Margot McKinnon B.A, B.Ed, M.Ed, is an international presenter, known as the "teacher's teacher". She trains professionals in the fields of Yoga, Pilates, Athletic Therapy, Massage Therapy, Kinesiology and Physiotherapy as well as maintaining a busy day-to-day practice in her studios in Toronto Canada. She is founder of BODY HARMONICS Studios and Health Clinics and director of BODY HARMONICS Education. She has written dozens of manuals and articles and her focus is always on bringing attention to the foundations of human movement so that regardless of your field of expertise you can help people restore optimal movement patterns at any stage of life. Her motto when she trains teachers is "keep it simple, help people feel what you mean, and spark curiosity through movement.
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Escrick Park is a large country estate just outside of York. The estate offers large meadows, quaint gardens and woodlands to hold your wedding celebration and is well suited to Marquee and Tipi weddings.
Keely + Ryan got married at Escrick Park in York and held their ceremony in the beautiful woodland.The estate offers its clients use of their vast grounds and woodland, and in this respect every wedding that is held there is unique to the couple that plan it.
If you are looking for a laid back location that makes the most of the Yorkshire countryside, with plenty of space to put up a few tents for tired revellers, then this may be the venue for you. I am also a recommended supplier there so its always great to get back there to cover exciting weddings.
I arrived at Escrick Park shortly before the guests started to arrive, which gave me chance to photograph a few details which were perfectly arranged by the couples wedding planner, Sian Chaplin, who I had the pleasure of working with a couple of times over this summer.
The weather on the day was perfectly behaved. It's these long summer days that I love photographing most on reflection in winter. I love how relaxing the sunshine is and it's effects on people coupled with the celebration of a wedding.
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Naomi and Kristian got married in a church in York and then held their reception in a Papkata Tipi at Escrick Park where I am listed as a preferred supplier. The Escrick estate has a few locations to host your wedding, whether you are looking for a woodland, a large field or a beautiful english cottage garden, neighbours also appear to be few and far between if music to a reasonable hour in the evening is on your list of requirements too, and as such I really enjoy the atmosphere at these kind of laid back affairs and its great to be able to blend in as the photographer and capture candid photographs.
The couple hired some adjacent cottages not too far from the church and stayed there with their bridesmaids and groomsmen for the weekend, and as the weather was glorious Id imagine a few barbecues took place and plenty of summer refreshments were consumed. Getting ready next door to each other meant that I could flit between the two groups on the morning of the wedding and capture photographs for both parties to see what the other got up too.
After a couple of hours I met up with the guests as they arrived in time for the ceremony. Ive said it before; I love photographing church wedding ceremonies due to the relative freedom and time that you are given over civil ceremonies, it can also add a traditional element to a celebration that doesn't necessarily follow all of the rules of a traditional wedding, one example being the style of photographer being employed over one who might orchestrate the day more and create a set of portraits over a documentary coverage of the events.
The afternoon meandered at a leisurely pace before a band played a couple of sets into the evening. I won an award for the title image in this blog post with the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photo Journalist Association.
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A great website to support the children with their phonics.
A website useful for our maths topics, please ensure the games you select our appropriate for their age group.
The children have been learning about 2d and 3d shapes this week, and have loved listening to the shape songs!
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Though Jean Genet's 1947 play The Maids (Les Bonnes) is known as a sadomasochistic, cruel and absurd work, director Stephen Simalchik says he would describe his Offstage Theatre production as playful before he would call it dark.
The play is believed to be based on a real-life French murder case that occurred in 1933, when two sisters employed as maids, Christine Papin (age 27) and Léa Papin (age 23), murdered their mistress and her adult daughter. Most productions tend to focus on the cruelty—a recent modernized English translation increased the violence of the language itself in a 2014 Lincoln Center staging starring Cate Blanchett. But from the moment Simalchik decided to direct this play using the original English translation, he was struck by the adolescent tone and envisioned whom he would like to cast as the younger sister, Claire: 16-year-old Emma Strock. He had worked with Emma before at Charlottesville High School and asked her to read The Maids and give him her impressions.
For the older sister, Solange, Simalchik cast 19-year-old Arrietta van der Voort. He explains that skewing the characters younger translates the work into a slightly different state. His interpretation makes sense, though, as there is a good deal of pretending that goes on within the play as the sisters dress up in Madame's clothes in order to act out their fantasies.
"It's still the worst 70 minutes of someone's life, among the three characters, but [the sisters] are still children playing," says Simalchik.
The young age of the actors also serves to highlight how tightly their sisterhood binds them, emphasizing their dependence on each other.
The project was born months ago when Megan Hillary, who plays Madame and designed the set, began collaborating with Simalchik. They were in need of a performance space when they connected with Bree Luck, the artistic director for Offstage Theatre. Luck reached out to potential venues and was able to secure the historic McShane House, a mansion built in the 1930s and tucked away in the trees on Maury Avenue, an unlikely location near the bustle of Stadium Road. The era of the house's construction made it perfect for the play.
Offstage Theatre has described the production as an "investigation into the confused and dangerous mindset of class-based murder." Genet, who had spent some time in prison, wrote it in his 30s as an exploration of power and oppression.
"He had a complicated relationship to power and class," says Simalchik, who was also drawn to the play because of his own questions about class and a desire to explore its complications.
And, as a director, he is aware of not just representations of class on stage, but of gender as well. He notes the abundance of roles available to white men and the need to pay attention to whose stories are being represented in theater.


