In Southern California, we get to experience all sorts of wildlife. When running on trails it's important to stay alert and aware of your surroundings. You never know what could be hiding right under your nose.
This little guy was hanging out near a trash container during the 2012 Raptor Ridge half marathon.
Fortunately an aid station worker noticed him and moved the trash container so that runners would have no need to get near him. Check here for information on rattlesnake encounters while running.


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East Asia Pacific Economic Update, October 2016: Reducing Vulnerabilities
Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is expected to remain resilient
China is expected to continue its gradual transition to slower, but more sustainable, growth
In the rest of developing East Asia, growth is projected to remain stable
Overall, developing East Asia is expected to grow at 5.8 percent in 2016
…recommends that China build on its past success in reducing poverty by improving access to basic public services for the rural population, and for the still growing number of migrants to the cities.
…report urges policymakers to address widespread malnutrition where it remains. High levels of childhood undernutrition persist in many countries, even relatively affluent ones, and lead to health and cognitive deficits that are difficult to reverse. The report recommends coordinated measures across a range of areas, including early childhood development programs and micronutrient interventions…
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2016
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 to Oliver Hart (Harvard University) and Bengt Holmström (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for their contributions to contract theory. Modern economies are held together by innumerable contracts. The new theoretical tools created by Hart and Holmström are valuable to the understanding of real-life contracts and institutions, as well as potential pitfalls in contract design…
The importance of Return on Investment in higher education
With the threat of another global economic downturn looming large and student debts rising at rapid rates, higher education is now more under the spotlight than ever before. Passion or interest in a particular field no longer suffices for the aspiring student when shopping for the best university program. As budgets tighten, they've become more selective in the process, and see Return on Investment (ROI) as the deciding factor…
Free university education: Unequal and poor
In Africa, SA is the only country with a diverse and differentiated higher education system. In a 2016 ranking of universities in emerging economies, The Times Higher Education Supplement places three SA universities in the top 12 (UCT 4th, Wits 6th and Stellenbosch 11th). China has five in the top 12; Taiwan has two; Brazil and Russia have only one each; and India and the rest of Africa did not have one university in this ranking…
Why Has Ed Tech Made So Little Difference?
Technology in education is a puzzle, and, for those who see the promise, a source of endless frustration. I've just returned from a big OECD-sponsored meeting in Jerusalem. The question on the table was whether education policy makers, technologists and entrepreneurs, working together, can force a breakthrough, a way of using technology in schools that will result in a real leap forward in the productivity of an industry that has seen no improvements in productivity in living memory, one of the few industries that seem to be impervious to the steady advance of digital technologies…
The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement
We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010- 2011 to analyze the impact on student achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and that these effects are most pronounced for students exposed to school closings. Furthermore, students initially enrolled in small schools experience the most detrimental effects. The effects appear to weaken over time, suggesting that part of the effect is due to disruption…
Letting girls learn: WBG helps advance education for adolescent girls
In April 2016, President Jim Kim announced that the World Bank Group (WBG) would invest $2.5 billion over five years in education projects directly benefiting adolescent girls (aged 12-17). This was in response to a call from U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama for more support to adolescent girls' education. Since then, the WBG had already committed $530 million in three high-need countries: Lebanon, Pakistan, and Nigeria…
Girls' Learning and Empowerment – The Role of School Environments
UNGEI and ODI have teamed up to develop a rigorous review on the impact of school environments on girls' learning outcomes. Our 'Girls' Learning and Empowerment – The Role of School Environments' rigorous review report finds that, despite major increases in girls' access to education and improvement in girls' learning outcomes over the past decade, gender inequalities persist, and are particularly stark in many low-income countries. Given the developmental benefits of education – for individual girls, their families and communities, and wider society – these inequalities represent significant lost opportunities…
Female education and household per capita income: evidence from 3D surface maps
Women have been the crucial socio-economic sufferer, which is especially true for those women who live in the rural areas of Third-world developing countries. It has been established through extensive research that women represent the major percentage of poor on the global landscape. The answer why this has to be so is not very difficult. Gender biases, gender exploitation, low income, deprivation, violation of basic rights are all social ailments that female has to face in society. In this scenario, female education has significant role. With female education, poverty reduces and socio-economic status of the households improves. This paper investigates the critical linkage between female education and per capita income of households in a small village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) was used to develop three dimensional digital models of the female education and per capita income of the households. Based on the these models, three dimensional 3D surface maps were prepared for female education and per capita income for the whole village which revealed that parts of village with higher female education had higher per capita income compared to parts of village with low female education. The paper clearly addresses the significance of female education to improve socio-economic fabric of the rural society of Pakistan…
Bridging the Skills Gap: Insights from Employers, Educators, and Youth in Latin America
Nearly one-third of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) population is between the ages of 15 and 24. Although the region has made great strides in increasing access to secondary education, 20 percent of youth—20 million people—are neither working nor in school. Excluded, disaffected youth are cut off from productive jobs and instead turn to informal activities, such as street trading or service bartering, and even crime and violence (World Bank 2015a)…
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Best-selling author Kate Perry, Literary It Girl or 'demented Victorian'?
