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Mashable Journalist Jolie O'Dell Co-Hosts a Special Webcast for Full Sail
Jolie O'Dell was "officially excited" to be the recent subject of an exclusive online Wimba session and Q&A, courtesy of Full Sail's Internet Marketing Master's Program.
The San Francisco, California resident is now the Social Media and Technology writer for the popular news site Mashable.com. Launched in 2005, Mashable reports on the latest developments in Web news, provides analysis of trends, reviews new Websites and services, and offers social media resources and guides.
With so much changing on the Internet, Mashable is always on the cutting edge of being the leading reporter on what's around corner.
Throughout the hour-long session, Jolie spoke on the various topics and trends that are currently unfolding within social networks and also fielded questions from Full Sail students, faculty, and staff. Those in attendance were able to ask their questions and follow the chat on Twitter.
"You really do have to be nimble when you're working within technology," Jolie says. "That's how I started doing podcasting and SEO."
Jolie's other professional experiences included being a journalist with the Web Technology blog ReadWriteWeb, freelance writing for technology magazines, managing Public Relations and Marketing campaigns, graphic design, and maintaining Search Engine Optimization (SEO) rankings.
"If there's a need within an organization…then you really have to educate yourself, be willing to be on the cutting edge of technology, and understand how it works," she says.
With more than 10 years of experience in editing and writing the news, her advice rang true for those already navigating through the online and technology landscapes and for the impending graduates looking for words of wisdom before venturing into the workforce. She also had advice for her fellow Internet Marketing writers.
"It's better to write something well than write something first," Jolie says. "But the benefit of being 'first' is that element of social sharing. You get that wave of excitement…and future stories link back to yours…It's not an ego thing; it's a business thing."
For individuals looking to get traction in any capacity, Jolie stresses that "you're entering into a really crowded market … but there are enough interested clients and trends to go around to support this ecosystem. Be more knowledgeable and deliver the results. Find a real problem that real people have, and solve that with technology."
The webcast also addressed one of her recent articles on Mashable, which was on the heels of Facebook's announcement that it will offer location-based services, as an answer to the increasingly popular Foursquare.
"Mobile is becoming the new place where people are getting their information and communicating," Jolie says. "Mobile is coming closer to solving human problems than the desktop could [and] is going to be a heavy part of internet marketing strategy in the near future."
While the 24-hour news cycle environment of online writing and technology can be daunting, Jolie is able to maintain a positive outlook and advises others not to feel overwhelmed.
"Just stay true to yourself," Jolie says. "At the end of the day, technology is an industry just like any other."
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Recently I gave an interview about one of my favorite career projects, Carmen Sandiego. It was being researched by an archivist! I hadn't been asked in years about the mysterious thief in the red trench coat and fedora. As big as she was in my life and on the national stage, save for a new motion picture in development, few people remember dear Carmen as much more than nostalgia. For that matter, who remembers the massive multimedia magic of CD-ROM computer games with all of 700mb of storage?
There she is. There she isn't. Nothing lasts forever. Very little lasts long at all. That is the stuff of our culture. That is the stuff of our careers. Hold on too tightly to anything and you find yourself grasping ancient pixel dust.
Creative destruction is increasingly real and accelerating faster than ever. A new company comes, an old company goes. Brands emerge and evaporate before our eyes. In the start-up world, the notion of permanence is almost impossible to envision. Look forward with alacrity or don't bother looking up from abandonment.
Contemporary taste is fickle. Technology trends are more fickle. Customer loyalty is most fickle.
Earlier this year I watched the National Geographic Channel limited series Valley of the Boom. I couldn't tell if it was a dark walk down memory lane or an idealist's time capsule of lost promise. Netscape—the big bang of the internet age—went from conception to extinction in all of about four years. The Globe—the biggest IPO of its time—was practically eviscerated at birth. Pixelon—a scam extraordinaire foiled by its own iBash—today doesn't even make a decent trivia question on a game show.
Those were just three emblematic stories, real-world cautionary tales of boom and bust. You might remember the history of other exploded rockets, from Pets.com to Webvan. Maybe you don't want to remember. Of the big consumer-facing internet companies that emerged from dotcom v1.0, it seems Amazon, Priceline, and eBay are the only lauded brands continuing to operate at large scale.
Google emerged in the second wave of the internet, capitalizing on all the failed portals' inability to understand the essential nature of search, most notably the excruciating death spiral of Yahoo. Can you think of another important round-one bubble survivor? Which will be the next to vaporize? Jeff Bezos has already said Amazon won't last forever. He knows inescapably it will be replaced by something fast moving and better.
Today there are reportedly 300 or so companies affectionately refered to as "unicorns." These are start-ups largely in the technology sector with a valuation of more than one billion dollars regardless of revenue or earnings to justify the bragging rights. You are undoubtedly familiar with many of their quirky names: Uber, Lyft, WeWork, Airbnb, DoorDash, Slack, Pinterest, Instacart… these are widely regarded as some of the good ones.
How many of these brands will today's schoolchildren recognize when they become adult consumers? You know they won't all still be around. History assures us of that—unless of course this time is different (and when someone tells you this time is different, keep your hands on your wallet).
Early last year I wrote an article titled Is Facebook the Next AOL? At the time I wasn't sure. Later in the year I wrote about it again. By then Mark Zuckerberg had testified before Congress and I had become sure. Facebook is going to fall hard. The level of cynicism over there is no different from the hubris of America Online. Today cash is pouring in and it has no serious competitors, so hey, it must be invincible, a forever brand!
Facebook only has one major problem corroding its innards: customers don't trust the people running it. No product or service can last long that way. It's hard to be a forever brand when your promise is held in contempt. You can pay lip service to addressing the failings in your business model, but if the core concept is fundamentally conflicted, you can't beat the reaper.
Even General Electric has fallen from grace. GE, the one original Dow Jones industrial average company dating back a century, is no longer in the Dow 30 index. How can that be? Yes, it is still an enormous enterprise, too big to fail, one might say. Does that mean the brand matters a fraction as much as it did a decade or two ago?
Nothing lasts. Creative destruction is consistent that way.
Google will last a long time because it has built a mighty moat, but it won't last forever.
Apple? Depends on how it deploys its seismic war chest of cash.
Netflix? Hard to imagine, but it seems like a transitional platform. It could be bumped off.
Microsoft is evolving again, truly embracing the cloud, so maybe it will be the new GE. It has lots of runway to continue reinventing itself, but like GE, no runway is infinite.
What's the point? Think about your own Carmen Sandiego, that gig you love that will be gone someday, and plan your career accordingly. Are you ready to lose the inevitable and discover what comes next? The ship you are on may appear to be built out of steel, but steel eventually rusts. Are you looking beyond the bow?
Creative destruction wins every single time, but don't despair. Where old jobs become obsolete with antiquated value propositions, new jobs emerge requiring fresh ways of looking at the world. I doubt that will change. While so many companies have come and gone in the last quarter century, the planet has lifted two billion people out of abject poverty. There are new pockets of middle-class workers emerging all over the world in an increasingly shared global economy. That seems like a decent enough tradeoff for a few trampled unicorns.
Maybe someone will even capture Carmen Sandiego. You never know what can happen when you let go of everything you don't need anymore.
Is Facebook the Next AOL?
I used to like AOL. Back in the day we called it by its full name, America Online. Prior to the broad penetration of the Internet, it was how we connected with each other. It was the company we paid on a subscription basis for both access to digital connectivity and content. For the ownership of AOL, it was a very, very good business, so explosive that it frightened the old guard in media and was merged into an even bigger entity, AOL Time Warner. If you were born after that wildly failed merger, it is difficult to convey just how powerful and influential AOL had become. Truth be told, I still have an active AOL account and get teased about that by friends. I wound it so tightly into my life it is still hard to completely unwind despite its deterioration.
I also like Facebook. As an individual enamored with words, I find it an irresistible way to communicate with a circle of acquaintances on everything from politics and social causes to MLB, The Beatles, wine, and business opportunities. As an author of fiction, I find it an essential tool to communicate with readers, let them know a new book is coming, tie that book into news of the day, and connect all of that with the monthly postings on my blog. Another confession: I was one of the earliest adopters of Facebook over the age of 40, invited for business reasons to create an account back when it required a .edu email to become a member. Companies I've led have been active buyers of advertising on Facebook at every stage of its evolution. Yet even with all that passion, I have been an ardent critic of Facebook. It reminds me of AOL. I hope it won't suffer the same fate.
Is it alarmist to think that Facebook could collapse at the level of AOL simply because of its latest data breaches? Yes, I think that would be overstating the calamity of its current situation, and if Facebook does implode, it will likely be a slow and painful process much like AOL with a long-tail legacy business lingering into the digital future. I am not predicting that will happen. I am suggesting that it could if Facebook does not radically rethink its business in real time and take immediate action to course correct.
I am not specifically reacting to the gross abuse of Facebook's members by Cambridge Analytica, but if ever there was a wake-up call to Mark Zuckerberg this bell is tolling awfully loudly. The sound of that alarm is the crying out of customers reminding the leadership of Facebook that they are not users as the descriptor goes, but human beings who have chosen to enter into a relationship with a brand. As I have mentioned here many times before, a brand is not a logo, a brand is a promise. When that promise is violated, all bets are off for the future of the brand. I believe AOL broke its promises way too many times and then sadly faded away. Facebook is now breaking many of its promises, real or presumed, and if the leadership there doesn't do something material about it soon, they are rolling the dice against fate.
Here are the three most obvious areas of overlap I see between Facebook and AOL, and how addressing them now aggressively might change the course of history for the social network that changed our lives in the last generation much as the online access ramp that carpet-bombed the nation changed it in the previous generation.
How did Facebook get into this fix with inexplicable amounts of customer data being exploited? Top management didn't take the time to fully think through the implications of their product decisions. Likewise, AOL was legendary for releasing updates that crashed our computers and often made it impossible to even log onto the system. MVP is a shortcut that disrespects customers. Build excellent products tested thoroughly before deployment, and customer trust will compound rather than be wagered.
AOL came to love hammering our screens with advertisements. We got them at sign-on, with our email, with instant messaging, with our stock listings, with our sports scores. The ad insertions were ceaseless and endless. When it was the onramp to connectivity we were already paying a monthly fee for the privilege of being an advertising target, but this additional banquet of media cash was a renewable feast of dots and spots. With so many eyeballs and so little competition they also assaulted advertisers with ever-increasing campaign rates.
Today on Facebook it isn't quite that aggressive, but it's getting there. What's worse, the advertising depends on crawling through our personal profiles to target ads with astonishing performance response. The media business is certainly a game of haves and have-nots, but company leaders have to keep their eyes on the prize. Does the company think its demise is inevitable and thus seek to exploit its visitors with endless badgering? Or can it modulate the experience to show us a reasonable number of ads that are relevant but not beyond our comfort levels of intrusion?
Here we return to the luster or disposability of a brand, to the ability to make a promise and deliver on it consistently in the face of day-to-day business realities and financial opportunism. AOL's stated mission was "to build a global medium as central to people's lives as the telephone or television… and even more valuable." AOL actually didn't do that—the internet itself obviated its driving purpose—but rather than build on the goodwill of its access brand and attempt to enhance the customer experience through creativity, the company sought to keep customers in a "walled garden" and intervene in easy access to the open internet. Customers soon enough revolted and left in droves.
Facebook's initial mission was "to make the world more open and connected." That mission more recently has been revised "to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together." Those are both lofty ideals. The question is whether Zuckerberg had the maturity to comprehend the implications of what path his company's technology cut through the landscape as a result. Of course it seems like a great idea to be closer to our friends and meet new people along the way, but if that compromises our privacy and personal security, is it worth it? Who gets to decide that? I can't navigate Facebook's privacy tree and I work in the medium. If its brand offers us a lasting promise of sharing and collaboration, does it also offer any guarantees of protection? If not, then we arrive at the cynical conclusion: "If we aren't paying for the product, we are the product." If a company wants to build a brand for the long-term, that's simply not a sustainable value proposition.
I would guess if AOL founder Steve Case had it to do over again things would have been different at his once pioneering enterprise. It was a younger audience that first championed AOL, but his demographics didn't stay young as the massive brand quickly lost its cool factor. Facebook is already seeing a similar demographic shift as its relevance with younger customers is waning, ceding that excitement to newer brands. I wonder if Zuckerberg will someday have the same regrets as Case or if he will find a way to shift gears with thundering resonance and reinvent his company to achieve a greater destiny.
The answer isn't in testifying before Congress, any more than it is about inescapable government regulation. The answer is in balancing business success against the real human needs of customers, about making a promise and keeping it, about building a brand that stands for something more than the dollars it attracts. Innovation is both challenging and valuable. Trust is much harder and worth so much more.
There's something eerie about the Facebook world-view, which challenges us to live publicly out loud, to reveal ourselves globally and without filters, as we communicate in real-time our every thought and action, trivial or serious.
Mark Zuckerberg, at a relatively young age, has suggested the world will be a better place if we live more open lives, if we have no fears about what is private and what is public about us.
That's quite a counterintuitive notion given our past, and one that has made him enormously wealthy in its adoption at various levels among a billion or so human beings across every settled zone of Planet Earth. Curiously, I find the thundering rhetoric around the U.S. Presidential Election has taken some of that "openness ideal" into the still largely uncharted territory of political correctness.
Am I being unnaturally confined if I allow myself to be restricted by a set of language norms accepted broadly as being politically correct?
Am I a more authentic person for saying whatever is on my mind absent artificially imposed rules somehow intended to protect the feelings of others but violating my first amendment rights?
Now consider the underlying question: Are these two viewpoints in fact diametrically opposed? Is someone a hypocrite if in public he speaks politely and without offensive language, yet out of the public eye makes racist slurs among friendlies? Or is that individual living more candidly by saying whatever is on his mind via stream of consciousness as long as his expressions align with his actual belief sets?
