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Historic Agreement between U.S. and Cuba Pharmaceutical Companies
Since 2015, our firm has served as counsel to Mercurio Biotech, a start-up U.S. biotech company, throughout a lengthy negotiation process with Cuban state owned biotechnology companies.
This involved advice on complex regulatory, legal and political matters, as well as numerous meetings in Washington, D.C., with U.S. regulators and officials, and many meetings in Havana with Cuban officials to negotiate various agreements. In 2018, these negotiations resulted in agreements between the Cuban company Heber Biotec S.A. and Mercurio Biotec to bring the Cuban diabetic foot ulcer medication Heberprot-P to the United States for clinical trials and, if approved by the FDA, commercialization of Heberprot-P in the U.S. The agreements are historic within the context of U.S.-Cuba political and business relations and Kegler Brown is only the second U.S. law firm to successfully complete any such agreements with Cuba. Kegler Brown continues to provide counsel as these agreements progress into new phases.
Luis M. Alcalde, Steve Barsotti
Recapitalization and Related Negotiations for a UK Tech Company
We advised a UK-based technology company in the renewables space with significant U.S. operations in a series of transactions to recapitalize its debt and equity structure in the second quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, helping them manage through a cash shortage until their promising technology could start to produce a profit.
This was accomplished through re-negotiating several million dollars in secured venture debt to extend payment terms and to provide that one-half of the debt will automatically convert to equity upon certain conditions. Another important aspect was re-negotiating several million dollars in additional secured debt owed to building contractors to provide for extended repayment and to exchange the majority of the outstanding debt for warrants to acquire equity in the company. We also assisted in negotiating a new multi-million dollar senior secured credit facility with venture lenders.
Eric D. Duffee, Steve Barsotti
India Lease Management for Global Clinical Services Company
In 2016, Kegler Brown advised a global healthcare + pharmaceutical research and services provider, and its international subsidiaries in India, on critical leases for property located in four different cities in India valued at several million dollars. Our lawyers managed the regulatory, tax and complicated contractual issues for each transaction and continue to assist and advise on ongoing operations in India, including but not limited to labor law, tax, regulatory, data protection and IP issues pertaining to its operations.
Steve Barsotti, Vinita Mehra, Martijn Steger, Kacie N. Davis, David M. Wilson, Katja Garvey
Representation of Technology Accelerator in Seed Investments
The intellectual property lawyers at Kegler Brown serve as investor-side deal counsel for a Columbus-based technology incubator and accelerator on its ongoing seed investments in IP-heavy start-up companies, including a special focus on IP diligence.
Steve Barsotti, Eric D. Duffee, Kacie N. Davis
Strategic Acquisition for Startups.co
Kegler Brown served as lead counsel to Startups.co, the world's largest user community for startups, in its acquisition of the assets of a confidential strategic target, including all of its intellectual property.
Steve Barsotti, David M. Wilson
IP Counsel for Columbus-Based Green Tech Start-Up
Kegler Brown's intellectual property lawyers serve as strategic IP counsel for an Ohio-based growth company specializing in the production and processing of high-value chemicals derived from lake algae and other waste products.
Outside General Counsel to Growth Apparel Company
The lawyers at Kegler Brown serve as outside general counsel for a well known growth-stage apparel company, including substantial advising on day-to-day IP strategy and obtaining clearance on apparel designs that are core to the company's business model.
Steve Barsotti, Jeff Nein
Lead Counsel in Sale of National Digital Agency to Strategic Buyer
Our firm was lead business counsel in the highly publicized sale of a globally renowned independent digital marketing agency to a Fortune 50 technology services provider.
Managing Multiple Capital Raises for National Retail Food Brand
Kegler Brown has served as counsel to Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, which is consistently recognized as one of the country's best dessert boutiques, for many years. Early in 2016, as part of our firm's continuing role as a strategic business partner to the company, our lawyers advised the company's owners throughout a series of capital infusion transactions, including multiple sales of convertible notes and equity warrants to national private equity investors. These transactions ultimately resulted in the sale of a controlling stake in the company, though financial terms were not disclosed.
Todd M. Kegler, Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst, Steve Barsotti
Sell-Side Counsel in IBM Interactive Experience's First Strategic Creative Agency Acquisition
The sale of Resource Ammirati to IBM made national headlines because the digital leader became the first strategic creative agency acquisition for IBM's Interactive Experience business unit. Kegler Brown worked closely with Resource Ammirati shareholders and their IBM counterparts throughout the process, including identification of buyer, negotiation of terms, Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust clearance, and final consummation. Kegler Brown has served as counsel to Resource Ammirati for many years, providing comprehensive legal services in numerous areas and facilitating a number of transactions that have made news in the advertising world. The deal officially closed in February 2016 and financial terms were not disclosed publicly.
Steve Barsotti, Todd M. Kegler, Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst, David M. Wilson, Ralph Breitfeller, Kacie N. Davis
Tax-Free Merger of Wearable Technology Company
Our client, an Ohio-based fitness technology company that creates fitness challenges for businesses and schools utilizing wearable devices, sought our advice throughout 2015 in a tax-free merger with an out-of-state provider of healthcare solutions and data analytics for employee populations.
We assisted our client with the formation of a strategy regarding transaction structuring and related tax matters; intellectual property issues, governance, capitalization, and the go-forward economic rights of prior owners in the combined company. We also provided assistance in negotiations with third parties, which included their large investor base, as well as risk mitigation and post-closing finance.
Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst, David M. Wilson, Steve Barsotti
Representation of Innovative Partnership to Commercialize Unique Technology Platform
In June 2014, the lawyers at Kegler Brown represented inVentiv Health, Inc. in its exclusive multi-year sales and marketing partnership with Aprecia Pharmaceuticals. The partnership involves inVentiv providing key commercialization services in the development and commercialization of Aprecia's proprietary ZipDose® product platform. inVentiv Health is a top-tier professional services organization that accelerates the clinical and commercial success of biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a particular focus on using 3D-printing technology.
Growth Equity Investment in Fast-Casual Restaurant Business
Kegler Brown represented PIADA Italian Street Food, an authentic fast-casual Italian eatery based in Columbus, Ohio, with restaurants in Ohio and Indiana, in connection with a significant growth equity investment made by Catterton Partners, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm. Terms of the September 2013 transaction were not disclosed. At the time of the investment, PIADA had 14 locations across the Midwest, with 6 planned to open by the end of 2013. In 2013, PIADA was named one of Nation's Restaurant News' five "Hot Concepts" as well as one of Nation's Restaurant news' top 50 breakout trends.