IF THERE'S SUCH A THING AS A LITERARY IT GIRL, KATE PERRY surely must fit the bill. The author of more than 30 books, mostly romance, Perry is a self-confessed tutu-sporting, Champagne swilling Black Belt, who loves nothing more than having fun. She's the kind of girl you want to be in your gang – effervescent, quirky, funny and strong. All traits that she gladly shares with her characters.
'I'm a kickass girl,' she admits, 'and I like to write about kickass girls, even if they have to find the strength in themselves. Girls like us tend to tell our own stories.'
And Perry is a storyteller, weaving magic wherever she goes, much to the delight of her millions of fans.
Nowhere is this more apparent than when I ask her about her childhood:
I was born a princess in a land perfumed by spices, where the moon kissed both mountain and sea. I was blessed with a magic so rare that all who gazed upon me gasped in amazement. But I was stolen from my people and taken across the world, to a less magical place where I learned to hide who I was for years, because being different was less accepted. Still, I was who I was, and my uniqueness spilled into my life.
The land 'perfumed by spices' was Iran from where her parents moved when Perry was a toddler. They settled first in the Pacific Northwest, before moving on to California.
'I still remember seeing my first palm tree as we drove into the Bay Area,' she recalls.
Family – blood or otherwise – is important to Perry and familial relationships are something that she explores extensively in her writing. In Perry's worlds, strangers are embraced, bonds formed, friendship extended and 'family' created, where it doesn't exist already.
'I have the sort of friends who open their doors and let you stay for as long as you need, even if it's forever,' Perry explains. 'They're awesome, and my sister is awesomer. She's my best friend, my editor, my partner in crime, and a professional donut enthusiast. My brother is an enigma who may or may not be a spy. I love them both even though they've plagued me all their lives.'
Books featured prominently in her childhood. Perry recalls reading avidly – 'only a book a day, sometimes two'. Apart from fairytales, she particularly loved Judy Blume's Superfudge, Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and 'anything by Nietzsche'. Of course.
Today her reading tastes remain eclectic and she lists books by masterly historical novelist Dorothy Dunnett (especially the Lymond Chronicles; see right), travel writer Peter Mayle, Marvel man Stan Lee and fantasy author David Eddings among her favourites.
Film and music are also great loves, as evidenced in her writing, which is peppered with popular culture references. In Let's Misbehave, Merrick, former Rock God-turned politician, writes and performs a song for heroine Gigi Summerhill, featuring extremely credible lyrics by Perry herself. In fact, Perry creates a soundtrack for each of her books. 'I should share them on Spotify,' she says in what's obviously a light bulb moment. 'I'll get on that.' And I'm sure she will.
Writing has been a passion since childhood when Perry first penned letters like a 'demented Victorian'.
'You know how the US postal system is failing these days? It's because I stopped writing letters. Between my friends, former teachers I kept in touch with, and my penpal in Montreal (who I wrote to for ten years), I mailed about a dozen letters a week.
'I also wrote the occasional story, like the horror story about the wrapping paper. My best friend from high school reminded me that I'd started writing a romance when I was fifteen, set in Fiji. I'd forgotten about that.'
Despite this, she took a variety of jobs before taking the plunge to write full-time. Her favourite was working as a bookseller when she was sixteen. 'I LOVED that gig. Customers were always happy and enthusiastic to talk to you, and I got to borrow any book I wanted from the store.'
World domination beckoned, however, and Perry turned her skills to running international client relations and support for a tech company. 'I tried to get them to change my title to "Overlord" but they never got around to it,' she quips.
She was so successful that when the tech bubble burst, she was offered a promotion rather than a redundancy package and was told she could work anywhere she wanted in the world. Something was missing though; she resigned to work out what it was.
It took a year and a half before Perry realised that she wanted to write and nothing else. Two years later, in 2006, she published her first book, Project Daddy. The rest, as they say, is history.
Above: The "Fillmore & Greenwich" series' covers
ALTHOUGH SHE SELF-PUBLISHES TODAY, Perry originally went down the traditional publishing route, following up her 2006 novel with Project Date (2007) and the 'Guardians of Destiny' series (2009–10). It was a great learning curve, from a writing as well as business perspective, she says, but she decided to break ranks and go 'rogue' as it wasn't quite the right fit. She didn't like being told when to publish and what to write by people who were seemingly less invested in her writing than she was – feelings some other contemporary writers share.
'Plus, I'm a peacock – I gotta fly!' she says. 'Now I'm in control of my career and my work,' although she's quick to add, 'I have no regrets. I value everything I learned by being traditionally published, and now … I'm not seduced by the allure of being in print. Not to mention that I'm happy I'm my own boss now. I'm an awesome boss.'
A large part of Perry's success lies in the fact that she obviously loves what she does. It's a passion – but one that she takes extremely seriously. 'I'm a get-it-done-er. Pants. No pants. Yoga pants … I do whatever it takes.'
She writes everywhere – in her office at home, of course, but also in cafes, wine bars, museums, buses, planes, literally anywhere in the world. Habit, she states, is key to success.
With her invaluable 'Girl Friday' Katie (see right), she maps out her books up to two years in advance of publication and her deadlines are set in stone. 'I take them very seriously,' she says. 'They might be the only things I take seriously. Well, the deadlines and champagne.'
