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Leaders of new Billings medical school outline plans for 2023 opening
As it turned out, it was between Casper, Wyoming, and Billings for the location of Rocky Vista University's newest campus. Billings prevailed and is now poised to become the home to Montana's first medical school.
"Billings is already the premier medical center for the northern Rockies, but this is going to solidify that reputation," said Mayor Bill Cole. "It's going to be a great addition for medical care not just in Billings, but in central and eastern Montana and more rural areas in northern Wyoming. This is a game changer."
Cole was among a group of civic and business leaders from the Billings community who met Friday with Rocky Vista University (RVU) Vice President David J. Park.
Park, who also serves as dean of the new Billings campus, outlined the project's timeline as it takes shape in west Billings.
"Sixty truck loads of concrete have been poured into the ground already, just to give you the size of the magnitude of this building," said Park. "We are expecting about 600 more truckloads of concrete to build this 135,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art medical education building."
The construction timeline for the new Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine sets a December 2022 goal for completion of construction, with an official ribbon-cutting set for July of 2023. The school's inaugural class of 80 students will be ready to begin clinical rotations in July of 2025.
To staff the school, Park said RVU is looking to hire between 100 to 120 full and part-time employees.
"We are looking to partner and hire people from the communiity who want to partipate in medical education," explained Park. "We will pay and train them to be professional patients. Our students will have that interaction with them early on, as early as the first year of medical school, to get them comfortable and skilled to have a relationship and a conversation with the patient."
Opening Friday's breakfast discussion was Big Sky Economic Development Executive Director Steve Arveschoug, one of the primary drivers in the effort to bring Rocky Vista to Billings.
"In terms of meeting health care needs in rural Montana, and attracting more primary care physicians, this is a perfect fit for Montana," said Arveschoug. "We know we've had this need for years, and it's becoming more and more acute each year.
In welcoming Park to Billings, Arveschoug described the new RVU Billings campus as "critical need meets extraordinary opportunity."
Yellowstone County Commissioner John Ostlund credited the Big Sky Economic Development for its leading role in attracting RVU to the Magic City.
"Quite honestly, I think a new medical school is a great addition," said Ostlund. "The commissioners have been on board from day one. I can't think of anything that would be a better addition to our community."
If construction delays or material shortages alter the construction schedule, Rocky Vista has a backup plan. Park said he has been working with MSU-Billings on a contingency plan to provide temporary classroom space if needed.
Rocky Vista's Billings campus is under construction near the intersection of Shiloh and Monad Roads in west Billings. The site covers 12.8 acres. In addition to the 135,000-square-foot school, the campus footprint will also include parking for more than 400 vehicles.


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Bafatá Filme Clube (Portugiesisch für: Filmklub von Bafatá) ist ein guinea-bissauisch-portugiesischer Dokumentarfilm des são-toméischen Regisseurs Silas Tiny aus dem Jahr 2013.

Handlung
In der guinea-bissauischen Stadt Bafatá lebt Canjajá Mané, irgendetwas zwischen Zeugwart und Ordner beim lokalen Sportverein Sporting Clube de Bafatá, einem historischen Filialverein des portugiesischen Spitzenklubs Sporting Lissabon. Der ältere Herr ist aber auch Vorführer im Kino, das zum Verein gehört. Das alte Kino liegt im kaum noch bewohnten historischen Stadtzentrum aus portugiesischer Kolonialzeit und ist seit langem geschlossen.

Seit einem halben Jahrhundert hütet Mané nun das Kino. Wie den wenigen verbliebenen portugiesischen und guinea-bissauischen Bewohnern des historischen Stadtzentrums bleiben auch Mané nur die Erinnerungen an belebtere Zeiten und an frühere Weggefährten, und die unbestimmte Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft.

Rezeption
Der Film feierte am 11. Mai 2013 beim portugiesischen Dokumentarfilmfestival Panorama Premiere.

2013 erschien der Film mit umfangreichen Bonusmaterial als DVD bei Real Ficção.

Weblinks

 Website zu Bafatá Filme Clube (mit Trailer) bei der Produktionsfirma Real Ficção
 Eintrag zu Bafatá Filme Clube bei CinePT, der filmwissenschaftlichen Datenbank der Universität Beira Interior

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Filmtitel 2013
Portugiesischer Film
Guinea-bissauischer Film
Dokumentarfilm
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Guinea-bissauisch-portugiesische Beziehungen
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Sorry no pictures, (is there a way with an iPad?)but just wanted to let you know, We had very good turns on three inches of new, and then hopped in the hot springs in a raging blizzard. If for some reason you are around it is sure worth the twenty mile an hour road to go there. Also saw a monster big buck antelope, and a sage hen. Perfect!
Soak and ski. Sounds great!
I hope you can share some pics! I spent a month there in the winter treking around in the 80s and wish I could have skied the summit of Hart Mountain! Wild country with no cattle allowed to graze!


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As a teacher and innovator of technology I often discover new tools to incorporate into my classroom. Summer 2017 often brings out new software platforms and lucky for me CoSpacesEDU crossed my path.
I knew I had to use this in my classroom and to practice I thought I would recreate a scene from my first authored book. Check it out!
Trying new ways to integrate Virtual Reality into writing.


Hailee Steinfeld Joins "Term Life"
True Grit star Hailee Steinfeld has joined the cast of writer/director/star Tommy Lee Jones' upcoming western The Homesman, Deadline reports. She joins an ensemble cast that already includes Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep, James Spader, John Lithgow, Tim Blake Nelson and David Dencik.
The film sees an untrustworthy man (Jones) and a spinster school teacher (Swank) team up to transport three women deemed crazy via ox-drawn wagon across the Western plains.
"Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson has signed on to play Sister Rosemary in the Farrelly's upcoming "Three Stooges" movie.
Hailee Steinfeld In Talks For "Romeo and Juliet"
Oscar-nominated "True Grit" actress Hailee Steinfeld is in negotiations to star as Juliet in a new film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Italian director Carlo Carlie ("Flight of the Innocent") will helm this $15 million take on the young teen lovers from rival violently feuding families who try to keep them apart.
Meet Hailee Steinfeld, The "Sleeping Beauty"
14-year old Oscar nominee and "True Grit" scene stealer Hailee Steinfeld is attached to Lindsay Devlin's revisionist script take on the classic fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" reports Deadline.


