The little red and white striped hut which stood near Tilbury Fort, was the collier signal station. It was run by the coal factors society, and its primary purpose was to organise and then inform the collier skippers of their berthing arrangments. The station was used as a winning post if two skippers were racing for the same berth the loser had to lie at anchor in the river while the winner unloaded. The instructions were passed by either wireless or loud hailer as the ship passed the station. The station was manned continually by four men in 12 hour shifts. It eventually closed down in the late 1970s.
My father was one of the 4 men that worked 12hr shifts covering 365 days a year here. I often went to work with him for the day when I was a child spending my day playing on the shoreline and around the fort and moat. I visited the site for the first time for 50 years this week and was delighted to find the information board with the details about this little red and whit striped hut.
Amazing that it's taken sixty years to find out what this little building was used for. As kids we'd be going past it almost daily during the school holidays, I think we assumed it had something to do with the shipping, but what exactly..nobody seemed to know.Looking at these photos it's like i'm there again, thank you.


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Making a company that's Big Enough with Lee LeFever of Common Craft
August 19, 2020 Lee LeFever Season 1 Episode 5
Aug 19, 2020 Season 1 Episode 5
Lee LeFever
Bio About The Guest
Lee LeFever is the co-founder of Common Craft and author of two books: The Art of Explanation and Big Enough. Since 2007, Common Craft has won numerous awards, worked with respected brands like LEGO, Google, Intel, and Ford, and created original explainer videos that have earned over 50 million online video views. Today, Common Craft produces educational guides, ready-made videos, and digital visuals that are used by educators in over 50 countries. Lee and his partner Sachi are Common Craft's only employees and work from their home off the coast of Washington State.
In this episode, Lee and I spoke about...
What is the good life?
Having a healthy perspective on life and richness
Time freedom and autonomy
Designing a business
Big Enough - https://leelefever.com/bigenough/
Common Craft - https://www.commoncraft.com
The Art of Explanation - https://leelefever.com/the-art-of-explanation/
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Website - https://leelefever.com
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Daniel: [00:00:00] Hey, welcome to the 1980 podcast today. I am excited because I have one of my favorite guests coming today. We have Leela fever. He is the founder and owner of common craft and the book publisher of the art of explanation. And he just is writing a new book. That's coming out soon called big enough today.
[00:00:19] We're going to be talking about Common Craft and how they blew up that in the Dane with explainer videos, just about building a business. That's good enough and let's compare it to 1980 and what I'm building with this business. And then just living slower, which is what Lee is all about. And I'm really excited to figure out what this new world is.
[00:00:39] This is about let's get started.
[00:00:44] Welcome back. My name is Daniel Hong and today. Joining with me is one of my favorite guests by far so far. My favorite guest for this podcast, Leela fever. Hey welcome Lee, how are you doing?
[00:00:54] Lee: I'm great, Daniel. Thanks for having me.
[00:00:55] Daniel: I'm really excited to talk about your book because there's a lot of correlations.
[00:00:58] The reason I reached out to you is because in January, after 15 years in the consulting business and I was going on this rat race of trying to grow, I finally stopped and I started my own company. A few weeks before the pandemic. So I'd had no idea that this whole pandemic was going to happen.
[00:01:13] And so I started to venture out, start my own business. It's called 1980. And the intent of it was just to create something that was scalable, that lived with my lifestyle. I have three kids and I didn't want work for the rest of my life. I wanted to do something that allowed me to stretch myself, and also of be sustainable.
[00:01:28] And so I was very in your book. So why don't we start with, you know, what's big enough, all about I'm really excited.
[00:01:34] Lee: Yeah, well, first of all, congrats on making the big jump. I think that's awesome. I really. Big enough is about that journey. You know, it's about, it's about doing that. I think that, I think big enough is really trying.
[00:01:45] There's really about a search for the good life. in a lot of ways, it's like, what is the good life? and I think over, you know, over the last decades, you know, I think I lived through the eighties. I think if your company is in, in 1980, I wondered if that was referenced to your birthday, maybe.
[00:01:59] Daniel: It is.
[00:02:00]Lee: So, you know, I think the good life for a long time has been get as rich as you can. And I don't think that's. For me. I don't think that's necessarily a healthy perspective. I think that there's lots of ways to be rich. And I think that money is one way and there's, if that's what you value then that's great. But I think that you can be rich with time. I think you can be rich with freedom, autonomy. Things like that. And I think the question for entrepreneurs is how do you design a business that helps you be rich in those elements? And along with, I mean, we all need money. I mean, we need to be able to pay the bills and we need to be able to support ourselves. But, along with being. rich with time is kind of a recalibration of what you value. What makes you happy? What, what is the good life to you?
[00:02:46] **Daniel:**And I assume you were, you brought this book before the pandemic happened before
[00:02:50] Lee: I did. Yeah, it was supposed to come out in may.
[00:02:53] Daniel: And so timing wise, I mean, like this is impeccable, right? Because I think the one thing I learned with the pandemic was it was an opportunity for us to see that we were honest unsustainable path individually, but also as a country or as a company, right. We were on this path of consume more and more and more, more. And I think with the pandemic, what it's doing is forcing us to all slow down instantly. And we went and we hit the brakes and now we're stopped and it's giving us all a chance to reevaluate everything. And so I think your timing is impeccable.
[00:03:19]Lee: I'm. Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you. I didn't ever, of course. but we've been feeling Saatchi and I, my wife is named Saatchi and we're a partner at Common Craft. we've been thinking about these ideas for a long time. I was a little bit concerned when the pandemic hit that like, Oh, now everybody is already experiencing all the things that I'm talking about.
[00:03:38] And I hope that this book is not redundant, which I don't think it is. I've joked that I'm going had that, you know, the book is not about how to have a good handshake or something, not, not work so well, but, yeah, I think the, the ideas of big enough, thankfully fit quite well, into this new environment, we're all living in and I think you're right, there is, a recalibration or a reshuffling of things.
[00:04:00] And, you know, adding to that, last year we moved out of the city. We sold our house in Seattle and moved to a small Island off the coast of Washington. And that's another example of like, we didn't know the pandemic was coming, but we somehow were prepared.
[00:04:17] Daniel: There's something magical to that. Cause I, I personally, I live in Seattle, but my wife also has a home in Vashon. We have a mixed family. three kids. And so we spend half our time on bash on, on a piece of property. That's about 15, 20 acres of land and farming and everything. And so I get to experience both sides of the house, right from, from urban lifestyle to living in rural lifestyle. And I think with the pandemic, just being resilient, just being able to self sustain yourself for me, that's been just the comfort of knowing that I can sustain myself without the need of the entire system.
[00:04:48] Lee: Yeah. Yeah, no, I think that's really true. That's at the end of the Big Enough, I talk a little bit about that, that, um, again, going back to the good life, like, I think that self-sufficiency is a huge part of, of this new version of the good life. You know, we, you know, you asked about the book, so I will go a little bit more about that. So. It kind of covers the last 12 years or so of Saatchi and I basically conducting one experiment after the other with our company, common craft to try to transition it into a business that could support us.
[00:05:24] But also didn't ruin our life. and, that meant, for instance, agreeing we started in 2008, we decided we would never have employees, like whatever happens, we will never have employees. And that was a constraint that really guided a lot of our decisions over many years because there's, there's a lot of business models that just don't work that well without employees.
[00:05:43] So we looked for ways to, for that to work and that meant. Looking at intellectual property for it, for instance, in China, too, figuring out how we can make videos. That we owned and that we could sell on the internet essentially. And, and that became a big, big thrust for when the UN ended up supporting us at common craft.
[00:06:03] Daniel: And so you, you were a very early adopter in this space and I see you, I think my brother called you the OGE of social media.
[00:06:09] Lee: Wow. You know, if I go that far.
[00:06:11] Daniel: I think so because you guys, I only made one of the first viral videos back in the day with common craft. And do you mind if I play a low clip just on the audio, is that okay?
[00:06:19] Lee: Sure.
[00:06:19] Daniel: Yeah. I'm going to play a little bit. This is a common craft, social media and plain English. So this is how I discovered you back in. About a decade plus ago. So let's play
[00:06:28] with the buzz. Social media may be the next big thing. What's it all about? Let's take a visit to scoop ville. All right. I'm not going to play the whole thing because it's, it's, there's a lot of really cool stuff. So for the audience here, go to common craft.com and back in the day, like before, infographics, before all these explainer videos have proliferated all over the internet, you guys really kind of created this niche where you use little paper cutouts to explain very complex topics in a very simple way.
[00:06:54]I'm physically holding your book called the art of explanation, which is making your ideas, products, and services easier to understand. And so for me, the majority of my career has always been just taking really complex business ideas, visualizing it, help explaining it. You did it in a very cool way with kind of paper cutouts.
[00:07:09] Now. It exploded. I mean, like you, you kind of just created a space, it exploded and I would expect anyone else to just take this and run with it and kind of create the next big mega conglomerate. And you and your wife chose not to, you kind of intentionally kept it small at scale. Why?
[00:07:24] Lee: That's a really good question. Um, it came out of nowhere. Um, the, uh, we saw that social media was becoming a big thing and. We thought it needed better explanations. We wanted people to adopt social media. This was in 2006, 2007. So YouTube was just getting started, Twitter, social, networking, wikis, all those things were just getting started.
[00:07:46] And we thought, man, we could, if we can just explain this better, then there's a need out there for that. And, um, We, uh, did it on a Lark in a lot of ways. Like we didn't put a lot of thought into it. Um, it was Saatchi's idea to use the paper cutouts and, um, we just wanted to explain social media and yeah, it kind of came as a huge surprise to us that people were so into it.
[00:08:11] And that you're right. It was a viral thing, which is. Really down to timing. I think we hit YouTube right in the early days where people were looking for that kind of thing. And, you know, we started off with, in services, like making custom videos. That was our start, in terms of making income from our videos, because we've always published, you know, especially in the early days, one video a month that were our property along with working with companies to do their videos.
