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How was 2012 for you? Okay? So-so? Better? Worse? Rockin'? Or really bad?
These 14 "Things" (aka: ideas, tactics, strategies, plans, principles) will make 2013 far better than 2012.
I want to make some quick points before you read the rest of this blog post. First, everything I am sharing with you is proven over time, and I use these ideas, strategies and tools in my own fitness business. Next, realize that you must take action and take control. No excuses. ALL 14 ITEMS will work with all businesses. Get it? Cool! Let's go!
1. Let go of the crap (that's a technical term). Stop doing anything that is a waste of time, isn't fulfilling, helpful, or doesn't increase your happiness or bank account. PERIOD! This is really important! And you have to do this first!
2. Get clear! Decide EXACTLY what you want. "I want to make more money" SUCKS as a goal. You will not make more money with a goal like that. "I will increase my business income by $4,000 per month through my new group fitness system. And, I will have fun and be open to learning everything along the way!" This is far better. And, it goes well beyond this. Think about how that $4,000 feels in your hand. How do you feel with your greater financial security? How proud are you of your new accomplishment? How do others perceive it, and how does that make you feel? Get it????
3. Fire people. Fire (okay, remove or eliminate) ANYONE who is a pain in the A## in your life. Eliminate any B or C player in your personal or professional life. They will suck the life out of your passion and your pursuit. DO THIS!!!
4. Automate as much of your business as possible. Do this through http://www.fitnessbusinessninja.com. You can automate billing, scheduling, evaluations, transformation contests, online training and nutrition planning. Yes, automate it all and make far more money with far less time. Leveraging your time is the most important thing you can do on a daily basis.
5. Get your blog rockin'. It doesn't matter what kind of fitness business you have. You MUST have a great blog which is easily found on google and gets people to return again and again and buy and buy. Here's a video that explains how to make a killer fitness business blog.
6. Build better relationships. This included building better relationships with other fitness pros and better relationships with your clients and potential clients. New fitness trainers are so reluctant to build relationships and become good friends with other trainers. It's a scarcity mindset. All too often trainers think that if they say too much, or share their thoughts with other trainers they will steal their clients and steal their business ideas. I suppose this does happen on occasion. If this has happened to you, revisit number 3 on this list. You need to share, support and encourage each other. All successful fitness pros know this and do this. As for building better relationships with clients; you do this by being kind, LISTENING, and adding more value to their experience with your company.
7. Add value. This was mentioned in number 6. You should strive for at least 300% value. What do I mean? I mean that if someone pays you $50/hr for a session, you should be giving them $150 in value. Value is added by enhancing your education so you can offer better training and coaching. You can also add value by LISTENING BETTER. Yes, just listening. I see too many training spacing out and texting while in a session. That's just dumb. There is no other word that fits. Listen and pay closer attention and show you care. This adds value. Value can also be added by creating a sense of community, rather than just a revolving door with people who scan cards.
8. Be anything but typical. Typical is boring. Typical is forgettable. Typical cannot be a solid fitness brand. Typical does not interest the media or clients. Typical is just so typical. Be unique. Be irreverent. Be opinionated (and still kind). Be bold. Take a stand. Be anything but typical.
9. Add nutrition to your business offerings. Yes, I'm inserting a shameless plug for ISAGENIX here. I belabored the idea for a year before I jumped in. I'm pretty flexible and was able to kick myself in the butt for waiting so long. Now that I have developed a successful ISAGENIX business, it pays the mortgage on my new home in Las Vegas (true story). So, you can choose any nutrition company to align with……. I have reviewed about 40 over the years. Choose a company that resonates with you. It's your choice. You help your clients lose fat, detox and shed unwanted pounds while making good passive income. With ISAGENIX, it just makes it really easy for me. I'm all about leveraging my time so I can train more and have fun with my family.
10. Get in awesome shape. I know that may sound nuts, but I cannot tell you how many over weight and sloppy trainers I have seen. I totally understand we are all unique and on different paths in the fitness industry. Unless you are focusing on the morbidly obese, you are not going to "appeal" to your clients more because you are more like them. They want you to be the perfect roll model (mind, body and spirit). That's the way it works. Heck, if you are really smart and really fit, you can often be more successful that someone who is sloppy, overweight and has minimal education (even if he/she has 3x your marketing skills). TRUE!!!
11. Be relentless. Growing your fitness business is not a "one and done" kind of thing. It begins and never ends. You have to work on it every day (in one way or another). Personally, I dedicate certain days to completing certain tasks. As an example, I focus on each of the following areas one day each week: SEO (search engine optimization), social media, blogging, education, management and thinking/pondering/planning.
12. Communicate with your tribe (aka: list, clients, prospects, leads) on a regular basis. The easiest way to do this is with your own fitness email newsletter. Think about it… aren't you more loyal or more in touch with any company that communicates with you via email on a regular basis? This is – by far – the easiest and most affordable way to build your list of clients and prospects and grow your business in 2013.
13. Leverage your time. It has been mentioned in various ways within this post. Maybe that's because it's really important. Think about it….Time is the ONLY THING in your life you can never get back. NEVER! A moment lost is never regained. Why would you waste any of it? Don't waste it on bad people. Don't waste time being angry. Don't waste time on things you know don't work. Use efficiency with everything you do. NEVER multi-task. I don't care if you say "I can multi-task better". It's not true. NO scientific study ever done (on a wide variety of people) has ever shown that multi-tasking increases efficiency, productivity, comprehension, or anything else worth a darn.
14. Add personal development or coaching services to your fitness business. I predicted this trend years ago (that's why I formed The Spencer Institute). If you have been a trainer for any length of time, you know that every client wants or needs some type of motivation, coaching, support, clarity or lifestyle enhancement as part of their overall success strategy. Why refer this to someone else? Why not earn the credential, help your clients attain higher levels of success and happiness while you earn more money? Sounds logical to me!
Obviously there are 100 more ideas you can implement to improve your business in 2013. Why didn't I give you more right now? Because after 20+ years of helping fitness business owners, I know that most people will not apply one damn thing I just posted. Those are the same people who will complain in December of 2013 that they just cannot make it. Blah, blah blah….
So, I figured I would just give you 14 things to do, think about, apply, register for, or adopt to make 2013 your year to shine. It's manageable. Get started now!
Be the minority of successful fitness business owners who read, learn, APPLY and BENEFIT from this post.
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Madeleine Studied at NMIT and has a Diploma in Illustration. She has Illustrated many children Books. Recently she has been the illustrator for a series of Educational books by Australian Author, PRG Collins.
Each Book has a lesson for children to learn and has an animal as the main focus.


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Nalini Ambady has very little time to find a bone marrow match, but you can help! Spread the word and visit www.NaliniNeedsYou.com for more information.
Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 29, 2013
Nalini Ambady has very little time to find a bone marrow match, but you can help! Spread the word and visit www.NaliniNeedsYou.com for more information.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 25, 2013
Dr. Julie Nelson will speak at Harvard Law School today. She is the Department Chair, Professor of Economics, at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Please join us.
Julie Nelson currently conducts research on feminism and economics, with special interests in methodology and in implications for social and environmental policies. She has served as a Research Economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California-Davis, an Associate Professor of Economics at Brandeis University, a Visiting Associate Professor at Harvard University, a Fellow at the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School, and as the Visiting Sowell Professor of Economics at Bates College. Nelson is the author or co-author of several books, and of articles in journals ranging from Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy, to Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and Ecological Economics. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Feminist Economics. Professr Nelson is the author of Economics for Humans (2006) and Feminism, Objectivity, and Economics (1996), and co-author of several other books and textbooks. She has published many journal articles on topics which include the teaching of economics and the empirical analysis of household spending.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 21, 2013
In the fall of 2012, the 80 first-year Harvard Law students in Section 6 researched, discussed, debated, and proposed policy solutions to several important policy problems:
Their work was heavily influenced by situationism and should be of particular interest to readers of this blog. You can learn more about the project, view presentations, and download white papers at the Frontier Torts website.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 19, 2013
In what is horrible irony, today's session of the Confronting Evil Conference has been postponed until tomorrow morning at 8:30. Harvard University is itself closed because of the ongoing public safety situation. Regarding the conference, please check here for further updates.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 15, 2013
At Harvard Law School in the fall of 2012, the 80 students in Professor Hanson's situationist-orient torts class participated in an experimental group project in their first-year torts class. The project required students to research, discuss, and write a white paper about a current policy problem for which tort law (or some form of civil liability) might provide a partial solution. Their projects, presentations, and white papers were informed significantly by the mind sciences. You can read more about those projects, view the presentations, and download the white papers at the Frontier Torts website.
One of the group projects involved the sale of alcohol to members of the Oglala Sioux in Whiteclay Nebraska outside the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Here's the Executive Summary of the white paper.
