Nick Brook at Teleopti explores the challenges faced by outsourcers today and how to solve them.
The outsourcing sector is on the up, with recent research indicating that the global contact center outsourcing market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 9% during the period of 2017-2021. Indeed, it is the sheer number of outsourced agents being scheduled using Teleopti Workforce Management (WFM), over 80,000[i], that led me to take a look at some of the challenges that the majority of outsourcing contact centers face and how these challenges can be solved.
Having been involved in planning more than 8000 agents and multiple work streams during my time at an international outsourcer, it became clear that while outsourcing offers great potential for increased efficiencies in time, cost and customer service, the contact centers providing this service face a fresh set of challenges. Here is an outline of the key hurdles outsourcers face and how to overcome them using the latest WFM technology.
The need for speed – the biggest channel for many outsourcing contact centers is the constant call for operational and technical efficiency. From setting up new agents to accessing relevant and accurate client data, speed leads to cost savings, healthier profit margins and happier customers. However, manual forecasting or scheduling is slow and prone to error. Automated WFM solutions can import large volumes of data from previous systems to set up new team structures quickly and efficiently. Automation provides a single, clear view of past, present and future activities, removing the time-consuming triple effect of manual workload management while making the most of one-time data inputting such as agent profiles and shift preferences.
Keeping cost conscious – according to Deloitte Consulting, 59% of companies said the primary driver for using outsourcers is as a cost-cutting tool. This is a challenge that will never go away. The contact center is under pressure to make operational savings and satisfy client demand to bring the greatest results for the lowest price. The main cost in a contact center is people, therefore resource planning must be accurate and efficient. The rise in cloud-based WFM provides the opportunity for companies to only pay for what they use while reducing investment in IT infrastructure. For example, Teleopti customer FEXCO has achieved 20% savings in annual license and maintenance costs by moving to cloud WFM. Every saving helps to strengthen the bottom line.
The mobile age – mobility is everywhere from smartphones, tablets and laptops to TVs and even cars. The challenge is to turn mobility into an advantage. It is now possible to set up self-service portals that allow agents to view their latest schedules, swap shifts and request time off from anywhere, using any device. At the same time agents can log-in to cloud-based contact center technology from any location and provide the same excellent levels of customer service even when they are away from the office.
Agent attrition – contact centers are notorious for high agent turnover with some reports revealing rates as high as 30%. This puts enormous cost and time pressures on recruiting and training new staff quickly (allowing for a lag in productivity while they settle in). Capturing agent skills alongside contract types and using these profiles to schedule people for their best activities can keep agents motivated. At the same time, identifying individual or team skills gaps to support effective training programs will reduce attrition rates and ensure agent engagement.
Internationalization – managing global projects, with different languages and time zones, is challenging. Comprehensive profiling and scheduling will mean that the agent with the right language skill is available to communicate with the customer. The WFM solution should also offer time-zone insights to prevent less efficient situations, such as an agent in Dubai being given a shift at midnight by a team leader in the US. Team leaders and planners should have access to international overviews.
Engaging expectations – rising customer expectations have transformed the skill sets required by agents. They need to be experts in customer relations as well as the products and services they represent. Therefore, it is important to avoid irritating the most productive agents, so take into account agent shift preferences, make absence requests a smooth process and let agents easily trade shifts. Boredom is another danger, so be sure to provide flexible breaks and varied, mixed activities to keep it at bay.
Things go wrong – expect the unexpected, because even the best laid plans can go wrong as a result of freak events, system bugs and human error. The challenge is to be prepared rather than live in fear of things going wrong. Ensure there is access to a strong support team with a dedicated service desk staffed by engineers and technical consultants with the ability to troubleshoot at a moment's notice. Then back this up with a continual evaluation program to assess the performance of the WFM solution and adjust it as circumstances demand.
To find out more and learn how three real-life contact center organizations have successfully overcome "the outsource challenge", download Teleopti's latest eBook "An Outlook on Outsourcing".
It's a technology that I like to be able to use for myself. It's definitely a cut above the rest and I can not wait until my provider has it. Your insight was what I needed to thank you.
We appreciate this kind of positive participation in our community. . This is a strategy that I need to have the capacity to use for myself. This is certainly a cut on the rest and I can not hold up until the point that my supplier has it.
wow Nicholas ! what a nice experience you have shared i have enjoyed to read your content .
I've been in the call centre industry for the last 17 years, working for companies such as BT, Marks and Spencer and Vodafone. My roles have been varied from Sales Agent, Customer Care, Technical Support to working in a real-time team. I joined the outsourcer Webhelp's planning team when they were moving their WFM services offshore in Teleopti WFM and helped them manage the transition of all agents and work streams from Teleopti WFM version 6 to 7. Although I was very happy at Webhelp, I had to apply when I saw the job at Teleopti advertised. Teleopti has such an amazing working culture along with a fantastic product, I had to be a part of the team.


