Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,The Art of Living Foundation is a not-for-profit, educational and humanitarian NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) engaged in stress-management and service initiatives. The organisation operates globally in 152 countries.
The organisation's programs are guided by Sri Sri's philosophy of peace: "Unless we have a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, we cannot achieve world Peace." To help individuals get rid of stress and experience inner peace, The Art of Living offers stress-elimination programs which include breathing techniques, meditation and yoga. These programs have helped millions around the world to overcome stress, depression and violent tendencies.
The Art of Living Foundation has spread peace across communities through diverse humanitarian projects, including conflict resolution, disaster relief, sustainable rural development, empowerment of women, prisoner rehabilitation,education for all, and environmental sustainability.
Sister OrganizationsThe Art of Living has a few sister organisations which are also dedicated to the vision of a stress-free, violence-free world. The International Association for Human Values (IAHV), Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth (VVMVP), Sri Sri RaviShankar Vidya Mandir (SSRVM) and Vyakti Vikas Kendra India (VVKI), among others, formulate and implement humanitarian projects of The Art of Living globally.
Organizational StructureThe Art of Living is a multi-faceted organisation with one of the largest volunteer bases in the world. The international headquarters is located in Bangalore, India. Globally, the organisation operates as The Art of Living Foundation formed in 1989 in the United States of America and in Germany. Since then, local centres have been established across the world. In the Art of Living's organisational structure, there is a board of trustees with a term of two years. Two thirds of the trustees change every two years. All the Art of Living teachers and the previous trustees are allowed to nominate a new board. There is a provision for an advisory board that monitors and guides the organisation. All the accounts are regularly audited by an external auditor. Other than expenses, no trustee is entitled to benefits in terms of salary, etc.Art of Living programs directly help to fund its humanitarian projects. The proceeds from the sales of The Art of Living Publications and Ayurveda products are also directed to our social initiatives.
Sri Sri's work sees him addressing audiences of diverse nationalities and backgrounds, including the United Nations, prison inmates, corporate management teams, ailing farmers and school children. It is also not an uncommon sight to see people from warring nations sitting side-by-side in one of Sri Sri's programmes or addresses.
People say that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar leads through example, whether it is travelling through floodwaters to inspect rehabilitation efforts in Bihar,; urging misguided youth to join mainstream society and work for social development; or meeting people at satsangs (music and meditation gatherings) every evening and answering queries on overcoming life's challenges. His focus is always on fostering human values and building communal unity through his philosophy and ideal of a one world family.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's life is a story of dedicated efforts towards making this ideal a reality.


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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman's 'Otherness' Playlist: RuPaul, Beth Ditto, Jussie Smollett & More
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Actor and heartthrob Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman has launched a podcast called JBC Presents: Conversations With Others. In partnering with the producer of the hit podcast RuPaul: What's The Tee, the star explores the idea of "otherness" with guests like Jussie Smollett, Michelle Visage and Aubrey Plaza.
"I love listening to podcasts, first and foremost!" Bowyer-Chapman tells Billboard. "A couple of my favorite podcasts are Still Processing from The New York Times, Oprah's Super Soul Conversations, RuPaul's What's the Tee?"
And it was a guest stint on RuPaul's podcast that lead to the actor's latest endeavor: "I came on and did an episode over a year ago, and I had such a lovely, thoughtful, deeply soulful and funny conversation. The producer took me aside afterward and asked if I ever was interested in starting my own project."
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman: Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community
Speaking of RuPaul, the star is a mega-fan of Drag Race (you may remember his guest stint as the lead actor on All Star 3's "The Bitchelor" challenge). While he thinks it's too early to pick a favorite, he says Monét X Change has his attention.
"I loved her sponge dress! And I actually understood the concept — I was like, 'What is wrong with my brain and her brain that I completely saw the soap and the dirt and the sponge when no one else saw it? What is wrong with me?' I also think we need some more queens of color dominating the drag scene and wearing that crown."
With his podcast celebrating "otherness," Billboard asked Bowyer-Chapman to create a playlist that celebrates LGBTQ talent. Read below to see his selections, ranging from the "maternal" RuPaul to the "badass" Beth Ditto.
RuPaul, "Call Me Mother"
Ru is such an extraordinary musician. His dance beats just fill me with joy and love, more so than anything. After the loss of so many queer heroes and gay icons during the AIDS epidemic in the '80s and '90s, we have so few people of Ru's generation that are public figures for us to be able to look up to, and that serve as parental or maternal figures for us. So first and foremost, it's the message of love and motherhood that I get every time I turn on that track.
Todrick Hall, "Dem Beats" (feat. RuPaul)
It's an amazing dance track, and I think it's so important to have an artist like Todrick, who is so extraordinarily multi-talented, and who doesn't hide his sexuality at all. He's so upfront about it, to the point where he's gender-bending and gender-fucking in the music video for "Dem Beats," dressed in drag from start to finish! It's incredible, it's something I've never seen done before, and it hopefully inspires others to step up and try something like Todrick was courageous enough to try.
Jussie Smollett, "Insecurities"
It's the lead track off of his new album, Sum of My Music. It's such a beautiful expression of vulnerability. He really just lays it all out, all of his insecurities; all of the nasty tweets he may get online; the rumors that run rampant through the entertainment industry; or people's opinions of you who really don't know you but feel they do, and so readily share those, uneducated and uninformed opinions. He's saying, "I have to live with it, but I can live through it. I know who I am and I'm going to stand strong in that, and it may not be easy and it may not feel good to hear some of the things the general public has to say, but as long as I know who I am, you know, and embrace those insecurities, it's only going to make me stronger."
Janelle Monae, "Make Me Feel"
I think it's a really sexy summer track! It's only April, but it is my official song of the summer. I think it's incredible, I think the lyrics can be read so many different ways, and maybe it's an expression of love to females, to Tessa Thompson, to who knows who. But, the fact that it's non-gender specific is what I love so much about it.