And that strict adherence to schedules is all the more remarkable when one takes into consideration that an average Perry book takes just 10 to 12 weeks to complete, a huge feat in modern publishing. When I comment on this, she expounds, 'I was writing in a 6- to 8-week cycle, but in consideration for my sanity we backed off.'
This well-oiled writing machine is made possible because of Perry's publishing dream team. 'It takes a village,' she says, generously giving credit where credit's due.
'My editor is involved throughout the writing process, shaping the book with inspiring comments like "You're such a writer. In a good way." After my two rounds of revisions, the manuscript goes to my copyeditor as well as Katie, who catch any discrepancies. Then it goes to Team Kate who read, review, and catch any of the last tiny typos we may have missed.'
An essential part of that team is Perry's Magic Man, her husband of two years, who provides love and support in spades. Perry mentions him frequently on social media and in interviews.
'We met at a truck stop in Southern California. In the men's room. Ahem…' she twinkles.
When I ask her if her gorgeous but often conflicted heroes are based on her husband, she says, 'My heroines would be lucky to end up with a someone like my Magic Man. I like to think they're all pretty lucky, though no one can be as lucky as me … He is my best friend, makes me laugh, doesn't let me get too big for my britches, has a wicked wit, cooks wonderful dinners so I have food when I break from writing, is always available for inspiration and believes in me with unwavering faith.'
Above: Kate Perry and her Magic Man – lovin' the shoes
SHE'S LUCKY INDEED. It appears she's found her soul mate.
'I do believe in soul mates,' Perry comments thoughtfully, 'but I also believe that there's not just one person that's perfect for you. Soul mates change as you change.
'If I'd met my husband any earlier, I don't think we'd have gotten along. We met at the perfect time for both of us.'
One could say that meeting was fate. Perry had just returned to San Francisco after dividing her time between Buenos Aires (a favourite city) and New York. 'It was meant to be, because I met my Magic Man right after I returned.'
Although San Francisco is still home, Perry travels extensively, one of the attractions of writing in the first place. Luckily, her Magic Man is free to travel with her and Perry can investigate whichever destination takes her fancy.
Location is important to Perry and there's a great sense of place and community in her novels, whether it be the exclusive environs of San Francisco in the 'Laurel Heights' series or London and Paris in the 'Summerhill' series.
'My accountant encouraged me to write about the places I wanted to travel to. Wink. Expect to see stories set in Lisbon, Shanghai, and New Orleans soon. A little known fact: Originally, the "Summerhill" series was going to be about six Australian brothers.
'That may still happen one day, because I love boys.'
That's a statement that's certainly easy to believe. Perry is an equal opportunity writer: her strong male characters are as fully rounded as her female protagonists and friendship and family are just as important to them. While Perry's women get through their days and crises with the support of their friends, their male counterparts cope in exactly the same way, cheered on by those closest to them.
IN PERRY'S LATEST NOVEL, Give a Little, Luca, gorgeous Italian racing driver and friend and honorary member of the Summerhill family, gets his moment in the sun along with Bea, the oldest of the sisters. It's been a long time coming and this, the final installment, ties up several loose ends, while also very cleverly introducing Perry's new project.
Just as Rosalind successfully provides the link between San Francisco's 'Laurel Heights'' characters and London's Summerhill women, Sebastian Tate, the rather arcane Earl of Amberlin, forms the bridge between the 'Summerhill' and new 'Fillmore & Greenwich' series.
Again location proves important: the latter takes its name from a crossroads in the Marina district of San Francisco. 'It's a neighbourhood corner of shopkeepers, residents and a fireman or two,' Perry explains. 'There are new friends, but also some old friends like Sebastian and some people from Laurel Heights.'
Sebastian's story, What a Girl Wants, is out in June and, as Perry works two years ahead, it's no surprise that she's already got all the books mapped out. So I have to ask her what's next? She's firmly established as a contemporary romance writer, but do any other genres appeal?
Her answer is perhaps surprising.
'Historical … I LOVE historical novels. One of my favorites is The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie, about a Germanic woman warrior captured by the Romans.
'I also love love LOVE The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. And the Niccolò series. And give me anything Regency romance – swoon!
'I actually have two historical novels I've written. I don't know when I'll publish them, but I love them both. One's an Arthurian legend set in Roman Britain about a Persian girl. The other is a frothy Regency.'
And that willingness to push boundaries is what makes Kate Perry such an interesting writer. That and the fact that:
She is fearless.
She is willing to try anything.
She seizes the day.
She lives life to the full.
Just like her characters do.
WHEN I ASK PERRY whether, in retrospect, she'd do anything differently, she's emphatic in her response.
'Never. Everything in my life has led me to where I am, and I wouldn't change that for anything.
'In fact, my epitaph would read: "She came. She saw. She conquered."'
An apt summation of a life well lived.
And very fine words, indeed.
Give a Little (Summerhill #7) is published on 23 March 2015 and is available on Amazon and iTunes. To read the review and also see a sneak preview of the book click here. Please join Kate Perry and best-selling Nora Roberts Land author Ava Miles for a banter session in The Literary Lounge soon. Watch this space.
'Fillmore & Greenwich', Kate Perry's new series, kicks off in June 2015 with What a Girl Wants, Sebastian Tate's story.
