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A graduate of TC's leadership program for Army officers says the experience "changed the very lens through which I view the world"
According to a centuries-old academic custom, occasionally still employed, students applaud and cheer—sometimes even rising to their feet and stomping on the floor in appreciation—following the conclusion of a final course lecture by a well-loved professor. In January, W. Warner Burke, Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education, received the modern-day version of similarly enthusiastic praise in an e-mail from a former student.
Major K. Scott Morley, a 2011 graduate of TC's Eisenhower Leader Development Program (ELDP) for U.S. Army captains and majors, e-mailed Burke, the program's co-founder and director, thanking him for "one of the most professionally and personally rewarding experiences of" his life. "Frankly," writes Morley, "it has changed the very lens through which I view the world."
The letter drives home the main purpose of ELDP, which is to fundamentally change the way Army officers and cadets are trained and, ultimately, the way the Army—and the broader military—work. If the partnership between TC and the US military seems odd, consider that Burke and his colleagues at West Point created the program to introduce the radical idea of a nonhierarchical, cooperative learning and work style—practically TC's stock-in-trade—to an institution well known for its top-down, stratified chain of command.
The 12-month Eisenhower program, now educating its seventh cohort, develops Army Tactical Officers (TACs) who emerge as the primary leader developers, mentors and advisers of each new crop of Army cadets at West Point. Eisenhower participants also earn a master's degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University, graduating with a firm grounding in organizational theory, leadership development, and social and organizational psychology—a cross section of disciplines taught in TC's Organization and Leadership Department, which Burke chairs. The program is jointly administered and taught by West Point and Teachers College faculty at both locations. It prepares participating officers, and the cadets whom they will lead at West Point, to be diplomatic as well as military ambassadors of the United States, since modern-day deployments are often as much about winning the hearts and minds of people in other cultures as they are about military training. U.S. troops in Afghanistan, for example, work on nonmilitary projects such as building roads, water pipelines and schools as well as train Afghan police and military personnel.
The Eisenhower Leadership Development Program (ELDP) was initiated by Lt. Col. Todd Henshaw, now retired from the Army, who in 2005 set out to overhaul a leadership development program for Captains and Majors in order to broaden officers' understanding of leadership, how young adults learn and change, both individually and organizationally, and of cross-cultural dynamics. Henshaw approached the Columbia Business School, which suggested that he contact Teachers College. There he found Professor Burke, Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Social-Organizational Psychology and himself a former Army field artillery lieutenant; and L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor of Psychology and Education and an expert in intercultural communication. Henshaw and the two TC professors designed the master's program for mid-career Army officers, many fresh from tours of duty in Afghanistan or Iraq. Most Eisenhower graduates stay at West Point for another two years to train and mentor incoming cadets, who, in turn, learn to incorporate the Eisenhower concepts into their work with young soldiers on the battlefront. Each of them becomes a new type of leader who is as focused on the psychological and cultural growth of soldiers as on fighting prowess.
Morley writes at length about how the program transformed him. A class in military history impressed on him "the importance of knowing your organizational roots," while a course on understanding behavioral research "ruined" him for uncritically consuming news about research. "I cannot read a magazine or newspaper article on a research study's findings without hearing [Instructor] Frank Golom's voice in the back of my head, making fun of all the threats to internal and external validity." He writes that Burke's courses in leadership, leader development, and organization change will be reflected in Morley's own "career (in and out of the military)" for the rest of his professional life.
Morley wrote from Fort Benning, Georgia, where he is continuing the Army's Intermediate Level Education course and daily applying the concepts he learned in the Eisenhower program. "I now see every group meeting (any collection of people, really) as an application" of Lecturer Sarah Jean Brazaitis' group dynamics class and a Group Relations Conference which was part of the program, he writes, and "every process and system" he works with is a product of organizational culture concepts developed by former MIT Professor Edgar Schein, which Morley learned in Morton Ender's course. "Every counseling session," he continues, is an opportunity to apply executive counseling and coaching skills learned in a course designed by TC's Debra Noumair, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, in which Eisenhower participants work as change consultants to outside organizations. And "given my line of work, every deployment (and every collective effort) will apply" the dynamic network theory of James Westaby, Associate Professor of Social-Organizational Psychology at TC.
The program even shapes his personal relationships. Morley writes that he and his wife "explicitly share our personal and collective goals (out loud) and use reward/reinforcement techniques for our daughter" (and plan to use them with a child on the way) which he learned in the organizational psychology course taught by Gina Buontempo, Lecturer in the Department of Social-Organizational Psychology and the Master's Degree program Supervisor. The couple have "already made some life and parenting changes" based on Morley's knowledge of child development, acquired in the cross-cultural leadership immersion project led by Knefelkamp, he writes.
In June, Morley will take command of a U.S. Army Special Forces company in 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, before deploying overseas in 2013. "Professionally, I am pretty excited, as I will be helping to establish the systems and culture in a brand new unit," he writes.
As for Burke, few things are more gratifying for a professor than learning how a student has taken the concepts he has taught him, and fully integrated them into his work and life. "The reaction on my part was pure joy that he actually got it, that he really fully understood what it was that we were—and still are—trying to accomplish. It was a feeling of, 'yes—right—that's what we are trying to get across.' It's what keeps people like us going," says Burke.
Published Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012


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If you've been reading this blog regularly for awhile, you know that I occasionally bemoan the sad state of most information graphics (infographics). Most of the folks who produce infographics lack guidelines based on solid research. In their attempt to inform, describe, or instruct, most of the infographics that I've seen fail-many miserably. I'm thrilled to announce, however, that a new book is now available that takes a great step toward providing the guidelines that are needed for the production of effective infographics.
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In simple terms, open foresight is a process for building visions of the future together.
2) The Big Picture Context
If you look around, it's undeniable that there's a new global narrative emerging in the way we fundamentally understand ourselves as humanity – how we do business, how we learn, how we generate value together, how we interact. This transformation is being driven both by new communication technologies, and by the emergent behaviors these tools enable. The context of our relationships is shifting, and we still don't know exactly what that means for us as a species. We're asking ourselves questions like:
- What happens when social networks connect us on a global scale?
- How do new social and virtual currencies challenge our ideas about what money is and how value can be created and exchanged?
- How can we form globally distributed enterprises and collaborative teams?
- What do these emerging business models look like?
- How do we build knowledge together and become more effective learners?
- How are our notions of democracy and governance evolving?
- What role do social technologies play in the evolution of human consciousness?
These are all challenging questions, and we don't know the solutions because we haven't yet created them.
That may sound terrifying and disruptive, or like an incredible opportunity to shape and bring about the future we deserve. Or, most likely, a bit of both.
3) Why Open Foresight?
So, where do we begin? How do we learn to embrace change instead of fear it? How do we grab hold of the reigns of where things go next and choose to engage the future, instead of being a victim to it? One of many emerging tools we can use to better tackle the future is Open Foresight, a new social process for generating digestible insights about a given topic area.
Open Foresight projects start off by drawing on well-established methodologies from the Futures Studies field, as well as principles from design thinking to create a framework for building forecasts and scenarios. The next step is to tap into the opinions of domain experts as well as the wisdom of crowds to generate an array of perspectives and viewpoints. Finally, we combine those patterns and insights into rich visual media that can be viewed, shared, discussed, and repurposed.
By clarifying the visions of how society may evolve and what our interactions and behaviors would look like, we begin to understand the steps we can take today to move towards the most desirable futures.
4) Pilot Project: The Future of Facebook
We chose 'The Future of Facebook' as our pilot project due to the company's social significance, global penetration and unpredictable nature. As a corporation, Facebook faces many challenges – from competition to government regulation. At the same time the implications for the users themselves goes far beyond Facebook. We're going to dig into those, and lay out a range of visions that the public can easily digest.
Does Facebook become a prime monitoring tool for governments and a goldmine for advertisers? Does it become a place for entrepreneurial activity to occur and companies to form? Do Facebook Credits evolve to be the world's first global currency, enabling the emergence of a "Facebook Economy"? Do users decide it doesn't provide them enough value, and migrate to the new 'next big thing' platform?
5) The Tipping Point
It's no accident that social change and transformation in communication is happening just as technology is accelerating. The two forces are symbiotically related. The picture emerging is that as we approach a global tipping point in technology diffusion, we are also approaching a tipping point in the way we think.
By getting better at sharing information and developing more robust mental models, we are fueling ongoing technology growth and at the same time giving ourselves the best chance to navigate this increasing complex and messy environment. WE ARE at the source of acceleration. And now we need to upgrade our tools if we are to keep pace.
Open Foresight is one of the many emerging processes that allows us to systematically Level-Up our collective intelligence and forecasting ability. Everyone is welcome to join the party, so…. I guess we're all futurists now. 🙂
Fueled By Crowdfunding & Corporate Patronage
All the content we create for Open Foresight projects is being licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (cc by-SA 3.0), meaning we're making it available to be reused, remixed, and built upon by others.
To support our work and the creation of publicly available content intended to educate and inform, we're relying on crowdfunding on Kickstarter, as well as patronage from businesses and corporate sponsors.
During the Renaissance, patrons directly supported the work of artists, designers and thinkers whose contributions were made for the public good and the enhancement of culture. In that same spirit, we think that the time is ripe for an updated version of Corporate Patronage.
Instead of dollars going towards marketing for marketing's sake, we want to see brands partnering with visionaries and change agents who are expanding our notions of what is possible, and supporting the many experiments and projects that are testing new modes of operating.
To that end, we want to thank our first Corporate Patrons, Innotribe and the Innovation team at SWIFT, for supporting the development of Open Foresight, and being our booster rocket to the future! Big thanks to Peter Vander Auwera for recognizing the broader potential of Open Foresight and helping to get this ship off the ground.
We'll be highlighting a variety of futures and design methodologies that can be applied to the open foresight process in upcoming posts. We've already gotten valuable feedback on useful frameworks by Wendy Schultz of Infinite Futures, and welcome the opportunity to evolve this project together with interested communities.