Frank Ocean, "Solo"
I love Frank Ocean so much, I think he's such an incredibly talented lyricist and vocalist, and that track from the album Blonde was just something that really sits with me. I feel like I can listen to it day or night,. This song really is just a celebration of himself.
Bessie Smith, "I'm Wild About That Thing"
It's so important to recognize that there have been fabulous queer artists all throughout our history. And [Smith] may not have been in a position to be able to proclaim that to the world, but just her existing was such an epic win. It's important to be able to have representation for black queer women, because I feel like there's not much representation for them in the mainstream. To be able to look back and see that we had Bessie there all along — it's just magical, it really is.
The Gossip, "Heavy Cross"
I just think that Beth Ditto is just so badass. A big girl who doesn't apologize for standing out or being an other or not fitting into the mold of the status quo of the entertainment industry — that alone is an act of activism. She really stands and lives in celebration of herself, and proclaims it to the world. Her unabashed self-love only gives me and hopefully everyone who listens to that track the permission to do the same.
Christine and the Queens, "iT"
This song actually gives me chills when I hear it, with the strings and the harmonies, and it's so beautiful. I've never read the lyrics, I've never read into the meaning behind the song, but my interpretation of it is that of the story of a trans man and recognizing that this world values maleness and masculinity and really devalues femininity and females. And in order to express herself into her own power, she really had to quite literally transition into what the world demands. Claiming that, and claiming that unapologetically is just so cool.
4 Non Blondes, "What's Up?"
This is my go-to karaoke song. I just feel powerful and strong and connected to everything when I hear it, or when I sing it myself. I think that Linda Perry is such a beautiful example of strong female representation in the industry. She is such a powerhouse, not only is she incredibly successful as an artist — whether it's as a solo artist, or with the 4 Non Blondes, as a producer, as a lyricist and composer, she is the go to for every heavy-hitting pop ballad over the past 20 years that has really resonated with me. I think she's incredible, and I don't think she's ever had to explain herself or her sexuality, as far as I know, and for that, I think that is revolutionary. She never made the choice to hide parts of herself and then have to navigate her way through the world that way, she just lives boldly in who she is.
Luther Vandross, "Never Too Much"
Now we all know — we know — that it was never something that was said out loud, but Luther Vandross has been and will always be a queer icon for me. I don't know if it was my ten-year-old gaydar or what, but as soon as I started listening to Luther Vandross, I was like, "Oh! He a gay man!" I loved seeing somebody who was so full of light and life and effervescence and was so flamboyant and charming, and "Never Too Much" is one of my all-time favorite tracks. I actually sang a cover of it in a movie that I did with Meagan Good and Kelly Rowland called Love By the 10th Date.
Check out Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman's playlist below. His podcast, JBC Presents: Conversations With Others, is available on iTunes.
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With regards the decorations, I usually go with a mix of whatever is in season, some fruit to enjoy with the cheese and some simply because it looks good! This selection will typically contain red & green grapes, figs, physallis, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, sharon fruit, lychees and lemon thyme sprigs for decorating together with a packet of pumpkin seeds for drizzling round the base of the cake.


All data breaches are bad data breaches, but the Equifax data breach is particularly disastrous due to the volume and sensitivity of the data the attackers were able to access. When it comes to data breaches, the Equifax attackers hit the identity theft jackpot.
Data breaches are, unfortunately, an all-too-common occurrence, and it's not unusual for tens of millions of accounts to be compromised. In most data breaches, however, attackers gain access to tidbits of valuable information—a name, and maybe an email or mailing address. Sometimes, the attacker might strike gold and also get a Social Security number or bank / credit card account. Equifax has all of the above and then some.
A shift in security posture like the one recommended by Arora may very well have avoided—or at least minimized—the fallout of the attack on Equifax. It seems that keeping servers and applications—especially public-facing servers and applications—patched and updated for known vulnerabilities also plays a crucial role.
If you've received a notice, you should look into placing credit alerts on your records to get notified in the event someone tries to open up credit cards, take out loans or make large purchases. Maintain and monitor your information and notify the credit bureau if you see something suspicious.


The rivers have been up and down with all the rain we had during December and January. I've been waiting for the river to come right which needs to be low and clear.
I decided to complete some short sessions as the H.Avon has not been within the banks for ages and since time was drifting away the B.Avon was calling.
I decided on a short 3 hr session on a stretch I had not fished for ages. Some insider knowledge from Andy told me of a few swims that produce one or two chub.
The day was sold however completely windless. The clarity was perfect so off I headed.
It had changed a little in the 5 years absence a few tree's had dropped into the river giving some interesting swims.
It was almost spring like weather even the tree's looked to be in flower and this was January.
My bait was home made cheese paste frozen pastry and cheese 50/50. The consistency is just right for winter chubing. Not to hard to pull off on the strike but firm enough to stay on.
I caught a good few chub to just over 4lbs great fun for sure and only a couple of hrs too.
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So, another fun filled week at my home. The Easter Bunny brought us a couple of cute little rabbits to our home for us to adopt for Easter. But he told me not to let my children see them until Easter morning. And I was faithful for about 3 days.
Then my daughter had her friend over and they wanted to play outside. The little bunnies were hidden under our porch in the back yard. I told the girls, that they could not go into the back yard and had to stay out front. I'm such a smart parent to think that my child would listen. She did well for a little while, but then there was an eerie silence in the front yard. I immediately went to check on them. Couldn't find them..panicked...called there names...and there they were, cute as could be, playing with the hidden bunnies.
So much for the big surprise! I had to explain to Zailee, that the Easter Bunny had brought them over early because he couldn't carry them and the baskets together on Easter Eve. Luckily, that was a save, but still, this type of thing is pretty normal in my organized, yet somewhat chaotic life.
So I'm a little slow this month. Sorry about that.
I have been so into salad the last couple of weeks. My husband and I have been making this salad that's pretty basic, but beats the heck out of eating just the lettuce that comes in the bag. We've been adding egg, cottage cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers. And then I top it with one of my personal favorite dressings, Green Goddess.
