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When first arriving in Santa Monica, the city seems like a vision of the future depicted in Sci-Fi films, with people zipping about on electric scooters in the California sun.
One of the companies behind the scooters, Bird, has recently begun lobbying Toronto city councillors and the mayor's office, so this future may be on its way to Toronto and other Canadian cities.
Recently I rode a scooter in Santa Monica, a city dubbed "The E-Scooter Capital of the World" as there are multiple start-up companies populating the oceanside city's sidewalks. City administrators there have been willing to pilot them while other jurisdictions have not.
I downloaded the app for Lime, one brand of scooters, but I could have also used my Uber or Lyft apps as those ride-hailing companies have also started providing e-scooters. Once registered, the app provides a map showing the nearest scooters and how much farther they can go before running out of power.
When first stepping on one it doesn't start by simply squeezing the throttle: it requires a little push with your leg before the motor starts. It's like a reminder that able-bodied people can get around on their own power, as we've done forever. When the motor does kick in it really zips.
Since riders stand upright on scooters the closest equivalent might be standing on an escalator or moving sidewalk, but those move much slower. With top speeds of around 23 kilometres per hour, the speed is substantial so there's volatility to riding them, though that feeling probably fades with more experience.
The scooter wheels are quite small though and I felt all the bumps even though Santa Monica streets, free of salt and snowploughs, are quite smooth. As any cyclist knows, Toronto streets are often jarring, with potholes that can sprain wrists and streetcar tracks that can catch even a conscientious rider at the wrong angle, so the experience here will be quite different.
Toronto skateboarders seem to manage all right but they're a hearty bunch and, most importantly, self-propelled. With e-scooters a lot of casual riders will be on these motorized devices. Predictably, in some places scooters are being piloted, injuries are way up.
As a mobility device, I can't envision many older folks using them, or anybody even a little nervous about moving around quickly while standing upright. Admittedly I did feel a little old riding one as there's something infantilizing about these scooters, perhaps because they look so much like the kind kids ride. This is a subjective feeling of course, perhaps as wrong as opponents of bicycles who say they are just for kids.
Santa Monica has some rules for scooters that include no sidewalk riding and a requirement for helmets, though there was much flaunting of them.
Even when they're not moving, you see the scooters everywhere. Sometimes they're lined up orderly on the sidewalk inside painted boxes the city has reserved for them. More often than not though they're haphazardly parked on sidewalks, sometimes lying on their sides in a pile with others. Occasionally, they're in bushes and on lawns.
At one point I saw a man leave his battery-depleted scooter on the wheelchair ramp that led down to the beach in a place that would prove troublesome for anybody trying to use the ramp for its intended purpose. Any random person can also easily move a locked scooter, so keeping them corralled will be difficult.
This is where the futuristic feeling of the scooters gives way to annoyance at all the clutter. With a few exceptions, Toronto has notoriously narrow sidewalks so it's easy to envision e-scooters immediately blocking them here.
There's also the unseen issue of how the scooters are charged up. Like with Uber or food delivery companies, there's an army of contract workers who collect depleted scooters in their car, take them home, charge them up and return them to designated spots. Though there are reports of it being a lucrative part-time job for high school students, it's yet another aspect of the precarious "gig" economy that is marketed as urban infrastructure.
Riding the scooters was undeniably fun and a single 30-minute, 3.7-km ride around Santa Monica cost me US $6.39, but is it a mobility solution to some of Toronto's problems?
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Our streets and sidewalks here are already so crowded that another mode of transportation vying for the scarce real estate seems destined for problems. Walking is community and built-in exercise, but human nature will usually pick the easier way to get around. Those who do walk also face the prospect of people moving much faster than them sharing the same or nearby space.
Finding a balance for e-scooters in the city will be a challenge.


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Determining the average penis size for a group of males, let alone for men around the world, is more complicated than you might imagine. Unfortunately most information about average penis size comes from popular culture and not science. Let's start by considering some figures from science.
The results from three studies of penis size where the measurements were taken in a laboratory setting give the following ranges:
- Average penis length (flaccid/not erect): from 3.4 inches to 3.7 inches (8.6 cm to 9.3 cm)
- Average penis length (erect): from 5.1 inches to 5.7 inches (12.9 cm to 14.5 cm)
- Average penis girth (circumference when erect): from 3.5 inches to 3.9 inches (8.8 cm to 10 cm)
If you're surprised by these numbers, and can't quite square them with what you read about in popular magazines (or your inbox on a daily basis) and what you see in porn films, there's a reason for your confusion.
First, many statistics you read are not from legitimate research, but from marketing companies who want you to feel bad about your penis size so you'll buy their product.
Secondly, determining what the average penis size is is more complicated than it seems. It's a physical body part, you measure it, and repeat hundreds of thousands of times around the world, then take an average. What's the problem? Well arriving at an accurate idea of what is an average penis size, is more complicated. Some of the problems with figuring out average penis size include:
- Is penis size considered to be the length, the girth, or both?
- When measuring penis length, where do you start?
- Is penis girth measured at the base of the penis, at the glans (head), or around the shaft?
- Are the people measured in these studies representative of the general population?
- Do all studies include measurements taken by others, or self-reported measurements (which are historically bigger than measurements reported by others)?
Different studies answer these questions differently, which makes arriving at a single average penis size almost impossible. Also, many researchers believe that those who are willing to participate in a study about penis size may have larger than average penises, which would skew the results.
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Bondil, P., Costa, P., Daures,J.P., et al. "Clinical Study of the Longitudinal Deformation of the Flaccid Penis and of its Variations with Aging" European Urology Vol. 21, No. 4 (1992): 284–286.
Hocking, J., Smith, A.M., Benton, K., et al. "Does Penis Size Influence Condom Slippage and Breakage?"International Journal of STD & AIDS Vol. 9, No. 8 (1998): 444–447.
Kinsey, A., Pomeroy, W. & Martin, C. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1948.
Richters, J., Gerofi,J., & Donovan, B.. "Are Condoms the Right Size(s): A Method for Self Measurement of the Erect Penis" Venereology Vol. 8, No. 2 (1995): 77–81.
Schneider, T., Sperling, H., Lummen, G. et al. "Does Penile Size in Younger Men Cause Problems in Condom Use? A Prospective Measurement of Penile Dimensions in 111 Young and 32 Older Men" UrologyVol. 57, No. 2 (2001): 314-318.
Wessells, H., Lue, T.F. & McAninch, J.W. "Penile Length in the Flaccid and Erect States: Guidelines for Penile Augmentation" The Journal of Urology Vol. 156, Issue 3. (1996): 995-997.

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14/05/2016 — 18/06/2016
Louise Giovanelli
From Here to Here: Part One
Louise Giovanelli: From Here to Here, is an exhibition in two parts. Part One (14 May - 18 June) will display a selection of paintings taken from the Grundy's permanent collection. For Part Two (2 July - 13 Aug) the artist will exhibit new version of these, re-framing and re-casting details from within the portraits into a parallel history of the artist's making, rehanging the space in a ghostly echo of the originals.
