backwards yet again. Only follow the path that has the SMALLEST time and monetary commitments, and repeat until you get to the end.
I suggest that you highlight this path as you go in green, as this is the SHORTEST possible path. When you reach the very last action at the bottom, which should be the easiest action you can do today to start on the path of SUCCESS, you have officially found your point of ORIGIN.
In doing everything above, you have literally created a roadmap and system so simple, that if you were to show a 6 year old, they would be able to follow it, and in doing so you have freed yourself from every possible entrepreneurial trap and mental block that would ever get in-between you and the future you are trying to create.
As a consultant, public speaker, and as a serial entrepreneur myself, the greatest barrier I have found that prohibits people from achieving any form of success, is that they (especially business owners and executives) mistake action for progress.
By following game theory and the exercise above, you've fundamentally done what 99.9% of people in this world have failed to do. You have predicted the future.
It sounds wild, but in life nearly every person you meet, never considers the consequences of their actions beyond any immediate sense.
That is why 99.9% of people happily exchange time for money, they wake up and go to work because the immediate result is money.
They are too distracted or stressed by relationships, money, how they look and what people think of them, that they never take a moment to step back and consider if the actions they are doing each and every day lead to any true progress. That is the cause of every major world problem.
There isn't a single school in the nation that teaches you to THINK like this article does. They all teach you to REACT, instead of carefully predict each move you make with calculated precision.
Following the traditional way of thinking will make your life progress no differently than if you were to have a single bow and arrow and fire it with all your might, only to then spend time chasing down the arrow (the direction of your life) to fire it again, only to end up wherever it is that you end up.
Whereas game theory and methodology that I have explained above will allow for you to accomplish each and every desire you ever have in this life.
It is like having that same bow and arrow, but having a clear and defined target to aim for. Instead of exerting all of your effort and strength into aimless progress, your life becomes a series of precise and calculated accomplishments, that all line up to the culmination of the ultimate goal in life – fulfillment.
Whatever you seek in life, whether you seek to create multiple multi-million dollar businesses as I have, to travel the world, to be present with friends and family, or to press the boundaries of human ability or imagination, the drive you have to achieve that goal, the thing you are seeking is called fulfillment.
No book, nor article, nor advice by any "guru" has ever come as close to answering how to achieve the true success or fulfillment as well as game theory does.
This is not just a theory, it is act, the dedicated craft of predictive thinking that is not taught in universities or schools, nor by the internet's most followed influencers nor business gurus, but the one trend you will find amongst all billionaires and top performers of any industry or craft, is that they all do it.
None of their actions are by chance. Each decision is carefully crafted to set themselves up in the best possible position to achieve the next goal.
If I can give any more of my parting wisdom in this post than I have already, it is that anything easily earned is never truly valued. Our goals are our goals in life because they are hard, because they are worth earning. If they were easily obtained, we wouldn't task ourselves with trying to accomplish them for they would have no value to us.
The true secret of success, is that success isn't about having a lot of money, it is about finding fulfillment, a sense of purpose and meaning and pride, in every action you do.
How could you not be happy with a life like that?
A life where you never regret any decision?
That is the true meaning of success, the pursuit of happiness.
Utilizing this way of predictive thinking as I have outlined in the article above, will help you diagnose any problem you have in your life, allow for you to achieve anything you can imagine, and the only limitation of what you can achieve or become in this life, is the belief that you can.
This is the very process I go through with all of my clients, business partners, managers within my companies, and entrepreneurs and executives I coach at private masterminds that I frequently host.
Now that you have the keys to success, and the very blueprint for what has helped me become a multi-millionaire and hit $3M in 15 weeks with my latest company (as was the original title and reason why you clicked on this article), what will you do with it?
Will you study this article and use it to achieve your dreams?
Or will you let life's distractions distract you from this little gem and will everything you read fade away in time with life's every day events?
You decide.
Nobody in this world will ever care about your dreams coming true, so if you don't make them real, who will?
Thanks for reading!