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Here in Maryland, we look forward the start of Summer 2012 Dissertation House. You don't have to be graduate student of the University System of Maryland to participate. Join the larger academic community of dissertation writers across the globe. Start posting your goals for the summer here.
Are you working on your comprehensive exams? For your exam, how many questions do you have to answer? How many days to you have until you have to submit the exam? Pretend that each question has a deadline to it.
Do you want to complete your proposal? Did you apply for IRB approval? How many interviews can you transcribe in one summer? How about completing that methods, results, discussion chapter, or literature review? Pick one. At the end of the summer, what will you have accomplished on your dissertation? Keep in mind a good dissertation is a done dissertation. To finish you need to make daily forward progress.
This is a collaborative effort. Why work alone, when you have an online community to help you—join us. Don't be shy, you don't even have to use your real name. Focus on completing your degree. Set some intermediate deadlines. Remember to keep your goals manageable and measurable (in bite-size pieces). Simply put use this site to keep yourself accountable and to post your to-do lists.


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[Editor's note: Visualizing complex connection topologies is made easier with a new plugin for Microsoft Excel. Now someone needs to port it to Flash ActionScript 3!]
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This blog entry was written by Bryan Pierce of Perceptual Edge.
The chances are good that you've seen network visualizations before, such as the one below in which the circles and octagons represent large U.S. companies and each connecting line represents a person who sits on the board of both companies.
(This image was created by Toby Segaran: http://blog.kiwitobes.com/?p=57)
While these types of graphs have become more common in recent years, there's still a good chance that you've never created one yourself. This is because, traditionally, to create network visualizations, you've either needed specialized (and often unwieldy) network visualization software or a full-featured (and usually expensive) visualization suite. That's no longer the case. A team of contributors from several universities and research groups, including the University of Maryland and Microsoft Research, recently released NodeXL, a free add-in for Excel that allows you to create and analyze network visualizations.
Using NodeXL you can import data from a variety of file formats and it will automatically lay out the visualization for you, using one of twelve built-in layout algorithms.