Steve Barsotti, Chuck Kegler, Todd M. Kegler, Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst, David M. Wilson
Trailer + Trucking Industry Merger
Kegler Brown represented Ridge Corporation in connection with its strategic merger acquisition of Freight Wing, Inc. and its aerodynamic truck skirt line of business. Ridge Corporation, based in central Ohio, is an innovative company producing lining systems for the trailer and truck body industry. Financial terms of the April 2013 transaction were not disclosed.
Steve Barsotti, Martijn Steger, Kacie N. Davis, David M. Wilson
A Battle Fought to the Finish Results in an $18 Million Judgment
Stuckey v. Online Resources Corporation. United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Case No. 2:08-CV-1188.
In 1999, several young tech-savvy entrepreneurs came together to build a new business that provided specialized electronic payment services to the accounts receivable management and utilities industries. By 2006, that business, Internet Transaction Solutions, Inc. ("ITS"), had become an award-winning industry leader and the owners decided to sell. The buyer was a publicly traded corporation called Online Resources Corporation, Inc. (ORC). ORC breached the purchase contract by not timely registering ORC stock that it issued as part of the purchase price to the ITS shareholders and Kent Stuckey, the president of ITS, sued ORC on behalf of ITS shareholders in federal court in Columbus.
ORC, represented by international law firm Greenberg Traurig, fought every step of the way. ORC filed two motions to dismiss the lawsuit, both of which were overruled. ORC also moved for summary judgment, which was also overruled. The case was ultimately tried in federal court throughout approximately two weeks to United States District Judge Algenon L. Marbley. Following extensive post-trial briefs, Judge Marbley found for Stuckey, awarding $18.1 million in damages- ORC appealed. While the appeal was pending, Stuckey (on behalf of himself and the ITS shareholders) settled for $17.9 million. Mr. Stuckey's thoughts about the case and its outcome can be seen under Endorsements.
Thomas W. Hill, Steve Barsotti
Asset Sale to Leading Food Service Company
In August 2012, Kegler Brown's transactional attorneys represented Kettle Creations Inc. and its principal stockholders in connection with the sale of its business and the majority of its assets to Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE). Terms of the August 2012 transaction were not disclosed. Kettle Creations produces and sells refrigerated mashed potatoes, rice and pasta side dishes. Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) owns and operates full-service restaurants under the "Bob Evans" brand name.
Steve Barsotti, Todd M. Kegler, Erin Cleary Herbst, Kacie N. Davis, David M. Wilson
Sale of Energy Efficiency Business to Global Steel Manufacturer
Kegler Brown represented a leading energy efficiency solutions provider in its sale to a global steel manufacturer. Terms of the March 2012 transaction were not disclosed.
Todd M. Kegler, Steve Barsotti, Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst
Asset Purchase of Food Services Manufacturing Company
Our transactional practice represented the world's leading manufacturer of precision slicing and application equipment for the food processing industry in its strategic asset acquisition of the leading maker of hydrocutters and other food equipment used in the french fry, fruit and vegetable processing industry. The asset purchase was completed in January 2012.
Steve Barsotti, Kacie N. Davis
Leveraged Debt and Equity Recapitalization
In August 2011, the attorneys at Kegler Brown represented a leading digital marketing agency in its sale of a minority equity interest to a Boston-based private equity firm and a related, leveraged debt recapitalization.
Todd M. Kegler, Steve Barsotti, Tom Sigmund, Eric D. Duffee, Erin Cleary Herbst
Acquisition of Assets and IP of Software-as-a-Service Provider
The team at Kegler Brown represented a leading global provider of clinical, commercial and consulting services to pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences companies in its acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of a provider of software-as-a-service to companies deploying mobile web applications. The transaction was completed in June 2011.
Steve Barsotti, Eric D. Duffee
Corporate Divestiture of Health Care Business Unit
In March 2011, Kegler Brown represented a publicly traded, global medical technology company in its sale of an instrument management and repair business to a private equity fund. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Asset Sale of Software Company
Kegler Brown advised a software provider to the restaurant industry in its sale to a strategic buyer. Terms of the February 2011 transaction were not disclosed.
Capital Raise and Corporate Structuring for Fast Casual Startup
In September 2010, attorneys at Kegler Brown advised The Piada Group in its formation and capital raise, and continue to work with The Piada Group on corporate structuring and related matters. The Piada Group operates fast casual Italian restaurants under the PIADA Italian Street Food brand. Learn more about our partnership with Piada.
Management Software Systems Acquisition
Kegler Brown represented an outsourced marketing and sales services provider in its August 2009 acquisition of a management software systems company.
Allen L. Handlan, Steve Barsotti
Divestiture of Medical Product Business Unit to East Coast Private Equity Firm
In September 2008, the Kegler Brown M+A team represented a publicly-traded global healthcare company in the sale of its orthopedic product manufacturing business unit an east coast private equity firm.
Todd M. Kegler, Eric D. Duffee, Steve Barsotti
Sale of Health Care Business Unit to Chicago PE Firm
Lawyers at Kegler Brown represented a publicly-traded global healthcare company in its sale of several of its business units focused on the enteral feeding, vascular access, catheter location device and surgical protection systems markets. The corporate divestitures closed in August 2008.
Comprehensive Franchise Counsel to Tanning Retailer
Our attorneys represent a national tanning retailer in all of its franchise operations in the U.S. Our attorneys have assisted them in remaining in compliance with federal and state requirements for the offer and sales of its franchised indoor tanning salons and advised the management team on instituting best practices for the franchise documents, sales processes and compliance operations that are critical to its growth strategy. We also actively enforce the company's intellectual property and the fair use of its brand by franchisees throughout the country. This work is highlighted by regular negotiations with current and potential franchisees looking to purchase a new franchise, expand an existing franchise portfolio or negotiate a buy-out.
Public Company Acquisition of Health Care Logistics Business
Kegler Brown represented a publicly traded, global health care company in connection with its acquisition of a shipping and freight management services business that services the health care industry. Financial terms of the 2010 transaction were not disclosed.
Portfolio Company Sale for Private Equity Firm to Iowa Manufacturing Company
Our lawyers represented a Midwest-based private equity firm in its sale of one of its portfolio companies to a strategic buyer based in Iowa.
Todd M. Kegler, Steve Barsotti
Management Buyout in Financial Services Industry
Our attorneys counseled the management team of a company that specializes in providing temporary services of executive-level accountants and financial officers to companies.