I can't wait to see how you apply game theory and this model of predictive thinking in your own life, and if you understand the importance of immersing yourself in the right environment and people, and want to immerse yourself deeper in a culture of select people who think this way, then you can use this very theory to figure out how to get ahold of me and become part of the community of people I surround myself with.
Don't worry it's not that many steps to achieve success there 😉 I'm pretty easy to get ahold of…
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5 Non-Negotiable Things Millionaires Do Every Day
No matter how busy you are, if you're an entrepreneur, there are some things you should aim to do every single day. With that in mind, there are some habits that millionaires do on a daily basis that you can adopt in your days.
Below are 5 non-negotiables to include in your daily routine every single day:
1. Reviewing Your Goals
Every morning successful people review their goals to keep focused on what they are waking up for; so they can align their tasks for the day with their goals. Viewing your goals means that you have to write them down first so you're clear on what you want to achieve.
Looking at them only once a week or once a month isn't good enough because you will lose focus easily since there are many distractions in this day and age. Writing down your goals for the day and viewing them regularly is a good habit to form. When you're going to set your schedule for the day and have your goals in front of you always ask yourself, "Will this task get me closer to my goals?" If not, then perhaps you shouldn't be doing it at all.
"Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them." – Les Brown
2. Completing Your MIT First Thing
MIT stands for Most Important Task. This is the task that has the greatest impact on your bottom line and propels you dramatically closer to your goals. This can change throughout your life as your goals change or you and your business go through different stages of maturity.
There's an important thing to note here, doing your MIT first thing after you wake up and after your morning routine is essential, as you never know what distractions could come up throughout the day. It also keeps you productive since after completing it you will feel fulfilled knowing that you have completed the most important task of the day.
In fact, in most cases, completing your MIT of the day in the morning means that you could do whatever you want for the rest of the day if you choose to do so.
3. Learning
Learning isn't optional if you want to keep growing throughout your life. Surely, you wouldn't want to stay in the same spot where you are right now for the next 10 years would you?
Learning is not about just reading books. In fact, many millionaires consume their knowledge through audiobooks on fast speed so they can consume more in less time and during a commute. It's no wonder audiobooks have become more popular in recent years.
Nonetheless, this isn't about audiobooks or physical books. It's about not letting your hate for reading that most people have stop you from learning and growing. You can be creative about the way you consume your knowledge. Ideally you want to spend at least 60 minutes per day learning and growing your mind so you can enhance your skills and creativity to do different things.
4. Physical Wellbeing
If you want to be a high performance individual then you must take care of your body. The last thing we want is for your body to fail you when you most need it. Be careful about what you put into your body and make sure you are active throughout the day to keep your energy up.
One of the ways I've found to be helpful to keep your energy up throughout the day is to jump around, do some jumping jacks or some pushups whenever you are feeling a bit low on that energy.
Exercising 2 or 3 times a week is good, yet that's not what we are talking about here. What I'm talking about here is just being active everyday, whether it's a rest day or not. You can go out for a walk or do something light each day.
"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body." – Arnold Schwarzenegger
5. Viewing Your Finances
Yes, everyday have a look at your bank account. If it depresses you to look at then perhaps that's something we need to work on, don't you think? Not looking at them isn't the solution, it's just trying to pretend the problem is not there. The point of looking at your finances is similar to when you look at your goals, except with one slight difference.
When you look at your finances it's not only to keep you focused on growing them, but also to keep track of how you're doing financially and whether they're getting better or worse over time.
You can act successful and pretend your business is doing fine but your finances never lie. By looking at your finances you're giving yourself a reality check and you'll be able to know if what you're doing is working or not.
Remember to focus on your daily goals, complete your most important tasks, learn every day, take care of your wellbeing ,and review your finances to ensure you're progressing every single day.
Which one of these 5 non-negotiable routines resonated with you the most and why? Let us know your thoughts below!
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10 Secrets to Success From Clickfunnels Top Affiliate Spencer Mecham
Are you looking to be an affiliate? You have to acquaint yourself with a couple of tips which guarantee great success. Affiliate marketing you will not get paid until some kinds of actions are taken by the readers.