text:
Berg & Larsen is a global company with a business built on long term competitiveness.
Our operations are founded on honesty, integrity and sound business manners.
Our business is based on the principles of free and fair trade, ensuring that competition and ethical conditions apply to the legal framework. We act in accordance to the UN's principles related to human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
Building relationships are an important part of living our values. We believe in creating and maintaining long-term, mutually profitable relationships, where both parties respect the established agreement and conditions.
Business Terms – Berg & Larsen A/S
means the person or company(ies) named on the Order Confirmation Form who agrees to buy Goods from the
Supplier whether on behalf of itself or another.
means these terms and conditions set forth in these Standard Terms and Conditions Version 1.5 and are the terms and
conditions of all sales to Buyer by Supplier and will include other additional terms and conditions agreed in writing
signed by the Supplier.
means the date of delivery specified in the Order Confirmation Form.
means the equipment or other goods and articles which the Buyer agrees to buy from the Supplier, as described in theOrder Confirmation Form.
Named Place
means the port or place named in the Order Confirmation Form where the Goods are to be delivered.
Nominated Carrier
means the vessel or carrier (whether actual, contractual or constructive, including without limitation any freight
forwarder, multi-transport operator, consignee or shipping line) nominated by Supplier as being the vessel or carrier
onto or to which the Goods will be handed over.
Order Confirmation Form
means the form sent to the Buyer by the Supplier confirming the terms of an order placed by the Buyer for Goods
pursuant to the Supplier's quotation.
means the purchase price to be paid by the Buyer to the Supplier as set forth in the Order Confirmation Form and
Supplier's commercial invoice, plus any one or more of the following as applicable: packing, local delivery costs,
transportation to the Named Place or Nominated Carrier and insurance.
means Berg & Larsen A/S, Baldersbuen 29B, DK-2640 Hedehusene, Denmark.
means any duties, taxes (including VAT), charges or surcharges levied by any governmental agency, entity or port
authority assessed or charged with respect to the sale of Goods to Buyer.
2. Conditions Applicable
2.1 These Conditions shall apply to all sales of Goods and contracts of sale of Goods by the Supplier to the Buyer to the
exclusion of all other terms and conditions including any terms or conditions which the Buyer may purport to apply
under any purchase order, confirmation of order or similar document.
2.2 Quotations by the Supplier, all orders by the Buyer, and all confirmations of order are given, placed and issued
upon and subject to these Conditions.
2.3 In addition to paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above, acceptance of delivery of the Goods by Buyer shall be conclusive
evidence of the Buyer's acceptance of these Conditions.
2.4 Any variation to these Conditions (including any special terms and conditions agreed between the parties) shall be
inapplicable unless confirmed in writing signed by the Supplier.
3. The Price and payment
3.1 The Supplier shall not be obligated to deliver the Goods to Buyer until the Buyer has paid Supplier the Price or
credit terms have been agreed upon in writing. Unless otherwise agreed in writing signed by Supplier, payment of the
Price shall be due before the Delivery Date and time for payment shall be of the essence. The Price is exclusive of any
Taxes which shall be due at the rate ruling on the date of that invoice.
3.2 Where the Goods are ordered by the Buyer as agent ("the Agent") for another party (whether named or un-named
("the Principal")), the Agent and the Principal shall be jointly and severally liable for all the obligations and liabilities of
the Buyer under the order placed with the Supplier by the Buyer and these Conditions
4. Default and Remedies
4.1 If any part of the Price or any other sums due to the Supplier by the Buyer has not been paid within fourteen (14)
days of the date on which such amounts set forth in Supplier's commercial invoice are due and owing, then in addition
to the Price and any other sums owed by Buyer to Supplier, Buyer agrees to pay the Supplier interest on the unpaid
amounts at the rate of 1.5% per month from the date due in Supplier's commercial invoice until both the principal and
interest are paid in full. If the foregoing rate of interest specified in this Agreement exceeds permitted by applicable
law, then the applicable interest rate will be the highest rate permitted by the applicable law.
4.2 If Seller must take legal action to enforce any obligation of Buyer under these Conditions or to exercise any
remedy of Seller under these Conditions, Buyer agrees to pay Seller's attorneys' fees, costs and expenses, including
without limitation, the costs and expenses related to the arrest and detention of any vessel.
Warranties, and Disclaimer of Warranties and Claims
5.1 The Supplier warrants that the Goods will at the Delivery Date correspond to the description of the Goods in the
Confirmation of Order. Seller makes no other warranties, express or implied. Buyer accepts the manufacturer's
warranty as its sole warranty with respect to the Goods.
5.2 THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER
STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
5.3 Upon delivery, Buyer must immediately inspect the Goods. If the Goods are damaged during transport and visible
transport damage has occurred to the outside of the parcel, Buyer must immediately make a claim directly to and
against the last Nominated Carrier (including making a written note on any relevant transport documents). If the
Goods are damaged during transport and invisible transport damage has occurred to the inside of the parcel which is
not visible from the outside, Buyer must notify Supplier in writing within seven (7) days from Buyer's receipt of the
Goods. If Buyer believes the Goods do not conform to the Order Confirmation Form (or such other relevant
document), Buyer must immediately provide written notice of the same to Supplier within thirty (30) days from
Buyer's receipt of the Goods and take all reasonable steps to mitigate the consequences of received allegedly
nonconforming Goods. Supplier will take all reasonable actions to assist Buyer in making a claim directly to the
manufacturer or supplier, or if the goods are damaged in transit, directly to the relevant Nominated Carrier. Claims
not made in writing within the foregoing time limitations are deemed waived by the Buyer.
6.1 Except as otherwise specified in these Conditions or in the Order Confirmation Form, all delivery terms are
construed in accordance with ICC INCOTERMS 2000 (as modified or amended from time to time) in force at the
formation of the contract.
6.2 Except as otherwise agreed to in writing signed by both Buyer and Supplier, the sale of Goods is CIP Carriage &
Insurance Paid to (Named Place and Nominated Carrier). Risk of loss, damage or destruction passes from Supplier to
Buyer when Goods are handed over to the first Nominated Carrier. Responsibility for the costs passes from Supplier to
Buyer when the Goods arrive at the Named Place
6.3 Where delivery is agreed to be on any other terms, these shall be agreed between the Buyer and the Supplier in
writing signed by Buyer and Supplier.
6.4 Unless otherwise agreed in writing signed by Buyer and Supplier:
6.4.1 Time for delivery shall not be of the essence.
6.4.2 Notwithstanding the transfer of risk of loss, damage and destruction, title to the Goods will not transfer to Buyer
until the entire Price and all other amounts owed by Buyer to Supplier have been paid in full.
6.5 Until title to the Goods passes to the Buyer in accordance with these Conditions, the Buyer shall hold the Goods
and each of them on a fiduciary basis as bailee for the Supplier. The Buyer shall store the Goods (at no cost to the
Supplier) separately from all other goods in its possession and marked in such a way as to be clearly identified as the
Supplier's property.
6.6 The Supplier shall be entitled to recover the Price (plus all other outstanding amounts) notwithstanding that title
to any of the Goods have not passed from the Supplier to the Buyer.
6.7 Until such time as title to the Goods passes from the Supplier to Buyer, the Buyer shall upon request deliver up
such of the Goods as have not ceased to be in existence. If the Buyer fails to do so, the Supplier may enter upon any
premises owned occupied or controlled by the Buyer where the Goods are situated and repossess the Goods. The
Buyer shall insure and keep insured the Goods to the full Price against "all risks" to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Supplier until the date title to the Goods passes from the Supplier, and shall, whenever requested by the Supplier,
produce a copy of the policy of insurance. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Supplier, if the Buyer fails to do
so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Supplier shall forthwith become due and payable.
7.1 Subject only to these Conditions, by taking delivery of the Goods and documents and signing the relevant receipt
documents, if any, the Buyer shall be deemed to have approved and accepted the Goods in every respect.
8. Limitation on Damages
8.1 In no circumstances whatsoever will Supplier be liable to the Buyer for any loss, damage or injury, indirect,
incidental, consequential or special, arising out of the supply, or late supply or failure to supply, any of the Goods by
the Supplier to the Buyer.
8.2 Any complaint by the Buyer regarding the Supplier's invoice will be absolutely barred unless lodged in writing by
the Buyer with the Supplier at his usual business address within thirty (30) days of dispatch of the invoice.
8.3 The Supplier shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Buyer for any indirect loss and/or expense (including loss
of profit) suffered by the Buyer arising out of a breach by the Supplier of these Conditions.
8.4 The remedies of the Buyer for any breach of this contract by Supplier shall be limited to damages. Under no
circumstances shall the liability of the Supplier exceed the Price of the Goods.
If the Supplier is unable to make delivery, or to make delivery in good time owing to force majeure (which shall
include all or any circumstances or conditions for which the Supplier cannot be held responsible and as a consequence
it is not reasonably possible to make delivery in good time or at all) then the Supplier's obligation to deliver shall cease
or, if appropriate, be suspended for the duration of such force majeure.
Any disputes arising from contracts made under these Conditions are subject to the law of Denmark and to litigation
at the Maritime and Commercial Court in Copenhagen, Denmark. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Supplier may bring
an action in any jurisdiction where Buyer's assets are located and in the case of vessels, Supplier may seize, arrest or
otherwise detain Buyer's vessel under the law of the flag of that vessel or the law of the country in which the vessel is
arrested, in Supplier's sole discretion.
Berg & Larsen, Baldersbuen 29 B, DK – 2640 Hedehusene, Denmark
Designed by WeDoWebsites.dk

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Books set in snowy winter, which fit the stormy weather we are having right now.
College student Darby Thorne, driving in the wintry, snowy mountains of Colorado, pulls in at a truck stop, unable to drive further because of the tons of snow that have shut down the state highway and back roads. She meets four other people in the truck stop, also stranded for the next day or so before the snow plows can arrive to clear the roads. In the meantime, the snow keeps coming down.
Darby goes outside to her parked car and on the way back spots a small hand of a child through a parked van that belongs to one of the travelers in the stop. She sees a child padlocked in a dog crate in the back of the van, and is too terrified of the situation to say anything to any of the people inside. Instead, she plots a way to free the child and drive her off to safety.
Easier said than done. The next several hours brings surprises that put Darby and the child in danger from not one, but maybe more of the people trapped inside the stop with her. She is not sure who to confide in and her decisions may be the wrong ones.
This turned out to be a hair-raising thriller, with more twists and turns in the plot than I could have imagined. It kept me going on a snowy day when I was myself kept indoors by snow. What a perfect book for the day!
Though the dialogue was a bit stilted, the book carried the day with the plot and action scenes, plus the personality of the tenacious Darby.
The wintry thriller I'm reading next is set in the Scottish Highlands, at an exclusive but remote resort with cabins and a lodge set around a loch surrounded by thick pine trees and forests. The Hunting Party has a setting we are familiar with from Agatha Christie and other mystery writers - a group of people isolated and alone in a hotel or house, unable to leave, and with an unknown killer in their midst.
I can't wait to see who the culprit is, and the motive for murder.
The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury is next on my list of winter reads.
This one is set in the Alaskan wilderness with a young girl Tracy, trained to be a trapper and hunter. She is accustomed to being outdoors running with her dogs, but is one day attacked by a stranger, whom she fights off successfully.
When an injured man later shows up, Tracy wonders if he was the one who attacked her.
The Wild Inside is described as a coming of age book as well as a psychological thriller.
It's Monday, What Are You Reading? by Book Date. What's on your reading list this week?
Review of romance novel featuring show dogs!
How does a dog walker come to live in a mansion and be co-trustee of three show dogs who have inherited their owner's fortune? Jocelyn finds herself in this enviable position, but there are challenges to her good fortune by the dogs' trainer and by the owner's son.
What will come of this and how will or can solutions and compromises be made? And is romance also in Jocelyn's future?
A romance of the doggy kind that is easy to read and enjoyable. It's also not a totally predictable plot, which I appreciated.
Thanks to Berkley which provided a copy for review.
Darby Thorne was six miles up Backbone Pass when her windshield wiper broke, and that bass-baritone voice was just kicking into the second chorus. It was official: he'd be getting his white Christmas. He could shut up about it now.
"Do you know the man who drives this van?"
... four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to outwit a vicious psychopath.
I thought this was a perfect setting for a thriller, especially since we are in the midst of winter!
I recently started reading this, my second book of the year, and am enjoying it tremendously, especially since I am familiar with the place in which Michele Obama grew up - the south side of Chicago, including Hyde Park where I lived for over 10 years.
The memoir is not just of a woman who became the First Lady of the United States, but is also the story of a middle class Black family in Chicago and children who grew up to succeed. It is also a romance, between Michelle and Barack Obama, before their lives became entrenched in the political. I can't wait to get to that part.
Murakami's book is another of his fantasies. It drew me in, in the same way a pit in the back of the narrator's house drew him in and led him on to voyages reminiscent of Dante's Underworld and the crossing of the river Styx.
The above two books, memoir and fantasy/magical realism, couldn't be more different, but I like them both and find them a great way to start off my reading in 2019.
This is turning out to be a more traditional kind of romance. It's about dogs and their owner, a young woman thrust into the limelight of becoming caretaker and co-trustee of three famous and valuable show dogs. Her job comes with a seaside mansion that only she has access to. Along the way, she seems likely to meet the man of her dreams. This is delightful light reading. My review.
What are your first books this year?