Said another way, if someone isn't particularly sympathetic to embracing social diversity, are we as a society better off with that potentially upsetting speech articulated or kept silent? Those trying to stomp out political correctness might suggest we all are better off saying whatever is on our minds, but I am going to suggest that this has nothing whatsoever to do with political correctness. Bigotry is bigotry. Political correctness does not ensure civility when it is unwillingly imposed; it simply masks a dangerous expression from public view in the name of conflict avoidance.
Of course all of us have the ultimate hypocritical alternative: to speak cordially in public bound by understood norms of political correctness but then go hog-wild and say what we want anonymously online no matter how vile it is, convincing ourselves that hiding in the shadows as we spew is further entitlement in our right to free speech. To his credit, Zuckerberg mostly solved this by requiring Facebook posts to be signed under true identities, but, as we know, if you want to spew, Facebook is not the only game in town.
If you believe a wall should be built between the U.S. and Mexico, then go ahead and say it, but don't think you have beaten political correctness by blurting that out. I don't think the wall should be built. I feel in no way restricted by political correctness. I am comfortable saying what's on my mind and I also find it pretty easy not to be offensive or threatening in my remarks. If you think the wall should be built but are filtering your public opinion because of the chokehold political correctness has around your vocabulary, you are deceiving yourself. Political correctness is not your problem. Your unwillingness to come clean publicly on your controversial stance is your problem. No one can liberate you by removing the filter. You are what you stand for, no matter what you say, and when you say what you stand for, you are no better than what you are saying.
Perhaps we are we missing the point of why political correctness was challenged in the first place. Being politically incorrect and saying whatever flows from your lips no matter how hurtful it might be are not the same thing, not even close. It is critical that we put in context where the modern politically incorrect movement began, long before it was labeled. It was a reaction by comedians like Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Richard Pryor to exposing the hypocrisy of what was said behind your back, not in front of your face. To twist that into an intolerant free-for-all that justifies hurtful speech or even hate speech, is the opposite of what these language pioneers set out to accomplish.
Is it fair to compare a groundbreaking stand-up comic from a half century ago with the current GOP candidate for President of the United States? Probably not, but if you don't see a difference in how each of them applies the need to speak freely to make a point, we probably aren't going to agree on when it is justified and makes sense. In Lenny's case, he is embracing irony to open our eyes to self-awareness. In Trump's case, he is playing to disenfranchisement to stir up resentment.
Bill Maher called his original show Politically Incorrect to make a point about the absurdities of covering up hypocrisy with language. He has offended many, and he is anything but always right in his opinions, but his intention is to make us think harder about what we say and do. If you have a point to make in the name of a lightning rod that takes us to better thinking — like Lenny, like George, like Richard — have at it, but be ready to suffer the consequences of being misunderstood if your point is not clear. Samantha Bee is doing an amazing job carrying the torch now. She is hugely politically incorrect and a beacon of light, afraid of nothing. All of these people carry a core message of love. If you carry a core message of love and have something to say that makes me work harder at understanding my failings, have at it, but don't think you're doing me any favors by calling me one name behind my back and being polite when we meet face to face. If that's political correctness, we have failed at diversity. If you're a bigot, we'll know.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the death of Lenny Bruce. Let's keep his torch burning brightly by proving we know the difference between stepping beyond the bounds of political correctness to make a point and blathering on insensitively about how we wish we could say what was on our mind but somehow feel repressed. If you have something to say, say it, then stand by it. If it makes the world a better place, you'll have said the right thing no matter whom you may offend in the short-term. I'm guessing if what you have to say really matters, it won't be offensive in the least.
Facebook moved into a new office complex earlier this year, which Mark Zuckerberg has described as "the largest open floor plan in the world." With over 400,000 square feet, it is reported not to offer a single private office. There are conference rooms, shared spaces, and all kinds of creative gathering areas meant to protect the startup environment that is core to the company's zeitgeist as it evolves into a corporate behemoth. It's a wild, energetic, real-time experiment in organizational development that is already being praised and criticized from inside and outside the company. Whatever your assessment might be, it's a test of human behavior worth watching.
For a moment, I'd like to think of the Facebook campus not as a model of space planning, but as a model of team planning. Long before the debate raged on whether private offices had run their course of usefulness—and just how truly dreadful the industrial cubicle could be—company leaders were debating the "optimal" way to arrange organizational charts in the Information Age. If you've spent any time with me in product development, you know I like to quote the sometimes overused phrase, "People in companies get stuff done in spite of org charts, not because of them." It's a bias I maintain for all kinds of reasons, not the least of which is seeing it in action almost every day. Another bias I hold applies to the "optimal" way to build these org charts. I'll confess to that in a moment, but the title of this article has likely already given away my leaning.
Let's start with the basics. The rise of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century, emerging from prior Agrarian Societies, led to thousands of individuals working for single companies, for the most part creating efficiencies in the manufacturing model. Most of us are familiar with the innovation of Henry Ford as something of the father of mass production with his 20th Century Assembly Line. The premise of the organizational charts for these early corporate conglomerates surmised that a few knowledge workers and a Big Boss would send instructions down the pyramid to a wide base of workers who hopefully wouldn't ask too many questions. Executives were at the top, middle managers squeezed in the sandwich, and individuals contributors down below busy doing their hands-on functions repeatedly. If the model sounds blunt and easy to follow, there is a reason for that—it dates back to the earliest days of broad warfare, mostly perfected by the Romans. You have an Emperor, you have Generals, you have Captains, and you have Soldiers. It worked for thousands of years in capturing terrain, albeit at the cost of mostly Soldiers, and it worked for hundreds of years in mass producing products, too often without much consideration of job satisfaction.
As education and information became more available in later decades, and asking questions became the norm, the inflexible org chart became a lot more difficult to maintain. As workers collaborated more and followed instructions less, human resources departments (formerly known as personnel offices) looked to break out of the traditional top-down structures and unleash creativity. Standard org charts evolved along the lines of two basic models: Functional Departments and Cross-Functional Teams.
Functional Departments place similarly skilled workers into groups led by senior individuals with advanced experienced in a discipline. This creates a Legal department, an Art department, an Engineering department, a Finance department, a Sales and Marketing department, and the like. Over the course of your career you might aspire to become the VP of Finance or the VP of Marketing, and these VPs, now sometimes called C-Level executives (Chief Financial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer) point the functional expertise of their teams into a Chief Executive Officer. Your company may organize itself this way. It is a very common and familiar way to organize. It's also still very close to the old military hierarchy.
Cross-Functional Teams break the model of Artist reporting to Art Director and Engineer reporting to Engineering Director. They place multi-disciplinary groups under a generalist manager who is often more "cat herder" than boss. In this model, a smaller group of people with engineering, finance, marketing, design, and manufacturing expertise might all report to someone called a Project Lead, Product Manager, or General Manager, who is in essence a mini-CEO. Unlike Functional Departments, Cross-Functional Teams are likely to be less "permanent" in structure. The team might be ad hoc, assigned to an initiative, ready to be broken up and redeployed following a product release. Functional experts on the team might have a dual reporting relationship to the team leader and a senior expert in their area of expertise offering professional mentorship, so that a team leader who doesn't know the law doesn't have to render legal oversight (always a good idea). Over time Cross-Functional teams can evolve into more permanent Business Units with profit and loss responsibility for a specific line of products and extensions. If you have ever been in a company comprised of Battling Business Units , you know it can be even less fun than being buried on a Functional Team.
It is at the intersection of these two models that we all learn the necessity of Matrix Management, which unfortunately in the Information Age is the only real way we have to collaborate in an ongoing manner. Sometimes we need a Functional Department to help us advance in our area of expertise, and sometimes we need a Cross-Functional team to get stuff done with people who are good at different things. Most companies go back and forth between Functional Departments and Cross-Functional Teams, and just when you think your company has settled into a comfortable structure, along comes the inevitable memo announcing the company re-org. Companies re-org over and over in search of optimizing their growth models, but the truth is, neither approach is perfect, and whichever one your company is currently utilizing, be prepared to have it change. Re-orgs are certain because change is certain. The opposite would be sameness, and as much as you might think you want that, running in place is the surest way possible to go out of business.
Oh, about that bias of mine—I believe anything in a company that leads to entrenched fiefdoms stalls creativity. Functional Departments are usually fiefdoms. Business Units are usually fiefdoms. Again, this is why Matrix Management is a reality, particularly in managing empowered, innovative individuals who join together in a mission that is unlikely to last a lifetime, but has a real chance to change the world now. If we take that back to the visual metaphor of the open floor plan, I tend to see greater strength in the output and engagement of Cross-Functional Teams than I do Functional Departments. That doesn't mean I am against having an exemplary CFO, CTO, or CIO setting the bar for excellence in a discipline. It just means that whatever the org chart says at the moment, I don't want any walls between artists talking to engineers, lawyers talked to sales people, accountants talking to marketers, or anyone so distant from customers that they forget who pays everyone's salary.
You see, at the root of all this, there only is one Emperor, one General, one CEO, one Boss who matters most. That is the voice of the Customer, whom we almost never place on the org chart. Start by putting the Customer at the top of the hierarchy, and you'll soon understand why who reports to whom doesn't really matter when it's time to tally the scorecard. That's why the walls gotta go, figuratively or literally. Go out on the floor and try to bump into a few people. You may be surprised how much you learn and how good it feels.
Following up my last post on the scarcity of successful internet brand turnarounds, I had a number of interesting discussions with colleagues in search of the answer why. While it would be impossible for me to boil that down to a single concept in a single blog post, the common theme seemed to be the extraordinary difficulty in reinventing the key products or services under a once a powerful but now fading brand, such that the new offerings were up to the standards of the original breakthrough experiences.
1) Tepid Innovation—believing that a little idea was a big idea almost in desperation for lack of identifying a big idea. Copycat products that responded to market leaders to segment small bits of their commanding market share consumed energy where market leading ideas remained in small supply.
2) Lack of shared vision—weak leadership failed to articulate a big idea around which teams could rally, so buy-in became compelled rather than organic. Empowering strong leaders to lead is not often enough a company's core competency, because truly creative rebels don't want to be managed, they want to be sponsored, so that they can make change happen in cultures that prefer conformity, and conformity is not how you win market share. When the right leaders are chosen and empowered, they can build a shared vision by leading, not managing.
3) Corporate intervention—a young company acquired for its Think Different mentality and bold new ideas becomes indoctrinated in the prevailing corporate culture of the parent, and begins to see the world through the lens of the acquirer rather than for the reasons it was acquired.
4) Lack of listening—there is no longer a measurable correlation between time on the job and quality of concept. The youngest arrival in a company may just have the best ideas, but if there is no forum for real listening and discussion, the most creative voice can be too easily silenced.
5) Marketing/Engineering Wars—rather than partner, the two necessary sides of the winning formula argue for the sake of winning the argument. They forget what it means to win—that their competition works at another company.
Many of these themes are explored in the brilliant and surprisingly nontechnical book Dynamics of Software Development by Jim McCarthy, which I have encouraged every senior executive I have met to read as well as every staff leader I have mentored. In my experience the core issue comes down to learning how to build a consensus, understanding that consensus building is not polling or voting or majority rules. Product development is an expertise, like any other profession. Many individuals can learn to do it adequately, but few can do it extraordinarily.
Look at some of the new wave of great companies and you see the top-tier of product development pros at the helms: Mark Zuckerberg, Reed Hastings, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman. Of course those are all CEOs of substantial, important, disruptive companies and they are not available for brand turnarounds at internet companies on the rebound, but the question remains, are the people being put in charge of turnarounds somehow similar in nature and characteristics to the great leaders of product development? Are they able to articulate a vision around which people can rally willingly and with trust? Do they listen to a multitude of opinions and then make decisions that incorporate feedback because it is critical, not because it represents a political agenda? Do they have good taste, and can they see beyond the state of today to leapfrog a competitor with perhaps something that didn't do well in a focus test? Have they built a process in their environment where good work can shine and fast iteration can overcome mediocrity in rapid succession?
Consensus is an astonishingly complex concept; it is not at all compromise. It begins with vision, It is evangelized through leadership, It becomes stronger through group participation and feedback, but it is guided to completion by the same vision and leadership from which it emanated. Consensus goes off track when a leader feels for whatever reason that bits of all contributions most be included to create the consensus, the proverbial camel with two humps. That is wrong, because all comments and critiques will not be right if breakthrough products are your goal. Group participation is a must to achieve organic buy-in, listening is a must for a leader to bypass being feared as a despot, but for great product development to triumph, a vision must remain strong, pure, unique, original. That can never be taken for granted, and everyone on a team will not always be happy at every twist and turn. Yet if you have ever had the privilege of working on a world-class, game changing product, you know that most sins are forgiven when it all comes together through good process, and it does not look anything like the system of checks and balances we see in representative government.
Product development is driven by a different motive set, of creative destruction and inspired disruption, a high stakes arena where often winner takes all, second prize means you go home. Democracy does not work there, and democratic compromise is not workplace consensus. Show me a great product, and I know you will find iteration, but I bet you won't find haggling.
Vision is what launches a brand. Vision will always be key to reinventing a brand. Process is the key to translating ideal vision into working reality. Consensus is the element of process that gets everyone on a team to remain part of the team, because success is owned by the team, not by its individual components. Get most of that right and product development has a fighting chance, and so might reinvention.