This exhibition forms part of our 2016 year of programming around the Grundy's permanent collection as well as our commitment to supporting the work of young and emerging artists, in particular those from the North West.
Louise Giovanelli (b. London 1993, lives and works in Manchester) completed her BA in painting at Manchester School of Art in 2015. She has exhibited in group exhibitions in Manchester, Los Angeles and Pforzheim, Germany and will have a further solo exhibition at the International 3 Gallery in Salford in July.


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A 40-year-old woman from Steger,Illinois who allegedly drove over her child on Wednesday evening was booked at the Will County Adult Detention Facility today on two counts of aggravated DUI.
Yvette Y. Guerrero-Silva is charged with the class two felony of aggravated DUI leading to the death of another and the class 4 felony of aggravated DUI causing injury to another. Police aid the bond was set at $1 million.
Police in Crete, where the tragedy occurred, said Guerrero-Silva was backing out of the driveway of a family business about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday when the vehicle rolled over 19-month-old Holly Silva, causing massive head injuries to the girl. She had been playing in the area near the car.
The paramedics who responded took Holly to St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Chicago Heights. The Cook County medical examiiner's office said that the girl was pronounced dead there at 7:41 p.m. The girl's death was ruled an accident, the result of multiple injuries.
Crete Police Chief James Paoletti said in a prepared statement that at the scene, Guerrero-Silva admitted to consuming several alcoholic beverages just before the accident. He said that results of a blood test indicated that her blood-alcohol content was higher than the state maximum for driving.
Paoletti said that with the resuts of toxicology tests, additional charges are expected. Guerrero-Silva could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison if convicted.
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How has capitalism created or enhanced racism? In what ways do the violent histories of slavery and empire continue to influence the allocation of global resources?
Rethinking Racial Capitalism: Questions of Reproduction and Survival proposes a return to analyses of racial capitalism – the capitalism that is inextricably linked with histories of racist expropriation – and argues that it is only by tracking the interconnections between changing modes of capitalism and racism that we can hope to address the most urgent challenges of social injustice. It considers the continuing impact of global histories of racist expropriation on more recent articulations of capitalism, with a particular focus on the practices of racial capitalism, the continuing impact of uneven development, territory and border-marking, the place of reproductive labour in sustaining racial capitalism, the marketing of diversity as a consumer pleasure and the creation of supposedly 'surplus' populations.
1. What racial capitalism isn't and what it is / 2. The practices of racial capitalism / 3. Uneven development and the solidification of racialised destinies / 4. Territory and borders – racial capitalism and sovereignty in crisis / 5. Subsistence economics in the crevices of capitalism / 6. Marketing diversity / Conclusion: On not being part of the reserve army of labour/ Bibliography/ Index
Gargi Bhattacharyya is Professor of Sociology at the Centre For Migration, Refugees and Belonging, University of East London, UK
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Full of intellectual energy and wit, Rethinking Racial Capitalism is a fascinating account of the entanglements between capitalism and racism, from the proliferation of territorial borders, to reparations and indebtedness. Fulfilling her promise of descriptive analysis, Bhattacharyya's storytelling is rich, alert, vibrant. Capitalism's allure appears as a hot bath, a teenage outfit, the opening of a menu. I didn't want the book to end.
To read Gargi Bhattacharyya is always enlightening: she teaches how to think, not just what to think; she engages her readers as citizens, not just professors; and she grounds her scholarship in movements for liberation. Rethinking Racial Capitalism will transform our understanding of one of the key issues of the day – how capitalism and racism work together.
An acutely observed, innovative and thought-provoking study of the articulation of racism with the development of capitalism. Replete with intersectional insights, it extends contemporary debate through a feminist lens. Careful socio-economic and political analysis is complemented with attention to issues of affect such as the trans-generational carryover of trauma. An excellent combination of analytical rigour with political acumen and compassion. A must-read for anyone concerned about the effects of racial capitalism.
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Britain's 'most hit bridge' has been smashed into by another lorry - just days after being reopened with new warning signs.
The 9ft tall structure, which is covered in bright yellow warning stripes, has reportedly been driven into by motorists at least 120 times since 2009.
The HGV crashed into Stutney Bridge in Ely, Cambridgeshire, on Monday afternoon after leaving the vehicle lodged on its side and the roof virtually torn off.
Road police tweeted images of the wreckage and confirmed the driver had been 'prosecuted'.
A Cambridgeshire County Council spokeswoman confirmed work had been completed on the bridge just last week.
A Network Rail spokesman said: 'A lorry struck the bridge at 14.54 today.
'There were some temporary speed restrictions in place in the area but these were removed at 15.35.
'There were no injuries but it did cause some damage to the bridge.
'Traffic in the area has now returned to normal.'
The spokesman added: 'Today's incident prompted Network Rail to reiterate its 'wise up, size up' message to drivers of all high vehicles.
'Drivers need to know the height of their vehicle, not guess. In short: Wise up, size up.'
Britain's 'most-hit bridge' strikes again!
Britain's 'most hit bridge' has been smashed into by another lorry - just days after being reopened with new warning signs.


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John Mayer cancels T In The Park show
The singer has cancelled his appearance at the Scottish festival due to unforeseen circumstances.
Last week, the rapper Drake announced that he wouldn't be able to perform at the event either due to a family situation that required his immediate attention.
T In The Park 2010 will take place at Balado Airfield, Scotland from 9-11 July.
Tickets have sold out but there are a number of passes available on secondary ticketing platform viagogo, both for individual days and for the weekend, currently starting at £169.99 for all three days.
viagogo will provide a safe and secure online platform enabling fans to sell spare tickets if they are unable to attend. viagogo guarantees every transaction meaning that buyers can be sure they will get the tickets they paid for, and that sellers will get paid for their tickets.
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Sara's Produce, 9201 Two Notch Road: August 2017 (open again, seasonal) 1 comment
Sara's Produce was the follow-on operation in this spot to Wood Produce. It seems to have had a fairly short run, opening in May or June, and closing probably in August.
The main shed is now empty, but there is a new ice depot.
UPDATE 15 May 2018 -- Well it appears that commenter Carl is correct, and that this business is seasonal. They are now open again:
Wood Produce, 9201 Two Notch Road: Fall 2016 4 comments
These are admittedly not great pictures, but you get the picture. I noticed some time ago that this longtime Two Notch Road staple had closed, but somehow just got around to getting some shots a few weeks ago.
There used to be a numbe rof little open air markets in the Two Notch and Dentsville area, but I think this was the last of them. As you can see from the little placard behind the fence, they were part of the Certified SC Grown branding for roadside markets, and in fact you can still see their page on the SCDA website, which doesn't seem to notice that they are gone and helpfully explains:
Primary Products Sold: Tomatoes, corn, string beans, bell pepper, okra, cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, squash, Kentucky Wonders, green peanuts, strawberries, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, plums, blueberries, and honey.
