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When you're raising kids, you might have goals for how they'll turn out, like I did. But it's only when they're adults that you can really see the results of your efforts, which are never guaranteed.
I've spent several days in a row helping my youngest (who turns 18 on Sunday) with proofreading his college essays and scholarship applications. It's been an eye-opening experience, to say the least.
Not surprisingly, he thinks very highly of my husband and refers to him as one of his strongest role models. My husband and my youngest son share a lot of personality traits and even look quite a bit alike.
I say that it's not surprising that my son thinks of my husband as a role model because that's just the kind of guy my husband is. He may not be super social or outgoing but he's a rock-solid, honest, genuinely good man.
When I was younger, I admit that I felt overshadowed by how much people admired and respected my husband. In comparison, I felt just ordinary, like kind of a loser. Even my own mom once said he was too good for me. The truth is that she was probably right. I've worked hard on becoming a better person and I don't feel that way very much anymore.
But it was interesting and surprising that my youngest son sees admirable traits in me as well. He said that I've influenced him to be a kinder person and that I've shown him that in pursuing some of my own big dreams, I've encouraged him to pursue his own.
Still, since the prompt for the essay is "describe your challenges and how they have shaped you," he also mentions our challenges and how they have affected him, both my husband's cancer and my brain disease. He mentions that we're likely to have shorter lifespans as a result of our illnesses and how that drives him to make the most of his opportunities while he can.
And there's just something about seeing myself through his eyes that makes me feel both incredibly proud and profoundly depressed. You want your kids to learn good values and lessons from you (or at least I did) but it's another thing entirely to realize that part of what imparted those values and lessons were the tragic circumstances of your own life.
I don't think anybody wants to be a tragic figure, no matter how much their tragedy inspires resilience and strength in others. But we don't always get to choose what we want our impact on the world to be. I'm trying not to count myself out already, even though I'm spending more of my days almost too tired to function and my leg pain is starting to interfere with my mobility. My mobility is still overall good, but for the first time I feel it turning a corner where I'm not certain my mobility will remain good anymore.
I still want to have hope in my future and I'll fight to the bitter end. But it occurs to me that I may never get to do all the things that I wanted to do. But my goal in parenting was to raise thoughtful kids who would make the world a better place and I think I've achieved that. Maybe that's enough of an accomplishment with my life.


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Sine's intuitive mobile application enables touchless check-in by mobile phone across a wide variety of industries including commercial real estate, education, industrial, logistics, pharma, construction, and others. Sine's SaaS solution provides companies with capabilities to help improve safety, security, and compliance across their facilities for visitors, building occupants, and workers.
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Dear Cary,
The basics: Baby-boomer, recovering alcoholic (26-plus years) sees similar acting-out behavior in her high-achieving son, and it makes her sick!
I lived the sex, drugs and rock n' roll life of the 1970s and as a result spent my time digging myself out of financial, employment and legal crises. I had married my high school boyfriend to get out of the house when I flunked out of college at age 20, and then I cheated on him with many of his friends and lots of guys I met when I went back to school. He eventually divorced me, and I lived through hell with a abusive man who had a plate in his head from a motorcycle accident (we never married, thank God). Then, I married husband No. 2 after only knowing him for five weeks. We lived a life of chaos for the next four years until finding recovery in the mid-1980s at age 35.
Husband No. 2 is my son's father, and he also got sober when I did. Through therapy and working the 12 steps, I was able to recognize the promiscuous acting out [was due to] childhood sexual abuse. For 18 years, I've been married to husband No. 3, also in recovery (33-plus years), although he and I began seeing each other while he was still married, so he, too, had some issues with fidelity. I had a sexual relapse about 14 years ago and had an intense but brief affair with a co-worker. This was not healthy for me. I am grateful I didn't drink, and I've recommitted myself to a life of honesty. Through all of this, I've had a great career in book publishing.
My only child is a 32-year-old man married for four years who moved to New York last July to take a promotion with a nonprofit organization. Before this, he and his wife had been living apart for about a year while she had a fellowship in another city at a prestigious organization in her field. His wife assured both families that if this fellowship ever got in the way of the marriage, she'd quit and live with her husband again.
Well, the distance created big problems, and last spring, my son found someone else for comfort and, I suspect, the daily ego boost/excitement that an affair can bring. I should know. You can imagine how hard it was for us to watch him, the two months before he moved to New York, as he tried to juggle his wife and the affair. He was living with us, and we had ringside seats to his lying and manipulative behavior. If I expressed my love and concern for his wife, he would get very angry with me. I couldn't talk with him (I didn't think it was my place) and didn't ever try to tell him how much I related. Only once, after he moved, did I write that I thought he was behaving like a man having an affair and that I thought he should get out of his marriage before starting a new relationship.