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What are bracelets?
Bracelets are types of jewelry worn around the wrist. They are worn for different reasons, and may even be used to attach pendants, or other decorative pieces. There are people who wear bracelets for certain causes, to show their religious or cultural affiliations, and for identification purposes.
Bracelets can be made in a variety of materials. The simplest bracelets may be made of strings while some may be made of metal, plastic, or cloth, among many others. The decorations for bracelets may be made of stones, pearls, crystals, wood, plastic beads, and other materials.
There are bracelets designed to fit exactly around the wrist, while some bracelets may have a loose fit.
History of bracelets
The word bracelet came from the Greek word brachile meaning "of the arm." This was also traced back to the Latin word brachium which means "arm" and the Old French word bracel. There are people who might think that bracelets and armlets are similar, but the difference lies in where they are placed. Bracelets are placed around the wrist while armlets are worn on the upper arm.
Traces of the oldest bracelets came from Egypt at 5000 BC. They started making bracelets from bones, stones, and wood. These were often used for religious purposes.
The Scarab Bracelet is one of ancient Egypt's most well-known designs. The scarab is believed to have symbolized rebirth and regeneration. These were also carved to be used as jewelry and kept in the bandages of mummies. This was done because of their belief in the solar deity, Khepri. Some artifacts portray him as a scarab beetle while others show him to have a human male body with the head of a scarab.
During 2680 BC, Egyptians were wearing thick bracelets made of gold, silver, and semiprecious stones. They imported gemstones from Africa from 1558 BC up to 1058 BC. Egyptian bracelets were not only used for rituals; these were also worn for decorative purposes.
This thick, gold bracelet with hieroglyphs came from Egypt.
In 2000 BC, the ancient Chinese had bangles made of gold and jade. Some of these bracelets even had etchings of animals, folkloric creatures, and plants on gold bracelets. The Indians often wore gold bangles during the ancient times, although more colorful bracelets decorated with glass beads were incorporated in their culture as well.
A bracelet with a fifth finger of a juvenile hominin was found at Denisova Cave, in the Altai Mountains, Siberia by Russian archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Novosibirsk. Carbon dating showed that the bracelet, along with other artifacts, were aged 40,000 BP (Before Present).
Greek and Roman soldiers also wore cuffs on their arms made of leather and metals. Greek citizens prefer to wear bracelets as decorations while Romans wore snake-shaped gold bangles. During the Middle Ages, bracelets became unpopular with European men.
There was resurgence in wearing bracelets for European women during the 17th century. They would often wear several thin bangles and ribbons. Bracelets with chains and became popular in the 19th century. Pendants and medallions made of coral and ivory were attached to these bracelets and were considered fashion accessories. During the Victorian period, wearing charm bracelets with dangling pendants and engravings became trendy.
Cultural traditions on bracelets
As mentioned earlier, bracelets are not only used as decorations. They are also worn because of traditional customs and superstitions.
There was the Bulgarian tradition called Martenitsa which involves the tying of a red and white string around this wrist. Bulgarians follow this tradition to please Baba Marta, a mythical figure that brings the end of winter and beginning of spring.
The Greek also have a similar tradition to the Bulgarians called Martis. They make a red and white bracelet on the first day of March and wear it until the end of summer to protect their skins from the Greek sun.
Azabache bracelets were worn by Latin Americans to protect themselves from the Mal de ojo, also known as the evil eye. They believe that envious looks and excessive admiration are the causes for the evil eye. An Azabache bracelet is a gold bracelet with a black or red color charm shaped like a fist is worn by newborn babies.
History of cremation bracelets
Wearing mourning jewelry started in the 1600s, although there were two significant events that made it even more popular in the 1800s. These are the American Civil War and death of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Cremation became more acceptable because it was a faster way to dispose of dead bodies compared to burials, which paved the way for cremation jewelry. Other mourning traditions were quite restrictive during these times.
Jet black cremation bracelets were worn to mourn the loss of a loved one.
Grieving people were obligated to wear black clothes and were not allowed to attend social functions. Jet was a lightweight type of gemstone used to make black mourning or cremation jewelry. There were cremation bracelets, cremation rings, and other types of cremation jewelry made of this material.
In fact, there was a rise in mourning jewelry from hair during the American Civil War because soldiers would leave a lock of hair for family members in case they die. Family members would make hair wreaths that will serve as memorial family trees since most of them lost husbands, fathers, brothers, and other male relatives. Wearing brooches and bracelets made of hair became common during those times.
Cremation jewelry might be a morbid concept for some, but these pieces were worn because they believe it is the best way to remember their loved ones.
The trend of wearing cremation urn bracelets
Most people consider cremation as a more convenient and cheaper choice when it comes to the disposal of their departed loved one's bodies. Families can put the cremation ashes in cremation urns and either have it buried, placed in a columbarium, or kept at home. Nevertheless, there are still people who use keepsake urns to hold a portion of their loved one's ashes.
Keepsake urns are small cremation urns and can be brought anywhere. Most people use these small cremation urns to divide a loved one's ashes among themselves. An example would be children dividing the ashes of a departed parent.
The need to always have keepsake urns resulted to the production of cremation urn jewelry. There are different types of cremation urn jewelry, and some of the most common types are bracelets that hold ashes. These are also known as cremation urn bracelets.
Cremation urn bracelets are designed to keep a small amount of your loved one's cremation ashes.
Cremation urn bracelets have different designs but the most common ones are bangles with detachable pendants. Cremation ashes are placed inside these pendants with varying shapes and sizes. Some of these cremation bracelets have numerous pendants in different shapes in case you want to keep more ashes. These cremation urn bracelets are often made of metals but are available in other materials too.
Types of bracelets
There are different kinds of bracelets depending on the design and type of material used. Here are the following types of bracelets:
Bangles/Rigid bracelets
Multi-strand bracelets
Wrist watch bracelets
Alternative health bracelets
Bangles are one of the types of bracelets worn during the ancient times, and came from the Hindu word bungri meaning "glass." These rigid bracelets are usually made of glass, metal, plastic, or wood, and are circular in shape. They are not flexible, and can either be plain or embellished with stones
Bangles are a huge part of Indian culture. They often wear numerous thin bangles on their arms. Bangles made of glass are reserved for special occasions like weddings and festivals while plastic bangles are worn for everyday use because these are much more affordable.
Modern bangle designs have diamonds in the bezel setting. Some bangles are also decorated with other gemstones, pearls, and other ornaments.
A diamond bangle bracelet is a classic design that will be perfect for all occasions.
Beaded bracelets come in different colors, but earthy colors are most suited for people with Bohemian styles.
Oftentimes, beaded bracelets are composed of a collection of beads with holes in the center. A piece of string is used to hold all the beads together and tied securely to form a bracelet. The beads may be in just one color or in different colors.
The beads used in beaded bracelets can also have different shapes. This type of bracelet is associated with Bohemian styles, especially ones with earthy colors.
Most beaded bracelets are affordable although some of them are expensive because they are made of valuable materials.
Charm bracelets are bracelets composed of trinkets and decorative pendants. These objects often symbolize something significant to the owner's life. Among all bracelet types, charm bracelets are personalized the most often.
Most of the decorations in charm bracelets are dangling although some designs are flattened to the surface of the charm bracelet. Charm bracelets can be made of a wide variety of materials, but the most common ones are made of metals.
This diamond charm bracelet with animals is inspired by the Art Deco movement.
Diamond cuff bracelets can add glamour to any look.
Cuff bracelets are bracelets with thick bands and opening on one side. Most Egyptians wore these cuff bracelets with inscribed symbols. The soldiers and upper class members of ancient Greek and Roman societies wore these as well.
The most highly-valued cuff bracelets are made of gold, silver, and other precious metals. Modern designs have allowed cuff bracelets to be made from cheaper materials.
From the name itself, gemstone bracelets are bracelets made of gemstones. Oftentimes, gemstone bracelets have diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires in them. There are even gemstone bracelets that have all twelve birthstones attached to the bracelet. The bracelet itself is usually made of metals.
There are different designs for gemstone bracelets. Some of them have the gems attached to the bracelet through the bezel or pave setting. On the other hand, the gemstones may be dangling from the band of the bracelet, in a similar fashion to charm bracelets.
Gemstone bracelets are one of the most favored among all bracelet types.
Diamond link bracelets are timeless pieces of jewelry.
Link bracelets are bracelets made through connecting jewelry findings or other similar components. They can be made from different materials, but the most common link bracelets have metals and gemstones.
Multi-strand bracelets are bracelets with multiple strands that are linked to a single clasp.
These can be made of chains, wires, leather, or other synthetic materials and decorated with beads or gemstones.
Multi-strand diamond bracelets are usually made in the pave setting.
These slap bracelets have colorful designs. They are mostly worn by young people
Slap bracelets are also known as snap bracelets and mostly worn from the late 1980s up to the early 1990s. Most slap bracelets have bright colors and bold patterns. These were popular among younger people such as children and teenagers.
Slap bracelets are cheap compared to other types of bracelets and were found in most retail stores. These are made of metal strips (flexible stainless steel) covered with felt cloth, plastic cover, or silicone.
These bracelets became unpopular when rumors of injuries from slap bracelets surfaced. Some slap bracelet wearers claim to have experienced puncture wounds and bleeding in their wrists.
Tennis bracelets are bracelets with thin, flexible bands and decorated with diamonds and platinum. Another term for this is the diamond line bracelet. It got its name from the American tennis player Chris Evert. She was playing when the diamond line bracelet she wore while playing at the US Open snapped and fell to the ground. She requested the game officials to pause the game so they could look for the bracelet. From then on, diamond line bracelets have been called tennis bracelets.
Because these are made of valuable materials (diamonds, gold and platinum), tennis bracelets are traditionally expensive.
This tennis bracelet is filled with diamonds in the bezel setting.
Diamond wrist watch bracelets give a sense of luxury.
Wrist watch bracelets are bracelets used to hold watches. They are available in different designs, although most of them are simple in nature since they are used for functional purposes.
Wrist watch bracelets are usually made of metal or leather. However, some of these are made of rubber or other materials suited for active lifestyles.
Sports bracelets are inexpensive bracelets made of colored silicone rubber and have been popularized by the American company Nike. They are also called gel bracelets, jelly bracelets, rubber wristbands, silicone wristbands or baller bands.
These bracelets are also used as awareness bracelets to show support for a particular cause.
Sports bracelets are great for people with active lifestyles.
This is an alternative health bracelet that promises to bring good karma.
Alternative health bracelets are bracelets made for beneficial purposes. Examples include karma bracelets, ionized bracelets, and magnetic bracelets. They are believed to improve the health condition of wearers.
They are available in different designs, mostly made from beads, wood, or other special materials. Some claim that these bracelets can even bring good karma or protection.
However, there are no independent studies to prove the effectivity of these bracelets.
EverDear & Co. makes diamond bracelets from cremation ashes.
Burials are the most traditional option when it comes to the disposal of our loved one's bodies. In fact, there are times when burial plots are allotted for extended families. However, the lack of cemetery spaces has resulted to the increasing preference for cremation.
Cremation has given people a chance to think of different ways on how to memorialize their departed loved ones. Although most people would keep the human ashes in a cremation urn and place it in a columbarium or keep it in their homes and scatter the cremated ashes in a favorite place, there have been unconventional ideas on what to do with cremated ashes.
Some of these include turning the cremation ashes into a painting, pressing them into vinyl records, and infusing the cremated ashes in glass. Most nature lovers would like to see the cremation ashes of their loved ones transformed into a tree or a reef, but one of the most special ways to memorialize them is to make diamonds from cremation ashes.
EverDear & Co. is a company from the USA that is dedicated to producing high-quality diamonds from cremation ashes of your loved ones. We only make the best products because we know how important your departed loved ones are to you.
We turn cremation ashes into diamonds through carbon refinement, exposing the ashes to high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) just like natural diamonds, and the cutting and polishing of cremation diamonds from ashes.
EverDear & Co.'s ashes to diamonds cost
Most companies that turn ashes to diamonds charge them at high prices. However, EverDear & Co. believes that turning their ashes to cremation diamonds does not have to be expensive.
We offer the best prices for cremation diamonds from ashes through the use of cutting-edge technology. Another contributing factor is that we do not have any partnerships or tie-ups with third-party organizations. Therefore, additional costs for cremation diamonds are avoided.
Our cremation ashes to diamonds cost starts at only £395, the cheapest in the market. This price to turn ashes into diamonds is affordable and gives you an opportunity to commemorate the lives of your departed loved ones at a low price.
Does EverDear & Co. have discount plans if more than one cremation diamond is ordered?
We offer the following discount plans for cremation diamonds from ashes to make things easier for you. These special offers will allow you to memorialize your loved ones without the steep price.
5% discount on the total cremation diamonds cost for orders of two in the same colour and size.
5% discount on the total cremation diamonds cost for orders of two or more memorial diamonds in different colours and sizes.
8% discount on the total cremation diamonds cost for orders of three in the same colour and size.
10% discount on the total amount for cremation diamonds of four or more in the same colour and size.
The colors of EverDear & Co.'s cremation diamond bracelets
You can choose between three vibrant colors from EverDear & Co.'s cremation diamonds from ashes. These are:
Yellow (Golden Star)
Blue (Azure Serenity)
Colorless (Immaculate Soul)
The chemical composition of your loved one's ashes or hair will greatly affect the color of your cremation diamonds.
The most frequent color produced by cremation diamonds is yellow. This is due to the presence of the element nitrogen in our bodies. The nitrogen content in the ashes or hair can be removed if you would like to own blue diamonds from cremation ashes. The blue color is linked to boron, an element found in stars. In this way, your loved one is transformed into a cremation diamond that sparkles just like stars.
EverDear & Co. can also produce colorless cremation diamonds from ashes. This is the most expensive from our cremation diamond lineup because the most extensive purification process is necessary to make them.
The carat weight of EverDear & Co.'s cremation diamond bracelets
The carat weight of a cremation diamond affects their prices. Cremation diamonds from ashes with a larger carat weight are more valuable while diamonds from cremation ashes with a small carat weight can be bought for cheaper prices.
The carat weights available for EverDear & Co.'s diamonds from cremation ashes range from 0.03 carats up to 0.69 carats. As a result, we are able to make cremation diamonds from your loved one's ashes more affordable for you.
The round cut for EverDear & Co.'s cremation diamond bracelets
We recommend the round cut for our cremation diamond bracelets because it has 58 facets that can bring more brilliance and sparkle. The round cut enables maximum reflection of light and can bring out the true beauty of your diamonds from cremation ashes.
The clarity of EverDear & Co.'s cremation diamond bracelets
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has a diamond grading scale to determine their clarity. Most of EverDear & Co.'s cremation ashes to diamonds have a score of VS (Very Slightly Included) to VVS (Very, Very Slightly Included). This shows that small inclusions and blemishes can only be seen through magnification.
We issue a certificate of authenticity along with the purchase of diamonds from cremation ashes to guarantee that these are real. This document certifies the following:
The source of carbon for the cremation diamond
The 4Cs grading of our cremation diamonds (color, carat weight, cut, clarity)
The setting material
Make cremation bracelets from ashes.
Your cremation diamonds from ashes can either be worn loose or mounted on cremation jewelry. We have a selection of cremation jewelry designs you can choose from, such as our cremation necklaces, cremation rings, and cremation earrings. However, you can opt to turn your loved one's ashes into cremation jewelry bracelets too.
Cremation bracelets from ashes are beautiful pieces of cremation jewelry that will show the eternal affection you have for your departed loved one.
EverDear & Co.'s cremation bracelets from ashes have simple and classical designs. These are specially built to hold a cremation diamond that possesses sentimental value.
Our bracelets from cremation ashes can be worn on all occasions. You may want to wear them when you're alone or during anniversaries and birthdays.
Cremation jewelry bracelets prices
Unlike other companies that make cremation jewelry, our cremation jewelry bracelets only have an average price range of $800 up to $1,200. This is definitely one of the cheapest prices you will see on cremation bracelets from ashes. EverDear & Co. also offers free shipping worldwide
Transforming cremation bracelets from ashes is a touching action to memorialize a loved one.
We know how painful the grieving process is. People have different ways to cope with the death of loved ones.
Wearing bracelets from cremation ashes is one of the best ways to hold onto a loved one. EverDear & Co. believes that these are the best tributes to your loved ones. Our bracelets from cremation ashes have the best prices in the market too.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you want to know more on our diamonds from cremation ashes and cremation bracelets.
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While speaking on the phone with a friend who works at another institution, I was flipping through my favorite seasonal supply magazine. They have all sorts of things in there, from cups to craft items and even a large selection of decorations. I was commenting to my friend how excited I was to receive the magazine, as it was a nice thought break in the middle of a very busy week. I arrived at a page with an image that is becoming all too familiar. It was an image of what appears to be, a white man and woman. That though, isn't what surprised me. It was that they were wearing ponchos, sombreros and stick on mustaches. I had commented to my friend how insensitive this seemed to me and that perhaps I should reconsider purchasing from this magazine in the future. We changed topics a few times and shortly after our phone conversation ended, but I still couldn't get that image out of my head. I also considered the title of the magazine itself and how that could be not so politically correct.
I've done some digging into the latter and found that the company was established by an immigrant and has kept its name, as it was chosen by that founder. The company's history page pays homage to its humble beginnings, but is primarily used to show the growth that has occurred since its founding. So, I'll go back to the insensitive photo.
Since the conversation with my friend and reading a bit about the company, I have considered a few things and am sharing them with you so that you may consider them for yourselves and potentially share your views in the comments. Should colleges and universities consider the ethics/views of the companies we purchase supplies from? Should that be considered if we are not purchasing the product in the offensive section or picture? Should something be said to the supplier?
As the primary purchaser for my department, I find myself a bit torn. In an effort to conserve funds amidst a budget cut and also continue to hold high quality programs, I find myself wanting to continue purchasing items from this company. On the other hand though, money talks. If I am spending funds on goods from a company with ethics/views that do not align with my institution, what am I saying to my students and other staff? I also thought about which products I would be purchasing and it would not be those in the picture, as they serve no purpose in our programming, but I still come back to that inner conflict.
Then the next thing that came to mind is do I contact the supplier and convey my disappointment over this image, to them? On a personal level I have contacted companies before to relay a concern or questions about content, but in this case I would be contacting the supplier about something a bit larger than just myself. Is it still a personal contact or would this message be on behalf of my institution? I still find myself wanting to make contact with the supplier and most likely will, but doing so on a more personal, than professional basis.
While I am still conflicted, my current plan of action is to reach out to the supplier to express disappointment in their picture choice, but also to consider other cost effective suppliers should their response be unfavorable. I hope that in doing so the supplier realizes that a mistake has been made, but until then I'll be flipping through different magazines and catalogs for my thought breaks.