Have you ever noticed how messy it can be to peel veggies, like cucumbers or potatoes? If you aim for the garbage can, you inevitably miss getting a few peels in. And I hate to just grind them in the garbage disposal because it can clog it (or so I've been told). So I have a very easy solution.
Put a piece of plastic wrap or a garbage bag on the counter and peel your veggies right over the top. When you are done, you just wrap it up and toss it in the garbage. And ta da, no mess.! It can just be a grocery bag that you have hanging around anyway. I always have extras. I actually use those for dirty diapers too. It keeps the smellies out of my baby's room.
So the next time your working in the kitchen try peeling your veggies onto a bag or plastic wrap.


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School shooting hoax leaves Westside teens, parents shaken
By Steve Byerly, Nick Viland and Will Rioux
Published: Nov. 30, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST|Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:25 PM EST
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Deputies, SWAT officers, a bomb squad, and other first responders rushed to Westside High School after an active shooter was reported Wednesday morning in what Gov. Brian Kemp called a "cruel hoax" that affected other campuses across the state.
MORE | 'I'm scared. I'm scared for her,' says one Westside High parent
After about two hours, panicked parents were allowed to sign their kids out of school.
"Our students and staff are safe," the Richmond County School System said in a statement.
A large law enforcement presence converged on Westside High School in Augusta on Nov. 30, 2022.(WRDW)
But the situation was tense earlier when at least four marked Richmond County Sheriff's Office vehicles sped west on Washington Road around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, accompanied by seven unmarked vehicles, an ambulance, and a fire truck. They were joined at Westside by a Richmond County Sheriff's Office bomb squad van.
In an update Wednesday afternoon after the crisis had passed, Sheriff Richard Roundtree said the 911 center received a call at 10:32 a.m. reporting an active shooter at Westside with five people injured.
Authorities didn't know the source of the call or whether the voice on the other end was a human or a computer.
Deputies responded immediately and then notified the Richmond County School System.
The school district confirmed around 11:25 that the situation fit the pattern of reports elsewhere in Georgia.
"A potential threat against the school was called into the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. The call used the same message sent in threats determined to be unsubstantiated in other Georgia school districts this morning. We take all threats seriously," the district said.
"Out of an abundance of caution," the school was placed on lockdown, the district said.
In addition to the large contingent of deputies, dozens of worried parents lined the street across from the school.
By about 12:15 p.m. once the campus had been checked and cleared of danger, some of the law enforcement vehicles were starting to leave. Then by 12:20 p.m., parents were allowed to cross the street to the school grounds.
In a mad rush, they tried to check on their kids.
By about 12:35 p.m., parents with IDs were allowed to pick up their kids after law enforcement agencies had searched and cleared the school.
"First instinct was to let down the blinds and cover the window and hide," said Student Dashawn Burgess.
Ciera Burgess is a parent. She said, "I was scared."
When the sheriff's office is notified of an active shooter threat at a school, all units are instantly sent to the scene.
"I looked out the window and saw a couple of police outside. They were holding ARs," said Dashawn.
Youth program encourages Richmond Co. kids to stay out of trouble
A supervisor at the scene will try to understand the situation and decide if more units are needed.
The SWAT team is dispatched as soon as the call comes in too.
Roundtree said: "That is what they're trained to do. This all goes back to training. We have this conversation over the summer, during breaks, again we have an active relationship with the board."
Roundtree says they had a school resource officer already stationed at the school, who was then told about the threat.
Thomas Lomax is another Westside parent. He said, "The way that they showed up in droves was good. It made me feel good to see they had sheriffs and EMS on the scene. God forbid something did actually happen."
Even if it was just a hoax, this threat is leaving some students on edge.
Dashawn said: "I kinda don't even want to go back into school."
WATCH: PARENTS RUSH ONTO WESTSIDE CAMPUS TO CHECK ON KIDS:
With Westside students safe after threat of violence, parents rush onto campus in effort to check on their kids.
Administrators planned for school to continue "with additional safety support" on campus for the remainder of the day.
Counselors were available for students needing support.
Across the state
Similar hoaxes were also reported Wednesday in Screven County, as well as Savannah, Valdosta and Brunswick.
The statewide prank is similar to one that happened in early October across South Carolina.
Gov. Brian Kemp called Wednesday's threats a "cruel hoax," noting that law enforcement agencies at all levels "immediately sprang into action."
MORE | Watch viral video of confrontation with deputies in Augusta
"They did not hesitate to rush toward potential danger to protect our children," he said.
"As the father of three daughters, the possibility of an active school shooter is a concern that I ask God to guard against every day," he said.
"Rest assured, for the criminals who orchestrated these hoaxes, we will go after them with every single resource available," he said. "The FBI is actively investigating these acts of domestic terrorism, and we will continue to diligently work with them to see these culprits are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Elsewhere in the CSRA
The Columbia County School District didn't report any problems, but officials were aware of the statewide hoax.
"The Columbia County School District has been made aware of a rash of fake threats being made in school districts across the state. Presently, no direct threats have been made to our schools," the district said in a statement at 11:40 a.m.
"At this time, Columbia County School District Police are in contact with local and state law enforcement agencies as they continue their investigation into the hoax," the district said.
Administrators said school operations would continue as normal, but "out of an abundance of caution, local law enforcement are providing increased patrols in and around school campuses."
The threats also put Burke County schools on alert.
"At approximately 9:15 a.m., Burke 911 was notified of possible active shooter activity in counties across Georgia. Even though Burke County Schools (both public and private) have not received any threats, schools in the county took "additional measures to ensure the safety of our students and staff to include law enforcement presence on campuses," the Burke County Sheriff's Office said.
"Our School Resource Officers, Patrol Deputies, and SRT Team were all made aware and we have increased our presence at all of our schools within Burke County," the agency said. "We will continue to monitor these situations as several of the threats made have been determined to be a hoax. Threats of this kind are and will always be taken seriously."
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'No Snitching' Is Unspoken Rule on City Streets Tio Hardiman of the Chicago community group Ceasefire, which works to stop street violence, describes the growing popularity of the "no snitching" rule with the gang members he works with.