My son respects and adores his stepfather, and I was always so proud of my son for not being a "player" while in high school and college (unlike his father and his mother). My son did have lots of issues with life/education/career before he met his future wife, but once he met her, she was the catalyst to his turning his life around, getting multiple degrees and finding his way to a solid career.
My daughter-in-law did eventually move to NYC but only after my son told her (and me) about the affair, insisted it was over and demanded that she move, or else. They have been living there together since last September, and she found a good position in her field. They are very career-oriented and did seem to be on the mend. They've been to counseling together and separately. Now, they've decided to separate to, as my son says, "get some distance from the stress and find themselves." I worry that he's going to reconnect with the object of his affair.
This has made me crazy for over a year, although I'm OK as long as they are together. I have cried and wailed in private and to my husband, to my sponsor, to my friends; however, I just don't get why I've had such a strong reaction to this situation. I have come to love my daughter-in-law dearly, and I love the two of them together. If I see them doing something together and they post it on Facebook, I have a good day. I see her wedding gown in the closet. On the porch, I see the Frisbee they played when they were home. On the piano, I see their wedding portrait. I see these things and I cry. Everyone tells me to let it go, accept whatever happens, live your own life and pray. I try.
I really believed that my son would not be like his parents, and now it appears that he is. His counselor thought he was most likely an alcoholic, with his family and drinking histories, and suggested he go to AA, but he seems to be able to control his drinking so far.
I know I have no control over him, but I still spend hours searching for books about mending from affairs and making marriages work. I haven't sent anything yet, but I think there must be something I can do.
I feel some relief having written this to you. Yes, I know this is about me. Yes, I know, this is the epitome of co-dependency. Yes, I should go to Al-Anon. I just don't want to. I want another answer. I want permission to try and fix their problems.
Dear CW,
I recently came across a conversation with psychiatrist Judith Herman in which she discussed, among other things, the dissociation and "double reality" that people who have survived trauma sometimes live with.
In thinking about that, and about the wonderful capacity of recovered addicts to knowingly entertain impossible notions of fixing the world and fixing others, I wonder if what you are experiencing is not co-dependency but the awakening of a powerful yet repressed capacity within yourself, as though a separate, forgotten being had come to life. If so, the answer would be not to further dissociate yourself from this vital complex of passions by calling it co-dependency, but to embrace it, with gratitude, and encourage its growth and maturity.
What if this is an opportunity to integrate an ideal but long-neglected self -- the self that would have done things differently, had not the trauma and abuse occurred? Of course you can't change the past, but perhaps you can embrace this split-off person who was always there and is still there.
In the 1960s and 1970s, in that atmosphere of existential threat, it made sense for us to reawaken a primitive, tribal, sensual body consciousness as a corrective to the specter of mechanized death. But we had no long-term plan. We had no institutions. Our world was splintered. And thus we limped away afterward to cobble together fragile lives of ambivalence.
This does not have to be about your son, nor does it have to be about co-dependency. This can be about your ideal self reemerging. Let that self reemerge! Your concern is genuine. Let it in and celebrate it.
This permission you want, to try and fix others' problems, perhaps you can have it in a rhetorical sense.
It's OK to want to fix the world. Honor that self. It's a good thing. It doesn't have to be about your son. It can be about your own long-neglected ideal self.
Or at least, let's say, that's an idea I would humbly propose for your consideration.


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It may seem impossible for individuals with different values, strengths, backgrounds and needs to work together as a cohesive team. But, it's not impossible. Whether you schedule a live face-to-face session (when it's safe) or an online teambuilding (or team-building) session, you can equip your team with the tools and understanding to work well in healthy and productive ways. Then they can focus on outcomes and producing versus becoming caught up in workplace drama.
What's at the heart of an effective team and how online teambuilding can help.
The key lies in understanding. Once individuals appreciate the needs and stressors of others, they can interact in ways that promote team cohesion and empathy.
An effective team gets results and meets goals. That's what you want as a manager. An unproductive team costs you money, energy, and even valuable staffers. Quite often the biggest barrier to effective teamwork is misunderstanding and interpersonal turmoil. You've heard the saying "people don't leave companies/organizations, they leave PEOPLE!" So true, right?
A solid online teambuilding session can go a long way toward helping your team learn to interact based on what their counterparts need and value.
Schedule a True Colors Team-building training!!!! This is the all-important first step in equipping your team to understand, appreciate, and learn how to celebrate what each person brings to the team dynamic.
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In light of the new normal, we are all attempting to navigate, I will host True Colors team building sessions completely online now. The sessions cannot include more than 10 participants at a time.
In light of the new normal, we are all attempting to navigate, I will host True Colors team building sessions. The sessions cannot include more than 10 participants at a time.
A True Colors Assessment – so much fun!
During your time with me, you get to complete a super easy temperament assessment in order to authenticate and create a context for how you navigate workplace teams based on your temperament and preferences.
Remember, the sessions are not designed to "pigeon hole" you into a set of behaviors. Not at all.