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Project SAM: Developing an app to provide self-help for anxiety
Topham, Phil; Caleb-Solly, Praminda; Matthews, Paul
Phil Topham phil.topham@uwe.ac.uk
Praminda Caleb-Solly
An interdisciplinary team at the University of the West of England (UWE) was commissioned and funded to develop a mobile phone app which would provide self-help options for the management of mild to moderate anxiety. The completed app would extend the range and availability of
psychological support for student well-being at UWE and other higher education institutions.
The project team consisted of two computer scientists and one psychologist who were responsible for the technical, functional and clinical specification of the app. A local mobile app development company was appointed and the teams collaborated on the design, build and evaluation of the app. The self-help structure and components were developed in consultation with therapeutic practitioners, in and out of UWE. The developer team advised on and constructed multi-media features to realise the self-help aims of the app.
The UWE project team promoted an iterative approach to development, evaluating each stage of development through trials with expert users, practitioners and students. The app, named SAM (Self-help for Anxiety Management), was developed for Apple and Android operating systems, to be usable on smartphones and tablets.
SAM was launched in the app stores in July 2013, globally available and free to download for the first year of operation. It was promoted to students, educational institutions, mental health organisations and charities as well as a range of professional and informal contacts.
A UWE-based Advisory Board was convened to oversee the maintenance and development of the university's investment in SAM. Members include the project team, researchers, therapists and other staff with an interest in its use to support student well-being. Three key tasks of the Board are to ensure SAM's financial sustainability, to oversee developments in its usability and self-help components, and to obtain funding for the evaluation of its therapeutic impact.
Project Report
Topham, P., Caleb-Solly, P., & Matthews, P. (2015). Project SAM: Developing an app to provide self-help for anxiety
mobile app, mental health app, self-help app, anxiety management app, app usability, app design, app development, therapeutic app, user engagement, humanistic app, CBT app
Project SAM_Part 1_Report.pdf (1.2 Mb)
Project SAM_Part 2_Appendices.pdf (2.3 Mb)
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I was three sentences into a different post this morning when my BlackBerry buzzed. I checked it. And there it was. The message I've been anticipating for three weeks now. Longer, actually. A message from my good friend. One whom some of you might remember. A friend who went through a very close call with pneumonia and swine flu at the tail end of her pregnancy. A friend who beat the odds and delivered a healthy baby boy, a mini miracle not long ago. I had not seen this friend in going on two months.
Her message: Come now. We are awaiting your arrival. Just pumped so we can catch up!
I saw these words and hit "save draft" and closed my computer. Rapidly, I tossed my things into my bag and ran outside. In the bitter cold, I threw up my arm and a taxi stopped. The ride was a blur of stoplights and green. We emerged from the park and before I knew it, I was there. At a place I knew. In a moment I knew would arrive.
I exchanged pleasantries with a nice-looking doorman. I walked past a glittering Christmas tree. I took a quick elevator ride. And then I walked in. To my friend's home, quiet and serene. I tiptoed down the hallway into her living room and there she was. Gorgeous. Glowing. Standing there in the sun-blanched room clutching the little man himself. And I approached, blinking back tears. I gave her a cautious hug and studied that tiny face. The wispy lashes and button nose. The bow lips. The silly sprinkling of hair. He looks just like his Daddy. I told my friend this.
We sat down at the small table. And we talked. She unpacked the sugary confections I'd brought and placed them between us. But we didn't indulge. Not then. We savored words instead. In broad, forgiving strokes, we talked about the scary road she'd traveled. A road that apparently also included a botched epidural and feared blood clot in the brain. I told her how radiant and skinny she looked and we joked about my little postpartum secret. We talked about our very good friend who just welcomed her beautiful second daughter on her thirtieth birthday. There was laughter. There was conversation. There was silence. The good kind.
At one point, I noticed that there were tears in my friend's eyes. And she said, "I don't even know how to thank you for your words. For your blog posts." I told her she didn't have to, that I wrote those words because I wanted to. And needed to. But she persisted, patently not plagued by the Pathetiquette that engulfs me. She told me that my words brought great solace to her and her husband and her geographically scattered family throughout this ordeal. She told me that her mother now reads my blog every day. She said those two words over and over. And they began to sink in. They did.
I took one last look at her little boy, pink and perfect in peaceful slumber. And I suffocated my friend with another hug. A less careful one this time. And then I walked back down that hall, traveled back down that elevator, muttered a quick goodbye to that nice man at the door. I walked back out into the relentless cold. My mind and heart swollen, I walked. Aimlessly.
I turned the corner and saw a familiar sign. A Starbucks sign. I marched toward that sign. I walked in. I waited on line with bundled strangers. Uncharacteristically, I ordered a decaf. I was plenty buzzed already. And though the store was packed, there was a little table in the back. One right near an outlet. I smiled.
I sat down. I plugged in. I logged on. I opened a new post. And I began to write, to pound away at this trusty keyboard. The words came and now keep coming. Here I am. Yards from my friend and her new love. Saying thank you. Thank you for being strong. For reminding me what matters. For letting me come glimpse that darling doll, for letting me witness the profound power of new life. For the sugar that is friendship.
And while I am on a roll, I have someone else to thank. Another woman. A different kind of friend. But a friend indeed. An exquisite writer and thinker. On her brilliant blog Daily Plate of Crazy, she goes by Big Little Wolf. In the past week, she passed along the Sugar Doll award to me and two of my absolute favorite bloggers Kristen and Goldfish. Per the wise Wolf, this particular accolade is is "bestowed for delightful and thought-provoking writing" and I am humbled and honored to receive this nod, this early Christmas gift from such a talented and thoughtful woman.
Now it's my turn to pass along this sweet prize. And it's a tough call, but I have chosen another new friend of mine: Jane of Theycallmejane's Blog. Each and every day, I lap up Jane's words, curiosities, and heartening optimism about this big, bad world we share.
Alas, a long and meandering post. But long and meandering like good days and good lives. And if you look closely at my words, affectionately jumbled here, there is a focus, however scattered. On sugar dolls, new and old. On close calls. On the lasting power of words. And on two words in particular. Two words that are hard for some of us to say.