Identified and explained hereunder are ten secrets for successful affiliate marketing which are proven to guarantee higher values to your readers and the likely maximization of success:
1. Aim at meeting the needs of your target market
Your reader is by far your best asset. When appropriately satisfied, the chances of them taking the necessary courses of actions are raised. For this to happen, you have to understand them inside and out. Do so by inquiring about their pain points, their tastes and preferences, and their expectations of your blog.
Yogita Aggarwal avers that promoting the wrong product is a sure path to failure. To mitigate this, you have to conduct thorough market research.
2. Maintain a fair degree of trustworthiness
Readers are generally smart, and they can easily spot an affiliate link when they come across one. You should not attempt to promote an irrelevant product or bombard them with too many adverts. They will just lose interest, leave and possibly never come back.
You should hence aim at building a pool of repeat visitors. They are the ones who are more likely to drive traffic to your site, place orders and refer others to your site. You can only build good relationships by marketing quality content.
As you do this, be sure to prioritize value addition by sharing only those products which you are confident of being relevant, valuable and sincerely helpful to your readers. Make it a point of disclosing any links or relationships you have with your vendors. This will go a long way in solidifying the trust.
3. Be passionate about what you are doing
It is essential to be passionate about what you are doing or attempting to do. It is almost impossible to succeed in what you do if you don't truly love it. Avoid marketing only for the sake of money. It is only then that you will be able to generate new ideas and marketing perspectives which are crucial for the success in the field.
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you." – Oprah Winfrey
4. Approach the issue one step at a time
Do you desire to manage $5,000 in your first month? Hold on! You will first and foremost have to achieve $1 then $10 and eventually someday to $5,000+. This requires time. You will have to comprehend the psychology and behaviors of your client base first and foremost. After doing that, you will be able to build on that information for higher profit margins.
5. Be helpful
To maximize the possibility of eliciting positive responses from your readers, you have to go further than just letting them know of the existence of your products. Take some time to provide in-depth reviews of the products on sale. Highlight their features and offer brief explanations of just how beneficial they could be to the user.
Preferably, share a personal testimonial or case study in the affiliate link in your review. These build trust and verification which in turn enhance the experience of the visitors considerably. Higher sales will naturally follow after that.
6. Be an ambassador
Instead of promoting the products as a marketer, you are strongly advised to develop them as though they were your own. To do this:
- Review the products by laying particular emphasis on why you think they are better than their competitors.
- Produce tutorials showcasing their use or services.
- Put in place a landing page to enlighten your referrals rather than merely pointing them to your site.
- Recommend one product alongside why you prefer it. This will help undecided buyers make rational decisions.
- Enforce some bonuses for the high-value affiliates and joint ventures deals
The steps above will let your affiliates make their decisions from a more informed position. On the same note, they will enable you to gain added influence and authority for your own, not to mention deepening relationships between your provider and you.
"Trust is built with consistency." – Lincoln Chafee
7. Uphold great transparency in your affiliate relationships
It is necessary that you uphold a significant degree of transparency in your affiliate relationships. Your readers will definitely appreciate your honesty and will gladly contribute to your earnings. They will often track any dishonesty readily. This will definitely scare them away from your site and drive them to the websites of your competitors.
To further stand out of the crowd, you might want to offer a bonus for any action taken from your site. This is extremely useful when in a field that is saturated with many other players.
8. Choose the various affiliate products keenly
Take some time to go through the list of various products that are available. In particular, match them with the expectations, tastes, and preferences of your target market. As you promote them, alter the ads every now and then, attempt different graphics and texts to find the most effective ones.
You will have to spend some time before arriving at the best formula possible. While at it, you will also realize the need to rotate or alter ads from time to time to captivate the attention of the audience well.
Generally speaking, digital ads are better options. They have higher conversion rates and generate higher commission rates. For maximum profits, consider promoting products that are highly priced and those that renew each month.
9. Work on a strong reputation within your niche
Affiliate marketing is generally more sophisticated and highly profitable. Rather than building one-page campaigns, focus on putting in place a sales funnel, assets, and other things which have a higher value. Identify the best niche and stick to it. These steps will not only earn the trust of your visitors but also develop stronger relationships with your advertisers.
