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In the spirit of Autism Awareness Month, the brothers of Theta Delta Chi (TDX) fraternity are partnering with Autism Speaks U for their second annual charity 5K walk/run. The 5K will take place at noon on Sunday, April 28.
Autism Speaks U is a program created to support college students in their efforts to raise awareness for Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to funding research toward the prevention of autism. The organization, which was started in 2005, also advocates for awareness of autism spectrum disorders and the needs of individuals affected by autism.
"Many of the TDX fraternity brothers at Hobart have some kind of connection to autism and understand how it affects families throughout the world," says Greg Kreisinger '14, TDX president.
Autism now affects every one in 88 children, and costs American families $137 billion annually. Autism Speaks has become the national official philanthropy of Theta Delta Chi, so chapters across the country have been "committed to working together with the organization to raise money for a great cause," explains Kreisinger.
This 5K is open to the public; community members are invited to participate. The run will begin behind Bristol Field House on Stiles Field. Students can register for the event during lunch and dinner hours in Scandling Center through April 26. Registration is also available online, as well as at the event on Sunday. The $10 registration fee can be paid in cash, credit or debit, or through student charge account. This year's goal is to raise $4,000 and donations are welcomed.
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OPIS Headlines – November 19, 2010
U.S. EPA has confirmed that there will be at least a one-month delay by when it will receive all the test data on the second set of vehicles running on higher ethanol blends up to 15%, meaning there will also be a delay on when the agency will issue its second E15-related decision.
"DOE has informed EPA that lab testing of E15 in model year 2001-2006 vehicles will now be completed by the end of December. EPA will make its decision shortly after receiving that data," according to a brief EPA statement sent to OPIS.
No further information was provided, however the delay, according to a source familiar with the issue, appears to be because one of the vehicle models that DOE is testing did not pass any of the fuel blend tests, including operating on E0. The agencies believe that vehicle model was not property maintained and so they are going to conduct a retest on a different vehicle, the source explained.
Last month, EPA approved the use of up to E15 in 2007 and later vehicles, and said it expected to rule on the second set of vehicles — 2001-2006 model years — by the end of the year. The testing for those vehicles, being conducted by DOE, was slated to have been completed by the end of this month, but EPA's statement indicates that timeframe has slipped, and will instead be completed by the end of the year. Therefore, an EPA decision on whether to allow for higher ethanol blends in the second set of model years should be completed in the early part of next year.
Ethanol groups said while they were disappointed with the delay, proper testing should be the utmost priority. "We've been informed by EPA that the decision is being delayed because of the need to retest one particular car that hadn't been properly maintained and serviced," explained Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy, which was the lead group to file the E15 waiver last year. "That particular car failed on all fuels, including E0," he explained, echoing what a source familiar with the issue previously told OPIS. "The problem was with the testing process, not the fuel. This also demonstrates just how committed EPA is to the integrity of the testing; they are doing this right. We are confident that ultimately all the tests will show what we've said all along, that E15 is a great fuel for American motorists," he added.
Similar comment came from Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen. "We are encouraged by EPA's commitment to accurate testing for 2001- 2006 cars and pickup trucks, particularly given the failures are unrelated to the fuel being tested. While the delay is disappointing, it is understandable. We encourage EPA to extend such due diligence to testing for all cars and pickups, regardless of age. We believe the fuel testing to date clearly demonstrates the efficacy of E15 as a motor fuel for all light duty vehicles," he added.
Meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute (API) spokeswoman Cathy Landry said that, assuming the EPA statement is accurate, her group "welcomes the delay. As we have suggested previously, EPA should extend its review six months or more to allow scientific testing on the effects of E15 on the engines of these older vehicles to be completed. Approving use of E15 without adequate and complete testing puts American consumers at risk. Early indications from results of testing have revealed potential safety and performance problems that could affect consumers and the investments they've made in their automobiles," she added.
While API supports "a realistic and workable renewable fuels standard and the responsible introduction of increased biofuels," the trade group believes that "rushing to allow more ethanol before we know it is safe could be disastrous for consumers and could jeopardize the future of renewable fuels," Landry added.Similar comments were heard earlier this week in Chicago, where EPA held a public hearing on its E15 pump labeling proposal.

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Serbian Students' Attitudes towards Mathematics and
Mathematical Education
Tempus Attitude Survey (TAS) 2013–2014 Report Program
Authors: Kristóf Fenyvesi, Raine Koskimaa, Ruth Mateus-Berr, Ljiljana Radovic, Djurdjica Takaci, Suncica Zdravkovic, Klelija Zivkovic
Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2014, 172 p.
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The first large survey commenced in 2013 and the second, in 2014. Both explored the attitude of Serbian students towards mathematics in general and towards the education of mathematics. Based on the first round of survey results, we provided special training for teachers in experiential education of mathematics and asked them to utilize our methods for a full academic year in their schools, and then we conducted the second large survey to assess the effects of the new teaching techniques. Another short survey was conducted, investigating the success of the Summer Schools organized within the framework of our Tempus project. All results were used to make specific recommendations for the future development of the mathematics curriculum in Serbian education of mathematics at all levels.


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Are politicians really getting younger?
by Stephen Tall on August 5, 2012
"The worship of youth has diminished – perhaps generally – in recent years." So said Vince Cable a couple of weeks ago in a newspaper interview which inflamed speculation he'd be partial to a tilt at leading the Lib Dems. It also prompted various politicians-are-getting-younger pieces in the media.
LibDemVoice's Mark Pack took the time and trouble to dig out the data. He showed that while the trend-line in the first half of the last century was for prime ministers to get older, in the 50 years since there has been a movement towards younger premiers (James Callaghan being the main outlying exception).
Meanwhile Philip Cowley, professor of parliamentary government at Nottingham University who runs the Revolts website, has looked more broadly at politicians' ages. And the reality is there's not been much change over the last half-century in the ages of MPs:
In 1964, the median age of Conservative MPs was 45. In 2010, it was 47. The median age of Labour MPs in 1964 was 52; in 2010 it was 52.
Nor are party leaders getting particularly much younger:
The current tranche of leaders are younger than the post-war average but not so exceptionally younger. Ed Miliband, for example, was 41 when he became Labour leader, but so too were both Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair. Nick Clegg was 40 when he became leader of the Liberal Democrats, but so was Charles Kennedy, and David Steel and Jeremy Thorpe were both just 38 when they first led the Liberal Party.
However, they are getting less experienced — at least in terms of time spent in parliament, though not necessarily time involved in politics:
Of the 53 candidates for the leadership of the three main political parties in the 16 contests between 1963 and 1994 only five had less than a decade's experience in the Commons at the point at which they stood. Collectively they constituted fewer than 10 per cent of all the candidates. By the current tranche of contests, by contrast, a majority of the candidates had had under a decade's experience in the Commons, including 83 per cent of those who came first or second in their contests. … It is not the case that the leaders are inexperienced because they are young, more that they are younger because they are so inexperienced. The explanation lies in the changing nature of 'experience'. All three of the current leaders had significant political experience before they entered the Commons.
David Cameron was a special adviser in the Major years, Ed Miliband in the Blair years, and Nick Clegg worked in Europe's corridors of power for over a decade. In other words, all had extensive parliamentary experience, albeit more on the fringes than the backbenches.
Professor Cowley's conclusion?
Despite the recent scare about the growth of the 'career politician', they remain a minority in the Commons as a whole, with plenty of MPs who have a broader experience of the world. But for those who want an accelerated route to the top, the career politicians now looks like the only game in town.
Which is a bit depressing.
* Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, a Research Associate for the liberal think-tank CentreForum, and also writes at his own site, The Collected Stephen Tall.
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Labrang Jigme Gyatso, a monk from Labrang in Amdo, was perhaps the only known Tibetan to record on video in Tibet an account of his own imprisonment and views on Chinese government's policies against the Dalai Lama and was able to send it to the outside world.
Jigme Gyatso was sentenced to a five-year prison term in 2011 and was released on October 26, 2016 from prison in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu.
However, recently, images of a handwritten letter in Tibetan, signed and dated November 26, 2017, appeared online in which he writes of his unwavering determination and spirit in the face of severe oppression. He says in the letter, "They frame us with the greatest and heaviest crimes, and under trial they coax or even force us to admit to many things we never did, an ongoing process of rendering us lifeless like a corpse, if not wiping us out from this world."
In his video testimony, which was broadcast by VOA Tibetan Service in 2008, Akhu Jigme says, "I, as a witness to truth, am telling through the media the story of Tibetans killed, who have suffered torture in prisons and died, so that media can truthfully report on these situations."