'No Snitching' Is Unspoken Rule on City Streets
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Tio Hardiman of the Chicago community group Ceasefire, which works to stop street violence, describes the growing popularity of the "no snitching" rule with the gang members he works with.
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And now we turn to Tio Hardiman. He is with a program in Chicago called Ceasefire, which works with community members to stop violence on the streets. He has seen firsthand why people are afraid of being labeled a snitch. And he joins us from NPR's Chicago bureau.
Mr. Hardiman, welcome.
Mr. TIO HARDIMAN (Director, Gang Mediation, Ceasefire): Yeah, I'm glad to be here.
CORLEY: Well, tell us what's going on. Are people scared, and is this kind of a street cred thing?
Mr. HARDIMAN: Yes, it's the code of the streets out here, and I can best sum it up to what Tupac once said. He said a lot of times, people in America look at the communities like the, you know, impoverished communities or a so-called ghetto areas from a distance and say it's kind of dangerous there. But the people that live in the communities are also scared, because they live next door to the perpetrators of the violence.
CORLEY: You heard, though, what Paula Dow said, the prosecutor from New Jersey. Sounds like she's in a pretty tough spot trying to prosecute people and protect people. What's the alternative?
Mr. HARDIMAN: You see, first of all, a lot of the young brothers and sisters on the streets, they don't trust the prosecutors. They don't trust law enforcement. So what happens is it's just hard, because the kids or the young people have to go right back to the neighborhood. And there's been many stories here in Chicago where people have told. Don't get me wrong, people are telling every day, but there's - it's like an unwritten rule here in the Midwest. On the East Coast, they pretty much glamorize it and they - like they had the T-shirts they were wearing.
CORLEY: Yes.
Mr. HARDIMAN: And they were putting flyers out. In the Midwest, you can in the paper all the time, you arrest 40 people, 38 other people turn on him, okay? And that's happening in Chicago for some reason. It's happened time and time again. And there was a guy in Chicago off the west side who turned on like 27 people by wearing a wire, and he's still walking the streets today. So it's happening in some situations, I guess it's just - it depends on who you are, okay, and where you come from what you believe in.
CORLEY: So you're saying that people are, quote, "snitching," or taking responsibility to protect their community?
Mr. HARDIMAN: Some people are doing it, but, you know, the thing is the majority people will not do it. I remember one time, I was at a court proceeding and I noticed a guy had to testify for another guy that he killed his brother.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. HARDIMAN: You know, strangely to say. You know, this guy testified for -and he loved his brother.
CORLEY: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Mr. HARDIMAN: All right, so it's just difficult because the people don't have the resources to move out of the community. And far as the witness protection programs, the people are frightened in the community because a lot of times, they may not get you, but they might get your mother, your brother or your sister.
And the guy that I mentioned, you know, he did it because he just didn't really care because his mentality is like, look, I'm in the streets, too, so if you guys approach me, I'm going to do what I have to do. So he wasn't really worried about it in that particular case. All right?
CORLEY: Well, what do you think would make people feel safe to come forward? Paula Dow talked a lot about the witness protection and things like that. Are there are other things that have to happen, though?
Mr. HARDIMAN: Well, you know, at Ceasefire, what we're doing is trying to preventive violence on the front end. And we - over the last three years, we've mediated about 900 conflicts, some of them were fights we broke up, some of them were retaliations that we prevented and shootings on the front end. If we can get the violence down, then the people will have a newfound feeling of, you know, like safety and security. And that's what the people need.
And you need to really rally the community and mobilize - for example, you got 10,000 people coming out whenever an act of violence is committed, and if they keep coming out on a consistent basis, then people will get the message because you have to kind of support the people. And the people on the communities don't feel they have the support if they were to step forward.
CORLEY: Mr. Hardiman, one last question. You talked about it a little bit about the t-shirts...
Mr. HARDIMAN: Yeah.
CORLEY: ...that people are distributing or have distributed in some areas. Some hip-hop performers have publicly encouraged people to stop snitching. Do you think they're doing the right thing?
Mr. HARDIMAN: Well, not necessarily, because what happens - they're speaking from a standpoint of just trying to sell records and trying to keep their names afloat in what is like negative in a community. Five hip-hop rappers, most of them guys, if they made a lot of money, they live in gated communities. And if you look at their track record, some of them guys might have told on somebody themselves, okay?
CORLEY: Mm-hmm.
Mr. HARDIMAN: And that's just being real with you, but at the same time, we have to understand the element in which we're dealing with, and the brothers and sisters in the - deeply rooted in the communities, they can't come forward. They've just - it's a code of the streets, and then they feel they're going to be pretty much retaliated on.
CORLEY: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And you were saying that the way to, perhaps, stop this is for there to be more communities rallying around the idea of coming forward.
Mr. HARDIMAN: Well, there's a major disconnect with the youth and some of the older people in this communities. So yeah, the older people are going to have to try to reconnect with the youth so they can begin to trust them and feel that they have their backs.
CORLEY: So how do you do that? How do you get that trust going? How does that happen?
Mr. HARDIMAN: Well, it's going to take a lot of dialogue. For example, I have about 10 ministers on the west side here in Chicago, and they've opened their doors up to the young brothers on the streets. And we have dialogue sessions every Friday like from nine to 11 p.m., or from seven to nine p.m. And so we're gaining trust and we're gaining - we're building relationships and we open up for dialogue. You know, it's like universal communication.
CORLEY: Tio Hardiman is director of Crisis Mediation at Ceasefire, an anti-violence program in Chicago. Thank you so much for joining us.
Mr. HARDIMAN: Thank you.
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I am an addict. When my copies of Inc. and Fast Company magazines arrive every month, I stop everything I am doing and read them, cover to cover. I've literally read every word in them this century. I always get valuable insights. This month's issue of Inc. was no different. In his article, "You're Never Too Old to Start a Business," Gary Vaynerchuk made me rethink the advice I have given in the past to older workers.
Don't get me wrong, I take nothing back that I have written or said. But Mr. Vaynerchuk came up with something that I readily admit I had not considered.