On Monday night, Northwestern's Political Union hosted a debate addressing the current U.S. government shutdown. The resolution read: "Government shutdowns are bad for democracy." Students traded arguments as the ongoing federal shutdown approached its twenty-fifth day, making it the longest in American history.
The conflict hinges on negotiations over funding a border wall, or barrier, on America's southern border with Mexico. President Trump is calling for $5.7 billion dollars for the project, mostly to build new sections of barrier in Texas and Arizona. He seeks to combat the illegal immigration that he, and many Americans, view as causing a national crisis.
Democratic lawmakers, however, stand in firm opposition to the president, refusing to direct any funds toward a border wall they see as unnecessary, costly, and immoral. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads the opposition. Pelosi recently rebuked the president in a press conference, calling him petulant and obstinate in his refusal to negotiate.
Hostilities have grown over recent weeks between the president and House Democrats with each side publicly blaming the other and president Trump walking out of a meeting intended to further negotiations to end the shutdown. The president has simultaneously embraced the shutdown as a price he is willing to pay for border security, while also blaming Congressional Democrats for the impasse.
Hyper-partisanship has surely played a role during this time of gridlock. Senate Republicans now will not vote on a funding package that they previously approved, which contained no money for a border wall; House Democrats, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, have previously supported funding an expansion of border fencing. According to Northwestern junior Dylan Saks, who attended the debate and studies political science, the inability to compromise in recent weeks "is a consequence of everything in our society being polarized" and politicians needing to appease their "fired-up" bases.
Despite the shutdown's political nature, it still has very real consequences for many Americans. Departments such as Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Interior have no current funding. This has meant limited routine FDA inspections, cutting off funding for Native American services, and drying up farming subsidies, among other effects. Almost 800,000 federal workers have either been furloughed or asked to work without pay, though Congress approved a bill to guarantee backpay, and many more government contractors are out of work.
A group of senators from both parties convened on Monday to negotiate some sort of deal, but found it difficult given the hard commitments made by the president and House Democrats. The president also rejected a bill, proposed by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, to open the government and postpone border security talks, while saying that he does not want to invoke a national emergency.
As the shutdown continues, no easy solutions seem available, but each day of indecision has enormous consequences for millions of Americans.