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Hey so my sister got me to sign up for a 5k. Right after Rich passsed away she said "You need to do this 5k with me and my rowing friends." It was a Monster Dash so i knew i would pay too much for the race but about a month ago i was all up for planning anything that didnt involve a funeral home or lawyers. Sure. I am in.
Well a day or so before the race I see it starts at 11 am. Huh? who does a race at 11 am? I was torn bc i wanted to do the 10 miler which is a net downhill course yet truth be told ( dont be surprised) I have not been resting well nor have i been training well. I have been riding my bike an insane amount just to see Rich's friends and because it feels good and i dont really care if i am not running much or swimming 1500 yards and thinking that is an IM distance in my head. So...10 miles would be dumb. Like why waste that hamstring energy on that now?
My sister sadly got sick. She travels to India in a few days and she was smart to skip the cold weather run and the general standing around with 2500 people. Many of whom had dogs in costumes that even I would not want to wear for 1 mile, much less 3.1 miles with some hills. Granted It was around Lake Harriet but we actually got the roads which was nice, but meant a few punchy hills as opposed to the flat And boring path.
Race dayI emailed Jen that I Was going to skip it. She told me to go have fun. Hmm. Novel Idea.
so i went over there around 10, and really the bonus of an 11 am start is i had NO. EXCUSE. to have not done my PT work AND my dynamic warmups. I was ready, my hamstring has had some FIRING issues, that is about all i can say that wont change the tone of this post, but when i was warming up it was ok with the strides, etc..I did see two other girl who looked 1) about 20 years my junior and 2) Like they had alot more power than i did as they did their pick ups. I was like "whatever."
Air Horn goes off and tho i did have my Garmin i didnt look at it once. I just ran. Turns out my splits were perfect with even a negative split at the end. Mile 1 one of the above girls passes me at the mile 1 marker and then sits right in front of me and slows down. Hmm. SO i sat in for about 30 seconds then i passed her up a hill and never looked back. Some dude with an impressive jacket on ( National this and that championships) was also there but he must have been a spectator at those events. At the same time as the girl stopped in front of me, another girl BUSTED past us and i couldnt even see her that 2nd mile...until we started to come around the lake and were about 800 yards from the finish i did see her coming back to me. Hmm. Whatever. I just kept running. They were giving out candy at mile 2.5 and i thought "IF i stop i wont catch her, sorry Rich we have to keep on moving." Then i passed her about 200 Yards from the finish, she was BREATHIng WAY hard and we had to go up another hill and i knew that she was likely about 18 yo ( ok she was 25) and she may actually be able to sprint so i went up that hill and never stopped until after the finish. I really had no idea where we were and until i heard someone yell "Second woman" to her, didi know that I had actually won.
Of course this is an non chip event ( lame, why? we pay the same as the longer runners) but that is not worth lamenting. I barely saw the clock and was so gasping that i couldnt hit my Garmin till I had actually stopped. I do know a few things:
1) The Girl I passed was SO. EXCITED, to have gotten 2nd. She could not have been happier for herself or for me. When is the last time you got outsprinted in an Tri and felt that way about your competitiors? Just sayin....Ya she was not in my AG but i do think that runners seem genuinely a lot less CADDY about their placements than Triathletes. Sorry if you dont agree.
2) I would love to break 20. I did when i was a child. I think my PR is 19:15 on a flat course. If said "firing issues" were to cease i think that is a fun goal to look at. And I am darn pleased with this since my IM legs were actualy able to run and my IM engine allowed me to pass that girl just because she was there. No other reason than that.
3) I stood around, knew nobody, went home all happy knowing that not one of you can now look this up online since its not official but actually not really caring. Of course i did post it on FB and I am blogging about it so maybe i actually do care that you all know.
4) I ran with Rich. He was there with me the entire way. And while he isnt the fastest runner he sure knew how to get my head in the right place before a race. I am not doing any long distance ( well no IM) next year in 2013 unless i get lucky, but I am super excited to get some speed back. He also had some sweet kicks that he wore for surgery at the offices:
Here is Rich saying : WE WON!!!!
One of the things that makes me happiest and makes me able to get thru each day is remembering Rich. So I guess you can expect my blogs to reflect that. Hope you on the East Coast are safe.


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If Canada continues to exploit Alberta's tar sands, it will be "game over", NASA scientist James Hansen warned in an opinion piece in The New York Times on Friday.
"Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves 'regardless of what we do.'" Hansen wrote.
"If Canada proceeds, and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate."
Hansen outlined the environmental risks of developing Canada's tar sands reserves, which contain double the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in history. (Earlier this year, VO climate writer Barry Saxifrage published an info-graphic on Canadian tar sands that was sent by the National Resource Defense Council to every US Senator and Representative in March).
"If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5 million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is now," Hansen wrote.
He asserted that emissions would need to be reduced dramatically in order to avoid the "apocalyptic" future of an inhabitable planet with sea levels destroyinng coastal cities and global temperatures rising to the point of killing off large portions of the earth's species.
Although Congress did reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline (which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas) in January, Hansen urged US President Obama to take stronger action to prevent tar sands oil from accessing Gulf Coast refining in order to prevent further environmental deterioration.


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Hundreds of San Franciscans assembled in the rain outside Senator Dianne Feinstein's Financial District office Monday evening, encouraging her to reject four of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks in solidarity with the nationwide Day Against Denial.
The U.S. Senate is conducting confirmation hearings this week for many of Trump's nominees, some of whom have received public criticism for their denial of climate change and their close ties to the oil industry.
In particular, the January 9th protest targeted four of Trump's Cabinet picks who are purported to pose the greatest threat to global climate initiatives. Rex Tillerson, the nominee for secretary of state, is the CEO of ExxonMobil and has helped bring the fossil fuel industry around the globe. Scott Pruitt, the potential EPA Administrator, is a climate change denier. Ex-Governor Rick Perry, who once vowed to abolish the Energy Department, has been pulled forth to become secretary of energy and head that same department. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Montana), the candidate for secretary of the interior, often votes against environmentalists on issues including oil and gas drilling, coal extraction and pipeline projects.
Speakers at the San Francisco rally included Bay Area author-activist Rebecca Solnit; Peace Action Executive Director Jon Rainwater; and energy analyst and journalist Antonia Juhasz, who just that morning published an In These Times cover story "Why Rex Tillerson Could Be America's Most Dangerous Secretary of State."
Citizens carried signs emblazoned with messages like "Stand up to Big Oil" and "Diplomacy, not Oiligarchy." The San Francisco Projection Department also beamed political animations and the words "Reject Trump's Climate Denier Cabinet" against the historic 21-story facade of the Hobart Building.
The action was orchestrated and attended by local chapters of 350.org, Peace Action, Greenpeace and the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club. On the same day, citizens in more than 40 states reached out to their senators in a collective effort to make their message clear.
"We're at a stage in the U.S. where there's the most unmediated corporate power grab in American history," said David Solnit, the North American arts organizer at 350.org, who helped organize the rally. "It's the department of foxes regulating the hen house. I think it's important to walk our fellow citizens through exhausting every channel we can, starting with pressuring our senators to stand up for us. Hoping that they will but knowing that they won't do it enough and still trying."
If any of Trump's choices are denied their appointments, it will be a rare occurrence. The U.S. Senate has rejected just nine Cabinet nominees in the past 228 years. That's 57 presidential terms, each with four to 21 Senate-approved Cabinet members appointed at the beginning of each term. Nonetheless, organizers and attendees remained resolute that direct public action and appeals to legislators are some of the most important tools that concerned citizens have at their disposal.
"History is made by social movements and ordinary people organizing themselves," explained Mr. Solnit. "We expect that [the nominees] will mostly get in, but it's important to show the maximum amount of resistance and exhaust the channels. The goal here is to start organizing ourselves and building momentum knowing that we'll have to fight these guys if and when they're in power."
Rainwater pooled along the curbs of Market Street. Puddles and slick building facades reflected street lamps and traffic lights as the sky went dark. The weather drifted between drizzle and downpour. The crowd dispersed around 6pm, as quickly as it had formed.
At 9:30am Tuesday, the Senate began its first hearing. Despite the uncertainty, Solnit remains upbeat.
"It's for me a hopeful and positive time to be in the United States," he said. "It's probably the best chance we've ever had to turn this country around, which the world needs us to do."