There's one other thing that I want you to consider. When you hire me you hire someone who has had to deal with adversity. I know how to handle a crisis. I no longer panic. I passed that stage a long time ago. I can calmly analyze a bad situation and keep it from becoming a disaster. I keep things in their proper perspective. I know what to do and what not to do. I know what to say and not to say. I don't make matters worse.
Growing Northern New Jersey Certified Public Accounting firm is seeking qualified candidates for an excellent career as a Senior Accountant to be responsible for all aspects of client engagements including tax planning, compliance, financial statement compilations, reviews and audits. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Business casual environment, medical benefits subsidized by firm, 401K with up to 4% match. Looking for a motivated self-starter who wants to advance quickly.
The individual will be working in all aspects of accounting, tax and audit. Will be working closely with the Managers and Partners on all projects.
Work closely with partners, supervisors and other staff on audits, reviews, compilations and write-ups.
Apply knowledge of tax forms, basic tax concepts, computer applications and other source material to prepare tax returns, projections and other data in order to prepare U.S. individual, corporate and partnership tax returns.
Comfortable with multi-tasking, being responsible for multiple assignments and meeting deadlines.
Experience with complex tax returns, compliance and financial statements.
Interested candidates should send their resume to Bruce at bh@hsstaffing.com.
This is the second in what I hope will be an ongoing series about stupid reasons employers give for not hiring someone. The first dealt with being too attractive. Based on the Comment of a reader, the next will deal with being too smart. If you have an example of a stupid reason for not hiring someone, please share it as a Comment and I may write about it. As I mentioned in the first article, I am interested in stupid reasons, not illegal ones.
"It is easier to get a job when you have a job." That statement has always been very popular. With the downturn in 2008, it lost some of its popularity. Sadly, it's coming back.
I understand the logic behind the policy: If the person was any good they would be employed. It may be logical, but it is also wrong.
I'm not talking here about someone who stole from their previous employer, or lied, or did any other actionable act which rightly resulted in their being fired. That is understandable, although I must say, I have secured positions for two persons who had been fired for cause. They handled it the correct way and were able to overcome what was an unfortunate lapse in judgment.
For present purposes, I am talking about someone who was laid off. In other words, they did not lose their job because of something they did, but despite what they did. They were good at their job but their job was eliminated because of a restructuring. Or, the company lost a major client or, in the case of non-profits, a major funding source, and their employer had to cut costs.
Second, they will be more appreciative of the job offer. They are scared and you have eliminated their fear. This could result in long-term loyalty.
Third, they can start work immediately. No need to wait two, three or four weeks.
Not hiring someone qualified, simply because they are unemployed through no fault of their own is, in my opinion, stupid. But it also might be illegal, depending on where you live.
Over the course of my career, I have encountered a number of really stupid reasons for not hiring qualified candidates. I am not talking here about illegal reasons; I am focused on stupid reasons.
For example, when a company says they will not hire someone who has only worked as a consultant, you may not like it, but it is neither illegal nor stupid. The employer is concerned that the candidate will not be able to cope with daily supervision, a 9-to-5 schedule, working closely with colleagues, and dealing with office politics. These are valid points.
What I am talking about are reasons that you would have to bend over backwards to try and justify.
But for now, let's focus on the attractive.
I am going to use a female candidate as the example. The reason is, I have seen attractive women not being hired because of their looks for the reasons that I am about to explain. It may very well also happen with male candidates. I've just never seen it.
A very attractive, totally qualified woman applies for a job. The boss does not want her because he (or she – it goes both ways!) is afraid that the men in the office will find her a distraction.
A young woman, fresh out of college, with a good resume (she had a couple of impressive internships) came to me because, while she was getting interviews, she was not getting any job offers. I got to know her and then we did a mock interview based on the job description for the previous position for which she had been interviewed.
To my mind, she did nothing wrong. But I had a feeling.
When you walk into an office for an interview, the women all look at you and start talking among themselves in a whisper, glancing in your direction. The men do the same. And when you had your internships, the guys in the office would find excuses to congregate around your desk.
At this point, she had a weird expression on her face. She stopped and said: That's exactly what happens and what happened! How did you know?
I told her about what I had seen when I had office jobs. These things are not new. They happen all the time and with every generation. Sadly, as a species, we have not advanced much!
Then we did another mock interview. This time I told her what she had to say in her next interview.
For whatever reason, some guys find me attractive. When I had my first internship they would find excuses to come to my desk. I was always polite but I told them that I was there to work and learn, not to date. Most accepted that but in one or two cases, they would not stop. So I went to my supervisor and she stopped it. I tell you this because I want you to know how I deal with difficult situations and that I keep my private life out of the office.
Of course, I told her she could only say it if it were true. She smiled and told me that it was true for her second internship, but not the first. She was used to guys hanging around her and didn't realize that it was inappropriate. (Ah, to be young again…) So her boss called her into his office and educated her. Then he called the guys into his office and read them the Riot Act.
I suggested that she include that in her answer. She made a mistake. Had a good boss who corrected her behavior and that of her male colleagues. She learned from the experience.
Don't forget to share your examples of stupidity!
After posting my video on interviewing strategies, a number of individuals reached out to me with questions about "the rules for interviewing." They were obsessing over what is permissible and what is not permissible during an interview.
The result, in all cases, was that they were hesitant to answer questions fully. They had read articles – contradictory, of course – advising never to say this or do that in an interview. They had so much information and conflicting advice that, for all intents and purposes, they could not function. The obvious result: No job offers.
So their question to me was, What are the rules for interviewing?
Rule Number One: Dress professionally. That means conservatively with no perfume, cologne or scented aftershave.
Rule Number Two: Be punctual. That means arriving no more than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled interview unless the weather is really bad or they tell you in advance that you will have to complete an application.
Rule Number Three: Tell the truth. That means… Well, frankly, if you don't know what that means you have bigger problems than interviewing!