Join us, April 22nd from 5-8pm at the Heathman Lodge for the launch of Grow Clark County! Kicking off with the Vancouver Business Journal Business Growth Awards, Grow Clark County will be hosting 6 of our fastest growing and most pioneering startups. Showcasing products and business strategy, these rapidly emerging companies will be eligible for a $1000 prize awarded by votes from attendees based on originality of concept and product. Be sure to get your tickets today and look for the Grow Clark County startup showcase!
CREDC is also proud to be working with many of this year's Business Growth Award nominees, including all four Innovator of the Year finalists! All of the businesses nominated this year highlight the pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit that is alive and well in our community!
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Sometimes legal guidance is needed by all businesses for them to run smoothly. Business lawyers are the ones who provide this help. Many business lawyers work in private firms as legal advisors. They do not work in courts like the injury, civil or criminal lawyers. They help business owners on consultancy terms. Business grow without any problems that are associated with federal or state laws and regulations when they employ business lawyers.
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Starting a new business from scratch is always fraught with peril. Most businesses don't survive the early years' gauntlet of interconnected problems to ever see a dime of profit. This is especially true if a company is trying to take off in a crowded industry. The headwinds are fierce. Despite all of this, Prime Industrial Access has burst on to the construction scene with a rocket-like trajectory in virtually no time at all. Its rapid success naturally evokes the question; what's the special sauce? What does Prime Industrial Access know that so many other companies don't? The answer is less complicated than you might expect.
Founded in January of 2016, Prime Industrial Access is still comparatively quite young by Construction industry standards. In a move to diversify its portfolio of businesses, Prime's parent company brought on Jeff Maupin as President of the new outfit to build it from the ground up. And remarkably, within 5 years, the company went from almost no revenue to 20 million dollars a year. And they're on track to do even more this year.
Prime Industrial Access has a diverse suite of services, with industrial scaffolding at the top of the menu. It also provides mechanical insulation, industrial coating and even asbestos abatement. There is deliberate synergy between its offerings. According to Maupin, "The clients are constantly trying to combine insulation and scaffolding into one contract. It saves them from doing two contracts, and so we constantly get asked for it. Scaffolding is probably 65% of our business today, although the insulation keeps increasing year over year. But we also offer industrial coatings, so we have a blast and paint booth in the Salt Lake City office." Buried in that casual description of the firm's services is the first glimpse of what has enabled its rapid growth. Maupin referred to the customers requesting multiple services under one contract. So, what did Prime Industrial Access do? It listened to the customers. As a result, being able to provide a more holistic set of services has become a pillar of the company. Maupin concurred, saying, "Yes, combined services is definitely one of the company's strengths."
Any sector of the construction industry has to reckon with the dangerous nature of certain aspects of the work. Prime Industrial Access is keenly aware of how important safety is, seeing it paramount to everything else. It's the first axiom. Nothing matters without it. Two-thirds of its current revenue is made from keeping workers safely up in the sky, often in jobs that require speed. Maupin said, "You know, safety is number 1 and we have a great safety culture. We have local safety people that answer up through the corporate safety department and they have a very good training program in place."
Going hand in glove with its safety principles is the wealth of experience spread throughout its workforce. There is deep institutional knowledge baked into the company in the form of highly trained professionals. People who know how to work on a wide variety of specifications, safely and with great expertise. Maupin elaborated, "We have many people that have been in the industry for 20 to 30 years, in the scaffold industry and in the insulation industry. And so, our people, and their experience, is a big strength." This isn't just boiler plate talk, either. Much of the company's work comes in the form of high-stakes emergency response scaffolding jobs. Maupin said, "What we've kind of honed in on is performing scaffold inside coal-fired power plants. Boiler scaffolds are what they're called, and we have one of the best crews in the entire west that performs boilers. We do several a year and they're very complicated scaffolds. A lot of equipment in a very short time. Every hour that the plant is down is X amount of dollars, and so these outages, maintenance outages, they do, they're all planned around average 30 day to 45 day and you gotta hit that schedule." Repeatedly hitting their targets and making their schedules is the next piece of the puzzle. It sounds almost banal, but not every company hits for a high batting average. But, when a company can deliver results, over and over, it becomes a perpetual motion machine. Recurring customers become another pillar a company can build from. And that only happens from stellar service.
"The company is going on 6 straight years of providing the scaffolding for the enormous maintenance project, resulting in a terrific source of revenue."
The tangible benefits of reliably satisfying customer needs become obvious when looking at some of the standout projects Prime Industrial Access is working on. It secured the maintenance contract for the Salt River Project in Arizona, one of the main electric utilities in the state. The company is going on 6 straight years of providing the scaffolding for the enormous maintenance project, resulting in a terrific source of revenue. Maupin noted, "We have about 7 plants and some other smaller facilities that we work in every day. It's a great relationship we have with them." Similarly bountiful is the company's work at Salt Lake City Airport. Prime Industrial Access has already been working on the Airport's expansion for three years and it looks like it will be continuing on for 3 more. Initially contracted to work on the North Concourse expansion, things have snowballed from there. Describing the virtuous circle, Maupin said, "We got the insulation contract for the North Concourse expansion. And through that we got several additional subcontracts at the airport for boarding bridges and private commercial suites. We actually got them to change their spec on some insulation on the flex lines on the boarding bridges, of which the airport uses extensively now. That was kind of our invention on that insulation system. Right now, we're maybe 15% through the South Concourse East expansion. And we're contracted for all the mechanical insulation on that one. And then we recently were awarded the North Concourse East expansion. We just got a contract on that."
It really does seem relatively simple on the face of it. Just do good work, right? Well, there is just getting the job done, and then there is what Prime Industrial Access is doing. It's relentlessly hitting promised schedules. It's satisfying customer needs in difficult circumstances on tight timelines. It's doing all of those things with a standard of quality delivered by experienced professionals. It's actually listening to what clients say they want and starting from there. That's how Prime Industrial Access hit 20 million dollars in revenue inside 5 years. Paradoxically, the company didn't set out to achieve scale straight out of the gate. As Maupin reflected, "We've built this thing up since the start of '16 and got it into a, you know, a well-functioning business. But, we're not trying to do any crazy kind of growth. We're trying to strategically, methodically grow our customer base, and expand within our geography through that customer base and then a little at a time." At every turn in the conversation, Maupin found his way back to the customers. That's the trick. The secret sauce. The company has plans for expansion into the Denver metropolitan area this year, hopefully opening a local branch after several years of successful work in the region. Whatever the future ambitions for the company, they will be guided by one principle – the customer is the North Star. Maupin summed it up succinctly. "We try to put customer service at the top of the list and take care of the customer. I think that's really helped us."
Seems simple enough.
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Cushman & Wakefield Corporate Finance Germany was exclusively mandated to advise the CPP Investment Board on the acquisition of a 50% share in CentrO, Oberhausen, the most successful shopping mall in Germany. In 1992, the Stadium Group headed by Andy Healey as well as P&O acquired a former ThyssenKrupp production facility site that included a blast furnace and steel mill.
After obtaining the building permit, Stadium began construction, using the Meadowhall shopping center in Sheffield, UK, as a reference for the CentrO concept. Construction of the scheme took 24 months and used around 105,000 cubic yards of concrete.
CentrO in Oberhausen opened its doors in 1996 and quickly became one of the most successful shopping centers in Germany. Comprising a sales area of almost one million square feet, CentrO offers more than 200 stores on two retail levels, a Coca Cola Food Court, Sea Life Aquarium, Cinestar Multiplex cinema, Koenig-Pilsner Arena, Centro Park, Metronom Theater, and the Gasometer. Some 23 million visitors enjoy the entire CentrO urban entertainment center annually, some 16 million of whom use the shopping center itself.
Cushman & Wakefield Corporate Finance Germany introduced the scheme to the CPP Investment Board (CPPIB), a professional investment management organization based in Toronto, which manages Canadian federal pension fund assets of more than $150 billion. In turn, CPPIB instructed Cushman & Wakefield to advise it on its first large-scale investment in Germany.
A focal point of the buy-side advice was the preparation of a business plan based on a detailed cash-flow analysis. This also comprised a commercial review of the profitability of the individual tenants and their affordability, resulting in individual market rents. Using our in-depth shopping-center experience, we furthermore evaluated the current concept of the scheme as well as the extension potential from both a commercial and conceptual point of view.
On the modeling side, we carried out Discounted Cash Flow modeling and evaluated the recommended purchase price of the subject asset via business-plan creation. Additionally, we used our comprehensive retail and shopping center Capital Market expertise to benchmark the asset with other national and European shopping-center transactions.
Another important aspect was the analysis of the upside in non-recoverable costs via an analysis of the service charges and its forecasted future development, which we included in the cash flow and business plan.
At closing in mid-May 2011, the transaction exceeded a total asset volume of $1.7 billion, with CPPIB injecting equity of $355 million to acquire a 50% interest in CentrO, making this the largest German single-retail-asset transaction of recent years.