10. Generate and post high-quality content
Your content marketing strategy should be your highest priority. The content serves as the foundation and the lifeblood upon which your site is hinged. Readers will only be interested in your site if it contains helpful and valuable content.
This being the case, you should aim at excellent furnishing contents and effective monetizing strategies which are proved to work out well. You will lose readers if you make the slightest attempt to compromise your content. That, of course, will lead to the forfeiture of the opportunity to make any money from your adverts like referral-based and cost-per-click.
All said and done, the quality of your content is the single most contributing factor of the credibility of your blog, website, or business. Hence it is in your best interest to invest heavily in it if you ever hope to make any meaningful success!
Which one of the above 10 secrets to success from Spencer Mecham resonated most with you? Let us know your thoughts below!
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The Browns gave quarterback Johnny Manziel first crack with the first team on Monday, but were quick to say that no one should read anything more into that than they read into Brian Hoyer getting those opportunities in previous practices.
One observer isn't buying the Browns' line, however. Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau will be devising a game plan to stop the Browns in the first week of the regular season and he expects to be dealing with Manziel. It would be the first NFL game for the first-round pick, but LeBeau isn't expecting an easy time of things.
"I'm expecting Manziel to be the starter. That's what I'm expecting. What he did in college is not an accident. He did it often enough against good teams," LeBeau said, via Tom Reed of Cleveland.com. "I think he is going to be a handful for all of us. You watch all his games and he created plays, he made plays, he kept plays alive. He has the ability to see people and the touch with the football to get it in there late in the down. I think he will be successful at this level."
The Browns have said they plan to name their starter by the third preseason game, which would give LeBeau and the Steelers plenty of time to prepare regardless of which quarterback takes the field for the Browns in September. That timeline could change if things haven't been clarified, but any delay would just seem to make it more likely that Manziel has caught up to Hoyer and made himself a likelier choice for the starting gig in Cleveland.


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Two inmates who made a brazen daytime helicopter escape from a Canadian jail could face attempted murder charges for firing on officers after a car chase, Quebec police said today.
Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau, 36, and Danny Provencal, 33, both inmates at the Saint-Jerome Jail in Quebec, were recaptured Sunday night. The men, along with two alleged accomplices, are scheduled to appear in court today, where they could face attempted murder counts, along with charges of hijacking an aircraft, evasion, possession of restricted weapons and breaking and entering, Provincial police spokesman Benoit Richard said.
Richard did not name the accomplices but said they are known to police.
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The two men posed as tourists wanting to take a flight over Mount-Tremblant and then pulled a gun on the pilot, forcing him to land on one of the prison buildings, Yves Le Roux, president of the helicopter rental company, Passport-Hélico, told ABCNews.com.
"They had some rope and the two inmates grabbed onto the robes," he said. "They ordered our pilot to land in a nearby field so the two who were hanging could enter the helicopter," he said.
He said the pilot had pressed an emergency signal at one point during the flight and that when the suspects exited the aircraft, they pulled his t-shirt over his head so he would not be able to see where they were running.
Authorities called the jailbreak, which happened around 2 p.m. EST on Sunday, nothing short of "exceptional."
"I have never heard of an event such as this. Based on the info I have...I can tell you this has never happened," Richard said.
Richard said police followed the helicopter from the ground, and eventually were engaged in a car chase with Hudon-Barbeau and two accomplices before exchanging gunfire outside of a remote chalet 53 miles from the jail.
"When the suspects got out of their vehicl...they turned to officers and opened fire and then the police officers returned fire. No one was hit," Richard said.
Two of the suspects ran into an occupied chalet in Chertsey, Quebec, Richard said.
"These were people who were inside their home and the suspects broke into the chalet and of course they left at that point," he said.
The two men were arrested Sunday night without incident at the chalet. A third was arrested by a highway as police continued a dragnet for Provencal.
Authorities caught up with Provencal, who was barricaded in a building, late Sunday night. After setting up a perimeter and bringing in negotiators, they were able to bring him into custody after midnight, Richard said.
Le Roux said the pilot, who is in his mid-20's, was treated for shock but is recovering from his ordeal.