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Karen's Immunity to Change Map for Weight Loss
Last week, I wrote a long post about immunity to change. This week I promised to share my immunity to change map and to explain how to test big assumptions. Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!
But in the comments section of last week's post, tribe member Susan Millard stopped me in my tracks. She wrote, "Wow! This is heavy work. Maybe it's because I am tired right now, but I am having trouble following it all."
Mea culpa, folks. I probably should have held off introducing this idea at one of the busiest and most stressful times of year. I should have reassured everyone that there are maybe 500 great methods for personal change, 499 of them easier than this one. The 80/20 post is one example, and looking for the bright spots is another. We will be considering many more over time. So if you aren't feeling ready for this granddaddy of all change efforts, please stop reading right now. Come back when you are ready. I'll be right here waiting for you.
Why I Have to Make My Immunity to Change Map at this Worst Possible Time of Year
I'm really tired, but not from a 9-5 job, family commitments, or even Christmas shopping and baking. I am flat out exhausted and demoralized from making plans.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.Albert Einstein
I make plans for EVERYTHING. All of my plans fail because they are about me doing things perfectly. For example, at some yet-to-be-determined future date, my morning routine will include: a vigorous hour of cardio, morning pages, work on a book, meditation, and art. I will also eat only healthy foods and won't ever crave sugar. I will enjoy a deep and restful eight hours of sleep every night without ever getting up to pee. You get the idea.
Before I enact any of these plans, I need to clear the decks. Clearing the decks is my all-time favourite activity. It's when I give myself permission to not do any of the above. Instead, I organize papers and computer folders, clean out my inbox, and research my plans. I also eat like I'm never going to see candy, BBQ potato chips or chocolate ever again. Eventually my chosen 'day of perfection' rolls around and I try, I really do. By mid-morning I am exhausted and angry that I am putting myself through this torture. I decide that I need a few more days to clear the decks and I set a new date.
2017 is around the corner and I simply cannot go into a new year behaving this way. Things have to change.
Why my Immunity to Change Map is about Weight Loss
It's understandable if you'd expect my immunity to change map to be about perfection. And, in a way, it is. It is also about a larger issue for me – transformation. I love the concept of transformation, which is defined as "a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance." In fact, transformation and immersion (absorbing involvement) are my two favourite words. You can see my problem.
My improvement goal is about perfection specifically as it applies to weight loss because I am so tired of feeling enslaved to this issue. I see myself, and others see me, as a highly disciplined person. During my big career, I always had book deadlines in the midst of major speaking tours but I kept going. I kept going to the point of massive burnout, which admittedly wasn't good, but I didn't quit.
I got rid of thirty pounds when I was recovering from burnout. Losing that weight wasn't difficult. After all, I wasn't eating conference centre danishes and room service pasta. I was getting eight hours of sleep along with an afternoon nap, and I was walking a lot. I may have been feeling obliterated and demoralized but I was free of obsessing about weight for the first and, as it happens, the ONLY time in my life.
However, instead of continuing and losing the final twenty pounds, I am back to sabotaging every tiny moment of progress. I am an intelligent woman but this is not intelligent behaviour.
This is So Personal
My publisher was always asking me to blog about my life– "Talk about walking around your pond with your dog. Talk about what you do in a typical day. Your readers want to feel that they know you."
I refused every time, arguing that I was too busy and, anyway, no one would care. Now I'm writing constantly about every little detail of my journey and I'm asking you to write about yours. Life is funny.
What is most personal is most universal.Carl Rogers
I bought Right Weight Right Mind, Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey's book about their immunity to change process applied to weight loss. They write that, "Over and over we have seen that when one person creates an honest and probing immunity to change map for herself, it speaks to something within all of us."
That's why I'm writing. Whatever issue you are struggling with, I hope this post speaks to you.
The rest of the post details what I have learned from completing the immunity to change map. I talk about new learning one column of the map at a time. If you decide to try this process yourself, you should therefore read both this post and the first, more detailed, one about immunity to change.
I give some examples from my map as I talk about each column, but if you want to see the whole map, you can download it here
Column 1: My Improvement Goal
My first attempt at a goal was "Lose 20 pounds." But that's not an improvement goal, it's a result.
The second effort wasn't much better. While I want my "outer self to match and reflect my inner self–fit, strong, and energetic," I'm missing the focus on what I need to change.
Using a sentence starter helps. "I am committed to getting better at making mindful choices and decisions in the moment." I like that this goal applies to many aspects of my life, not just weight loss.
By the way, I came to this final version of an improvement goal while in the shower. Filling out an immunity to change map is hard work. Be prepared for answers to come when you least expect them.
Column 2: Behaviours that Work Against My Goal
This was an easy column to complete. I am all too aware of my failings. Here are six behaviours that work against achievement of my goal. Do any of them resonate for you?
- When people compliment me on losing weight or looking rested or being strong, I immediately (that very day) eat lots of sugar with mindless intensity.
- I choose dates in the future when I plan to be perfect, and I eat like a starving woman up until that moment.
- Work (even unpaid work like this website) takes priority over sleep, exercise, healthy eating, and self-care.
- I am harshly critical of myself when I eat compulsively.
- I binge on large quantities of candies, BBQ chips and chocolates and try to sicken myself with them before the Monday/first of the month when I'm going to be perfect.
- When I feel any intense emotion, especially anger, I crave food.
If you record reasons for undermining your goals or plans for what you will do differently in the future, you have gone off track. Remember to keep these notes focused exclusively on current behaviours.
Column 3: My Hidden Competing Commitments
This column was really difficult to complete. The idea is to look one at a time at the behaviours in column two. For each behaviour, imagine doing the exact opposite of what you've written. So, if I say "When people compliment me on losing weight I immediately eat lots of sugar," I need to imagine accepting the compliment, feeling pleased and maybe grabbing a piece of fruit.
Then I need to sit with that idea, really letting it play out in mind and body, so I can identify what scares me about accepting the compliment.
I make the common mistake of coming up with a fear based on continuing the column two behaviour. My first draft response was "I am afraid that if I keep eating sugar in response to compliments, I'm going to develop serious health problems."
My fear of accepting the compliment is quite different and rather scary. I am afraid that if I am satisfied with myself and don't have a major transformation to anticipate, my life has no purpose – to me or to others.
The final step in this column is to convert the fear into a commitment. To continue my example – "I am committed to not losing the excitement and promise of transformation."
I did not put my most significant fear in the worry box. I don't need to do that to see how my hidden competing commitments are keeping me with one foot on the gas and one on the brake. The car that is my life is revving like crazy and going absolutely nowhere.
Column 4: Big Assumptions
I found that once I got the column three language right, my big assumptions wrote themselves.
To continue with my example, the big assumption I am making is that "transformation is the only meaningful purpose of my life."
If you need more help with your big assumptions, Kegan and Lahey remind us to look for places of all or nothing thinking; ideas about what we absolutely cannot do or should not do.
Next Steps in my Immunity to Change Map
I reviewed my map. I checked to see that my big assumptions made the third column competing commitments absolutely necessary; that the third column commitments led to my second column behaviours, and that those behaviours are undermining my first column goals. Yup, yup, and yup.
The immunity to change map is supposed to fascinate me and it does. It also horrifies and exhausts me. I am deeply distressed by what's going on in my brain. Kegan and Lahey go to great lengths to reassure. They remind me that my immunity to change system is being "intelligent, reasonable and faithful to hidden parts of myself." I just want my problems to be gone.
I'm not alone in my resistance. A publisher who declined publishing Right Weight Right Mind wrote, "People would rather buy a book that will give them a fast solution that doesn't work than a slower one that does."
I am fighting an almost overwhelming desire to do some more research and make a new plan. At the very least I want to take the next step in this process, which is to test my big assumptions. But it turns out that there is a step I have to take first and that is simply to observe. For the next two weeks, without changing any behaviours, I'm to notice and write down situations where a big assumption gets in my way. I am also to record what the big assumption cost me and what I am thinking and feeling.
I will be back to you in a couple of weeks with a progress report, and the next steps in the process.
Please share if anything in my experience is resonating for you. I'd love to know that I'm not alone!


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We receive a lot of superhero party submissions each month, but this one by Tania from Totful Memories for her son's 4th birthday party really caught our eye. We love the graphic black and white backdrop. Her son loves superheroes right now so Tania made sure that all superheroes were part of the design. Sweet treats on the dessert table included amazing batman cake pops, Kryptonite jello, a very cool macaron cake inspired by this one, and superhero sugar cookies. This party definitely has a punch! Scroll down for the vendor credits.Totful Memories
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Fortune JP Palace offers a selection of culinary venues in Mysore.
An array of culinary delights and sumptuous buffets make Orchid a 24 hour multi-cuisine restaurant, an ideal venue for a luncheon meeting or a relaxed dinner. You can also choose from a wide a la carte menu to relish the food of your choice.
Open round the clock
The Oriental Pavilion
Specialty restaurant serving authentic oriental cuisine in a modern and contemporary setting.
Opens from 1930 hrs – 2300 hrs (Closed on Tuesdays)
Neptune Bar & Lounge
The bar is an ideal venue to relax and meet friends & business associates in a contemporary and relaxing setting, offering excellent selection of spirits, wines and beers along with lip-smacking snacks.
Opens from 1100 hrs - 2300 hrs
The Terrace Grill & Tandoor
Located on the roof-top, The Terrace Grill & Tandoor offers a mesmerizing view of the Chamundi Hills. Combined with diffused lighting and lounge music, this restaurant provides a uniquely romantic setting for a memorable meal. The very popular Indian grill specialties will be a delight to the taste buds.
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Know someone who needs a little inspiration … maybe a former McKeesporter who's homesick? Or would you like to "hear" St. Stephen's during the week?
Now you can take scripture, song and sermon from St. Stephen's with you on your iPod or smartphone, or any other device that can download music. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is podcasting a portion of its Sunday morning service.
You can find our new podcast in Apple's iTunes store, or copy this link: podcast.ststephensmckeesport.com/feed.xml
The podcast is an MP3 file and is absolutely free!
Note: You do not have to have iTunes or an Apple computer to get the podcast. It should work with any brand or kind of MP3 player that can download podcasts.