Executive Summary
Since its introduction into Native American communities by European colonists, alcohol has plagued the members of many tribes to a disastrous extent. The Oglala Sioux of Pine Ridge have especially suffered from alcoholism, enabled and encouraged by liquor stores just outside the reservation's borders. Despite the complexities of this situation, media outlets have often reduced it to a pitiable image of dirty, poor Native Americans, degraded by the white man's vice.
Upon further analysis, however, it becomes evident that there are a variety of factors influencing the situation of Native American alcoholism. While neurobiological, psychological, and genetic factors are often thought to offer plausible internal situational explanations as to why Native Americans suffer so much more potently from this disease than the rest of the nation, high levels of poverty in Native American communities, a traumatic and violent history, and informational issues compound as external situational factors that exacerbate the problem.
Unfortunately, the three major stakeholders in this situation (the alcohol industry, the State of Nebraska, and the Native Americans) have conflicting interests, tactics, and attribution modes that clash significantly in ways that have prevented any meaningful resolution from being reached. However, there are a variety of federal, state, and tribal programs and initiatives that could potentially resolve this issue in a practical way, so long as all key players agree to participate in a meaningful, collaborative effort.
The key to implementation of these policy actions is determining who should bear the costs they require: society as a whole through the traditional federal taxes, the alcohol companies through tort litigation, or the individuals who purchase the alcohol through an alcohol sales tax. Ultimately, an economic analysis leads to the conclusion that liability should be placed upon the alcohol companies and tort litigation damages should fund the suggested policy initiatives.
You can watch the related presentations and download the white paper here.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 12, 2013
On April 13, 2013 the Project on Law and Mind Sciences and the National Lawyers Guild are co-hosting a conference titled "Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law" at Harvard Law School. Details here.
Here is the information about our speakers:
Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. He has not only made groundbreaking discoveries and insights in the field of linguistics, but has also become one of the most articulate and passionate critics of American foreign policy in the 20th and 21st centuries. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, propaganda, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, and is the co-author with Edward S. Herman of Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988). He has been called "the most important intellectual alive today," one of the "makers of the 20th century," and "the foremost gadfly of our national conscience."
Stuart Ewen is the Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College. He is the author of influential books on the history of consumer society, visual culture, propaganda and modernity, including PR! A Social History of Spin, All Consuming Images: On the Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture, Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture and, with Elizabeth Ewen, Channels of Desire: Mass Images and the Shaping of American Consciousness and Typecasting: On the Arts & Sciences of Human Inequality.
Francesca Gino is an associate professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She is also formally affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and with the Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative at Harvard. Her research focuses on judgment and decision-making, negotiation, ethics, motivation, productivity, and creativity. Her studies have been featured in The Economist, The New York Times, Newsweek, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Wall Street Journal, and her work has been discussed on National Public Radio and CBS Radio.
Sut Jhally is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He is one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and identity construction. The author of numerous books and articles on media (including The Codes of Advertising and Enlightened Racism), he is also an award-winning teacher. He is best known as the producer and director of a number of films and videos (including Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Music Video; Tough Guise: Media, Violence and the Crisis of Masculinity; and Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire) that deal with issues ranging from gender, sexuality and race to commercialism, violence and politics. Born in Kenya, raised in England, educated in graduate studies in Canada, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Jon Hanson is the Alfred Smart Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he has taught since 1992 and won several teaching awards. His scholarship melds social psychology, social cognition, economics, history, and law. Ten years ago Hanson and David Yosifon identified the problem of "deep capture" in their article, The Situation: An Introduction to the Situational Character, Critical Realism, Power Economics, and Deep Capture, 152 U. Penn. L. Rev. 129 (2003) (download here). Hanson's recent scholarship includes the 2012 book, Ideology, Psychology, and Law (Oxford University Press, website). Hanson is the Director of The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School and a co-creator and a contributor to The Situationist blog (both accessible at www.lawandmind.com).
Susan Linn is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She has written extensively about the effects of media and commercial marketing on children. Her articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post and her commentaries can be heard on NPR's Marketplace. Her books include Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood and The Case for Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World. Dr. Linn is a co-founder and director of the national coalition Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. In 2000, she was appointed to the American Psychological Association's Task Force on Advertising to Children. She has been featured on Sixty Minutes, Now with Bill Moyers, World News Tonight, Dateline, and in the acclaimed film, The Corporation.
Thomas McGarity is a leading scholar in the fields of administrative law, environmental law, and torts. He has written six influential books, including his most recent, Freedom to Harm: The Lasting Legacy of the Laissez Faire Revival (Yale University Press, 2013). While in academia, McGarity has served as a consultant and/or advisor to many federal and state agencies. Professor McGarity has been an active participant in efforts to improve health, safety and environmental quality in the United States. He has testified before many congressional committees on environmental, administrative law, preemption of state tort laws in cases involving medical devices, and occupational safety and health issues.
Michael Niman is a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Buffalo State College and a syndicated columnist whose work has earned him two Project Censored awards. Niman, a trained ethnographer, is author of People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, an ethnography of a nomadic utopian society stemming from qualitative research conducted in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Minnesota, Vermont, Missouri, New York, California and Quebec, Canada. Niman's research agenda currently focuses on propaganda, the impact of consumer culture, temporary autonomous zones, nonviolent conflict resolution and nonhierarchical societies and movements. Niman formerly worked as a journalist based in Costa Rica and has conducted fieldwork around the world. Niman is the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
John Stauber is the founder of the non-profit, non-partisan Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the only public interest and journalism organization dedicated to exposing organized corporate and government propaganda and its impacts on democracy, public information and democratic social change. He is an independent investigative writer, activist and a consultant, and has co-authored six books, including his 1995 tour de force Toxic Sludge Is Good For You! Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry and the 2003 New York Times bestseller Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. He has begun or worked with many public interest and community groups over the past four decades.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 8, 2013
Even though a black man sits in the White House, and a gay woman legislates in the Senate, according to nearly two decades of research by a professor of psychology at the UW, Anthony Greenwald, most people are racially, ethnically, religiously, or sexually biased.
In 1995, Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji developed the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and uncovered this disturbing truth.
Last week, for this contribution to the field of scientific psychology, the Association for Psychological Science (APS) announced they would present the William James Fellow Award to Greenwald at the APS's 25th anniversary celebration.
When the test was first developed, Greenwald said he began administering the IAT on UW undergraduate students from psychology classes — and the results were shocking. The test revealed the majority of students, especially caucasians and asians, showed an "automatic white preference."
Since then the test has been tweaked, improved, and used in contemporary instances. Greenwald analyzed election results with the IAT.
"We found that Obama suffered by being black," Greenwald said. "He got fewer votes because of race biases."
Greenwald explained the IAT tries to tease out hidden associations made by our unconscious. It accomplishes this by measuring the time it takes our brain to sort words and images.
Researchers can discover how closely a participant's brain instinctively links various words with a particular set of images by measuring the average time it takes participants to sort these objects.
During the IAT, a computer flashes either a word or picture at subjects who are asked to either move the word or picture to the right or left.
The words that appear are either pleasant, like "Joy," "Love," and "Peace," or unpleasant, like "Agony," "Terrible," and "Horrible"; depending on the social preferences researchers want to test, the pictures belong to either of two categories. In the race version of the experiment, the pictures depict either European American or African American faces.
In the first round of the race IAT, participants are asked to sort the photos of African Americans together with positive words to the right and European Americans with negative words to the left. In the second round, the test now prompts participants to group African American faces with negative words and European Americans with positive.
Participants perform the sorting that aligns with their implicit mental connections faster than the one that does not. So by measuring the time it takes participants to complete both rounds of the IAT, researchers can discover subject's underlying mental racial biases.
Greenwald said at first even he was skeptical of the test and the consequences of its conclusions.
"It was quite a while before I was willing to say this is a measure that people have in their heads a stronger association between racial white and pleasant and racial black and pleasant," Greenwald said.
But Greenwald cautioned an over-interpretation of the IAT.
"[The IAT] doesn't measure prejudice or racism," Greenwald said. "Those imply hostility and harmful behavior. But it does measure a racial preference, and we think that preference can be significant socially."
Similarly, UW psychology professor Geoff Boynton clarified that the IAT cannot sniff out prejudiced people that harbor hatred or ill intent for minorities.
"These are just quick decisions that the brain makes based on prior information that have biases," Boynton said.
Greenwald said this understanding of the mind goes against decades of traditional scientific wisdom. He said that 30 years ago most scientific psychologists figured human behavior was determined by explicit, conscious thought. The IAT helped to disprove this naive view of the mind.
However, the idea of a subconscious is not new. Sigmund Freud revolutionized the field of clinical psychology by breaking down the human mind into the id, ego, and super-ego. But Boynton said the way modern psychology views subliminal cognition "is not such a fluffy idea having to do with your mother or something like that."