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On Sunday, October 23, the New York Flute Club will present Ruth Cunningham, founding member of the acclaimed vocal group Anonymous 4. In addition to being a world class singer, having recorded more than 20 CDs, she is also a flutist who plays Renaissance, baroque, and native american flutes, as well as medieval harp. Ruth's most recent CD releases are Light and Shadow: Chants, Prayers and Improvisations and Harpmodes: Journey for Voice and Harp.
As a sound healing practitioner, Ruth works with both individuals and groups using the voice and music as tools for healing and transformation. She collaborates with other healers and musicians in a variety of settings and is interested in integrating sound healing and performance. Ruth played and taught a sound healing class for the Integrative Stress Management Program at St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC from 2001 to 2007. In 2001-2002 she was among the musicians who offered their services at St. Paul's Chapel, which served as a refuge for the workers at Ground Zero.
For this workshop Ruth will start with a short concert featuring her gorgeous voice and flute playing, followed by leading the audience in humming, toning, improvising, and sound meditiation. Her singing has always informed and improved her flute playing and those of us who are not trained singers can still benefit from singing. Ruth will also demonstrate how music and flute playing can open doors to meditiation.
When I had the good fortune to work one-on-one with Ruth, I experienced a whole new aspect of flute playing, one that offered physical benefits as well as pure enjoyment. This is an opportunity to have a trasformative experience through the flute taking new skillls and concepts home with you. I hope that many of you will have this same special experience.
I encourage you to attend this extraordinary workshop. Bring your instrument to participate!
Soprano Ruth Cunningham and violist da gamba Patricia Halverson join Empire Viols' Martha Mcgaughey, Carol Stober, and Arthur Haas in a cornucopia of delightful songs by Dowland and Morely and rarely heard sacred works by Theile, Capricornus, and Bouteiller. Music by Locke, Byrd, Gibbons and Marais completes the harvest.
A collaboration by artists of distinct musical backgrounds, EPIPHANIES is a celebration of the ancient and contemporary. RUTH CUNNINGHAM -- known for her work as sound-healer, improviser, and early music specialist -- and GILDA LYONS -- commissioner, performer, and champion of new works -- partner on a program inspired by the artists' shared commitment to honest vocal performance, the exploration of the spiritual, and direct communication through sound.
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In 1975 a freshman violinist (and amateur recorder player) met a transferring sophomore recorder and baroque flute player at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon discovering their mutual interest in renaissance and medieval music, it was not long before the two were fast friends. Ruth Cunningham inspired in Maria Walsh a passion for early music. By the time of graduation, Maria was a committed baroque violinist. Ruth and Maria kept in touch through the years on different sides of the continent, but only recently have started performing together again. Then and Now will be their first chamber recital together. Then and Now highlights the music that Ruth and Maria explored together in college, and have explored since on their own. The repertoire of Then and Now spans the Medieval, through the Baroque, to the historically inspired contemporary, and reflects in many ways the artists' friendship Then and Now. Composers include Anonymous, Balshar, Telemann, Handel and Holst, and Ruth's improvisational pieces will be featured.
Ever wondered if there is a connection between music and physical and spiritual healing? Come find out as Ruth Cunningham, a classically trained musician, sound healing practitioner, and founding member of the band Anonymous 4, combines these skills to improvise music that connects people to the healing and spiritual power of song. She specializes in improvisational sacred music from varied spiritual traditions in both liturgical and concert settings. This lecture will combine words and sounds to understand and experience the soul transforming power of music. Joining Ruth will be Timothy Brumfield, Director of Music Ministry and Organist and Choirmaster at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church. Brumfield has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning Paul Winter Consort since 1998 and has performed around the world. Brumfield is also an Honorary Fellow of the National College of Music in London.