Jörn Vanhöfen (born 1961 in Dinslaken, Lower Rhine) studied photography at the Folkwang School in Essen and the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Visual Arts) in Leipzig. He works for international magazines and other publications. In 2001 he joined Manfred Schmalriede and Arno Fisher to found a photography school, Fotografieschule fas.akademie, in Berlin.


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Lehman's Jars | Smithberger Photography, Inc.
Here is a "behind the scenes" look at a photo shoot for Lehman's. The Lehman's catalog is all about providing simple products for a simple life. This video shows Joe Smithberger, Smithberger Photography Inc., working with Stylists Heidi Robb and Kelley Shaffer and representatives from Lehman's (Glenda Ervin and Shelley Salsbury) to produce images for upcoming Lehman's Catalog covers. Filming for the video was done by Jamie Jansen of Jamie Jansen Media and edited by Joe Smithberger.
All still photo and video content was made using the same continuous light sources so that the work could be accomplished seamlessly and efficiently. Still images were made using a Canon 5D mIII DSLR camera and all video content was shot on Lumix GH3's. Supplementary light was provided by LED light panels from Dracast.
This type of shoot is what we refer to as Hybrid Photography.


Dale W. Anderson, co-owner of Aztec Media and grandfather extraordinaire died on Thursday, August 16 from a heart attack. He was just 77 - it was too soon and we all wanted more.
Dale valued everyone and their opinions, and had the ability to convince us all that we were better, braver and more capable than we thought we were. With a touch of Tom Sawyer he could inspire people to do much more than whitewash the fence. He was a big man with a big heart who thoroughly enjoyed his family and the Four Corners, the history, cultures and the people, and politics. He loved it all.
After graduating from Antioch College in Ohio and working there in administration in the late 1960's, he and then wife, Jessica, and their three girls moved to Durango, Colorado in 1971, where he was the Director of Cooperative Education at Fort Lewis College. Seeking adventure in 1975, Dale, Jessica and the daughters sailed on the East Coast and the Caribbean for a year, then returned to Durango. Dale made Aztec his home in 1987.
Dale is survived by his partner, Anna Chavez; three daughters - Charlene Anderson (Ed Mosimann), Belinda Swope (Pat Swope), and Amanda Edgerton (Eric Edgerton). He was the proud grandfather of James Swope, Danielle Swope, Kyle Edgerton, Becca Edgerton-Frings (Matt Frings). He is also survived by: his former wife and mother of his children, Jessica Anderson; stepson Paul McDonald; five nieces and nephews; and more friends than we'll ever know.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Aztec Museum, 125 N. Main Avenue, Aztec, NM 87410.
A memorial celebration of Dale's life and journey will be Saturday, September 15, at the Aztec Museum at 4:00 pm. Come early and tour the museum. Bring a story, a tale or a yarn to share. Light refreshments will served. We will be outdoors with only partial shade, so please prepare for the sun.


Talk about the ultimate artist-in-residence retreat. Conceived by jazz musician and composer Håvard Lund and designed by Norwegian architect firms TYIN Tegnestue and Rintala Eggertsson, Fordypningsrommet, or the Arctic Hideaway, is a cluster of cabins on the coast of a tiny island in the Fleinvær Archipelago in the Arctic Circle of Northern Norway, near Bodø.
As extreme and rugged as its terrain is, the mono-functional constructions are elegant and playful, clad in sustainable tropical wood and perched on steel feet anchored in concrete to leave as minimal a footprint as possible.
The hillside site includes nine programs: a seaside sauna that greets guests coming off the boat, accommodations for overnight guests, four small, irregularly shaped sleeping houses, a canteen, concert room, and the so-called "Tower for Big Thoughts," a steel-enclosed birdhouse-like structure inspired by the Sami people's njalla storehouse.
Strategically placed across the terrain, each of the buildings affords incredible views of the ocean and nearby isles, while offering guests the opportunity to get away from it all, reveling in nature and quiet. To learn more and book your stay, head to the website.