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Steve Sullivan has 7th career 3-goal game to propel Nashville over Columbus, 5-3
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Longtime Columbus Blue Jackets nemesis Steve Sullivan was up to his old tricks.
Sullivan had three goals for the seventh time in his career, leading the Nashville Predators past the Blue Jackets 5-3 on Monday night. He wasn't even aware of how much he's taunted and tormented the Blue Jackets over the years. "I didn't know that," he said. "I thought my only good stats were against Nashville, before I got here."
In just 39 career games against the Blue Jackets, Sullivan has 16 goals and 27 assists - more points than against any other opponent in his 797-game career.
"Games like that are just lucky breaks, lucky shots go in when you don't expect them," he said. "Our line of late has been playing very well. Martin Erat with a recent hat trick, Jason Arnott with goals quite a bit lately. We've been clicking."
Patric Hornqvist and Ryan Jones also had goals for the Predators, who have won all three meetings this season, the first two by matching 4-3 shootout scores.
Antoine Vermette, Jakub Voracek and R.J. Umberger scored for Columbus, which has won only two of its last 13 games.
"It's hard when you go through things like this," said Umberger, who also had an assist. "Every loose puck, every turnover, every battle you don't win ends up in your net."
The Predators have dominated the Blue Jackets throughout the nine-year series, going 8-2-2 in their last 12 visits to Columbus in addition to winning their last 13 at home.
"I think we always try to bring one of our better games against this team," said goalie Dan Ellis, who had 28 saves for Nashville. "We have developed a little bit of a rivalry over the past few years. They're always intense games."
It was just another bad night for the Blue Jackets.
"We were slow with the puck and it's been like that for a while," Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We made a lot of puck errors in our own end. Today was a microcosm of the season, to be honest with you. We create enough chances to score every night (but) it doesn't matter unless you are good from the red line back."
Early in the second period, the Blue Jackets had a two-man advantage for 1:13 but never got a shot on goal.
Soon after, the game flipped in Nashville's favour as the Predators scored twice in 25 seconds. A defensive giveaway led to Hornqvist's seventh of the year for a 2-1 lead. After taking a perfect centring pass from David Legwand, Hornqvist waited patiently until a sliding defender got out of his way before drilling the shot into the net.
Before that goal could be announced, Sullivan notched his second of the night when he rammed in a rebound of Erat's shot.
"In the second period we took all of those penalties," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said of the five minors assessed his team. "We got some huge kills. I thought we got a little momentum off that 5-on-3. When they didn't score, your team's bench gets going again. Those two quick goals were huge. We scored those back-to-back goals on back-to-back shifts. That gave us a little breathing room."
After Columbus cut the lead to a goal, Sullivan was in the high slot when he took a feed from Francis Bouillon for a one-timer.
A lone Nashville fan tossed a hat onto the ice several minutes later.
Sullivan's three goals were half of what he had in his 32 previous games this season.
He had opened the scoring with a vicious slap shot from the left dot. Vermette then redirected Voracek's slap shot to even things, but the Predators - as they always seem to - controlled every facet of the game when the Blue Jackets are the opponent.
"We got a lot of contributions from all lines," said Jones, who attended school 120 miles away at Miami (Ohio). "Sully got three tonight, which is a big night. Any time a guy can put in three it's going to give you a chance to win."
NOTES: Nashville improved to 14-2-1 when scoring the first goal. ... The Blue Jackets placed RW Derek Dorsett on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 12 with a broken hand. He's expected to be out four weeks. ... The Predators have scored at least four goals in nine of their last 15 games.


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Growth in e-technologies, on-going technical evolutions and globalization of clinical research are the primary driving characteristic for expansion of the sector. The international market size of the sector is projected to turn out to be US$1.5 billion in 2015. Being one of inventive IT infrastructure, Clinical Data Management is one of the fastest and most rewarding sectors. The current size of the market is measured to be >US$66 million with an on-going growth proportion of over 50%. The course Diploma in Data Management is designed by industry experts having more than 30 years of experience in this field, to convey a perfect understanding on several vital & important topics of Clinical Data Management. The course targets to prepare an aspirant skilled to undertake an entry level job profile such as Clinical Data Coordinator or Data Management Executive.
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|Corporate turnaround strategy in Nigeria : a case study of NEPA.
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The main objective of this study is to establish why NEPA has persistently failed to effectively turnaround with a view to recommending an effective corporate turnaround strategy. The corporation has performed very poorly for several decades in both monetary returns and service quality. Several attempts to reverse the situation have failed, thus frustrating the government who own the corporation and the consumers who use its services. To do this we start by building a theoretical framework to learn from experience of other organisations and establish the parameters for performance measurement, necessary for a successful corporate turnaround. Corporate turnaround strategy is only necessary if there is corporate decline. Corporate decline, however, does not occur as one of those things in an organisation but starts in one area and systematically spreads to the other areas. There are two sources of corporate decline, one internal to the company and the other external to it. While the managers may influence the internal causal factors of decline, it is not easy for them to influence the external causal factors of decline. However, good managers may minimise the effects of external factors of decline on their organisation. The main internal cause of corporate decline is management, along with other variables such as finance, organisation structure, bureaucracy and poor management decisions. Most corporate decline situations arise as a result of poor and inefficient management among others which include ineffective financial policy and control, overexpansion and large scale investments without proper costing. Yet. other factors include building.... of high cost structure in an organisation, poor marketing efforts and wrongly judged acquisitions and mergers. NEPA possesses most of these attributes of decline during the period of 1970 to 1992. The key symptoms of declining organisations are grouped in seven basic families of problems which are mainly liquidity, poor debt collection, declining profitability, quality failures, low employee morale and poor organisation structure. To reverse these trends. most turnaround strategies start with change of top management. The new management carries out the restructuring of the rest of the organisation, first by assuring that the organisation has enough funds to function and is heading towards the desired direction. Such actions include assets I reduction, improved cost efficiency and redirected investment. Following the completion of theoretical framework, we carried out field research directed at four stakeholders of NEPA. We drew up and administered a different questionnaire on Residential Consumers, Commercial and Industrial Consumers, NEPA Staff and Other Interest Groups (Ministries and other Parastatals) to capture the perception of these groups on the performance of NEPA. The responses from the questionnaires have been analysed and reported in the study. Our findings show that NEPA is characterised by the indicators of corporate decline such as: • poor management • weak finance team • high cost structure • bureaucracy The combined effect of these is poor performance in product quality and loss of revenue as shown in its operating records. The first attempt to improve product quality of NEPA in 1972 by merging the two bodies (ECN and NDA) into one body failed to produce noticeable effect. The corporation has therefore continued to decline over the years and the consumers had to tolerate the situation as there was no ready alternative source of power supply. Recognising the problem, another attempt to turn NEPA around was made in 1989, by adopting turnaround strategies which involved changing top management and restructuring the organisation. It still did not improve its performance because the new management was not better than the one replaced. The corporation thus continues to decline. Recognising NEPA's operational problems and managerial difficulties, we recommended corporate turnaround strategies that will lessen the burden on the executives and make NEPA an efficient company. We have recommended change of management, preferably with an outsider, as the first step in the corporate turnaround process in NEPA. This step was followed by the recommendation of large scale reorganisation of the industry. The reorganisation involves the formation of a Holding Company out of the current headquarters, with drastically reduced workforce and ten subsidiary companies. Our recommendations involve the creation of a generating company, a national grid company and eight distributing and supplying companies. We appreciate the resource implications of our recommendations, which involves the injection of new funds, new personnel requirement and the government's approval. The subsidiary companies would inherit most of their staffing requirements from the current NEPA staff, except for Distribution and Supply companies, where a large number of new personnel should be employed. The staffing requirements of Distribution and Supply companies will differ from the other companies in the group. The high calibre professional staff needs shall be met by offering appropriate incentives, comparable to those in the private sector. The corporation has already got premises that will house the subsidiary companies and funding will come from both improved operating and financial performance as well as a one off grant from the government. Despite these resource implications, we are convinced that if NEPA is keen to improve on its performance, our recommendations will be the way out for the corporation.
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Doctor Squid News
Oct 22 2008: Update: The bill for tonight's show is now just Doctor
Squid with Leading Edge (Garlington had to drop out after a family emergency). So the show is
getting bumped back a bit and we'll be playing a slightly longer set. Anyway, we'll go on between
10:30 and 11:00, and Leading Edge will be after us. Hope to see you all there.
Oct 19 2008: So as usual, big thanks to everyone who came out tonight. And
our apologies on the cover charge confusion, we'll be sure to have that s straight if we
play there again.
More importantly, we're thinking of doing some Doctor Squid contests and giveaways and such to our people on the SquidList. So go ahead and sign up if that sounds enticing to you (P.S. signing up with two emails, AREA, will not increase your chances).
Oct 14 2008: According to my statistics, this site is visited by Firefox users way more than Internet Explorer
users. Congratulations, you fan folks continue to be surprisingly awesome people.
Also, there's been some worrying about the Rye Bar show being 21+. We've talked to the people there, and they're going to let you youngsters in for a 5 dollar cover. Which of course is always annoying, but you know, at least you have the option.
Oct 13 2008: So we've got a mailing list thing up top now. If you want to keep up to date on upcoming Doctor Squid shows and other
developments, just put your address in. We won't email you every trivial thing that happens, or once for each and every show.
Probably more of a monthly digest. Anyway, if this takes off we can probably stop spamming everyone with facebook invites! So
everyone wins. Hooray.
Oct 10 2008: Photo/Artwork gallery is now online,
if for some reason you need to know what we look like or see old flyers... the Doctor Squid album artwork is there too for all
you iTunes completionists. If you have any images you'd like to see up there, we'd love to post 'em, so shoot us
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Northwave Hammer CX shoes review
Comfortable, weatherproof cyclocross shoesGBP £149.99 RRP | USD $216.82 Skip to view deals
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The nylon chassis of the Northwave Hammer CX shoes is filled with fibreglass and topped with a Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) shell that also forms the cyclocross-specific grip on the sole.
The PU uppers have an almost seamless construction over a neoprene sock. Our size 44s weighed 801g with studs.
The neoprene sock fits closely at the ankle and they're warm and comfortable when it's cold and wet. The middle of the three velcro straps is offset to avoid pressure, and the small vents are high up to reduce water ingress.
The velcro straps give a wide range of adjustment, and the neoprene sock keeps most of the muck out, though you'll still get wet feet. Security is excellent, with no foot slippage, and the sole is stiff enough on the bike for sprints, with a tiny amount of flex for when you're running.
To improve mud clearance and engagement, the sole knobs are outside the pontoons on each side of the cleat. Limited knobs at the heel are ideal for running, with a textured rubber midsole for pedal grip. Supplied 15mm steel spikes give fantastic bite when you're running in the soft stuff.