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• Fostering a lifelong association between Rotary and its scholars.
• Create a program through which The Rotary Foundation and the member clubs of Rotary International may become increasingly effective in promoting greater tolerance and cooperation among peoples leading to world peace and understanding.
• Three months of study in conflict resolution, mediation and other skills necessary to reduce conflict and promote peace worldwide.


Winners of the Champion Flight wereTony Berryhill, David Hillard, Wayne Howard, Matt Slaughter, Keith Peterson and Greg McCree.
"The Wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going." That familiar quote from John 3:8 may have crossed the minds of many of the competitors in the 25th Annual Eastman-Dodge County Kiwanis Club golf tournament.
The day of the tournament was beautiful, but the winds were persistent, and skill was required to compensate for the effect of the wind on the ball. Regardless of the circumstances, those that competed had a great time and helped make the tournament a successful fund raiser for the Kiwanis Club.
The mission of the Kiwanis International is to serve the children of the world and money raised from this local tournament will go toward helping children and families in our community.
The tournament could not be a success without the many businesses and individuals who support the Kiwanis Club as a Tournament Hole Sponsor. The Eastman-Dodge County Kiwanis Club wishes to thank the following for their sponsorship: Affordable Storage, The Bank of Eastman, Bug House Pest Control, Chasmar Home and Garden, Chic King, Citizens Bank and Trust, Coleman Paint and Body, Colony Bank, Dairy Queen and Brazier, Earl W. Rogers Jr., CPA, Easter Seals Middle Georgia, Eastman Drugs, Eastman Equipment Company, Eastman Fast Lube, Eastman Insurance, Ethridge Plastics, Peggy Wilson/Farm Bureau, The Floor Plan, Globalnet, Tony Goodman Auto Sales, Ocmulgee EMC, SS&M Insurance, Flash Foods, Sonic, Guide One, Hartley Tire, Jackie's Gun and Pawn, Legacy Flexible Packaging, Little's Forklift, Martha Sheldon Florist, McDonalds, Ocmulgee Animal Care, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Pruett Heating and Air, Rhine Drugs, Sawtooth Ranch/Zack and Debbie Mercer, SFMC, Jones Farms/Mark and Sheila Jones, Shorty's Quick Stop and Used Cars, Attaway's Sidetrack Cafe, Stamps-Walker Agency, State Farm Insurance, Stuckey Timberland, The Prescription Shop, Tommy Thomas Realty, Village Pizza, Wayne's Lawn and Equipment, Wholesale Builder's Supply, Tripp's Barber Shop, Five Otter's Olive Orchard, Dublin, Ford, Dublin Chevrolet, Paul's Tire, Patty Henley State Farm. Eastman Pediatric, Eastman Lion's Club, Lakeside Assembly, Dodge Baptist Association, Bohannon Wrecker, Lauren's County Lockout.