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October 30. 2018 / Norfolk Broads / Places to visit / walks / Norfolk / History
The leaves are swirling around, the clouds are scudding across the sky and there is a mysterious chill in the air... Those big Norfolk skies can look fairly brooding at this time of year: the time of year when thoughts turn to the supernatural and strange tales – Halloween. So gather round the fire, sit a little closer together than usual, and enjoy some strange tales right on our doorstep.
Just a short walk from Winterton are the ruins of the Church of St Mary, East Somerton. A dramatic and romantic site, the old walls have been reclaimed by nature and it can be easy to miss. In the centre of what used to be the nave is an enormous oak tree, stretching up from the ruins and pointing to the sky. Legend has it that it grew from the wooden leg of a witch who was buried alive by villagers many centuries ago. Walking around this tree three times is said to release her spirit, and many people who have done this really do say they sense something odd there ... dare you do it?
Not far from here is the Brograve windpump (photo courtesy of Stephen Mole Photography), standing alone, leaning and desolate, on a path between Waxham and Horsey Mere. A "Satanic mill" by an almost literal definition. Built by Sir Berney Brograve in the late 1700s, it was intended to reclaim land which the North Sea wanted back. It's not so different from many of the other drainage mills dotted around the landscape but this one leans quite dramatically (in Norfolk we say it's "on the huh").
The local story is that Sir Berney, who had led a cursed life, had bet his soul that he could out-mow the Devil over two acres of bean plants – he lost, of course, and when Lucifer returned to claim his winnings, Sir Berney fled to his mill. The furious Satan pounded on the door, blowing with his foul breath and trying his hardest to get the soul he had won. The following day, Sir Berney crept out, finding hoofprints in the door and the whole building now leaning as a result of the devil's efforts.
Some say the devil changed his mind once he got to know him better and decided Sir Berney could keep his soul. His ghost, with its cursed soul, and after a life spent half-mad with grief and bad fortune (the efforts of the sea to take his land, smugglers, the deaths of all but four of his 17 children, the deaths of two wives... is there any wonder he was a bad tempered and generally unpleasant man?), is said to still roam the marshes around the mill, sometimes riding a horse with flames shooting from its nostrils.
One of his properties was Waxham Hall, the imposing flint and brick manor house on the coast road. Over the centuries, the six male heads of the family all suffered violent deaths in battle or at the hands of their enemies. Sir Berney invited their ghosts to dine together one New Year's Eve, setting places and drinking toasts. At the stroke of midnight they all disappeared but to this day they are said to eat and drink in the dining hall, reunited even though they lived hundreds of years apart.
A more romantic story comes from just up the road at Hickling Broad. It's usually a lovely place for a walk or a boat trip, but on a winter's night it's probably best not to go alone. In 1815, a lowly drummer boy and a rich man's daughter fell in love and he would skate across the frozen broad to see her. One night on the way to their secret rendezvous the ice cracked, he fell through and was drowned. They say his ghostly drumming can still be heard, and the ghost of his beloved still rows up and down, searching for her lost love.
Horsey Mere also holds a grim secret and, on a summer's night, if you listen carefully, you can hear children's laughter coming from below the water. Legend has it that local children who died were not buried, but their bodies were weighted and put in the mere... it is their laughter you can hear. Apparently midsummer is the best time to hear them.
And there are many more tales to share with you later... sleep well.
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A Visit to My Back Porch: Seth Avett
Published on July 14, 2011 in By Maria, Love & Family, Music
First of all, here is a sad truth I didn't have to disclose but will: My lucky assistant Dana did this interview, so I didn't get to talk directly with Seth, of the Avett Brothers. But maybe that's a good thing. I would have just started screaming hysterically into the phone. Dana didn't quite know to whom she was speaking, so she held it together (and called Seth "dreamy" afterwards). Me, well, I would have had a hard time holding it together, so it's probably better that I am just writing this introduction (DANG!):
I've written about the Avett Brothers before, so y'all know I love them (not like I want to marry them or anything—musical love). I first read about them in Garden and Gun. Then last summer I saw an ad in the paper for a concert they were giving in Bethlehem, PA, at Lehigh University. You know you've got it bad when an ad announcing a concert makes you cry. Yes, it made me cry. And then I saw them. They are unlike anything I've ever seen before. Energetic. Powerful. Fun!
I love so many of their songs—and they all have special meanings to me. I will start listing my favorites and see how far I get: "Laundry Room," "Souls Like the Wheels," "The Perfect Space," "January Wedding," "November Blue," "I and Love and You," "Kick Drum Heart," "Paranoia in B Major, Black, Blue"—well, ALL of them.
I am so honored that Seth made time to speak to us. The other day I was reading a book by Jaron Lanier called You Are Not a Gadget. It's a good book and I'm going to blog about it. HOWEVER, he made the fatal "old white guy mistake" of saying that no good new music (no new musical genre, for that matter) has been made since the invention of the Internet. HA! To me, the Avett Brothers lead a whole new genre that is not country, not folk, not any mash-up of anything else. What have I heard they called it…punkgrass? Well, that's a mash-up kind of name, but the Avett Brothers are true originals.
Thanks, Seth!!!!
P.S. Please sign me up for the love revolution.
What was your favorite comfort food growing up?
My mom's spaghetti. In retrospect, I bet it was generic—it wasn't like she made the noodles from scratch—but I always remember feeling pretty happy when I had it.
What is it now?
A homemade milkshake. The ones I make for myself, just ice cream and milk. It's a nice, simple comfort food for me at the end of the day for a bedtime snack. I'm pretty boring; I like vanilla bean ice cream and whole milk.
Seth on the right.
What's your must-have food when on the road?
I'm not making too many milkshakes on the road! Breakfast is the most important thing to me, as far as making sure I've got it prepared right. You have to be willing to adapt on the road.
I'll take a container of Greek strained yogurt and a mix of granola and goji berries. Every morning, I like to have a good—not from concentrate—orange juice. That, and also I like my wife to travel with me, if it's a short tour. She's really strong in the kitchen. Sometimes she cooks up veggie chili or soup for me to take with me.
What's your viewpoint on organic food?
My viewpoint on food all around is that we should really employ our common sense with what we put into our bodies. It's important to treat yourself and your body with respect. I'm on board with organic food, but I'm not on board with just buying organic food because it has the label, and not knowing where that food comes from. I'm guilty, too, sometimes, of not spending enough time researching what I buy. It's important to pay attention to what you're eating and to skip out on the man-made chemical garbage.
Do you do anything in your life organically?
I write and develop songs organically. Songwriting is not something I rush, or am lazy about; I just try to let it happen at a natural pace. Even when performing, songs change as we play them; they never reach the end of a journey, they're always evolving. I'm trying to increasingly let life around me follow its natural course—with music, relationships, and everyday life.
Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?
Jimmy Page would be very high on the list. My ears were very open when I was growing up. I was enamored with him; his sensibility as far as producing and writing heavy rock, blues, and folk acoustic is amazing…
Who is it now?
At the moment, it would be Tom T. Hall. He's a country singer-songwriter known primarily as a country storyteller, widely known as the greatest storyteller in country music. We were familiar with his music growing up. He writes incredible songs and is able to keep it simple, and to hit on complex and deep topics doing so.
If you could write a theme song for any revolution or movement, what would it be?
I think that a revolution of love is always needed. I think there's always hatred to focus on and to be opposed to. I'd say the ongoing revolution of love is one I'd like to take a part in. That could be in so many different forms. Food is certainly one of them, but it could go on in a lot of different forms. There's a lot of ways to spread love, and I hope to be a part of that revolution from here on.
Where's your favorite place to play music?
I really love playing music at fairs. We play at a great variety of places, which I really love, but the atmosphere of the small festival or the small fairground is particularly great. There's something very American, celebratory, and sweet to me about the spirit at outdoor small festivals.
As you travel and tour, what's one insight about humanity that you've gained from your adventures?
Towns can have sort of an overall personality, but you never have a town figured out. Every single town has compassion and a hard-nosed feeling, great hospitality and coldness. It really depends on your experience person-to-person. I have learned it's unfair to categorize a region, town, or neighborhood. It's an ongoing balance among all cities, all towns, so it's a good lesson to learn to withhold judgment, let each visit stand on its own, and have a victory of its own.
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5 Responses to A Visit to My Back Porch: Seth Avett
Dana from Maria's Kitchen July 14, 2011 at 9:27 am #
*blushing because everyone knows I think Seth sounds dreamy!* 🙂
Lori July 14, 2011 at 10:22 am #
Awesome!!! Love the Avett Brothers!!! Thanks for posting this! 🙂
Erin Ely July 14, 2011 at 10:46 am #
Great interview. Also I love the milkshake, can totally relate to the simple vanilla bean ice cream and milk, also my favorite.
Bonnie July 14, 2011 at 10:50 am #
Sounds like a nice group, must check out their music.
I particularly liked the response about first impressions of towns. He's right, you can't tell about the town in just a day or two. Traveling with my husband and moving frequently I found that it was always about a three month period until you get a truer sense of the community.
Lehigh Valley Transplant July 14, 2011 at 12:44 pm #
I discovered The Avett Brothers just before they came to Zoellner, and I introduced my sweetheart to them at the concert. He has practically "worn out" the tracks on my iPod ever since – now it's his favorite band.
I like that he enjoys playing at fairs. I wonder if they thought they were playing a fair when they booked the show at Zoellner as part of Musikfest. Hope they'll come back to Bethlehem soon – there were many, many enthusiastic fans at that show.