The purpose is to actually share and discover what systems, environments, and processes work best for you and each member of your team.
You can take a free assessment at www.ThinkBlinkLearn.com – that is where I explore how temperament "shows up" in your personal life. Here its all about working effectively and building a stronger team in your workplace.
Once you clearly understand this valuable information, you can fast-track your interactions toward effectiveness. Sure, you can acquire this knowledge about your colleagues in time. But, why wait when you can get concise, accurate insight about your coworkers within a couple of well-spent hours?
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My online True Colors team-building sessions last 2 hours – with one break. Each participant needs:
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- an open-mind and willingness to have a blast!
Contact me to discuss my new online teambuilding modules and learn how you may schedule one today!


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Central Asia is predicted to experience a significant climate change and increased weather variability over the coming decades. Agriculture is the first and foremost sector sensitive to weather shocks and climate variability. Since agriculture is a key economic sector and a major source of livelihoods for Central Asia's predominantly rural population, especially for the poor, if no adaptive actions are taken, climate change may lead to significant losses in rural incomes and agricultural production.
Climate change projections
According to projections on future climate change presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2014, temperatures in the region may be increasing under all scenarios, whereas direction and magnitudes of changes in precipitation and river water flows are less certain.
Downscaled maps of climate change forecasts for Central Asia prepared by ICARDA in 2012 indicate that there may be increases in the average annual mean, minimum and maximum temperatures throughout the region, though temperature increases would be lower in the west near the Caspian Sea and higher in the north.
Summers may become hotter and winters colder. The projected median increase in temperature is estimated to be about 3.7°C on average by the end of the century, with most of the increase to occur during summers.
In general, precipitation may increase in the region, with higher increases in the north, and possibly some very slight decreases in the south. Spring and fall precipitations are likely to increase while summer precipitation may decrease. Wetter winters are expected to be more frequent, as well as drier springs, summers and autumns.
Irrigated agriculture in Central Asia depends strongly on the river flow of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers, which are predominantly fed by glaciers of the Pamir and Tien Shan mountain ranges. Over the last 50 years, the extent of glaciers was reduced in these mountain ranges by 30% and 14%, respectively. Although intensified glacier melting could provide additional water at early stages of melting, once glaciers have melted this could lead to severe water shortages.
Impacts on agriculture
An increasing number of studies looking into the potential economic impacts of climate change in Central Asia demonstrate that it is likely to have differentiated impacts on various crops and regions, with possible yield gains, especially for rainfed wheat, irrigated maize and potato, whereas the cotton yields may be impacted more negatively, especially in the long-term (2040-2070).
Some studies find that wheat yields may grow on average by 12% across Central Asia, ranging from -3% to +27%. Others project that potato yields in mountainous areas of Tajikistan may increase by 10 to 70%, depending on crop management practices, and may decrease by 8% in the plain areas of Kazakhstan. By 2050, climate change may lead to higher rainfed wheat yields in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (by 0-11%), while in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan rainfed wheat yields may decline (by 8-18%). According to some estimates, in most areas of Uzbekistan, yields of cotton may increase by 10-15% and of cereals by 7-15%.
Without adaptation, yields of most crops in Uzbekistan could drop by 20-50% by 2050. Cotton yields may decrease by up to 40% across the region. The yields for irrigated wheat may decrease in all countries (by 7-14%), except in Uzbekistan (+1%).
More comprehensive bio-economic modelling finds that agricultural producers in Uzbekistan are likely to gain from climate change during the 2010-2040 period, but their revenues are projected to fall during the 2070-2100 period due to decreasing water availability. Similarly, climate change impacts in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are likely to lead to higher farming incomes, although this may be accompanied by increased variability of these incomes. Studies also show that beyond the effect on crop production, climate change may have negative impacts on the livestock sector through lower pasture productivity and increased frequency of heatwaves in summers and frosts in winter.
Other studies for assessing climate change impacts apply econometric approaches, using past observations of climate impacts on agriculture in order to forecast potential future impacts. Such studies take into account, although implicitly, full adaptation to climate change at previously observed historical levels. The annual impacts of climate change on Central Asian agriculture may range between +1.21% to -1.43% of net crop production profits by 2040, which corresponds to +180 mln USD annually in the optimistic scenario, to -210 mln USD annually in the pessimistic scenario relative to 2010 levels.
Weather variability and fluctuations in the availability of irrigation water would have significant effects on wheat prices in Central Asia. Hydrological draughts could lead to substantially higher wheat prices in the region. A 30% decrease in the water flow of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers in the region could lead to at least 400 USD per ton of an additional increase in the wheat price. Hydrological draughts could encourage irrigation-dependent countries of the region to raise wheat stocks to face expected supply shortfalls thus leading to higher prices. This effect could be further aggravated by negative effects of draughts on wheat yields. Higher wheat prices will translate to higher flour and bread prices, thus negatively affecting access to food among the poorer households.