If you want your brand to be seen on-line, it's as important to ensure you have a Facebook marketing campaign as it is for your website to be found on the first page go Google.
There are a number of consultants that claim to be Facebook experts, but you need an experienced Facebook consultant that will effectively attract Facebook fans, boost your "likes", and generate sales.
Get people talking about your products/services Finding and targeting your perfect audience including estimated audience size and costs to advertise through Facebook "pay per click" (if required).
Engage with your target audience Engaging with your audience is key to increase reach and likability, which is why it's so important to get the conversation going on your wall rather than having posts just from your company.
Become a source of information By working with you, FoundUB4 are able to create a calendar of events to ensure your fans KEEP coming back to your page.
I regularly review my dashboards for monitoring metrics such as fan base growth, demographics, post reach, and engagement (shares, likes, comments etc.). If I notice anything unusual, I collaborate with you to find solutions, and make adjustments accordingly.


text:
The War Zone
Cadillac Returning to Endurance Racing with the DPi-V.R Prototype
The race car will compete in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship in 2017.
By Aaron Brown November 30, 2016
Aaron Brown View Aaron Brown's Articles
aaronmaxb aaronmaxb
Cadillac's V Series has brought fantastic performance to the company's production lineup. Now, the carmaker is bringing some class back to the world of American road racing with a new Daytona Prototype race car called the Cadillac DPi-V.R.
The awkwardly-named DPi-V.R has been designed by Cadillac to race in the top level of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, which it will do starting in early 2017.
The car, built on a Dallara chassis, uses a 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V8 motor—similar in some ways to the one used in the CTS-V and Escalade—which puts out about 600 horsepower in the set-up used for IMSA races. That power gets channeled through an X-Trac racing gearbox and a viscous mechanical limited-slip differential designed to keep the back wheels moving.
The last time Cadillac stepped foot in prototype endurance racing was back in 2002, when it competed with the Northstar LMP car at Le Mans. Following the 14-year hiatus, the DPi-V.R will make its debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January with two former Corvette prototype teams—Action Express Racing and Wayne Taylor Racing.
As is often the case with race cars, there are a couple design cues on the DPi-V.R that work to remind racing fans of the real-world cars the racer is out there waving the flag for. The wheels are similar to those available with the current, road-going CTS-V sedan, the taillights appear rather Cadillac-esque, and there's "V" badging all over the body. Our favorite on this prototype, though, has to be the use of the rear camera mirror that is apparently identical to the one used on the Escalade, CT6, CTS, and XT5.
Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox.
The Drive Team
© Brookline Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.


We can get you the credit you deserve! Fill out the form, and we will send it to our sales associate who will provide you with more information about your financing options.
Now is a great time to bring in that broken Miami Cuban link chain or bracelet, mismatched earrings, outdated necklace, scrap gold and items you no longer want. Even if you are not sure it's gold, we will test it for you, no problem & no charge!
Five Star Jewelers offers jewelry financing options for just about every possible scenario. From the best to the "life happens" scenario. We can work with our finance partners to help rebuild your credit while you wear the jewelry of your dreams. If you have a bank account, a steady job, and proper ID, we can help you get financing. Apply now, call, or come to see us at any of our Miami, Florida, store locations in Hialeah, West Flagler, Westchester, West Kendall, & Country Walk, to make that dream become a reality.
Loans on jewelry and valuables are completed in 3 very easy steps!
1. You bring your item to our store and have it evaluated by one of our courteous and professional staff.
3. Within minutes we will have your item evaluated and cash in your hand.
We are happy to provide you with the money that you need in a timely manner. We accept a wide range of gold and jewelry items. We are able to make loans at many different dollar amounts to meet your every need. If you have any questions as to what we can accept feel free to contact us directly and we will work to meet your needs.
Obtaining such a precious possession like a Rolex will set the average consumer back. An expensive watch is often received as a sentimental gift from a friend or a family member. The idea of selling a Rolex or using it to get a pawn loan is usually disheartening. However, with banks' tougher lending requirements and fewer jobs available, people are searching for ways to get money and often have no choice but to use their priceless watch to pay for personal and business expenses.
There are ways to get money fast by using your fine timepiece without losing the watch permanently. More than twenty years ago, Five Star Jewelers & Pawn began providing individuals and businesses options to get a loan fast by using watches to get a loan fast at an affordable rate.
We will make sure that you walk out of one of our Miami stores with a check in your hand and a smile on your face! We have locations in Hialeah, West Flagler, West Chester, West Kendall, & Country Walk for your convenience.
Five Star Jewelers also offers to finance through the LJC program! Financing with the LJC program is subject to credit approval and must be applied for in-store. Some restrictions apply. Please call or visit us for details!
*Multiple lenders available. Certain lenders require a credit check. See sales associate for details.


Paneer Biryani recipe is very delicious, flavorful and easy one pot rice recipe.
Add mint, coriander leaves, curd, turmeric powder , red chilli powder, biryani masala powder and fried paneer and mix well.
Wait for NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE(NPR) (Wait until silver button on lid drops).BE CAREFUL OF THE HOT STEAM.
Paneer Biryani is ready. Squeeze some lime juice ,mix well and Serve with Onion Raita or plain yogurt.
Heat a pressure cooker with oil on medium flame, add Bay leaf, cinnamon stick ,cardamom and cloves.
Cover the cooker with lid and cook for 1 whistle.
1. For Vegans ,you can skip yogurt and add lime juice or 1 medium tomato.
2.I have shallow fried paneer in a pan for biryani,but you can add raw paneer itself.
4.If you dont get biryani powder then replace with same quality of garam masala powder.
5. You can also do a QR Release(QR) if you don't have time and then open the lid.
6. You can increase or decrease spices accordingly.
Beetroot Kurma Instant Pot. Kurma is commonly known by various names such as khorma, korma or qorma and is a popular dish that originated in South or Central Asia. This beetroot kurma is an appetizing, spicy curry that you can use as a side dish for flat breads, pooris, roti, chapati, or plain rice.I have used my mom's recipe here.
Beets are excellent source of folate, manganese, potassium, and copper. They are also a known source of magnesium, phosphorous, vitamin C, iron, vitamin B 6, and dietary fiber. They are low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
Also for those of you who do not have an Instant Pot ,check out Indian pressure cooker recipe instructions below.
Peel the beetroot and cut it into small cubes.
Grind coconut, cashews, cinnamon to a smooth paste.
Once POT is hot add onions,ginger-garlic paste and saute until onions turn light brown.
Next add chopped tomatoes and cook till they turn soft.
Then add in the chopped beetroot, red chilli powder, garam masala powder ,coriander powder , jeera powder , ground coconut-cashew paste , salt and mix well.
Then add water and give a stir.
Do a NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE(NPR)(Wait until silver button on lid drops).BE CAREFUL OF THE HOT STEAM.
Remove lid away from you, add lime juice and garnish with cilantro.Mix well.
Beetroot Kurma is ready, serve with hot with pooris, chapatis, roti & parathas.
Take a kadai/pan. Add oil in to the POT.
Once oil is hot add onions, ginger-garlic paste and saute until onions turn light brown.
Then add in the chopped beetroot, red chilli powder, garam masala powder ,coriander powder , jeera powder , ground coconut-cashew paste , salt and mix well.cook for 1-2 minutes.
Close the lid place a whistle and cook for 2-3 whistles on medium flame.
Switch off the flame and let the pressure from the cooker release naturally.
Open lid and add lime juice and garnish with cilantro.Mix well.
If you are finding difficult to cut beetroot ,just peel and microwave whole beet for 1 minute and cool down.This helps to cut beetroot very easily.
You can add Roasted Bengal Gram/fried gram/putani while grinding instead of cashewnuts .It also helps to make gravy thick.But I like adding cashews because it would give nice creamy texture (and increase Calories) and thickness to the Kurma.
Adjust the consistency of the Kurma by adding required amount of water.
Adjust garam masala powder quantity as per your liking.Traditionally they use home made sambar powder instead of garam masala powder.
Additionally poppy seeds can be added while grinding with coconut.
If you do not have grated coconut.You can use 1/2 cup of full fat thick coconut milk.
You can also add 1/2 cup of fresh or frozen peas.it makes kurma more tasty and healthy.
Adjust cooking time as per the setting of your pressure cooker and stove.
You can replace Beetroot with the vegetable of your choice and make Vegetable Kurma using the same method.
Potato Peas Curry, is an Indian delicacy which is widely made in Indian homes and definitely a delicious side dish which goes really well with chapatis, roti & parathas!
Potato Peas Curry is also known as Aloo Matar Subji in Hindi ie aloo means potato,matar means peas and subji means Curry.
Potato Peas curry, is an Indian delicacy, which is widely made in Indian homes and definitely a delicious side dish which goes really well with chapatis, roti & parathas!
Prepare tomato puree by adding 2 medium sized tomatoes into the blender with little water and keep aside.
Once POT is hot add cumin,onions,ginger-garlic paste,green chili and fry until onions turn light brown.
Next add prepared tomato puree,red chili powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,garam masala powder and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Add peas,potatoes and salt and mix well.
Remove lid away from you,add cashew-nut cream or fresh cream and garnish with cilantro.
Potato Peas Curry is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti & parathas.
Once cooker is hot add cumin,onions,ginger-garlic paste,green chili and fry until onions turn light brown.
1.If you want to keep curry little dry,then reduce the amount of water.
2.You can skip adding cashew-nut cream or fresh cream ..this is added to make curry more rich.
3.You can make cashew-nut cream by blending few cashew-nuts and water in a blender.
4.You can also add finely chopped tomatoes instead of tomato puree.But i prefer adding puree to get nice gravy.
Instant pot Mint Rice/Pudina Rice.
Press saute mode on Instant Pot. Add ghee or oil and once it's hot add Bay leaf,Cinnamon sticks, Cardamom, Cloves,Cumin/Jeera seeds.
Fry for 30 secs(till aromatic).
Then add green chillies. Saute for another 30 secs.
Add Basmati Rice,water,salt and give a stir .
Remove lid away from you,garnish with fresh cilantro/coriander leaves.
Add Basmati Rice,water ,salt and stir well.
When it is cooled,fluff the rice.garnish with fresh cilantro/coriander leaves.
1.Tastes better with Ghee.Vegans can ignore Ghee(clarified butter) and use oil instead.
2.If you want softer jeera rice, increase the water.Add 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice .
3.For Indian pressure cooker recipe add Add 2 cups of water for 1 cup of basmati rice.
4.You can also add sliced onions while Sauting,adds more flavour into Jeera Rice.