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New Moms Trying to Breastfeed Shouldn't Go It Alone
August 18, 2016 Maureen Villasenor, MD
Mothers know that when it comes to feeding their babies, breast milk is good for their child in many ways. But breastfeeding isn't always easy--many new mothers face difficulties with milk production, latching and other issues that can lead to frustration or giving up on the process entirely.That's why National Breastfeeding Month, observed each August, not only promotes the health benefits of breastfeeding, but also encourages women to seek out help and support if they are struggling.
"There are so many wonderful things about breastfeeding--it's free, it's a terrific nutritional source for babies that's healthy for both mother and child, and it's a time of bonding. So it can be heartbreaking for new moms who are having problems breastfeeding, especially if they feel they don't have a place to turn to for resources and information," says Maureen Villasenor, MD, a board-certified pediatrician at St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group and a mother of three. "That's why St. Joseph Health offers programs through its various ministry hospitals to help families have a successful breastfeeding experience."
Before the baby arrives, expectant moms should look into the breastfeeding services offered at the hospital where they choose to give birth. Many facilities, such as Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital offer breastfeeding classes as part of an education series for pregnant women, so they feel prepared for when the baby is born. For moms who can't make it to class in person, online breastfeeding prep courses are available, such as the one at St. Jude Medical Center.
Moms-to-be may also want to purchase supplies, such as nursing bras or breast pumps, before the birth. "See if the hospital has a store carrying those items, such as the Stork Stop Boutique run by St. Joseph Hospital, Orange," Dr. Villasenor says. "Women should also check their health plans, as the Affordable Care Act calls for insurance coverage for breastfeeding equipment, as well as any support needed after the baby is born."
Post-delivery, the hospital should also offer breastfeeding assistance. "This is an ideal time for mothers to have questions answered and for a lactation specialist to assess latch and nursing positions, and make any corrections, if necessary," Dr. Villasenor says. "Many of St. Joseph's ministries are Baby-Friendly Hospitals, and others are working toward that designation. This certification means that the hospital is committed to optimal breastfeeding support. That includes having a written policy on breastfeeding and ensuring all staff members are trained according to its guidelines, helping mothers breastfeed within an hour of giving birth, and allowing mothers and babies to share a recovery room so breastfeeding can take place at any time."
Mom isn't on her own once she and the baby come home from the hospital. "Women should know how to track their baby's feedings to make sure the newborn is getting enough breast milk," Dr. Villasenor says. "They can get this information from their doctor or hospital nursing staff, as well as a log to keep track of feedings. Generally, infants should nurse eight to 12 times per day, for as long as needed at each breast. Physical signs that babies are eating enough include the number of wet diapers they go through each day (one for each day of life, when nutrition comes from the mother's colostrum, then six to eight once the mother's breast milk comes in), good skin color and alertness. Babies should also be gaining weight, up to 7 ounces per week, which can be checked during pediatrician visits."
If their infant isn't meeting those benchmarks, or women are having problems such as sore nipples or inadequate milk production, they shouldn't hesitate to get help. Some St. Joseph Health ministry hospitals offer personalized breastfeeding assistance. For instance, breast pump demonstrations and breastfeeding support groups facilitated by a lactation consultant are offered by Queen of the Valley Medical Center. And at the Childbirth Center at Redwood Memorial Hospital, lactation help is just a phone call away. Moms can call the Breastfeeding Care Line with any questions, and their call will be answered within 24 hours by one of the center's lactation consultants.
"There are so many avenues of support out there that women who choose to breast feed their baby should be confident that they can get the help they need," Dr. Villasenor says. "It may require working through some issues, but it's well worth it in the end--for both the mother and the child."
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With a vibrant, continental feel, 2 Fore Street is a relaxed and stylish bistro-style restaurant on Mousehole harbour front with views across Mount's Bay as well as a beautiful secluded garden to enjoy long summer days. The menu changes regularly to reflect the freshest of local produce with an array of mouthwatering options from a hand-picked crab salad, to a delicious homemade burger to grilled lemon sole fillets with samphire. The perfect atmosphere for Sunday morning cup of coffee, lunch straight off the beach or to meet friends for dinner over a chilled glass of prosecco.