Adaptation to climate change
As climate change is going to increase the frequency and magnitudes of weather extremes, agricultural households in Central Asia may be confronted by unprecedented weather shocks. Most of the recommended adaptation actions, such more efficient water use, development of drought-resistant cultivars, adoption of sustainable land management practices and institutional reforms, are highly useful for agricultural development in the region with or without climate change. Thus, they could be implemented as no-regret options for adapting to climate change while reaping the benefits of these measures in terms of improved agricultural development in Central Asia even in the case of perfect mitigation. Moreover, estimates show that adoption of climate-smart and sustainable agricultural practices in the region may increase net agricultural profits among different categories agricultural producers by 20-50%.
There have been several institutional and technological shifts during the last 20 years that have contributed to increasing adaptive capacities in the region, such as agricultural individualization and privatization, reduction of price distortions in agricultural input and output markets, maintenance of open cross-border trade in agricultural products, or from the technological side: adoption of elements of conservation agriculture on quite massive areas in northern Kazakhstan, large-scale crop substitution from cotton to wheat in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, significant gains in wheat productivity due to development of new wheat varieties in Uzbekistan. This puts the region on a better footing for adapting to climate change.
However, more needs to be done. Surveys of agricultural producers in Central Asia show that the majority of them have noticed changes in the climate, as manifested by changing temperature and precipitation amounts and patterns, even though the levels of adaptation in response to these changes remains relatively low. The surveys also show that 57% of agricultural producers perceived changes in the climate but did not adapt, implying that either they saw no need in adapting or were constrained in their adaptive actions.
Those households which adapted to climate change (26%) were influenced in their adaptation decisions by higher number and spread of weather shocks that they faced. This means that many adaptive actions undertaken by agricultural households are happening after weather shocks. Although better than inaction, it would be more optimal to mitigate the vulnerability to climate change by taking actions to increase the resilience of agricultural households in a pro-active manner, i.e. taking actions before weather shocks. For example, better knowledge of sustainable land management technologies was found to increase adaptation. Similarly, more diversified cropping portfolios are found to increase adaptive capacities.
Many of the surveyed farming households do not yet perceive changes in the climate as a possible threat to their farming activities, because they have either not felt any negative impacts of climate change, or, in fact, feel that some of the on-going changes are positively influencing their crop and livestock productivity. As climate change is a "low signal" risk, raising public awareness and government support could be necessary for any ex ante pro-active actions. Given the uncertainties of climate change, an important criterion in selecting ex ante adaptation measures should be that these measures need to enable farmers to better cope both with current and future climate-related challenges, i.e. be so-called no-regret options. Fortunately, the past research reveals that several of the most important factors positively influencing adaptation decisions have effects which would be strongly beneficial even now irrespective of climate change.
The major role in promoting, supporting and implementing climate change adaptation measures needs to be played by the governments in the region. There are several key areas where public action is needed for adaptation. One of these areas is improving farmers' knowledge about sustainable land management practices, which would necessitate improving the quality and spread of extension services, also by making them more demand-driven. Many of the constraints on adaptation cited by the farmers involved lack of access to financial resources, hence there is a need for enabling policy environment to strengthen the role of rural financial institutions and of access to financial intermediation in the rural areas. Some studies also show that poorer farmers are less likely to adapt to climate change and take coping actions against weather shocks than richer farmers. This may be especially worrisome since poorer farmers depend more on climate-sensitive agriculture for their livelihoods. Future policy initiatives on improving adaptive capacities in the region should take into account these differences in adaptive capacities among farmers and institute pro-poor measures.
Acting as an information repository and knowledge hub, this website helps to increase the use of innovations developed by the well-established CACILM Project in Central Asia. Its synthesis, compilation, and dissemination of current research provide a secure knowledge base that policymakers and other stakeholders can access and utilize to develop sustainable strategies capable of addressing the region's severe land degradation.
The Project is funded by IFAD and led by ICARDA under framework of CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems.


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Oliver Eglin examines a new book on the subversive Chinese photographer RongRong, a frequent collaborator in the radical artistic community Beijing East Village
Life in 'The East Village'. Patches of snow brighten what is otherwise an unassuming dirt track. Littered with fragments of broken brick at its edges, a grey-fringed cloud of smog envelops the scene from above. In the foreground the limbless bust of a shop mannequin rests against a battered wall, her peaceful expression at odds with the ruinous surroundings.
When in the early 90s a group of experimental performance artists began to form in an area of Beijing known locally as 'The East Village' they joined an existing population of binmen, construction workers and the unemployed. Set against a bombed-out landscape of unending rubble this atmosphere of abandonment seems to have galvanised the group. Works emerged organically, with their spontaneous and impulsive actions coming about through a cocktail of isolation, boredom and a burning desire for experimentation.