· We are unable to accommodate online, phone or mail orders at the Winery.
The service fee is $10.00 for Concert-Only tickets and $12.50 for Dinner + Concert, Loggia Wine Lounge + Concert, and Chef's Artisan Sandwich + Concert packages. The fee is applicable to both Select Your Tickets purchases.
What if I need a refund or lost my ticket?
Tickets are non-refundable except in the unlikely event of a concert cancellation, at which point the tickets are refundable at the original point of purchase only. Lost tickets, through Select Your Tickets, cannot be replaced.
Where is "Will Call" Located?
Will Call is available at the Select Your Tickets Box Office until 12:00pm the day before the concert. Any remaining tickets at Will Call after this time will be available for pickup directly at Mission Hill Family Estate after 5:00pm on the day of the event.
May I buy tickets the day of the show?
If available, day-of-show tickets may be purchased in the Mission Hill Family Estate Wine Boutique. There is no additional service charge for the day-of-show tickets if they are available.
Where do I find concert updates?
What if it rains? May I bring an umbrella?
All concerts are performed outside and are held rain or shine. Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate footwear for an outside, grassy area. There is no covered seating. Shade umbrellas are permitted only prior to the performance(s) and during intermission. Clear rain umbrellas will be provided by the Winery in the case of inclement weather.
May I bring a chair?
Dinner, lounge, and reception package guests will have seating provided at the base of the Amphitheatre in front of the stage. Concert-only tickets have seating provided in the raised bowl of the Amphitheatre. Seating selection is upon a first-come, first-serve basis when the gates open.
Is the concert series accessible to people with disabilities?
Yes, Mission Hill Family Estate is wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair access will be available during the performances at the top of the Amphitheatre. For additional questions please call 250-768-6400.
Is parking available at the Winery?
Yes. Limited on-site parking is available. Carpooling is encouraged. Parking attendants will direct cars to on-site and off-site parking areas. Parking is complimentary to all concert ticket holders. The Winery gate typically opens two hours prior to the show start time.
May I bring my own food and beverage?
Guests are not permitted to bring outside food or beverages to the concerts. Our Wine Boutique and kiosks will have a selection of Mission Hill Family Estate wines, non-alcoholic beverages, and a variety of food items from our culinary team. The British Columbia Liquor Control Board requires that any alcoholic beverage consumed on the winery grounds must be purchased directly at Mission Hill Family Estate during the performance. Our Wine Boutique and kiosks will remain open until 45 minutes into the performance to ticket holders only. No other beer, spirits, or wine brands are permitted anywhere on the Winery grounds. No outside food is permitted on the Winery grounds.
What time does the Concert start?
The concert will begin at 7:30pm. Each concert is roughly two hours in length.
May I bring a pet?
Mission Hill Family Estate does not permit pets into the Winery grounds. For the comfort and safety of all, please leave your pet at home.
Are children permitted to attend the Concert?
Yes. Please be aware that due to the artist contracts and venue capacity, a ticket is required for all children three years of age and older.
Will I be able to stand and dance during the performance?
We ask that you be courteous to those around you and respectful of the artist's performance.
Mission Hill Family Estate is a non-smoking facility. Smoking is permitted in the "Designated Smoking Area" at the end of the paved walk-way outside the Keystone only. There is no smoking within the Winery grounds.
Are taxi's available following the concert?
Yes. There will be taxis available upon conclusion of the concert. We strongly encourage all attendees to plan ahead and designate a driver so everyone gets home safely.
Will CDs and other merchandise be available?
If available, merchandise will be located on the upper courtyard lawn. Artist merchandise is provided by the tour, and some artists do not carry merchandise with them.
Where is Lost & Found located?
All lost and found items are kept in a secure location at the Winery. During a concert, please contact any of our security personnel to inquire about your item. After the performance, you can reach out to our Winery Concierge at 250-768-6411.
Are Winery tours available on concert days?
Yes. Tours are available on concert days, and it is recommended that you book in advance by visiting www.missionhillwinery.com or by calling 250-768-6483. The Winery and Wine Boutique close at 3:00pm on performance days.
May I make a reservation at the Terrace Restaurant for the evening?
The Terrace Restaurant is only available to be booked as part of the Concert + Dinner ticket package. The Concert + Dinner packages are quite popular and sell out quickly. Regular, non-ticketed dinner reservations are unavailable on concert nights; however, you are welcome to join us for lunch in the afternoon.


text:
Władysław Taczanowski, född den 1 mars 1819 i Jabłonna, Lublins vojvodskap, död den 17 januari 1890 i Warszawa, var en polsk zoolog.

Taczanowski anses vara en av de främsta europeiska zoologerna under 1800-talet, efter att ha utbildats i Paris arbetade han på museer i Wien, Berlin, Paris och London samt var kurator för den zoologiska avdelningen vid Universitetet i Warszawas museum från 1862 fram till sin död.

Arter uppkallade efter Władysław Taczanowski
 Agouti taczanowskii
 Ladislavia taczanowskii
 Nothoprocta taczanowskii
 Podiceps taczanowskii
 Tropidophis taczanowskyi

Källor

Polska zoologer
Personer från Lublins vojvodskap
Män
Födda 1819
Avlidna 1890

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


If a user requests a page and cancels that request before the page is rendered and returned, a ClientAbortException is thrown in RequestHandler.renderView() - at resp.flushBuffer() line 551. This propagates up to ControlServlet where it is logged, adding 50 lines or so to the logfile for each occurence, which is pretty noisy when attempting to debug a site with many users. Not sure if we would ever care that resp.flushBuffer() encountered a problem, therefore not sure of the best fix.


text:
Two Arms Added to Woodchucks Roster for 2016
Published On: February 4th, 2016
Wausau, WIS- The Wisconsin Woodchucks have announced the addition of two more players for the 2016 season. University of Ohio Sophomore Logan Jacik, a right-handed pitcher, and returning player, Kevin Bolder, left-handed pitcher from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota will be joining the Woodchucks in 2016.
LHP – Kevin Bolder, 6'1", 160 Ibs (R/L) Sophomore, St. Cloud State University (SCSU)
Bolder is from Tomahawk, WI and is a four-year letter winner at Tomahawk High School and was named 1st Team All-Conference as a pitcher and first baseman during his junior year. He started his career with the Wisconsin Woodchucks in the 2015 season. Bolder appeared in 13 games last season recording a 1-3 record with 18 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.5. During his freshman campaign at SCSU Bolder appeared in 16 games throwing 35 strikeouts in 44.1 innings.
RHP – Logan Jacik, 6'1", 155 Ibs (R/R) Sophomore, University of Ohio
Jacik is originally from Omaha, NE and is a four-year letter winner at Millard West High School. He now plays for the Ohio Bobcats as a right-handed pitcher. Jacik was awarded the 2014 Central Region HM for the Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams.
The WISCONSIN WOODCHUCKS 2016 home opener is Friday, June 3rd. Stay after the game for post-game fireworks. Group tickets and ticket packages are on sale now. Visit woodchucks.com or call 715.845.5055 for more information.
The WISCONSIN WOODCHUCKS are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwood's League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwood's League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 140 Northwood's League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit www.woodchucks.com.