I don't have any phonebooks to hand to pin a closing date here, so I'm going to guess 2015.
UPDATE 22 April 2017: Changed closing date from "2015" to "Fall 2016" based on the comments.
UPDATE 7 June 2017 -- Now open as Sara's Produce:
Yandle's Roadside Market, 407 South Assembly Street: April 2014 3 comments
I was not aware of this little roadside market on Assembly at Ferguson until commenter Matt mentioned that it seemed to be closed. That does in fact seem to be the case as the signage has been taken down, and the inside looks fairly hollowed out. You can see a nice picture of the place in full operation here. Also, the webpage is still up, but seems not to have been updated since March 2013.
I enjoy stopping and poking around in this type of place and am sorry I missed it. Often I manage to convince myself that I actually will use some honey or salsa *this time* and end up buying a couple of jars, though in fact it always ends up in my cabinet for years. Given the move of the State Farmers Market from Bluff Road, I can't think of another such market in the nearby vicinity.
(Hat tip to commenter Matt)
Davis Open Air Market / Percival Quick Stop, 2401 Percival Road: 2000s no comments
This building, at the intersection of Percival Road and Old Percival Road, which loopnet says was built in 1960, has been a variety of things over the years. I used to be aware of it peripherally in the 1970s when I started to drive, and would go out to Bell Camp via Percival Road, and later when I would take Screaming Eagle Road to the beach. The only two tenants I can locate via google are Davis Open Air Market, which I kind of remember, and Percival Quick Stop which I do not.
I'm not really sure when the last business closed here, but I think it's been vacant for several years. The next incarnation, a Latin sports bar, looks nearly ready to open.
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Yorkshire Fat Rascals – A Classic Bake from God's Own Country
CT recently returned from a trip to York. Whilst there he popped into Bettys Tea Rooms for a cuppa and a curd tart. Fat rascals are a classic Yorkshire bake and one that I very much associate with Bettys. I've never actually tried one, so in order not to feel left out, I decided to have a go at making some.
Yorkshire Fat Rascals
Fat rascals are a type of tea cake that originated in Yorkshire in the early 1800s. They appear to have encompassed pretty much anything that contained flour and fruit. The modern one, however, is a rich fruited scone-cum-rock cake. They became famous when Bettys created a recipe for them in 1983; it remains a closely guarded secret.
I had a good trawl around for an authentic fat rascals recipe, but every one I found was different. Some included eggs and some didn't. The same went for candied peel and the type of dried fruit used. Double cream even featured in a couple.
I ended up doing my own thing, but you might find Karen's fat rascals recipe over at Lavender and Lovage worth a look. I used a combination of spelt, plain and coconut flour, swapped the milk or double cream for crème fraîche and cheekily added some apricots to the mix.
These Yorkshire fat rascals may not be an authentic recipe, but they sure tasted good. The consensus amongst those that tried them, was that they were more of a rock cake than a scone. Either way, they were good on their own, with or without butter and especially when warm from the oven.
It turns out that CT is plotting a return visit to Bettys this very week. Maybe he'll try the authentic fat rascals and can comment on the authenticity or otherwise of my version. No matter, he scoffed mine without complaint; he's a bit of a fat rascal himself, you see.
Update 28 May 2017
CT remembered and brought me back a Bettys fat rascal from York. As you can see it didn't look much like mine, but although it was good, we both reckoned mine was better.
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Yorkshire Fat Rascals – The Recipe
Yorkshire Fat Rascals
- 250 g flour I used 100g wholemeal spelt, 100g plain and 50g coconut flour
- 1 rounded tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 scant tsp cinnamon
- a good grating of nutmeg
- 75 g golden caster sugar I used cardamom sugar
- 100 g unsalted butter - cubed
- 50 g currants
- 50 g dried unsulphered apricots - chopped
- 25 g candied peel - chopped
- 2 medium eggs
- 2 heaped tbsp crème fraîche or yoghurt
- 2 tbsp water
- 8 undyed glacé cherries - halved
- 8 blanched almonds
- In a large bowl, rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the fruit and peel.
- Make a well in the middle and break in one of the eggs. Beat the other egg in a cup and add half to the mix, keeping the other half back to use for brushing later.
- Add the crème fraîche, then stir with a knife from the inside out until the mixture comes together. Add 1-2 tbsp of water if the mixture is to dry then stir again.
- Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a soft dough, then divide into eight. Roll each piece into a ball between the palms of your hands and place well apart on a lined baking sheet.
- Flatten each ball slightly, then brush with the remaining egg. Place two cherry halves and an almond on each rascal.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200℃ (400℉, Gas 6) for 15 minutes or until the rascals are well risen, firm and golden.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool, or get stuck in immediately.
I'm sharing these Yorkshire fat rascals with #CookBlogShare which is hosted this week by Monika at Everyday Healthy Recipes.
Also #BakeOfTheWeek with Mummy Mishaps and Casa Costello.
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Angie@Angie's Recipes23rd May 2017 at 11:30 am
50g of coconut flour?? Did you use coconut flour or the ground dried coconut flakes? Because 50 grams of coconut flour is about 1 whole cup and absorbs so much more liquid than wheat flour.
These are new to me and kinda of like X'mas baking :-))
Mandy23rd May 2017 at 2:19 pm
I've never heard of a fat rascal before but they sound lovely and something I will definitely look out for should I ever visit Yorkshire! In the meantime I'll have to make my own. Thanks for linking to my Yorkshire puddings x
kellie@foodtoglow23rd May 2017 at 4:57 pm
You are so cheeky calling a CT a fat rascal! Your recipe really does look fab, and I totally love that you mixed up the flours, using coconut and spelt. I'm sure that enhanced the taste of the fruit. They look incredibly moreish.
Vicki23rd May 2017 at 7:11 pm
Wow! I've never heard of these but I want one! They sound epic!
Camilla23rd May 2017 at 8:59 pm
I'm now wondering who CT is? Your Fat Rascals look really good and I love all the fruit in them:-) Thanks for linking to my recipe:-)
Sus // roughmeasures.com23rd May 2017 at 9:40 pm
I love the name of these! I haven't heard of them before – they sound yummy!
Kate - gluten free alchemist23rd May 2017 at 10:49 pm
Never heard of a Fat Rascal but they have a great name and I want one! They look a bit like hot cross buns without the cross. Are they good toasted too? (I'll eat everything toasted!)
Thanks for the link to my Yorkies too xx
Janice24th May 2017 at 8:21 am
I've never had a Fat Rascal from Betty's Tea Room either, the nearest I've been is to look in the window because we weren't willing to queue outside for an hour to get inside! I guess if you go outside the holiday season it might be easier to get in! Your recipe for Fat Rascals sounds really delicious, I particularly like the addition of dried apricots to the recipe as they are my favourites.