Hudon-Barbeau was arrested last year on firearms charges as part of a double murder investigation, the AP reported. One of the men charged in the murder is said to have ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.
A man claiming to be Hudon-Barbeau called Montreal radio station 98.5 FM while the inmates were on the lam and said he was "ready to die" evading police.
"The way they're treating me in there, it's unreal," the man told the radio station in French, according to the AP. "They won't let me be. They put me back in prison for nothing."
Yves Galarneau, correctional manager at the Saint-Jerome jail, where there is a maximum security wing, said there would be an investigation into the escape.
"Because this is the first time such an event has occurred in a Quebec facility, first of all there will be an administrative investigation, an assessment will be carried out and we will be looking at what further steps need to be taken," he said.


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CANADA, Alberta
Tourists can make their way on horseback along the trails of scenic Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Rides are offered in one-, two- or three-hour installments for visitors of all ages and abilities. True explorers can take full-day trips through the Spray River Valley.
Riders can also have a meal at the base of Sulphur Mountain before continuing along the banks of the glacial Bow River.
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Full-day mahout courses are available, offering training on animal health, biology, body language and handling. All participants leave with a certificate and photos.
The majestic animals have long been revered in Thailand.
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SOUTH AFRICA, Oudtshoorn
You can visit an Ostrich Show Farm in the Karoo to ride an ostrich. More daring participants can take part in an "ostrich derby." The region is known for its population of the tall, flightless bird, which thrives in semidesert conditions.
There are tours and petting areas where you can cuddle with chicks. Riders must weigh less than 150 pounds.
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A tiger may not be able to change its stripes, but it can definitely find a new lair.
Tiger Woods, 34, was spotted moving into a lower Manhattan apartment while in town for a tournament in Paramus, last weekend, reports Us Weekly.
Woods' reported move comes just a week after his divorce to former Swedish model Elin Nordegren was made official. The split came nine months after a Thanksgiving weekend incident blew the lid off a series of extramarital trysts the golf star carried out over the course of their six-year marriage.
Terms of the settlement were not released, but estimates have Nordegren receiving as much as $100 million of Woods' $600 million estimated worth. The Sunday Times of London reported that she may use some of that money to open a mental health clinic in Florida, where their family lived.
The couple will maintain a "shared parenting" arrangement for their two children, Sam, 3, and Charlie, 1.
Nordegren made her first public comments on the situation last week in an interview with People magazine in which she said she never had any clue that Tiger had been stepping out on her.
"I'm so embarrassed that I never suspected -- not a one," she said.
Since the affairs became public, Woods has been a shell of the formerly unstoppable force that dominated the PGA Tour for years. However, he showed signs of returning to form at last week's Barclays event. He was tied for the lead after day one, shooting a stellar 65 in the opening round. He faded Friday and Saturday and finished in 12th place, which will still his best result since June.


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The dessert chapter is to die for: strawberry rhubarb pie, apple crisp, one-pan busy day chocolate cake (Lucinda gets it!), banana bread (a staple at my house), chocolate pudding, rice pudding (I am a fool for rice pudding), cookies and bars. The gorgeous photo above is for no-bake peanut butter rice krispie bars. Rice Krispies? Always and forever!
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"Grease" was the highest-caliber musical production I've seen at Greencastle-AntrimHigh School since "The Sound of Music."
We should have known the positive word was out when we were hard-pressed to find four seats next to each other at 7:20 PM (the show started at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday nights).
When the opening music started, the audience spontaneously began clapping to the beat. My son commented, "It hasn't even started yet," since the curtain was still closed. I responded, "People are excited, and they like the music."
The cast was very talented. A big bonus was the male side of the cast. Historically, it has been difficult to get enough talented young men to put time into the school musical. Maybe it was the appeal of the black leather jackets and the macho roles, but "Grease" featured a slew of them.
As always, Madeline Heraty was a standout, this time in the role of Betty Rizzo. Lauren Durniak's beautiful singing voice was a pleasure again, this time featured in the role of Sandy Dombrowski. The rest of the "Pink Ladies" were fun to watch as well.