First of all, I just want to thank all of my readers for all their love and support, as well their advice and feedback. It means a lot. ?
In the 6 months since I've come back to blogging, I've found a lot of love an acceptance from people I've never even met. And it's really cool. I wish I saw this acceptance more in the real world.
Anyway, there is something about me that I want my devoted readers to know. I have a…I guess you could call it a condition or ailment or whatever where I don't eat all of the things that a person usually eats. And since I've probably baffled you, I'm going to elaborate a bit.
When I was really young (I was probably around 3), I got sick. My dad thinks it was from a fast food hamburger (which is why I can't stand beef). Before that, everything was fine. I was developing my taste for food as normal. But then I got so sick, that I ended up in the hospital and I was feeling really bad and I was just hating every minute of it (I don't remember much but what I do remember was not good). After that, my eating was pretty much ruined.
I tried to get back on track as far as developing tastes for things but every time I would try something, I would get nauseous, a lot of times gagging the food back up (It still happens from time to time). My dad tried everything to solve this problem but to no avail.
It was really hard when I was younger because I was so afraid of trying foods that were new to me. But as I've grown older, the fear has eased a bit, thankfully. And my condition is only as big of deal as me simply being extremely picky.
So what do I eat? Well, I love chicken but I only eat it certain ways (fried). I love fries. I love pizza. I eat pork occasionally. I'll do fried fish from time to time. I love most fruits (I'm still getting used to the texture of strawberries ?). I love sugary foods (donuts, cookies, etc.). I love certain types of bread (biscuits, garlic bread). I'll eat cereal and granola bars.
But other than the foods listed above, I don't eat anything else.
This is something that I kind of hate about myself, even though I can't exactly help it. I hate it because it makes more different from my friends and that every time I go out, I'm always afraid that I won't be able to find something I'll eat and I don't want to make my friends uncomfortable if I get sick from trying something.
I've avoid the possibility of going abroad for long periods of time because of this issue. There's nothing I would love more than to spend a semester studying in some far away place like England or Australia but I'm so afraid that I'll have trouble eating while I'm there.
But like I said, it's getting better, little by little. My progress isn't as fast as I would like it to be but I'm a lot better than what I used to be. I think when I finally have a steady job and my career is stable, I'll start going to a therapist or some professional who can help me more. I think as long as I'm determined to improve, I'll get better.
Side note: I've add some links to some of the resources I've used to help develop this site, including a link to The New Boston where you can find lots of different coding tutorials.
Thanks for sharing this with us Cassidy! I know it takes a lot to open up about things like this. I'm glad to hear though that you are actively taking steps to get better and explore on it more, I think that really helps. I hope you can talk to a professional about it soon too who may be able to speed things up a bit!
I can sort of relate with my new clean eating habit, I've started feeling awkward when I'm having a meal with my friends because I'm always looking for a cleaner alternative to the oily fries and burgers and sometimes I do get judged for it but it doesn't really bother me much as it did before. Also regarding travelling, I'm sure they always have an alternative just like they have veggie alternatives? Most restaurants also let you change up your order a bit if you ask them to!
Your diet is what you make it 🙂 It's upsetting that this started from you becoming sick when you were younger, but you need to own it. There is certainly no shame in having a limited diet especially when you'd be worse off if you had other food. But since there is a bit of fear involved, it's a good thing that you've realised it can be a problem. You just have to turn it around and not make it one. I've been pescetarian for four years and at first it was really hard telling people I wasn't going to eat chicken anymore. Even now, meeting new people is hard because they'll want to go for a burger or they will suggest food to me that I won't eat.
I think it's good that many places now will be able to modify orders for you, especially if you have allergies or even if you have a condition like yours. I'm not sure if you could just be allergic to some ingredients in foods (well I know it can't be gluten because you eat bread no problem, haha), but I hope you find out a little more about your condition or ways to make things better.
Don't fear coming to Australia, if you come to Sydney then I promise I'll help you find foods you can eat. I'm all too familiar with catering for others because not only am I "one of them" (haha), but I have a lot of vegetarian friends or friends who won't eat certain foods.
It's also up to people to respect that and not mock you for it – so you should definitely not feel uncomfortable. I think part of it is accepting that you may have less options or maybe just bringing food with you (like biscuits!) – I have a friend who will not eat socially and will basically refuse to eat around people because he has social anxiety. And that's fine, he'll just eat at home, and it's up to the rest of us not to be douches and force him to eat or pressure him.
I'm glad you opened up and shared this bit about you. There is nothing wrong with being "picky" about the kind of food you eat. Everyone is different and don't be afraid of ordering something different. It's better to stick to whatever you're comfortable with and not risk anything bad happening to you. I have a list of food that I would avoid if I could.
I have friends who would only eat certain foods and I'm fine with finding a place that serves it. It's all good :). Negative thoughts from others don't matter ;). Whichever route you end up taking, I'm sure it's the best one for your situation :).
So do I (hope Turkey doesn't get into EU).
Your diet is what you like and suits your tastes, and there's nothing wrong with being picky – especially if you have a delicate stomach that doesn't handle some kind of foods well (my cousin too can't eat every food, whenever she eats normally for a while her stomach then "revolts" and she has to stick to plain rice, chicken or vegetables).
Thanks for sharing something so personal! It sounds really difficult *hugs* and also that's awesome that you've been getting better, especially since it's not like you can exactly help your body's reaction to different types of food. It also must be really hard not to eat what you want to at least try to eat. And in a way, it sounds like eating new things is a fear for you so it's even more awesome that you're trying to tackle that fear in your own way.
And I wouldn't worry too much about traveling abroad! The foods you mention that you can eat usually exist in any country you visit and it shouldn't stop you from going on the adventures you want to go on. I know of people who also pack food with them (i.e. ramen) to eat abroad in other countries.


If your resolution to exercise more is leaving you tired out, put your feet up.
Research suggests that short rest periods are just as important as the exercise itself.
Taking it easy now and again not only allows the muscles to recover, it also makes the body fitter faster, Stirling University sports scientists believe.
Their study was of keen cyclists but they think that men and women who are simply trying to get a bit fitter could also benefit from building periods of rest into their exercise programme.
In the study, 12 cyclists were split into two groups. One did bursts of high intensity exercise, interspersed with short rest periods, three times a week.
In each session, they pedalled hard, but below sprint pace, for four minutes, then stopped for two minutes, before repeating the pattern five times.
The second group rode continuously for an hour at a slightly easier pace, three times a week.
After four weeks, the two groups swopped programmes.
Tests showed the first programme, which involved a mixture of tough training and taking it easy, to be the most beneficial, leading to twice as big an improvement in power and performance.
Researcher Stuart Galloway, an exercise physiologist, said: 'It is a case of training smarter.
'We found in these cyclists that if you can make the hard sessions harder and the easy sessions easier, then you will likely see better progress.
'Amateur athletes tend to spend a lot of their training in the moderate intensity bracket which in our study showed smaller improvements.
'For the wider public, most people were advised to do moderate intensity exercise for around three hours a week.
'More recently, high-intensity bouts of exercise such as spin cycling classes or interval running have been presented as the best option.
It is thought that muscles find it harder to recover from long periods of exercise, than from short bursts, even if they are physically tougher.
This could leave people feeling less tired in between exercise sessions.
Dr Galloway said: 'Often everything merged into the middle, so the hard sessions aren't hard enough and the easy session aren't easy enough.
The study is one several to extol the virtues of short, sharp bursts of exercise.
Aberdeen University research suggests that short, sharp burst of exercise are better at warding off heart disease than much longer, but less strenuous, sessions.
Concentrated effort may also burn off more calories – as well as being easier to fit into a hectic day.


text:
About Who We Are
Milestones Annual Reports
Donors Policies
Cross-movement Organizing Younger South Feminist Organizing
Action Agenda
Our Lived Realities
Can a young nation like India afford to lose its young people to unsafe abortions?
BY Jasmine George
The age of consent for young people to enter in any sexual relationship in India is 18 years old, which makes a range of sexual activities outside this age range illegal. In this context, where young people's agency to engage in sexual relationships is not even considered legal, how do young people in India deal with issues of unwanted pregnancies?
In 2018 alone, a lot of young people and adolescents have approached medical professionals to seek medical assistance in terminating pregnancies. In a lot of these cases, they have consulted the doctors after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, medical abortion is legal in India only up to 20 weeks of pregnancy, provided it involves a risk to the life of the pregnant woman, poses a threat of grave injury to physical or mental health, or involves a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental health issues.
A recent Supreme Court judgement has permitted a rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy at 24 weeks. An amendment drafted in 2014 to the 1971 Act sought to increase the abortion time limit from 20 weeks to 24 weeks.
There is often silence around the fact that for a lot of young girls, it is very difficult to access health services especially around issues of sexual and reproductive health. Service providers refuse to provide services to young people based on moral grounds. It makes it all the more difficult to access the service in the stipulated time period of 20 weeks. The stigma attached to abortion for an unmarried person makes it so difficult, that often it takes them time to even approach anyone for help.
Given this context, we are pushing young people to access services which are unsafe even though abortions are legal in India? A country like India is often considered to be a 'young country', because the number of young people in the population are on the rise. So, the lack of recognition of young people's sexual agency is actually disheartening because it forces them to keep an unwanted pregnancies or seek unsafe abortions that can lead to possible death or serious health complications.
South-based feminist news, events, analysis and reflections.
Resurj is a Global South-led transnational feminist alliance committed to fostering stronger communities by building trust, nurturing solidarity, and sharing power.
Home What We Do Action Agenda Reflections Newsroom Donate Contact Us
About Resuj
About Who We Are Milestones Annual Reports Donors Policies
Younger South Feminist Organizing Advocacy Campaigns Thought Leadership Cross-movement Organizing Resources
info@resurj.org
Opens a new window to Instagram
Opens a new window to Twitter
Opens a new window to Facebook
Opens a new window to Vimeo
© Resurj. All Rights Reserved
Illustrations © Sonaksha Iyengar. All rights reserved.
Crafted by ODDLY