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Girls of the Crescent Creating Change
Deyar Nasiri
Mena (left) and Zena Nasiri (right) holding some of the books they donated.
Laura Kapolka, Staff Writer
As much as inclusion is preached, numerous sources of information such as the books in libraries leave out minorities.
Two sisters at Adams, sophomore Zena Nasiri and freshman Mena Nasiri, have faced this problem their whole lives. As a result, they founded their own nonprofit organization known as Girls of the Crescent, in hopes of giving other Muslim girls the ability to read books with people like themselves.
"When I was in fourth grade, we had this wax museum project where we had to pick a book about someone who we admired. My sister and I wanted to do a Muslim woman who was really important to us, but we could not find any books about female Muslims. We thought that was kind of unfair because it left us at a disadvantage, and so we decided that we wanted to increase diversity in libraries by adding more books with female Muslim main characters, so people could feel represented," said Zena Nasiri.
Girls of the Crescent donates books with Muslim women as their main characters to local libraries. So far, they have donated over 250 books. They also work in conjunction with Rochester Community School's PTA to donate books to school media centers, such as West Middle School, Lone Pine Elementary School, and Meadowbrook Elementary school.
"We are continually contacting schools and libraries and are being interviewed by various media sources to raise awareness about our cause," said Mena Nasiri.
Zena Nasiri
Three of the books that Girls of the Crescent donated featuring Muslim women.
In the future, Zena and Mena plan on expanding their nonprofit to reach even more libraries and girls across the country.
"We were just featured on the Malala Fund, in their magazine, the Assembly, which attracted a lot of attention. We are hoping the feature will get us more donors from different parts of the country so we will be able to expand our nonprofit to different areas around the United States," said Zena Nasiri.
Girls of the Crescent and its founders work daily to make a difference, proving that time and effort can change everything.
"Any student can make a positive change in the world! It may seem difficult to have an impact when the problems that you are facing are so immense and pervasive, but even the smallest of actions can lead to positive change, and, even more importantly, inspire others to take action," said Mena Nasiri.
If something is wrong or unfair, change it. With access to internet, books, and people, there is always some way to make a difference. Maybe one day kids will be inspired by the women in the books Zena and Mena did not get to read. Do what is right, just as Zena and Mena did.


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Here's a different kind of bottle opener. We make these out of Maple, a bent nail and two nickel-plated magnets. The bent nail pops the cap and a magnet on the underside keeps the cap from flying. Another magnet on the side holds it firmly on the fridge. Dimensions: 5" x 1½" x ¾".
This is a practical gift for someone heading off to college. And Santa's been known to stuff these into more than a few stockings!


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Hezbollah: Iran's Henchmen in Brazil
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Across Latin America, Iran's public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers, schools, halal meat inspectors, religious literature, social work and even Boy Scout groups. Yet beneath the veneer of piety, outreach and interfaith dialogue, Tehran leverages connections with anti-American regimes and movements to gain a foothold in the region, and to indoctrinate local Muslims in its brand of revolutionary Islam. Rather than relying on the traditional tools of statecraft, Iran advances its agenda with mosques and missionaries.
Tehran's use of Iranian and Lebanese Shia clerics as unofficial agents of the Iranian revolution is not new. The first such cleric to reach Latin America was Mohsen Rabbani, who in 1983 came to Argentina to lead the Al-Tawhid mosque and serve as a halal meat inspector in Buenos Aires. Both tasks appeared innocuous enough, but Rabbani was intimately involved in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in the Argentine capital that killed eighty-five people and injured over three hundred.
Rabbani was not alone. Shortly after his arrival to Buenos Aires, another cleric, Sheikh Taleb Hussein al-Khazraji, made his way to Brazil. Both Rabbani and Khazraji were cited by the slain Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman in his 2013 report on Iran's Latin American networks. According to Nisman, "Interpol [Brasília] informed that Khazraji was an employee of the Iranian government and. . . was engaged in recruiting highly politicized believers to get them close to Teheran." An integral part of their task was to dramatically expand Iran's support base both among local Shia immigrants and through missionary work.
They succeeded. Though Rabbani left Latin America due to mounting suspicions over his involvement in the Jewish center bombing, he continues to run his recruitment program from Iran's center of religious learning in Qom. Khazraji remains entrenched in the Shia community of São Paulo, Brazil, where he pursues his clerical tasks and the production of promotional literature in Portuguese.
The dual role of Shia clerics as religious and political emissaries of the Islamic revolution was underscored in 2010, when the U.S. Treasury identified another religious minister as Hezbollah's representative in Latin America. According to the Treasury, Bilal Mohsen Wehbe "relayed information and direction between Hizballah leaders in Lebanon and Hizballah elements in South America," and oversaw its counterintelligence activity in the "triple frontier" of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Wehbe continues his missionary activity in Brazil undisturbed.
Another cleric reportedly linked to Hezbollah is Sheikh Ghassan Youssef Abdallah. Abdallah is active in Chile, in Brazil (frequently visiting the tri-border area, where his U.S.-sanctioned brother Mohammed Youssef Abdallah resides), and in Paraguay (where he once ran the Iranian mosque in Ciudad Del Este).
They are not alone. Alongside dozens of Iranian and Lebanese Shia clerics, there is also a new generation of locally born clerics who have joined their ranks. Converts are routinely sent to Qom, all expenses paid, to attend Iranian seminaries specially tailored to Spanish and Portuguese speakers, before they return home to act as Iran's unofficial emissaries in their countries of birth.
The State Department recently pronounced that Iran's influence in Latin America and the Caribbean basin is "waning" due to sluggish trade, and a noticeable downturn in high-profile official visits from Iran since President Hassan Rouhani succeeded his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iranian influence, however, should not be measured in the number of presidential visits to regional capitals. It is the day-to-day missionary work performed by religious envoys that is steadily buying influence, conveying messages of anti-Americanism and hatred for Israel.
While the outward posture of Shia leaders broadcasts an ecumenical message of tolerance and dialogue with Catholicism, Latin America's dominant faith, the modus operandi behind closed doors is militant indoctrination.
One such example is the Boy Scouts attached to Shia mosques. These groups have the outward appearances of innocent youth movements, imparting a social conscience to new generations. In fact, they are a mirror image of Hezbollah's Mahdi Scouts, are led by Lebanese instructors who do not hide their sympathy for Hezbollah, and are supervised by Wehbe, the U.S.-sanctioned Hezbollah cleric.
Images of the Scout groups show members enacting military drills during May 25 celebrations—Resistance Day in Lebanon's calendar, marking the date of Israel's 2000 withdrawal from South Lebanon. During Ashura ceremonies last October, Scouts and their instructors at the Mesquita do Brás in São Paulo were wearing Hezbollah T-shirts showing its logo and the Ashura 2015 logo designed by Hezbollah's media relations department.
The cult of martyrdom is also prevalent. In June 2014, the Imam Ali mosque in Curitiba hosted a well-attended memorial service for a young Hezbollah fighter killed in Syria in March 2014. His Brazilian uncle, clad in a Hezbollah scarf, led the memorial, exalting the fallen youth as a role model.
Community members routinely post photographs of the Brazilian flag juxtaposed with the Hezbollah logo, and photos of young Hezbollah men in South Lebanon proudly holding the same flag. Hezbollah T-shirts can even be purchased online for thirty Brazilian reais, or less than $10.
What can the U.S. government do to counter these activities? Ultimately, it is up to regional governments to recognize the threat posed by a foreign power radicalizing local populations. But it would be an important step if the U.S. administration were to acknowledge that Iran's religious outreach is intoxicating thousands of captive minds. After all, the Latin American targets of Iran's anti-American indoctrination could one day draw the logical conclusion from their education that striking the "Great Satan" itself is no less than God's will.
Emanuele Ottolenghi is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Image: Wikimedia Commons/@Dornicke
Source: http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/hezbollah-irans-henchmen-brazil-15966
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Democrats grapple with the awkward issue of finding the right person in their midst to prepare Hillary Clinton to deftly handle the most vexing questions in a September 26 debate against Donald Trump.
Democrats are now grappling with how to prep Clinton for the most vexing of debate issues against Donald Trump, even Monica Lewinsky.
Lewinsky's affair with Clinton's husband when he was president is seen as one of the more sensitive issues that could come up in the debate, reports Politico.
Congress tried but failed to impeach Bill Clinton for allegedly lying about the affair with a former White House intern. Though scoring points for sticking by her husband, many detractors have criticized Hillary Clinton through the years for the incident, too.
Who among Democrats would want the awkward, if not thankless task of attacking their own boss's main Achilles heel just to make sure she nails it on the air and wins in November?
"One of the key components of that prep, campaign allies said, is finding a person who can stand in as Donald Trump during mock debates and launch personal attacks on the former secretary of state that will make the real Trump look tame by comparison," Politico's Annie Karni writes.
"You can't put it beyond Trump that Monica Lewinsky will play a role in this debate," said Greg Craig, President Obama's former White House counsel, who helped prep him for debates against George W. Bush.