As the photographer RongRong engaged himself within the scene, his inquisitive eye for the surreal helped to create performances that were more consciously focused on spectacle. The line between intention, chance or even accident is often blurred. One particular anecdote recounts the tale of RongRong's friend and collaborator Curse, who returns from a night of drinking with what looks like an intricate tribal tattoo across his face. It is in fact a burn that has occurred after an attempt to heat rice wine over a stove went horribly wrong and exploded in his face. Fortunately the scarring eases after a few days, but the inclusion of this image amongst the more deliberate acts of experiments on the body is telling.
As the book advances the group appear to take the work in a progressively more daring and at times shocking trajectory. When government officials and police start showing up to evict or incarcerate anyone found liaising with the group, RongRong and his friends go into hiding. The artist Zhang Huan is assaulted in a bar by strangers and RongRong rushes to visit him at his hospital bed. The impulse to record this episode is however unwavering, "silently I took out my camera, which felt as heavy as a stone." These sombre portraits of his friend are a poignant intersection to the book. The artists' work and life have become interchangeable and yet, in spite of the resistance they face, there is an underlying sense of optimism to the work.
"Later, we left the hospital together. Zhang Huan put a hat on his head when we walked to the street. It is summer now and very hot in Beijing. With a bright white bandage under the hat he reminded me of Vincent Van Gogh."
After a period of short exile, the artists tentatively return to make new works. Ai Weiwei is an ever-present feature of the book, but it isn't until this later period where his presence is really felt. At one stage Weiwei summons RongRong to his apartment in order to propose the photographic documentation of a dynasty plate being smashed to pieces with a hammer. This violent act of iconoclasm is a confronting spectacle and goes to the heart of WeiWei's infamy as an artist. RongRong's involvement is critical, as it is his lens that acts as the catalyst for such an overtly provocative statement.
The photographs RongRong produced are often playful and bizarre, however their charged content also functions as an essential visual record of a short-lived but incredibly influential period in contemporary Chinese Art. The images are testament to the indomitable spirit of artistic self-expression and in these intimate photographs of his friends, RongRong has created unique and mystifying works of abstract beauty.
'RongRong's Diary – Beijing East-Village' is published by Steidl with an exhibition of the work 'Day After Day – RongRong and the Beijing East Village' on show at The Walther Collection Project Space, New York now through to 10th December 2019


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LSEG Sets Clearing Records08.02.2018
LSEG interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2018
.@LSEGplc well positioned to drive further growth as a diversified, global financial markets infrastructure business – operating on an Open Access basis in partnership with customers https://t.co/BlT7Waswve pic.twitter.com/RjBrW1hhu5
— London Stock Exchange Group (@LSEGplc) August 2, 2018
- Strong financial performance – with double-digit revenue growth in Information Services, LCH and Capital Markets
- Revenue up 12% to £953 million (H1 2017: £853 million); total income up 12% to £1,060 million (H1 2017: £946 million)
- Adjusted operating profit1 up 21% to £480 million (H1 2017: £398 million), with underlying operating expenses on an organic and constant currency basis up 5% as the Group continues to invest in growth and efficiencies
- On a reported basis, operating profit up 29% to £393 million (H1 2017: £305 million); profit before tax up 30% to £360 million (H1 2017: £277 million); profit after tax of £283 million (H1 2017: £208 million)
- Adjusted EPS1 up 25% to 88.7 pence (H1 2017: 71.2 pence); basic EPS up 41% to 71.1 pence (H1 2017: 50.4 pence)
- Interim dividend increased 19% to 17.2 pence per share (H1 2017: 14.4 pence per share), in line with stated dividend policy
- Strong balance sheet position with leverage reduced to 1.6 times adjusted net debt: pro forma EBITDA
- During the period, capital deployed for acquisitions, including increasing stake in LCH Group to 68%; 100% ownership of
- FTSE TMX; and c.16% minority stake in AcadiaSoft alongside organic investment to capitalise on multiple growth opportunities
- FTSE Russell integration of The Yield Book is on track, delivering further expanded multi-asset index capabilities, data and analytics
- LCH continues global leadership with record clearing volume at SwapClear, and successfully launched non-deliverable and SOFR IRS. ForexClear launched options clearing
- Group is well positioned to drive further growth as a diversified, global financial markets infrastructure business – operating on an open access basis in partnership with customers
David Schwimmer, Group CEO, said:
"I am delighted to join the Group, which continues to deliver strong growth. The Group's strategy, based on an open access and customer partnership approach, provides a great foundation for further success. My immediate focus is to meet with colleagues, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and to ensure we continue our focus on driving operational excellence across LSEG as I work with the executive team to develop the Group's many opportunities ahead."
David Warren, Group CFO, said:
"The Group has delivered another strong performance, with growth across all business areas. LCH has launched new products and set new records for clearing levels in the SwapClear and ForexClear services, while FTSE Russell has produced another good result. Capital Markets performed well with increases in primary and secondary markets activity. We are in a strong position as we work to execute on our strategy and to meet our financial targets while continuing to invest for further growth."