Many thanks to: Kate Perry and Katie Walker for their time and efforts.
Images: Kate Perry proving she's a Literary It Girl; Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond series (Pinterest); the 'Fillmore & Greenwich' series covers, Perry's new series; Kate with her 'Girl Friday' Katie (in specs); Magic Man, wearing rather cool shoes, with Kate Perry, wearing equally cool Cowboy boots; Give a Little cover, Summerhill #7, published March 2015; What a Girl Wants cover, Fillmore & Greenwich #1, published June 2015. All images, except Lymond series, kindly supplied by the author.
Reviews: 'Kate Perry's Give a Little, a review – Beatric in love and a sneak preview of the book'; From London to Paris and back again – Kate Perry's How Sweet It Is'; 'Believing in Nora Roberts Land – take novelist Ava Miles' advice'
See also: 'Pinterest – "inspiration snacking" or something more? A few tips for authors'.
Notice: Please note the images used in this article are by kind permission of Ms Perry, unless stated otherwise. All other images are for promotional use only. The extract from pages 40–45 of Give a Little is © 2015 Phoenix Rising Enterprises. Please contact Ms Perry for further information.
This article is ©The Literary Shed, 2015. All rights reserved. Please only reproduce it with our permission and contact us if you wish to do so.
Tags : Chicklit, contemporary romance, Fillmore & Greenwich, Kate Perry, Laurel Heights, Magic Man, Regency, romance, San Francisco writers, Summerhill series
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Today, I'm sharing the activities and games for the birthday party.
We started the party with a simple craft to keep the kids occupied while everyone arrived. I put out black cardstock, glitter-glue pens, metallic pens and stickers of the planets. I cut the sticker sheets into individual or small groups of planets so there wouldn't be fights over the sticker sheets. I didn't have quite enough for one whole sheet for everyone.
My artist brother-in-law then suggested we get some white paint and flick that on to the paper to create stars. He supervised that to make sure the kids didn't get covered in paint.
The solar systems were then stuck up on the wall to dry, and made a decoration for the party. The kids then took them home at the end of the party.
When all the kids had arrived, the first game was Toss the Meteorite Into the Planet. I set out a range of buckets and hats into a solar system, labelling each one with a planet and number, based on its position from the sun. I also stuck a yellow sun on the ground for the kids to stand on.
Pieces of aluminium foil were scrunched up for the meteorites (bean bags would have worked well too!). Each child was given 4 meteorites. Standing on the sun, they had to throw their meteorites into a planet bucket. Points were allocated base on position from the sun. For example, Mercury was 1 point, Earth was 3 points, right out to Neptune, which was 8 points.
We added an extra rule that you could only land a meteorite in each planet once. The kids had fun throwing their meteorites, although it was harder to land them in the planets than I expected.
I wrote each kid's name on the planet ahead of time, and stuck a piece of Blu-tak on the the back.
We used airplane eye patches to cover the kids eyes, and did the standard spin three times, and go.
There's always one kid that gets in spot on – it always makes me suspicious that my eye covering hasn't worked that well! Any tips?
A treasure hunt is another simple activity for birthday parties. To get it into the space theme, I put small Milky Way and Mars Bars (of course!) inside plastic Easter eggs (because I always have random craft supplies, but they weren't really necessary), and then covered them in scrunched up aluminium foil.
My husband hid them around the garden, and the kids had to find them. There was enough for one each, so when the kids found theirs, they helped the other kids.
A couple of kids worked out there was something inside the moon rocks. Then I had other kids come up and say they wanted on with an egg. I had to tell them to unwrap theirs. It made me giggle! The chocolate was a bit melted in the summer sun, but that didn't stop the kids devouring them!
One game I had planned, but we never actually played was Musical Planets – a space-themed version of musical chairs. I was going to print out planets and place them on the ground. When the music stops, the kids have to stand on a planet. Each round, one planet is taken away and the kid who doesn't have a planet to stand on is out.
Since my son's birthday is in the middle of summer, it's almost guaranteed to be a hot day. I think I've started a tradition of ending his party with water balloons (until he's old enough to have pool parties – I'm not dealing with that yet!).
I filled up a big stack of water balloons and placed them in too buckets. We split the kids into two teams, standing a couple of metres apart (so no one would get hit too hard!). The kids then just pelted each other until the balloons ran out (and they get through a huge stack fast!).
I had an idea to make the water balloons a "Run through the Asteroid Belt" game, with each kid taking a turn running through while the others threw water balloons, but it seemed more fun as a free for all. If it's not hot, you could play the game with balls – a space version of dodge ball.
So that was the planned activities for the party. The kids had time to run around and make up their own games too. The time flew, and the kids looked like they had a lot of fun.
What a fun party! Love the moon rocks treasure hunt!
Thanks Louise! The kids had a great time.
Great ideas. I am featuring the moon rocks treasure hunt in a space party roundup if you don't mind.


Using a new implementation of a NASA flight simulation of the Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft, autopilots were designed to be capable of flying both straight in (ILS) approaches, and circling (SNI) approaches. A standard glideslope coupler was sufficient for most conditions, but a standard Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) based localizer tracker was not sufficient for maintaining a lateral track on the SNI course. To track the SNI course, a feed-forward system, using GPS steering provided much better results.