Get hype for September 8!
Official Destiny E3 Gameplay Trailer!
Bungie has released a new gameplay trailer for Destiny at E3 2013. Check it out!
After a long period of darkness, Bungie is ready to unveil its new universe... For the first time, the team, including studio co-founder and project director Jason Jones, talks about Bungie's most ambitious project yet.
Another mid February announcement is... uh... announced. This one by Bungie, where we will hear about their new project "Destiny".
In the continuing trend of announcements of announcements, Bungie have announced that they will formally announce their new IP named "Destiny" on February 17, 2013.
"In a matter of days, we're going to give you your first glimpse into the vision and ambition that's driving the creation of our brave new world. To make room for the resulting chatter, we've launched some official social media channels."
Check out @DestinyTheGame on twitter and their Facebook page. You can also browse their official Destiny forums.
Don't expect too much out of those channels until the official announcement on the 17th.


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Behind the scene's while we've been deciding on a logo, we've also been writing content for the website, some of it you can already see, but some of it is still hidden as we finish it off.
Now today I'm going to talk about the website and the content management system behind it, WordPress, this might get a little dull and techie, but to stop you getting bored, here's a picture of a cat which looks like Hitler.
And I thought 8-Bit Dug looked disapproving . . .
Anyway, in the old days web sites were hand made, and some techie dude would sit down and hand code all of the pages, using the mark-up language HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). A mark-up language differs from a programming language as all it deals with is the presentation of the data within the page. How images are formatted, which parts of the text are bold, which in italics, etc. This being Hyper Text Markup Language, it also dealt with Hyper Text, the links which make up the internet. So that you could highlight some text which would lead you to a totally different place on the internet, whether it was used to create a menu, or link you to some further information or a definition of the highlighted text.
While HTML is a simple language, and coding in it is straight-forwards, it was/is time consuming, and creating and updating a web site would swallow hours. There were tools to make this easier, allowing the creation of the document to be simplified, letting anyone who could operate Microsoft Office capable of putting a web site together.
Then along came CMS (Content Management Systems), these do all of the heavy lifting for the user. Building the links between the pages, storing the images, and allowing a friendly WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface. And all of this is done directly on the server. Meaning now you can operate a website from any device. You can upload your photos straight from your phone to the web server, and then incorporate them directly into a web page, a webpage you entered into the CMS like a text message. Content Management Systems have truly revolutionised the way web sites are built and run.
Another massive advantage of CMS's, is that in these days where there are people aiming to hack into and deface or destroy web sites for no other reason than "they can", data security is another full time job. Keeping up to date with how websites can be hacked, and simple errors exploited to gain control is vital, but far too time consuming for anyone but a professional. So being able to hand over control of that to a team of specialists, whose product's reputation depends on their catching and fixing any bugs which might be used to break into a web site is a very comforting idea indeed.
Now, there are many competing CMS's out there, one of the most popular is Drupal, which for instance is used to run the web site of the White House. We however have chosen WordPress, and we have chosen it for no other reason than we tried it first and are now comfortable using it. There seem to be only slight advantages to using one of these packages over using the others, so as long as we keep track of what developments are being made, we're as good sticking with what we know.
WordPress is primarily a blogging engine, allowing daily updates to be presented to users from the sites front page, however this capability is expanded vastly by use of Plug-ins. These literally plug into the framework that WordPress provides, and add new functionality. Some functions are as minor as adding a message to the top of every page, others add e-commerce capabilities so you can run a shop, or one we use here, which posts updates such as this one to our social media profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
And all of this functionality comes with amazing ease of use, letting you once you've done it a few times, to put a new website together in just a couple of hours, instead of taking that for each page, drag and drop functions allow you to build an attractive, functional and robust web site rapidly, and without typing a single line of code.
So, if you're interested in having your own website, I recommend trying WordPress, and if you want a little help, then feel free to get in touch and we'll do our very best to lend a hand and give you the benefit of our experience.
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SexySexDoll carries a number of brands and hundreds of models, and can also do next-level customizations. Shipping is free worldwide, and they'll even help with import duty. If you're in the market, this is absolutely one of the sites you need to browse before you pull the trigger.
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Politics alert!
November 13, 2012 by Graham | 0 comments
I don't often comment on BBC politics or indeed any BBC matters apart from language use, but here goes:
In the now notorious interview that George Entwistle gave to John Humphrys on the Radio 4 "Today" programme last Saturday morning, Mr Entwistle admitted to not being aware of the front-page article in the Guardian newspaper on the subject of the 'Newsnight' report on child abuse.
When I worked at the BBC, there was a department called "News Information", which seemed terribly wasteful, but served a vital purpose. Every British national daily newspaper was cut up overnight, and every article (with very few exceptions) marked for its subject matter. This entailed the full attention of several people – the markers, and the cutters, who did nothing but physically cut up the papers. Some articles were necessarily marked for several topics. The end result was a formidable cuttings collection. Every morning, by 9.30, a copy of every article relevant to the BBC was on the desk of all top management. Once newspapers were available on line, this may have stopped, but in those days no executive could claim that (s)he was unaware of a contentious issue.
Even if Mr Entwistle was engaged in meetings on other matters constantly on the day the Guardian published its report, surely his PA should have alerted him to it? I imagine that it was Mr Entwistle's candid admission on air that led to his resignation later that day.
The economics of cutting up newspapers may be crazy, but the old system would surely have led to a different result in the current case.
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Q: K3d DNS issue with pod With k3d, I am receiving a DNS error when the pod tries to access a URL over the internet.
ERROR:
getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN DNS could not be resolved