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LOL - Just listen to the news and Miss Saracuda will have the best ones... She was at it again in Wisconsin today.
There are alot more Freepers than "Sarahs"
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The fact that BO is not half black.
Hey, Obama! I loved your book, "Wet Dreams of My Father."
As Obama was taking the oath of office, the Imam asked for Obama's to swear, serve, and protect, Obama answered, "Present"
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A 12 year old girl is smart enough and wise enough to find a competent abortionist, but her parents are too dumb to use a school voucher wisely.
Obama's occupation as a communities organizer entailed stirring up popular discontent in order to gain power over the community.
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These are people teaching our nation's children. I wonder. Do they serve cookies and milk with that?
Oh Oh Oh, got a good one
Obama's Community Organizing was so successful, he holds the world record in successful voter registration of dead people.
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text: International schools held religious services, reflective silences and discussions to help staff and students cope with the terrorist attacks on the United States this week. Hong Kong's premier American-style college, Hong Kong International School, also offered counselling to students. While the school has students from 40 different countries, many are from the US or hold US passports, and a number have been waiting on news of friends and family. Head of school William Wehrenberg tried to console the school community by sending a letter home with students. 'We are all stunned and saddened by the events of the last 24 hours. Our thoughts and prayers must be focused on those who have been injured and whose families have lost loved ones. We also must focus our support and prayers on our community in Hong Kong,' the letter said. West Island School principal Brian Driver said teachers, many with close ties in America, were shocked and subdued when they attended a school meeting on Wednesday. Lessons gave way to a discussion of the events as older students grappled with the issues while younger students tried to decipher the film fiction pictures into a real context. Children tried to put the shocking events into perspective, wanting to know who had done it and why, and quizzed teachers about how bad the crisis was, said Mr Driver. 'Some of the younger children have been perhaps more engaged by the explosions, the plane, the fire, the destruction, whereas the older students are more disturbed about why, what next and how does one respond to that. 'I think it's important for schools to recognise the event and try to deal with it rather than ploughing on as if nothing happened,' he said.


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One of the biggest problems in organizations today is the lack of accountability when it comes to getting work done. Part of the issue lies with the individual given the task and another element is the supervisor leading them who does not have a process to hold their people accountable. When individuals in an organization do not follow through with assignments there is a ripple effect that ultimately affects the customer. There are many reasons that people do not follow through including:
• They did not understand the scope of the project.
• The expectations are unrealistic.
• They did not understand the priority or timeline.
• The individual does not possess the skills to do the assignments and was afraid to ask for help.
• There is no follow-up to ensure the intended message is the message received.
Today's work requires interdependence and collaborations and responsibility for accountability lies on numerous levels. Let's look at some of the areas where the responsibility for accountability is held.
Leadership: First and foremost, leaders must hold themselves accountable. If they make a poor decision they must take responsibility for it, spell out why it was a poor decision and the actions they have taken to resolve the issue so it does not happen in the future. Likewise, it's important that leaders take responsibility for the good results they achieve as well, and very important that they recognize others who were helpful in them achieving those results. In both instances, they need to look at the results and see what lessons can be gleaned from them. Then utilize the information to improve your process.
When supervising others, leaders must have realistic expectations, give clear direction and assess whether the person has the skills and tools to complete the assignment. You also need to ensure the right person is doing the work, then communicate with them throughout the project without micromanaging them. You should also work to create a culture where your employees feel safe to share the truth with you. Otherwise they will hide their issues and problems will occur.
Employees: It is important that individuals hold themselves accountable. They need to follow through with assignments and communicate any issues as they arise. When taking on a project they should ask for clarity on the desired outcome, timeline and responsibilities. It is also helpful to ask who else will be impacted by the project. All in all, if you take something on you should do everything in your power to follow-through and get it done.
Co-workers: What can you do when a co-worker is not pulling their weight and it is affecting your ability to get your work done? Approach the co-worker in a respectful manner and inquire about a project. Try to ascertain whether there is a problem which is responsible for the lack of follow-through. If so, help with problem solving. If it is a problem with motivation, then help them understand the effect on you, the company, and them. If there is no resolution let them know you will be going to the supervisor to see if there is a resolution to the problem.
Per Sharlyn Lauby, "the word 'accountable' means answerable for actions or decisions. To hold someone accountable means the person is being asked to explain why they did (or didn't do) something. ... This should not imply that the person being held accountable did anything wrong." For that reason the approach should be one of fact finding. Start with a question in a respectful tone and wait to hear the response. Creating a culture of accountability will build trust and strengthen your team and the end result will be one of a more productive organization with engaged employees.