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Through first-hand accounts, ground-level descriptions, and extensive research, author Jim Lotz takes us through the events of that morning. What emerges is a portrait of courage--of men doing what they could to maintain the honour of their regiments and save the lives of their comrades against impossible odds. The story of the Dieppe raid is made up of a hundred lesser-known tales of Canadian soldiers, which Jim Lotz brings together in this short and readable book.
"The book uses first-hand accounts, ground-level descriptions to take the reader through the events of that dark morning and paint the picture of what those soldiers did against insurmountable odds."
"Lotz is a well-known writer... In this book, he shows us the consequences of going to war insufficiently prepared."
JIM LOTZ was born in Liverpool, England, where he survived the blitz on the city and spent two years in the Royal Air Force before arriving in Canada in 1973. His twenty-five published books include Canadians at War, A Century of Service: Canada's Armed Forces from the Boer War to East Timor and an autobiography, The Best Journey in the World. He lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


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This week we will focus on a shuffle lick variation to play in the song. We will look at ways to play a simple solo and discuss variations to the turnaround. Pay attention to your tempo and rhythm as you continue to learn the song.
Most of all, have FUN. Thanks.
Hi Corey, here is my attempt at this. As you can see I've been trying out different songs to highlight different issues in my playing. Not sure if I am getting the different dimensions that you talk about (digging in too much, brushing etc) but I thought I'd give them a try before things get busy for me again and I won't be able to post so often. Sorry for all the posts. Thanks!
Greetings Doc. I think you are doing a great job on the guitar here. I will listen again, but it feels like you are hitting the mark! Guitar sounds good too.... Nice one. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for your encouragement Corey. I am loving your arrangements of these classics. Thanks so much for teaching us!


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The 3D scene contains a single active camera and a single active light source. Visualized data is assumed to be at a fixed location.
The 3D scene also keeps track of the viewport in which visualization rendering is done, the primary subviewport inside the viewport where the main 3D data visualization view resides and the secondary subviewport where the 2D sliced view of the data resides.
Also the scene has flag for tracking if the secondary 2D slicing view is currently active or not.
Note: Not all visualizations support the secondary 2D slicing view.
This property contains the currently active camera in the 3D scene. When a Camera3D is set in the property it gets automatically added as child of the scene.
This property contains the currently active light in the 3D scene. When a Light3D is set in the property it gets automatically added as child of the scene.
This property contains the current device pixel ratio that is used when mapping input coordinates to pixel coordinates.
This property contains the coordinates for the user input that should be processed by the scene as a graph position query. If this is set to value other than invalidSelectionPoint, the graph tries to match a graph position to the given point within the primary viewport. After the rendering pass this property is returned to its default state of invalidSelectionPoint. The queried graph position can be read from AbstractGraph3D::queriedGraphPosition property after the next render pass.
There isn't a single correct 3D coordinate to match to each specific screen position, so to be consistent, the queries are always done against the inner sides of an invisible box surrounding the graph.
Note: Bar graphs allow graph position queries only at the graph floor level.
A constant property providing an invalid point for selection.
This property contains the current subviewport rectangle inside the viewport where the primary view of the data visualization is targeted to.
This property contains the secondary viewport rectangle inside the viewport. The secondary viewport is used for drawing the 2D slice view in some visualizations.
This property contains whether 2D slicing view is currently drawn on top or if the 3D view is drawn on top.
This property contains the coordinates for the user input that should be processed by the scene as selection. If this is set to value other than invalidSelectionPoint the graph tries to select a data item at the given point within the primary viewport. After the rendering pass the property is returned to its default state of invalidSelectionPoint.
This property contains whether 2D slicing view is currently active or not. If setting it, you must make sure AbstractGraph3D::selectionMode has either AbstractGraph3D.SelectionRow or AbstractGraph3D.SelectionColumn flag set, and there is a valid selection.
Note: Not all visualizations support the 2D slicing view.
This property contains the current viewport rectangle where all 3D rendering is targeted.


I also teach the basics of CPS to teams, whether within non-profit organizations, agencies, or client teams.
"Those interviews were great. It's funny, during an interview I would think '…and the brands you use are?' And you would say "Let's talk about brands". Uncanny."


A few weeks ago a postdoc in my lab logged on to Amazon to buy the lab an extra copy of Peter Lawrence's The Making of a Fly – a classic work in developmental biology that we – and most other Drosophila developmental biologists – consult regularly. The book, published in 1992, is out of print. But Amazon listed 17 copies for sale: 15 used from $35.54, and 2 new from $1,730,045.91 (+$3.99 shipping).
I sent a screen capture to the author – who was appropriate amused and intrigued. But I doubt even he would argue the book is worth THAT much.
At first I thought it was a joke – a graduate student with too much time on their hands. But there were TWO new copies for sale, each be offered for well over a million dollars. And the two sellers seemed not only legit, but fairly big time (over 8,000 and 125,000 ratings in the last year respectively). The prices looked random – suggesting they were set by a computer. But how did they get so out of whack?
Amazingly, when I reloaded the page the next day, both priced had gone UP! Each was now nearly $2.8 million. And whereas previously the prices were $400,000 apart, they were now within $5,000 of each other. Now I was intrigued, and I started to follow the page incessantly. By the end of the day the higher priced copy had gone up again. This time to $3,536,675.57. And now a pattern was emerging.
On the day we discovered the million dollar prices, the copy offered by bordeebook was1.270589 times the price of the copy offered by profnath. And now the bordeebook copy was 1.270589 times profnath again. So clearly at least one of the sellers was setting their price algorithmically in response to changes in the other's price. I continued to watch carefully and the full pattern emerged.
Once a day profnath set their price to be 0.9983 times bordeebook's price. The prices would remain close for several hours, until bordeebook "noticed" profnath's change and elevated their price to 1.270589 times profnath's higher price. The pattern continued perfectly for the next week.