Rather, professor emeritus of psychology Earl Hunt explained that the contemporary view of cognition is more analogous to a man trying to ride an elephant.
"The rider is our conscious cognition, fairly slow, deliberate, considers things," Hunt said. "The elephant is our unconscious, a very quick gut feeling that we may not even be aware of. The rider is trying to keep the elephant on task … but the problem is the elephant is really stupid."
Hunt said the elephant, or human unconscious, reacts to emotions or statistical associations. He said, "The genius of the IAT lies in its ability to put the rider and elephant in conflict."
Greenwald borrowed the stroop effect from biological psychology to create this tension between the deliberate conscious and the implicit subconscious.
In a 1935 paper, American psychologist John Stroop described how it took longer for individuals to read the name of a color if the name and the color font did not match: for example, the word "red" written in blue font. This is called the stroop effect.
"What [Greenwald] did was very creative," Hunt said. "He looked at occurrence and a logic that was developed for a completely separate field, and he realized it could be applied in the social-psychological realm. That's creative."
UW professor of psychology Geoffrey Loftus had more kind words to add about Greenwald's attitude toward scientific research.
"I've known him for probably 30 years," Loftus said. "He thinks a great deal about scientific methodology, statistics, and data analysis, and he's very sophisticated in these areas. He's extremely proficient and extremely highly regarded as both a researcher and a mentor to his graduate students."
This hard work and scientific dedication has helped him win the William James Fellow Award.
Greenwald said he was grateful to receive the recognition but noted, "Oh, I'm too old to be excited by this."
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 6, 2013
On April 13, 2013 the Project on Law and Mind Sciences and the National Lawyers Guild are co-hosting a conference titled "Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law" at Harvard Law School. For more information, visit the conference website here.
Here's a draft of the day's schedule.
9:30 am – Coffee, tea, and pastries
9:50 – 10:10 – Welcome
10:15 – 10:40 – Noam Chomsky
10:50 – 11:15 – Francesca Gino
"Getting Sidetracked: How we are vulnerable to manipulation"
Subtle and seemingly irrelevant factors often influence our behavior in ways we fail to anticipate. In this talk, Francesca Gino will discuss a few of these factors and explain how they could be used strategically by others to change people's behavior.
11:20 – 11:45 – Susan Linn
"The Deepest Capture: Children, Commercialism and the Corporate Take Over of Childhood"
We are all vulnerable to marketing but given their immature judgment and developing brains, children are even more vulnerable. The consequences of screen-saturated, commercialized childhood are dire for the health of children, the environment, and democracy—marketing sells habits and behaviors as well as products. Susan Linn describes the depth and breadth of the "kids market" and why the movement to reclaim childhood from corporate marketers is so important.
12:35 – 1:00 – Stuart Ewen
"The Phantom of Certitude: Public Relations and the Algorithmic Conception of Life"
In his 1948 essay, "The Engineering of Consent," Edward Bernays wrote, "Freedom of speech and its democratic corollary, a free press, have tacitly expanded our Bill of Rights to include the right of persuasion." In this statement, he was only echoing a view that he had been promoting for the preceding twenty-five years, that the "conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses" was essential to the functioning of a "democratic society." In this presentation, Stuart Ewen will discuss the ways that compliance professionals' ongoing efforts to guide and regulate the public mind have mirrored—and continue to mirror—parallel scientific efforts to "control chaos" in a variety spheres, and to produce mechanistic or computational models of life that seek to transform perception- and behavior-management into a predictive natural science. The profoundly anti-democratic intentions and consequences of these trends stand the heart of this presentation. So too stand the bedeviling questions: Is democracy still possible? and What is to be done?
1:05 – 1:30 – Michael Niman
"Journalism in a PR World"
Mike Niman discusses the future of journalism in a PR-dominated communication environment. In particular, he examines the migration of talent from journalism to the PR industry, the collapse of mainstream journalism and the role of an emergent alternative media as American journalism goes through metamorphosis from what it was to what it could become. Journalism is a social good that should equip people to understand and resist spin. Niman argues that mainstream American journalism, rather than rising to this challenge, has transparently succumbed to serving as an arm of the corporate PR industry, thus laying the groundwork for its own irrelevance and collapse. From these ashes, he argues, a new alternative media is emerging, combining the communication skills of the PR industry with a long stubborn tradition of critical inquiry and muckraking.
1:35 – 2:00 – Sut Jhally
"Public Relations and War"
2:20 – 2:35 – Break
2:35 – 3:00 – John Stauber
"Myth America: How the Ruling Elite – Red and Blue – Prevent Democracy"
The myth of American democracy keeps alive the two-party system wholly owned and operated by the ruling 1% whose primary objective is increasing their wealth and maintaining the status quo. Over the past ten years the liberal Democratic Party elite has copied the propaganda and political tactics of the right wing — think tanks, echo chamber media, rabid partisan grassroots and dark money SuperPacs. Rich Democrats and liberal foundations are just as committed to preventing democracy as are the Koch brothers. Seeing through this veil is crucial to organizing any independent, democratic movements for fundamental, structural change.
3:05 – 3:30 – Thomas McGarity
"Freedom to Harm: The Lasting Legacy of the Laissez Faire Revival"
Professor McGarity will tell the story of how the business community and the trade associations and think tanks that it created launched three powerful assaults during the last quarter of the twentieth century on the federal regulatory system and the state civil justice system to accomplish a revival of the laissez faire political economy that dominated Gilded Age America. Although the consequences of these assaults became painfully apparent in a confluence of crises during the early twenty-first century, the patch-and-repair fixes that Congress and the Obama Administration put into place did little to change the underlying laissez faire ideology and exploitative practices that continue to dominate the American political economy. In anticipation of the next confluence of crises, Professor McGarity offers suggestions for more comprehensive governmental protections for consumers, workers, and the environment.
3:35 – 4:00 – Jon Hanson
"Deep Capture: Attributions, Ideologies, and Policy"
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 4, 2013
The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
When: Thursday 4/4/13 12-1pm
Where: WCC 1010
Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? Professor Adrian Raine (UPenn) will discuss his research on the biological roots of violence and neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques to investigate the causes and cures of crime.
Professor Raine has a book to be released on April 30, 2013 with the same title as well as a TV show inspired by his book!
Lunch will be provided.
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 2, 2013
Social psychologists have launched an international campaign to save the life of Nalini Ambady, a Stanford University social psychologist and Situationist friend who is battling leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. To find out what you can do, visit Help Nalini Now. Please also read Sam Sommers post: Point. Click. Save this Woman's Life.
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In the 60-second ad, actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston, and Mark Strong speak to the camera and posit that Brits make the best bad guys because "we're more focused," "we have a certain style," and "maybe we just sound right."
Along the way, the men use a fancy helicopter and two swerving Jaguar F-Type Coupes to meet at a high-tech command center in London. "Oh yes," Kingsley remarks at the end of the ad. "It's good to be bad."
The commercial features an ominous original soundtrack that was composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat, who worked with Hooper on "The King's Speech," and recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road.
The "Good To Be Bad" campaign is being run by Jaguar's creative agency, Spark 44, and its media agency, Mindshare, which hope to cast the brand as an edgy British outsider challenging mainstays like Porsche and Mercedes-Benz in the U.S. luxury market.
The campaign has also included a digital promotion aspect through a partnership between Jaguar and Gawker Media's content studio. Gawker created a separate blog, called Good To Be Bad, that features sponsored content from Jaguar, original work from Gawker's content studio, and posts shared from Gawker editorial blogs like Gizmodo and Lifehacker.
The posts focused on general villainy, with titles like "A Guide to World Domination in 2014" and "Four Devious Female Archetypes in Film (And How To Act Like Them)."


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Prevalence of urinary tract infection in malnourished children aged 6 months to 5 years attending tertiary care centre
Background: Infections are more common in malnourished children, as result of impaired immunity. Unexplained fever and failure to thrive are the common presenting features of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children. In malnourished children, UTI is mostly asymptomatic and is leading to pyelonephritis and renal scarring. The study was done with the aim to evaluate and find out the prevalence of urinary tract infection in malnourished children between 6 months to 5 year and to find out the causative organism and antibiotic sensitivity pattern.
Methods: A total of 180 cases of malnourished children were enrolled and clean catch midstream urine sample was collected for urine culture, according to WHO criteria of malnutrition. Children with urinary tract abnormality were excluded from the study. Renal USG was done in all urine culture positive cases.
Results: Total of 174 cases was present after exclusion. Of 174 children, 27 (15.5%) children were having UTI. In this study, 37% of children are asymptomatic. E. coli is the commonest organism causing UTI 16 (59%). Other organism are Klebsiella pneumonia 4 (14.9%), Proteus mirabilis 3 (11.1%), and Pseudomonas 3 (11.1%). The order of antimicrobial sensitivity pattern was amikacin (100%)> ciprofloxacin (81.4%)> cefotaxime (7%). Other common drugs have developed resistance to these organisms.