[00:08:37] The second video we did explain Google box. and that was a really early a fun video. and you know, we're both very entrepreneurial people, you know, Saatchi has an MBA. Not that that really is, matters that much, but with our students of business and we knew the difference between products and services, but we weren't sure how to, uh, how to do it, do that with our videos. And it was really out. Our like a question that we always ask and continue to ask is, you know, when looking at a business opportunity, you can ask what if it works? Like if this works and people come to us and want it all day, every day, what does that do to the business? What does that do to our personal lives and in services?
[00:09:18] If it works, then you have to hire. You have to have a team of people because a human can only work so many hours in a day. And that's where your income is. Your income is tied to the humans, uh, with products that the income is tied to a scalable product, a product that can be sold, made, wants, and sold multiple times.
[00:09:37] And we saw that early on and thought, um, you know, these are videos, these videos are different than. You know, Microsoft PowerPoint, but really they're kind of the same. They can be sold online. Um, and we asked what if it works with that model. And we luckily had people asking for downloads of the videos and, um, we saw the potential to slowly transition to, uh, Our business to being small and choosing, never to hire a to try to protect the opportunity so that we could stay in control of it, because I think a lot of entrepreneurs, uh, go in one direction and then things get out of control. Um, and we tried to stay in control.
[00:10:19] Daniel: And then, so you could have just grown this into a big production house where you're just pumping up videos for companies all day long and making lots of money. Um, I think you did sell some licenses to your paper cutouts. You did some sort of membership program for common craft where you can subscribe and get, I mean, you were, again a very early adopter back in the day before subscriptions were even a thing.
[00:10:37] Um, and, and other business models I actually use, uh, I use VR, which is kind of like an online. Animation video. And then they have an option where I could use one of your product, your paper cutouts as, as one of the templates as well. And so you explore various different business models. What's your guiding path? Like how do you figure out how to make some of these really tough decisions?
[00:10:58]Lee: I think it really just comes from, from mine Saatchi's perspective of what we want Common Craft to be, for us. I think that, again, it kind of goes back to the good life idea, but we found that. we could be happy and satisfies serving a relatively small group of customers.
[00:11:16]And you know, kind of, I don't know if you remember in 2008 or so Kevin Kelly published an essay called a 1000 true fans. And it was really influential for us. And I still think it holds true that basically, if you can figure out a way to sell your work to a thousand fans a year, that you can make six figures and support yourself.
[00:11:36] And there's a couple of constraints, you have to work directly with them. You know, there's no middle people and things like that. And, That's always been sort of our, our, our guiding principle is not trying to be the next Slack or microphone soft or anything like that. We don't aspire to that. We aspire to have a scalable business that can, that can grow with our customers, but I'm also B.
[00:12:00] Also operate in a scalable way where it's mostly self-service, it's designed to be lightweight terms of management and overhead and to not have a lot of overhead. Um, I think that ultimately overhead, whether it's your personal overhead or your business overhead, if that low, then it doesn't take that many customers to support what you're doing.
[00:12:19] Daniel: Um, And then being in a pandemic right now, you're probably feeling pretty good and right, not sitting on a massive overhead or having a gigantic agency with cameras or as an equipment and, and, and lots of people on payroll and trying to figure out how to manage through that through a pandemic. And so you must be much more resilient. You're probably weathering the storm much better than the average company I'm assuming.
[00:12:38] Lee: Right. I think we were positioned well for that. I'm not again now because we thought ahead about a pandemic necessarily, but it's just the nature of our business. I think that our, our business has, um, It's been, it's fine.
[00:12:53] It's not like we're not zoom. We're not a, I think Khan Academy is doing amazingly well. They they're, you know, they're a different model. They're all free. So a lot of people are looking for free sources and I totally get that. But yeah, our overhead is low enough that we can kind of go into a mode where we reduce expenses super low and can weather a storm.
[00:13:12] And that's really one of the big messages of big enough. There's a whole chapter devoted to something that I call the moratorium. And it's like a moratorium on spending money and we've been doing it for over a decade when we have a, like, if we're wanting to do a house renovation or if we wanted to travel, we might spend a few months, or even a year.
[00:13:28] We are more in this mode of living where we do away with luxuries and extraneous expenses and cook at home and an entertainment home and don't travel and all these things. And that's our way of. Of transitioning our lives into a mode where we can in that case save money. But that mode also works in terms of weathering a storm too.
[00:13:50] Daniel: That that's a perfect segue because I wanted to get a little bit into your personal life a little bit, if that's okay. And then I'm going to end this rapping just on a business level, like getting back into the call to action for everyone with this message here. But. Let's get to know Lee a little bit personally, I'm looking at it, it looks like you're in an apartment right now, and you're, you're doing some home renovation in or building a home or in you're an orcas Island.
[00:14:10] And for those of us who are not familiar, it is an Island off the peninsula in Washington state. So if you look at Washington state geographically, there's a bunch of tiny little islands. Orcas Island is one of those I live in; Babylon is another Island closer to this Southern Seattle area. Tell us a little bit about orcas Island. How'd you guys land into there and a little bit your lifestyle there.
[00:14:30]Lee: Yeah, about three years ago, we were camping here on orcas Island and thought like, wow, it would be really cool to be able to have property here. Like we didn't think we could build a house or anything, but we thought orcas Island is probably going to be growing in popularity.
[00:14:45] And if we could reserve our spot, we could, we could, you know, someday build. So within like six months, we had like started looking around and eventually found a nice piece of property with a, a little rundown house on it. And, that started this whole journey over the next few years, saw us move completely to the Island, sell our house in Seattle and just make Orca silent home.
[00:15:07] And we have no regrets about that whatsoever. And it also gets. Again by surprise. So yeah, right now I'm living in a place apartment over a neighbor's garage. It's all one room you can kind of see a little bit. And, we, after selling our house, we started a project down the road of building our forever house, common craft headquarters.
[00:15:27]down the road from here and we're probably about four or five months from moving into that. So I'm in a really weird phase right now where my book is coming out. I'm moving into a house during a pandemic all within a few months and a presidential election. Not that I personally have a connection to that, but it's all happening all this fall. So it's going to be a pretty wild fall, I think.
[00:15:47] Daniel: Wow. So you're building this home. Is this the G antenna building kind of like studio space or a workspace as part of your business?
[00:15:55] Lee: Yes. I like to work in an office. Saatchi works on couches and other places around the house, but I need an office and I'm really looking forward to setting up something similar to what you have. Eventually, we, you know, I've, I know that you've said online recently that you feel like everybody. you know, we'll be doing media of one form or another. I saw that you were experimenting with the mmhmm app too. And I just recently got my invite, so I would love to do that.
[00:16:18] Daniel: Yes!
[00:16:19]Lee: But yeah, I really do want to set up something similar and do more streaming, do more, you know, live we've talking, talking head kinds of things like that, I enjoy that.
[00:16:29] Daniel: I'm going to push my audience in all of us. The reason that I've been pushing us so hard is because I think the world needs this right. The world needs more. Sensemaking. Understanding on what's going on and what I'm seeing right now in our country. And, and I'm getting a little political, but just a lack of leadership in explaining to people what's going on, how are we handling the pandemic? How do we, he adjusts for a recession then, and, and working in a global economy in an, as the U S becomes no longer the number one economy in the world. Like, what does this mean to all of us? Right. And I think what you and your wife's doing what with Common Craft. Was a way of just explaining very complex ideas in a way that people can understand.
[00:17:08] And I loved what the paper cut out approach. I also love, I think there's some correlations with big enough, right? And for all of us, it's like, do we really need to be in this constant consumption economy where we're just growing, growing, growing, growing, because what I see, whether you personally, in your wife, what you're doing is scaling back.
[00:17:23] I'm doing the same for myself, which is. I'm only working hard because I'm trying to get that next big thing. I, you know, I want the bigger house and the fancy car and this and this and this. For our, for what reason? And so what purpose? And so for me, like I think as leaders, as a message, how do we communicate more inspiring messages and impact more human life, how to make everything better.
[00:17:46] And I think you can do that through communications, through relaying powerful messages, being passionate in your message. And so I think that's where I find a lot of inspiration in your work.
[00:17:57] Lee: I appreciate that. Yeah. I think we do. I do, we do need more of it. One of the reasons that I wrote the art of explanation is I think that we're all better off with more explainers and people who actually approach communication from a way that it focuses on clarity and empathy and things like that.
[00:18:12]it is unfortunate that. So much communication does not do that. It's a, mean, there's a lot of it that's focused on selling, which, you know, I think that commercials are probably as much as I don't like commercials. They're oftentimes great explanations. Like when there's a sales motive, it motivates people to really look for ways to communicate clearly.
[00:18:30]but when it comes to things like government and society, it's really tough, for people. And, but I think that your, you know, your point about other people, people like us being media stars. I like to think that the conversation we're having today is something that shows real people that shows empathy, that shows connection.
[00:18:48] And I think that's what gets people engaged in new ideas. I don't think it has, it definitely doesn't happen in press releases. It doesn't happen in necessarily news stories. I think journalists are great explainers, but they also are very much in the journalist kind of style of that. I mean, Vox as a client, people that are doing work like that, dude, that do that in amazing ways too.
[00:19:09] But, yeah. One of the things, a little anecdote about that is, you know, I wrote. The art of explanation in 2012, or it published in 2012. And we started making videos in 2007. And I think that I had this idea that what people were missing was a, uh, a presentation of facts, facts. Like if, if you could just present facts in the right way, They would get it and they might change their minds and they might change their perceptions.