Monika Dabrowski24th May 2017 at 9:19 am
These are simply faultless, I love how you make all your recipes so healthy without ever compromising on flavour, and this one is no exception. In fact I think it's the healthy ingredients that make your recipes so delicious looking and sounding. Thank you for bringing it to #CookBlogShare:)
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain24th May 2017 at 9:23 am
They look so good Chocolette, I love the idea of adding some apricots to the mix too. I have admit, even as a Yorkshire girl, I've never made fat rascals! I think I ought to change that!
Thankyou too for mentioning my Yorkshire Curd Tart,
Angela x
Claire Jessiman24th May 2017 at 10:26 am
These look fantastic. Never heard of them before but they sound like the ultimate Rock Cake.
Hannah Hossack-Lodge24th May 2017 at 10:35 am
I have heard of fat rascals but never actually tried one; they do look very like rock cakes which I love so I am sure that I would enjoy them. I have a bag of barely used coconut flour in the cupboard which I really need to use up so a batch of these may be in order!
Cliona Keane24th May 2017 at 11:53 am
Oooo this looks amazing! I love how traditional these are and they just look scrumptious!
Claire @foodiequine25th May 2017 at 10:08 pm
Fat Rascal is the best name for a bake EVER #fact
Fiona Maclean26th May 2017 at 10:59 pm
Thanks for the mention! I actually forgot I'd blogged that recipe. I love the idea of fat rascals – I'll have to try sometime soon
Jenny-apply to face blog27th May 2017 at 1:52 pm
These look fab. Bizarrely they were in a question on Eggheads this week! I had never heard of them so did a double take when I saw your post.They look delicious!x
Jenny Paulin30th May 2017 at 5:19 pm
Wow these look immense! All that fruit and the colour of your fat rascals are fabulous! I would love to try one. I have never heard of them before but I love the name . Thanks for linking to #Bakeoftheweek xx


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Industry leaders are cautioning agents working Toronto's west end, warning them about a seemingly ideal client intent on luring them to vacant properties.
Let's face it: not all agents are the marketing gurus they think they are. Unfortunately, some of those bad puns and awkward photos make it to their advertising materials.
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Ivanhoe CEO Fournier profiled
The CEO of one of Canada's largest property firms, Ivanhoe, is featured in Business in Vancouver today as he discusses his life, what got him to running one of the largest real estate groups in the world. Daniel Fournier is the star of this piece that touches on several issues in real estate. Read the full story.
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The #MPOWERment Blog
>Maybe the reason I am afraid of success and why I sabotage myself is because as harsh as it may sound, I am not here to serve for myself(ok not quite how I was going to put it). All I want to do in life is help others to realize their potential, their beauty, their unbelievable capabilities no matter what has happened, where they come from or through any adversity they may have been born with or have survived through. Maybe that is why I don't want "success" because what society deems as success is how hot you are, how much money you have, who you know, the cool stuff you own…but that means shit. It really does. Sure I like nice things (you would never know it by how I look day to day lol) but it is not what makes you feel good or makes you truly happy and feel worthwhile. Maybe that is part of the reason I stepped out of the training etc. aspect of the fitness industry for a while. I worked for and in too many environments where people were given such a power that they didn't deserve to have like changing a persons life and most knew they shouldn't be doing it but did it anyways because it was all about money. It's okay to not have all the answers and to need help but swallow your pride and ask for it or leave the industry (why is there so much ego I just don't know but I do find that those are the ones who are only in it for the money but guess what…actually giving a fuck about people and really and truly having the desire to help will bring you unbelievable riches not just in a monetary way). There are too many gyms out there who lose sight of that it is about the people not just making sales…the money comes with some caring and creativity and an open mind, I have experienced this time and again. NOTHING is better than when someone comes to you so hopeless and down and you watch them transform and realize their true potential be it by helping them with their health or even something as simple as feeding that homeless man on the corner. The feeling you get is such an incredible thing and everyone deserves to feel it and think of how much better the world would be…. Even simple things like volunteering your time or services to those less fortunate than you and knowing that maybe that one small thing might save a persons life or maybe make the day of some young child. Stepping outside of yourself or even simple things like even when you really don't want to leave the house cause you are all cozy in your bed but you get a call or a text from someone who really needs your ear or your company…suck it up and do it because I guarantee you will feel so much better that you did than if you didn't and even more so, think about how that person may feel knowing that you are there.I try to do something everyday even when I can't afford to and wish I could do more, I need to do more. I want to truly do more and lately, I have been sabotaging my path to success because I don't feel like I am doing anything to help change the world, make someone smile or make a difference I feel like it is a selfish thing. I want success, of course I do but I am afraid to lose that part of me and there aren't really a ton of people who grasp certain things I am going through, It's ok and it will all be okay and I will succeed on my path, hell I have fallen too many times and have fought through enough things to let my current behaviours take me down now. I just hope that the belief in me from those involved right now understand things and realize that it is only a temporary thing and that with the right support and understanding by my side, the ultimate plan for world domination will occur wooohahahahaha lol jk…sort of 😉


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Virginia moves to brink of becoming 38th state to ratify ERA
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia on Wednesday moved to the brink of becoming the crucial 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in what was seen as a momentous victory by women's rights advocates even though it is far from certain the measure will ever be added to the U.S. Constitution.
The state House and Senate approved the proposed amendment with bipartisan support, well over a generation after Congress sent the ERA to the states for ratification in 1972. Each chamber now must pass the other's resolution, but final passage is considered all but certain.
Amendments to the Constitution must be ratified by three-quarters of the states, or 38. But whether this one will go on to become the 28th Amendment may have to be decided in court because the deadline set by Congress for ratification of the ERA ran out in 1982 and because five states that approved it in the 1970s have since rescinded their support.
Still, the twin votes carried symbolic weight and showed how much once-solidly conservative Virginia, a place that defeated the ERA time and again, has changed.
Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, a sponsor of the House ERA measure, told her colleagues they were taking "the vote of a lifetime."
"One hundred and sixty million women and girls across this country are waiting and will forever be changed by what happens in this body here today," she said.
ERA supporters had lined up hours in advance to get seats in the gallery, including Donna Granski, whose sash was covered in ERA buttons, some from her "antique" collection. Granksi said she was shocked when she moved to Virginia in the late '70s and learned it hadn't ratified the ERA. She had been pushing for it ever since.
"We feel like we are marching up to the peak of the mountain," she said.
ERA advocates say it would enshrine equality for women in the Constitution, offering stronger protections in sex discrimination cases. They also argue the ERA would give Congress firmer ground to pass anti-discrimination laws.
Opponents warn it would erode commonsense protections for women, such as workplace accommodations during pregnancy. They also worry it could be used by abortion-rights supporters to quash abortion restrictions on the grounds they discriminate against women.
Virginia has undergone seismic political shifts in recent years because of increasing diversity and the growing activism and political power of women. Democrats retook control of the legislature in November's elections and made passing the ERA a top priority after Republicans blocked it for years.