Conclusions: Our observations conclude that malnourished children with fever of unknown origin are at risk of UTI. Hence, urine analysis and culture tests are to be done to all malnutrition cases for assisting to diagnose the bacterial infection and providing the appropriate treatment.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Pink or Blue?
We had our twenty week ultrasound this week.
Gratefully, everything seems to be growing and developing as it should with New Baby.
We also decided to find out if O. and N. will be having a baby brother or sister.
The answer was...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Random O. and N. Stuff
I'd love to come up with some sort of witty, well thought out introduction to what follows. But mostly it's just a collection of great stuff overheard and observed around here lately that I don't want my hormone-addled mind to misplace forever.
While watching an episode of Discovery's Life focused on plants, specifically the Venus Flytrap.
O: I wouldn't want to get trapped in one of those, would you?
N: No. I no want to get stuck in there!
Me: Don't worry, those are little. You couldn't get stuck in there.
N: But
Me: Not that little, sweetie pea.
O: Mom, do you think that's God talking on there? (this would be in reference to series narrator Oprah Winfrey)
N., pretending to tuck her stuffed ponies into bed. "Here you comfy
. It so soft and comfy. Sweet dreams."
N. snuggling into my neck: "Oh Mommy, Mommy. You my best Mommy."
N., after seeing me bump into something: "You hall right, Mommy?"
N. at her cousin's first communion: "I want a drink, too! I want some of that bread and wine!"
O., dictating a letter he wants me to write in the church bulletin (after checking that it's okay to write on such a thing):
Dear Jesus: On Christmas Eve, you were born. Love, O.
O., after spilling the entire crayon container on the kitchen floor,
"Is this a dream? Because I really need this to be a dream."
N. is crying because she has bumped her head on the table again. I tell her "I'm sorry, sweet girl. Are you okay?"
N: "You not
it! I did it!"
O., doing a triumphant dance in the driveway: "I am the superhero of the world! With integrity!"
On our way to Target to spend some of
birthday money:
O: "N., don't worry. I have lots of money. I'll buy you whatever you want."
Me: Well, O., you only have twenty dollars. You don't necessarily have enough to buy her whatever she wants."
O: Okay, N., you can pick something from the dollar section."
In the car:
N: "O., my boo boo hurts."
O: "It's just a mosquito bite. You can put cream on it later."
N: "Oh, tanks, O."
O: "Mosquitoes are everywhere all around. Like all bugs are everywhere. They are so small. And mosquitoes drink your blood."
N: "O., this sticker is princesses."
O: "I don't like princesses. Some things about us are different. Some things are the same."
N: "O. look! That
place for horses."
O.: "There are no horses there. That's a house."
N.: "I see a eagle."
O: "That's not an eagle. It's a hawk."
N: "Mommy, can I have
Me: "What?"
O: "Mom, she wants Gatorade. How come I can understand her and you can't?"
O: "It's a good thing I grew an inch, so I can be five now. Am I really bigger?"
Is anyone
child inordinately attached to their Easter eggs? I keep forgetting to throw ours out when O isn't around, and have visions of us having a Templeton Rat rotten egg moment. The week after Easter, when I tried to make egg salad out of them, O. had a full-on meltdown, declaring he wanted to keep his forever. Last week, he played with some of them for a while, peeling shells off of them and grinding them in the garbage disposal. But he wouldn't part with his rainbow egg. Yesterday, I finally talked him into taking a picture of it, and was allowed to trash it.
Want to see what your house could look too, if only your husband were gone on business for most of a week?
not normally this bad, even when J. is traveling. But O. decided it was a good idea to transfer the entire contents of our game/toy closet in the basement to the family room. That's a sampling. You can't even see the scattered pieces of Candy Land, Checkers and
in this shot.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Happy Belated Mother's Day!
Mother's Day brought all kinds of wonderful things to the mommy in the Small World. J. and the kids conspired to do several projects -- the first was two flower pots designed and painted by O. and N. (N's was pink and purple;
primary colors). N. picked out a pink flower for me, and O. cracked all the eggs and served as sous chef to J. for a yummy breakfast.
The second project was to construct a new vegetable garden in the spot on the side of the house where we had an entire tree's worth of firewood stacked last year. J. split and stacked it in the fall, and I convinced J. not to plant grass there. Thanks the the tree being cut down, it's an actual section of sunny yard that is not smack dab in front of the house. Perhaps you remember our experiment with
O's own
last year, and hillbilly pots of overgrown, non-producing tomatoes framing my front door? O's garden is going to be the herb garden this year -- right now we've got basil and dill started.
The weather was not too nice for much of the day, but by about four o'clock it was sunny and a little warm. Here are some shots of the project in progress.
Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, watermelon, onions, cucumbers and green beans in the ground! Nothing big, nothing fancy, but just what I've always wanted.
I think this is the first picture of me with ALL my kids noticeable. It's probably the best we're going to see for a few more years. Sorry it took 20 weeks to photograph evidence of your impending arrival, New Baby. And thank you, O., N. and J. for such a nice Mother's Day. I love you all.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
You Want to Eat The Cake Too??
Last week was birthday week for O. (Yes, we do birthday weeks around here. One day simply isn't enough for all the celebrating!). He had a fabulous time wearing the birthday hat at school, eating mini corn-dogs at dinner out with Grandma and Grandpa, and sampling four different birthday cakes.
I personally only made two of the birthday cakes, and as I did, I held my breath until I discovered what the cake disaster might be this year. I've been making birthday cakes for my kids every year since their first birthdays, and when it comes to O.'s, I don't exactly have a great track record. There's been some sort of cake related debacle every year.
For his first birthday, it was the cake that was supposed to be a bathtub with floating rubber ducks in it that mysteriously ran liquidly all over my oven, and refused to set up, remaining a strange gelatinous consistency. I say mysteriously, but it was really only a mystery until I realized that I had not put any eggs into the batter at all. Since this was before I learned any of my eggless baking tricks, it didn't work out so well. I had to remake that one.
The next year, I spent a whole afternoon making a train-shaped cake, with mini-loaves decorated to look like each different type of car. It turned out really well, and I was exhausted by the end of the process. We left the cake on a card table in the dining room and went out to dinner. We returned to find half of the cars inhaled by our hungry dog, half-chewed pretzel logs from the timber car and all. Luckily, I had made a few extra mini-loaves, but an extra trip tot he grocery store was required to replace the icing.
You'd think at this point, that I'd have given up the next year and ordered a cake, right? You wouldn't know me very well. Give me a situation where I've encountered obstacles or difficulty, and the stubborn side of me rises right up. I'll prove I can do it once and for all. Ordering a cake would just be some sort of admittance of failure, and I'm a little too Virgo for that. Also, sometimes being a stay at home mom brings out this sort of craziness in you, where you think you need to have some sort of concrete proof that you don't spend your day eating bonbons or whatever. Like my good friend who told me that when she was raising her kids, she started making her own oxford-cloth buttondown collared shirts, spending days on each, when she could have just saved umpteem hours and dollars by picking one up at JCPenneys.
So, for O's third birthday, we went for the Diego/Jungle themed cake. Luckily, this one involved no elaborate carving or decorating. It was just a sheet cake with plastic animals plopped on top. No problem, right? The cake turned out just fine, got iced no problem. O. even helped me sanitize some of his toy animals in the kitchen sink before we put them on top together. Half an hour later, he had hives the length of both arms. Obviously an allergic reaction to the Spic and Span we used as a cleaner, and I was dosing my boy with Benadryl the day of his own party.
Last year, the problem was relatively minor, just a big crater that developed in the center of the dinosaur cake and had to be filled with icing multiple times.
It's become a bit of a running joke: what's going to be the cake disaster this year? Why give up making the cakes when you have such suspense awaiting you?
This year, as mentioned, we were more on a birthday week sort of plan. J. was out of town on O's actual birthday, so we were saving the big celebration for the weekend. But I had to make a birthday treat for him to take to school. He requested Jello Jigglers shaped like dinosaurs, which should have been just fine, except that I found one of the four required boxes of black cherry gelatin unopened in the sink
I slid the pan into the fridge. They fell apart as soon as I tried to cut them out. You guessed it: another run to Krogers in my pajamas for do-over Jello.
At the last minute, I decided he needed some sort of cake on his real birthday, and I had NO interest in returning to the grocery store, so I smeared a log of cookie dough into a pizza pan and made him a chocolate chip cookie cake. O. loved it, and couldn't wait to share some with his dad. Except the dog knocked the pan on the ground onto my freshly mopped floor the next afternoon.
So, it turns out that the key to defeating the birthday cake jinx is to run some preliminaries and have your stumbling occur there. Because on the party day, when it came time to make the dinosaur/dragon O. had his heart set on from the Family Fun website and I actually believed was well beyond my meager cake decorating skills, we had NO PROBLEMS.