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Bring up heart disease, and most people think of a heart attack. But there are many conditions that can undermine the heart"s ability to do its job. These include coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, and heart failure. Keep reading to find out what these disorders do to the body and how to recognize the warning signs.
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Nhắc đến bệnh tim thì hầu hết người ta đều nghĩ đó là đau tim. Nhưng có nhiều chứng bệnh khác có thể âm thầm hoặc ngấm ngầm gây hại khả năng hoạt động của tim, bao gồm bệnh động mạch vành, bệnh tim, loạn nhịp tim, và suy tim. Hãy đọc thông tin bên dưới để biết những chứng bệnh trên gây hại gì cho cơ thể và cách thức để nhận biết các dấu hiệu cảnh báo là gì nhé.
What is heart disease?
Bring up heart disease, and most people think of a heart attack. But there are many conditions that can undermine the heart"s ability to do its job. These include coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, and heart failure. Keep reading to find out what these disorders do to the body and how to recognize the warning signs.
What is a heart attack?
Every year, more than 1 million Americans have a heart attack – a sudden interruption in the heart"s blood supply. This happens when there is a blockage in the coronary arteries, the vessels that carry blood to the heart muscle. When blood flow is blocked, heart muscle can be damaged very quickly and die. Prompt emergency treatments have reduced the number of deaths from heart attacks in recent years.
Heart attack symptoms
A heart attack is an emergency even when symptoms are mild. Warning signs include:
* Pain or pressure in the chest.
* Discomfort spreading to the back, jaw, throat, or arm.
* Nausea, indigestion, or heartburn.
* Weakness, anxiety, or shortness of breath.
* Rapid or irregular heartbeats.
Heart attack symptoms in women
Women don"t always feel chest pain with a heart attack. Women are more likely than men to have heartburn, loss of appetite, tiredness or weakness, coughing, and heart flutters. These symptoms should not be ignored. The longer you postpone treatment, the more damage the heart may sustain.
Signs of coronary artery disease
A precursor to a heart attack, coronary artery disease or CAD occurs when sticky plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. This narrows the arteries, making it more difficult for blood to flow through. Many people don"t know they have CAD until a heart attack strikes. But there are warning signs, such as recurring chest pain caused by the restricted blood flow. This pain is known as angina.
Inside a heart attack
The plaque deposited in your arteries is hard on the outside and soft and mushy on the inside. Sometimes the hard outer shell cracks. When this happens, a blood clot forms around the plaque. If the clot completely blocks the artery, it cuts off the blood supply to a portion of the heart. Without immediate treatment, that part of the heart muscle could be damaged or destroyed.
Don"t wait to be sure
The best time to treat a heart attack is as soon as symptoms begin. Waiting to be sure can result in permanent heart damage or even death. If you think you may be having a heart attack, call 911. And don"t try driving yourself to the hospital. When you call 911, the EMS staff can start emergency care as soon as they reach you.
Sudden cardiac death
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) accounts for half of all heart disease deaths in the U.S., but it"s not the same as a heart attack. SCD occurs when the heart"s electrical system goes haywire, causing it to beat irregularly and dangerously fast. The heart"s pumping chambers may quiver instead of pumping blood out to the body. Without CPR and restoration of a regular heart rhythm, death can occur in minutes.
Arrhythmia: Erratic heart beat
Regular electrical impulses cause your heart to beat. But sometimes those impulses become erratic. The heart may race, slow down, or quiver. Arrhythmias are often harmless variations in rhythm that pass quickly. But some types make your heart less effective at pumping blood, and that can take a serious toll on the body. Let your doctor know if you"ve noticed your heart beating abnormally.
Cardiomyopathy is a disease involving changes in the heart muscle. These changes may interfere with the heart's ability to pump effectively, which can lead to a chronic condition called heart failure. Cardiomyopathy is sometimes associated with other chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure or heart valve disease.
Heart failure
Heart failure doesn"t mean your heart stops working. It means the heart can"t pump enough blood to meet the body"s needs. Over time, the heart gets bigger to hold more blood, it pumps faster to increase the amount of blood moving out of it, and the blood vessels narrow. The heart muscle may also weaken, reducing the blood supply even more. Most cases of heart failure are the result of coronary artery disease and heart attacks.
Congenital heart defect
A congenital heart defect is one that"s present at birth. The problem could be a leaky heart valve, malformations in the walls that separate the heart chambers, or other heart problems. Some defects are not found until a person becomes an adult. Some need no treatment. Others require medicine or surgery. People with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing complications such as arrhythmias, heart failure, and heart valve infection, but there are ways to reduce this risk.
Testing: Electrocardiogram (EKG)
An EKG (also ECG) is a painless test that uses electrodes placed on the skin to record the heart"s electrical activity. The test provides information about your heart rhythm and damage to the heart muscle. An EKG can help your doctor diagnose a heart attack and evaluate abnormalities such as an enlarged heart. The results can be compared to future EKGs to track changes in the condition of your heart.
Testing: Stress test
The stress test measures how your heart responds to exertion. If you have an exercise stress test, you"ll either walk on a treadmill or ride a stationary bike while the level of difficulty increases. At the same time, your EKG, heart rate, and blood pressure will be monitored as your heart works harder. Doctors use a stress test to evaluate whether there is an adequate supply of blood to the heart muscle.
Testing: Holter monitor
A Holter monitor is a portable heart rhythm recorder. If your doctor suspects a heart rhythm problem, she may ask you to wear one for 1 or 2 days. It records the heart"s continuous electrical activity day and night, compared with an EKG, which is a snapshot in time. The doctor will probably also ask you to keep a log of your activities and to note any symptoms and when they occur.
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Testing: Chest X-ray
A chest X-ray is a picture of your heart, lungs, and chest bones that"s made by using a very small amount radiation. Chest X-rays can be used to look for heart and lung abnormalities.
In this image, the bulge seen on the right side is an enlarged left ventricle, the heart"s main pumping chamber.
Testing: Echocardiogram
An echocardiogram uses sound waves (ultrasound) to generate moving images of the heart. The test can assess the chambers and valves of your heart and how well your heart muscle and heart valves are working. It"s useful in diagnosing and evaluating several types of heart disease, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of treatments.
Testing: Cardiac CT
Cardiac computerized tomography (known as cardiac CT) takes detailed images of the heart and its blood vessels. A computer stacks the images to create a 3-D picture of heart. A cardiac CT can be used to look for plaque or calcium buildup in the coronary arteries, heart valve problems, and other types of heart disease.
Testing: Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization helps diagnose and treat some heart conditions. The doctor guides a narrow tube, called a catheter, through a blood vessel in your arm or leg until it reaches the coronary arteries. Dye is injected into each coronary artery, making them easy to see with an X-ray. This reveals the extent and severity of any blockages. Treatments such as angioplasty or stenting can be done during this procedure.
Living with heart disease
Most forms of heart disease are chronic. In the beginning, symptoms may be too mild to affect everyday life. And in many cases, long-term treatment can keep symptoms under control. But if the heart begins to fail, patients may develop shortness of breath, fatigue, or swelling in ankles, feet, legs, and abdomen. Heart failure can be managed with medication, lifestyle changes, surgery, and in certain cases, a heart transplant.
Treatment: Medicines
Medications play a huge role in treating heart disease. Some drugs help lower blood pressure, heart rate, and cholesterol levels. Others can keep abnormal heart rhythms under control or prevent clotting. For patients who already have some heart damage, there are medications to improve the pumping ability of an injured heart.
Treatment: Angioplasty
Angioplasty is used to open a blocked heart artery and improve blood flow to the heart. The doctor inserts a thin catheter with a balloon on the end into the artery. When the balloon reaches the blockage, it is expanded, opening up the artery and improving blood flow. The doctor may also insert a small mesh tube, called a stent, to help keep the artery open after angioplasty.
Treatment: Bypass surgery
Bypass surgery is another way to improve the heart"s blood flow. It gives blood a new pathway when the coronary arteries have become too narrow or blocked. During the surgery, a blood vessel is first moved from one area of the body — such as the chest, legs, or arms — and attached to the blocked artery, allowing it to bypass the blocked part.
Who"s at risk for heart disease?
Men have a higher risk of having a heart attack than women, and at an earlier age. But it"s important to note that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, too. People with a family history of heart ailments also have a higher risk of heart trouble.
Risk factors you can control
High cholesterol and high blood pressure are major risk factors for heart disease. Being overweight, obese, or physically inactive all increase your risk. So does diabetes, especially if your glucose levels are not well controlled. Discuss your risks with your doctor and develop a strategy for managing them. There are many steps you can take to protect your heart.
Smoking and your heart
If you smoke, your risk of heart disease is 2 to 4 times greater than a nonsmoker"s. And if you smoke around loved ones, you"re increasing their risk with secondhand smoke. Each year in the U.S., more than 135,000 people die from smoking-related heart disease. But it"s never too late to quit. Within 24 hours of quitting, your heart attack risk begins to fall.
Life after a heart attack
It is possible to regain your health after a heart attack. By avoiding cigarettes, becoming more active, and watching what you eat, you can give your heart and overall health a big boost. One of the best ways to learn how to make these changes is to take part in a cardiac rehab program. Ask your doctor for recommendations.
Heart disease prevention
The key to preventing heart disease is a healthy lifestyle. This includes a nutritious diet, at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week, not smoking, and controlling high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation – no more than one drink a day for women, two drinks a day for men. Ask your friends and family for help in making these changes. They"ll benefit, too.
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Diet and your heart
What you eat makes a difference. Be sure you get plenty of whole grains, vegetables, legumes, and fruits to help keep your heart healthy. Plant oils, walnuts, other nuts, and seeds can also help improve cholesterol levels. And don"t forget to eat fish at least a couple of times each week for a good source of heart-healthy protein.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — The NCAA women's basketball national champion Baylor Bears visited the White House this afternoon.
It's the third national championship in 15 years for the Bears, who have made the Sweet 16 or better for each of the last 10 years.
The Baylor Women's basketball team became the first women's championship team to visit the White House since President Trump took office.
"I watched that last game and that was a tough, rough game with Notre Dame" said President Trump.
Trump applauded coach Kim Mulkey for turning the Baylor program around
She's coached at the school for 19 seasons.
"You inherited a team that was 7-20 and going nowhere. Now look, you are here in the Oval Office," Trump said.
Mulkey said she's been fortunate to surround herself with good people.
"I've been blessed to have great assistant coaches, learn from great coaches and play with some of the best the game has ever had."
Sophomore Didi Richards said she believes the team has what it takes to come back next year.
Hopefully we get another championship. Were a good team and pretty young," said Richards.
Sme college and professional teams have opted out of a White House visit for political or other reasons. The University of Virginia men's national champion basketball team respectfully declined, citing schedule conflicts.
For the Bears, Coach Mulkey said it's an honor, not a political issue, to visit the White House.
"How many times in their life, in my life, in your life, are we ever invited inside the White House?" Mulkey said. "Someday they'll be able to tell their kids and grandkids."
As a reminder of their visit, players presented the 45th president of the United States with a Baylor hat, an autographed basketball, and a custom No. 1 game jersey.