But two questions remained. Why were they doing this, and how long would it go on before they noticed? As I amusedly watched the price rise every day, I learned that Amazon retailers are increasingly using algorithmic pricing (something Amazon itself does on a large scale), with a number of companies offering pricing algorithms/services to retailers. Both profnath and bordeebook were clearly using automatic pricing – employing algorithms that didn't have a built-in sanity check on the prices they produced. But the two retailers were clearly employing different strategies.
The behavior of profnath is easy to deconstruct. They presumably have a new copy of the book, and want to make sure theirs is the lowest priced – but only by a tiny bit ($9.98 compared to $10.00). Why though would bordeebook want to make sure theirs is always more expensive? Since the prices of all the sellers are posted, this would seem to guarantee they would get no sales. But maybe this isn't right – they have a huge volume of positive feedback – far more than most others. And some buyers might choose to pay a few extra dollars for the level of confidence in the transaction this might impart. Nonetheless this seems like a fairly risky thing to rely on – most people probably don't behave that way – and meanwhile you've got a book sitting on the shelf collecting dust. Unless, of course, you don't actually have the book….
My preferred explanation for bordeebook's pricing is that they do not actually possess the book. Rather, they noticed that someone else listed a copy for sale, and so they put it up as well – relying on their better feedback record to attract buyers. But, of course, if someone actually orders the book, they have to get it – so they have to set their price significantly higher – say 1.27059 times higher – than the price they'd have to pay to get the book elsewhere.
What's fascinating about all this is both the seemingly endless possibilities for both chaos and mischief. It seems impossible that we stumbled onto the only example of this kind of upward pricing spiral – all it took were two sellers adjusting their prices in response to each other by factors whose products were greater than 1. And while it might have been more difficult to deconstruct, one can easily see how even more bizarre things could happen when more than two sellers are in the game. And as soon as it was clear what was going on here, I and the people I talked to about this couldn't help but start thinking about ways to exploit our ability to predict how others would price their books down to the 5th significant digit – especially when they were clearly not paying careful attention to what their algorithms were doing.
But, alas, somebody ultimately noticed. The price peaked on April 18th, but on April 19th profnath's price dropped to $106.23, and bordeebook soon followed suit to the predictable $106.23 * 1.27059 = $134.97. But Peter Lawrence can now comfortably boast that one of the biggest and most respected companies on Earth valued his great book at $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping).
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i wonder which one of the merchants corrected there price..
Thanks for the explanation on algorithms; I love your expression about the lack of "a built-in sanity check." A coffee-table book I authored, which is currently out of print, suddenly jumped in price from $39.95 to over $500 new and over $900 used on Amazon. At first I thought, "Wow! I shoudda hung onto more copies myself." But I thought there had to be something strange going on. Your explanation makes sense of the situation.
Thanks for the article. When I checked my Amazon wish list today I saw that a book which usually lists for around $4 had gone up to a low price of $228 and a high of $35,000. I had no idea what was going on, and appreciate your information.
If the algorithm explanation is correct and one seller is bouncing of the other is it possible that neither of them actually has the book?
Possible, but more likely that one has, one doesn't.
Couldn't I find when their algorithm updates, list my book at like 10 cents, buy theirs and then unlist mine?
I think that's an awesome idea, maybe even a software, that detects these algorithms and posts lower prices to reduce the sellers prices, there could be a lot of money made that way or at the least make people think twice about checking their prices instead of leaving it up to an equation.
i wonder which one of the merchants corrected there price.
in them increases and decreases.
remain available for long at a lower price!
Thank you, again, for your interest.
In other words, the very act of viewing the book "increases the value." Going back again the next day shows more it has even more interest and the price goes up again.
This one has a used book for $21 billion.
Thanks for reminding us all of the simple things in life that make our days AWESOME!
Thank you for this info. I will be more cautious when shopping on amazone. Yes the price is flexible, and has become a commodity in itself. Not just another marketing function.
Thank you very much for the explanation of algorithms. Would not surprise me if they use a simple formula of future prices to reach the price they set.
I am impressed by your observation and your ability to explain the circumstances of this pricing event. I enjoyed reading your post.
My guess the data entry who entered it originally was bored and priced it at 23,456,789.01 and the auto-pricing system they use moved its price up and down in response to the other guy, who's system was doing the same thing. The book was probably supposed to be priced at 25.00.
It's a good Amazon sales strategy, when there is a high value product promotions.
Really interesting post. It is funny to see how the algorithms brought the prices up and up.
unfortunately it's what happens when sellers don't check their prices or when there are glitches. better repricing software would require that minimum and maximum prices are entered before the algorithms take effect.
I agree with what has been said. I think it's best to try books with high demand. Very good article.
Im surprised Amazon has allowed to post that boook for THAT amout. Well I guess they are making a cut from those crazy people buying the book.
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A company called Booknack is offering unused copies of my new book for $4,999.99 plus $3.99 for shipping. The book is available direct from Amazon for less than 12 bucks, with free shipping for more than 20 million people.
I look up books for a living, and there are indeed some insane pricing schemes. Good you followed up so well! Interesting reading.
I ran into a technical text on something about a dozen folks in the world could use (understand) and it was maybe 12K a copy, so I wrote and asked, but got no reply. I figured it could only be that they had it printed, and had to make back their costs with only a dozen copies…but now I wonder.
There are several Amazon booksellers who consistently charge $24,000 and change for books that everyone else thinks might be worth a few hundred – and which most people think asre worth less than a hundred. I wonder – does anyone ever buy one for 24 thousand dollars????? This is one crazy bunch of sh*t.
I still have 63 out of 150 soft cover books that I purchased through Balboa Press.
I wonder what would happen if I advertised them on Amazon at the normal price of £11-95 as the last two copies.
I think I will do this and see what happens.
Yes I will do this and maybe some stupid fool will purchase them. I feel that this is the only way to combat these people.
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"Tell me a story," my son has started to say after reading his bedtime books. The first time he made the request, I looked at him as I don't do often enough, seeing the soft cheeks and hands already changing so fast for his three years, blue eyes looking at me with trust more complete than I could understand anymore. I looked at him with awe, awe for who he was, that he was, that somehow I had been given such a gift without deserving, and such responsibility.