NASA and the FAA embrace the concept of a Simultaneous, Non-Interfering (SNI) approach as a way to increase airport throughput while reducing the noise footprints of aircraft on approach. The NASA concept for the SNI approach for Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) aircraft involves a straight in segment flown above the flight path of a normal approach, followed by a spiraling descent to the runway. As this is a procedure that would be utilized by regional airliners, it is assumed that it would be conducted under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
GPS or INS guidance would be required to fly this approach, and it is likely that it would be necessary to fly the approach with a coupled autopilot: a stabilized, curving, instrument approach to decision altitude would be exceedingly difficult to fly. The autopilots in many current commuter and general aviation aircraft, however, were designed before the event of GPS, and do not have provisions for tracking curved paths. This study identifies problem areas in implementing the SNI circling approach on aircraft and avionics as they stand today and also gives examples of what can be done for the SNI approach to be successful.


Could it be that you're too smart for the car business? No really, I'm convinced that some people are just too smart for this business.
I'm not going to deny that to be in the business today requires a much higher degree of thinking and intellect than it did 30 years ago.
But, there are some people who over-analyze, over-think, over-chart, over-spreadsheet to the point where they forget we're in the car selling business.
One of the best dealer operators I ever met would take a chance, throw it against the wall and bam, lots of cars got sold.
I love being around smart people. I always learn something from them. Sometimes I learn what not to do as much as I learn what to do.
1. Being up when you are down.
2. Picking others up when they are down.
3. Doing the right thing when it's easy to do the wrong thing.
4. Being respectful when your instinct is to do the opposite.
5. Getting after it when you feel drained.
6. Making changes when staying the course is comfortable.
7. Doing what you have asked others to do.
8. Speaking softly when you'd rather make a lot of noise.
9. Making a lot of noise when you'd rather speak softly.
10. Showing up early when you know you can come in late.
11. Making tough decisions that others can't and won't make.
12. Delegating authority so others may learn and grow.
For some of you this isn't going to be pleasant. Or at least it may not be if you do what I'm going to suggest.
Regardless of your position in the dealership, owner, new car manager, BDC manager, used car manager or even if you're not a manager, go click on your website… right now, yes right now go look at your website.
I'm only going to pick on used cars, but if you take the time to click on all your buttons I'm betting you're going to find some things that will drive you nuts. We all need to pretend to be our own customer and see what works and what doesn't.
1. How many photos per car do you see?
2. How many lousy pictures do you see?
3. How many are taken outside?
4. How many have shadows?
5. How many have a factory photo?
6. How many have no photo?
7. How many don't have a price?
The concept of a photo booth has been around for years now. Progressive organizations that understand the real world have a photo booth.
You won't come close to maximizing your sales until you maximize your exposure. You will never maximize your exposure by taking photos outside.
There are lots of people in leadership positions, but very few are great leaders. Great leaders are extremely rare. Great leaders are hard to find.
People who want to become better leaders study the great ones and emulate them.
Great leaders make believers of non-believers.
Great leaders make you want to please them.
Great leaders make you want to push yourself to the next level and beyond.
Great leaders make you believe in the team.
Great leaders talk the talk, then they show you how to walk the walk.
Great leaders have your back.
Great leaders make a difference. Even more important, they help others to make a difference.
Great leaders are small in numbers. And that's sad because it's not all that hard to be a great leader.
The most misunderstood topic I discuss in my workshops are SETS & SUBSETS. For some dealers it's not a good fit. For others it's a great way to drive traffic.
composed of District and Regional Managers.
One of the things I always emphasized to them was "no surprises." If we were going to lose an account they needed to know about it before it happened. If they didn't know then they should have.
When I was a new car dealer we had the occasion to sell a customer a car that had been in a wreck. We didn't know it and didn't represent it as such. At some point the customer took their car to another dealer for service and they were advised it had been wrecked.
They returned to our dealership and the managers they had contact with more or less blew them off. At some point the lawyers got involved. Once that happened I got involved. I don't have to tell you, but once the lawyers got involved it's out of control and there's not much one can do.
Expensive and painful is an understatement.
Back to the point about "no surprises." Had the managers made me aware of the problem I would have no doubt done whatever it would have taken to make the customer happy.
But, they chose to do what they thought was right, which in this case was to do nothing. What they did was cause the company a lot of heartburn and a whole lot of expense.
Can I get an amen that it's hard to find good technicians? Heck, can I get an amen that's it hard to find technicians period?
I'm going to be more specific. How about used car technicians? Tough gig isn't it?
Regardless of how you slice it and dice it there are only about 3 models to pick from when you think about how to get used vehicles through the mechanical shop.
1. Goes thru your regular shop, assign vehicles to technicians in the same rotation as a retail customer. Everybody in the shop works on your used vehicles. Works well for the shop, not so well for the used car department.
2. A separate used vehicle shop. Works much better for the used car department, but there can be issues with keeping the technicians busy when there is any kind of slow down with incoming used vehicle inventory. And, very difficult to do due to space restraints.
3. Within your regular shop you have separate used vehicle technicians that only work on used and a used vehicle service writer who coordinates their activity. Of the three choices, given the issue of facilities and staffing this is the one that has the most potential to create efficiency and harmony.