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Andre Evans
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People have an innate desire to be liked and accepted. This is normal. However, in this society, there is a major disconnect between how much value you may place in public opinion instead of your own own.
It is for this reason that we see people consuming trendy diet pills loaded with hefty side effects and hopping onto the latest celebrity diets. What's more is that public opinion also serves to silence opposition, causing you to be afraid of spreading the truth due to potential public disapproval.
Of course this hierarchy of opinion goes much further than just the latest pharmaceutical trends. In fact, it touches on basic human psychology.
Nobody wants to be rejected. This desire to avoid rejection, whether it be in a direct social circle or in the eyes of public perception, is a hard driving factor. For some individuals, it is an overriding factor in life. As a result, these people often will conform to what is deemed a societal standard of excellence, in order to avoid being ridiculed.
Unhealthy & Unethical Practices Become 'Norm'
This process is highly compounded by today's media. Unhealthy and unethical actions are glorified in movies, music and television. Oftentimes, people can innately tell when something they decide to do is wrong, but are partially blinded by these media. And when the mass majority is taking part, it makes it an extreme challenge to deviate from these newly defined 'norms'. In fact, some social circles may alienate you if you attempt to break away from the norm.
Is it really normal to take health-wrecking antidepressants that cause your arteries to thicken 400% more than aging? Is it really normal to have clinical depression in the first place? The answer is no, but the motif of depression and the subsequent pharmaceutical 'treatment' is so deeply embedded into society that it is now considered normal by most individuals!
Take it a step further by acknowledging that high-level media personalities and stars often are the ones promoting these things. Whether they purposefully do it or not, the image projected is that since these 'successful' people are accepting or indulging in a particular form of ideology, product or behavior, that it must be popular to others.
As a result, many people will strive to be just like their celebrity idols, twisting themselves into something that they are really not.
This is the case with consumers taking damaging diet drugs to look like their own celebrity hero. Often, people are also placed in certain social situations where similar forms of pressure will compel them to forego their normal values or philosophies, all in order to avoid conflict or rejection. Though this is more the case in younger circles with hard drugs and alcohol, the same scenario also applies in many life situations and similar environments far beyond youth.
This is dangerous, however. Your mental state plays a vital role in your health, especially when you are stressed. Being psychologically stressed by feeling social pressures can often lead to many forms of illness as a result. In fact, stress can increase your risk of overall death by a shocking 50%! Prolonged repression of these feelings by continuing stress-inducing activities makes it even worse.
Rather than taking pride in a manufactured and false personality (the kind that you might think people want to see), you should not be afraid to be a unique individual. When you actively try to impress or gain favor of others, you often suppress your true feelings and intentions. You have to learn to be yourself, work towards your own cause, and love yourself.
Don't be afraid to speak out on key issues due to fear of what others may think.
Some people go for days, months, or even years suppressing their true feelings on controversial issues because of how much they value somebody else's view of them. Twisting yourself into a knot will make all other aspects of life, including achieving optimal health and wellness nearly impossible. Your value is not determined by somebody else. Things in your life have as much meaning as you decide to place into them.
In fact, the popular opinion is usually wrong based on historical fact. People respect individualism; and if you are self confident enough to reject a purposefully manufactured influence, then you will be able to accept yourself.
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Everyone expected it, no? When you're addressing a group that's supporting the other guy to the tune of 95 percent, bet on there being a few awkward moments.
I doubt he'll win any votes for showing up but it's worth his while to do it anyway for two reasons. One: It's a gesture of outreach. The left will, as always, demagogue him more viciously on race the closer we get to election day (especially if O starts to fall behind); this is Romney's way of trying to show good faith and inoculate himself against the charge. Liberals won't care but some swing voters might. Two: It's catnip for the media. An event that's guaranteed to end with a black audience criticizing the Republican nominee for president is as good as it gets if you're among the 98 percent or whatever of reporters who are liberal. BuzzFeed's clearly enjoying it bunches, and Think Progress is being as Think Progress-y as you'd expect. But look at it this way: How often is a Romney speech the big news story of the day? This is a windfall of earned media for his stump speech at a moment when The One has nothing much going on to distract from it. Romney knows how unpopular ObamaCare is with most of the public and he knows that the media would go nuts if he got booed by the NAACP for criticizing it, and so he did it. And now every newscast in the country tonight will have footage of him talking about how bad the boondoggler-in-chief's big health-care program is. The press gets what it wants and Romney gets what he wants. Great.
"We expected that [the booing]," Romney told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto in a interview set to air later in the day. "I am going to give the same message to the NAACP that I give across the country which is that Obamacare is killing jobs, and if jobs is the priority, we are going to have to replace it with something that actually holds down healthcare costs, as opposed to something that causes more spending for the government and more spending for American families."
In a statement after his address, NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous called Romney's positions "antithetical" to the organization's interests in a statement.
"While we are glad that Governor Romney recognized the power of the black electorate, he laid out an agenda that was antithetical to many of our interests,"said Jealous. "His criticism of the Affordable Care Act — legislation that will improve access to quality health care for millions — signals his fundamental misunderstanding of the needs of many African Americans."
This has to be the only event in American political life where a candidate is cordially invited — and accepts — full in the knowledge that he'll be denounced by the organizers immediately afterward as antithetical to their agenda. Emmanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said flat out after Romney's speech that he shouldn't have bothered going. But he had to go, of course: Turning down the invite would be spun as prima facie proof of racism. Better to go, make your pitch, and then be judged a racist. That way, at least you get some news coverage and some grudging respect from the media for having engaged an audience that's voting against you.
As for the bigger picture, wise words from J.C. Watts:
"With all due respect to Governor Romney, he's probably doing it to check the box," Watts told CBS News. "Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand."
Watts argues that the Republican Party is not serious about dedicating the time and money necessary to establishing serious ties with leaders in the black community. He wonders why, for example, the GOP isn't working harder to form strong relationships with southern black religious leaders. "Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice."
"The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote," he added. "It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper relationship with the black community. Most black people don't think alike. Most black people just vote alike."
Ben Jealous's perfunctory condemnation notwithstanding, the audience was gracious to Romney for most of the speech, with some attendees saying afterward that they respected him for coming even though they disagreed with him on basically everything. (The speech ended with a standing ovation.) In fact, via Mediaite, there was a notable applause line during the speech itself. Watch this and you'll see what Watts means.


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Young teams often ask "Should I take a job in a not-so-good agency, or hang tough till I get hired somewhere great?"
The answer is it depends on your individual financial circumstances. If your internal organs are about to be called-in by loan sharks, then obviously you have to take the job. But if you have rich parents, or some money saved, a cushy part-time job, or have found a way to survive by eating everyday household objects, then it's better to wait.
Plenty of great teams started in not-so-good agencies. The key is what you do when you get there. You don't settle. You don't sit on your arse. You spend all your spare time working on the one good account they do have. And the rest of your time working on your spec book. When my partner and I were at a rubbish agency, we spent every night working on our book. Not once a week. Every night.
There will be lots of nice people there, and probably quite a few good creatives too. Don't get suckered in by that. Keep focused on getting out. Because the vast majority of great work, is done by the great agencies. And sooner or later, you want to get into one of those.
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Veteran utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr. knows his place on the Dodgers' roster.
A reporter asked him to compare his return to the field Saturday to teammates Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford, who still are waiting for clearance to play after having surgery last year.
"You've got more to lose with Matty and Carl than me," Hairston deadpanned.
Hairston had left hip labrum surgery six months ago, a procedure that ended his 2012 season in August. He started in left field Saturday against the Chicago White Sox and played five innings – no small feat considering the unusual nature of his surgery, a process that involved removing the leg from its socket. Hairston said rebuilding strength in the leg is the most painstaking part recovery.
For six hours every day for two months, Hairston's leg was stuck in a machine called a CPM (continuous passive motion) device, which automatically moves the leg back and forth while the patient lies on his back.
"The first month was pretty tough – the pain, lying in bed," he said.
"You picture yourself playing again. That helps you realize there's a goal. It helps you continue to fight through it."