This Week's Nextpert is Beth Sears, Ph.D., Workplace Communication Inc. You can contact her at www.workplacecomm.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LVIV, Ukraine — For years, no one paid attention to the side wall of the former St. Mary Magdalene Catholic church in Lviv. It was, after all, the location of the toilets, where stained tiles covered layers of mold-encrusted plaster and paint from a Soviet renovation in the 1960s.
But four years ago, the new management of a cultural center in what had been the church went looking in the midst of their own renovations for a rumored hidden artwork. After dismantling the restrooms and painstakingly removing layers of paint and plaster, a scarred, century-old masterpiece began to emerge — a dramatic mural by the Polish artist Jan Henryk de Rosen.
"This beautiful masterpiece was hidden for many, many decades," said Teras Demko, co-director of the Organ Hall, which has a concert hall for organ, chamber and symphonic music along with an arka gallery. "During the Soviet regime, they tried to hide all mentions of anything connected to the sacred world."
The coronavirus pandemic limited attendance, and the Russian invasion forced the center to close briefly. Its reopening amid the arrival of tens of thousands of people fleeing the hard-hit east to this relatively safe western city is giving the rediscovered mural a whole new audience. The Organ Hall is offering free or discounted tickets to provide "a portion of olağan life" in the middle of the war, Mr. Demko said.
De Rosen used pigment mixed with beeswax thinned with alcohol for his works. In this one, painted in the late 1920s or early 1930s, a stylized Jesus is baptized by Saint John while other disciples watch from shore.
A white line runs through the middle of the mural where the men's and women's restrooms were separated by a partition, destroying part of the work. But traces of de Rosen's typically expressive faces, painted from real-life models, and his sinuous lines depicting the Jordan River remain, and the gold leaf surrounding the mural and decorating the vaulted ceiling still gleams.
The church was originally constructed on the site of a 17th century one, later destroyed and then renovated in the early 1920s. In the 1960s, when what is now Ukraine was part of the officially atheist Soviet Union, the church was one of thousands closed down.
De Rosen, who died in the United States in 1982, was one of the most prominent 20th century painters in the world of religious arka. He was commissioned to paint murals at the papal summer residence in Italy and did dramatic frescoes with arka nouveau influences that cover the interior of the Armenian cathedral in Lviv.
De Rosen, a World War I veteran who served as a translator at the Versailles peace conference, emigrated to the United States in 1939 when war broke out again.
In the United States, he taught arka at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Among other works, he painted the murals in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. His ceiling mosaic in Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is considered one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Mr. Demko said the cultural center has no plans to restore the mural to its original vivid colors. He said it was a reminder of Russia's past attempts to erase Ukraine's heritage and its current effort to do it again.
"This place doesn't serve a sacred function, so it doesn't need to be painted like an icon," he said. "It should tell the story so it doesn't happen again."


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If you're reading this blog, I know you're going to love How to Be Alive. Colin has a very friendly, engaging writing style, and I quickly connected with his premise. He challenges each one of us to figure out how to live truly happy and fulfilling lives, so we don't leave this planet with deathbed regrets.
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For disciples contemplating long term gifts, Jesus poses the ultimate question: "These things you have prepared, whose shall they be?" He asks the question in the so-called "parable of the rich fool." (Luke 12:16-21) I think the parable is poorly named, and I think Jesus would, too. Jesus' question is poignant for those who are neither rich nor foolish. His question is for us all.
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From the point of view of a data warehouse system its part of collect-ing and receiving information from other systems is crucial for all subsequent business intelligence applications. The incoming information can be classified generally in two types, the state-snapshot data and the state-change or event data usually called transactional data, which contains information about the change processes applied on the instances of information objects. On the way towards active data warehouses it becomes more important to provide complete data with minimal latency. We focus in this paper on dimensional data provided by any data-master application. The information transfer is done via messages containing the change-information of the dimension instances. The receiving data warehouse system is able to validate the event-messages, reconstruct the complete history of the dimension and provide a well applicable "comprehen-sive slowly changing dimension" (cSCD) interface for well-performing queries on the historical and current state of the dimension. A prototype implementa-tion of "active integration" of a data warehouse is proposed.
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If you are suffering from depression it is important to get proper medical advice on how to deal with it. But you may be able to help yourself in some ways as well – most specifically with exercise. If you're asking yourself how exercise can help depression, the answers you want are below. Keep reading and try applying some of the advice given. You may be surprised at the results.
Does Exercise Have The Power To Make You Feel Good?
Yes it definitely does. Exercise is known to release feel good hormones that improve anyone's mood. Think back to times in the past when you have felt a little flat or disinterested in life. If you made the effort to get some exercise you can probably remember feeling better as a result.
This is why doctors will often recommend taking exercise – which is good for us anyway of course. It can lift the mood and reduce the symptoms felt by people who are suffering from a mild form of depression. When it is done regularly it can have quite a noticeable effect. It may help people with mild depression, but supposing the depression is more pronounced?