[00:19:36] And unfortunately, what I've learned through the last few years is that's true. For some people, there are a lot of people for whom, their tribe matters more. their, their personal connections to ideas matter more. And you can't explain something to someone who doesn't want to learn it. And that's been something that I've kind of struggled with.
[00:19:58] Like how do you think about that as an explainer? Wouldn't knowing that your explanation, no matter how clear, no matter how backed up with sources it is, it's just not going to matter to some people. And that's kind of a struggle. You know, I wish that I had the answer to that, but I think that empathy, personal connections, conversations, that, that really helps a lot.
[00:20:18] Daniel: I think, as a comms professional, I do communications internal within companies. And a tool that we use is just, you know, what do you want your audience to think you'll do. Right. And like you said, you mentioned a lot of facts. And what I see typically when I'm working with leaders and other people that are trying to sell something or kind of create some sort of change, they stay on the facts, facts, facts, and what's sometimes missing.
[00:20:38] Is that feeling component, right? How do you kind of create something where people have empathy to you or you start tugging at the heartstrings? And so things can be super complex, but at the end of the day, you need something that has just some, some sound bite or some little piece that really resonates and it stays in the heart and the longer it stays there.
[00:20:55] And that's how you really affect change because we're surrounded by facts all day long. And that's what I'm trying to see.
[00:21:00] Lee: Yeah. There's um, Oh shoot. I have a video in our, we have a explainer Academy as a course where we teach courses, we teach explanation, but we, we made a video. I can't remember who it was, but it was a great philosopher who had the elements of persuasion and it's like ethos, logos, and, Yeah.
[00:21:18] Yeah, but that's kind of what you're talking about. There's like facts, there's feeling there's logic and like the that's a, you know, I love how the Greeks kind of were among the first, along with Eastern philosophers to kind of understand. You know that a lot, that sounds humans actually think about things, but I think it's really true. Maybe I'll send a link out to that video. If you're interested.
[00:21:39] Daniel: I would love it lately. I feel like I could talk with you all day long of this stuff, because this is incredible. You're going to be doing more podcasts as part of this book launch. Is that I hope so.
[00:21:48] Lee: Yeah. I've got a couple scheduled.
[00:21:51] Daniel: You know, people like yourself, myself, I'm pushing myself to be out there and being more front facing.
[00:21:55] Cause traditionally I'm the person behind the cameras filming or I'm the person behind the camera or doing the animations and editing for explaining for someone else on behalf of someone else, I would love people like yourself, myself to step out in the light and be on the spotlight because I think I'd love, you have a really powerful message.
[00:22:14] You have this book that I'm really excited to read and share with others. Um, I'm in this cutting edge niche called no coders. People are that building techniques, algae using apps, web flow, or other tools out there that's super easy to do without code. And they're building lifestyle businesses, they're building products and services, and they're, they're really excited.
[00:22:35] And, but I think there's, there's a balancing message. And for me, like this is what 1980 is about his, because 1980 in a world before the internet, I grew up in the world where I use dial up modems. I use a rotary dial phone, and I think there's something about. We've gone so far on the digital side, and there's a little bit of pull back that I want to do with the world.
[00:22:54] Right? Like how do you get back to some of the nature, be connected to nature, be connected to human relations, like talking to someone as opposed to simply, always transacting by digital. And I love. Where you're talking about building something that's scaling with your lifestyle, but I think you can also scale with society kind of build stuff.
[00:23:11] That's sustainable build stuff that makes the world better. And so much of our talent today, is, is really centered around marketing and selling stuff. Like so much of our Facebook.
[00:23:21] Lee: That's the, yeah.
[00:23:22] Daniel: Wait, is it a way just, just trying to market you to buy crap that we don't need. And I hope that you and I can help relay a message that there's something greater out there than simply selling more crap.
[00:23:33] Right. And I think if we tap into that talent and I'm, I'm speaking mostly to the gen Z, this new generation that's coming up, you have everything that's possible in front of you. Every piece of technology that's available, you have the internet, and then you have amazing people like Lee that I'm talking to you here.
[00:23:50] Who's bringing a very powerful message is you can take what, you know, you can take your capabilities and put it towards good. Rather than simply just putting it towards selling more ads or selling more things. And I hope some people take this message and really, truly build the next app. That's going to make the world better or build the next service or product that's going to make the world better.
[00:24:12] And you, I think you and your wife are good at living example where you don't need to be a multimillionaire living in some gigantic mansion. Like you, can she be on the land and still produce digital stuff remotely?
[00:24:25] Lee: Yeah. Yeah. I really appreciate that message. I really hope that we're all successful in, in having that come to fruition for things like a gen Z. I totally agree. You know, a couple of things that that kind of brings to mind. I was just talking to Saatchi the other day about, you know, the prevalence of zoom calls now and how, you know, when we would work with people in the past, it would always be just a normal phone call. And even though it's digital mediated, we're doing zoom now.
[00:24:50] Like it's just like, Oh yeah, I guess we'll do a zoom. Um, and like you see their faces and it's like a, more of a connection than we had with phones. You know, even, even when the internet was here, we were still using phones for a lot of things. Like the dream of the video call is alive now. And we can finally do that.
[00:25:05] And I think it's, I think that's good. Um, In the process. The second thing is in the process of doing all the house stuff, I'm, we're making a lot of decisions about like citing and debt material and these big, big, big decisions. And, um, I started just picking up the phone and calling people and talking to him.
[00:25:26] Yeah. You know, this is not on zoom in this case, but, versus like just using the website, using a contact form, trying to talk to someone in email, it's like, that's was my approach for decades to dealing with things. And now. I just like picking there's no replacement for actually having a conversation with someone.
[00:25:45] Daniel: I had to pick up. My I'm picking up my phone right now and there's this green app on my phone. I've never actually used it before. It's a slight, slight joke there, but I think for most people, I think growing up, I remember it. The only way to communicate back in the day was to actually literally pick up the phone, right? The internet didn't exist, email didn't exist, websites didn't exist. And so there was something about human connection, picking up the phone and talking, it's almost, it's very nostalgic right now that even you'd have a phone call, especially a more of a digital native.
[00:26:15] But I think this newer generation is like the concept of, I do everything over the internet. And the other day I actually did take out where I called and talked to a person and I showed up as like, Hey, I was that person on the phone and said nice to meet you. I received some things from you. Plus they're just doing like an Uber delivery or something.
[00:26:29] Lee: Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Nice. Yeah. I think that, being, being here on the Island has been interesting in that, in that way. Of course again, pandemic mates. It makes it a little bit weird, but living in Seattle, I, you know, so many people are involved in tech in one way or another, that there's an acceptance of tech in the next expectation of tech.
[00:26:48] And, you know, I was. And I got a first version of the, uh, you know, Amazon echo. and we still have it. We still use it. And people on the Island are like, you let that go thing into your house. And I'm like, wow. I mean, it has a micro your phone, but so does your computer. And so does your phone like, and that's been really interesting to see a different version of how technology is perceived by people and used by people and like. I think in the big enough idea of simplifying and maybe living in a rural place.
[00:27:21]I don't think that message is like, Oh, and stop using technology. Like that's not it like one of the things we can be here is we have a fiber optic internet connection at our new place. It's faster connection than we can get in Seattle. And that's really been the big, a big change that's supporting this move for us.
[00:27:37] And a lot of people like us, and maybe it's the same on Vashon for you is that the infrastructure is changing along with workplace. Like workplaces are allowing you to be other places now. And, and I like to think that people can, like you're doing and like, we're going to be doing soon as like finding a place that makes you happy.
[00:27:55]You know, like you might not question whether you could live outside the city until the business says you can, and then you think, wow, maybe I could do that. And I think there's some happiness to, to that. And also, some efficiency.
[00:28:12] Daniel: Right? Very, very wise words there. Lee, let's close out and your book is available. It looks like it's coming out September 15th.
[00:28:20] Lee: That's right. It's available for pre order right now.
[00:28:22] Daniel: I'm going to get a copy of myself. So big enough, building a business with scales, with your lifestyle. And then also we can check you out at Commoncraft.com.
[00:28:31] Lee: That's right. Yep. And the book is at Leelefever.com. That's where the, you know, the sales page is for it too, but I've been blogging almost everyday at Lee Lefever.
[00:28:40] This is kind of like a inspired by what you're saying. Well, this is kind of indicative of what you're saying is, is my version of putting myself out there as blogging more. I do want to do more things like you're doing too, so maybe someday I'll interview you for my awesome. From my office with the awesome camera and microphone.
[00:28:56] Daniel: I used to be a blogger back in the day and I stopped. And then I think the internet, you know, Facebook and everything kind of took over social media. And I think there, I love going back to just owning my own blog and only my own space and just producing content and getting out there. Just the purity of content, not for likes, not for the comments and hearts, but really just for the purity of it. So I really enjoy it.
[00:29:16] Hey, thank you Lee. For joining. I hope everyone enjoys this conversation here. There'll be had. Definitely. I'm going to go check out the book, Big enough, Building a business that scales with your lifestyle. Thanks for joining me.
[00:29:26] Lee: Happy to be here.
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Genius: How many lbs are in a pound?
Professor: The same number of ins in an inch.
Professor was talking about castration of young boys in the Baroque Period in order to make them sing better.
Scholar: "How did cutting off their heads make them sing better?"
Professor: So basically, if the half-life of Cesium-137 is twenty years, it doesn't matter if you have 10 pounds or 10 tons. In twenty years, half of it's gone.
Valedictorian: Isn't that the stuff they use in Carbon dating?
Professor: In a right triangle with a 30 degree angle the side ratios are always 1, 2, and the square root of 3.
The Brilliance: So, 2 is always twice 1?
Lil' Einstein: Do you think the different skull shapes and things that we find are just from different races or something?