How can I get past this error?

A: It depends on your context, OS, version.
For instance, you will see various proxy issue in k3d-io/k3d issue 209
this could be related to the way k3d creates the docker network.

Indeed, k3d creates a custom docker network for each cluster and when this happens resolving is done through the docker daemon.
The requests are actually forwarded to the DNS servers configured in your host's resolv.conf. But through a single DNS server (the embedded one of docker).
This means that if your daemon.json is, like mine, not configured to provide extra DNS servers it defaults to 8.8.8.8 which does not resolve any company address for example.
It would be useful to have a custom options to provide to k3d when it starts the cluster and specify the DNS servers there

Which is why there is "v3/networking: --network flag to attach to existing networks", referring to Networking.
Before that new flag:

For those who have the problem, a simple fix is to mount your /etc/resolve.conf onto the cluster:
k3d cluster create --volume /etc/resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf

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Bum Genius Diaper Cover and Liner The inside of the Bum Genius cover is a soft, fleece feeling fabric. This microfiber insert goes into the diaper (you can see the opening at the top of the cover.) The insert is adjustable also, it's snapped on the medium setting in this picture.
This diaper is Cotton Babies' #1 Best Selling diaper!
At $17.95, it was the most expensive diaper we purchased but it is also the most convenient one!
I already had the insert in the diaper so when it was time to change Emerson, all I did was grab the diaper and put it on! The velcro made it just as simple to use as a disposable diaper! The ease of this made me realize why it is a best selling diaper!
Again, she didn't seem the least bit phased by having a different diaper on that was thicker than her disposables!
Here is a close up of the diaper. It is super easy to use and it really is not a very bulky cloth diaper!
How did the Bum Genius 3.0 do?
We kept this diaper on her for 4 hours! When we changed her she didn't have any leaks and was dry from the outside. When we took the diaper off we were amazed that the inside of the diaper didn't even appear to be wet! Then we took the liner out and it was saturated! We felt the inside of the diaper cover and it felt dry to the touch so the baby was dry! We really were amazed by the absorption ability of this diaper!
The Bum Genius 3.0 One-Size was the easiest diaper to use because the insert goes into the cover and if you have that ready, you just grab the diaper and put it on without worrying about folding or inserting prefolds into the cover! At $17.95, it is the most expensive diaper compared to The Econobum at $9.95 and the Flip at $16.95, but the ease of use makes it worth the extra money if convenience is most important to you!
So many people do reviews of cloth diapers but never show pictures of the diaper on the baby. It is really helpful to see how the diaper fits on a real baby rather than a photo of the diaper!
I love the Bum Genius. The Bum Genius was the only diaper that would keep one of my sons dry all night. He soaked through everything until I tried it with the regular insert + a hemp insert. Worked Great!
Oh, that looks so easy to use. And, again, very cute on the baby. I am actually considering cloth diapering now!
I have tried WAMHIES, Fuzzibunz, GroBaby, Kushies, and BumGenius diapers (excluding the training pants we've tried!) and I am completely with you, the BumGenius 3.0's are my personal favorite too!
It sounds crazy but I enjoy cloth diapering and cloth diapers!