Part of the fun of attending these shows year after year is watching the students seemingly grow up before our eyes. My strongest impression of Brady Smith is as a small junior high camper and young staff member at Camp Joy El. That image is forever changed now that I've seen him very successfully pull off the obnoxious role of Kenickie.
Huge kudos go to the Bingaman family, who poured their time and talents into this musical production for the past many months. Roz directed it, with son Ridge and daughter Randa assisting with direction and choreography. Family patriarch Randy was the set designer and builder. And older son Ronnie lent his artistic talents to designing the poster and program. I even purchased my ticket from Ronnie upon entering.
The Bingamans were buoyed by the assistance of other leaders, both behind the scenes and in front, such as Kevin Carley as producer and acting coach, as well as devoted stage managers and crew. Of course I can't name all the people who helped make this a success.
Final showing is today at 3 PM in the Greencastle-AntrimHigh School auditorium. At $5 per ticket, it's cheaper than taking the family to a movie. Head over there, planning to bop your head to the lively music and laugh at the cast's antics.
A disclaimer: As anyone familiar with the "Grease" plotline knows, even though the local version is sanitized from the raunchiest elements, the overall message of the musical remains less than edifying.


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'Dead Man's Cell Phone' scores in Brookfield
You've got to hand it to Michael Burnett, president and artistic director of the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts.
He's got a vision about community theater that's a thing apart from the usual diet of popular hits and pabulum you're likely to see in other venues.
His decision to stage Sarah Ruhl's fetching drama "Dead Man's Cell Phone" is born of a more informed grasp of what worthwhile theater is all about. It also represents a certain courage in play selection.
Ruhl's surreal drama is not likely to make a killing at the box office. But I daresay audiences who turn out to see it will come away more enriched by the experience than they would be after exposure to yet another tiresome version of "The Sound of Music," or similar fare.
Ruhl's play is one of those treats combining outrageous circumstance with an underbelly of lyricism.
It had its premiere at the Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company in 2007, and went on to be staged in New York and at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2008.
In the play, one recurrent theme -- and there are others -- is the way life is disrupted by the post-millennial obsession with wireless communication vehicles like cellphones.
At the opening of the drama, Jean's (Vicki J. Sosbe) quiet luncheon is interrupted by the incessant ringing of the cellphone of Gordon (Kevin Sosbe), who is sitting at a nearby table.
He is unresponsive to her requests to answer his calls, and she finally works up the courage to address the problem with him.
Except she discovers that from all appearances he is dead, albeit in an upright position.
Jean becomes swept up into Gordon's world by answering the incessant calls to him on the cellphone. She is finally driven to pose as his secretary.
Jean's life then becomes embroiled in everything Gordon-related, including his gruff and ham-fisted mother, Mrs. Gottlieb (Susan Lang); his rejected wife, Hermia (Meg Jones); his diffident brother, Dwight (James Hipp), with whom she becomes enamored; and another woman, a mysterious person who turns out to be a former mistress of deceased Gordon (KC Ross).
Jean's transformed life becomes an affair that both enlivens and deadens her and the people around her. The playwright herself remarked that she finds it "terrifying" that the electronic age has ushered in an era in which we're all less connected to the present.
Why? Because "You connect to people you already know. But how well do you know them? Because you never see them -- you just talk to them."
Director Alicia Dempster has all in her Brookfield cast successfully dramatizing playwright Ruhl's paradoxical world. It is one of togetherness and isolation, closeness and distancing, truth and deceit, purposefulness and accident, the mundane and the mystical.
At Gordon's funeral, Mrs. Gottlieb ends her oration by referring to the Rodgers and Hammerstein's song "You'll Never Walk Alone."
As if to emphasize the point, a cell phone starts to go off in the assembled church, and the mourning mother agrees: "Because you'll always have a machine in your pocket that might ring."
"Dead Man's Cell Phone" runs through Dec. 1 at the Brookfield Theatre of the Arts, 182 Whisconier Road. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., plus a Sunday matinee on Nov. 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students, and may be purchased by calling 203-775-0023 or at email@example.com
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