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Eight Food Documentaries to Watch
Courtney Smith
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One of the best things about Netflix is the giant variety of documentaries. Netflix's selection of health documentaries is top notch. Here are my top 8 picks for ones to watch:
"Food, Inc."- The Oscar-nominated documentary covers what the food industry's new trends are doing to human health. It covers agribusiness's abuse of animals and their production of nutritionally devoid food. They even invite many of the companies they talk about, such as Monsanto, Tyson and Perdue, to provide a response to their claims.
"What the Health"– This documentary advocates a plant-based diet. It was funded by an Indiegogo campaign and was originally released on Vimeo. The announcer looks at the alleged tie between meat, dairy and the pharmaceutical industries and declining health. Although it has been criticized, it is still an interesting documentary to watch for a different view than how most Americans eat.
"Forks Over Knives"- Another documentary that advocates for a whole food diet low in fats. The documentary asserts that many diseases can be treated by eating a better diet. It discusses the book "The China Study" and the link between the American and Western diet and many diseases – diabetes, obesity, cancer and others.
"Hungry for Change"– The documentary focuses on the food industry and the diet industry's strategies that keep us from being healthy. It has the real-life stories of people who have transformed from being sick and overweight. The documentary is from the producers of best-selling "Food Matters."
"Cowspiracy"- The Sustainability Secret. This documentary discusses the impact of factory farming on the environment. They suggest that issues like deforestation and the pollution of water come from agricultural industry. They look into organizations like Greenpeace and their policies.
"Vegucated"– This documentary follows three people from New York that eat a typical American diet as they are put on a vegan diet. It talks about the benefits of a vegan diet – both ethical and health. They trespass on a factory farm and a slaughterhouse to show the truth in the food industry.
"In Defense of Food"- This documentary is based on the New York Times Best-Seller of the same name. The author, Michael Pollan creates his maxim "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants." to describe the easy way of thinking. He uses his career in journalism to look at the health effects of the industry that essentially determines out health.
"Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead"- The documentary follows an Australian and an American as they follow a juice fast and then a plant-based diet to lose weight and get healthy. It was awarded the Audience Choice Award – Documentary Film at the 2010 Sonoma International Film Festival.
Even if you disagree in the findings and connections pointed out in many of these documentaries, it can be beneficial to watch them and learn more about food, the industries and just how your body works.
Courtney is a junior at Southern Methodist University, majoring in Marketing with a concentration in entrepreneurship and a Spanish and advertising minor. Lover of puppies, writing, How I Met Your Mother, and anything crafty. When she's not attending one of a hundred meetings, you can find her wrapped up in bed pretending to work while really editing Spotify playlists or watching Hart of Dixie.
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La Fédération internationale des églises évangéliques libres  (en anglais,  International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC)) est une fédération mondiale d'églises chrétiennes évangéliques de courant  non-dénominationnel. Son siège est à Witten, en Allemagne.