The major problem when service managers think about having someone dedicated to working on used is they don't want to pay them what they are worth.
There are many reasons for this and one of them of course is the service manager doesn't want to upset the top "franchise" technicians in the shop by paying the used vehicle technicians at the top level.
And even more to the point, they have been taught very well that they must keep their cost of sale in line in order to make a profit and for their numbers to look good to upper management.
The reality is a good used vehicle technician needs to be one of the highest paid technicians in your shop. A good used vehicle technician's skill level has to be equal or greater than whoever your top dog might be. And, you need to pay them as such.
So, if you're mentally fighting with the cost of sale thing, let me suggest that you can keep your cost of sale in line for service and let the used vehicle department participate in some of the additional compensation required to get and maintain top level used vehicle technicians.
It might be an incentive that's paid based on some formula that in the end compensates the used vehicle technician for what they are really worth, not for what the shop thinks it can afford.
Paying more is not always the answer. But, paying people what they are worth is far better and a lot more productive than paying them what the shop thinks it can afford.
I'm often asked, do I write the newsletters or does someone do it for me? Really? Of course I write it. If you know my personality, you know I write just like I talk.
1. How to help you sell more new & used vehicles.
The second question that frequently comes up is, why do I give out so much free information? In part, it's because I'm trying to remain relevant in this fast paced ever-changing auto world. If not for keeping score and the love of money, I would do it all for free.
But, what it really gets down to for me is it's about giving more. I know that in the big picture of life the more you give the more you get. Great leaders know that this is an undeniable truth of the laws of great leadership.
You get what you give. Give more and you might just get more.
Can you believe it? The year is half over. Time really does fly doesn't it?
How was your June? How have your first six months been? It's July. Half the year is gone. Kinda scary isn't it?
To do so means to review your plan and the strategies you have in place. And, make the changes that are necessary to get you where you know you need to go.
Your other choice is to do nothing. Go sit in your office and stare at the wall. Enjoy your seat and pretty soon it will be over.


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Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, speaking at the European Parliament in Strassbourg on 16. Nov 05 said EU leaders reached broad agreement at Hampton Court on the future direction of Europe; now needed to get the right budget deal to deliver the economic and social policies to help Europe's citizens compete in a global economy. To read full speech, click here.
Prime Minister Tony Blair told guests at the Lord Mayor's Banquet on 14 November 05 that there can be no security or prosperity at home without first dealing with the problems of conflict, terrorism, climate change and poverty. To read full speech click here.
Prime Minister Tony Blair hosted an Informal Summit of EU Heads of State and Government at Hampton Court Palace, on27 October 05. Here is his closing statement to the House of Commons on the results of the meeting.
Tony Blair concluded on 1 Nov. an international Climate Change confence.The Prime Minister acknowledged that the Kyoto protocol had been important. He added that the world needed to combine the need for growth with 'a proper and responsible attitude' towards the world's environment. Final statement
"ZERO CARBON CITIES"
Climate Change events in Copenhagen throughout October 05
The British Embassy and the Copenhagen City Council will work together on a series of events and exhibitions during October, to raise awareness of the effects on city life of climate change. It is also good to choose the most environmentally friendly tyre on your car.
Under the heading, "Zero Carbon City" there will be two ouside exhibitions on a central square in Copenhagen, interactive theatre performances, a hands-on glasshouse for children and three round table discussions.
Minister for Competitiveness, Barry Gardiner visited Denmark on 17 Nov 05 to speak at a conference held at Dansk Industri. To view pictures
of event, click here.
"EUROPE - STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE"
Under Secretary of State, Lord Triesman, speaking in the Hague on 17 Nov 05, spoke of the need to counteract the increasing gap between the politics of Europe and the people of Europe.'
To read speech, click here.
The EU PresidencyThe United Kingdom currently holds the Presidency of the European Union, from 1 July until 31 December 2005.
Read Tony Blair's update in Parliament 11 July 2005 at the G8 summit at Gleneagles here.
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C'était une superbe expérience très inspirante et enrichissante. J'y ai fait de belles rencontres tant au niveau professionnel que personnel qui commencent à porter leurs fruits. Je serai ravi de renouveler notre collaboration lors des prochaines éditions pour participer à la construction d'un monde plus juste et plus responsable.
It was an eye-opener and I learnt many new ideas and thinking about how we should nurture our world. Yes, there is hope! Sylvia and I wish to extend congratulations on amiable President Vasseur and his dedicated team that managed the Conference so professionally.Additionally,We look forward to attending the 13th edition!
It was an honor to be invited and asked to present at the Forum. I met many interesting and inspiring people from around the world.
Last week in Lille was an unforgettable moment of emotions, new and wonderful people! MANY thanks to YOU all and to the wonderful teams that worked together with great proficiency, dedication and human quality.
It was a pleasure to be among you and one of the most pleasant event I made this years. Thanks again for inviting UPS.


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A Pleasant Place Of Summer Resort Near Home.
West Brattleboro, Vt., August 1870.
It has been said that the extreme heat of the season has, this year, driven the greater crowd seaward, but in my own rambles, I have seen little to confirm such an impression. In this direction there is certainly no percepible thinning out as yet. And why should there be when fresh breezes and fair landscapes and the best of company and tables loaded with the products of garden and hillside and orchard, are in such unfailing abundance.