text:
Posted inSWIG Bar Guide
These 4 Charleston establishments are putting nuance back into the espresso martini
by Parker Milner November 3, 2021 November 8, 2021
High Cotton's long-running espresso martini has changed little in 22 years | Photos by Ruta Smith
Bold and Boozy
G one are the days when espresso martinis were simply a boozy pick-me-up — at least at Babas on Cannon, Vintage Lounge, High Cotton and forthcoming Bodega.
At Babas, owner Edward Crouse and his team are whipping up an espresso martini that takes 12 hours to make, while Vintage Lounge owner Nathan Wheeler says high quality espresso and Sicilian amaro are the key to his joint's off-menu martini. In fact, the two owners did an espresso martini competition last year to see whose reigned supreme.
And then there's Bodega and High Cotton — the former is testing its recipe at Uptown Social before Bodega opens on Ann Street later this year, while the latter hasn't changed its espresso martini in at least 22 years, when it earned praise in publications like Food & Wine Magazine.
Babas' espresso martini is made using five ingredients — Cathead vodka, Kahlua, Montenegro, chocolate milk and citric acid — but that's where the simplicity ends.
"At a very base level, we put just as much energy into the coffee program as we do the bar program, and what is a perfect combination of the two? It's the espresso martini," Crouse said.
The drink's three spirits are combined and strained into the chocolate milk before Crouse adds citric acid. This breaks the milk into curds, and after whisking and letting the concoction sit overnight, the curds are strained through a coffee filter, a process called milk-washing.
"Keep reusing the coffee filters that already have curds in them, as this will help straining, but don't use them once they get too full or it'll take forever — it's a dance," Crouse quipped in a written description of the drink to the City Paper. "We're playing jazz here. We're getting jazzy with it. We're like Jazze Pha, and the guest is Ciara, and everybody's about to one, two step."
Thanks to the milk-washing technique, the 12-hour process results in a dairy-free espresso martini that's bright, balanced, bold and boozy.
"I think the recipe is just stunning because it really does deliver the mouth feel you want from adding dairy, but there is no dairy in it," said Crouse, who serves the martini in a frozen cortado glass. "It is the hardest cocktail to make for us by far, and it's the hardest to get spot-on. It's such a complicated drink, but it's so delicious."
Espresso martinis have long been popular in big cities, including New York City, the hometown of Uptown Social's ownership group. According to co-owner Keith Benjamin, the espresso martini fit best with the company's breakfast pop-up Bodega, which will open in its own brick-and-mortar space later this year., but it remains a hit among Uptown Social patrons.
Bodega is planning an espresso martini happy hour when it opens
Titled, "The Soon to Be Famous Espresso Martini," Bodega's — which is available at Uptown Social in the meantime — is made using Dead Eye Vodka, Counter Culture coffee, butterscotch and a dash of sea salt.
"At Uptown Social, it didn't seem to fit the vibe as much as we wanted to, but when we launched Bodega it seemed like a perfect item for it," Benjamin said, adding that Bodega will have an espresso martini happy hour once it opens. "[Talk Coffee to Me owner Briana Berry] created our secret recipe that we're really proud of."
According to High Cotton general manager Ryan Groeschel, bar manager Kristen Wenzinger is the gatekeeper for the restaurant's 22-year-old espresso martini recipe.
"It's definitely in everyone's training," Groeschel said. "She's been the one here protecting the recipe and making sure it stays consistent."
Prior to High Cotton's November 1999 opening, Marianne Martin developed the espresso martini recipe, Groeschel said.
"At the time, the chocolate martini was all the rage, so she wanted to be a little different," he said. "King Bean [Coffee] was just getting started, and High Cotton opened using their product and still uses their product to this day."
High Cotton whips up a classic rendition with vodka, KahlÚa and fresh-brewed King Bean espresso. The drink gets a heavy shake and chocolate powder rim before it's delivered to more than 1,000 customers each month.
Vintage Lounge keeps its espresso martini off-menu, but that's not stopping the King Street wine bar from selling an average of 1,200 per month, co-owner Nathan Wheeler said.
Vintage Lounge's espresso martini is an off-menu favorite
"Austin Berry, a VL team member who has been with us since day one, pointed out that the espresso martini is her generation's vodka Red Bull," Wheeler said. "Once we noticed the trend, we started to take it seriously. The bartending team began to workshop a recipe, playing around with different amaros and vermouths."
Wheeler credits former employee Nickie Douglas with coming up with the final combination, a mix of espresso, amaro and vodka.
"The trick is to keep it simple," he said. "High-quality espresso beans from our local roastery Second State, which we grind in-house and pull fresh. The amaro we use is Averna, [which is a] delicious Sicilian amaro with an amazing herbal quality. Tito's vodka and garnished with espresso beans."


Bern Switzerland and Espoo, Finland -- Swisscom has launched its mobile television service, Bluewin TV mobile, in Switzerland to become one of the first European providers to offer high-quality television experience to its mobile customers. Working together, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks enabled this service with their leading-edge mobile TV technology, services and expertise.
Bluewin TV mobile was launched on May 13 with quality comparable to that of the customers -- home TV. The service is made available through a network based on the Digital Video Broadcast for Handheld (DVB-H) standard and can be watched on DVB-H-enabled mobile devices. Swisscom provides its customers with a range of subscription plans and Nokia N77 devices.
For this project, Swisscom's wholly-owned subsidiary, Swisscom Broadcast chose Nokia's Mobile Broadcast Solution, while Nokia Siemens Networks integrated the mobile television platform with Swisscom's systems and provided a broad range of services, including project management, network and architecture planning, security and implementation.
"With the time constraints of the project, it was essential for Swisscom Broadcast to rely on one partner offering a solution based on open standards which can guarantee the end-to-end interoperability of the whole solution, from the DVB-H back-end system to the mobile devices" says Olivier Anthamatten, Head of Strategic Projects at Swisscom Broadcast.
With Bluewin TV mobile, featuring high-definition picture quality and excellent sound, the viewers have a choice of 20 channels, including SF1, TSR1 and Eurosport. An electronic program guide and an easy navigation key allow people on the move to always stay on top of the news.
Swisscom is one of the first DVB-H service providers in Europe and worldwide. Bluewin TV mobile marks a further step in the Group's multimedia strategy and offers customers on the move the same viewing experience as with their TV at home.
Swisscom's DVB-H broadcasts reach some 44 percent of the Swiss population, mostly in the area of Basel, Berne, Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne. Customers outside the DVB-H coverage area or without DVB-H handsets can receive Bluewin TV mobile on the Vodafone live! portal using UMTS/EDGE, which covers 99.8 percent of the population.
The solutions offered by Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks are based on the open DVB-H standard. They allow short implementation time as well as end-to-end capability, combining the equipment, services and devices to create a unique solution for mobile TV service providers, covering both mobile TV broadcast and 3G streaming (unicast). Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks work with more than 30 operators worldwide on DVB-H implementations. Commercial launches include Finland, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and most recently Indonesia. The European Union has selected DVB-H as the definitive technology for digital and mobile broadcasting.