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WPI provides seating components that provide high levels of comfort and functionality with proven quality while meeting all safety requirements. Our latest seat armrest has unlimited adjustability to provide the ultimate level of comfort for any person.
Whether you need a simply map pocket, toe kick, or even a full seatback, WPI has the techniques to ensure the fit and function exceed all requirements. WPI ensures that the smallest details are executed to perfection.


text: Nina Heinz Global Head of Quality Connect with Nina I have a favorite quote from Albert Einstein that exemplifies how I live my life: 'I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.' Curiosity is what drives me to deliver for our clients. I ask difficult questions and then lead the way to finding their answers." As head of quality at LifeConEx, Nina Heinz works with her team to cover a wide array of quality matters in regulatory compliance, audits, training, partner management, customer complaints and continuous improvement. Nina played a key role in the implementation of the global DHL THERMONET network of GDP-compliant life sciences stations, including the internal DHL THERMONET GDP guidelines, training programs and internal audit certification to ensure full regulatory compliance. As an IRCA Certified Quality Auditor, she is also very active in performing audits at airports worldwide in coordination with the respective handling and airline partners to assess their capabilities in facilitating temperature-sensitive life sciences shipments. Nina is a member of the IATA Time & Temperature Task Force and has been working closely on the developments of IATA Chapter 17 of the Perishable Cargo Regulations. In addition, she is a certified IATA instructor and played an important role in establishing the IATA pharmaceutical cargo handling three-day course. Nina is a member of Rx360, an international consortium of pharmaceutical companies and suppliers that aims to develop and implement a global quality system. Prior to her career at LifeConEx, Nina worked with Lufthansa Cargo for several years as a global account manager for key pharmaceutical customers in Europe. Nina completed her studies in Boston, Massachusetts, and currently resides in Paris with her husband and two children. Nina enjoys trying out new recipes with her young in-house sous chefs and traveling to discover new people and places.


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Have you fallen for the recency bias when it comes to investing?
Hopefully not, but it's likely that many of us have done so in form or another at different times. But first, you may ask, what exactly is the "recency bias".
The recency bias is a psychological phenomenon that causes us to focus more on more recent events vs. those that occurred in the past. In terms of investing, it can cause us to pay an otherwise inordinate amount of attention to the most recent events impacting market prices, while ignoring historical trends. This can cause unintended consequences.
The reason I'm thinking of this concept now is the reality of how the stock market has performed in recent years, considering where it was and where it is now.
The Decline
On March 9, 2009, the S&P 500 index closed at 676.53. This represented a continuation of a steep drop that saw significant paper wealth evaporate. The thing is, many people looked at this paper wealth as being "theirs", and ended up feeling quite uneasy about continued losses. Thus, many folks ended up panicking and shifting their asset allocation to include less exposure to stocks and more exposure to "safer" alternatives. Even more drastic, some people bailed out altogether, seemingly thinking that the sky was falling.
Question for You: How were you feeling about stocks at the time? Did you change your investment strategy as a result, or at least consider it?
The Recovery
While many people have questions over the overall state of the economy, we should all be able to agree that the stock market has certainly recovered. On May 23, 2011 (most recent close) – 2 years and 2 months after being at 676.53 – the S&P 500 closed at 1317.37.
That's a nearly 95% increase, in just over 2 years!
As I said, there are still questions on the economy, but I don't hear nearly as much about people looking to flee the market out of fear of some kind of impending stock market doom.
Question for You: How do you feel about stocks today? How does your level of optimism/pessimism rate versus back in early 2009?
The Implications
If we looked at historical trends, that sudden and swift drop a few years ago might have appeared to be a buying opportunity. Stocks weren't going to go down to no value, but there were people that suffered so much anguish over seeing their portfolio values evaporate that they got out of the market to gain peace of mind. Unless they soon bought back in right after, they missed out on the great bull market of the last 2 years. Thus, they would have taken a huge net loss.
This, to me, is an example of why it's important to temper our thoughts and emotions about stocks and other investments and consider the historical data for context. This way, we can react in a calm, rational way rather than making rash moves that hurt us in the long run.
Thankfully I didn't do anything foolish during that time with existing investments, but I did give it some thought. Ultimately, I stayed in the market with no change – though future earnings were treated more conservatively with a higher percentage of new savings put in cash. This probably cost me some capital gains.
Of course, nobody can totally predict the future, so who knows what will happen. That being said, are you more optimistic about the market today than a few years ago? Are you more likely to invest in stocks now, with peace of mind and optimism, versus back then?
So again, no predictions here, but I'm just saying…..those 95% 2-year returns seem great, but how many times has this happened before?
Personally, I think the recency bias is a good concept to keep in mind, with value in many situations – stocks, real estate, interpersonal relations, sports, and many others.
How did you answer the questions above, and how (if at all) have you been impacted by the recency bias?


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Stardust Chips To Make TV Appearance
As some of you may know from talking with Elliot Krasnow at the annual CCGTCC convention a few months ago, we have been working on developing a show with one of the major TV shopping networks to begin selling vintage casino chips on cable TV...as they do with rare coins. This could open the hobby up to many more collectors and be beneficial to many of us. It looks like they may have finally approved the concept for airing in January, 2007. Since the Stardust will be imploded in that timeframe, we are thinking of making this the opening segment. So, if any of you out there have Stardust chips, and would be interested in consigning them for sale for this cable TV show, please contact us for details ASAP. We will need to know which chips, specifically, you may like to sell, and at what price to make sure they will fit within the margins we need to make this profitable for all parties. Other obsolete chips from closed casinos will follow.
You can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or call Toll Free at 877-711-CHIPS. Thanks...we look forward to hearing from you.