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Battling terror presents unique challenges to Worcester area vets
Kevin P. Lucey and his wife, Joyce T. Lucey, are spending Memorial Day in Washington, D.C., with thousands of other families grieving the loss of their loved ones who served in the U.S. military.
These families' soldiers did not only die while serving their country, but some took their own lives after returning home.
Global War On Terror veterans — who served in military expeditions to combat terrorism on or after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001— face unique challenges and issues including multiple deployments, and high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and suicide, and are often unwilling to seek help when needed or say it is too difficult to find.
The Luceys, trained as volunteer mentors in the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, hope to help fallen GWOT veterans' families with their training and through their own experience losing their 23-year-old son, Jeffrey M. Lucey, to suicide in 2004. He served as a reservist in the Marines Corps. after struggling for years with PTSD after his six-month deployment to Iraq in January 2003.
"Before he went he was a normal, average every day kid," Mr. Lucey said. "When he got back, one of the things we noticed was a change in his tone. He wrote to his girlfriend that he did immoral things — some things he only thought existed in movies. He said he never wanted to participate in the war again. He came back physically unscathed, looked great and was smiling. None of us knew how badly hurt he was until later."
Many families from around the country who are dealing with similar issues have reached out to the Luceys for help, Mr. Lucey said. The families include several in Worcester, he said, adding that one has a son suffering with PTSD and who has suicidal thoughts.
"She said she is afraid when she wakes up her son will be dead," Mr. Lucey said. "Her son has been suffering for more than four years. It is horrible to hear a mother tell you that sometimes she feels all she can do is wait and watch her child die."
The night before his son died, Mr. Lucey said, his son told him, "No one cares enough to help."
"That is a horrible indictment of the system — it should be much better than it is," he said. "Twenty-two veterans a day are now committing suicide according to a report the VA put out three months ago. That is totally unacceptable to us."
Disabled U.S. Air Force veteran William H. Moore is president of Project New Hope in Leicester, which provides free weekend holistic retreats for combat veterans and their families throughout New England. He said many combat vets are weary of the VA and see it as an agency that is constantly trying to push medications on them.
"The VA is great at pushing meds on them and not treating the problem," Mr. Moore said. "There is a very high rate of suicide with these veterans. You didn't see that when I served."
New Hope is ran by all volunteers, he said, and veterans and their families are provided opportunities for counseling and holistic relaxation techniques such as acupuncture, Reiki and massage.
He said with multiple deployments, and high PTSD and TBI rates because of improvised explosive devices, more families are breaking up and drug and alcohol abuse is high. Moreover, those serving in the National Guard and Reserve do not have family close by, as they would if they were stationed on an active military base. The children of GWOT veterans are also traumatized when parents are deployed multiple times, he said.
"The whole family makeup is not the same," he said. "We're trying to keep families together. You cannot just treat the veteran. You have to treat the spouse and children."
Army reservist Karina Wallace, 29, from Worcester, who served for six years as a supply specialist from 2002 to 2008, said New Hope's retreats are invaluable.
Ms. Wallace was deployed to Iraq for a year in 2003, she said, before there were Burger Kings and Starbucks on bases like there were when her younger sister was deployed several years later. She said when she first landed in Kuwait, right when she got off the plane there was a chemical attack and they had to put their masks on.
"It was tough for me because I was only 18 years old when I got there," she said. "It was really scary and I missed my mom. When you hear bombs in the background you wonder what is going on." She said they were often transporting fuel, which made them potential targets.
"You could see burned bodies when we had to drive down the center of downtown Baghdad," she said. "You don't know if something is gong to happen. We did get shot at one time. Thank God we just unloaded our fuel."
When she returned, she said, it was hard to adjust, but she feels lucky that she wasn't diagnosed with PTSD like so many other GWOT veterans.
"All wars are different," she said. "It matters what the individual goes through emotionally and how much they see. People who go on the front lines face more challenges than those who stay behind."
She is attending classes full time at Worcester State University while taking care of her 16-month-old son, Giovanni A. Wallace, and said she is racing to finish her degree before her educational benefits run out.
"I went to war and want to get a Ph.D, but I have an end date," she said. "There are no other programs. I didn't come back with a service-connected disability. I didn't get hurt, so there is nothing else.
"The support is kind of hard to find so you have to do your own digging and searching. They don't reach out enough," she added.
Like Mr. Moore, Rev. Beverly Prestwood-Taylor, executive director of the Brookfield Institute in Brookfield, is picking up where veterans feel the VA is lacking, working with organizations to educate the public about the needs of returning military.
"There are many resources available, but I think the challenge is that their needs are difficult to meet," she said. "Part of it is that there aren't that many jobs for returning veterans. When you return to civilian life, it really helps you to move on with life, if you have a job."
PTSD and TBI — the signature injury of GWOT veterans, she said — makes it difficult to function well day-to-day and do the things they need to do to manage their life.
"The other part of it is, with this kind of war — where the goal is to try to transform the hearts and minds of the population where you are serving as Gen. Petraeus said when he was general — one day you are handing out lollipops to kids on the street and talking to the community and the next day you're either going after someone or they are targeting you. There is no clear enemy and no clear enemy lines and it makes it much more difficult to transition back."
GWOT vets also experience what the VA now calls "moral injury," she said, meaning an injury to a veteran's soul, spirit or conscience when their sense of values are violated either by what they did when they were serving, observed someone else doing or a situation they were in that they didn't stop.
Rev. Todd B. Farnsworth, who counsels veterans throughout Worcester County and volunteers with New Hope, said the families of GWOT vets experience fatigue from multiple deployments.
"There is a sense of uncertainty around not knowing when the service person will be called up again," he said. "They're always in a state of life interrupted and seemed resigned to that is just the way it is these days."
Contact Paula Owen at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @PaulaOwenTG.


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September 20, 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today cleared 43 bills and one resolution for the Senate's approval. Among those passed was H.R. 3084, which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contribute funds for the establishment of an interpretative center on the life and contributions of President Abraham Lincoln. The center would be established in Springfield, Illinois and would make available to the public materials related to the life of President Abraham Lincoln. The center would also provide interpretive and educational services which communicate the meaning of Lincoln's life. Included in the measures headed to the floor of the Senate was H.R. 4115, which authorizes appropriations for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Holocaust Museum was built in 1993 and is located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Museum works to broaden public understanding of the history of the Holocaust through multifaceted programs. The Museum incorporates exhibitions, research and publications, collecting and preserving material evidence, art and artifacts relating to the Holocaust. Also cleared by the Committee was S. 2959, which amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992. The bill helps salute and celebrate the rich aviation history of Dayton, Ohio. It includes several buildings in an area that together can be called the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. Among the areas that will be included are: the Wright Cycle Company building, and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. The following bills were passed by the Committee:


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It's not all China's fault.
I'm referring here to the rout in prices of commodities, ranging from coffee to zinc, over not only the course of 2013 but much of the last three years. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index has tumbled 13.1 percent over the last year. Another index of stocks whose fate is tied to commodities (the Morgan Stanley Commodity Related Equity index) is ahead 10.2 percent in the same period, just over a third of the 28 percent gain recorded by the S&P 500 in the same period.
Of course, it's inevitable that the slowdown in economic growth in China from the double digit rates recorded during the first decade of the new millennium would take its toll on demand for commodities ranging from aluminum and copper for industry to foodstuffs for the emerging middle class. And that slowdown, while it shows signs of flattening out or even reversing itself, isn't likely to disappear overnight. If growth does recover, it will be at a more muted pace than we witnessed during that decade of frenetic growth.
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Those years, not coincidentally, were also characterized by booming investment interest in commodities, and a change in the makeup of commodities markets bulls. For the first time, investment interest went truly mainstream as big institutional investors made sizeable allocations to the volatile universe of commodities beyond gold. New commodity mutual funds and ETFs made their debut and thrived. In China, the desperate need for commodities was reflected in its push to invest directly in everything from African mines to farmland outside its own borders.
Today, Chinese demand is particularly hard to gauge. On one hand, big metals producers like Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) have continued churning out copper, zinc, aluminum and other key industrial metals in the face of a plunge in prices in recent years. Over the summer, China announced it would undertake some big new infrastructure projects.
Import data from August shows just how confusing the picture can be. On one hand, imports of raw materials – including those metals – fell from high levels recorded the previous month. On the other, there are signs that growth won't return to its previous pace (or at least not enough to soak up some of that production glut in metals and some other commodities).
If you believe in reading the tea leaves, you can't help but note the news that China's own sovereign wealth fund has lightened up its commodities holdings. As recently as the end of 2011, China Investment Corp. had nearly a quarter of its assets invested in energy and global materials industries; within a year, that had been pared to 17 percent, according to the $575 billion wealth fund's annual report, released last summer.
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Who but the managers of China's sovereign wealth fund is better positioned to gauge what's likely to happen to Chinese demand? This may emerge (however stale the data involved) as the commodities market's version of "don't fight the Fed."
You don't have to be a bear on the outlook for China's economic growth to want to steer clear of commodities this year. Copper prices entered bear market territory last May after a decline of more than 20 percent from their peak. Gold has been in freefall in recent years, although volatile and responding positively to geopolitical crises. (The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF has lost half of its value over the last 12 months.)
The forecast for many agricultural commodities is similarly weak. In contrast to the drought-like conditions in many corners of the world during 2012, this past summer's weather was more favorable, meaning that corn and soybean production output could set records. No wonder that prices for both these agricultural products have plunged.
I'd be more hesitant to argue that this means we're in for a decade-long bear market than I was back in mid-2004. Many of the trends that people focused on back then in arguing we were about to embark on a decade-long cyclical bull market remain intact today. But – and it's a big "but" – we're almost certainly going to experience even more volatility in the coming two or three years than we have witnessed in the last few years. Only part of it has to do with what happens to Chinese demand.
One of the perennial issues for the commodities markets is the behavior of commodity producers, and in particular, metal mining companies. In many parts of this market, supply continues to outstrip demand and while pundits argue that will shift as Australian and Chilean miners cut back their output over the next year, the temptation to respond to any uptick in prices that follows will be tough to resist. (Self discipline isn't a long-term behavioral trait of this industry.)
Then there's the Federal Reserve and the pesky question of the tapering off of its support for the bond market, which creates new questions about the direction of the dollar (most commodities are priced in dollars) and the health of the U.S. economy. If the Fed tapers, what happens to the economy – and to demand for many raw materials?
There's another wild card out there related to the Fed, which is leaning on Wall Street institutions to get out of the commodities business in the wake of this past summer's kerfuffle surrounding direct ownership of power generation facilities, metals warehouses and other assets.
Almost certainly, this will lead to one of the periodic retrenchments on the part of Wall Street vis-à-vis commodity markets, including trading and perhaps even investment banking. It has been a profitable business for banks, but won't remain one for long with regulators peering over their shoulders, and their departure from the scene likely will take its toll.
Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, argues that this kind of divestment could produce "one more leg down" for commodities markets. In a recent letter to investors, Ablin says he's suggesting to clients that they remain underweight the asset class, although if it seems as if the next round of selling represents a "final capitulation," there may be an opportunity to jump at cyclical lows.
Bargain hunting like that in the commodities arena is a far chancier endeavor than it is in the stock market, where precise, company-specific data is readily available. Fundamentals are what matter here, and the fundamental picture remains murky.
Unless and until there is some kind of coordinated global economic recovery, even a modest one, and producers show signs that they can not only shut in capacity but remain disciplined as prices begin to creep higher – or unless you're very, very patient and can shut out the headlines, noise and volatility – this isn't likely to be a very rewarding asset class for the next year or so.
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From a press gaggle earlier today (h/t Liss):
I have heard some of the news on [Bristol Palin] and so let me be as clear as possible. I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people's families are off limits, and people's children are especially off limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics, it has no relevance to governor Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18. And how family deals with issues and teenage children that shouldn't be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that is off limits.
Elsewhere: Hilzoy offers a measured, classy response @ ObWi/The Washington Monthly; TAPPED's Ann Friedman disputes the use of the word "choice" in the McCain/Palin statement; on the opposite side of the aisle, Allahpundit speculates about the timing of the announcement:
The more I think about it, the more I think McCain probably did know [about Bristol Palin's pregnancy]. The timing is simply perfect to release the news: You wouldn't want to do it on Friday, lord knows, when she's getting her intro to the country, and you wouldn't want to do it later in the campaign when it's closer to Election Day or even later this week when it'd distract from her convention speech. Now's the time to do it, when it'll be no higher than the third-most important story of the day.
If I'm right, then the nutroots's smears about Palin's own pregnancy gave McCain an amazingly fortuitous pretext here. Now he gets to play the victim — "we had to do it to stop those dastardly left-wing bloggers from hurting the family" — instead of just someone making an embarrassing admission.
In comments at ObWi, Ugh observes that the McCain campaign has taken full advantage of the aforementioned pretext served on a silver platter to reinforce the integrity of Sarah Palin's (and, thus, by default, John McCain's) pro-life creds, insulate their VP nom from further criticism, and get a few partisan shots in on Obama:
If the point of releasing this information was to "knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child." We only need to know one thing: Bristol is five months pregnant. We don't need to know:
(i) that "Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said."
(ii) that's she's decided to have the baby.
(iii) that's she's decided to raise the baby.
(iv) that she's decided to marry the father.
(v) the father's name is Levi.
Further, the McCain camp sure as fncking [sic] hell doesn't tar Obama with this, such as with this nonsense like: "The despicable rumors that have been spread by liberal blogs, some even with Barack Obama's name in them, is a real anchor around the Democratic ticket, pulling them down in the mud in a way that certainly juxtaposes themselves against their 'campaign of change,"' a senior aide said.
So, we get to sit here and let the McCain campaign make at least three significant political points with this story, throw out a blatant lie that "the media to respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates", and also accuse Obama of starting the rumors. Plus, they get an all purpose club to beat off any mistakes Palin makes from now until November.
Via his primary position as Pat Robertson's pet news anchor, TBPTOT charter member David Brody explains how this revelation will help the McCain/Palin ticket with Evangelicals:
I'm sure lots of people will take their shots at the pro-life Christian woman but hold on a moment. If you think Evangelicals are going to ditch her for this, you're totally misreading the situation. As a matter of fact, they are ready to fire back at any potential critics…
Look, this development will actually be positive for the most part with Evangelicals. First they hear that Sarah Palin chooses the life option even though she had a Downs Syndrome baby and once again the family (and Bristol) has chosen the life option in this recent case. That's a double "ca-ching". Let's call this the Evangelical daily double. If anything, this whole situation will probably make more people around the country relate to her and her family. It makes them more real. Will there by some turned off by the whole pre-marital sex thing? Of course but this type of story doesn't sink her at all with Evangelicals.
Finally, I give the last word to Steve Benen:
Sarah Palin apparently lied about abusing her powers as governor, firing a capable Public Safety Commissioner without cause. Campaign reporters find that mildly interesting, but during a lengthy interview between John McCain and Chris Wallace yesterday, the subject didn't even come up.
But now that John McCain's running mate's teenage daughter is having a baby, now reporters are swarming around Steve Schmidt, demanding answers.
I suppose news outlets might justify their prurient interests, arguing that Palin's family may have a Jerry Springer-like quality, but as the day as unfolded, I can't help but find the whole thing ridiculous. Bristol Palin is not a candidate for public office. Her pregnancy is none of the political world's business.
Amen. And, with that, I'm truly done with this.