text:
Minnesota Vikings 2018 Season
Minnesota Vikings Training Camp 2018
Transcript: Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, 2 August
More wisdom from the head coach
By Christopher Gates Aug 2, 2018, 10:00pm CDT
Share All sharing options for: Transcript: Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, 2 August
Over the course of training camp, we expect to hear from head coach Mike Zimmer a lot. Are we going to get a whole lot of information about him about the Minnesota Vikings and how things are going? Maybe some, but not a lot. Still, since we want to give everyone an opportunity to read what the coach has to say, here's his transcript from after today's practice sessions in Eagan.
Q: Has there been any more progress from Pat Elflein?
A: He's progressing every day.
Q: Are you waiting for him to be fully 100%?
A: As soon as he's cleared. I'm not obligated to talk about injuries. I'm only obligated to give an injury report on Wednesday of week one. I got that from [Eric] Sugarman.
Q: We're talking about progress, not about injuries. It's a more holistic question.
A: I'm sure he's getting a lot of treatment.
Q: What are your impressions of the offensive line group that you have coming back?
A: They're working really hard. It's been a little bit. We're looking at a guy here, we're looking at a guy there. We're still moving guys around a little bit, and will continue to do that because there's a possibility that one guy may have to play guard, may have to play tackle, may have to play center, something like that. We're trying to figure out how we can get the best five in there and how they work best together. It's always going to be a work in progress, but these guys work their butts off. They come out here and they grind and work and study up in the room. They're good guys.
Q: Do you feel like you have a bunch of guys who have the versatility to play multiple positions on the offensive line?
A: We have some. Some of them are less likely to go to another spot than others, but when you're talking about [Nick] Easton, Elflein, [Mike] Remmers playing right and left, Rashod [Hill], we haven't moved [Brian] O'Neill to the other side yet, but we will at some point. [Danny] Isidora has played right and left guard, so when you're only dressing seven on game day you have to have to be prepared for anything.
Q: It seems like around the league teams are getting better at pressuring the quarterback and getting sacks without having to blitz. Is there a particular change that has led to that?
A: Not necessarily. I think a lot of it is based on your guys up front, really. The offensive line, when they get drafted they typically take a little bit longer to get ready, but I haven't seen any kind of certain thing.
Q: As rookie offensive linemen take longer to transition out of the spread offenses they played in in college, has the early balance of power shifted to the pass rushers?
A: Yeah, I think for the guys who have just come out of college it takes a year sometimes for those guys to come in [and start] pass setting guys one-on-one. They're used to slide protections in college. A lot of this stuff that we do is a lot different.
Q: Why is the slot cornerback position such a difficult transition to make from college to the pros?
A: It's not nearly as complicated [in college], number one. Number two, all the different concepts that they have to go against, man within a zone, zones. If it's just man-to-man, it's not that much different, but if it's some of the zones they might have to carry the vertical and then see another guy coming into the zone and pull off the vertical. He might have to carry number two on the vertical or pass a guy off, there's a lot to it and there is a lot more room in there as well. The guy on the outside, he's really only covering maybe half of a field. The guy in the slot, he's got to cover everywhere.
Q: Where have you seen growth from Jaleel Johnson since he arrived here last year?
A: He's improved a lot. I think one of the biggest things, he was a wrestler, so he wanted to get in wrestling matches with guys as opposed to locking them out and then playing the gap that he's supposed to be in. When a guy would come to block him, he would knock him back and then jump inside, and then his gap would be open. He's been a lot more disciplined that way, and like I've said he's not getting in wrestling matches.
Q: You've paired Jaleel up with Ifeadi Odenigbo inside a little bit. What do you like about Ifeadi moving inside on the defensive line?
A: I feel like that's the best position for him. His quickness shows up. He's a tough, heavy handed kid, and he probably didn't have the juice that we need at that spot [defensive end]. I think inside is a better spot for him.
Q: What have you seen from Tashawn Bower that you've liked over the past year?
A: Well the first thing is that he's a really hard worker, he's got great size and length, good speed, and he's becoming better and better with the techniques. He's another great kid, and I'm trying to figure out how to say this the best way – he's more of a power rushing end than a speed rushing end. There's a lot of guys like that, but his skill set is different that Danielle Hunter.
Q: Does versatility and the ability to play inside or outside come into play when you're analyzing cornerbacks?
A: Yes, it's really important. At some point the defensive backs get hurt as well and so you may have to take a guy and move him back to safety or you may have to move him outside the corner or you may have to move him inside. Being able to do that gives a lot of flexibility to the defense. I've been in some games before where nickelbacks got hurt for instance or two nickelbacks have gotten hurt, and so you're really limited in what you can call, so you have to finish out the game with certain calls because you stuck a guy in there and he really only knows one or two things.
Q: What changes have you seen in Adam Thielen from his first training camp to this training camp?
A: Shoot, I don't know if I remember his first training camp to be honest with you. Adam's always been a great competitor, trying to get on the field anyway he possibly could. But now he's the guy, so the way he runs his routes, he's always talking about how he had the defender on this hip or that hip, or leaning this way or leaning that way. He's always caught the ball pretty well, so I think his confidence is way higher than it was the first camp too.
Q: What are some things that Sheldon Richardson adds to the defensive line?
A: Well he's got great quickness. So far Sheldon's played the run very, very well. We're working on some things pass rush wise because he's always been a guy that's been disruptive, he can get around the quarterback, but he hasn't finished. So we've been working on a lot of things with him. I saw it happen two or three times the other day in practice where he got to the spot and he's working on things that we're teaching him where he's got an opportunity to finish on the quarterback. That part has been great. He's got excellent quickness, strong, he's been good in the locker room and good on the field.
Q: What is Harrison Smith doing for this defense that he wasn't able to do the first couple of years?
A: Harrison Smith's pretty much always been able to do pretty much anything, but now I can come up and talk to him and say, "Hey try this today" and he'll do it. Sometimes I've had safeties in the past that you talk to them about something and it might take them three days working on it to do it. As soon as you tell Harrison, he can get it. He's a really, really smart guy. He sees things really well. He very rarely makes the same mistake twice. He can pretty much do most anything. The thing I like about him is that he works on his deficiencies, so if he doesn't feel like he's doing this good he's going to get out there and work at it.
Vikings Drafttek Mock from 012623 Is it officially mock season? It never ends!
2023 Senior Bowl Preview Future Vikings!


text:
Posted: Jul 26, 2017
Liquid electrolyte contacts for advanced characterization of resistive switching memories
(Nanowerk News) Memristors are nanosized electronic devices that can be used to fabricate next generation memories, and to build up electronic synapses for neuromorphic computing.
A memristor consists on a metal-insulator-metal nanocell, in which electrical impulses are applied between the electrodes to modulate the resistivity of the insulator. In this way, a high and a low resistivity state can be intentionally and cyclically induced, which can be used to simulate the ones and zeros of the binary code.
The resistivity changes are generated due to local atomic rearrangements produced by the electrical field applied, but understanding this phenomenon is very challenging because i) it takes place in very small areas, and ii) it happens at the insulating stack, which is buried in the top electrode.
(Left) Schematic of the ionic liquid experiment. (Center and right) Topographic and current maps obtained with the CAFM after the ionic liquid stress. The CAFM is able to detec a single conductive spot within a circular area with a diameter of 20 micrometers. (click on image to enlarge)
The group lead by Prof. Paul C. McIntyre at Stanford University has recently developed a new methodology to observe in situ these local conductivity changes (Nano Letters, "Distinguishing Oxygen Vacancy Electromigration and Conductive Filament Formation in TiO2 Resistance Switching Using Liquid Electrolyte Contacts").
The method consists on replacing the top electrode by a conductive liquid electrolyte, which can be polarized to stress the insulator. After the stress, the electrolyte can be rinsed and the surface of the insulator is scanned via conductive atomic force microscopy.
The nanoscale studies have been carried by Prof. Mario Lanza's group, and reveal the formation of local spots with diameters below 4 nm that are responsible for the conductivity change. By tuning the conductivity of the liquid electrolyte, this method even allows distinguishing the contribution of electrical field and thermal heat into the currents generated.
This work was recently presented in the first China RRAM International Workshop (see http://www.chinarram.org), which was held at Soochow University on June 12th-14th of 2017. This event, hosted by Prof. Mario Lanza, aggregated most world leaders in the field of memristors, including Prof. Philip Wong (Stanford University), Prof. Wei Lu (Michigan University) and Prof. Tony Kenyon (University College London), among many others. The workshop is expected to hold its second edition in 2019 and become a biannual meeting for the memristors community.
Source: Soochow University


text:
Q: How to add a new prop to MUI component with TS Augmentation I'm using MUI v5 and I'm trying to add a new prop to the TableRow componenent. MUI documentation on module augmentation lacks some examples, since it only shows how to add new variants (but not new props).
I tried with
declare module '@mui/material/TableRow' {
  interface TableRowProps {
    clickable?: boolean;
  }
}

And in my theme I added the style:
MuiTableRow: {
    styleOverrides: {
      root: {
        height: '80px',
      },
      head: {
        height: 'unset',
      },
    },
    variants: [
      {
        props: { clickable: true },
        style: {
          '&:hover': {
            cursor: 'pointer',
          },
        },
      },
    ],
  },

I don't have any TS error on my theme override, but when using the component, TS throws an error saying the clickable prop doesn't exist:

How should I correctly add this new prop without wrapping it in a new component?

A: This seems a typescript issue to me, but it works properly when creating the project in the JSX project.
If you want to achieve the same in the TSX project, you need to instruct the typescript compiler to avoid type-checking for this particular thing.
Try adding comment {/* @ts-ignore */} or // @ts-ignore before the line where you're getting the issue.
I've created a dummy project in TSX to demonstrate the issue, you can check this - https://codesandbox.io/s/mui-theme-customisation-xt7yrj
Also raised the issue in Mui regarding this - https://github.com/mui/material-ui/issues/32539

A: You need to set the new prop to true in an interface that might be named TableRowPropsVariantOverrides (I'm not sure about the naming, I'm sure you can look into the base code and see if that's correct, usually it's the ComponentNamePropsVariantOverrides)
declare module '@mui/material/TableRow' {
  interface TableRowPropsVariantOverrides {
    clickable: true;
  }
}

Source: https://mui.com/material-ui/customization/theme-components/#creating-new-component-variants

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Over half the value of New Zealand's merchandise exports comes from food and beverage, and food tourism.
Food tourism is a growing trend, with new generations of travellers looking for unique and memorable food and beverage experiences.
New Zealand has a thriving food and beverage sector and a booming tourism industry and while we have much to be proud of, more can be done to connect the two and realise the opportunities this brings. New Zealand's hospitality sector continues to grow, with consumer expenditure across the restaurant, cafes, bars and nightclub sectors over the past two years up +15%.
However, there are some challenges ahead for businesses to consider which will require careful planning to sustain a strong profitable business.
The following report presents research on a growing understanding of the types of tourists that value quality food and beverage experiences, and how to unlock the brand ambassador role they can play when they return home.
*This report was born from conversations between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ) about the benefits of leveraging the New Zealand tourism industry to showcase food and beverage experiences and its links right through to the primary and wider food and beverage sector.


Every month, Prayercast activates prayer in over 190 nations. Prayercast videos are viewed in all 50 US states every week. God is using this ministry to mobilize His people in strategic prayer. Is He stirring in you to be a part of the work?
Prayercast is a branch of OneWay Ministries and depends on God's provision -- through His people -- to operate successfully. If you feel God leading you to support, there are two methods for making contributions: via mail or online.