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The Back Forty:
7 Essential Embraces to Launch Life's Radical Second Half
What has been called "the liberation to follow The Great Resignation," The Back Forty: 7 Essential Embraces to Launch Life's Radical Second Half arrived on Amazon in softcover and ebook form on February 2, 2022. To those engaged in the "Big Quit", the future gets brighter for you on 2/2/22. See the inspiring launch day videos of difference-makers here.
In a continued pandemic-laced era when many aspects of personal and professional life are all up for grabs, grabbing a copy of The Back Forty might be the best insurance for a more joyful and self-expressed life ahead.
In this period of deep and wholesale life/work introspection, The Back Forty is both timely and intimately helpful, serving as a trustworthy guide for a powerful midlife makeover. Its spirited message of rejuvenation and inspiration transforms any prevailing resignation into momentum toward a purposeful next phase of life: not only guaranteed, but perfectly timed by your own design.
YOUR BEST IS YET TO COME!
Darrell Gurney's The Back Forty—at once an intimate memoir of freeing self-discovery while also a practical guide to midlife awakening and bold progression—lays out 7 Embraces that will transform every aspect of your life experience and guide you in crafting your desired future.
What if your entire life this far has simply been R & D—just research and development—for the bigger game you have yet to play? What if nothing in your past was wasted and your life was actually timed and organized for exactly this moment? What if the only start that matters is the one you make now? You are never who you "are" or who you've been. You are who you're becoming.
Praise for The Back Forty
"In The Back Forty, Darrell Gurney has laid down an effective and inspiring roadmap for getting deep and insightful with oneself at the midpoint—or any point—of life. Disassembling, recontextualizing and causing one's purposeful life going forward, guided by these seven Embraces, ensures anyone a future of possibilities that weren't going to 'happen anyway.' This is indeed radical thinking."
MARSHALL GOLDSMITHThinkers50's only two-time winner of #1 Leadership Thinker in the World, the World's #1 Executive Coach and Top Ten Business Thinker
"Yes, your first half of life was simply research and development. This outlines what to do with the second half. Inspiring wisdom for any age, don't enter or leave midlife without The Back Forty."
CHIP CONLEYNew York Times best-selling author of Wisdom @ Work and founder of Modern Elder Academy
"The Back Forty is a testament to the unstoppable spirit in each of us. Darrell Gurney intimately shares his own midlife quest for purpose, stepping beyond fear and doubt to pave the way for himself and each of us to have our second half of life be the best half. This is required reading if you want the next phase of your life to be the best part ever."
CYNTHIA KERSEYBest-selling author of Unstoppable and founder of The Unstoppable Foundation Foundation
"Through his spiritual daring, Gurney sheds light upon the vital subject of discovering one's inner wholeness at any age and stage on life's journey. He moves his readers into a revolution in consciousness: loving ourselves for who we are, for the innate capacities of the heart and soul."
MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITHAuthor of Life Visioning and Spiritual Liberation founder/spiritual director of The Agape International Spiritual Center
"The Back Forty is an honest, authentic take on how the most challenging moments lead to powerful truths. It provides an opportunity to examine the past like a scientist and experiment with creating mindsets which will set you up for a joyful present and enriching future. As Darrell points out: 'The only start that matters is the one you make now.' So true."
BARBARA WAXMANMS, MPA, PCC, coach, gerontologist, speaker, author of Middlescence Manifesto: Igniting the Passion of Midlife
"Darrell Gurney tilled the soil of his personal experience and harvested an inspiring process for embracing challenges and living life to the fullest. In The Back Forty, Gurney offers a crucial counter to the prevailing pessimism about midlife and shows his readers the best is yet to come!"
MARGIT COX HENDERSONPhD, author of Optimistic Aging: from Midlife to the Good Life, an Action Plan
"Ever run into someone you felt like hitting when you turned forty and they said, "The best is yet to come"? Well, if they ducked when you took a swipe at them and then gave you a copy of The Back Forty, you'd not only thank them but you'd apologize profusely for taking the swing."
MARK GOULSTONM.D., founding member Newsweek Expert Forum and author of Just Listen, the top book in the world on listening
"The Back Forty is a profound and engaging inquiry into what it takes to expand when society is betting you'll contract. For anyone seeking to clear their path of self-imposed obstacles, habits, behaviors and attitudes so they can build a rich and fulfilling second half of life, The Back Forty serves as a bible of empowerment."
SALLY HELGESONAuthor of How Women Rise, The Web of Inclusion, and The Female Advantage
Chief Empowerment Optimystic (CEO) Darrell W. Gurney is an executive, business and career advisor; speaker; workshop facilitator; author and licensed spiritual counselor. Founder of CareerGuy.com and TheBackForty.com, Gurney coaches individuals to achieve their highest self-expression and presents to professional, trade and community groups as well as MBA programs and university alumni organizations nationwide. He is known for his commitment to supporting individuals in creating and live their best life now.
Pub Date: 2/2/2022
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IMBUE Journal:
Inspiring Massive Beauty Uniquely Expressed
Created to inspire and enable you to fully and authentically express who you truly are, your unique beauty, and what is important to you. Through this journal, you will create and play your own Back Forty IMBUE Game.
So, what is the Back Forty that we keep referring to? The Back Forty represent a radical ida that in our second half of life "the best is yet to come." In our early years two things happen. First, we are heavily influenced by external forces: parents, education, culture, friends, environment, media, etc. Secon, we tend to pay more attention to the needs of others (lovers, spouses, children, etc.) than our own.
In our Back Forty of life, it is time to decide for ourselves what real beauty is, and to take care of our own critical needs even before the needs of others. We deserve to focus on our own unbridled Self-expression and let our uniqueness shine.
Alexandra's own individual journey to embrace and fall in love with herself came from declaring "I'm in love with my wrinkles!" and fully embracing what they represent for her about who she is.
That is her game. This is YOUR journal to create YOUR game and find YOUR own insights, answers, and freedom. The questions throughout take you on that journey.
JOIN US IN THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL ADVENTURE! CREATE FOR YOURSELF A SELF-CAPTIVATING EXPERIENCE OF TRUE EXPRESSION, JOY, INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY AND SELF-LOVE.
The Back Forty IMBUE Journal invites you on an inward journey to create and play a meaningful and vibrant game of inspiring Massive Beauty Uniquely Expressed – by YOU and as YOU. Through loving, step-by-step guidance and insight-provoking questions, this wise companion provides a framework and support for accepting, embracing and empowering your beautiful essence.
Discover the four environments that shape your experience of yourself, and learn how to design them
Infuse your life with the spirit of play, and notice how it lightens up your projects
Adopt a practice of acknowledging and rewarding yourself all wins, big and small
Engage in supportive practices, rituals, and success strategies
Fall in love with yourself all over again!
Alexandra I. Levin co-created The Back Forty movement (TheBackForty.com), community, and transformational coaching programs which support midlifers to see the second half of life as an inspiring, radical and purposeful best half, based on the dual premises that "the best is yet to come" and "you have yet to do what you came here to do." Alexandra's own next half of life is focused on the spiritual and inspirational empowerment of others. Her experience spans over 25 years as a coach, mentor, and organizational and personal development expert. Her expertise is in the areas of personal and professional success, living a joyful and empowered life, performance, effectiveness, leadership, communication, teamwork, business consulting, and human potential development.