Volunteer opportunities in Toronto this summer can only improve your life. Not only do you meet new people, help others, and make the city a better place by donating your time, but you're technically helping your own career by showing future employers that you demonstrate initiative.
There are loads of different types of volunteer opportunities here, especially during the summer months. Help the Relay for Life races all over the GTA run smoothly, there's the Run for the Cure, and even Sugar-Free September events that all need a lot of help.
Help make sure one the city's busiest and most vibrant festivals is a high energy, fun and easygoing experience for everyone by giving your time to Caribana. It's more than just guiding folks along a parade route; it's about learning what involved in managing a major event.
If you love the city and want to spend some of your free time outdoors helping Toronto be as good as it can be, consider helping out the City. They're going to need a lot of help during Doors Open, Canada Day celebrations, Summerlicious and have openings for all types of other roles like tour guides, art guides, and stage managers.
If you find yourself stuck in the city and crave being surrounded by nature trails, hiking and wildlife, think about volunteering your time with the Brick Works. Positions here vary from welcoming hosts to leading bike tours and nature walks.
If your idea of volunteering is changing people's lives for the better and helping those who could really use break, then this organization is where you should concentrate your time. You can donate time in the head office, on sites as a deconstruction volunteer or at one of their many fundraising events like the annual baseball tournament.
Volunteer at one of the city's most active summer spots during one of the many festivals, parties, film screenings, theatres shows, or just plain old beautiful days by the water. The Harbourfront has loads of opportunities to help guide the public and make sure all their summer programming goes off without a hitch.
This is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the urban forest by hosting clean-up days, tree planting activations, and running annual events like the Leslieville Tree Festival.
One of the most rewarding volunteer opportunities from a career growth, community building and learning standpoint, Pride has over 2,000 positions that need filling, from stage volunteers, behind the scenes wranglers, hosts, and parade helpers.
One of the largest film festivals on the planet needs a lot of volunteers to help it run smoothly. Whether you're on the street, at red carpets or inside theatres directing eager movie-lovers to where they need to be, volunteers play an essential role at this festival. Plus, the shirts are pretty cool.
This Church Street community hub not only runs one of the greatest outdoor festivals during Pride, but fun, outdoor and indoor programming all summer long. They are a beacon of light in the community, depend greatly on their volunteers, and help so many different types of people. Expect a lot of hugs as a volunteer here.