The ERA had passed the Virginia Senate in previous years with bipartisan support but had never before made it to the House for a floor vote.
It passed there on a 59-41 vote presided over by Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, the first female House speaker in the chamber's 400-year history. Spectators in the gallery erupted in the cheers as she announced the outcome. The Senate then passed it 28-12.
Republican Del. Margaret Ransone, who voted against the ERA, emphasized the missed deadline and said: "I wish I could say that this dedication and hard work has not all been for nothing."
Last week, the U.S. Justice Department issued an opinion saying that because the deadline has expired, the ERA is no longer legally pending before the states. The National Archives, which certifies the ratification of constitutional amendments, said it will abide by that opinion "unless otherwise directed by a final court order."
At least two lawsuits have already been filed, one of them brought last month by Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota to block the amendment and another filed last week to clear a path for its adoption. In the meantime, congressional Democrats are working to pass a bill removing the deadline.
Associated Press writers Alan Suderman and Denise Lavoie contributed to this report.


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Back in the late 1950s and early 60s I was an essential oil distiller for several summers on our family-owned peppermint farm north of Madras, Oregon. I operated an industrial-sized still for several weeks where truckloads of freshly cut peppermint were brought. I hooked up some specialized piping for getting steam into the bottom of the large tubs on the back of the trucks and then hooked up a water-sealed gasket to force the steam and peppermint vapors out the top and over to the huge cooling apparatus to condense the steaming hot vapors into peppermint oil. The work wasn't difficult, but the hours were dawn to dusk and beyond, and I put in some seventy-hour weeks. I don't remember how much oil we got, but there were about twenty sixty-gallon barrels per summer. We were the sole suppliers to Wrigley's for their peppermint gum when I was working there, so if you chewed any peppermint gum back in the sixties you were probably getting your flavor from what included my efforts. Part of the good flavor comes from totally hand-clearing weeds out of the fields, and I did a lot of that too.
Recently I have been attending lectures on essential oils and retrieved my Spiritual Sky Essential Oils sampler kit that I've owned for over three decades, it was in my bathroom drawer. I had sniffed through the twenty bottles in that kit many times over those decades. That included on the top row: African Violet, Cherry, Strawberry , Frangipani, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Shalimar, Lemon-Lime; on the bottom row: Blueberry, Musk, Passion Flower, Patchouly, Raspberry, Sandalwood, Strawberry, Yellow Rose. A strange thing about smelling these odors over a hundred times is that I cannot link names to some of them from their odors. That inability to name them is exceedingly strange because I can smell every one of them perfectly well and uniquely when side by side. Supposedly there is a terrific ability to link an odor to long past events, but it seems to require a memorable event, and not just sniffing twenty bottles with labels on them one after the other. One time I visited my uncle overnight, who had moved into my grandparents' home, after they had died, and slept in my grandmother's bed, and bam!! the instant my head hit the pillow there was a terrific pleasant smell of my grandmother. The sensation soon went away, but it was very strong and unmistakable for several seconds. It seems we need some unique linkage to remember odors.
Recently, after attending a lecture on essential oils sponsored by doTerra, I became re-enthused about essential oils. Their oils are quite expensive for someone just entering the world of odoriferous oils, so I went online and purchased a cheaper twenty-bottle essential oil collection set from EMORI. That also included a six-bottle set of blended oils. These are very good oils, but they are not near as perfect as the doTerra ones. I can fall in love with the EMORI odors, but I can go into ecstasies with some of the doTerra oils.
I went to another lecture for the doTerra oils last night, and once again can't believe what I have been missing out on all my life, especially since I several times thought about getting into the odor business. I didn't because when I spent a lot of time going around smelling things, especially flowers, that quickly made my sinuses swell up, so I quit doing it. I have no reaction problem with these essential oils so I'm back to living in my nose.
My EMORI collection consists of Basil, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Citronella, Clove, Cypress, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Ginger, Grapefruit, Lavender, Lemongrass, Nutmeg, Patchouli, Peppermint, Spearmint, Tea Tree, Vetiver, Wintergreen, Ylang ylang; and the blends Anti-Anxiety, De-stress and good sleep, Calm down, Kama Sutra, Muscle relief, Silhouette slimming.
Back when I was flying jets for the USAF one of the benefits of landing at some new airport was that every place had a unique smell, but I could only perceive it for the first few sniffs after taking off my oxygen mask. I never get that blast of new odor when getting off of commercial aviation flights, apparently because the air gets slowly mixed before getting outdoors, or perhaps they use sensation killing deodorants inside the airplanes because so many people are contained together for so long it becomes unpleasantly stinky, and those chemicals prevent my nose from perceiving any odor for a while.
Most people are into essential oils for their health benefits; I'm into them for pleasure.


text: 230592 11 Report post Posted June 15, 2013 Did you feel nervous about leaving your babies to go and have the surgery? I am worried that my babies will get upset and that no one will be able to soothe them while I am in surgery. My son has separation anxiety and hasn't been away from me for more then 30 mins in his whole life (13 months). I am not having my surgery until somewhere between December 2013 and March 2014 so I am hoping to have some trial runs where I leave him with my parents for a few hours and see how he goes. My next fear is dying during surgery, I know it won't happen but still scares me because I suffer with Von willebrands disease so the doctor explained they will have blood on standby in case I need a transfusion. Made me a bit frightened. Anyone else experience similar fears Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Remember that the person whose name appears on the credit card MUST be the person who shows up at the door to claim their tickets.
Dinner Show Ticket Information
- Dinner show tickets will be $90 per person
- Dinner show tickets are for the same show as the GA tickets but include dinner at the cantina.
- If you have GA tickets you cannot add the option of adding dinner.
- Dinner shows tickets sales will remain as in the past, they will be sold at the Cantina, first come first serve.
- Dinner tickets will be sold at noon on the following dates:
October 6th for the Shows on the 7th and 9th
October 10th for the Shows on the 11th and 13th
- 2 tickets per person, added security will be added to those in line to prevent anyone from holding places in line for friends.
Please note that these will be the ONLY tickets available and no additional tickets will be given away day of show!
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The below is where I am getting my information from. It is posted on this website somewhere right now it is escaping me but here is a copy/paste of the text.
Registration for Birthday Bash 2013 Tickets has now closed. All entries that have been received will be treated equally. We will perform the random drawing the first week of August and will notify winners through email. For those who cannot secure travel arrangements following their purchase, we will provide a one-time refund window until August 15th. Any tickets returned will then be added into a second chance drawing.
I believe they are not going to draw until the first week of August. The original was today, but I saw a post saying not until August.
Ok, first time to Cabo with rock104 .. with my wife of 33yrs as well my sister of ...50+ yrs...both have birthdays in Oct..my wife's..OCT 6 and my sister's Oct 29... just between Sammy's.....Also, some how I believe I think Sammy met our cousin Tim Butzow in a custom bike shop in AZ..Hope we can get tickets for the 7th or 9th...Would be AWSOME!... Saw Sammy in Fort Wayne, IN.. a couple of times...W/VanHalen ... and a much better concert with the Wabos several years ago...but the girls never had the experience ...hope to see you in Cabo
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My 50th birthday Oct 7 and will be in Cabo hope and pray to get tickets!