Pub Date: 4/2017
Headhunters Revealed:
Career Secrets for Choosing and Using Professional Recruiters
The purpose is to empower you, the working professional, to reap every bit of potential career support from the executive search profession—and to protect and enhance your self-esteem in the process. Securing your right livelihood is an intimate activity of paramount importance, and it is easy to take everything personally. However, tetting the most out of a headhutner means knowing how to manage that relationship professionally.
Here's an insider's perspective of the business of placing you in business. I hold nothing back—no trade secrets, no hidden agendas. As a matter of fact, some of my colleagues weren't all that happy with everything I revealed! They still entertain the notion that there is some "control factor" to be maintained with candidates by keeping certain things quiet. However, my purpose is to give it to you straight in order to foster more open, sound partnerships between career-changing professionals and those in the recruiting business. The idea is this: when you know how headhunters operate, their work will not only make sense, but you'll join them at the controls—for your own best interests.
Here's how to get "placed"—in the driver's seat of your career!!
It's a job-search jungle out there, but when used wisely, Executive Recruiters (Headhunters) can carve an amazing, lucrative path for rising professionals. This book is your machete and friendly guide!
Written by an industry native, this light, witty trail map deftly steers you through the underbrush with insider tips to help bag the best booster for your career. Cutting away myths and misconceptions of the recruiting world, it reveals everything about the mind and mechanics of search professionals—things they do and don't want you to know! Whether in transition for a better position or simply interested in getting top-value return from your life's work, this book is for you.
You will discover how to:
Reap the enormous benefits of being a hunted head
Stay cool in the wrong job until the right one shows up
Assess and interview headhunters to find the best ones for you
Manage your career like an entrepreneur—for all it's worth
Establish "career partnerships" for lifetime payoff
Command the most from your "employable assets"
Position yourself strategically in a recruiter's database
Praise for Headhunters Revealed
"In many industries, recruiters are the key to a fruitful job search. For those job seekers who don't know the difference between contingency and retained recruiters, among other nuances, Darrell W. Gurney's friendly and concise Headhunters Revealed! Career Secrets™ for Choosing and Using Professional Recruiters is a welcome resource. With helpful checklists and bulleted summaries, Gurney explains in upbeat, chummy prose all there is to know about the recruitment process—from what headhunters actually do (hint: it's more than just peddling resumes) and why they can help your career to the best way to make yourself an attractive candidate (e.g., be specific about your needs, keep in mind long-term goals)."
"For some reason, the field of executive recruiting has always been cloaked in mystery, perhaps because recruiters deal with only a select group of candidates. Those on the "outside" seem to believe there is some sort of unknown ritual in getting tapped. Even headhunter, the popular term for the profession, suggests the exotic. Nearly three decades ago, Allan Cox first offered the Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter (1973); then, twenty years ago, John Wareham revealed Secrets of a Corporate Headhunter (1980). Now Gurney, a Certified Personnel Consultant who has practiced for 14 years, reveals why recruiters exist and what they do. He explains the differences between contingency and retained recruiting. He suggests how to capture the attention of recruiters and lays out the advantages of working with them. Gurney advises what recruiters want to hear in an interview and what they want to see on a resume. Of course, since the time when Cox and Wareham offered their inside looks, the Internet has become a major medium, and Gurney offers Web-savvy tips throughout."
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"In Headhunters Revealed! professional recruiter Darrell Gurney shares a wealth of witty and practical advice on how to reap the enormous benefits of being a "hunted head" in today's employment market; how to stay cool in the wrong job until the right one shows up; assessing and interviewing headhunters to find the best ones of you; how to manage your career like an entrepreneur for all it's worth; how to establish "career partnerships" for a lifetime payoff; commanding the most from your "employable assets"; and how to position yourself strategically in a recruiter's database. Highly recommended reading for all career minded men and women, Headhunters Revealed! demystifies what recruiters do and how best to take advantage of the recruitment system for the best job or corporate career you can get."
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"Headhunters Revealed! unlocks the secrets of finding a professional recruiter. Save yourself all the hassle of getting stuck with the wrong representation. Even if you aren't in the midst of making a career change, it's never too early to read this book."
MARK VICTOR HANSENCo-creator, #1 New York Times Best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, including Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work
"Executive Recruiters hold the key to the hidden job market. This straight-forward book shows you how to make this resource work for you."
WAYNE COOPERCEO, Kennedy Information, publisher of The Directory of Executive Recruiters
"Darrell's expansive knowledge of the job search arena enables him to reach both the novice and experienced job seeker. The examples and illustrations are 'on target' with accepted career strategies. This book is a must read for unhappily employed and unemployed professionals at all levels."
HOWARD PARDUEFortune 500 HR Director, and former Vice President/Managing Director of Right Management Consultants
"In the increasingly maddening labyrinth of searching for the right career — a maze of job banks, web postings, and e-cruiters — the best source may still be the headhunter. Gurney explains the perspective, as well as the process, of the headhunter, lending some humanity to a much misunderstood profession."
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"This breezy little book is for you! Arm yourself with the answers to questions the recruiter may ask. Never again will you have to go naked into a face-to-face or telephone interview."
JAMES KENNEDYFounder, Kennedy Information, Inc., publisher of The Directory of Executive Recruiters
Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC), has been a professional recruiter for over 14 years. In addition to running his own firm, he writes articles for trade publications and speaks regularly at national industry events. Affiliated with over 600 executive recruiters worldwide, Darrel has won awards and praise from colleagues, clients and candidates alike.
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As many frustrated soccer managers will tell you, the offside rule is arguably the most controversial and contentious rules in the game. Rule number 11 causes more arguments, unfavorable decisions and costly score lines than any other rule.
Consequently, the world's leading soccer coaches always train their teams how to use the offside rule to their advantage. It can be used both to immediately end attacking threats through smart defensive strategies and to teach wily attackers how to outwit the offside trap and find themselves in goal scoring positions.
Drawing on his coaching experience at clubs including Manchester United, Everton and the Welsh national side, David Williams shares his expert insight and explains exactly how coaches can counter the offside rule and how to use it to outwit defenses.
The eBook is ideal for coaches of recreational teams wishing to improve their understanding of the offside rule right through to coaches at a professional level that want to improve their tactical awareness and soccer coaching sessions.