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Memorial to the cremation of bodies after the February, 1945 bombing of the city at the Altmarkt in down town Dresden
These pictures were taken right after the dedication of the memorial on the morning of 13 February, 2009. The memorial is part of a complete redesign of the square (which was still a parking lot in 2006). There were discussions in Dresden about whether to build this memorial at all.
A large crowd gathered at the new memorial shortly before the official dedication on the late morning of the anniversary of the bombing. The crowd had followed the dignitaries after gathering at the Frauenkirche. This shows the crowd immediately after the dedication ceremony.
People placed candles and momentos on the memorial.
The text notes that with the bombing, "the horror of the war that went out from Germany into the world came back to our city." ("Damals kehrte der Schrecken des Krieges, von Deutschland aus in alle Welt getragen, auch in unsere Stadt zurück.").
The inlay in the ground reads, "After the air attack on Dresden of 13-14 February, 1945, 6865 dead bodies were cremated at this location." ("Nach dem Luftangriff vom 13. bis 14. Februar 1945 auf Dresden wurden an diesem Ort die Leichen von 6865 Menschen verbrannt.").


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Jill Osier, winner of the 2017 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award, returns to Bull City Press with a new chapbook.
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"These poems shine with the deep intelligence of gentleness and of a quiet, sustained concern. To read them is to be reminded of Robert Creeley's passionate advocacy of Hart Crane, a passion that reached crescendo in the exclamation (in a letter to Charles Olson) "Dammit, isn't that gentle!" Here is a poet whose primary commitment is to attention, a poet who simultaneously understands and avows that attention is now and ever shall be the vivid prime of Love. I neither blush nor hesitate to say that such avowal is literally angelic. This poet's "Requiem" gently but unequivocally proposes point-of-view as an angelic imperative, gentle on its very face: "Try / to remember the smell of sun through it all. It's / a rare courtship." Love courts attention, and attention in return is both courted and empowered by love. The upshot? "There was a beating / of silence then, until it was a new quiet…" It is the bright substance of this "new quiet" I am happy to welcome and to acknowledge. It is surely the peaceable frontier of joy." —Donald Revell
release date: late Spring 2018