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New York Doesn't Exist!
Steven Dutch proves it. At least, his explanation of how Los Angeles is reaching its population limit shows that New York, an allegedly far-larger city, cannot exist.
I'm reminded of the following (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams):
New York has gone. No reaction. He'd never seriously believed it existed anyway.


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Picturing Your Career – The Double Ensō and The Venn Diagram
I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles – concentric circles that connect. ~ Michelle Williams
While working at my desk today my ice water glass created a double ensō as it rested upon a piece of paper beside my computer. Ensō means circular form and may symbolize elegance and strength as well as the void. Rather than career as a linear progression or feeling we are "going around in hopeless circles at work" we can embrace the circular nature of our career.
If you have a mathematical mind you might see the same image as a Venn diagram, named after John Venn, with two overlapping circles indicating where items share something in common.
To be successful, view your career as circles of relationship. How well do you overlap what you love to do with what you need to do? How successful are you in joining your work contribution with what your organization or client needs? How united are you with others at work? And what other circles do you need to join to be successful at work?
When two circles merge into one we experience perfect engagement. This may be a fleeting career ideal but it can draw us forward to a greater feeling of belonging at work.


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Boxee, the company that once made headlines as a major contender in the set-top box wars, is bringing its newly launched Boxee TV device to Walmart, starting tomorrow. This is a big move for Boxee, as it will be granted a prominent spot in Walmart's brick and mortar stores, and will be up against competitors like the Apple TV and Roku's line of devices.
Apple TV offers premium content like Major League Baseball and the iTunes store, and Roku offers over 500 paid and free streaming channels, but the Boxee TV has a feature found on neither: the ability to actually tune in to local television. Walmart will set up displays in its stores showcasing the Boxee TV's access to free broadcast channels, such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and the CW, as well as its capacity to stream Internet content from Netflix, YouTube, and Vimeo. The device can also hook into unencrypted basic cable, removing the need for a separate digital cable box. "We don't believe the future of the TV is going to be a future filled with apps," Avner Ronen, Boxee's chief executive officer, told Bloomberg. "When you turn on the TV...you just want to watch something."
Boxee TV also sports two tuners, letting it simultaneously display one channel while recording another. The device then uploads those recordings to the cloud, where users receive unlimited storage for $15 a month, as well as the ability to view their recorded shows on any Internet connected device. However, over-the-air DVR service is limited to certain areas, including Chicago, New York, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. More cities are planned for 2013.
The set-top box also comes equipped with a cheaper processor than its predecessor, the Boxee Box. It swaps out the previously used Intel chips for a Broadcom SoC, and includes a Linux-based operating system, both of which bring down the price. It won't be able to play as many types of video files as the discontinued Boxee Box, but the device is still a good value for the less tech-savvy who likely aren't concerned with exhaustive codec and container support.
Even though Roku boxes and Apple TVs are also available at Walmart, Boxee will have a leg-up with its over-the-air recording capabilities. It could face some problems, however, from content owners who are already reluctant to support streaming models and may find issues with Boxee's offerings. Additionally, Boxee's ability to connect directly to unencrypted cable is exactly the kind of thing that could be curtailed by a recent FCC ruling allowing the encryption of basic offerings. Boxee seems unconcerned about the ruling, though, and is confident that its products will be unaffected.
The Boxee TV will cost $98 and is available tomorrow.


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text: By Edith Harbaugh, Senior Product Manager Here at TripIt, we take customer feedback very seriously. Over the years, we've received requests for new features for TripIt for Business. And today, we're excited to deliver to you two of the most desired features we know you've been waiting for: group itinerary sharing and an iCal calendar feed. Just as TripIt removes the hassle of organizing your individual travel plans, TripIt for Business does the exact same thing for the workplace. We take the magical power of our elves and bring it to your office where we help you keep track of who's traveling when and where and help you know whether travel dollars are being spent wisely. Personally, when I travel for work, I want to know what time my coworkers' flights are so I can coordinate airport rides or know whether I need to rent a car. And especially with summer vacation season in full swing, I want to know when my coworkers are in and out of the office. Here's some more information about how our new features can help you solve these very problems and more: Group itinerary sharing: You can now easily share the details of your trip such as flights, hotels, car rentals and meetings with the entire membership of any group to which you belong. Your fellow group members will see your trip as a shared trip on their trip list and can also access your trip details from the office travel calendar. iCal calendar feed: Prefer to view your office travel calendar on your own calendar app? Your iCal feed automatically keeps your calendar in sync with your office travel plans on TripIt. Many applications support iCal, including Microsoft Outlook 2007, Lotus Notes 8.5 and and Google Calendar (Android and Gmail) and more. If you're interested in giving TripIt for Business a test drive, you can start your free 30-day trial here.