Histoire
L'histoire de la fédération a des racines dans le mouvement piétiste européen du  .  Elle est fondée en 1948 à Berne en Suisse par des unions d'églises évangéliques libres de divers pays.  En 1960,
l'Evangelical Free Church of America rejoint la fédération.

Statistiques
Selon un recensement de la dénomination, elle aurait en 2022, 700,000 membres dans 33 pays .

Croyances
La Fédération a une confession de foi basée sur les croyances de l'Église de professants .

Voir aussi
 Alliance évangélique mondiale
 Bible
 Nouvelle naissance
 Culte (évangélisme)
 Dieu (christianisme)
 Église de professants

Liens
Site officiel

Notes et références

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Governing Europe
Jack Hayward and Anand Menon
1 Institutions and the Evolution of European Democracy
2 National Courts and Community Law
Part I The Core Executive
3 On Studying Governments
4 What Is New About Governance and Why Does It Matter?
5 Executives in Comparative Context
6 The Political System of the European Union
7 Dismantling and Rebuilding the Weberian State
8 The Age of Administrative Reforms
9 The European Administration: Between Europeanization and Domestication
10 Europeanization and the Persistence of Administrative Systems
Part III Parties and Organized Interests
11 The Decline of Party?
12 Comparing Economic Interest Organizations
13 Interest Groups and the Brussels Bureaucracy
Part IV Democracy and Popular Participation
14 Contentious Politics in Western Europe and the United States
15 From Popular Dissatisfaction to Populism: Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Corruption
16 Democratizations in the European Periphery
Part V Public Policy
17 The Politics of Regulation and European Regulatory Institutions
18 From Industrial Policy to a Regulatory State: Contrasting Institutional Change in Britain and France
19 Monetary Policy and the Euro
20 Recasting European Welfare States
Part VI The State
21 The Changing European State
22 The Changing European State: Pressures from Within
23 International Relations, International Institutions, and the European State
The European Administration: Between Europeanization and Domestication
(p.139) 9 The European Administration: Between Europeanization and Domestication
Hussein Kassim (Contributor Webpage)
An examination is made of the structure of the administrative system of the European Union (EU). Three general arguments are put forward: that the development of the EU's administration has been conditioned by the nature of the EU as a political system, but that EU administration has similarly had an impact on the EU as a political system; that the entrenchment of national administrations in the EU bureaucratic system has had important consequences for its functioning and operation; and that national administrations have been affected, but not transformed, by the development of the EU. After outlining the features that characterize the EU's political system, the chapter examines how national administrations have penetrated EU decision–making structures and institutions, and looks at the impact of this process at the European level. It then considers how national administrations have been affected by the development of the EU (European integration and Europeanization). Finally, the chapter provides an assessment of the EU's administrative capacity.
Keywords: administrative capacity, administrative system, bureaucracy, decision making, domestication, European integration, European Union administration, European Union, Europeanization, institutions, national administrations, political system


Should Writers Study Literary Theory?
The study of literary theory is several degrees removed from the process of writing literature. The discipline incorporates elements of political theory, art theory, and cultural anthropology; its great works are often dense and dry. Studying Edmund Burke or Louis Althusser will not give you any hints on how to improve your sentence structure or tighten your plots. Nonetheless, some writers find it rewarding now and then to devote a little attention to literary theory.
This discipline is not concerned with the crafting of a work, but with the reading of a work. Literary critics explore the relationship between a story and its reader, and they do so from a variety of angles. There are critics who want to examine the nature of beauty; there are critics who want to examine the representational nature of language; there are critics who want to examine the subversive politics that make a certain narrative appealing.
Because the practice of literary criticism is so reader-focused, I find that reading criticism helps me understand why the audience wants the things it wants. This in turn helps me think of ideas that a particular audience might enjoy. An interesting discussion on a topic might inspire me to take it up in a story, or a harsh criticism of a trope may inspire me to re-imagine it in a way that makes it more palatable.
I certainly won't argue that reading criticism is a necessary exercise for everybody; in fact, I seldom find I have the dedication to read a dense critical piece in my spare time. However, writers who have a high tolerance for dense prose may find some remarkably good ideas buried in a piece of literary criticism.
I really do like modifiers, I swear. If we want to make our writing clear and our images vivid, we need adjectives, adverbs, and the phrases that do their jobs. It's just that we have to use modifiers correctly, or they do the opposite of their intended job.
The misplaced modifier is a classic example of this maxim. It occurs when a modifier occupies an entire phrase, which is typically separated from the 'governing clause' by a comma. How do we identify the governing clause? It's simple: the governing clause contains whatever information is being modified by your adjective or adverb.
Because English is a subject-verb-object language, many clauses will contain a noun for both the subject and the object. For example, the clause "Becky set the pie on the windowsill" contains the subject "Becky" and the object "the pie." Because the sentence is structured around the subject, readers will assume that it is the subject, not the object, being described by any modifiers added onto the sentence.
This is a classic example of a misplaced modifier. The reader assumes that "Still steaming from the oven" is describing Becky, and that paints a rather grisly picture. To fix this mistake, we need to make it very clear to the reader that the pie, not the cook, is the one which has been baked. This is most easily done by scooting that modifier as close as you can get it to the governing clause: "Becky set the pie, still steaming from the oven, on the windowsill." If you want, you can experiment with the wording "which was still steaming" and see if you like how it makes the sentence work.
We all write them on occasion, but misplaced modifiers can really make a piece of writing stand out in a bad way. Whenever you're writing a complex sentence, be wary of this error, and be sure to correct it whenever it occurs. This will keep you from confusing your reader or accidentally phrasing things in a very unfortunate way.


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Did Robert Aaron Long Target Asians in Massage Parlor Shooting After Grandfather Died Due to COVID-19?
An obituary of an elderly man named Robert. R. Long has fueled speculation that the massage parlor shooting was an act of revenge.
By Manthan C.
Riz Ahmed Nominated For Oscars Best Lead Actor Category
Robert Aaron Long, 21, the suspect in three metro Atlanta massage parlor shootings that left eight people dead, has been arrested in South Georgia on Tuesday night.
Long was first identified as the suspect in the shooting at Young's Asian Massage Parlor in Cherokee County after opening fire at five people inside the establishment on Tuesday at about 5 p.m., killing four and injuring one person.
Robert Aaron Long Twitter
He then drove to a nearby Atlanta suburb and shot dead four more people at two additional Asian spas, Gold Spa and Aroma Therapy. According to Heavy, six of the eight victims were Asian, and police are investigating whether the shootings were racially motivated.
He was later taken into custody in Crisp County following a police chase nearly 200 miles away. Surveillance footage showed Long fleeing the scene of Young's Asian Massage Parlor, which helped officials identify him as the suspect in the Atlanta shootings and spot his vehicle in Crisp County.
Long's Grandfather Died of COVID-19?
The obituary (left) and Robert Aaron Long Twitter
While the motive behind Long's shooting rampage is not yet known, social media users are pushing the theory that the massacre may have something to do with his grandfather's demise.
According to one Twitter user, a 74-year-old man named Robert R. Long died in May 2020 in Cherokee County and a man named Rob is listed as one of his six surviving grandchildren, leading to speculation that the shooting incident may have been fueled by racism after Long's grandfather died due to COVID-19.
What further fueled speculation is that over the last year, racist attacks on Asian-American communities have surged with as many as 4,000 reported incidents, fueled by news that the virus originated from China.
The Twitter user's claim appears to be far-fetched. The obituary mentions that the deceased is survived by three children, all daughters, which means that his grandson would not share the "Long" surname. Also, the obituary mentions a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which suggests Robert. R. Long may have died of cancer.
Reporters at a press conference with the Atlanta Police Department asked whether racism due to the coronavirus may have been the motive behind the shootings. However, police said it was too early to pinpoint a motive.
Who is Robert Aaron Long? Atlanta Spa Shooter Kills Six Asian Women
Cherokee Co. Sheriff's Detectives don't know motive. They're talking now with Atlanta Police where they are investigating similar crimes this evening to see if they might be connected. @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/MTyHB64C0j
— Jon Shirek (@JonShirek) March 16, 2021
Going out on a limb, a Robert Long(74) died 5/20/2020, lived in same ATL area
The Atlanta Georgia area spa Shooter from today is Robert Aaron Long(21)
The deceased has a grandson named Rob?
Possibly couldn't attend funeral?
Possibly died of Covid?
Asian American Violence? pic.twitter.com/Ie24z2LHYa
— @OneJurorMatters (@OneJurorMatters) March 17, 2021