One of the things I can never have enough of is cosmetics. I truly am a beauty junkie at heart. I do not wear it every day but I need to keep my supply up for when I do want to wear it. Sometimes I just randomly pull out my cosmetics and play around with different colors and create different looks. When I received a wonderful opportunity to review for rae Cosmetics I was super excited.
Who is Behind rae Cosmetics?
Rochelle Rae is CEO and creator of Rae Cosmetics. She has a degree in Fine Arts and attended the prestigious Makeup Designory in Hollywood California.
Rochelle became frustrated with the heavy makeup prevalent in the market and the seemingly endless trips to the mirror to reapply. Her active lifestyle, as well as that of her clients, called for a longer lasting, more natural approach to cosmetics. This inspired her to create a cosmetics line designed for real life and the active women who live it.
After two years of research, design and careful attention to every detail, Rochelle introduced Rae Cosmetics, a fresh and versatile mineral makeup line designed for active women and athletes looking for performance as well as beauty from their cosmetics.
I received this stunning palette that has the perfect colors for a smokey eye. Their Smokin' eye set includes colors Sea Shell, Stormy, and Hurricane. When I opened the package and took out the palette I immediately was drawn to the gorgeous packaging. This palette is encased in a dark grey shiny case. When you open the palette is has a nice size mirror and cosmetic brush that I found to work really well. I love that they do not give you those chincey makeup brushes with the diamond shaped foam head on the end. I never found those to work and I feel that you cannot get good results unless you are using a decent brush.
Application is smooth and I found the colors to be nicely pigmented. I did use eye primer to keep my eyeshadow on longer. To enhance my eyes and widen them up more I used the second color of the palette under my eyes. In addition, I used the first color in the corners of my eyes. If you use dark colors in the corners it will make your eyes appear smaller and more closed. Always use a lighter color in the corners.
At rae Cosmetics you can find an array of palettes available. In addition, you can make customized palettes with their large assortment of colors. A nice feature of this palette is that the color tins pop out and once you run out of your favorite colors you can purchase them again and put them in. If you run out of one color you can purchase the one you need and place it right in the case. All rae Cosmetic palettes have this great feature. Check them out today!
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Mastercard has taken the bold step of removing its name from its logo in a move it says is inspired by the rise of digital banking and a future where there will be less reliance on card payments.
Chief marketing and communications officer Raja Rajamannar told the Wall Street Journal that the company underwent two years of research to ensure that its logo of two interlocking red and orange circles was familiar enough to consumers without words, thereby putting Mastercard in the same wordless branding category as the likes of Apple and Nike.
Michael Beirut, a partner at the design firm Pentagram, responsible for the new logo, told the WSJ that the change was also designed to make the Mastercard logo look better on smaller digital devices. meanwhile others have suggested that the rebrand could be an attempt for Mastercard to drop the word 'card' without actually changing its name.


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Examining Pope Francis' Apostolic Visit to Mexico Through a Pro-LGBT Lens
February 19, 2016 /0 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor
Pope Francis with crowds in Mexico
Preceding Pope Francis' visit to the Mexico-U.S. border on Wednesday, an outlet called Borderzine published an article in which they interviewed gay Catholics living near the border about their excitement in getting to see the pontiff in their region.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, a former priest and gay Catholic, said of the pontiff:
" 'I love that he is coming here. . .[He] represents Catholicism, but in all of its diversity. . .He doesn't condemn people just for being gay, so that certainly makes me feel like at least he is thinking about us. He is not just dismissing gay people and I think that says a lot.' "
Gilbert Lopez, a Catholic student at the University of Texas, El Paso, said Pope Francis' compassionate words, especially his famous "Who am I to judge?" remark, helped him come out as gay. He told Borderzine:
" 'When I was not accepting of my sexuality, when I would come in contact with homosexuals, it was either you're religious or you're not. . .A lot of homosexuals get discouraged and it is really sad how they turn against God and against religion because of how rough people can act."
Lopez expressed hope that with Pope Francis' attitude of "Who am I to judge?", the Catholic Church will expand its acceptance of LGBT people. And he reiterated his excitement about the border visit, stating he would attend "as a Latino, as a Catholic and as a gay man" and the experience will "bring all of these me's together."
Given Pope Francis' recent and repeated condemnations of marriage equality, as in his meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill or while addressing the Roman Rota in January, why do some LGBT Catholics and their allies remain excited by or hopeful about this pope? I believe the answer, at least partially, is evident in examples from his apostolic visit to Mexico.
1. Pope Francis is demanding better bishops. He comprehends that, in a world where many are skeptical of religious institutions, only authentically pastoral leadership that prioritizes mercy will suffice. Addressing Mexico's bishops, the pope said the present moment "requires pastoral attention to persons and groups who hope to encounter the living Jesus." He added, "Only a Church able to shelter the faces of men and women who knock on her doors will be able to speak to them of God. If we do not know how to decipher their sufferings, if we do not come to understand their needs, then we can offer them nothing." In LGBT communities and among their loved ones and friends, many seek God but are stymied by the church's ministers and structures. Because for decades they failed to listen or show a spirit of encounter, many in the hierarchy are woefully inept at expressing compassion for LGBT people's sufferings or knowing their needs. This problem leaves the church incapable of receiving LGBT people's gifts in their fullness. Pope Francis' bishop appointments are helping renew the church's leadership and so too are his exhortations to his brother bishops.
2. Pope Francis sees family in a wider context. He clearly disapproves of same-gender marriage and says so, but Pope Francis diverges from other church leaders by refusing to focus on this opposition when discussing family. Addressing families at a stadium in Tuxtla-Gutierrez, he said the family was "on different fronts. . .weakened and questioned" and again referenced ideological colonization in ambiguous terms. But Pope Francis did not include marriage equality as a threat, instead highlighting contemporary tendencies towards fear of love, social isolationism, and an obsession with wealth as three major detriments to family life. Before his speech, a divorced and civilly remarried Catholic couple and a single mother spoke to the crowd. Their remarks were then referenced positively by the pope. Pope Francis and I may not agree on precisely what constitutes family or what threatens marriage, but we do agree on the importance of family and the church's mandate to provide pastoral care for all families. I believe that is the essential common ground from which new conversations about family life, already underway in the synodal process, can really flourish.
3. Pope Francis opposes the violence of exclusion. He acknowledges what Protestant theologian Miroslav Volf calls the "violence of exclusion." Addressing workers, he rejected modern economies which exclude people and promote a throwaway culture. He said, "We all have to struggle to make sure that work is a humanizing moment which looks to the future; that it is a space for building up society and each person's participation in it. . . [to] transform society into a culture capable of promoting a dignified space for everyone." More than 60 church workers since 2008 have been "thrown away" by the church, having their jobs because of LGBT issues. These injustices deprive them of work which is humanizing and deprive the church of these workers' transformative labor. Pope Francis may not yet fully comprehend the ways in which the church itself harms people, but it would not be a stretch to flip his concern for exclusion by the church back onto the church. Indeed, the thousands of Catholics who oppose church worker injustices testify to this.
4. Pope Francis rejects parameters on God's love. LGBT Catholics and their loved ones have too frequently experienced fellow Catholics explaining God's love in ways that are restrictive. Denying sacraments to people or refusing to recognize the existence of divine love in one's relationship or the holiness of one's identity are all ways parameters are falsely imposed on God's love. Pope Francis rejects this attitude forcefully. Addressing prisoners, the pope again said God's love is expansive, ever present, and exists for all people, saying:
"United to you and with you today, I want to reiterate once more the confidence that Jesus urges us to have: the mercy that embraces everyone and is found in every corner of the world. There is no place beyond the reach of [God's] mercy, no space or person it cannot touch.
During his many apostolic trips since 2013, Pope Francis routinely prioritized visits to places and with communities which exist on the world's margins, such as Ciudad Juárez and U.S.-Mexico border. By his own admission, the pope seeks to bring God's love and the world's attention to these places. He does not yet pay enough attention to those existing at the church's margins, such as LGBT people, but by leading the church to be a "poor church for the poor," he is creating space for Catholics to go to the margins of our church and to then center the experiences of those marginalized. That is where we come in and why I share in the hopes of Lopez and Sáenz described at the beginning of this post.
For those concerned with building up a just and inclusive Catholic Church, there are reasons to hope in the era of Pope Francis. There remain deep problems, too, found in unhealed wounds and newly imposed sufferings. But each time Pope Francis travels and I follow his visits, watching videos and reading texts, I find myself uplifted. He is not the pope who will suddenly perform a same-gender wedding ceremony on the high altar of St. Peter's. He will not be ordaining a woman. But he is the pope saying, "Go out into the world and minister in the reality of life!" And once that happens, the fact is the church, led by the Spirit, cannot be unchanged by encountering the beauty of God's people in all our diversity.
Church renewal is always acknowledged after it already has happened. For instance, the recent approval of washing female feet on Holy Thursday reflected a changet that was already a living reality for many Catholics. Right now, the church is changing even if we cannot see it or church leaders refuse to acknowledge the transformation. Now, more than ever, is the time for us to step into this freer space created by Pope Francis and carry out our work for justice in the church. As a group of migrant women, who walked 100 miles to see the pope, chanted: "Francisco, escucha! Estamos en la lucha!" Yes, Pope Francis, listen. We are in the fight indeed.
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Brian Kneeland says:
Francis and his "who am I to judge?" was about a gay priest – not about anyone else. If he would only speak that openly about every gay Catholic! I'm glad the one person took it as acceptance – but an honest look at it and no lay person was referenced nor were we ever considered by such a statement!
To expect the pope to change the multi-thousand year old underdstanding of marriage is ridiculous. To think the person that represents 1 billion believers will overturn such a history in less than 2 years of his pontificate does not understand humanity. the acceptance of gay marriage is still fresh and only its accpetance applies to less than 10% of the world population….so to criticize him for not supporting equality in marriage is unfair. Not to mention if you understand his faith you will realize it will take more than political debate to change the Church's position, it will take theology…..and perhaps the great gap in all of this is the difference between marriage and unión….The 1st world countries and other supporters don't all call this a marriage, some call it a unión…so until there is more clarity I cannot see this changing …but I totally applaud the seismic shift he has brought in acceptance…let's keep loving, that is what will change the world
Rely on God, not on your own knowledge says:
@Brian and Ray – What you have said is absolutely correct. The media and our world twist the truth of the Good News of God's Word to coincide with their agendas and what they believe to be right for them!
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Dutch Pension Fund Sues Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse Group AG has been sued by a large Dutch pension fund that claimed the Swiss bank misled it about the quality of residential mortgage-backed securities it bought, resulting in "substantial" losses.
Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, which said it invests 250 billion euros ($324 billion) and is one of the world's three largest pension funds, said it bought the securities between 2005 and 2007.
It said Credit Suisse made "multiple and material misrepresentations" in its offering documents, having known that the securities were riskier than advertised and that many of the underlying loans were improperly underwritten.
ABP said the default rates have reached double digits on loans underlying nearly all of the securities it bought. Many of the once "triple-A" rated securities now carry junk grades, and are worth as little as 33 cents on the dollar, it said.
The defendants include several Credit Suisse affiliates and executives, and "made the misleading statements with an intent to defraud ABP," the 135-page complaint filed Thursday in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan said.
ABP wants to rescind its purchases and recoup its losses.
Credit Suisse spokesman Steven Vames had no immediate comment. The amount of losses that ABP suffered was not immediately clear, and a lawyer for the company did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Banks such as Credit Suisse face many lawsuits accusing them of selling defective mortgage-related securities. Losses on such securities were a cause of the 2008 financial crisis.
The case is Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP v. Credit Suisse Group AG et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 653665/2011.