The village of West Brattleboro, numbering about 50 dwellings, beside stores, hotels, shops, and a female seminary,---is neat and well kept, amply shaded with maples and elms, and nestles in as charming a valley as you can find in all New England.
The hills, which environ it, are now abrupt and now sloping, partially wooded, and in Summer time always green. There is no point from which you can gain extensive views, but a greater variety and freshness seems hardly possible. To-day the air is as sweet as in June; a last night's rain having cooled and refreshed the hot and thirsty earth.
I need not remind the reader that those were days when the prevailing theory, respecting men and women, was that of the oak and the vine. It was further thought that it was a good thing for young ladies and gentlemen to be educated together,---good for them intellectually and morally, for their minds and for their manners. No matter if there was a little cautious love-making now and then. There were the best of opportunities for knowing each others' talents and tempers. I stand up for the mixed system; and my wife agrees with me.
But the dynasty of Father Harris has passed away, albeit his erect form and slightly jerky step may be seen on occasions in the village yet. As for Uncle Tom he has gone where the worshippers have no need of horse-sheds, and story-tellers have a more cautious regard to facts.
But 'as I was going to say,' times and other things have changed. The quandam school-boy returns to find that boys are no longer wanted here; at least in term time. The ancient academy has given place to the more elegant structures and the ampler grounds of a school for young ladies only---an excellent institution of its class, and presided over by a principal---Miss Tenney---who is abundantly qualified for her position.
And these are the halls and the grounds which have, for a few Summer weeks so generously opened their doors and extended their arms for 'Summer boarders.' And here they are---the grave and the gay,---the lame and the lazy. You will see them---for the atmosphere is literary,---book in hand upon the numerous settees under maple and evergreen shades at all times of the day.
For their evening's entertainment Prof. Welch, who is here from Yale college brings out his gymnastic class, which is composed of ladies and gentlemen who are under training as teachers of that art, and puts them through their evolutions and exercises. And I have no doubt you would be as astonished, as the admirers of muscle are cheered, at the way they march and stamp and beat their chests and gesticulate and attitudinize.
Occasionally the guests recreate themselves with parlor theatricals. At one of these, the other evening, a pistol charge of powder was lodged in the eye of one of the actors. The play, I believe, was entitled 'Blunderbuss,' and it is to be presumed that this was a part of the programme.
This pleasant village is just now rejoicing in a newly discovered mineral spring. Mr. E. Atwood is the happy owner of the soil and rock from which it gushes forth; and a distinguished chemist has pronounced it most valuable for its tonic and alterative properties.
Even so meager a sketch as this should not be concluded without some allusion to the village preacher, Rev. Joseph Chandler, who for a quarter of a century has done a quiet, but by no means fruitless work, among this favored people. A dozen years ago, I heard him in a 'charge' at the ordination of a youthful preacher, say, 'I charge you, my brother, to avoid the holy tones. Have so much of genuine religion that you can afford to be natural!' Excellent counsel! And few have given a better illustration of its excellence than he. May another quarter of a century be added to his years and work.
Vermont Record and Farmer, September 2, 1870.
Reprinted from The Springfield Republican.


This subspecies is widespread in the low-mountain forests of the North Caucasus.
At the end of April the tree frogs begin to multiply. The female lays several portions of eggs. The gelatinous substance, to which all debris and dirt easily adheres, protects the developing embryos from any adverse effects. The eggs are white. Each oviposition includs from 20 to 50 eggs and more.
Approximately in 8-14 days (it depends on temperature) there are tadpoles that feed on the algae bloom, scraping them off the leaves of aquatic vegetation, stones and other underwater objects.
The growing up of tadpoles, depending on the temperature, continues from one and a half to three months.
And usually young frogs already appear at the end of August. They come out of the water and begin to lead a way of life, common for adults. They will be sexually mature two years later.
The European tree frogs live long — up to 12 years in natural conditions and up to 22 years in captivity.


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Aronberg Goldgehn Ranked No. 1 for Having the Highest Percentage of Women Associates Among Illinois' Largest Firms
Chicago Lawyer magazine' has published the results of its annual diversity survey of the largest law firms in Illinois, and Aronberg Goldgehn has been ranked No. 1 in one analysis of the statistics. With 80 percent of the firm's associate ranks being female, Aronberg Goldgehn tops the chart for having the highest percentage of associates who are women. The firm's status is illustrated in a chart appearing on page 25 of the magazine's July 2015 issue.
By way of comparison, the 10th ranked firm's women associate population represents 64.7 of its total associates; No. 9, 65.6 percent and No 8, 66.7 percent.
Aronberg Goldgehn's percentage of women associates is even more impressive when compared to the survey's overall numbers. Of the largest law firms that reported statistics to the Chicago Lawyer on the composition of their lawyers, women made up only 45.3 percent of all associates, which is nearly 35 percentage points below Aronberg Goldgehn's 80 percent.
"While we have never intentionally sought to have such a high percentage of women associates, it is a statistic that our firm can be proud of," said Elizabeth Lazzara, a member of the firm. "Our firm is committed to and supports our women attorneys in pursuing work-life balance in their careers, which probably makes us an attractive firm for young women lawyers who seek that balance. We have hired many talented attorneys away from the larger, hours-driven firms for that very reason."