I think he was pretty pleased, even after a long day full of a dinosaur party at the museum with his buddies, and a soccer game played with a nasty cough/sinus infection and only one sub, and far too much excitement over a pile of presents.
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SURTEX 2014 is over… it is hard to believe each and every year. All that time, money and energy spent getting ready and then *poof* it's over… sort of like Christmas.
I'm still trying to get my bearings after getting home – I've been doing some of the "we need it yesterday" follow up and am now working to make a plan of attack. I need to prioritize, make sure all my thoughts are legibly on paper and I can maximize the investment in the show. (blog post to follow on THAT topic!)
Today I thought I'd share a random of list of things…
1. If you are flying, follow my mom's advice and put EVERYTHING in your suitcase in plastic!
My parents have done that for years… I will start again. It was pouring when I arrived and even though my main suitcase was a hard case, everything near the zipper was soaked! My luggage looked like it was dunked in the river and then put on the baggage claim belts. My booth number signs were a little damp but thankfully not ruined. Close call – won't happen again!
2. Be prepared to go with the flow.
Stuff happens. Stuff like overturned trucks closing the road your shuttle is supposed to be on to get you to setup and no one knows where the bus is so you have to walk kind of stuff. Stuff like the city digging up and re-paving the street by your hotel so there is jack hammering going on ALL. NIGHT. LONG. (note to self: pack ear plugs – you never know!)
3. Less can be just as effective as more.
Over the years my sister and I have streamlined my booth. Figured out how to make it look just as good but with lighter-weight materials. Figured out what 'extras' really make a difference and what just makes more work. While I won't ever win an award for most creative booth design, I got lots of great leads that should keep me in business and coming back next year – which is the point.
4. Some artists think I have a magic ball.
Sadly, I don't. (I feel a video coming on… but not today!) I don't know who the perfect agent is for you or if and when you will get that big deal or which person to talk to to get your big break. I know how to teach you to understand the business and make your own breaks but there are no short cuts – even if you come talk to me, or anyone else, at a trade show.
5. There is always room for improvement.
Every year I work on my systems. How I can keep better track of emails, submission dates, conversations, art and more. How to work smarter not harder. How to get ready for the show with less of an emotional roller coaster. There is always, always room to improve what you do – as long as you are open and looking for them.
6. We will never run out of ideas.
Every year, about 2 weeks before the show, I start to panic. I have a list of art collections that I'd love to bring to the show that I would not be able to do even if I only slept one hour a night… and if you read my blog you know how I feel about sleep! (Get it!) Now that I'm home the list has gotten even bigger. Meeting with manufacturers and getting feedback on your work and suggestions for more keeps the creative juices flowing. You will never get it all done and that's ok – because the world will always be asking "what's new?"
7. We make some funny assumptions about people that we "know" from social media sometimes!
I always love meeting artists that I see and interact with on social media! It never fails that I don't recognize someone because I assumed they'd be much taller or shorter or something different… I mentioned that to one artist and another that was in the conversation said she was surprised at how tall I am – 5'6″ – she thought I was a petite little thing. Nope – nothing petite about me. It was great to meet everyone that I did and if we didn't connect – well… there is always next year!
Follow up time!
Now I'm going to sit down and make a plan of attack for the coming weeks. What to do first, second and third. What to do when I have the ever-elusive "extra time".
I'm going to get on the phone with my sister again and debrief the show – what worked, what could have been better. Start planning the booth concept for 2015 while this year's is fresh in our heads.
What is your plan?
If you exhibited – I hope you are creating your plan of attack as well so your follow up doesn't slip through the cracks.
If you were an artist who attended the show to check it out, or one who is soaking up all the information you can find about it online, what's next? How will you keep the momentum and excitement from the show going?
If you want some learning, help and structure around it – my next 4 week group coaching class, the Art Licensing Academy, starts on Tuesday June 3, 2014. We will talk about getting your art and creativity organized for the art licensing industry. The business side of connecting with manufacturers, nourishing your network and also not neglecting yourself. Finally we finish up with legal and contract issues you need to understand to thrive in this business. We have classes, Q&A and a private Facebook group for even more support.
Who wants to join me? Click here for more information and to reserve your spot…
Here's to your creative success!
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"Scientists say" all warming over the past 120 years was caused by CO2 emissions from humans and volcanoes.
Humans and volcanoes caused nearly all of global heating in past 140 years | Environment | The Guardian
This corresponds with the sudden and rapid increase in temperatures in 1880, after a millenium of steady cooling.
This tells us that the climate tipping point is 280 PPM CO2, and that the only way stop the world from burning up is to go back to a preindustrial lifestyle, and to put a plug in the volcanoes.
It is quite likely that the excessive use of rickshaws in 1880 caused the climate to heat up and warm out of control.
We have to get atmospheric CO2 back down to 279 PPM, to keep the world from burning up. And we need President Elizabeth Warren to communicate to the volcanoes that they must stop their evil activities.
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Trade dollar known as
? Which of our coins was known as the ?black sheep? coin?
Today our thoughts would almost automatically go to the Anthony dollar, but the right answer is the Trade dollar. It earned an unsavory reputation because of its status as a coin useful only outside the U.S. The scandals revolving around the forced use and discounted redemption of the pieces by merchants and bankers are well known.
? What were ?blood talers??
These were German talers of Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel, who provided many of the Hessian mercenaries for the British during the Revolutionary war. The Hessian soldiers brought the coins to America, where the public decreed them stained with the blood of patriots.
? Hammered coins I know, but ?hammered dollars??
Hammered coins mostly went out with the introduction of the coin press in the 17th century. Hammered dollars were Spanish 8 reales coins that were defaced with a hammer by the Mexican authorities. They circulated in Texas when it was still under Mexican rule. Two reasons were given for the practice: the hatred for the Spaniards and anything representing them, and to keep the pieces from leaving the country. They passed for about 90 cents in United States money.
? Why were the old silver notes sometimes called ?silver dollars??
They were backed by silver dollars and stored in the Treasury Department vaults. They may have been called silver dollars, but they were actually Silver Certificates.
? I have a ?California Model Dollar,? dated 1849, that I am unable to find listed in any catalog. Can you tell me anything about it?
This is an exception to the rule that applies to most California gold coins. The word ?Dollar? does not indicate that the piece is a genuine coin. Instead, it is a poker chip, or game counter, and incidentally, one of a series of ?models? that ran from the half dollar up to the half eagle. All of them had an eagle and 13 stars on the reverse. These pieces were brass, not gold, and originally came in a brass box that housed the full set.
? What is a Gypsy dollar?
This is one more name for the Maria Theresa taler that one author claims was adopted by the gypsies of Europe as their universal coin. In the early part of this century American gypsies gold plated the big silver coins and sold them as European gold for close to $50 each.


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Rug Doctor portable review
by DannyUK
"Doctor, Doctor," sang the Thompson Twins sometime in the mid-80s, "can't you see its burning, burning." Quite why they felt the need to repeat words so often is anyone's guess. Perhaps they recorded it in a very echoey room.
The only doctor that I want to comment on at the moment is the new Rug Doctor. (It's sweet transitions like that which make this blog a must-read, I'm sure.)
First of all, I should reveal that I've had this machine for six months now. Time flies! It took me ages to write the review, partly because the machine is extremely popular with friends and it is hard to review something when it is being used at someone elses house.
Also, I had the entire blog post written up and ready to go, only for a cock-up to occur and for the whole thing to be deleted. I guess that the "pressed the wrong button and didn't have autosave on" is this century's equivalent to "the dog ate my homework."
Luckily, if the dog had eaten your homework, and decided to work out your Pythagoros Theory homework onto your living room carpet, you'd be thanking your lucky stars for the Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner. (I know, I know. Smooth introduction again, right?)
I was lucky enough last year to trial the Rug Doctor. It was a superb machine, and it left my carpets cleaner than they had been in years. You can read that review here.
My only gripe at the time was the weight of the machine. Heavy enough on its own, by the time you had the various add-ons in the box, it was heavy enough to be a problem.
Fortunately, the wonderful people at Rug Doctor noted this, and have released the Rug Doctor Portable spot cleaner as the answer.
The machine is tiny compared to the model I used last year, and much easier to manouevre around. It's still heavier than you initially think it would be, but it's better than it's big brother.
Aside form the obvious advantage of being lighter, the Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner is made to ensure easier cleaning of the likes of pet stains and everyday spills as well as car upholstery and carpeting thanks to a new hand-held brush, which is motorised to make cleaning easier (though it really just feels like an odd vibration when you use it.)
The extendable handle - akin to the ones you'd find on small suitcases and travel bags - help to wheel the machine around. It also has a decent-sized cable, ensuring that you don't have to keep unplugging and replugging the machine in. In my two-bedroom flat, I could reach every room without having to move the plug.