North County Referrals is a San Diego Business Networking Group with the goal of building business through referrals. Each category is represented by one business member and conflict of interests are not allowed.
Exchange real warm leads by referring your business to a friend.
We do this so well that we have been celebrating our 35th year in 2018!
And we still have some of our charter businesses as members!
Most sales professionals agree that networking is an essential tool for meeting qualified prospects. Why is it, then, that most of them do it totally wrong? You know what I mean. You're enjoying happy hour with a few colleagues at the Chamber's weekly meet and greet event when some guy barges in on you to announce "Hi, I'm Willie from Gulf Breeze Feed Store. Everybody knows that Gulf Breeze is hog-raisin' heaven, and all the happy hogs get their feed from Gulf Breeze Feed Store." You take a deep breath, promise you'll think of him next time your hogs are hungry, and accept the business card he proffers, hoping he'll go away. It's pitiful! Such an approach NEVER works. So, when you network, follow these 9 simple steps, and do it right. Do it like a Pro!
Identify your target prospects and the organizations with which they're affiliated. Almost all your top prospects are involved in industry, community, public service, and other organizations. And chances are good they're centers of influence in those organizations, taking an active role in activities and governance. Your objective is to directly target those top prospects, ever-mindful of the dozens to hundreds of other qualified prospects within their sphere of influence.
Prioritize the organizations in which you'll take an active role. It's absolutely essential to regularly evaluate organizations with which you're affiliated. Invest more time and effort in those with the biggest payoff in generating qualified prospects and sales leads. Let go of those that sap your time but yield limited results. But in any organization, you've got to do more than just show up for the luncheon speeches and happy hours. Take an active role! At first, you won't have a governance position on the executive board, but you should be able to volunteer to take a leadership role for a special activity or project, providing you an opportunity to demonstrate that you're an achievement-oriented person who can get things done.
Leverage your active role in the organization to engage your top prospects in conversation. You're no longer a puppy passing out business cards. You're a colleague and peer, engaging them as a business professional. A good opening to the conversation? Ask for their advice and counsel concerning issues and challenges you're facing in your special activity or project.
Get the prospect talking about him or herself. People love to talk about themselves, how they became successful, and why people like doing business with them. Keep them talking! They will not only appreciate being able to brag a little, they're also telling you about benefits that are important to them.
Ask what it is THEY look for as a prospect for THEIR business. Get them to elaborate on their ideal prospect profile: Age, income, type of business, specific problems or needs, anything that would describe what they're looking for in a person or business they're best positioned to serve.
Tell them it was nice talking to them and ask for their business card. Don't worry about giving them YOUR business card, because at this point they really have no need for it. Just to be polite, they may ask for yours in return, but chances are they'll do with it what you did with the one you got from Willie of Gulf Breeze Feed Store. No problem.
Send them a qualified referral with your name on it, expecting nothing in return. Here's where you start networking like a Pro. You're going to become the referral expert. Whatever someone wants for their business, self, or home, you've got someone who can satisfy their needs. The person you send as a referral will appreciate a solution to their problem or need, but even more important, when your top prospects get a referral from you, fitting their ideal prospect profile, they will feel gratitude and appreciation for your gesture. NOW they are receptive to meeting you in person to consider the possibility of a business partnership.
Follow up on the referral you sent them. A quick e-mail will do it. Note the name of the person you've referred to them and their contact information, in case your top prospect might wish to initiate contact. By doing this, you've also eliminated the possibility that the person you sent as a referral won't mention the fact that it was you who sent them.
Next time you run across your top prospect, greet them by name. You may wish to add your name to the greeting since it's possible that they may only vaguely remember who you are. Doing this will also maximize the likelihood that your top prospect will take this opportunity to personally thank you for your referral. This is your moment! Jump on it! Casually recall some of the important benefits they'd noted in your earlier conversation, and suggest you have some ideas that might be of interest to them. Just remember: This is not the time for a presentation, and this might not even be the time to actually set an appointment. It's enough to agree that you'll be in touch with them in the next few days to arrange a convenient time to get together. And, oh, you might NOW offer them your business card. NOW they're receptive to meeting with you, and even if you gave them your card at a previous encounter, they probably trashed it.
Follow these 9 simple steps and you, too, can network like a Pro. Target your efforts, and do something for your top prospects, expecting nothing in return. You'll get plenty in return anyhow.