We planned our honeymoon during the time of the Birthday Bash and assumed we could just "buy" tickets. Unfortunately its not that easy. We will def. enter the contest and try our luck.
Hope to see you all there...
If anyone needs a place to stay I have a 5 star reservations during the 5th thru the 12th and the 6th thru the 13th. call or email me for details, Adrian 817-223-2923 or firstname.lastname@example.com
The registration will be in the form of a link you click on for the show(s) that you wish to be entered into for ticket drawing. They will announce when the links will be activated on the website and usually are open for a week. The next thing will be the drawing and fans that are picked will receive an e-mail letting them know of this. If your NOT picked you will NOT receive any notification. This should be how ticketing will be for general show tickets. If your not selected in the drawing you can try your luck at the dinner/show tickets which are sold at the club on a first come/first serve basis. They usually announce the info for these type after the drawings have concluded.
Like many others I don't quite understand the registration for the lottery. I would love to get my hands on tickets. I have been trying for years with no luck.
But, the show in Vegas was Awesome! And we always love Tahoe, and everything we can pick up in the LA area.
We love Cabo and it would be great to see you there. My fingers are crossed.
I want tickets for the Carbo Birthday show. I was there last year with my husband Roy Turner and it is his Birthday also and we could not get tickets. Hoping to get tickets this year We will be in Carbo Oct 4th until Oct 12th.
Thank you
Barbara Turner
They have said the drawing part will come around the end of month.
We are waiting patiently to enter the draw for tickets. Hopefully we can get more info on this soon?
Since your going to be there anyway even if you don't get tickets you can hang outside. There is always a nice crowd gathered and they show the show on the screen. You also have a chance to see the band members as they arrive. I last year saw Sammy, David, Matt Sorum, and Emeril.
Totally agree with the other Redheads that posted here. Fair would be to give everyone registered a shot at making at least 1 show. Allowing the same people to get into multiple shows....UNFAIR. I don't have a problem with the random drawing but remove the names that get selected and give all the others a chance. We ALL want to see the show! I'll be there that week regardless, but sure hope I get to see Sammy!!
To all those posting about the multiple show draws that happened last year I totally agree. This was brought up in numerous posts after the drawings concluded last year, and admin did respond saying they were looking into having this year not be that way. I have posted if they could respond on whether they will do it as such but no response yet.
I believe the lottery is the fairest way, even though last year I tried to get tickets to all the shows and got none with the
"lottery" system. The only suggestion I have is to remove people who get tickets to a show from the rest of the drawings so everyone will have a chance to see at least 1 show. Maybe do this for the first 3 shows then open it up again for the show on the 13th. I talked to several people who got tickets to 2-3 shows. At least this way you dont have to be in line all night.
I am hoping for better luck this year, rooms and flights already booked!!
Just a thought- but if the point is to be 'fair'....how about removing a winner after they've received a draw for their tix? I love the option to enjoy the gorgeous hotels I stay in every year vs sleeping on the street(don't care how much a 'bigger' fan you think yourself because you'd prefer that option...that's just silly!) but this latest cluster dumped on us last year was an epic fail! Some got all, most got none- I sympathize with those who claim they can't computer sit on sale dates(re: previous Internet sales before that cockamamie lottery idea shat on most of us) for these sought after shows- but honestly, if my gang can work around it I'm sure many others can as well. I'd rather take my own shot than some shady behind the scenes " lottery" (maybe totally up &up , how would I, with MY 4 decades of record, tshirt, video, more concerts than I can count, tequila, etc purchased- ever know ?) . Don't get me wrong, it was awesome standing next to dozens of "fans" who 1)didn't know who Vic was, 2) were younger than my 28 yr old and didn't know who anyone was- (ok they knew Emeril, sort of), 3).. chicken- what? Sam has another band!? , 4) we planned our vaca here after we won 3 shows in the lottery and have to leave so didn't buy that 4th one ....::thud::...... How nice for them...many of us book trips early in the year just so we can hopefully hit some shows - and educate the lucky!?!? Come on....make it actually, truly fair if you're going to continue jerking our chain! See you in Cabo! \m/
we have a large group coming down from texas staying at the riu palace for a week and was hoping we could get tix like we did a few years back by standing in line at 4am. now this? so we might or might not get tix,that sux
I gotta get tickets! This show will ROCK!
If I get tickets I will be at the show..


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Paola Longoria and Rhonda Rajsich will meet in the final of a Women's Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO) event for the fourth time this season on Sunday, when they'll battle for the California Open title in Canoga Park, California. Longoria is the #1 WPRO player, but Rajsich could take back the top spot with a victory Sunday, as she's had a better record this season including wins over Longoria in their three previous meetings.
In the semi-finals, Longoria defeated 4th seed Samantha Salas Solis in three straight games, 11-0, 11-7, 11-5, while Rajsich had to come back against 3rd seed Cheryl Gudinas, after Gudinas won the first game. Rajsich then won the next three to take the match, 10-12, 11-2, 11-1, 11-6.
The final can be seen on the IRT Network at 11 AM PST (2 PM EST) Sunday.
2011 California Open, Canoga Park, California
Semi finals (with seeding)
1 Paola Longoria d. 4 Samantha Salas Solis, 11-0, 11-7, 11-5
2 Rhonda Rajsich d. 3 Cheryl Gudinas, 10-12, 11-2, 11-1, 11-6
1 Paola Longoria vs. 2 Rhonda Rajsich
Follow the bouncing ball....
Saturday, January 8, 2011
2011 California Open - WPRO Semi-finals
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Devlog #15 - UI Implementation and Automation
Devlog #15 - UI Implementation and Automation
Hey there, after UI design and management I'm back with a more practical devlog again, this time about automating some repetitive tasks!
I already went a bit into detail about the design of our UI but I haven't said anything about its implementation yet.
Since this was originally a game-jam game and also the first more ambitious visual novel either of us worked on, the UI implementation is fairly simple and basically boils down to images that are displayed on the UI layer (So no fancy shenanigans with text and custom screens in this case).
However, since things like the date, the time of day, and Teal's mood constantly change, it's a lot of separate images and keeping track of all of them manually can be a bit of a pain.
For example, early on when I was first implementing the UI, the code for showing just the box with the date in the upper left corner looked like this:
show timebox at topleft onlayer screens show date march3 at topleft onlayer screens with dAppear show time afternoon at topleft onlayer screens with dAppear
That's kind of a handful to write on every scene change, especially since all of this needs to be hidden again at the end unless you want it to stay on screen the whole time during a location change.
Since I was fairly new to Ren'Py back then I kept it like this for at least one or two weeks (I think), until I found out that you can call labels and pass arguments to them.