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The countdown has begun. One month from now on September 29, the Center for Green Schools at USGBC will host the first annual Green Apple Day of Service, an initiative to have volunteers around the world participate in small acts of service to improve their local school environments. Now that kids are back in school, projects are showing up on the map at a record pace. But one of the things we hear more and more as we get closer to the date is: "I really want to get involved, but I'm worried that there isn't enough time."
Typically, this response comes from your average super-mom, who is making lunch, surfing the Internet, watching the news and texting her husband all at the same time. Not enough time? Moms like this pull off greater undertakings on a daily basis.
So if you fall into that category of super-parent-with-great-intentions-and-not-enough-time, here are six projects that you can do on the Green Apple Day of Service in less than 60 minutes to improve the places where your children learn.
- Organize a scavenger hunt – Gather a few of your children's friends and their parents, and make sure each person arrives on site with a digital camera or equipped phone. Have each team walk around your school grounds and take photographs of things that are good for people and the planet, and things that are harmful to people and the planet. Come back together to share your photos – perhaps even make a collage to present to your child's class or the principal.
- Host a coffee talk – Invite a small gathering of other parents to your house or the local coffee shop to discuss simple ways you can help schools become healthier, safer more efficient places for your kids to learn and play. Download our video beforehand and screen it at the event (it's a crowd pleaser!)
- Clean up your schoolyard – grab some trash bags and have your child invite a few friends to join them in the schoolyard to pick up trash and other pieces of litter. Make it fun by setting it up as a competition to see who can find the most trash or clean up their area the fastest. Have small prizes to give away for a job well done.
- Make a video – have your children be the producers and instruct them make a creative and short video. Be sure that each of your actors holds a green apple and recites the phrase "I learn here and where I learn matters." For examples of other kids doing this, you can watch our video.
- Collect supplies – host a book and school supply drive. Invite parents to bring surplus supplies like extra crayons, barely used notebooks, backpacks or lunch boxes that can be shared with teachers or other families who can put them to good use. What a great form of recycling!
- Decorate a recycling bin – find a large, sturdy old box or container. Set your kids up with some wrapping paper, glue, and if you dare, a little glitter. Help them to make a bold label that explains the materials that can be put in the box to be recycled. Donate it to your child's classroom or the library.
Now that you have project ideas, don't forget to add your event to our map! We need your help in making September 29 as successful as it can possibly be, and every little bit counts. For more information about how you can get involved, please visit mygreenapple.org.


text: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) focuses on the 24th century adventures of Captain Benjamin Sisko on space station Deep Space 9, an outpost situated near the mouth of a stable wormhole on the far reaches of explored space. Although Sisko commands Deep Space 9, the station actually belongs to the inhabitants of nearby Bajor, who requested Starfleet's protective presence after Bajoran freedom fighters put an end to the brutal Cardassian occupation of their world. Approximately a sixth of the station's 300 permanent residents are Starfleet personnel; there is also a sizable Bajoran militia presence. The rest of Deep Space 9's inhabitants are civilians, most of whom work in the station's Promenade, a kind of indoor marketplace. Initially, Sisko's mandate from Starfleet was to protect Bajor and the station from any hostiles who ventured into the area. But with the discovery of the nearby wormhole—a shortcut through space that leads directly to the uncharted Gamma quadrant—Sisko's mandate has expanded exponentially, as the region becomes the gateway to all manner of visitors, both friendly and extremely hostile.


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Are you looking for a reliable plumber in Severna Park? R.V. Carey's has been providing plumbing and heating services to homes and businesses throughout MD, and the DC metro area since 1979. We work hard to establish a positive working relationship with you through organization, high-quality plumbing services, a professional attitude, and guaranteed workmanship, all in an effort to provide the best customer service you can find.
If you're looking for quality plumbing and heating services from friendly, licensed professionals, call R.V. Carey's today—301-424-8899!
Our Plumbing Services
All of our plumbers are licensed professionals who are there to provide you with honest and respectful support. Fully stocked trucks mean you can get same-day service—often right on the spot!
No matter what your plumbing needs are, R.V. Carey's has the solution for homes in the Severna Park area. Call today if you need:
- Leaky faucet repair and replacement
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- Low water pressure repair
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Construction Services
For more than three decades, R.V. Carey's has been a preferred plumbing contractor for new construction jobs in the Severna Park area. We are committed to providing quality work with an honest commitment to excellence. When you hire R.V. Carey's, you'll have the comfort of knowing the job will get done to your exact specifications.
We have experience in many different construction plumbing projects, including:
- Office Buildings
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- New Residential Custom Homes
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If you have a new construction project in the Severna Park area, give the experts at R.V. Carey's a call.
Why Call R.V. Carey's for Service in Severna Park?
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When you call for a plumber, you're looking for more than plumbing services—you want the peace of mind that comes from knowing the plumber you hired is trustworthy and polite. In addition to being background checked and drug tested, all of the technicians at R.V. Carey's are friendly, courteous, and can answer any questions you may have regarding your plumbing system.
Time and Materials
Many plumbers charge a flat rate for each job, regardless of how long it takes. We prefer to charge based on time and materials—here's why. First, no two plumbing jobs are the same. Even a seemingly simple leak repair can vastly differ from another leak repair! Since a job may take longer for one person than another, a flat fee may lead you to overpay for your service. Next, we feel we can provide a better service by encouraging our technicians to work carefully instead of rushing between jobs. By charging time and materials, we're able to ensure that you get the highest quality of service possible while still sticking to your budget.
Community Engagement
We wouldn't exist without the generous support of the people in our community. So to show our gratitude, we like to give back what we can, whenever we can! We support a number of local and national organizations, including:
- The Disabled and Handicapped Workshop
- Montgomery County Career Firefighters Association
- Montgomery General Hospital
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
- Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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- All plumbers are well trained and educated to provide customers with honest and respectful support.
- Our level of experience ensures our ability to complete a job in a timely manner, thus saving the customer money.
- We offer a senior citizens discount.
- Our servicemen average over 15 years' experience.
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- We provide 24-hour, 7-day-a-week support through emergency on-call service in Severna Park.
When you call R.V. Carey's, you're calling the best. If you need plumbing services in Severna Park, MD call us today!


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And now, another guest post from our West Coast contingent/BLK sommelier, Abi. Thanks, Ab!—C and T
Gentle readers, It has been far too long since I have graced these fair electronic pages. I cannot imagine the deep sense of abandonment you felt, knowing that I am so close, yet so, so far away. And I cannot deny my adoring public any longer (despite the fact that they have not spoken—I can only assume their grief keeps them silent), which has brought us to this juncture. Also, it turns out, I am afraid of making crab cakes. [How convenient for us!—C; And here I thought this might be Abi's way of asking where we have been…-T]


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On Monday, my blog in response to NPR's article blaming cattle grazing on the degradation of the environment and declining wildlife populations stirred up a lot of conversation. Many readers commented that while the content I provided to counter the misinformation presented in the article was good and valid, it wasn't going to reach the masses like the NPR piece did.
Whenever I respond to negative articles of this ilk, it's always my hope that the beefmagazine.com community will help me spread the word, whether it be through sharing the blog post on social media channels, adding your thoughts in the comments section of the original article, or discussing it further with folks in your area. The more we can disseminate the truth, the quicker we can stop these falsehoods from spreading like wildfire.
Subscribe now to Cow-Calf Weekly to get the latest industry research and information in your inbox every Friday!
Monday's blog also showed me the interest that BEEF Daily readers have on the topic of grazing and land management. While we know that cattle grazing is truly beneficial to the environment, our consumers have been told otherwise.
After reading the blog, one reader sent us this TED Talk with Allan Savory that shares the secret to fighting desertification and reversing climate change, and that secret is livestock grazing.
In his talk, Savory says that two-thirds of the world has turned into desert, including many national parks here in the U.S. As a biologist, Savory had been taught that livestock production destroys the environment, but in his personal travels around the world, he discovered otherwise.
"I love wildlife, so I grew up hating livestock," he admits. "Well, we were just as certain the world was flat. We were wrong then, and we were wrong again. There is only one way to reverse desertification, and it's the unthinkable -- it's livestock grazing."
Just like the days where herd animals used to group up to protect themselves from predators, he believes that by allowing livestock to graze the land that has now become barren, we can reverse desertification. You can watch the entire talk below.
Let me know what you think about Savory's conclusions, and help spread the word to your contacts about the positive impacts of livestock grazing on the environment.
More articles to enjoy:
You Can Control Your Own Level Of Happiness
Skipping The Basics Can Carry A Big Bottom-Line Penalty
10 Farm Trucks To Consider For 2014
Despite Record Prices, Push The Pencil For The Best Selling Option
9 Nifty New Products For Cattle Producers
Leachman's Industry Game Plan: Work Together To Move Forward