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Food + Farm Film Festival: ELLA BRENNAN: COMMANDING THE TABLE
September 30 only
Ella Brennan is a household name in the restaurant industry. Known today as the inspirational matriarch of the rambling Brennan family of New Orleans and the force of nature behind first Brennan's and then Commander's Palace. Fired by her family at one point, she shouldered on. She was the creator of elaborate New Orleans breakfasts and jazz brunches and revolutionized creole cuisine. A pioneer of the modern American food movement, she pushed her chefs to the forefront helping to launch the celebrity chef phenomenon.
What many don't know is that when Ella Brennan was a teenager in 1940s New Orleans, the city's food and drink business was in its infant stage, generating less than a million dollars a year. Today, it has grown into a billion-dollar industry for the city, many crediting the Brennan family, guided by Ella for pushing Creole wining and dining into the American mainstream and creating a lasting impact on how Americans eat and drink.
Interviews and vérité footage with current and former chefs from Commander's Palace, restaurateurs, peers, family and friends will provide past and present glimpses into Ella's unique life and world. This is the intimate and triumphant story of a groundbreaking American woman.
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No matter how hard I tried on Saturday, it seemed I couldn't go fast enough, driving to Kennedy (left BTV at 7:15 and was at the gate by 1:30 despite stopping and traffic) and finally flying to Fort Meyers. When I arrived at Hospice, my Mom was resting comfortably. She could hear me and responded but her eyes remained closed. I kissed her forehead, told her I loved her, and played some Jimmy Roselli off my phone.
She passed the next morning, peacefully, without pain.
Antoinette Monte was born November 2, 1917 in Brooklyn NY. Her parents, John and Olympia Gentile, were from Trapani, a seacoast town in northwestern Sicily. She was one of ten brothers and sisters: Morris, Jack, Joseph, Rosie, Antoinette and Mary, and she is survived by Eleanor, Mathilda, Gloria and Arthur. Family gatherings of the Gentiles, annual Summer picnics at Belmont Lake State Park, were very large affairs: 20 Aunts and Uncles and 34 cousins engaged in antic filled round robin softball games, played cards and ate some great food beginning with eggs and bacon for breakfast over an open fire and ending with a great dinner.
Ann met and fell in love with Michael S. Monte at an early age. Mike Monte was the son of Salvatore and Pauline Monte, who were from Calatafimi, a mountain town also in northwestern Sicily. Their four children (Barney, Joseph, Michael and Marie) lived close to the Gentile's in what could be described as a more rural part of Brooklyn: dirt roads, open fields, gardens, streams and wetlands where dominant when both families started out.
Everyone was a stone mason.
Together, Mike and Ann raised four children: Paula, Salvatore, Olympia and Michael, the only boomer. There are 19 grandchildren and their spouses and 12 great grandchildren, And the family, once principally Sicilian, is now populated with Calabrese, Napoleaton, Germans, Brits, Taiwanese, Irish, West Indians, French-American Indian, a Colombian and even a couple of Vikings...
My Mom and Dad were working people who loved life and family most of all, who laughed and ate and sang and danced as often as they could.
My Dad taught me to work hard and carry on despite the adversity, and to suffer no fools. My Mom taught me how to love and live and laugh and have fun…no matter what other people say. And to enjoy life's malapropisms.
I will now miss them both. I love you Mom…
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Top Ten SEO Mistakes to Avoid like the Plague
October 26, 2010
There are hundreds of things at any given moment that can go wrong in any SEO campaign; although some of those things are going to happen at some point, there are ten major flub-ups that need to be avoided at all costs to lessen the chance of catastrophes happening. Unless you are running a SEO campaign that you hope is going to go up in flames like the Hindenburg (why would you do that?), you are going to want to pay close attention here and take some notes.
#1: Not Having the Right Title of a Page
Your title is the first thing that crawlers encounter when they visit your Web page, even when your link appears in the search results page- it is your title that attracts users and makes them go click-happy. Shame on you if you use deceptive page titles. You need to use keywords in that title and be clear and concise. Here's another title tip: Do NOT use the same title for all of the pages belonging to a website. Boo. Every page needs to have its own unique title.
#2: Not Focusing on the Right Keywords
Okay, we all know that when it comes to SEO the buzzword is "keyword". With so much money being spent on those small but mighty words you have got to make sure you are targeting the right ones. Take the time to do some research and get those key phrases and keywords right or your Hindenburg is going to catch on fire for sure. Don't just assume you know which keywords your target market is using, Smarty Pants.
#3: Having No Textual Content
This one probably goes without saying, but all the same, no matter how colorful and photogenically attractive a website is, if it doesn't have enough text, the search engines are never going to find out what the site's purpose is. Blimp on Fire, anyone?
#4: Having the Wrong Content
See #3 above.
#5. Choosing the Wrong Target Market
It does no good to anyone if you are trying to sell the latest risque fashions to a nun. You have to design everything about the site in such a way that it appeals to and attracts the right audience. Have a hot music website be appealing to the younger crowd and a website about geriatric walkers make Granny get up and dance with large text and content that reassures her that your walkers and canes are going to really get her moving.
#6: Indiscriminate use of graphics and animations
No one disputes the fact that graphics and animations look cool, but these are like movies: the more you see them the less attractive they are. Keep it simple but purposeful, and you'll find plenty of repeat customers asking for an encore.
#7: Not using Header Tags
These are super important because they are supposed to highlight the point of your Web page. For some reason people use bigger fonts for the tag, which is a faux pas in SEO. Search engines look for important keywords in these header tags, so use them to highlight your text, not bigger font. Bigger is not always better.
#8: Using Keywords to Death
Perhaps there is no explanation needed here, but to prevent a disaster we'll speak briefly. If you use keywords too many times, all you are going to accomplish is getting the website blacklisted on the search engines. Beginner SEO-ites instinctively often think that the more keywords they have, the better. I smell a fire. Be natural with keywords- write for Internet users, don't write for the benefit of the search engines.
#9: Improper Linking
Linking is a very powerful and positive SEO method, but only if it is done the right way. Keep in mind that indiscriminate incoming and outgoing links are going to severely damage search engine rankings, so you need to get inbound links from reputed websites.
#1: Not Jumping on the Blogging Bandwagon
Even if not blogging doesn't directly affect your rankings (although it very well might), you need to get writing because chances are super huge that your competitors are blogging away like crazy people to rake in that highly relevant traffic.
Avoid these top ten SEO mistakes and you'll ensure that your campaigns are going to avoid going up in flames. Oh, the humanity!


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BSNL officers, employees and casual contract workers are now facing an unprecedented attack on their jobs, wages and livelyhood. For the first time in its 18 years of existence the payment of salary for BSNL officers and employees were delayed by two weeks.Contract workers have not been paid wages for more than three months.
The workers under the leadership of All Unions Associations of BSNL (AUAB) as also BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation are on sustained struggle including strike to make the govt to settle their demands urgently. In the Charter of Demands, in addition to wage revision and pension revision, demands for the allotment of 4G spectrum, pensionary benefits of BSNL recruitees, DOT approval for taking loan, suggestions for improvement of BSNL services – all are there. Massive protest demonstrations, rallies, one Two Days Strike, another Three Days Strike – all have been successfully organised.
Some comrades feel that the leaders are responsible for the present complicated situation. But it is not a fact.These comrades are completely mistaken. Unfortunately many of them are not members of any union and have not participated in the struggle. Had they been union members and participants of these mighty struggles, they would have been fully convinced about the struggles undertaken and appreciated the leadership.
Who are then responsible for the present unenviable situation.It is neither the workforce nor their unions. It is the antiworker, anti- PSU policy of the ruling parties and governments headed by them. Public Sector Units were formed immediately after Independence to start infrastructure as also to develop industries in the various core sectors, which the Indian corporates were unable to do.The PSUs employed lakhs of workers, strengthened the finance of the country and gave valuable service to the people.
The situation completely changed by the end 1980s.The neo-liberal policy initiated in the 1900s were clearly intended to weaken the PSUs and allow corporates to take over.It was at this stage that telecommunication was opened up for private companies, BSNL and MTNL were denied mobile services etc.
BSNL was formed with the intention of closing or privatising it. The govt took many steps in this direction, but the united struggle under Forum, Joint Forum, AUAB etc defeated each of them. They could not implement one lakh VRS, disinvestment, unbundling of copper cables etc due to continued strugggle by workers. The govt is favouring private companies and grant them all cocessions. BSNL is continuously discriminated.
BSNL was having Rs.40,000 crore safely in PSU banks, Rs. 8000 to 12000 crore annual profit with good divident being paid to govt. Despite delay in getting mobile services it was reaching to first position, when the tender for 4 .5 crore mobile was cancelled by govt. One after another developments took place, the govt discriminating BSNL and favouring private companies. The latest open favouritism to Reliance Jio, going to the extend of Prime Minieter Modi's photo used in Jio's advertisement. Never the PM stood in sipport for BSNL.
All the telecom sector PSUs, ITI, Hindustan Cables, VSNL etc were either privatised, closed or made sick and the workers lost their jobs. 46% shares have been sold in MTNL. The workers in BSNL stood together, fought together and defeated the foul game of the govt .till now.
All the telecom companies are in huge loss dud to the predatory charges started by Reliance Jio, with the overt and covert support of Govt. The loss to the private companies like Idea,Vodafone, Airtel etc. are more than one lakh crore. The loss to Reliance Jio will be more than that, though it claim profit by manipulating accounts. BSNL in loss about Rs.13,000 crore which is less than others. Private companies are allowed to take huge loans from banks despite their loss, but BSNL is not allowed to take loan from banks for development as also for paying salary. Govt and DOT is creating such a situation to frighten the employees and compel them to take VRS and leave to trim the organisation for taking over by the private companies.
Wage revision and pension revision is not implemented on the plea that the company is in loss. Though govt was compelled to delink wage and pension revision, the pension revision as implemented in 2007 as per II PRC, is not implemented as per III PRC from 2017.( some confusion was created by some comrades demanding pension revision on CDA scales as per VII CPC which will have disastrous results). The NCCPA, AIBDPA, AUAB and most of the workers and pensioners organisations took the correct stand and organised strikes, Parliament March,Fast etc, the latest which was on 25th March participated by thoudands.
Elections are announced and it has been decided by these organisations to meet all the present MPs, MP candidates, Ministers, leaders of political parties etc demanding implementation of assurances given at the time of formation of BSNL by financially and otherwise supporting BSNL, implementing wage revision and pension revision without delay, pensionary benefits of new recruits, regularisation of casual labour, allotment of 4G Spectrum etc etc.The struggle will continue till success.
In the meantime some comrades, who are non-members and non-participants in the struggle started a whishpering campaign against the unions and their leaders, who have fought and won much for the workers and pensioners. We request these comrades to become members of unions and be participants in the long and hard battle to save BSNL, its workers, labours and pensioners.
Our struggle will continue. We are sure that we will succeed. No struggle has been in vain, though the result may not be there immediately. History has proved it.