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Net-a-Porter hires chief information officer
Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has hired former Betfair director Hugh Fahy as its chief information
officer.
Replacing Richard Lloyd-Williams who left the luxury retailer after seven years, Fahy will head up technology across the group's three global brands - Net-a-Porter.com, Mr Porter and The Outnet. He will oversee a team of 300 working on IT operations across e-commerce, mobile, deliveries and logistics, and will report into chief executive Natalie Massenet.
Commenting on his appointment, Fahy said: "I am excited to have joined such a fast-growing, vibrant organisation, with the mentality of a start-up and the fire power of a global market leader.
"From day one, innovation has been at the core of everything The Net-a-Porter group does, across technology, retail and publishing. My vision is to build on this approach, 'doing' IT the 21st century way, by being unafraid to experiment and excel operationally."
Fahy has more than 25 years of experience in service development, deployment and operations and while serving as director of development at Betfair he led a 25 million pound programme to rebuild the company's 24/7 trading platform and customer system.
Naomi Hewitt, HR director at Net-a-Porter added: "I'm delighted to have Hugh with us as we continue to lead the market and achieve ambitious industry firsts. Sitting alongside our editorial and buying teams, our tech team has always had a big impact on our company culture and how we work together."
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Dienhart: Unbeaten Iowa or tested Michigan State? Here's my pick
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer, December 5, 2015
Game day is here. Who is going to win the Big Ten championship? Will it be the 12-0 Cinderella Iowa Hawkeyes? Or the resilient and battle-tested 11-1 Michigan State Spartans?
My head tells me to take the Spartans, but my heart tells me to opt for the Hawkeyes. So, I am going with Iowa in the upset. This is a special season for Kirk Ferentz's squad, and I don't think the Hawkeyes' magic ride is going to end Saturday night. More history beckons.
There is a lot to like about Michigan State. No. 1, the Spartans have more talent than Iowa-beginning with an edge at the most vital position on the field: quarterback. Michigan State's Connor Cook is a special player. In fact, he's the best signal-caller in school annals who time and again has helped the Spartans find a way to win on many Saturdays when MSU didn't play its best. It's called being resourceful and not flinching in the face of adversity. It's about just getting the job done, as Cook and Co., have dealt with several big injuries that threatened to derail the season-but never did. It has been impressive to behold.
But, Iowa has a mojo about it that I can't put my hands around. It's intangible. It's nebulous. Back in August, I thought the Hawkeyes potentially could lose their opener to Illinois State, one of the most powerful FCS schools in the nation. But the Hawkeyes easily dispatched the Redbirds, 31-14, and haven't looked back.
There were close calls vs. Pitt and at Wisconsin. But, for the most part, Iowa rolled through its schedule unchallenged. Mock that schedule if you want. Yes, it included just two wins over ranked teams (10-6 at No. 19 Wisconsin and 40-10 at No. 20 Northwestern). Still, to go 12-0 vs. any slate is a big accomplishment.
Now, the Hawkeyes find themselves on the precipice of their first Big Ten title since 2004 and a spot in the College Football Playoff. And Iowa will win tonight because of two things.
1. QB C.J. Beathard. The guy reminds me of legendary college and NFL quarterback Kenny Stabler. No, Beathard isn't a lefty and he has cut his hair, but he's a tough guy with athletic ability who isn't afraid to take a chance to make a play. It's a riverboat gambler element. And Beathard's strong arm has made this offense more dynamic. The junior makes those around him better-which is the ultimate goal-and is a winner: 13-0 as a starter says it all. Plus, Beathard has a swagger that all the top signal-callers possess and a "follow-me-it-will-be-OK" quality that calms teammates.
2. Trench play. Yes, Michigan State has one of the top defensive lines in the nation led by super end Shilique Calhoun. And a Spartan offensive line broken by injury is back together. Still, I think Iowa's tough and physical offensive front will get a push vs. MSU's d-line to establish a deep collection of running backs. And the gritty Hawkeye defensive line will mute a Spartan rushing attack that lacks a star. That will allow Iowa to get after a Spartan offense that at times can be too pass-oriented.
So, there you have it. Iowa will win. My prediction for the final score: Hawkeyes 28, Spartans 24.
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As single-event sports betting went live Aug. 27
Canada could become a $2 billion-a-year sports betting market, study finds
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) will offer single-event sports bets via its PlayNow.com platform, joining Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, also launching single-event wagers through its betting platform Proline+.
Operators could generate as much as $2.02B in combined annual revenue on $25.3B in total wagers, according to PlayCanada's new paper. With a 15% tax, local governments would collect upwards of $300M in associated taxes per year. Further highlights include that over 80% of revenue would be made through online sportsbook operators, and Ontario would be the most prized Canadian market.
Canada could grow into a $2 billion-a-year sports betting market according to a white paper authored by market analyst company PlayCanada.
According to the paper, co-authored by Eric Ramsey, Dustin Gouker, and Robyn McNeil for the Play Network of sites, "under an idealistic hypothetical scenario in which all Canadian provinces and territories authorize competitive online sports betting," operators could combine to generate as much as $2.02 billion in annual revenue on $25.3 billion in total wagers.
With a 15% tax, local governments would collect upwards of $300 million in associated taxes per year, although the Canadian Gaming Association expects a rate closer to 20%, which could further boost the provincial haul by another $100 million.
The report comes as Friday, August 27 marks a new era for sports gambling in Canada as Bill C-218 comes into effect, meaning residents can now make single-event sports bets. Before the passing of the law, consumers were only permitted to wager on at least three games or more.
"These changes to the Criminal Code will allow provinces and territories to use revenues to fund programming, such as health care or education, as they do with other lottery revenues," said Justice Minister David Lamett earlier this month when announcing the August 27 date.
Happy to be in the Niagara area, where I grew up, to make a great announcement with @Chris_Bittle and @VBadawey. Single sport betting will be completely legal as of August 27th. All Canadians will benefit from safe and responsible gambling and the profits that come with it. pic.twitter.com/AShpKGoUeP
— David Lametti (@DavidLametti) August 12, 2021
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) will offer single-event sports bets via its PlayNow.com platform, joining the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, also launching single-event wagers starting August 27 through its betting platform Proline+.
"This is a landmark moment for BCLC and our players," said Lynda Cavanaugh, BCLC CEO. "We're excited to enhance our offerings on PlayNow, the only gambling website operating in BC where revenue goes back to British Columbians by supporting provincial initiatives like healthcare, education and community programs."
As variables still remain, as provinces and territories consider the expansion to sports betting, Canada at a mature stage could "generate billions of dollars of gross proceeds and hundreds of millions in taxes and fees annually," further states the "Legal Sports Betting in Canada: A preliminary analysis of the prospects of single-game wagering" PlayCanada report.
"Like the U.S., the Canadian market will be decentralized, leaving each province and territory to adopt legal sports betting and then create their own regulatory frameworks," explained Gouker, lead analyst for the Play Network.
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Because of that decentralization, the expert believes "many questions remain" about what Canada's market will look like once it has been built out. However, Gouker believes it is safe to say that, at the moment, sportsbooks view Canada "as one of the largest single remaining opportunities in North America."
According to the paper, by the third year, as much as $25 billion in wagering could be generated annually, more than 80% through online sportsbook operators. Ontario would be the most prized Canadian market, "with a potential to generate $11.1 billion in wagering and more than $800 million in operator revenue" on an annual basis, making it one of the largest markets in North America.
One of the variables still remaining is which structure will the market take in every province adopting single-game wagering, whether it is an open market with numerous sportsbooks, or a closed model with tighter limits in total amount of operators.
This decision "can have far-reaching effects" on the performance of each market. PlayMarket believes Canada will be home to both types of markets, although remarks that "in the U.S., open markets offer broader benefits for the state and its consumers."
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How do you define success? What does it look and feel like for you? Huffington argues that we need to look beyond the typical measures of money and power to a third metric that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving. This may sound a little touchy-feely for some, but she includes research, examples from her own life, and wisdom from the ancient Greeks to support her premise. As I read it, my inner voice yelled out, "Yes, yes! We need this."
Over time, I have developed many habits that fall in line with her four areas (see my notes in the image below for more detail about the book) such as walking every day, a nighttime routine to make falling asleep easy, and experiencing wonder in nature. But reading Thrive reminded me of several areas I want (need?) to work on such as meditation and listening more to my inner voice.
Role of Women: We selected Thrive for the Chamber Leadership Lit discussion group this month. The participants vary from month to month and this book happened to attract all women. Huffington argues that bringing a new definition of success that focuses on well-being is the third women's revolution so maybe I shouldn't have been surprised by the makeup of the group. One participant raised the question, "Why does it have to fall on women?" That led to an interesting conversation. Thinking about it more since, I would answer that it's not just on women to bring about change, but the characteristics that have been traditionally seen as feminine (empathy, compassion, etc.) need to gain more power. Both men and women can help bring about this change.
One participant also called for women to work together more and not always put up a perfect front. In addition to successes, we need to talk about our struggles, the ways current power/money culture frustrates us, and changes we are trying to implement. By sharing our imperfections and struggles, we give others permission to do the same and that's how we can figure out ways to collaborate for change. In other words, sometimes we need to drop the facade and just show up in a ponytail and no make-up (an example that came up in our conversation).
What can we do? Whether currently in a leadership role or not, what can we as individuals do to impact change and bring about a different definition of success? How can we answer Huffington's call to action and "find the leader in the mirror?" I have been exploring this for awhile now and the discussion around this book helped push it further. Here are questions that I ask myself or want to start asking myself to bring about change in myself and the groups that I participate in and lead.
- What new habits do I want to practice with my phone and social media?
- When do I jump into a conversation to fill the silence?
- What happens if I sit in that discomfort and pay attention to where it's coming from?
- How can I encourage others to embrace quiet and listen to their own bodies?
- What questions can I ask myself and others to prompt personal reflection?
- When am I doing something that I "should do" vs. what I want or feel excitement about doing?
- Where am I feeling tension when I'm working on a project or in a meeting? Why?
- When do I look to "experts" for answers or over-prepare for an event?
- Is that learning for growth's sake or to cover insecurity?
- At events, ask fellow business people "What are you working on?" to open up conversations.
- What struggles and successes am I willing to share? Where/how will I share them?
- How can I more deliberately bring out these themes in our workshops and speaking?
- Where else can I step up and lead?
What ideas do you have for creating a culture in your home, work, or community that focuses on helping people thrive?