Providing you don't overdo it, the act of getting regular exercise cannot harm your efforts to reduce the level of depression you are suffering. Indeed if you can get out every day and make the effort to get even just a little exercise, you may start to notice the difference it makes.
Some people struggle to even get up or go out when they are suffering from depression. If you can go out, even if you are in the company of someone else, you will be pulling yourself out of the situation you are in. This can help to focus your attentions on other things and promote a healthier frame of mind.
Does The Obvious Positive Physical Effect That Exercise Can Have Also Play A Part?
It's certainly thought that it does, yes. The question 'how can exercise help depression' can be answered in the way you feel better about yourself when you look and feel more toned and fitter than you were before. Over time the cumulative effects of regular exercise not only enhance your body, they will enhance your mind as well. These in turn can reduce the symptoms you experience with your depression.
You may find your chosen form of exercise becomes a release from your depression too. If you choose a form of exercise that you will really enjoy, you can look forward to doing it on a regular basis. This can take your mind away from thinking about feeling depressed all the time.
Is It Best To Start Slow With Small Steps?
Yes definitely – especially, if you have severe depression and you have been staying indoors a lot, you may wish to start small. Even the smallest step in the right direction can have pronounced positive mental effects.
For instance challenge yourself to simply go outside and walk around the block. It may only take you five minutes – depending on where you live – but when you achieve it you will feel good that you made the effort. If you don't feel able to do that, walk the length of your garden instead. Or maybe try some gentle exercises indoors. Walk up and down stairs for a couple of minutes if you have stairs. Anything that will get you motivated to do more and shake you out of your normal routine could work.


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Your first gynecological visit, all women has to go through it. A lot of us only schedule our first appointment when we reach early adulthood and some in their teenage years. This can be a scary experience, especially if you have no knowledge about it. There are a lot of horror stories regarding it, but most of it isn't true at all. Your gynecologist is not there to cause you any pain, they are there to help keep you healthy and monitor your reproductive organs. It is incredibly important to get a regular checkup every year, especially when you start to become sexually active. Once you've decided to get pregnant, you have to go more often. So, what exactly happens during a gynecological visit? What are the things you need to be ready for? Read on to find out what to expect in your first gynecological visit.
Talking Lots and Lots of Talking
You didn't really expect to just sit in a chair with your legs in the air right? A big part of going to your gynecologist is for him or her to be able to discuss with you; different medical issues. She will probably ask you some things that can make you feel a bit uncomfortable. Like being sexually active, what type of contraceptive you use and so on. Besides this she will also ask for ovarian or breast cancer history in the family. So you have to be prepared for that. You also need to be aware of other family health issues even unrelated ones. There are different things you can talk about to, you can ask her any health question you want such as the best contraceptive to use, how to identify some STDs and so on. You will also be required to fill out a questionnaire so they can have a hard copy of your fire.
Lab Exams
This is to be expected. For your first visit, the doctor may ask you to take a few tests to determine various sexual health issues. They may ask for a blood test, urine test, a pap smear and if sexually active a STD test. All of this can help your gynecologist understand you and your body more This can allow him or her to proceed on giving you the right medication or birth control. Don't worry though, you don't have to get all of this done in a day. There is some test that requires you to fast or get enough sleep. This is essential to get the most accurate result in your exams.
There Will Be a Pelvic Exam
When you go get your regular check up your doctor may check your heart beat, your pulse and so on. This goes the same for your gynecologist. They have to take a look at the organ to see if there is a problem. They will have to take a closer look at your uterus, vagina and ovaries. This is what gives first timers fear. The honest truth is, pelvic exams can be uncomfortable and cold; but it doesn't take a long time to finish. A minute or two and you'll be done. Another great thing about is that, most of us only need to get a pelvic exam once a year.
Breast Exams
Breast exams are a part of your gynecologist specialty. So, don't get surprised if they ask for you to take a breast exam. Some people may feel uncomfortable by the fact that someone is feeling them all over. However, these people are professionals and do not think of this exam as anything more than any regular procedure they need to do. Also, this exam doesn't take too long. It is really important for them to see if you have lumps or bumps in this area. This can indicate a possibility of breast cancer. You can also ask your doctor how you can do breast cancer checks at home.
This is probably one of the most important part of your first gynecological visit. Since this is all new to you, this is the chance for them to educate you about your health, how to improve it, what to avoid and so on. This is also the time to ask them all the things you want to ask. Maybe something you like to try, experiencing pain during intercourse, side effects of birth control, menstrual issues and so on. There are a lot of things you can learn from your gynecologist that you won't get from your sex education class. So ask away.
Have you had your first gynecologist visit? What was your experience? Take note of how important regular gynecologist visits are. This can help prevent any serious disease and make sure that your reproductive health is at its optimum level. It's also important to stick to one gynecologist. The longer you are with them, the better they can understand you and your possible health risk.