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Luke Andrews: Honest Jerez
The Great Mosque of Córdoba
Luke Andrews
LUKE ANDREWS: Oh look – it's me!
ONCE the largest and most important European city, modern Córdoba stands as testament to its vivid history. Tucked in amongst the olive groves you will find one of the most interesting cities in Andalucia. The UNESCO acclaimed world heritage site holds the unmissable mezquita (Spanish for mosque), patchwork street plan and alcazar.
Located just two hours from Madrid or the Andalucian coast, it is easy to reach. The highlight is, of course, the mosque or ecclesiastically The Cathedral of Saint Mary (yawn).
The first few seconds in the mosque are spell-binding. You have stepped into a silent forest of columns. They stand in rows, in the characteristically linear style of Islamic art. The dense roof is occasionally broken through by shafts of sunlight, adding a peculiar Alice in Wonderland affect to the whole area.
This central part is called the hypostyle room, literally translating as the room filled with columns.
You'll find the direction of Mecca at the mihrab, a niche in the wall facing islam's holy city. All around exquisite carvings are laid atop a colourful arrangement of white stone and red brick.
The most treasured secret of the mosque is curiously next to the toilets. Tucked into a display case are three virtually unknown photos of the mosque whilst it was abandoned. Much like the Alhambra, for a period this magnificent structure too suffered from neglect, resulting in robbery and graffiti. These three tiny pictures today stand as a gesture to this 'forgotten period'.
Cordoba Mezquita
The mosque's construction began in the 10th century under the orders of Abd al-Rahman. He wanted to build a holy structure to rival those of Baghdad, Mecca and Jerusalem.
Searching the city for a suitable site, his eyes fell on the visigothic basilica St. Vincent of Lerins. This building was initially shared between Muslim and Christian worshippers. The site was purchased and the basilica flattened. Then began work on the marvellous building that has survived to this day.
Approaching it from the puente romano (A Bridge that has existed since the Roman occupation), it looks like a fort. You can see the Catholic Churches additions sticking out above the ramparts. They quite literally built a cathedral in the middle of the mosque.
Entrance is obtained through doorways into the aptly named patio of oranges (you might even tread on an orange there).
Tickets are available from a kiosk in the patio;
Adults: 8 euros
Children: 4 euros
Sorry students, you pay the full price
MEZQUITA: A clash between Christian and Islamic art
No visit to the mosque is complete without also witnessing the additions made by crazy Christian Spain between the 10th and 16th centuries. They have bulldozed the centre in order to add a cathedral and hence "purify" the building.
The commissioner of the monstrosity, Charles V, is just as unhappy with it as you will be. Upon sighting the structure for the first time, he commented to the designer "you have destroyed something that was unique in the world."
The Christian 'cathedral' bears all the echoes of Islamic-Christian artistic rivalry. You walk from the sublime grandeur of Islamic art into the gaudy overbearing character of the Catholic Church.
Muslims have tried to pray here recently, only to find themselves arrested. On a tour of 118 people, 6 Muslims decided to try and pray. They immediately found themselves encircled by security guards whom "invited them to continue their tour or leave the building", according to the Guardian.
Catholicism still hasn't quite given up its vigil over the Islamic relic.
There are other things in Córdoba but, honestly, none is more interesting to visit than the mosque. The fusion of Islamic and Christian art makes it an unequivocal symbol of Spain today. A melting pot of aged Islamic structures and walls, surrounded by gaudy churches that make this area one of the most visited by British tourists. Oh, and the sun of course.
Enjoy the mosque!
About Luke Andrews
Fresh from Durham to Jerez de la Frontera, the change in my life has been huge. I was born and raised in London where I worked as a tour guide. From there, I went to study an Anthropology BA at Durham University. This year is equivalent to a 'year abroad' for me, although not department endorsed. I had been learning Spanish for two years, and took the decision to come out to Jerez to gain experience of a different culture and life. My interests include swimming, drawing, writing (of course) and playing the piano.
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Joan 24 Apr, 2016 @ 05:46 at 05:46
The West doesn't need enemies. We have our own insiders fighting us. It may be so fashionable to "yawn" at Church and its beliefs. Trust me, there are worse things to believe in, including nothingness.
stefanjo 24 Apr, 2016 @ 11:49 at 11:49
"Nothingness" would be far preferable to the lies, pomposity and corruption (sexual and financial) of the Catholic Church.
stuart crawford 24 Apr, 2016 @ 18:49 at 18:49
I don't trust you or any other religious freak. The Christian church in all it's sick and degenerate forms has committed far far more atrocities than ISIS. Even as early as the second century Christain fanatics were destroying the wonders of ancient Egypt
Belief systems are for cowards who refuse to accept responsibility for their words, thoughts and actions – just how the hell can anyone who is mentally healthy believe in nothing. Reality, especially their own is what religious freaks are terrified in confronting.
Anselmo 24 Apr, 2016 @ 23:38 at 23:38
So you´ll prefer to change the catholic variant of the Christhianism for another religion ?….for what?
Not sure who you are addressing Anselmo. But I'll answer you anyway. There are NO organised religions on this planet that are worth a moments attention from anyone. Your own humanity and sense of fair play should be a sufficient guide in life. Not some invisible bogey man (note "man") who will hurl you to a fiery eternity if you don't follow some arbitrary rules, made up by some bloke, usually wearing a frock.
chas 27 Apr, 2016 @ 13:27 at 13:27
The structure of religion mirrors the structure of the state. Learn the structure of the religion and you will learn the structure of the minds that believe in its overly simplistic and 'clearly defined truth.
That clearly defined structure, in turn, will show a probable disordered personality: obsessive compulsive disorder, psychopathy, paranoia, narcissism, sociopathy, etc.
Or start with the demented individual and work up through religion towards the state. The aim of despotism is to line up the political state, religious cult and individual's mental state to coincide for the perfect totalist experience.
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Will 2023 be the year store shelves remain fully stocked? Will you have your choice of pickup truck or patio furniture — or will a missing part in Dearborn or Dalian spoil your purchase plans?
The supply chain will function more predictably this year, though not without drama and disruption as the global economy works through the lingering effects of the pandemic. This should be the year that big developments in the global supply chain economy relate to longer-term strategic decisions rather than daily crises. Expect more news about manufacturers investing in future production or shifting suppliers and less about shortages or shipping fiascos. Expect plenty of consumer choice at dealer lots, in stores, and online. Whether shoppers have the confidence to buy is another matter.
Here are three areas of focus for '23:
Will goods move? Cargo vessels from Asia will not be log jammed. Shipping into Southern California finally unclogged in autumn as import demand finally slackened. Customers shifted some deliveries to East Coast ports, which helped. The early part of the year will be slow because the Chinese New Year starting Jan. 22 results in factories shutting down for several weeks, which impacts freight schedules. Activity will pick up during the spring, Jeremy Nixon, CEO of shipping company Ocean Network Express, told reporters in December. "But everything we're talking about is always on a comparison with the year before," he said. "We know 2021 was off the charts in terms of volume, so it doesn't surprise me at the moment that we're seeing negative growth rates of between 15%-20% because we must remember that (2021) was 15%-20% up on the previous year." Caveat: If West Coast port contract negotiations break down, supply chains could snarl again.
Will India outshine China? Moves by global manufacturers to diversify out of China should pick up steam because companies no longer see the Chinese government as a reliable partner. In the past, importers loved China's low prices and trusted Chinese factories to get product out the door. Those cost benefits have eroded. At the same time, Beijing's threatening behavior toward Taiwan and erratic efforts to control COVID-19 outbreaks represent supply chain risks that need to be managed. Some companies are bringing back manufacturing to the U.S. while others are turning to India, Vietnam, and elsewhere. This year should see some big-name companies make the shift. "Globalization is changing," French logistics CEO Marie-Christine Lombard told The Wall Street Journal. "At some point, every company was going to China to manufacture goods. Now companies are asking themselves, 'Should I remain dependent on China?'" Morgan Stanley thinks Apple will make India its second iPhone production hub, contributing up to 10% of total iPhone production in two to three years. China won't stand still. This could be the year Beijing seeks to win back the confidence of nervous customers.
Will the chip binge continue? Global semiconductor sales seem certain to slide as business investment slows in anticipation of recession. But the big picture looks positive for the return of U.S. chip production after a detour to Asia that lasted decades. Once it was logical for the American semiconductor industry to outsource production of some chips to Asia. But it was reckless to allow an exodus that now leaves U.S. companies almost totally reliant on Taiwan for the most sophisticated semiconductors. Since 2020, the Semiconductor Industry Association said, companies have announced 40 projects in 16 U.S. states worth nearly $200 billion related to chip manufacturing. By 2026, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. says it will be making next-generation chips at a new plant in Arizona. The rollout of this high-performance chip factory will come after the 2024 opening of another TSMC fab in Arizona. A big push for chips came from Washington incentives. Not all those projects may be completed, but the sooner American fabs are building high-speed chips, the stronger the U.S. economy will be.
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Высадка на мысе Геллес ( ) — десантная операция британской армии во время Дарданелльской операции Первой мировой войны, осуществленная 25 апреля 1915 года. При поддержке флота британские войска начали десантирование на побережье протяженностью 9,7 км. Планировалось, что после высадки десантов, они захватят береговые батареи и продвинутся вглубь полуострова.

На двух главных районах высадки османские войска нанесли тяжёлые потери британцам. Несмотря на то, что британским войскам удалось осуществить десантирование и закрепиться на берегу, полностью задача выполнена не была. В ходе десантирования британские войска понесли ощутимые потери.

План

25 апреля 1915 года союзники начали высадку десанта на полуостров Галлиполи. Побережье полуострова было поделено на несколько пляжей: «Y», «X», «W», «V», «S».