It's simple to use - a fact borne out by sheer virtue of me not having to ask one of the kids how to operate it, which is the normal course of events for anything electrical these days.
My only issue is that because it's designed to be portable, it takes longer to clean a carpet. There's a very good reason for this - It is designed to spot clean, rather than do large areas. Not that it stopped me from giving a couple of carpets a damned good clean.
It's ideal for the smaller bits and pieces as it's designed to be, and in all honesty, when using it on the car or to tackle particular areas of the carpet, it's superb. When it comes to doing an entire carpet, though, you'd be better off with the normal machine, as my aching muscles will attest.
That said, if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick this machine simply because it is more versatile. I don't have the biggest rooms in the world, so my carpet area is average, at best. Sheer stubborness means I can clean an entire carpet with the 4.5″ head, though it takes longer, as you'd expect, than the normal machine.
The only tip I would give you is to make sure you are using as much water as you can. There is a trigger which squirts the soapy water onto the area you are cleaning (though oddly it does it at a slight angle). Keep your finger on the trigger as you are using the machine, otherwise you're not allowing the soap to get where it needs to go.
Also, as you vacuum up the water, I found it most effective to do one "strip" of fabric, move the portable head across about half of the width of the head and do the next section. This seemed to get best results.
If you have kids, pets or just a messy nature, the portable Rug Doctor is a good investment.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've just spilt something on the carpet. Somebody call a Doctor!
The Rug Doctor Portable is available from major retailers. You can buy it at Amazon here (affiliate link)
Disclaimer: I was given a Rug Doctor portable for the purposes of providing an honest review.


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Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare neuromuscular disease with slowly progressive weakness in voluntary muscle movement. PLS belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases. PLS affects the upper motor neurons (also called corticospinal neurons) in the arms, legs, and face. It occurs when nerve cells in the motor regions of the cerebral cortex (the thin layer of cells covering the brain which is responsible for most higher level mental functions) gradually degenerate, causing movements to be slow and effortful. The disorder often affects the legs first, followed by the body, trunk, arms and hands, and, finally the bulbar muscles (muscles that control speech, swallowing, and chewing). Symptoms include weakness, muscle stiffness and spasticity, clumsiness, slowing of movement, and problems with balance and speech. PLS is more common in men than in women, with a varied gradual onset that generally occurs between ages 40 and 60. PLS progresses gradually over a number of years, or even decades. Scientists do not believe PLS has a simple hereditary cause. The diagnosis of PLS requires extensive testing to exclude other diseases. When symptoms begin, PLS may be mistaken for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or spastic paraplegia. Most neurologists follow an affected individual's clinical course for at least 3 to 4 years before making a diagnosis of PLS..
Treatment for individuals with PLS is symptomatic. Muscle relaxants such as baclofen, tizanidine, and the benzodiazepines may reduce spasticity. Other drugs may relieve pain and antidepressants can help treat depression. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and rehabilitation may prevent joint immobility and slow muscle weakness and atrophy. Assistive devices such as supports or braces, speech synthesizers, and wheelchairs ma help some people retain independence.. Speech therapy may be useful for those with involvement of the facial muscles.
PLS is not fatal. There is no cure and the progression of symptoms varies. Some people may retain the ability to walk without assistance, but others eventually require wheelchairs, canes, or other assistive devices.
The NINDS conducts a broad range of research on neuromuscular disorders such as PLS. This research is aimed at developing techniques to diagnose, treat, prevent, and ultimately cure these devastating diseases.
Spastic Paraplegia FoundationVolunteer driven, non-profit organization dedicated to finding the cures for Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP) and Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS).
1605 Goularte PlaceFremont, CA firstname.lastname@example.com://www.sp-foundation.orgTel: Fremont
ALS AssociationNonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Funds global research and sponsors advocacy programs, a network of chapters, and certified centers and clinics located nationwide.
1275 K Street, N.W.Suite 250Washington, DC firstname.lastname@example.com://www.alsa.orgTel: WashingtonFax: 202-289-6801
NINDS Disorders is an index of neurological conditions provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. This valuable tool offers detailed descriptions, facts on treatment and prognosis, and patient organization contact information for over 500 identified neurological disorders.
Neurological Disorders and Stroke »
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Better places for people to live in…
…better places for people to visit
The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and is what we can call a two-edged sword. On one side it can benefit local communities by creating jobs and steady incomes for people where they live. Travelling can also teach us about culture and make us more tolerant to others. On the other hand, areas can be over-crowded in such an extent that local people feel squeezed out of their home town. And who is not feeling at least a bit guilty every time they board an airplane?
According to a survey conducted by AIG Travel 52% of the respondents believe responsible tourism is important. I have been interested in this topic for more than 10 years now, and am happy to see the increasing interest among people and businesses worldwide during the years. Just not as fast as I would have wished. Why?
The same survey found that 1 in 3 respondents found travelling responsible hard because they did not know how to start, and 4 in 5 did not know what responsible tourism encompasses.
How to be a responsible traveller
Well, lets have a look at some easy steps that all of us can make when travelling. Even though the tourism industry itself should do its share, we can all do something to make the places we visit better for people to live in. And, believe it or not, that will improve your holiday!
Instead of multiple shorter trips and weekend getaways throughout the year, plan an adventure! Go away for at least two weeks and learn to know the destination well. Are you travelling for work? Extend the work trip instead of going away on a private trip a month later. You may even save the flight costs.
Have lunch and dinner different places around your destination, instead of booking all-inclusive. Have a buffet ever given you any great experiences? It may feel like a hassle if you are travelling with kids, but try to remember you own childhood holidays. I, at least, loved going out to eat, even though I usually ended up with spaghetti with butter or pizza margherita.
Do you really need that magnet and t-shirt that is made in China, and looks exactly the same in Crete as in Alanya just with other names? Buy your souvenirs at local markets and small boutiques. Find something that lasts, and that you want to use at home.
Stay at smaller, locally owned hotels instead of the big chain hotels. This will keep more of the money you spend in the destination, instead of sending it off to a big company abroad. If you feel like putting little extra effort, try to find out which hotel focus on local economic development, social development and/or environment in it's destination. It is not very hard, most places today have good web pages.
Instead of using guides provided by the travel company, find a local agency that offer tours. These guides will often give you valuable local knowledge as well as history and culture. If you want to go on a group tour, pick a tour where they use local guides at the various places you visit.
Many of us are spoiled with a steady waterflow. At home it doesn't occur to me to turn the water off when shampooing or brushing my teeth. But water levels in western Norway cannot be compared to dryer climates further south on the planet. Hang your towels up after use, you do not need to get them changed every day. Turn the shower in-between shampooing and rinsing, and the same with the tap when brushing your teeth.
Talk to people and respect that you are a visitor. If you want to take someone's portrait, ask them first. Do you like being photographed by random people on the street? Do you want to go somewhere, but you are unsure whether it is private property or not? Ask first. You never know what will happen when you talk to someone, but risk about someone being angry is a lot smaller than getting a smile and a good story – even if you do not speak the same language.
Read and learn about the destination you are travelling to, this makes it easier to accept and respect the differences that may appear. You do not have to travel far to find people behaving different from what you are used to. Germans and Brits probably find Norwegians quite rude; if we bump into you it is more likely that we say "oh, shit" than "oh, sorry"… To Norwegians out there; do not say that when abroad".
Dressing is an important part of this, if the locals cover up – the least you can do is cover your shoulders and knees.
Just because you are on holiday it does not mean that you can do whatever you like. Norwegians may want to walk wherever they feel like it because we have the law on "freedom to roam", but that is not the case everywhere. While tourists coming to Norway may think they can walk and camp everywhere because of this law. Do not walk on farmed land, into peoples farms, garden etc.
If you are in an area with lots of tourists, keep to the path where there is one. Lots of people in one place causes erosion. If there is a pond the path, try to jump over or get wet instead of walking on the side of it.
If you want to give something to kids at your destination, find a school or and organisation to go through. Kids begging for things, be it sweets or pens, are keeping them away from school. Or even worse, the kids are used for big business.
This is when you get the great stories to tell everyone at home. You did not travel all that way just to talk to your friend, partner or family, did you? One of the things I love about travelling solo is that you just must talk to people now and then. Asking for directions or if someone knows a good place to eat may be all you need to start a conversation.


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When I wanted to do a new review session, I was quite surprised by the following message:
You reviewed https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/review/changes/114581?filter-tags=qlikview incorrectly, this is plagiarised material with added spam links. Please pay more attention to each review in future
Come back in 7 days to continue reviewing.
Of course, I wanted to know what I did wrong (learn for future reviews). Clicking the link leads to the following message:
And of course the full text of the Proposed Changes.
Re-reading the text (since about three weeks have passed) does not directly lead to a change of my opinion. The text still seems adequate and no spam links are in the text: the only 'links' are the images, which lead to the... images.