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Greece Hopes For Debt Relief Deal 'very Soon'
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is confident a debt relief deal with private creditors that is crucial to avoid default can be reached "very soon," a government spokesman said Friday.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos met for a third day with negotiators from the Institute of International Finance, which represents the private creditors who are being asked to take a loss on their bond holdings to lighten Greece's debt load by euro100 billion ($129 billion).
"The atmosphere of the talks is good. They are continuing today and we hope they will be concluded very soon," government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis told private Radio 9. "This is very important for the sustainability of the national debt and our ability to handle the debt."
Papademos was joined by Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos at two separate meetings Friday with two top Institute of International Finance officials, Charles Dallara and Jean Lemierre.
The negotiations also were discussed via a teleconference with eurozone officials, Venizelos said.
An agreement is needed if Greece is to get the next batch of bailout cash to prevent a devastating debt default. Greece does not have enough money to cover a euro14.5 billion bond repayment in March.
The bond-swap deal is part of a second bailout agreed by eurozone countries, worth euro130 billion ($168 billion) in loans and support for banks.
Under the proposed deal, private creditors would cancel 50 percent of their Greek debt in exchange of a cash payment and new bonds with a longer maturity. But the negotiations stalled last week over a disagreement on the interest rate those new bonds would have.
The two sides are now considering a proposal to set an interest rate of below 4 percent that would gradually increase until 2020, according to European officials.
Louka Katseli, a minister in Greece's previous Socialist government, said the talks are being complicated by the involvement of a large number of parties with a stake in the debt deal.
"This does not only involve Greece and the creditors," Katseli told private Skai television.
Heavily involved behind the scenes are countries such as Germany, which is paying the bulk of Greece's rescue loans, and the IMF, which is also involved in the bailouts. In addition, there are the individual bond holders such as hedge funds which have bought Greek bonds but also hold default insurance, Katseli said.
Despite caution in European markets, shares on the Athens Stock Exchange rose 2.7 percent to 708.18 on Friday in anticipation of a deal.
"Certainly we will have an agreement, and the extent and all the details of this agreement will determine whether the markets will take this as a good signal or as a bad signal," Aggelos Tsakanikas, head of research at the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research, told AP Television. "We have to reduce our debt. ... It's something that is very important for the Greek economy."
Also Friday, international debt inspectors arrived in Athens to assess whether Greece is doing enough to get more bailout cash.
Officials from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund met with Venizelos. They will scrutinize Greece's public finances to make sure it is on track with painful austerity reforms needed to keep tapping rescue loans.
Near-bankrupt Greece has been surviving on a euro110 billion ($142.02 billion) rescue loan program from European countries and the IMF since May 2010, but requires additional help to meet its funding needs.
AP business writer Gabriele Steinhauser in Brussels and AP Television's Nektina Efthymiou in Athens contributed.
(This version CORRECTS Corrects to 4th Ld-Writethru. Updates with creditors resuming talks, Greek stocks rising on anticipation of deal, comment from analyst. AP Video.)