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Conservation fund donates land to HCC
Haywood Community College recently acquired a 328-acre tract of land located at Balsam Gap through a generous gift from The Conservation Fund.
Bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway for 3 miles, the property forms the headwaters of Dark Ridge Creek, which shelters a pure strain of brook trout.
As a natural extension of protected forest land, the Balsam Gap property will serve as a teaching environmental laboratory for HCC's
Natural Resources programs. This laboratory of native hardwoods and plants will serve HCC's Forest Management, Fish and Wildlife, GIS/GPS, Low Impact Development and Horticulture programs. HCC is one of only a few community colleges across the nation to offer these comprehensive programs and as a result serves a diversity of students from across the U.S.
"Our Natural Resources programs are attractive not only because of their quality of instruction and high rate of job placement but also because of their field-based instructional methodologies," said Dr. Rose Johnson, HCC President. "The Balsam Gap property will greatly enhance our students learning experiences by providing more hands-on, in-the-field instruction. This property will have a profound impact on HCC, its students and our surrounding communities. I am deeply grateful to The Conservation Fund for this gift."


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A 7-Year Assessment On Each and Every Program
The evaluation of academic programs and Program Review Self Study Reports are driven by the guiding questions listed below. To ensure the sustained quality of academic programs, Program Review is conducted every seven years. This process integrates internal evaluation needs, including formative program development and strategic planning for academic programs, with the requirements for external accrediting bodies such as the Higher Learning Commission.
- How well does this program fit with the purpose of the College and the mission of the University?
- Is the current curriculum timely and relevant?
- Is there a viable job market for the graduates of this program?
- What is the competitive environment for this program offering (i.e., market share)? Which DU Campuses should offer this program?
- Is progress toward goals or benchmarks for Key Performance Indicators being met?
- Are the program's learning outcomes being met by students?
- Does the program have adequate resources to ensure educational quality?
- What improvements are recommended for continuous quality improvement? What resources are required to implement these recommendations?
These questions are addressed through the evaluation of the established criteria for Davenport University academic programs, which are aligned with the Higher Learning Commission standards. The Program Review Team synthesizes the data and information associated with Program Review criteria using recommended tactics and then assesses the quality of the program. The findings of the team are addressed in the Program Review Self Study Report.
The purpose of Program Review is to systematically evaluate every aspect of academic programs, including program outcomes and curriculum, academic services, policies and resources, the competitive and market environment, and stakeholder perceptions of the program in order to ascertain strengths and weaknesses in these areas and propose changes and improvements as deemed necessary.


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The details of the October 2016 second open bidding exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are as follows:
Tender opens: Monday, 17 October 2016, 12 noon
Tender closes: Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 4.00 pm
Tender results: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
(Available on the www.onemotoring.com.sg website)
The total quota available for this tender is 4,340 for the following vehicle categories:
Category A : Cars (up to 1600cc & 97kW (130bhp)) 2,023
Category B : Cars (above 1600cc or 97kW (130bhp)) 1,340
Category D : Motorcycles 360
Category C : Goods Vehicles and Buses 188
Category E : Open Category 429
COEs for categories C and E are valid upon receipt until 31 January 2017 whilst COEs for categories A, B and D are valid until 30 April 2017.
Bids can be submitted through the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of DBS/POSB or the Internet Banking facility of UOB.
The bid deposit for COEs in Categories A, B, C and E is $10,000 per bid while that for Category D is $200 per bid.
During the bidding exercise, bidders can check on the status of their bids and revise their reserve price using these banks' services or the LTA Open Bidding website (https://ocoe.lta.gov.sg).
Members of the public can check the current COE price on the ONE.MOTORING website (http://www.onemotoring.com.sg) or on the MyTransport.SG Mobile App (download the App "MyTransport Singapore" via the Apple App Store or Google Play).
Although the COE Open Bidding System has been designed to handle large numbers of bids, transmission of bid data through the system could be delayed by external factors. Hence, members of the public are advised to bid early, as the system will only process bid submissions or reserve price revisions that reach the processing system before the closing time at 4.00 pm on 19 October 2016. Bid data that is sent to the processing system at the last minute, but fails to reach the system before the closing time will not be processed.
For details on the open bidding facilities, members of the public can also contact the following:
|DBS/POSB Hotline
|1800-222-2200 (For Corporate Account)
|1800-111-1111 (For Personal Account)
|UOB Bank Hotline
|1800-226-6121 (For Non-Individuals only)
|Land Transport Authority


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Wilson Hewitt & Associates, Inc. is a custom software developer providing systems analysis, software design, and software development services, including maintenance and enhancements services to existing systems.
Partnership: It's the hallmark of Wilson Hewitt & Associates, Inc., and something we strive to achieve with every client that we work for.
To us, partnership means understanding the corporate goals of the client, along with the needs of all users in the organization, and working hand-in-hand with the client to design and develop custom software applications that meet their goals and needs.
Over the past twenty years, we have worked with some of the larger corporations in the U.S., as well as some of the smaller. Together, Wilson Hewitt and its clients have developed applications to increase operational efficiency, improve market competitiveness, and, for some, create their flagship product. Through it all, we have never lost sight of the importance of respect, open mindedness, and a "work with" attitude for successful software development, and we are honored that so many of our clients have returned to us time and again when they needed custom design and development services.
On this site, you will find information about the services we provide and the products we market independently, as well as overviews of some of our larger projects. We look forward to coming up with a solution to your problems.


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For all its virtues—performance, safety, comfort, potential fossil-fuel savings—the Tesla Model S is still dismissed by many critics as a toy for the 1 percent. It's true that its base price of $63,570 (after a federal rebate) puts it out of most people's reach. But new sales figures out of California may surprise those who doubt electric vehicles' mainstream appeal.
In the first half of 2013, Tesla captured 0.6 percent of the total light-duty vehicle market in the state—more than Buick, Fiat, Land Rover, Lincoln, or Mitsubishi. And looking only at June, the latest month for which figures are available, Tesla also topped Cadillac, Chrysler, and Porsche. That's especially impressive when you consider that those brands are selling multiple different cars, whereas the Model S is the only Tesla vehicle in production. The data come from Polk via the latest report from the California New Car Dealers Association.
Keep in mind that California is not your average state when it comes to vehicle sales. As Treehugger points out, the top-selling car overall in the state so far this year is the hybrid Toyota Prius, and hybrids accounted for an unprecedented 7 percent of all new-car sales in the state. Pure electric vehicles, meanwhile, topped 1 percent, outselling plug-in hybrids largely on the strength of the Model S's appeal. And Polk's data show that nearly half of all Teslas sold in the second quarter were sold in California.
Still, if California is more leading indicator than outlier, the Model S may be on its way to becoming a bigger sales success than almost anyone imagined. It is already outselling competitors in the high-luxury class on a national basis, and the California figures show it surpassing far cheaper cars like the Ford Taurus, Dodge Challenger, and Chevy Tahoe.
Tesla has a steep road ahead as it works toward building a more affordable sedan within the next few years. But it's safe to say by now that the demand is there. If it succeeds, electric vehicles' path to mainstream acceptance—and big sales figures—may prove smoother than anticipated.


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«Randomness can potentially make the number of unique outputs infinite.»
Matthias Dörfelt
He's certainly found his stride by combining a talent for traditional illustration with a technological assist, feeding one-of-a-kind flipbooks as well as his growing affinity for processing and programming. "Working with code,» he says, «was a lot more satisfying and exciting to me than just drawing with my hands."
(h/t Wired Design (heyo Kyle!))
Jordan Kushins is a freelance writer based in beautiful San Francisco. She is an avid crafter, bicycle rider, and former associate editor at Dwell.


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