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Chicago, IL – June 18, 2013Press Release
Envestnet | Tamarac™ White Paper: Technology Integration Leads to 20% Annual Income for Advisors
Aite Group Study Quantifies How RIAs Using Integrated Technology Are More ProfitableEnvestnet | Tamarac™, part of Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV), a leading provider of integrated web-based portfolio and client management software for independent advisors and wealth managers, has released a white paper showing that financial advisors at independent RIA practices with some degree of technology integration earn approximately 20 percent more in annual income than their counterparts at independent RIA practices with no technology integration.
The white paper, entitled RIA Productivity and Profitability: Integration Pays, was produced by Aite Group, an independent research and advisory firm focused on business, technology and regulatory issues and their impact on the financial services industry. The study was undertaken to examine the impact of technology integration on the profitability of independent RIA practices, and is based on the results of an online survey of 201 primary financial advisors at independent RIAs conducted by Aite Group in March 2012.
"Since independent RIAs are small shops that have been built from the ground up, there is often a tendency to source technology components from vendors or acquire them from custodians, which often leads to systems that do not integrate well with one another," said Stuart DePina, Group President, Envestnet | Tamarac. "But advisors that use an integrated solution experience more efficient and profitable practices."
The study found that RIAs with some level of integration have almost twice the amount of assets under management (AUM) as RIAs with the same size staff but with no integration - approximately $90 million more in client assets on average. Practices with integrated technology also produce an average of $100,000 more in annual revenue than their counterparts with no integration. In addition, the study revealed that the staffs of firms with at least some technology integration spend 32 percent less time on operation processes than the staffs at firms with no integration at all, freeing up approximately 40 weekdays each year for every employee to engage in more revenue-generating activities, including client management and prospecting.
Despite the obvious benefits of technology integration, only 7 percent of advisors surveyed stated that their firms' business applications have deep and meaningful cross-product functionality. More than 30 percent, on the other hand, said their firms have no technology integration. This study's findings prove that these advisors can increase their firms' profitability by adopting integrated technology platforms.
"Although independent RIAs do not possess the large technology budgets and staffs of larger firms, choosing integrated technology quickly levels the playing field," said Alois Pirker, Research Director at Aite Group.
In order to access this white paper, please visit www.tamaracinc.com/White-Papers.aspx. For more information about Envestnet | Tamarac, please contact Jami Schlicher at (973) 850-7309 or email@example.com.
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We at 777 foods are proud to call ourselves the pioneer of Indian ethnic foods, bringing traditional taste with modern technology. Culinary recipes have been safe-guarded and handed over to the generations over these years. Thanks to the expertise and experience of Hotel Sri Rama Bhavan, an authentic South Indian Brahmin Restaurant started as early as 1933, where we started our journey continuing the culinary service.
Our founders, Shri. R.S.N. Iyer and Shri.R.S.G. Iyers dream of servicing traditional packaged food to all global homes, came to reality as early as 1954, with the Brand 777, where Dhideer ® Instant Foods were born.
Adhering to stringent quality standards right from sourcing ingredients to processing and packing, we offer traditional taste and home cooked food. With the improvement in packaging standards in line with the recent developments the aroma freshness of the products are maintained.
Our Spicy Pickles, Instant Culinary Pastes, Spice Mixes, etc are manufactured at our factory with the state-of-the-art technology, keeping in mind the finest quality and hygienic upkeep. Our commitment towards quality is projected with highly trained personnel, our technical know-how, our manufacturing infrastructure and the traditional knowledge.
All our products are free from Garlic. We do not add any colours or flavours. We use only the finest and most authentic ingredients. Be it an Instant Mix or Spice Masala Powders or Pickles, all 777 range of products are known for their home cooked taste.
We are also open for Contract Manufacturing and Private Labeling in Partys Brand as per your specification, recipe, standards etc.,
We are ready to supply any quantity in very short time. Our Business commitment regarding quality, dispatch schedules, packing materials etc are the pathway for our success. We have full-fledged production capacity & storage facility to execute the merchandise at a short period.