Last sundress of the season. And snazzy clear blue frames.
While I haven't been here, I have been here.
Busy with a new school year, all of my energy is focused outward to students and Emily.
This is good. I am better when busy. I am happy when I am busy, even when that exhausts me in other ways.
Many things don't change, for despite my fearlessness in many aspects of my life I remain a creature who needs stability. I struggle against the dailiness that I need, but don't want to need. My rebellions become small, nearly imperceptible to outsiders. Yet they are there. I nurse those tiny coals, keeping them in my mouth like Raven.
I change my sheets every Saturday and sprinkle lavender oil over them. I patch the duvet that should, by rights, be at the end of it's life...but I keep it. It is grounded in a different time. I ignore the feathers that creep out and into my hair every night.
I make small steps into a social life. I befuddle and dazzle others who have no idea what the whirling dervish I become means, and I am unable to explain my need to be liked, to be understood. To be Known.
I fret about the research I am not getting done, but console myself with the quality of my teaching and service to my department.
Summer is easing. The dreams which crowded me in the summer have let up enough for sleep.
The cicadas were singing tonight. I find the buzzing cacophony soothing.
I age. I realize that I know nothing, and that the totality of my experiences are so small. My body betrays me in small, intimate ways.
I wrap myself in decorations and continue on. There is no other direction. Backwards is my Ragnarok and I have been exiled.


Business Interiors of Jackson engaged the Nuzu Agency to help with their online marketing. They wanted an new website and were interested in learning about new ways to engage with their audience online. Nuzu handled the redesign of the website and also started SEO and PPC marketing campaigns. Based on our recommendations, David Houpt decided to start with a pay per click marketing campaign to help generate interest and awareness.
Travis and his team also created a 3-D interactive photography walk-through of the business interiors stunning building. The website is tailored around showing the beautiful furniture and surrounds of the building show room. View the virtual tour here.
"I am very pleased with what Travis and his team produced.
We believe in the Nuzu methodology of creating a platform and building upon it over time. I trust Travis to help establish our online real estate make it just as valuable as our physical real estate.
Interactive tour through Google places for business.
It has been great to work with David, Carley, Keeton, Carolyn and the rest of the staff on this project.
This project shows the true value of what we can accomplish when our clients trust and understand why we do things a certain way. Having a website is just one piece of a bigger puzzle in the online marketing arena.
Home | Regions | Site Map | Privacy & Terms | © 2000 - Today!


text:
Where Pen Meets Paper
Television Show Reviews
Book Review: The Making of the Zombie Wars
The Making of the Zombie Wars: A Novel by Aleksandar Hemon (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2015. 320 pp)
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; The Book of My Lives, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and three other works of fiction, including Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation. He lives in Chicago.
Enough Already
The world has no need for more zombie stories. Luckily, Aleksandar Hemon's latest novel, despite its title, is not about zombies.
The Making of the Zombie Wars depicts the struggles of a young, Chicago-residing, single man named Joshua Levin. Going nowhere fast, Joshua teaches English to ESL students in a continuing education course.
Writing for the Silver Screen
His passion, however, focuses on the screenplay. Nothing sold, nothing optioned, Joshua operates a half-life with incomplete scripts sitting in the recesses of his mind. He workshops the best of his ideas with a group of fellow screenwriters, but nothing transcends the mundane so far.
Day by day, the circumstances of Joshua's life percolate into script ideas.
"The Cubs had finally lost their game by twelve runs. All the players looked absurdly inept, as though they were expressly drafted to be humiliated, entrepreneurs in the industry of losing. Paco scratched his goiter and it wiggled a bit under the skin, like a mature fetus. Script Idea #11: A gay pitcher sells his soul to the devil to play in the World Series. The price: he has to turn straight. Title: At the Bat" (22).
A Family Divided
Joshua's family schisms in different directions. A sister works through a divorce, maintaining a holier-than-thou attitude; a divorced father keeps finding new girlfriends, although his health begins to wane.
However, Joshua's girlfriend, Kimmy, keeps him grounded. But like an insatiable menace, Joshua needs something more.
"Therein was a trace of the woman he was supposed to love; he had all the reasons to lover her; he'd bragged about her to others: his Zen mistress, brash, self-sufficient, and prone to kinkiness (yet to be fully exploited). But he now found comfort in her absence; he liked the idea of her, but her presence—sometimes, presently—made him want to be alone. A desire that arises from joy is stronger, other things being equal, than one that arises from sadness" (58).
Those desires for something more attach to a Bosnian immigrant in his ESL course. When his desires for his student, Ana, receive response, the choice to blow up his life becomes a tantalizing option.
"May the conqueror conquer if capable of conquest. This was, he understood, why men cheat, why all mankind are liars—the power of acting without regret, the destruction of remorse. It wasn't the sex: it was the freedom to take or do what you want. The presence of death, the gaping void, afforded entitlement. This was what wars were for" (146).
Given these challenges, the metaphor of war and Joshua's current script project around a zombie war gains focus. The war metaphor makes sense of the conflict we all entertain between every relationship we have.
The Walking Dead as a Metaphor for Life and Political Process
For this reason, Hemon attaches much of the narrative to the foreign policies of post-911.
"A TV set in the upper corner showed Saddam's statue coming down like a lost erection. This year we are slaves. Next year, may we all be free. And the year after that we'll probably be slaves again" (231).
And in contrast, Hemon begins each chapter with sections from Joshua's script on the zombie wars:
"A group of men under the leadership of Major Klopstock moves through darkness, carving it with their flashlights. CADET (20) and GOITER (59) with a shotgun follow in Major K's wake" (95).
Given this early 2000s milieu and Joshua's self-destructive tendencies, the inevitable overwhelming push of the dead on the living gains new meaning. We all are zombies at some point.
"The mind goes out, but the body always hums along, proceeding until it stops. The beauty of life is that eventually everybody turns into a zombie, whereupon they die" (273).
The Making of the Zombie Wars blends humor, current issues, and the wandering eye of one man into an engaging character study. Our culture is over-zombified. I still recommend this book.
Verdict: 4 out of 5
23 April 2016 / by Donovan Richards in Book Review, Donovan Richards	Tags: 2000s, Aleksandar Hemon, Book Review, Chicago, Donovan Richards, Film, Iraq War, Literary, Relationships, Screenwriting, The Making of the Zombie Wars, War
The Playlist: Atomic
The Playlist: Therapy Session
Where Pen Meets Paper on Twitter
RT @jon_bois: it is time to count out touchdown tom.
- Sunday Jan 5 - 5:20am
@Mpls_Nate @Mpls_Nate
- Saturday Dec 21 - 5:20am
RT @Seahawks: 🚨 BY POPULAR DEMAND, if this gets 33,333 RTs by 12:12pm tomorrow, we'll change our profile picture to this. @DangeRussWilso…
- Tuesday Dec 3 - 6:39am
RT @Browns: 🚨 RT for a chance to win this signed @MylesLGarrett mini helmet! 🚨 Rules: https://t.co/o0L1XF1XKd https://t.co/3rozdRWW9Q
- Saturday Nov 16 - 7:54am
Found a marbled Pedro classic. https://t.co/Y3sJfzBz0E
- Saturday Nov 9 - 7:52pm
Book Review: The Italian Teacher | Where Pen Meets Paper on Book Review: The Imperfectionists
Television Show Review: Altered Carbon: Season 1 | Where Pen Meets Paper on Television Show Review: Game of Thrones: Season 7
Television Show Review: Black Mirror: Season 4 | Where Pen Meets Paper on Television Show Review: Silicon Valley: Season 4
Television Show Review: Black Mirror: Season 4 | Where Pen Meets Paper on Film Review: The Big Sick
Film Review: Silence | Where Pen Meets Paper on Book Review: Silence
Archives Select Month April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010
Copyright 2014 Powered by WordPress


text:
Check out our new "Book Corner" often for new listings.
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, by Lencioni
Your Brain at Work, by David Rock
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good), by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
On Becoming a Leadership Coach, A Holistic Approach to Coaching Excellence, Edited by Christine Wahl, Clarice Scriber, and Beth Bloomfield
Coaching, Evoking Excellence in Others, by James Flaherty
Becoming a Coaching Leader - the Power Strategy for Building Your Own Team of Champions, by Daniel Harkavy, Forward by Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni
Why Did I Do That? by Dorie Cameron (Looks like a children's book, but it lays out the model for Coaching for Self-Leadership.)
Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, by Richard C. Schwartz
Co-Active Coaching, by Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, and Phillip Sandahl
Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart by Mary Beth O'Neill
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, et.al (2002)
Diversity Explosion by William H. Frey (2018)
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele (2010)
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott (2004)
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future by Margaret Wheatly (2009)


It's our pleasure to welcome the always wonderful Cat+Mitchell into the CSP 4-Timers Club, and their son Cameron into the 2-Timers Club! Somehow Cameron has gone from infant-wearing-headphones to toddler-wearing-headphones practically overnight, and in that span of time Cat and Mitchell have really upped their A-game on the glasses front with Mitchell now sporting a mint green and Cat wearing ones with gold glitter. When Cat and Mitchell aren't being great parents, they're out being great friends to us. They've picked up obscure Coheed records for us on Record Store Day, and bought us tiny little striped toy cats from Ikea, and have always gone above and beyond on the friend front. We love and appreciate them very much, and are so happy to take photos of them and Cameron.
So anyway – we love these three guys and Biscuit the dog and June the cat and are so happy to have them in our lives as friends and clients.