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Those Glassy Eyes: Winner!
4th December 2018 by Lee Francis
My short horror screenplay, which I wrote around 2011, was one of 10 winners for 13Horror.com's short screenplay contest 2018. I'm ecstatic to win something for my writing and it is a big confidence boost from Hollywood. A story means nothing until it is read. It was just sitting in my hard drive, so I thought, why not? Being an author with an agent doesn't mean opportunities automatically land in your lap. You still need to do as much networking as if you weren't already published!
The story of THOSE GLASSY EYES was inspired by a few things. When I was growing up, I had a brief career as a ventriloquist and I was good enough to perform at my school assembly! I had a routine with my dummy Charlie, which was a replica of the dummy Charlie McCarthy used by Edgar Bergen. Then I hit puberty and I found switching to Charlie's high voice quite painful! That and dubious future career prospects caused me to change tac and pursue film directing instead. Which then changed to being a writer… I also worked on a film The Scouting Book For Boys that had a big part of the film set in a holiday park. That setting, growing up reading RL Stine's Goosebump books featuring a maniacal dummy named Slappy and a recent viewing of the classic 'Dead of Night' with my Dad gave me all the inspiration I needed to write THOSE GLASSY EYES.
It took me a few drafts but the overall story was there from draft 1. I hope one day to fund and direct it myself. The screenplay of THOSE GLASSY EYES will be available to purchase on Amazon in the near future.
This was the Judge's Feedback:
'It's a nice exploration of a not-too-often tapped horror trope. Hugo set the bar very high in Dead of Night, so it's always going to take something original to compete… and I think you manage to do so… It was very enjoyable and there's more to it than just the supernatural horror- there's a certain something in it too about the feel about the holiday camp… The product of a very talented writer- great job.'
For now, here's a short synopsis:
Ageing Ventriloquist Martin Magee and his dummy Charlie Stine are an incredible double act, but times have changed. Their latest show is in a rundown holiday park, complete with a stubbled clown and a bored crowd. On stage Magee's talent is incredible: Charlie can speak whilst Magee is drinking! At times it's almost like they're two separate people… That night Charlie notices a particularly precocious boy named Thomas sitting in the audience, captivated by their performance. All of a sudden Charlie and Magee speak at the same time, which is impossible, right? Magee cuts the performance short, but not before Charlie invites Thomas to meet him backstage. What is Charlie's secret?
Filed Under: Film/TV Tagged With: 13horror.com, collabor8te, competition, Dead of Night, Goosebumps, horror, Hugo, lee francis, RL Stine, screenplay, short, short film, Slappy, the scouting book for boys, those glassy eyes, winner


Once a rural locality in the outskirts of Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad has flourished into a premium industrial, commercial and residential destination. The area has witnessed tremendous development and enjoys easy connectivity to other parts of Pune. The increasing demand for residential projects has expanded the scope for real estate developers.
Here's a look at the advantages of investing in a home at Pimpri-Chinchwad.
Pimpri-Chinchwad is well-connected to neighbouring localities via the Wakad Road, the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Kalewadi Main Road and Spine Road. The Pimpri Chinchwad Bus Stand and the Shivaji Nagar Bus Stand facilitate bus services across the area. You also live close to the railway stations located at Pimpri and Chinchwad. The Pune Airport is a 40-minute drive from here.
The locality is home to a rapidly developing industrial and commercial zone and is in close proximity to a multitude of IT hubs and MNCs. Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park is 10 km, DLF Akruti IT Park is 15 km, Panchshil Tech Park is 8 km and International Tech Park is located 11 km from Pimpri-Chinchwad.
The boom of the IT and industrial sector has led to a rise in retail, hospitality, social, civic and residential development, as more and more home-buyers and investors flock here. You have access to renowned schools like the Good Samaritan School, Wisdom World School and Mount Litera Zee School. The reputable hospitals include the Ratna Memorial Hospital, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital and Seth Ramdas Shah Memorial Hospital & Research Centre. For retail and entertainment, you can always head to Ozone Mall, Jewel Square Mall or Laxmi Road.
As more employees migrate to this locality, there has been a rise in the residential demand. Although the rates are increasing, there are a plethora of upcoming properties that cater to a diverse range of home-buyers and their needs.


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Рахіб Бейларов (; 25 жовтня 1985, Сіазанський район) — азербайджанський боксер, призер чемпіонату Європи серед аматорів.

Боксерська кар'єра
Боксом Рахіб Бейларов почав займатися в шкільному віці. 2003 року став срібним призером чемпіонату Європи серед молоді у категорії до 69 кг. З 2006 року входив до складу збірної Азербайджану.

На чемпіонаті Європи 2006 в категорії до 75 кг здобув три перемоги, а у фіналі програв Матвєю Коробову (Росія) — 16-37.

2006 року Рахіб Бейларов входив до складу збірної Азербайджану на командному Кубку світу і програв обидва поєдинки.

На чемпіонаті світу 2007 Бейларов програв у другому бою.

2008 року на кваліфікаційному до Олімпійських ігор 2008 турнірі програв у першому бою і на Олімпіаду не потрапив.

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Boemund II de Hauteville (ur. 1108, zm. 1130) – książę Antiochii w latach 1111–1130.

Był synem założyciela księstwa Boemunda I i Konstancji, córki Filipa I, króla Francji. Gdy zmarł jego ojciec, Boemund był jeszcze dzieckiem i mieszkał w Apulii. Jego kuzyn Tankred przejął władzę jako regent, ale zmarł w 1112. Zastąpił go Roger z Salerno, który zginął w bitwie pod Ager Sanguinis w 1119. Ostatnim regentem został wtedy król Baldwin II Jerozolimski.

W 1124, w wieku 16 lat, Boemund osiągnął pełnoletniość. Kolejne dwa lata spędził w Mezzogiorno, a w październiku 1126, po osiemnastych urodzinach, opuścił Apulię i udał się do Antiochii. Według Wilhelma z Tyru Boemund i jego kuzyn – Wilhelm II, książę Apulii – zawarli umowę, że ten z nich, który umrze pierwszy, zostawi swoje włoskie ziemie drugiemu. W 1127 Boemund poślubił Alicję, młodszą córkę Baldwina II z Bourq i jego żony Morfii z Meliteny, i razem z teściem wyruszył na Damaszek. Według Mateusza z Edessy Baldwin II obiecał zięciowi koronę Jerozolimy, ale możliwe, że Mateusz pomylił Alicję z jej starszą siostrą Melisandą, która poślubiła Fulka Młodego, księcia Andegawenii.

W 1127 Boemund oblegał i zdobył Kafartab, po czym wymordował całą ludność tego miasta. Zaatakował również Shaizar i prawdopodobnie spotkał w bitwie Usamę ibn Munqidha. W 1128 miał miejsce konflikt między Boemundem a Joscelinem I, hrabią Edessy: obaj jednocześnie zaatakowali Aleppo i nie chcieli sprzymierzyć się podczas wspólnego oblężenia. Roger z Salerno oddał Joscelinowi część ziem, a Boemund uważał, że darowizna jest nieważna, bo odbyła się bez jego zgody, mimo że był wtedy małoletni. Dysputa przerodziła się w konflikt między Antiochią a Edessą; Joscelin przeciw Boemundowi sprzymierzył się nawet z muzułmanami. W 1128 Baldwin II pomaszerował na północ, żeby mediować w sporze, a Joscelin ostatecznie zrzekł się swoich pretensji do ziem.