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Fiesta Royalty cut the ribbon on opening night
Years later KDOT still enjoying baby-filled offices
by: Alec Gartner
Imagine having a baby at work every day. One state government building has allowed it for years.
Tricia Fulzenloger works for the Department of Transportation, she's a mother of four but is bringing her child to work for the first time.
"I never could have imagined bringing my child to work," said Fulzenloger.
Tricia works in IT at KDOT. She has been bringing her three-month-old daughter, Finley, to work for six weeks.
"They sleep a lot so, you really can get a lot done, be really productive, and yet know that they're safe, they're right there within eye view," she said.
The department began allowing parents and even grandparents to bring babies to work until they turn five-months-old.
It started in 2001, and the first children in the program are now adults. 18 years and over 100 babies later it's still going strong.
"It's allowed them to come back sooner, and it's allowed them to have that more bonding time with their children before they have to go to daycare," said KDOT assistant bureau chief of personnel services, Karla Thies.
Tricia says Finley has gotten used to the daily grind.
"The office setting, she's really adapted to it, for the most part, she's quiet and she's very mild mannered and gets along really well here."
But there are exceptions. She says a stomachache for Finley, in particular, comes to mind.
"Went into a conference room and shut the door, and got her calmed down," said Tricia. "And she calmed down and came right back."
Tricia says the extra time has allowed for there to be a seamless transition into daycare when the five months are up.
by Keith Horinek, KSNT / Jul 16, 2019
The Fiesta Mexicana held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday evening on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church grounds to kick off the 2019 Fiesta. Tuesday evenings Fiesta included authentic Mexican food, an Art Gallery in the community Center, Vendors and live Music by Mariachi Bands. The Fiesta continues throughout the week and food is served at 4:00 pm each day. For more information on the Fiesta go to https://www.olgfiestamexicana.org/


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Biker Build Off's Roland Sands Net Worth 2018: Facts To Know About Him
August 12, 1974, born Roland Sands has many trophies to his name from his racing career from his early twenties.
Roland attended California Superbike School following his racing interests.
Acknowledging his father's grip on business, Sands worked his way from the ground level to the director of the R&D at Performance Machine.
Following his fame from Discovery Channel's 'Biker Build-Off,' Roland, along with his sister Summer, founded Roland Sands Design.
Sands serves as the president and owner of the company. They have recently launched their retail shop in Los Alamitos, California.
Based on his excellence on bike works he was appointed as the judge on the first season of 'Wrench Against the Machines.'
He has also guest appeared in ESPN's 'SuperBikes,' 'Chopper Nation,'' Speed Channel's 'Build or Bust' and 'American Thunder.'
With his designs, bikes and uniquely customized bike part has helped him rack up a huge net worth (probably worth millions).
Sands has been married to his wife Nicole for over four years now.
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