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Beldanga Municipality
Beldanga Population Census 2011 - 2021
About Beldanga
2021 Beldanga
Beldanga is a Municipality city in district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Beldanga city is divided into 14 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Beldanga Municipality has population of 29,205 of which 14,694 are males while 14,511 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3563 which is 12.20 % of total population of Beldanga (M). In Beldanga Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 988 against state average of 950. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Beldanga is around 965 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. Literacy rate of Beldanga city is 82.56 % higher than state average of 76.26 %. In Beldanga, Male literacy is around 85.55 % while female literacy rate is 79.53 %.
Beldanga Municipality has total administration over 6,580 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Beldanga Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Beldanga (M).
Beldanga Work Profile
Out of total population, 10,335 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 8,270 were males while 2,065 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 10335 working population, 90.60 % were engaged in Main Work while 9.40 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Beldanga 2021 Population
The next census for Beldanga Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2021 are estimates only.
Beldanga Religion Data 2011
Beldanga 29,205 48.48% 50.60% 0.01% 0.02% 0.00% 0.77% 0.03% 0.08%
Beldanga Wards
1 Beldanga Ward No - 1 Murshidabad Murshidabad West Bengal
10 Beldanga Ward No - 10 Murshidabad Murshidabad West Bengal


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In Hitler's Shadow
Post-War Germany and the Girls of the BDM
Tim Heath
20 black and white illustrations
Binding. : Hardback
In the wake of Germany's unconditional surrender in May 1945 and Japan's subsequent surrender later that July, across the world the Allied press proclaimed 'Victory War is Over'! The truth for many Germans, particularly girls of the former Bund Deutscher Madel, was that a new war was just beginning.
In Hitler's Shadow conveys the hopes, the horrors and the aftermath of the Second World War in the form of eye witness testimonies, diary entries and interviews. Through the eyes of the BDM girls, it recounts the struggle to rebuild lives destroyed by years of war, and how a country came to terms with terrible war crimes committed in its name. The result is powerful, sad, harrowing, humorous and shocking. In the realms of the study of female Hitler Youth organizations in Nazi Germany, In Hitler's Shadow has no equal.
Born in to a military family, Tim Heath's interest in history led him to research the air war of the Second World War, focussing on the German Luftwaffe and writing extensively for The Armourer Magazine. During the course of his research he has worked closely with the German War Graves Commission at Kassel, Germany, and met with German families and veterans alike.
In Hitler's Shadow Reviews
Eyewitnesses at the Somme
The Battle for Kharkov 1941 - 1943
Anthony Tucker-Jones
Tracing British Battalions on the Somme
Ray Westlake
Marching from Defeat
Claus Neuber
Wellington's Men Remembered. Volume 2: M to Z
David Bromley, Janet Bromley
Air War D-Day: Bloody Beaches
Colours in the Sky
Graham M. Simons
German Armour Lost on the Western Front
Bob Carruthers


Mt Druitt residents are facing new garbage collection times, Blacktown Council says.
A council spokeswoman said some residents in some suburbs faced new collection times for their garbage, recycled rubbish or both.
The changes take effect this Sunday. Affected areas include Mt Druitt, Oakhurst, Plumpton and Hebersham.
The spokeswoman said affected residents would be notified via a letterbox drop.
"The changes to rubbish collection days for some parts of the city is needed due to the expansion of the city's population," she said.
About 8500 residences are expected be affected.


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Biden has tested negative for the third time since Friday – Observe
ga October 5, 2020
The results come five days after Biden spent more than 90 minutes with US President Donald Trump, who was diagnosed with covid-19 days after the debate that brought the two candidates face to face.
Joe Biden had already had two negative fronts on Friday.
The Democratic candidate plans to visit Florida on Monday and his campaign has said he will continue to observe public health guidelines on masks, social distancing and crowd size.
On Sunday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, hospitalized since Friday, briefly left the hospital in a caravan of vehicles to welcome supporters abroad, after returning soon to the Walter Reed Military Medical Center.
Trump left the hospital in an armored SUV and remained in the vehicle, wearing a mask, as he passed a crowd that waved flags and applauded.
During Sunday's briefing on the state of health of the head of state, White House doctor Sean Conley admitted the possibility of Donald Trump leaving hospital on Monday.
The doctor added that the president's health "continues to improve," but revealed that Donald Trump was treated with steroids after two drops in his oxygen levels on Saturday.
Trump is 74 years old and clinically obese, putting him at increased risk of serious complications from the virus that has infected more than 7 million people and killed more than 200,000 people in the United States.
On Friday, Donald Trump announced on his personal page on the social network Twitter that, like the first lady, Melania, had tested positive for the coronavirus and would be quarantined.
A few hours later, he was admitted as a precaution to the Walter Reed Military Hospital.
According to several analysts, Apple should offer bundle purchases for "hardware + subscription services"
Facebook introduces an app with which you can make music together from a distance
Switzerland must reject the proposal to limit immigration from the European Union – Observer
Apple wants to move part of the MacBook and iPad production to Vietnam


We had the opportunity to collaborate with Haier Group to explore the potential growth of consumer white goods within different segments.
Together, we have conducted user interviews, developed market research, and provided strategic design to understand the essential needs of the user. By doing so, we have been able to establish unique user experiences and create relevant CMF designs effectively for each brand.