What did I do wrong and - more importantly - how can I find out myself the next time?


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I use this website and blog to teach you tons of practical, powerful, and helpful systems that show you exactly how to increase profits, get more clients, and double your referrals. And all those lessons are incredibly important…
But some of the most valuable content I teach here has more to do with broad, big picture stuff. Because all those little tips and fixes are what make your business better, but if you don't implement them with the right attitude or if you don't approach your business with the right mindset, it won't matter how many secrets or tips you apply.
Look, the difference between a success and a failure isn't knowledge, it isn't talent, and it isn't luck. Because no matter who you are, or what you know, there are going to be moments where you fail. So the difference between a failure and a success is the ability and the drive to find the knowledge, acquire the skill, and develop the talent to push past failure and succeed.
But if you go around doing business with a scarcity mindset and poor attitude, all it takes is a bit of hardship to knock you off-track and destroy your momentum.
Mistakes aren't failure: quitting is failure. And success isn't always making tons of money— it's being who your business needs you to be.
But that kind of perseverance and drive just isn't possible without the right kind of attitude and mindset.
So get your mind right.
OK, there's one thing you're just going to have to get through your head: quitting isn't an option.
And yes, I know how cheesy that sounds. It's probably something you've told your clients a thousand times, but it's literally the only difference between you and a millionaire.
How many times do you think they screwed up before they reached that million-dollar mark? How many crabs in their life tried to pull them down, tell them no, convince them just to get a 'normal' job, hunker down, and waste their lives working for someone else?
They had to tell their mom to shut-up, had to break up with their negative (but super hot) girlfriend, had overcome every opposing force and situation until they finally made it to success.
And part of that is because they had the strength to persevere but part of that is also because they knew, right from the start, that they would succeed. In their mind, there was no question of if, only when. There was no wondering about what they would become, just how they would become who they wanted to be. And the word "might" wasn't even in their vocabulary. It was simply, "I will become a success."
Is that how you think about yourself? Is that how you go through life? Do you wake up in the morning knowing that you'll conquer your day, that you'll master your life, and that you will most certainly be a massive success?
Because that's what it takes.
And this is not the motivational snake oil you see on TV at 3 in the morning, this is seriously what it takes to stop being one of the general, mediocre population and become a remarkable success.
Who doesn't imagine themselves owning a business, becoming hugely successful, and living an incredible lifestyle? I guarantee that everyone on this planet has moments when they wish they were something greater. So if everyone wants it, why do so few have it?
Think about it: what kind of thoughts usually follow your dreams of huge success? "Well, I guess that just isn't for me," or, "that would be amazing but it's never going to happen."
How could incredible success ever be yours if that's your attitude?! You can't sit around thinking it's not for you and then have huge success just fall into your lap. No, you have to pursue it and fight for it like it's already yours because you know that no matter what, you're going to get there.
We all grew up hearing about the American Dream. Heck, I spent part of my childhood halfway across the world in a Communist country and I heard about the American Dream. So why do we all tell ourselves The Dream is dead? Because we decided to kill it!
Every time you come to the conclusion that a struggling business and a miserable life is the best you'll ever have, you're kicking the already dying American Dream right in the gut.
If you want to succeed simply decide to succeed. Once you've made your decision you just sit down and plan out exactly how to make your goals into reality. Then you do it… You do it with the unshakable mindset that you will, in the end, succeed.
So here are your marching orders for today. You need to make this happen:
1. Monitor Your Thoughts
Your mind is powerful and you shouldn't just let any thoughts run wild in there. Whenever you notice your inner voice doubting your ability to succeed you've got to immediately shut that down.
I mean, don't fool yourself: if there's something that needs fixing you shouldn't convince yourself that everything is A-OK. But recognize those moments when you're being overly doubtful or too hard on yourself and cut that crap out of your thoughts!
2. Get Specific
What level of success do you want? Where, exactly, do you want to end up when you've reached that "success" you're aiming for? We already established that you are, without a doubt, going to get there, so why not be specific about it?
Set those goals up for yourself so that you have something to work toward and you have a measure of your current success. It's a great way to keep yourself on-track and motivated.
3. Take Action
All of this, all of your motivation and confidence and mindset, is really just a way to force you to take action. You want success, you tell yourself you're going to have success, but the only way you'll get there is by taking action.
If you're convinced that you can't fail (because you'll never decide to fail) then action taking become easy. Once you've made the decision to succeed action becomes your only option. So make it happen.
Committed to Your Success,


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Father Ian
Father Ian has served as the parish priest of Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri in Uckfield and St John the Evangelist in Heron's Ghyll since the end of 2016. Before coming here, Father Ian was at the Church of the English Martyrs in Horley. He enjoys coming into school to answer 'Big Questions' with the children.
Deacon David
Hello, I am Deacon David. I assist Father Ian in the parishes of Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri in Uckfield and St John the Evangelist in Heron's Ghyll. I am also a chaplain to front-line emergency staff of the South East Coast Ambulance Service. I have been a deacon for a little over ten years, and have been in Uckfield for seven years.
Deacon Ken
I am Deacon Ken and married to Jenny. We have three children and four grandchildren. We lived in Essex until we moved to the West Country in 1996 and we moved to Uckfield in October 2014 to be nearer our younger daughter and younger granddaughter. I was ordained a deacon for Clifton Diocese in July 2004. I ministered for ten years in a parish with three churches - one in each of the three small towns – it was largely a rural parish. Jenny and I are very grateful for the warm reception we received from the people in Uckfield and Heron's Ghyll. I look forward to assisting Fr Ian and Deacon David in serving in the two parishes and working with the staff, pupils and parents at St Philip's school.
Click here to see a map of the Uckfield Parish.


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Hey everyone, I am so so excited to finally be able to share everything about my sister in laws bachelorette party now! She knew we were going somewhere south of NJ, but everything else was a surprise. We landed on Destin FL, and I am so glad we did, I have never been to this part of Florida before, but loved it so much. At first, I wanted this post to be a Destin travel guide as well as a Bachelorette party planning tips, but I soon realized they needed to be separate. I literally just have way too much to say, so here is my travel guide for Destin, FL – and stay tuned for my post on Bachelorette party planning soon!
Have you ever heard of the Redneck Riviera? No? Me either. That is until I told my dad I booked a house in Destin, FL for my sister in laws Bachelorette party and I couldn't wait to go. The redneck riviera?! … um … He promised it would be great and he was right.
The adventure started right away, a 5am flight from NJ and there was too much fog in Destin, so a surprise landing in Tallahassee. We made the most of it with lots of mimosas at the bar. Thankfully, we were only there for about 2 hours and then a short flight west and we were in Destin! As soon as we walked off the plane I felt the warmth of the sun, smelt the salt in the air and saw palm trees – the exact opposite of everything we left behind in chilly NJ.
We flew into Fort Walton airport and it was about a 30 minute uber to our VRBO house, not bad at all. Uber is super popular in Destin, which was great because this prevented us from having to rent cars.
We were so happy with the location of our rental house, we were in the Kokomo Kove section (and yes, we did sing Kokomo from the Beach Boys multiple times). Our house was on a small little lake and walking distance to the beach. We had our own heated pool, hot tub, two floors of back porches, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and it slept 8. It was perfect.
We were also extremely close to multiple grocery stores which was ideal for us.
There were a total of 8 girls we traveled with and we came in three groups, so the first day was spent hanging by the pool, decorating the house and waiting for everyone to arrive.
Ubereats and Doordash are available in the area and this first night we really took advantage of it. We ordered a whole assortment of food from The Craft Bar and it was so good. The perfect type of snacks and appetizers. Spoiler alert get the mac and cheese bites and pulled pork quesadillas – you wont be disappointed!
Day 2:
Our first full day was filled with activities. Many of the girls who were on the trip are runners and Destin was a great place to run. There were a lot of places to go, especially due to the location of our house right by the beach.
Can we just talk about the sand? The whitest and softest sand I have ever seen and I have been to a lot of places in the Caribbean and Mexico.
Next stop was Serenity By The Sea Spa at the Hilton in Sandestin. We had day passes and were able to use the hot tub, sauna, steam room, relaxation rooms, anti-gravity chairs and there was a lunch food menu and cocktails available. What better way to spend the day with a great group of girls. The spa staff were all extremely pleasant and helpful, the spa itself was spotless. They did have treatments available to be booked if we wished, but we wanted to all stay together as a group. I would definitely suggest this for a day of relaxation.
When we all had enough relaxation it was time to get some lunch! We headed over to The Crab Trap for some waterfront dining. We had originally planned to have dinner here the night before, but we were enjoying ourselves in the hot tub and pool so much we decided to just order in. I am so glad we got to try this place – best shrimp po boy ever!