Boemund przyłączył się do armii Baldwina II i brał udział w wyprawie na Damaszek. Krzyżowcy zostali pokonani w bitwie pod Marj es-Suffar. Boemund skręcił na północ i odzyskał Anazarbus wraz z innymi terenami należącymi do Armenii. Król Leo I sprzymierzył się przeciw niemu z emirem Daniszmendydów, Gazim Gümüshtiginem. W lutym 1131 armia Boemunda wpadła w zasadzkę. Sam Boemund zginął w czasie walki, a jego głowę odrąbano i umieszczono w srebrnym pudełku jako prezent dla kalifa.

Z żoną miał tylko jedno dziecko, Konstancję (1127–1163). W wieku trzech lat została ona władczynią księstwa, a do 1136 jej matka Alicja rządziła jako regentka.

Dynastia Hauteville
Władcy Antiochii
Urodzeni w 1108
Zmarli w 1130


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FACC Part V: Fund-Raising and Construction | Part V: Fund-Raising and Construction
by Joseph Boxerman
Overhead view during construction of the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center.
Everyone agreed that a downtown location was the ideal place for the new civic center, and a final site was chosen on land opposite the Jefferson County Courthouse. Once again, architect Kelsey Mullen and his team redid the drawings for the building to reflect its new spot just east of the Courthouse. Courteous visits to adjacent homeowners were made to discuss acquiring the necessary property.
Under Gary Vance's guidance, the Board applied once more for the Vision Iowa CAT (Community Attractions and Tourism) grant. Happily, their application was accepted this time around and the grant award for $800,000 came in January 2003.
Capital Campaign Launch Day
An early setback occurred in September 2001, when Gary and the Board decided to officially announce the kick-off of the Jefferson County Civic Center Capital Campaign. On the chosen day, initial signs promised a successful launch, with over half a dozen media outlets slated to attend.
Sally Denney hummed a tune to herself as she drove over to the conference venue, the Farm Bureau offices of Pat Kessel. She flipped on the car radio, and what she heard was utterly bizarre.
Gary Vance explained what happened. "We were pumped and ready to go," he said, "but minutes before our first conference was scheduled to begin, the phones started to ring." As the reporters took their calls, their faces turned ashen, they excused themselves, and left the room. What was going on?
At the Farm Bureau, everyone gathered around the TV. They watched stunned, in real time, as a passenger jet plunged into the second World Trade Center tower. It was September 11, 2001.
"The effect was numbing," Gary recalled. "It was all you could think about for a long, long time. To move into campaign mode at that time was very, very difficult."
But, as Gary had said, this was an extraordinary board: "They just would not let this project go down." Gary stayed on for another year, raising a significant amount of money. At that point, Gary knew he had put in enough time that he could graciously retire from the scene. He saw no point in draining the effort to pay his fees now that his students had become experts themselves, dynamos of self-reliance and resourcefulness.
"I never experienced anything like this, before or since," he said of the deep friendships he made. It had been the high point of his career.
Quickly, forward-thinking leaders of the community stepped in. Starting November 2003, Linda Stallone, Board members, and a committee of devoted leaders worked full steam to raise another $1 million. About six months in, Mayor Ed Malloy and banker Dave Neff created a standing appointment—every Wednesday at 3 p.m.—during which they went out together to meet key potential donors.
Was this a risk for community leaders? Yes, but the reward was great. Fairfield was already on the map in Iowa as a big player—a small town with a cosmic vision. A small town with an unbeatable economic engine that breezed through economic distress that had clobbered neighboring communities. A small town where art, music, and drama were intimately intertwined with everyday life.
The Local Option Sales Tax
An important watershed in 2003 was the town vote on the 1% Local Option Sales Tax (LOST). It had been earmarked for the new jail. With that completed, the funds continued to cover street repair and cultural events, among other things. The City Council, after discussing the Civic Center's need for funds, felt that the best course was to put it to a full town vote. A resounding two-thirds majority of voters responded "yes" to approving those funds for Civic Center use. It was a victorious moment, with the vote establishing strong local support to build the center.
The Battle for the Civic Center
For five full years, the fund-raising went on for donations large and small. But each time the goal seemed close at hand, costs rose and yet another round of fund-raising was required. This created tensions on the Board, as some began to feel it was not responsible to continue.
David DuBois, an organizational psychologist by profession, was invited onto the Board when Tom Stanley, a great champion of the project, was called out of town and needed to step down.
"This project had drama," David said. "It was a warm and fuzzy project for everyone. . . . But when it looked like it actually was going to become a reality, people got nervous."
Ups & Downs: Riding the Roller Coaster
In 2005, when demolition of the site's existing structures had been completed, the ground-breaking ceremony accomplished, and construction about to begin, Iowa State Bank, who had partnered with the project to provide a major loan, notified the Board with a surprising development. The USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee required that the Civic Center conduct an expert archeological dig to ensure that no items of historical importance lay buried beneath the site.
The future Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.
Ultimately, construction was delayed for almost six months, and that delay proved extremely costly. Two unrelated events shot the cost of building materials—steel in particular—through the roof. One was Hurricane Katrina, which necessitated massive rebuilding in New Orleans. The other was booming growth in China, where new high rises were sopping up the world supply of construction steel.
An engineering firm hired to reduce costs took several additional months to value-engineer the project. During that time, the cost of steel rose to $400,000.
"There was no way around it," Suzan Kessel said. "Yet another redesign was required to scale back the overall size. But it was not that simple. The Vision Iowa/CAT grant from the State of Iowa had us locked into a specific square footage that we could not reduce. It was a dilemma."
In the end, the Board contacted the CAT committee for a fundraising extension and approval for a new design.
It was back to the drawing board yet again, as Kelsey and his crew worked to eliminate steel and brickwork in favor of concrete block. They scrapped steel beams supporting the roof structure and substituted massive wooden beams instead.
The Fairfield Arts and Convention Center under construction (photo courtesy of Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc.)
Fortunately, local Fairfield contractor Schaus-Vorhies stepped forward, working diligently with Kelsey Mullen and Mark Bowers on tweaking designs and materials to reign in costs and save the center. "The Schaus-Vorhies crew were real heroes," said Suzan. "Our hats are off to them. They played a key and unforgettable role in all aspects of the Arts and Conventional Center from this time on."
Tensions on the Board
The on-going battle with unexpected obstacles and delays put a strain on the Board. At the first meeting that David Dubois attended, two members had concluded that abandoning the project was the only responsible thing to do. David, the Board newcomer, inspired everyone by invoking the history of Fairfield's Chautauqua days. He recalled how citizens had enthusiastically prepared for Chautauqua days, constructing a huge building large enough to accommodate the entire town. He also appealed to reason, reminding everyone of innovative ways that additional funds could be raised.
Endless Details
In the struggle to move forward, details too numerous to mention make this story one of high drama. To tell the full story, a brochure will lay out the colorful history of contentious issues faced by the Board as they plowed ahead to victory.
As Kelsey Mullen said, "There were a thousand times that this project could have gone down."
To read earlier chapters of the story to go:
Part IV: Preparing for the Feasibility Study
Part III: The Proposed Building Takes Shape
Part II: It Takes A Community to Build a Performing Arts Center
Part I: Fairfielders Dream About a Performing Arts Venue
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You pay attention to real estate values, and you get a thrill every time someone in your community pays more for their house than you did. Equity is awesome. Until it isn't.
Yes, it's the catch-22 of rising real estate values, and it might be about to hit you squarely in your mailbox. That dreaded property tax can be a killer, sucking up your money and making that equity seem downright excruciating.
"Property taxes will jump significantly in most cities this year," said Washington state's HeraldNet. In Snohomish County, Washington, that means a countywide 9.8 percent increase. In San Antonio, TX, 11 percent. And statewide in Massachusetts, an average of four percent. That can mean anywhere from a few bucks to a few hundred dollars a month, depending on your home's value.
The higher property taxes are the product of an improving economy and rising home values nationwide. But in many cases, homeowners are paying more than their fair share.
So how do you right this wrong and put that money back in your pocket?
Reviewing other comparable properties' report cards on the assessor's website may also be helpful to establish if the assessed value is consistent. "You may be able to argue for a reduction based on certain differences between your home and comparable ones," they said.
If you feel you have grounds for an appeal, "The first thing you should do is contact your local Tax Assessor's Office to find out the exact procedure for your locality," said Moneycrashers. In some areas, it's as easy as visiting the local appraisal district's website.
Homestead exemptions, reduced taxes for those over 65, who are disabled, or whose income allows them to exempt part of their property taxes—these are just a few of the ways homeowners might be able to lower their taxes outside of an appeal.
"Contact your state's department of taxation or visit its website to see what breaks are available to you," said Kiplinger.