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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought the dip on nearly $12 million of Tesla stock on the heels of Musk's sell-off
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Cathie Wood's Ark Innovation ETF has slumped in 2022.
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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought nearly $12 million worth of Tesla stock on Wednesday.
The move follows chief executive Elon Musk's sale of $3.6 billion worth of shares.
Tesla is the third-largest position in the firm's portfolio.
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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest pounced on nearly $12 million worth of Tesla stock late Wednesday as the stock extended a recent string of losses and as news broke that Elon Musk dumped $3.6 billion worth of shares over a three-day period.
ARK purchased 74,862 shares on Wednesday spread across three accounts. The firm paid $156.80 per share, the lowest level in two years. ARK completed the purchase through its ARK Innovation ETF, the ARK Autonomous Tech & Robotics ETF, and the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF.
Meanwhile, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk sold nearly 22 million shares over a three-day period ending December 14, according to regulatory filings. Musk has drawn investor criticism for diverting too much of his attention away from his flagship electric vehicle maker and toward Twitter, which he purchased in October. Shares of the Tesla are down about 55% in 2022.
But Wood remains steadfastly bullish on Musk and his vision, and has stated she believes he is focused on bringing full autonomy to Tesla vehicles by 2024.
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Does Darnell have a future in Padres organization?
With Chase Headley as the Padres established everyday third baseman going into 2012, the big question is what will San Diego do with James Darnell? It looks like he will start the season in triple-A Tucson, but does he have a future in the Padres organization? Last year, when Headley went down with a broken finger, I speculated that Darnell, a natural third baseman, could get a legitimate shot given the organizational depth. Darnell had some playing time last year, until a diving attempt resulted in a dislocated shoulder that shut him down. The Padres do not view Jesus Guzman (and for good reason, he's a terrible defender) as an MLB third baseman. Logan Forsythe has had brief time with the club at third, but is out with a broken foot. Edinson Rincon is also an intriguing prospect but has questions regarding his defense and is at least two years away.
My view has been the Padres would strongly consider moving Headley at the trade deadline and use Darnell as a stop-gap player until one of the top prospects is ready. That brings me to Jedd Gyorko, very highly regarded around baseball (#71 overall by MLB.com) and the favorite internally. However, he is probably a year away from being an everyday third baseman. I view Gyorko as the Padres third baseman for years to come.
Recently, the Padres have moved Darnell back to his natural position, third base. He was being tested in the outfield in attempt to possibly get his bat in the lineup at the MLB level. Having Darnell back primarily at third makes me wonder: Are they are grooming him to step in this season type move?
Headley could be a mainstay in PETCO Park. However, the Padres locked up both Nick Hundley and Cameron Maybin before Headley, who has been outspoken about his displeasure with PETCO Park. Maybe that bothers the Padres? It's telling the Padres didn't lock up the more tenured and established player in Headley. The Padres are looking for players who could fit PETCO's mold more favorably moving forward. I believe the Padres will look long and hard at dealing Headley at the deadline, and we will see Darnell as a stop-gap to Gyorko.
While the Padres would lose overall production from third base initially with the loss of Headley, there's a chance to cash in a long-term reward by bringing in a player who is better suited for PETCO, which eats up left-handed hitting — and Headley bats the majority of time as a switch hitter from the left side. The Padres are thin at shortstop, and I could see dealing Headley for a promising shortstop.
Darnell, who was was named the Padres 2009 Minor League Player of the Year, is having a solid spring, batting .303/.333/.462 with three doubles, one homer and six RBI in 39 at-bats. He split last season between the Padres minor league affiliates San Antonio (76 games, .333/.434/.604) and Tucson (35 games, .261/.344/.425) with a combined 26 home runs between both leagues.
I believe the Padres will give Darnell a shot, while Gyorko seasons in the minors, and I wouldn't be surprised if they traded Headley by the deadline for another top prospect.
From what I've heard, Bud Black doesn't view Clark as an outfielder. Even though he has more experience than Darnell or Guzman. Having said that, it's hard to imagine not seeing what he can do after such a strong spring, with much needed offense with CQ down. Like you said, tough decisions.
That's a possibility. Some fans will be irked when Clark doesn't fill that spot. But as we've discussed, the Padres would have to bump someone from the 40 man roster to make room. I don't see that happening, although some tough decisions will have to be made shortly.
With Blanks nagging a shoulder injury, the Padres will likely look to Darnell to fill out the roster spot for LF insurance, ironically.
I also believe Headley will be gone before the break. The Padres have avoided arbitration twice, and I doubt if Chase would be receptive to any "back-loaded" contract extension.It all depends on where San Diego's at in the standings by mid-season. If they get off to a poor start and Quentin is slow to recover, the Padres are likely to "bite the bullet" with Darnell. If the team looks like they might contend, Josh Byrnes will be more selective in any trade involving Headley.
Either way, Darnell has no future with the Padres. Gyorko is the third baseman of the future.
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Q: LWC not recognizing PageRefrence changes and not displaying updated values I have the below parent aura component which has parent LWC -
On clicking redirect button on parent i am passing the attritubes in URL and the values are displayed on the child. This happens for first time. But when i go 2nd time and hit redirect button, i am unable to see updated values on child. it gives me previous values.
If i refresh the entire browser and then do the action, it works fine.
Parent Aura (Used as quickaction) -
    <aura:component implements="lightning:isUrlAddressable,force:lightningQuickAction,force:hasRecordId">
           <div class="slds-card">
            <c:sidParentChild recordId="{!v.recordId}"/>
        </div>
    </aura:component>

Parent LWC HTML -
<template>
    <lightning-layout multiple-rows="true">
        <lightning-layout-item padding="horizontal-small" size="6">
            <lightning-input type="text" value={employeename} name="Ename" label="E Name" class="ename"></lightning-input>
        </lightning-layout-item>
        <lightning-layout-item padding="horizontal-small" size="6">
            <lightning-input type="text" value={employeeadd} name="Eadd" label="E Add" class="eadd"></lightning-input>
        </lightning-layout-item>
        <lightning-layout-item padding="horizontal-small" class="slds-p-top_large" size="6">
            <lightning-button label="RedirectToChild" title="RedirectToChild" class="slds-m-left_x-small" onclick={redirecttochild}></lightning-button>
        </lightning-layout-item>
    </lightning-layout>
</template>

Parent LWC JS -
import { LightningElement, track, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { CurrentPageReference, NavigationMixin } from "lightning/navigation";

export default class SidParentChild extends NavigationMixin(
    LightningElement
) {
    @api recordId;
    @track getempdetails = {
        employeename: "",
        employeeadd: ""
    };

    connectedCallback() {
        this.redirecttochildcomp = {
            type: "standard__component",
            attributes: {
                componentName: "c__sidchildcheck"
            },
            state: {
                c__recordId: this.recordId,
                c__getempdetails: this.getempdetails
            }
        };
        this[NavigationMixin.GenerateUrl](this.redirecttochildcomp).then(
            url => (this.url = url)
        );
    }
    redirecttochild() {
        let ename = this.template.querySelector(".ename").value;
        let eaddre = this.template.querySelector(".eadd").value;
        this.getempdetails.employeename = ename;
        this.getempdetails.employeeadd = eaddre;
        this[NavigationMixin.Navigate](this.redirecttochildcomp, false);
    }
}

Child Aura Component -
<aura:component implements="lightning:isUrlAddressable,force:lightningQuickAction,force:hasRecordId">
    <c:sidchild recordId="{!v.recordId}"/>
</aura:component>

Child LWC HTML -
<template>
    {recordid}
    {empdetails.employeename}
    {empdetails.employeeadd}
</template>

Child LWC JS
import { LightningElement, track, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { CurrentPageReference, NavigationMixin } from "lightning/navigation";

export default class Sidchild extends NavigationMixin(
    LightningElement
) {
    @track recordId;
    @track empdetails;

    @wire(CurrentPageReference)
    currentPageReference;

    get recordIdFromState() {
        return (
            this.currentPageReference && this.currentPageReference.state.c__recordId
        );
    }

    get empdetailsFromState() {
        return (
            this.currentPageReference &&
            this.currentPageReference.state.c__getempdetails
        );
    }

    renderedCallback() {
        this.recordId = this.recordIdFromState;
        this.empdetails = this.empdetailsFromState;
        console.log(this.recordId);
    }
}-

A: Found one solution -
In the component with lightning:isUrlAddressable simply add a change handler for the pageReference state.
Component:
<aura:handler name="change" value="{!v.pageReference}" action="{!c.reInit}" />

Controller.js:
reInit : function(component, event, helper) {
        $A.get('e.force:refreshView').fire();
    }

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Q: An option to show all comments by default? I'd really like to have the option to show all comments by default to questions and answers, instead of having to click on "show more comments" each time.
This would be really helpful where there are long discussions following a question or an answer (like here on Meta), because reading them in chronological order makes a lot more sense than reading only the most voted ones.
Is this possible?

A: There was discussion of a comment expansion user preference, back when comment voting was introduced, but nobody seemed that interested in it -- so we haven't followed up.