Пляж «V»
Главный десант должен был высаживаться на пляже «V». Однако здесь турки имели сильно укреплённые позиции и когда началось десантирование, британцы попали под шквальный пулемётный огонь. Подойдя к берегу, шлюпки с десантом подверглись ожесточённому обстрелу турецких войск. Из 700 солдат первого эшелона 400 погибли, и практически все получили ранения. Второй эшелон прибыл на переоборудованном углевозе «Ривер Клайд», который сел на мель примерно в 50 метрах от берега. Под сильным огнём было невозможно переправить на лодках солдат с углевоза на берег. В 10 часов утра из-за шквального огня турецкой артиллерии и пулемётов высадка прервалась. Однако все же часть сил смогли высадиться и залечь на берегу. Османские войска в свою очередь получили подкрепления и положение англичан стало критическим. Флот не мог оказать помощь высадившимся британцам из-за опасения нанести потери своим войскам. Все же в 14 часов под прикрытием флота британские части смогли десантироваться, проскочить в развалины построек и окопаться.

Пляжи «W» и «X»
На пляжах «W» и «X» британцы при высадке также понесли огромные потери. Однако к 9 часам утра им все же удалось высадить достаточно сил, чтобы взять передовые османские позиции. После этого британские войска пошли на соединение с частями, высадившимися на пляже «V», однако понесли ощутимые потери из-за фугасов и проволочных заграждений. Отбив яростные контратаки турок, англичане сумели закрепиться на берегу, однако дальше продвинуться не смогли. Ночью три изолированных отряда, высадившихся на пляжах «V», «W» и «X» были снабжены пищей.

Пляж «Y»
На пляже «Y» высадившись, британские войска начали движение к Критии и к пляжу X, чтобы войти в соприкосновение с британскими войсками, которые высаживались там. Однако к середине дня английские отряды подверглись атаке османских подразделений 9-й пехотной дивизии. 26 апреля, понеся большие потери в боях с турками, британские войска отошли к побережью и были посажены на суда. Несмотря на это, своими активными действиями на пляже «Y» британцы способствовали успеху на главных направлениях десантирования.

Пляж «S»
На пляже S британцы имели также лишь демонстративные задачи, однако части 29-й пехотной дивизии, высадившись, быстро захватили позиции турок на пляже. Окопавшись, британцы выстояли против ответных контратак османских войск.

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События 25 апреля
Апрель 1915 года
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Enough of Quiet Quitting: It's Time to Talk About Quiet Firing
Backlash to the quiet quitting trend came from employees and employers alike. But one comeback has grown louder: What about quiet firing?
Originally published on Bloomberg News.
By Jo Constantz and Madison Mills
Quiet quitting has heaped attention on so-called "slacker" employees — or those who seem content just fulfilling their job descriptions. But experts say there's a flip side: "quiet firing."
The term has generated buzz on the internet with definitions ranging from employers who actively make working conditions miserable to forcing workers to resign, also known as "constructive discharge." The phrase can also apply to managers who neglect or otherwise divest time, resources or opportunities from their employees, encouraging them to leave without firing them outright.
"If this is happening to you, your company's taking advantage of you — and you need to loudly quit," said DeAndre Brown, a Gen Z social media influencer and self-styled "Corporate Baddie," in a TikTok.
Human resources managers also say it's important to take a closer look at quiet firing. Bonnie Dilber, a recruiter at workflow automation software company Zapier, said quiet quitting doesn't gel with her experience with candidates, who are often very passionate about their work.
"I started thinking about why someone might start doing the 'bare minimum,' and I realized maybe the problem isn't so much the employees but employers or managers that aren't doing much to support or invest in their employees — 'quiet firing,'" Dilber wrote in an email. "When you're in an environment that feels like a dead end, it's hard to want to give more."
Examples of quiet firing include denying raises for years on end, blocking employees from opportunities for growth or promotion, or neglecting to give direct and timely feedback. Dilber says employers may use this as an intentional strategy to get people to quit without firing them, or they may simply be new to management and not even realize the impact of their actions.
At a previous company where she worked, the human resources department used an evaluation system that would rate each employees' "potential," Dilber said. Workers with solid performance but purported "low potential" were, for the most part, simply left alone. "But no one really invested in growing them, they weren't getting raises, and they weren't considered for promotions," Dilber said. "Often, they had no idea why, and eventually, they'd leave because they felt unappreciated. In many cases, I saw those people go on to do quite well in their next role with more supportive leadership."
And in a labor market with about two jobs for each unemployed person, workers who feel unappreciated don't have to stick around. The US economy added 315,00 jobs in August, showing robust growth even in the face of persistent inflation and rising interest rates.
Ella Washington, an organizational psychologist and diversity consultant, said that a lot of quiet firing happens because most managers aren't clear on what's expected of them in terms of giving feedback and building relationships with their team members. As a result, many leaders see coaching their direct reports as an "extra" thing to do, rather than a core part of their job.
While some people can thrive under hands-off management, others can flounder. Recent research from consulting firm McKinsey & Co. found that lack of opportunity for career development and advancement was the top reason people quit their jobs, followed closely by uncaring and uninspiring leaders. "While in the past an attractive salary could keep people in a job despite a bad boss, that is much less true now than it was before the pandemic," the report's authors wrote.
Many managers also don't feel equipped to have tough conversations with their employees about their performance. But staying silent does direct reports a serious disservice. "To not provide appropriate feedback and an opportunity to course correct –– that is not ethical management and leadership," Washington said.
Women and people of color tend to be at even greater risk of quiet firing, as they're often underrepresented in leadership roles and tend to get less support from managers. Ultimately, it's important for employers to invest in the development of new managers and make sure the expectations of the role are clear, said Washington.
Well-meaning or not, a bad manager can destroy employee morale, engagement and performance. This dynamic can also push great talent out the door before they've had the opportunity and support necessary to grow.
"I think a lot of people who are "quiet quitting" are actually working under poor leaders, which makes it hard for them to stay motivated or have any investment in going above and beyond the bare minimum," Dilber said.
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Self-directed individual retirement accounts give you access to many less-familiar types of investments, such as energy unit trusts. This type of investment is a royalty trust, meaning that the trust passes at least 90 percent of its income through to investors. Though you can own an energy unit trust in an IRA, it's not a good idea because of the lost tax advantages.
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