Years ago when I visited the University of Illinois, I was fortunate enough to have a chat with a former professor of mine and long time motor skills researcher, Les Carleton. We discussed the fact that despite advances in motor skills research, much of coaching in the US is done using the same methods of instruction as those used in the 1930's.
I asked my professor friend, "What concepts in motor skills research, if better understood by coaches, would have the greatest impact on performance?" The two themes emerged from our discussion were the role of deliberate practice, and the importance of variability in practice.
Variability in practice simply means that every practice trial is in some way different. Many teams I have observed begin their practices with an orderly throwing routine in which partners throw ten backhands, ten forehands, ten hammers, etc. This is an example of one of those things that coaches pass down to one another even though this might not be the best way to practice.
Variability in practice is especially important for skills such as throwing a disc because every throw on the field is unique depending on wind conditions, the position of the mark, etc. However, even in a skill such as free throw shooting, which is the same every time, it would be a mistake to stand at the free throw line and repeat the same action over and over again.
As professor Carleton explains, when a person is ready to execute a motor skill, the brain creates a plan of action and then executes that plan. The plan includes the order and intensity of muscle activation in the body. If you attempt the same exact skill over and over, you have only asked the brain to create a plan once. Even if you execute ten free throws, you have really only done one true practice trial! This concept is known as contextual interference.
The concept of contextual interference has been examined in a large body of research. The research shows that performance during practice is much worse for those doing randomized rather than repeated trials.
Most likely this is the reason people prefer to practice throws in blocks of the same type. Alternating between types of throws makes all the throws look worse. What coach wants to see that? However, studies show that learning retention is better for those who use randomized practice. Perhaps even more important, performance on transfer tests is better for those who use randomized practice.
Performance on a transfer test measures how well the person can execute a related but slightly different skill than the one being practiced. Certainly this is applicable to ultimate where an endless variety of throws are needed on the field!
The desire for an orderly throwing routine at practice is understandable. Some players do not do well with unstructured practice and will lose focus without clear instructions.
One way to increase the variability is to simply have players rotate through the types of throws in twos or threes rather than ten of each.
Three to five repetitions of the cycle will give throwers the same number of overall trials and ensure that they are practicing all of their throws. Another alternative is to instruct players to make something different about each throw. A different release point, a different angle, or a different fake preceding each throw will add variability.
Players can be less motivated to do randomized practice because their throws will not be executed as well as they're used to. Always remember that the purpose of practice is not to look good in practice, but to perform well in games!
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Like most of you, Conservatives in London North Centre, I am distressed by the state of affairs relating to our economy, our foreign policy and our relationship with the United States, as mismanaged by Liberals under the leadership of Justin Trudeau in Ottawa.
And like most of you, I fear the situation will worsen if Justin Trudeau is given a second four-year mandate in the upcoming 2019 federal election.
While the economy by necessity is the priority, there are other issues of compelling nature, such as immigration as well as the appeasement of those among us who reject our secular democratic culture, both of which imperil the security and well being of our country.
For these reasons, and more, after consultation with individuals I greatly respect, I decided to seek the nomination in London North Centre to be your Conservative candidate. My mission is the same as yours – to elect a Conservative government in Ottawa with Andrew Scheer as our next Prime Minister.
I trust many of you know me.
I have made a home with my family in London North Centre for many years. I have taught at the University of Western Ontario for over three decades, and during this period engaged in public affairs in the city through the pages of the London Free Press and the local radio and television stations.
I wish to represent you and bring your concerns to Ottawa. I believe we need to have open and wide-ranging conversations, locally and nationally, about issues and policies that affect us at home and abroad.
Most importantly, I believe, we must not be intimidated by political correctness to express our hopes and fears for our country.
You and I, as Conservatives, disagree with Justin Trudeau and his Liberals in the manner in which they are ideologically motivated to change Canada not for the better, nor in keeping true to those values that made our country an exemplar of civility and decency in a much troubled world.
You and I agree we urgently need a Conservative government in Ottawa. This begins, for you and me, in London North Centre. Let us together make it happen.
I am seeking support to be your Conservative candidate. Please join me.


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Q: Change FK placement I have table1
id  | some_field
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1   | text1
2   | text2
3   | text3

And table2
id  | table1_id | some_field
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1   | 3         | lorem ipsum
2   | 1         | lorem ipsum
3   | 2         | lorem ipsum

There are one to one relations between table1.id and table2.table1_id fields.
I need to change FK placement to table1 (means create table2_id in table1 and fill it with related keys form table2) to get structure like this:
id  | table2_id | some_field
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1   | 2         | text1
2   | 3         | text2
3   | 1         | text3

And then drop table1_id field (but it's not related to the question).
The question is can I make it with like one common SQL statement that will update all rows with saving of current relationships?

A: An UPDATE statement can update rows from one or more JOIN-ed tables.
Assuming you have already created the column table2_id in table1, your UPDATE query should be like this:
UPDATE table1
    INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.table1_id
SET table1.table2_id = table2.id

That's all. It should report as modified the same number of rows there are in table1 (or in table2, they should have the same number of rows).

A: This is done with a simple join.
alter table t1 add column table2_id int;

update t1 join t2 on t1.id = t2.table1_id
set t1.table2_id = t2.id;

*

*see it working live in an sqlfiddle

A: If I got it right
UPDATE table2
JOIN table1 ON (table2.table1_id = table1.ID)
SET table2.ID = table2.table1_id
  , table2.table2_id = table2.ID
  , table2.some_field = table1.some_field;

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The Associated General Contractors of Vermont will be offering Distracted Driving trainings to the public on a number of dates (below). This is a four-hour classroom course designed to motivate participants to change their behind-the-wheel behaviors and attitudes. The AGC/VT has been designated by the National Safety Council as a Certified Training Center, the only one in Vermont. Attendees who complete this course will receive an NSC Student Handbook, an AGC/VT Fleet Handbook, and certificates of completion from NSC and AGC/VT. The course is taught by certified National Safety Council and AAA Northern New England instructors.
(The standard fee for this class is $99 per person but if you reference "Driver Safety" in your registration, this fee will be reduced to $60 per person). Register at http://www.agcvt.org or phone (802) 223-1809.
Feb..10: Montpelier, AGC/VT Training Ctr.
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This specification covers the chemical, mechanical, and dimensional requirements, and associated test methods for steel rivets for use in boilers and pressure vessels, and steel bars for use in the manufacture of such rivets. Two grades of steel are covered here, as follows: Grade A and Grade B. The steel used to make the rivets shall be manufactured by open-hearth, electric-furnace, or basic-oxygen process, and the corresponding rivets shall be manufactured from steel bars conforming to the applicable bar grade ordered. The steel shall undergo heat and product analysis for measurements of chemical contents for carbon, manganese, phosphorus, and sulfur. Finished bars and rivets shall go through rivet bend, rivet flattening, bar tensile, and bar bend tests for measurements of mechanical properties such as ratio of bend diameter to diameter of the shank for rivets, and tensile strength, yield point, elongation, and ratio of bend diameter to diameter of specimen for bars.
1.1 This specification covers steel rivets for use in boilers and pressure vessels and steel bars for use in the manufacture of rivets.
1.2.1 Grade A Bars having a yield point of 23 000 psi (160 MPa) minimum with no controls on carbon content.
1.2.2 Grade B Bars having a yield point of 29 000 psi (200 MPa) minimum with carbon 0.28 % maximum.
1.2.3 Rivets are manufactured from the applicable bar grade.


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