"Tell me a story…" The first time he asked I was charmed; a moment later I felt a flash of panic.
The stories of childhood sink deep, said Kim Todd. "Each word falls like a stone to the muck at the bottom of the mind, unimpeded by currents of distraction or critical distinctions." These are the stories that will inform our lives, help us write the narratives of our lives, frame our experience, give us direction for grief.
The day my family made a trip to Bellingham, we sang "Puff the Magic Dragon" something like twenty times. Someone had just given us a book with the CD and most importantly, the words, so finally I could make it through more than the refrain, and my three-year-old son was as anxious to learn a story-song as I was to share one I remembered from childhood.
The same week I read a link from one of my favorite blogs with a quote from Jack Kerouac: "I pray to Jesus to preserve my sanity." The blog went on to say that "those of us who fall on the more secular end of the spectrum might need a slightly more potent sanity-preservation tool than prayer." And went on to discuss the importance of story.
Putting aside the obvious disdain with which the post dismisses prayer, this blog exploring the power of story appeared a week before a hand-me-down copy of Peter Pan became the favorite bedtime read.
Peter Pan steals away Wendy's daughter Jane to Never-Never Land. Jane is disgusted with the idea of magic. She doesn't believe in such childish things, and as Captain Hook and his henchmen gain on Peter Pan, Jane's contempt causes Tinker Bell to become dangerously weak. The fairy cannot survive without belief.
Our culture has thrown out God and the Bible because believing a snake talked to two naked people and convinced them to get dressed doesn't fit its test of literal truth, and because it has seen people professing belief using that belief to vilify and judge instead of love. I am glad some Christians are owning up to this complaint.
But having discarded these stories, these stories which must be studied and even prayed over to reveal their deepest wisdom—society is starved for metaphor. We've thrown out the baby with the bathwater. How do I help my son find the narratives he needs?
"We tell stories in order to live," Joan Didion famously said.
In the sand and hills of the Mediterranean, Jesus answered the hard questions with stories.
What stories inform us now?
When something wonderful or terrible happens, how do we understand it?
Neighbors of ours talk about their disillusionment with their evangelical upbringing. They wriggled out of what they were given into a secular but aware world. One morning we had them over for breakfast. One of them commented about the power of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, and her frustration that it was being co-opted by a major car company.
How sad, I thought, for The Lorax to be the depth of meaning for someone. It seems a poor replacement for the old stories. Yet my neighbor is looking for something more. In her upset at the advertising adaptation, she is recognizing the spark of divinity in story, too.
We have no choice about living in story, but we do choose, consciously or not, which stories those will be. This is our requirement, our responsibility.
This post originally appeared at Good Letters on July 11, 2013.
Shannon Huffman Polson is a speaker, author of the memoir North of Hope and short book of essays, The Way the Wild Gets Inside, veteran, and founder of The Grit Project. Polson's first short fiction is included in the anthology The Road Ahead. Her book The Grit Project is forthcoming from Harvard Business Review Press in 2019. She can be found writing or with her family in Washington's Methow Valley or Alaska, and online at shannonpolson.com.


Thanks for posting this presentation - very useful.
Just one question. Do you know why OS have two apps? One allows for the electronic version of the paper map to be 'added' via a code, the other is the one you mention.
They don't seem compatible which is a pain. It means i use on OS Maps for areas i have a paper map for and OS Map Finder for local stuff.
No idea. I agree it is a pain.
if you check out Steven's thread here viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1559 he gives an Amazon link. Or, if ebay is more your thing, if you search for "motorcycle USB charger" you'll find lots of examples.


As part of the development of Mac OS X, Apple has also developed Mac OS X Server as a way to provide access to both additional services on OS X and the management tools needed to administrate those services. While Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server used to be separate operating systems, Apple combined them into one release re-branded as OS X and moved the server-specific services and management tools into an OS X Server application available from the Mac App Store.
As part of the move to an application-based installation process, there was a capability removed from OS X Server: The ability to automate its setup entirely from the command line.
4. Provide administrator authorization when prompted.
5. The initial setup of OS X Server would then proceed.
For Mac sysadmins who needed to set up multiple instances of OS X Server, having this manual step involved slowed the setup process down considerably. To find out why this part needed to run manually, while at WWDC 2015 I asked the relevant Apple engineer why this was the case. The response was that the OS X Server license needed to be agreed to, to which I mentioned that Xcode had a similar requirement but that there was a way to agree to the license from the command line. The Apple engineer in question took that feedback and said it was a valid point.
Run the initial setup and configuration of OS X Server's services.
Following closely on the heels of Oracle's release of Java 8 Update 65, Oracle has released Java 8 Update 66. This update is also using Oracle's install application.
For more details on Java 8 Update 66, see below the jump.
For the past couple of releases, Oracle has used a standard installer package to install Java 8. With the release of Java 8 Update 65 though, Oracle returned to using an application to install Java.
This switch away from using installer packages is a problem for Mac admins who need to deploy Oracle's Java 8 in their own environment. However, after doing some research, it looks like it is still possible to deploy Oracle's Java 8 Update 65 using a standard installer package. For more details, see below the jump.
I've updated the create_vmware_osx_install_dmg.sh script that I had previously posted about here. The script now includes support for El Capitan, so the script can now be run on 10.7 – 10.11 to create custom OS X 10.7.x, 10.8.x, 10.9.x, 10.10.x and 10.11.x installers for VMware Fusion and VMware ESXi. See below the jump for the details.
@clburlison has discovered that you can take screenshots of the OS X login window on OS X El Capitan using OS X's keyboard shortcuts for making screenshots.
This appears to be a new feature of El Capitan, as I was unable to reproduce this behavior on OS X Yosemite.
The screenshot file(s) will then appear on the desktop of the next user to log in.
To distinguish these login window screenshots from screenshots taken while logged in, the login window screenshots' filenames begin with LW.
As my colleague @quovadimus82 has previously documented, OS X El Capitan includes a new option for showing and hiding the menubar.
This option is available in System Preferences, in the General preferences.