This changed a lot for me, because suddenly I could move all the code above into a single label with a few conditional statements and just write one line of code in the script that practically does the same:
call showDate(3, "afternoon")
Calling labels is handy because it basically goes through the label you call and at the end returns to the one you were previously at. Which meant that in this case the label "dayScreen" checks the two parameters that are given and displays the corresponding date and time of day.
This is kind of a hack-y way to do this, though. If I were to do the same again now, I would probably use a custom screen or maybe Python functions, but back then I didn't know any better so this is how it is now :'D
There are other callable "functions" like this. For example the mood-meter, the emotions that pop up, the introductory screen at the beginning of each day, changes of the time of day without day changes, and so on.
They all function in roughly the same way which means that in general, there is at least one big if-statement with all possible dates, times, or emotions that can be called, which is a hassle to write but the important thing is that you only have to write it once.
After that you can enjoy the relative comfort of one-liners that give you access to all the functionality you put into the label you prepared!
Looking back it seems kind of strange why I didn't consider using proper functions, but one upside to using labels this way is that you can just use Ren'Py's normal syntax and aren't forced to use the corresponding Python functions.
Which one is better probably depends on what you want to do, but I think in this case it worked out fairly well.
Anyway, this covers the obvious functionality of these labels but as I was writing the script I realized that there were other things I constantly wrote. For example, on every day change the first two lines usually looked like this:
stop music fadeout(2.0) call dayScreen(4, "noon")
It's not a whole lot but with almost 30 in-game days, it adds up.
So to make things simpler when writing the script, I moved the line of code that stopped the music into the "dayScreen" label, since that was going to happen on every single day change.
I also added the following to this label, although that's technically more of a balancing issue:
if tMood < 3: $tMood = 3
This basically means that even if Teal's mood is as low as it can be, on the next day it will be at 3 again.
Although... since right now there aren't many moments that drastically bring down Teal's mood, I'm not completely sure it if it actually gets used all that often...
Even so, it just felt a bit strange to me that even after sleeping, Teal's mood could still be at its worst, because at least in my experience sleep usually evens things out a bit.
Well, and that's more or less everything I can say about this.
It's not the cleanest way to handle this kind of automation but I hope it was still helpful in some way.
As always, thanks for reading and we'll be back with another devlog next week!
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The weather in April may be hard to predict, but the month's best sales don't have to be.
Chrysa Duran from ThriftyJinxy.com shares how to save at the store or the garage sale.
Allergy Products – Allergy season is coming soon, so we will be seeing discounts and deals for allergy products like mattress and pillow covers, air filters and over-the-counter allergy medications. Allergy medications also have mail-in or text-in rebates at this time of year, so keep your eyes open.
Flooring – According to Consumer Reports, April is a good time of year to find deals on flooring materials. These include hardwood, tile, vinyl and laminate. Since it's a big-ticket item, even a small discount can make a big difference.
Tax Day (4/17) and Earth Day (4/22) Freebies and Deals – Retailers and restaurants both love to use these holidays as a chance to offer freebies, discounts and buy 1 get 1 free offers.
Used Items – As the weather starts to warm up, the garage sales start up again for the year! Besides spotting local sales in your neighborhood, city-wide garage sales begin in April too. Click here for a full list of city-wide sales.
Another good tip comes from DealNews.com. A lot of joggers are inspired to hit the pavement in April. But know that April saw fewer deals on running shoes than March or May last year. Hold out until May, to save the most money.
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Apple iPad or the Samsung Galaxy Tab is something you wish to buy, but could not buy because of the high sales prices? Then there is no need to worry because here comes a very cheap alternative called as the AndyPad which can be one of the best budget android tablet. We just covered the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer which is selling like hot cakes because of the $399 price tag along with awesome features but it can also get a serious competitor because of the 50% lower price of this tablet.
The tablet would be offered in 7″ screen size which is the same size with which the Archos 80 G9 was launched today. The AndyPad comes with the latest firmware update ie the Android 2.3 Gingerbread along with 3D GPU for higher performance. The external ports include a HDMI out, a USB port, a 3.5mm audio jack and a micro SD card slot.
The current listed price on their website is £129 or approx $200 which is pretty low when compared with the specs which are listed above. It's almost like buying a few books converted into electronic media. With the power of android you can enjoy all those awesome games, useful applications and browsing the web on the go.
Along with this, the tablet would be coming pre-installed with few very useful and regularly used apps like Twitter, Facebook, Drag Racing, Bubble Blast, Tank Hero etc. Stay tuned for another two months and we will keep you update on the AndyPad news and their launch information soon
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These pieces really set a stndaard in the industry.
Can we upgrade the firmware to honeycomb?
Hi Neal, has Archos released or is there any unofficial firmware releases for the Archos 10.1 which currently runs 2.2.1. please advise.
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One of the most iconic characters of the Black Ops franchise is Frank Woods. It's only appropriate that you can unlock him in Blackout, but it's one of the harder character unlocks in the game as it requires that you win the game, get an item, and fly a helicopter. With this guide, we'll explain exactly what you need to do to get Woods and some tips to make it a little easier.
The first thing you'll need to do to unlock Woods is get his Bandana. Woods' Bandana can be found in a small clearing north of the Firing Range and between the Train Station and Construction Site locations. In this area there are some blue tarps, a helicopter location, and Woods' Bandanna. The Bandana does not spawn in every match, so even if you get there first you might not get a chance to get it.
Woods' Bandanna Location
What you're going to want to do here is try and get to this location first, snag the Bandana which is on a crate next to the helicopter and then hop into the helicopter to kill two birds with one stone. While this sounds easy enough, there are plenty of people gunning for this challenge so it's much easier said than done.
One tip for attempting the Woods unlock is to wait until the flight path for the helicopters will allow you to use a skilled drop to beat other players to the Bandana. This is when the flight path is far away from this area. Once you get a good set up you will likely have a lot less competition in getting Woods' Bandana.
Grab the Bandana and then immediately hop in the helicopter
You can definitely still do this challenge with other people around, but it is more likely that you are either shot at or have other players try to hop onto the helicopter with you. Alongside any tag -alongs you'll have other players on the ground trying to shoot you down as well.
Once you do manage to get the helicopter and Woods' Bandana you'll want to fly it for 0:45 – 1:00 and try to get far away from other players so that you can loot up and make a run at winning the game as that's the final part of this character challenge. If you're planning on ditching the helicopter, just make sure that you checked the green box on the challenge which can be seen by opening your inventory.
You'll want to try and remember where the flight path was at the beginning of the game and fly the helicopter to places where you think other players won't be. Since you'll likely be without any armor or weapons you'll want to try and play it safe until you've got enough items to make a run at #1.