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The Problem With Risk
At Foord, we have long espoused the view that volatility of investment returns is not a suitable measure of investment risk. However, the investment fraternity seems preoccupied with this flawed measure of risk in determining whether or not an investment fits a particular profile.
In financial theory, volatility is a measure of the dispersion of returns. The wider the range of returns recorded, the greater the volatility. Take a look at two asset classes, equities (jargon for listed shares) and cash. At the one extreme, equities have historically reflected the widest range of returns, while cash has the lowest. Extrapolating this logic, most investors will interpret equities as the riskiest asset class and cash the safest.
Following financial theory further, the measure of "bang for your buck" is the return earned divided by the risk taken (measured by volatility) to get there – this is known as the "information ratio". The higher the ratio, the more return you are getting per unit of volatility taken.
The realisation has dawned on some that the volatility of cash is so infinitesimally small that it will always seem to be the greatest "risk adjusted" investment. Of course, other measures have followed to compensate for this: the Sharpe ratio measures the excess return over cash per unit of volatility taken, and the Sortino ratio measures the excess return over inflation per unit of volatility taken. Regardless, the denominator of these "risk-adjusted" measures remains historic volatility of recorded returns.
Therein lies the rub: there is no permanent correlation between volatility and return, volatility is not constant, and volatility in one period is almost useless in predicting volatility in a subsequent period. Furthermore (and fundamentally for the long-term investor), volatility is measured over a specific period (often short) thereby imputing a short-term mind-set to risk measurement for a long-term growth asset.
An examination of monthly returns on the JSE from January 1926 to January 2013 (a period of 87 years) by Darron West of the University of Cape Town provides some insight into the profound vagaries of this type of risk measurement. Over rolling monthly periods of 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 30 years it was shown that the returns in one period were almost entirely uncorrelated with returns in a subsequent period.
This finding augers well for the notion that "past performance is not a predictor of future performance." However, this mantra does not appear to be articulated quite so insistently for volatility as a measure of risk, and yet the volatility of returns for the rolling monthly periods noted previously also bears little or no resemblance to the volatility of the returns in subsequent periods.
You may ask "But what of risk-adjusted returns?" Measured as "return per unit of volatility" over the same rolling periods, these too offer little or no predictive value at all, save perhaps in the case of the 30 year time horizons where the information ratio explains just short of 60% of the information ratio in a subsequent 30 year period.
To be fair, the investment industry has tried to make better sense of risk. Value investors prefer to refer to risk as "the risk of permanent loss of capital" – a forward looking concept. Proxies for this might include "drawdown" (i.e. the worst return over a period) and the frequency of negative returns over various periods. Neither of these is dependent on volatility or the dispersion of returns for their measurement, but both metrics remain backward looking.
Risk might also be the negative consequences of being wrong. This is a patently prospective notion that is not measureable. It can only be guarded against by careful management and a consideration of scenario outcomes and applying probabilities based on judgement. We use this concept widely at Foord when making investments for our clients.
So risk means different things to different people, but it most assuredly is not volatility.
It might fit neatly into a mathematical formula, but it is as variable and unpredictable as the returns it purports standardise. Measures of performance or efficiency that rely on volatility as a basis for risk measurement are inherently flawed and should not be trusted.
Yet, defective volatility metrics often form the basis of an adjustment made to a fund's performance to account for the risk taken in generating returns. We find this practice quite absurd – we strongly believe that there is no valid way of risk adjusting returns. If you think about returns and risk clearly, it is evident that returns achieved over the long-term are after experiencing the risk. They are therefore by definition, already risk adjusted.
We are taught that the more risk we take the higher reward we should expect. This implies a linear relationship in which many believe. In our experience there is no such linear relationship – there are times when high returns can be earned with very little risk. Those who have been fooled by theoreticians into believing that volatility equals risk have suffered the consequences of lower returns.
Written by Paul Cluer, Director at Foord Asset Management.
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We're in the midst of our Korean vacation, and I'd like to share a few pictures.
Crossfit has come to Korea in an impressive way. Crossfit Sentinel has opened four gyms in the Seoul area and their facility in Seoul's City Center, where we spoke, has a golf facility and a café that sells PHD-like food.
Shou-Ching's father was extremely sociable, the center of Yeongwol's Chinese community, owner of Yeongwol's most popular restaurant, the creator of the town's Chinese school, and everyone's first recourse in times of trouble. With food, wine, and money for gifts and gambling, he may be equally popular among the spirits.
Yeongwol would be a minor backwater in the Korean countryside were it not for a notorious event in Korean history. King Munjong of the Joseon dynasty died in 1452 when his son was 12 years old. The son, King Danjong, ascended to the throne, but regents ruled in his place. The regency was overthrown a year later in a coup led by Danjong's uncle. After a counter-coup attempting to restore Danjong to the throne failed, he was exiled to Yeongwol. After a second failed restoration attempt when Danjong was 17, he was forced to commit suicide. Two hundred sixty-eight supporters of Danjong were executed. After the suicide, Danjong's body was left to decay in the river, and a royal edict threatened anyone who rescued the body with three generations of persecution. However, a local man recovered the body and buried it in a secret grave, which was eventually found a few centuries later.
Today the tomb complex is a UNESCO world heritage site, you have to pay admission to visit, and the tomb is roped off. But in Shou-Ching's youth, it was untended, and the village children would race up the hill to ride on the stone stallions, tigers, and sheep that surround the grave. If the sculptures look worn, it is not only because of the weather!
Buddhist temples are found in remote mountain sites throughout Korea. They are places of retreat and meditation; it was central to their purpose that they were not, in the days before roads and automobiles, easy to visit. City-dwellers would have to make an arduous journey to reach them, and might spend a week in prayer and meditation repenting misdeeds and repairing their spiritual affairs.
At Baekdamsa in Inje, here is a typical prayer room. Three Buddhas and a large number of figurine monks are mounted on the back wall.
Meditative prayer will typically be led by a monk who chants sutras and strikes a mok-tak to keep rhythm. In the temples we visited, a chanting monk would wear a microphone and loudspeakers around the temple would broadcast the rhythmic chanting.
We had a delicious meal at a traditional Korean restaurant devoted to an uncommon "safe starch," acorn starch. Acorn starch is usually served as a sort of jelly, called Dotorimuk, but it can also be used to make noodles or other foods.
Koreans probably eat one of the globe's most healthful diets. They eat a tremendous variety of vegetables – probably rivaling the hundreds of species eaten by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. However, I noticed that Korean food has become appreciably sweeter and more processed since my last visit 11 years ago; the kimchi is now much less tasty than before, and inferior to our homemade kimchi; bread has made major inroads replacing rice and rice cakes; and the number of overweight Koreans has significantly increased.
If Koreans continue to shift their foods toward processed and sugary western foods, I doubt this superior longevity will continue. Korea, I believe, needs the Perfect Health Diet.


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Q: Adding new line in jQuery tooltip plugin I am now using jQuery tooltip plugin to create some quick reminders for users during data input. Here is the jQuery tooltip I am using:
http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-tooltip/
However, I have encountered a problem.
How can I add a new line in the body of the tooltip?
I have tried the following codes, but still cannot get it done.
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So could anyone help me on this issue?
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A: You could "encode" your line breaks and use the bodyHandler attribute, like:
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A: You can't just paste the HTML as string, as other people said you have to use content.


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import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

import com.colanconnon.cryptomessage.Fragments.ComposeFragment;
import com.colanconnon.cryptomessage.Fragments.MessageListFragment;
import com.colanconnon.cryptomessage.R;

public class ComposeActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_compose);
        Fragment fragment = new ComposeFragment();
        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();

        fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
                .replace(R.id.frame_container_compose, fragment).addToBackStack(null).commit();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_compose, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
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        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
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        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

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