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This video uses dramatic vignettes, real person interviews and teen hosts to help teach students that they are active players in creating a safe school environment. There are many subtle and often overlooked issues that make up a school's climate-gossiping, taunting, ignoring, labeling, isolating, teasing, intolerance, bullying, excluding-all can create an unhealthy atmosphere. While one act may not seem significant, the cumulative effects can be devastating. Viewers learn how important it is to refrain from negative behaviors, whether in school or on the Internet. Presents The Five Safe School Strategies: Stay Alert, Identify Risks, Speak Up, Be Considerate and Participate. Viewers also learn how to use their influence to encourage peers to follow these strategies. Often peers are aware of potential school violence and need to act responsibly and seriously when threats are made openly or off-handedly. Students will understand that they have significant ownership in a positive and safe school environment.
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Elaine Coyne Artist's Statement
As a young child I was taken to the Statue of Liberty as a daily outing. I was curious about the patina effects; they were brilliant and natural. That stimulation and inspiration is the origin of my affinity and obsession with one of a kind patina jewelry. To this day I am fascinated with the one of a kind effects that make the basis of our patina jewelry.
Although I am known for these effects, our limited edition plated pieces on solid brass embellished with Swarovski crystals has developed into a brand new dressier version of Elaine Coyne collectible art jewelry.
Our most valuable and therefore, prized aspect of Elaine Coyne collectibleartwear jewelry is our lost wax cast collections. These reign supreme in our body of work. Why? The seven step process developed by the Egyptians in the 7th century BC is just the beginning of the technological process to make the elements of our lost wax cast collections. The richness of the patina far exceeds our expectations on cast bronze. It is our most valuable part of the Elaine Coyne collections except for the cast sterling silver that is the most limited part of our body of work.
Our studio started in 1976 and we always do work that is spiritual in essence and touches the hearts of millions. Our reference is always a thin line between current fashion and art history. This has beenand always willbe my forte. I thank the world for this opportunity which has become my life.
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Yes I still have some Christmas cards to post..... This image came from Jennifer she was sweet enough to send me a couple images last year and I had already made all my cards for that year so I used her image this year. I just love the way she colors him, and if you check back to previous years you can see how she has used him in the past..... hope you get some time to check out her blog.
I colored him with pencils, and added twinkling like stars at you spica pen to his beard. Aleene's Paper Glaze on his glasses and Anitque Linen Distress ink around the image.
My Minds Eye O Christmas tree paper pack
Adam Pescott sentiment stamp and star
Martha Stewart Holly punch w/ Xmas red stickles for the berries.
We received our first snow of the year, I would say close to a 1/2 inch, but it is all melting now and pretty quickly too, I can hear it dripping out there. Made my husband happy :)
Thanks so much for taking out the time to stop by,
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
4 comments:
- thimbles bobbins paper and ink said...
Connie, I love how you've used the image. This is a wonderful card! Let me know if you'd like more images as you've really made him sparkle! Merry Christmas!
Jennifer :)
- December 27, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Monika/Buzsy said...
What a sweet Santa card. That image is awesome. Pretty papers too. :o)
- December 27, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Leslie Miller said...
What a wonderful Santa image! Love your subtle coloring of him. I think I have this image from an image swap a few years ago. I apparently have more images to color than there are days in a year, but who's complaining? Happy new year!
- December 28, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- deb said...
A great Santa. Wonderful job coloring him.
- December 28, 2011 at 8:05 PM
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Art - Rotary Table PSR300
New direct drive rotary tables PSR300 feature superior angular positioning and velocity control with exceptionally large apertures for applications in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, wafer inspection and cutting, fiber-optics alignment, optical applications, precision part indexing and robotics. These rotary tables rotate significantly faster than traditional worm and gear drives and feature zero backlash with no gear wear and vibrations, providing higher equipment productivity with better accuracy of the processed parts. PSR300 rotary table has been tested to 300 rpm continuous rotation compared to 10 rpm, or less, of the conventional transmission based rotary tables with similar apertures and payload capacity. To maximize positioning performance, PSR300 rotary tables utilizes direct drive brushless modular motor technology which has no brushes to wear, no gear trains to maintain and provides high acceleration and high speeds. This makes PSR300 rotary tables ideal for the applications requiring contoured motion, smooth scan velocity and precise incremental steps.
Bearings with low run-outs are used to maximize performance with respect to wobble, moment stiffness and rotating friction. A precision ground top rotor further minimizes wobble. Positioning accuracy is assured with sub arc-second high resolution encoder. The motor and ring encoder are directly coupled to a rotating shaft. The absence of gear trains and mechanical couplings eliminates positioning errors caused by hysteresis, windup or backlash. As a result, accuracy of �5 arc sec and bi-directional repeatability of �0.5 arc sec are attainable.
PSR300 rotary table can be combined with other IntelLiDrives rotary tables for multi-axes rotational system. IntelLiDrives, Inc. offers a wide range of servo amplifiers and advanced motion controllers to provide complete, integrated rotary system package.
PSR300 Main features:
-low profile
-high resolution
-precision bearings
-large center aperture
-direct drive brushless motor
-can be mounted in any orientation
PSR300 Specifications:
-torque 120 Nm -
-resolution to 0.5 arc-sec
-speed 300 rpm
-accuracy 5 arc-sec
-table height 42 mm
-clear aperture 145 mm


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The pistol range at HW Training Center has been completely renovated. The outdoor lighting allows for night-time shooting. The lanes currently accommodates 44 shooters at distances ranging from 7 to 25 yards.
HW can accommodate both novice and advanced shooters. Eye and ear protection is required at all times. Both may be purchased at the Range House if you are in need of some.
Our Range Officers are on site to monitor safety and make target changes for you (15 and 45 after each hour). This means you will never have to walk down range! At this time we do not allow rapid fire or certain targets (targets must be no smaller than 12×18 inches, NO FACES, and non-offensive). You are welcome to bring your own targets. Just let the Range Officer know you'd like them posted during the next target change.
Pistol Range Rules
- Treat every gun as if it were loaded at all times.
- All uncased firearms not in use must have their breech locked open and a chamber flag inserted.
- Eye and ear protection is required.
- Wait until you are at the bench and the muzzle is pointed down range before removing weapons from case.
- Keep muzzle pointed down range/ in a safe direction at all times.
- Check and make sure you are using the correct ammunition. NEVER ASSUME.
- Shoot at your designated target only.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
- ABSOLUTLY NO RAPID FIRE. (Minimum of 2 seconds between shots)
- Horse play will not be tolerated.
- When transferring firearms from one shooter to the next make sure the weapon is unloaded, place it on the bench, and allow the next shooter to take possession and load his/her own weapon.
- Alcohol is always strictly prohibited
- Age limits
- 21 and older unaccompanied.
- Pistol: 15 years of age or older but, only at the discretion of the manager.
Miscellaneous Rules for Uncommon Firearms
We're seeing more and more unique firearms that require very detailed rules to be made. If you have an "uncommon" firearm that test the traditional definitions and have questions about bringing them to the range please give us a call and speak with one of our managers for details specific to your situation, 281-373-0232. Here are some general range rules for the safest way we can accommodate many "uncommon" firearms.
-AR Pistols, AK Pistols, Mossberg Shockwave Shotguns (and the like) must have 3 reasonable points of contact with the shooter to be fired on our rifle range.
-Some caliber specific platforms will have different restrictions.
– Rifles can be fired off hand (standing) on our pistol range during Monday -Thursday
-Pistols can be fired on our rifle range if they have an optic
NOTE: This is not a complete list of our range rules, but merely an out line of some of our more important policies
Come on down and join us! Groups and families are always welcome!


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Laser Hair Removal
For patients seeking to retire their arduous hair removal routine, Ritacca Cosmetic Surgery & Medspa offers laser hair removal. With this series of nonsurgical treatments, you no longer have to put up with stubble, ingrown hairs, or irritated skin.
Pro-Fractional Therapy is a quick laser with minimal downtime used for improving a wide array of skin concerns including fine lines & wrinkles, acne scarring, pigment irregularities and more yielding great results.
A MicroLaserPeel removes a thin layer of damaged skin to improve texture and provide a more youthful appearance. It provides superior results because it can be administered with great precision of depth. An aesthetician or doctor may treat your skin.
South Beach Peel
The South Beach Peel™ reduces the appearance of sun damage, age spots, freckles and other brown and red hyperpigmentation of the skin, while the outermost layers of the skin are gently removed leaving a bright glow to your skin.
HALO is fractional laser skin surfacing treatment provided by Sciton – makers of high-tech and innovative laser equipment for cosmetic skin care. HALO works with your body's natural rejuvenation processes to help your skin look fresh and youthful. The laser procedure triggers enhanced collagen production at deep tissue levels; collagen is an essential soft tissue building block that depletes with age and sun damage over the years.


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Holy Angels to break ground on new chapel
Holy Angels will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new All Saints Chapel on campus today at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will follow the 9:30 a.m. All Saints Day mass.
The chapel at the head of the campus has been the beacon of Holy Angels' spiritual service since the residential facility was established, but ravages of time and Louisiana's climate have damaged the building's structure. The new chapel will incorporate some of the historic elements from the old structure, such as windows, statues and Stations of the Cross, but it will also afford the opportunity to meet requirements for safety, accessibility and comfort.
"Spiritual care is one of our cornerstones of Holy Angels' mission, making the All Saints Chapel a fundamental project for our residents' spiritual growth. When the O'Brien family saw the condition of our current chapel, they decided to expand their already generous legacy to Holy Angels with a gift to honor their family member, Beth (Boo) O'Brien. The O'Brien family and friends provided their time and gifts to sustain the spiritual center of our mission. Thanks to the O'Brien's leadership, a new chapel will enhance the spiritual care of all who are touched by Holy Angels," said Holy Angels CEO Laurie Boswell.
All Saints Chapel will be built in honor of Elizabeth "Beth" O'Brien (or Boo, as many family members called her) whose birthday was on All Saints Day. Beth O'Brien was one of the first residents at Holy Angels in 1965, where she resided until her death in 2010. The O'Brien Family's commitment to the ministry of Holy Angels stems from deep roots, as they were one of three original donors who provided Holy Angels with the 64-acre property where residents and program participants currently live and work. The O'Brien Family is heading the All Saints Chapel project, continuing to invest in Holy Angels.
"Knowing my Aunt Boo and her capacity for unconditional love was the greatest gift God gave me, and I am forever grateful," said Caroline Gardner, a member of the O'Brien Family, Holy Angels' Chapel Committee and Champions for Individuals with Disabilities Advisory Committee. "That same love abounds throughout Holy Angels today."
A cookies and coffee reception will follow the groundbreaking ceremony.
For more information about the chapel project, call 797-8500 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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November 25, 2017
2017 Design Projects
Pinch me…Another year already? What a cool year it has been. So many great 2017 design projects and some exciting career events for me outside of design too! My Government gig took a major turn in the right direction this year when I landed in a unit filled with smart funny generous people that I really like hanging out with every day. And, in the evenings and on the weekends I still get to team up with my clients and make Victoria more stylish one house at a time. Let's recap some of my projects from this year and look back shall we?
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