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Mission Command: An Elusive Philosophy Whose Time Has Come
This is the third blog in my series of reflections on the 5th Drucker Forum held in Vienna November 14-15, 2013. Among the many things that make this event so stimulating and memorable to attend is the numerous conversations that "bubble" up during the coffee and meal breaks among people who may never have met before. There are a lot of senior folk among the participants, with a wide range of experience, and they don't hesitate to express their views! An additional bonus is that, unlike in many other conferences, the major speakers don't fly in "seagull-style" to deposit their views and leave; they are usually there for the duration and are easily accessible during these informal sessions. As a result, while one may come out of the Forum physically tired, one is intellectually invigorated!
My blog this week is inspired by a question on our project management panel, when the discussion turned to project implementation and one participant asked "What about the leaders' intentions?" What ensued was a discussion about mission command, the approach developed by the famed German General Staff in the 19th Century and espoused, if not always practiced, by all the leading armed forces around the world. This concept is now making its way into management. It seems that we may not be moving, as many pundits claim, from an era of "command-and-control" to one of "communicate and cooperate" but to a more creative, paradoxical condition of "command and collaborate".
In 1955 Peter Drucker captured something of this paradox when he wrote in The Practice of Management:
"A decision should always be made at the lowest possible level and as close to the scene of action as possible. Moreover, a decision should always be made at a level ensuring that all activities and objectives affected are fully considered."
When I discuss the meaning of this paragraph with executives they pick up the tension between the two sentences immediately, despite the presence of the smooth connector "moreover". Drucker seems to be saying first, that a decision should be made as low in the hierarchy as possible, and then second, that it should be made as high in the hierarchy as possible. How do we do that?
The Scale of the Problem
The dimensions of hierarchy are scale in space and time. Ideally people lower in the hierarchy should deal with fine-grained decisions, where there is a short cycle time between action and result. Here they tend to learn about cause-and-effect very quickly as a consequence of fast, specific feedback. People higher in the hierarchy should deal with coarse-grained matters, where the feedback can be delayed and equivocal. As a result these folk tend to learn very slowly about cause-and-effect and the lessons they draw may be wrong. Think about global warming, a large-scale problem: while there may be some agreement that it is happening, there is little consensus on the causes, let alone the implications for action.
So every problem and every decision has a scale in space and time: it can be assessed for how "granular" it is and how long the lag in feedback is between action and outcome. Our understanding of cause-and-effect is the product of these two factors; the coarser the grain of the decision and the greater the delay between action and result, the less reliable our knowledge of cause-and-effect.
Mission Command
The German General Staff of the 19th Century understood the practical implications of this problem very well. They knew that the first casualty in every battle is the plan. To address this they developed a philosophy of command that they called Auftragstaktik – "mission tactics". It wasn't just tactics but a whole leadership philosophy of "leading by task", that developed organically over a period of eighty years. It was in sharp contrast with Befehlstaktik or "leading by orders", which was and is a perennial favourite. The command implications of Auftragstaktik were that no commander should issue an order that went into more detail than the scale at which he could appreciate the situation. A commander should never tell a subordinate exactly what to do, for that would remove the subordinate's discretion at precisely those scales where only the subordinate could take effective action. The same caution applied to the subordinate's subordinate, and so on down the line. If subordinates did not have the leeway to make decisions and take action on their own, each at their own unique scale, then they – and their organization – could not learn.
The idea of mission command was to set boundaries, to bracket the options and to create spaces where everyone from the highest general to the lowliest enlisted man had discretion to act in the interest of achieving the overall mission. Of course this meant that everyone would have to know and understand the overall mission and would have to be trained to act independently. In practice everyone was required to know the intent of the commander two echelons higher than their position, which meant that if their immediate superior was killed or wounded they could readily step into his shoes. To do this they would need the intuitive powers to assess a situation and the creative powers and initiative to take effective action. It also meant that not acting – sins of omission – would be criticized much more severely than acts of commission, even if the actions proved wrong. Trainees would have to be able to make mistakes and learn from them without having their self-esteem damaged.
All this implied a very different philosophy from the familiar command-and-control approach that required the issuance of very precise instructions. It embraced radically different theories of the nature of war, character and leadership, senior-subordinate relationships, training and education and so on. At its most fundamental level it required mutual trust between superior and subordinate at all levels of the armed forces. Organizationally I find it helpful the think of the resulting structure as a nested hierarchy like a set of Russian dolls, where the outline of the doll is the leader's intent:
Strategy and Scale
American military observers in Europe in the 19th Century seem to have had as much trouble grasping Auftragstaktik as their modern management counterparts have had in understanding the Toyota Production System. In both cases the practitioners tended to look for tools and techniques and could not grapple with the deep philosophical differences and assumptions about human nature. They had no trouble translating the field manuals, often replicating them word for word, but reproducing the behavior was another matter. We encounter the same problem in management today, particularly with the concept of strategy. Many practitioners look for strategic tools and techniques, which they then try to graft on to their own philosophies of human nature, management and organizations. Then they wonder why they fail.
Take the ongoing distinction between strategy formulation and strategy implementation, which bedevils much writing and discussion on the topic. In the classic model strategy is deliberately formulated at the top of the organization and formally implemented at the bottom. This results in the so-called "execution gap". What we need to bridge the chasm between the two is the concept of scale. We immediately understand that strategy formulation will likely be coarse-grained, while implementation is always more fine-grained. Once we take scale into account we realize that strategy must be "formulated" and "implemented" at many scales. Deliberate strategy, like a leader's intent, must act as a container, setting boundaries, bracketing options and creating spaces to allow independent, creative action at all levels from top to bottom of the organization. Then, on its way "down" the organization, deliberate strategy may also encounter emergent strategy "bubbling" its way "up", and in the process of being articulated and expanded. In the case of emergent strategy "implementation" may precede "formulation": tactical breakthroughs may be exploited for strategic advantage. Discoveries made in the marketplace can grow to become an entire enterprise.
Thus, when we take scale into account, everybody in an organization formulates strategy and everyone implements it, but each at their own unique scale and scope. The philosophical implications of this for management practice and theory, training and education, are significant. To understand it, the study of Auftragstaktik, mission-command, will help. It is a philosophy whose time has come.
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One Response to Mission Command: An Elusive Philosophy Whose Time Has Come
Hi David
We just finished an intensive study in "continuous improvement" and the TPS 'system' in our Leadership Change class. One thing that struck me, was that apparently Toyota started implementing and experimenting with the system as far back as the late 1940's or early 1950's. Around the 1980's is when the results of the "continuous improvement" took hold, and Toyota started to take chunks of the market away from GM and the like. 30 plus years of 'experimentation'! Time and cost are huge barriers for companies to emulate continuous improvement, if done properly. While this may be the way to 'format' a company right from day one, formatting the company later once it has become a monster may not be so practical. If one projected into decades instead of months and years, I see the point.
So the dilemma. Implement TPS on a monstrous bureaucracy of a corporation or eventually go broke against those who are using continuous improvement. However, the time and cost to implement continuous improvement on an existing monster may make the monster go broke anyway.
Question, can a large bureaucracy, which has become stiff and rigid, government or private, afford, in the short term to implement TPS or continuous improvement without going broke in the short term?
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