Although it was warm to us Jersey girls, the Floridians were still wearing jackets and outside dining was not open. But, we did sit right near a window over looking the beach. The restaurant is right on the beach and you can walk down to a bar area in the sand with tables. They also have a playground for kids and activities for adults.
Time for some exercise!
This evening we then went to Destin Pilates & Aerial for a 1- hour aerial yoga class followed by 30 minutes of restorative yoga. They truly catered to our group of 8 girls and have done a lot of bachelorette parties. I don't think I can say enough good things about this experience. We had two instructors and they were both so fabulous. They really read the group and catered the experience to us. This was not only a great workout, but a bonding experience for us all. I was so proud of all the encouraging words and phrases flying around the room! This is a must do if you are in the area, find a class and have fun!
It was dark int here so the pictures are not the best, but we were definitely all more concerned with the fun we were having! But, take a look and enjoy!
Thank you so much to our wonderful instructors at Destin Pilates and Aerial for such a great time.
Day 3:
The next morning – brunch was a must! Our uber driver taking us to the Spa the day before told us we HAD to go to Tailfins for brunch. I haven't met a brunch I don't like and this definitely lived up to the hype. Unlimited Mimosas and Bloody Mary's? Yes please! Honestly, nothing makes me happier than sipping on unlimited mimosas overlooking the water and a marina. Made me feel like I was home minus the fact the weather was actually warm!
This was two pancakes with chicken, egg, bacon and maple syrup in it served with gravy. I did not order this and 1000% regretted it. All of the food here was delicious and a must try.
Brunch is super important when you are heading to a brewery tour! In the name of honesty, I will say we planned on hitting four places and only made it to two. But, these two places were just so much fun. We planned on going to Destin Brewery, McGuires, Fort Walton Brewery and Props Brewery. We only did Destin brewery and McGuires.
Destin Brewery was your typical brewery that we are used to spending time in here in NJ. A small counter to order flights and pints from, merchandise available and an area to sit and enjoy your beer in. There were multiple tables set up and darts and cornhole. Just so you know, this is a very family friendly establishment – there were a lot of kids.
Next stop McGuire's! This is an Irish Pub that is loads of fun! They have a great indoor and outdoor area plus cornhole. They do brew a lot of their own beers as well.
McGuire's is also a restaurant and has an abundance of gift shops. Get all of your Destin FL swag here! They also line the walls and ceiling of the pub with money which is so cool.
All in all it was an absolutely wonderful long weekend. I would highly recommend Destin, FL to anyone. It can be as relaxing of a trip as you want or as exciting fun filled of a trip as you plan. There is so much to do – we barely saw half of the area. We even cancelled a lot of our plans at night to "go out" because we had so much fun as a group hanging at our house using the hot tub, pool, cooking and playing games together.
Have you ever been to Destin before? Let me know in the comments below!
xo Kait.


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Status: Sold | Hoboken, NJ 07030 | Neighborhood: Hoboken | $1,215,000 | 3 BR 2 BA
SOLD. Enjoy sophisticated urban living in this well-appointed three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on one of the best blocks in Hoboken. This one-of-a-kind ground floor home also includes a private 217 square foot outdoor patio and is located in the architecturally stunning "Vestry" building which was originally constructed in 1930 and completely gut renovated and restored in 2013. With its own private gated entrance, this home affords the convenience and privacy of townhome living but with the ease of condo ownership. The building exterior and interior living space both demonstrate attention to detail throughout and features exposed brick, five-inch wide-plank white oak hardwood floors, high ceilings, extensive soundproofing, generous moldings and gorgeous finishes in the bathrooms and kitchen. The modern chef's kitchen includes dark espresso cabinetry, granite countertops, a glass tile backsplash, under cabinet lighting and top-of-the-line appliances including a Wolf 30" gas range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a Bosch ultra-quiet dishwasher. The luxurious bathrooms include a steam shower and a Jacuzzi soaking tub. 827 Bloomfield comes complete with a full size side-by-side Electrolux washer/dryer set, a high-efficiency central HVAC system, plantation shutters, recessed lighting, central vacuum, video doorbell entry system, alarm system and a smart-home thermostat. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own this unique residence in the heart of historic Hoboken!
Property Specifics
- $1,275,000
- $13,262 Annual Taxes
- $362 Maintenance Fee
- Neighborhood: Hoboken
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Private Garden
- Washer/Dryer
- Central Heat/AC
- Garage Parking
Floor Plan
Hudson Realty Group has exceptional knowledge of the Hoboken real estate and Jersey City real estate markets.


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Greg Blatt is responsible for the strategic leadership of IAC and its operating businesses. Prior to this, Blatt served as the Chief Executive Officer of IAC's Match segment, where he was responsible for overseeing Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media, Singlesnet as well as Match's international investments.
From 2003 until early 2009, Greg Blatt served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of IAC and a member of the Office of the Chairman. In this capacity, he was responsible for the legal, human resources and communications functions of IAC.
Prior to joining IAC, Mr. Blatt served as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. In this capacity, Mr. Blatt oversaw the company's legal and transactional activities.
Greg Blatt has also been an associate at Grubman Indursky & Schindler and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, two New York law firms. He has a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.


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Premier offers free access to power poles for NBN fibre rollout
Tasmania's Labor has stepped up pressure on the Federal Government to change its mind on the NBN rollout in Tasmania.
It is offering to give NBN Co free access to the state's power poles in a bid to have optic fibre rolled out across the state.
Under the policy, Premier Lara Giddings says the state would forgo $25 million over 20 years in rental fees to its poles and wires business, Aurora Energy.
Ms Giddings says NBN Co should switch the underground rollout of the fibre optic cable to an overhead rollout, which would be cheaper and faster to install.
"When we're offering to NBN to use our poles for free, we can guarantee you that it will cost you far less," the Premier said.
"At the moment it costs about $400 a metre to put optic fibre in the ground in comparison to $65 a metre to use our power poles."
NBN Co revealed last week that is some cases, fast broadband would be delivered via the existing copper network, not fibre.
The decision angered the IT sector and local businesses.
The Premier says she told the head of the NBN Co, Ziggy Switkowski, about the offer in a meeting last week and she hopes her election pledge should help reverse the wind-back.
"It shows that the state can be involved in this project, the state does have a role in this project," she said.
"We are offering free access to our poles to help drive down the cost to NBN Co to deliver the promise that Tony Abbott made before the last election, now backflipped on."
Turnbull unimpressed with offer
The offer has been rubbished by the Federal Communications Minister.
Malcolm Turnbull says the rental of the poles is only a very small part of the overall cost to complete an aerial rollout.
He says the largest cost to NBN Co is what Aurora Energy charges for the work it carries out to get the poles ready.
"The offer that Lara Giddings has made is certainly worth the NBN Co looking at, but...it is a very small part of the overall cost," he said.
"The rental that Aurora has been charging NBN Co is a little bit less than $40 per pole it is a very small part indeed of the overall cost of using Aurora's poles.
"So she's not really offering very much, in other words."
State campaign pressure
During last year's federal election campaign, the Coalition pledged to honour the Tasmanian contracts for the rollout.
The Liberal Party is ahead in the polls for next month's state election, but leader Will Hodgman has admitted the change to the copper network plan could cost the Liberals next month's state election.
Opposition energy spokesman Matthew Groom avoided answering a question as to whether he feels the same way.
"The commitment we make to the Tasmanian people is to do all we can to continue our constructive dialogue with Malcolm Turnbull and the Commonwealth Government to deliver the best possible outcome," he said.
"That's our commitment and I will say, having spoken directly to Malcolm Turnbull in relation to the NBN, that in Malcolm Turnbull Tasmania has a friend."
Mr Turnbull would not respond to the suggestion, but insists he has not broken any promises to Tasmanians about the rollout.
"Will can run his own commentary on that the position that I've stated is the one I've stated before the election, and it's the one I've stated since the election, so nothing has changed."
Federal Denison Independent Andrew Wilkie agrees the Federal Government's NBN policy could swing the election result.
"It may well cost him the election, because as I go about my business, and I meet a lot of people, the NBN is a number one issue for many constituents," he said.
He is accusing the Federal Liberal Party of misleading Tasmanians about broadband policy.
Greens outline state-based plan
The Tasmanian Greens want to set up a state-owned company to complete the rollout.
Leader Nick McKim says Tasmania could deliver the project more efficiently and more cheaply than the Federal Government.
He says details and costings still need to be worked out, but he believes the Greens could attract private investment.
"Of course there's a lot of work that would need to be done before we fully understand the scale and the cost of this proposal, but we believe it can be done," he said.
"It can be done by partnerships with the private sector including some of the super fund and private capital investors."
Mr McKim has admitted the party has only come up with the idea in the last five days, following the NBN Co's backflip on the fibre rollout.
Last year, the Premier asked Aurora to investigate the use of the power pole network for the NBN rollout.