Ninety-two firms responded to the Chicago Lawyer's 15th annual survey of the largest law firms in Illinois. Surveys were sent to the 200 largest law firms according to data from the 2014-15 Sullivan's Law Directory. Firms provided data as of Jan. 1, 2015.


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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Part I Summary: The House on Mango Street, Hairs, and Boys & Girls
Part II Summary: My Name, Cathy Queen of Cats, and Our Good Day
Part III Summary: Laughter, Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold, Meme Ortiz, and Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin
Part IV Summary: Marin, Those Who Don't, and There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do
Part V Summary: Alicia Who Sees Mice, Darius & the Clouds, and And Some More
Part VI Summary: The Family of Little Feet and A Rice Sandwich
Part VII Summary: Chanclas, Hips, and The First Job
Part VIII Summary: Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark, Born Bad, and Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
Part IX Summary: Geraldo No Last Name, Edna's Ruthie, The Earl of Tennessee, and Sire
Part X Summary: Four Skinny Trees and No Speak English
Part XI Summary: Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays and Sally
Part XII Summary: Minerva Writes Poems and Bums in the Attic
Part XIII Summary: Beautiful & Cruel, A Smart Cookie, and What Sally Said
Part XIV Summary: The Monkey Garden, Red Clowns, and Linoleum Roses
Part XV Summary: The Three Sisters and Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps
Part XVI Summary: A House of My Own and Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes
Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Literature Series The House on Mango Street Analysis
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Part I Quiz: The House on Mango Street, Hairs, and Boys & Girls
Part II Quiz: My Name, Cathy Queen of Cats, and Our Good Day
Part III Quiz: Laughter, Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold, Meme Ortiz, and Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin
Part IV Quiz: Marin, Those Who Don't, and There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do
Part V Quiz: Alicia Who Sees Mice, Darius & the Clouds, and And Some More
Part VI Quiz: The Family of Little Feet and A Rice Sandwich
Part VII Quiz: Chanclas, Hips, and The First Job
Part VIII Quiz: Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark, Born Bad, and Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
Part IX Quiz: Geraldo No Last Name,Edna's Ruthie, The Earl of Tennessee,and Sire
Part X Quiz: Four Skinny Trees and No Speak English
Part XI Quiz: Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays and Sally
Part XII Quiz: Minerva Writes Poems and Bums in the Attic
Part XIII Quiz: Beautiful & Cruel, A Smart Cookie, and What Sally Said
Part XIV Quiz: The Monkey Garden, Red Clowns, and Linoleum Roses
Part XV Quiz: The Three Sisters and Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps
Part XVI Quiz: A House of My Own and Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes
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The House on Mango Street was the first narrative work by Sandra Cisneros. It has become a valuable work of fiction in contemporary Chicano literature, forming part of the core readings in diverse ethnic studies curricula. Cisneros' volume of poetry My Wicked Wicked Ways (1987) contains pieces whose motifs the reader can relate to themes appearing in The House on Mango Street. Two other volumes of poetry, Bad Boys (1980) and Loose Woman (1994), include some social commentary motifs as well as lyrical compositions. In Cisneros' other works, such as the short-story collection Woman Hollering Creek and other Stories (1991), feminist themes are more evident, emerging from a variety of narrative voices that represent female children, adolescents, and adults.
The House on Mango Street is inspiring reading material for young people. Cisneros encourages changes in the traditional roles and social conditions of women and members of minority groups while she emphasizes the universal human values of love and respect.
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Helmuth Adolf Heinrich Borck, auch Helmut (Adolf Heinrich) Borck (* 26. Juni 1863 in Kröpelin; † 5. Juli 1933 in Redderstorf bei Bad Sülze) war ein deutscher Mediziner, Gutsbesitzer und mecklenburgischer Agrarfunktionär.

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Helmuth Borck war jüngerer Sohn des Gerichtsaktuars und -sekretärs Heinrich Borck (* 1827). Er studierte ab 1883 Medizin an der Universität Rostock und wurde 1884 Mitglied des späteren Corps Visigothia in Rostock. Er wechselte an die Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und kehrte 1886 an die Rostocker Universität zurück, wo er 1889 die ärztliche Approbation erhielt und 1890 mit seiner Dissertation Ueber die Heilbarkeit maligner Neubildungen des Oberschenkelknochens durch die Exarticulation der unteren Extremität im Hüftgelenke zum Dr. med. promoviert wurde. Borck machte seine chirurgische Facharztausbildung von 1889 bis 1894 als Assistenzarzt an der chirurgischen Klinik Rostock. 1894 ließ er sich als Facharzt für Chirurgie in Rostock nieder und begründete zugleich eine Privatklinik in Rostock, die er bis 1908 führte.

Ab 1909 bis zu seinem Tod war er Arzt und Besitzer des Allodialgutes Redderstorf bei Bad Sülze, wo er sich als Pferdezüchter in der Aufzucht von Remonten einen Namen machte. Das von ihm 1909 auf den Fundamenten des Vorgängerbaus neu errichtete Gutshaus in Redderstorf steht unter Denkmalschutz. Im Ersten Weltkrieg war Borck Verwalter der Rot-Kreuz-Lazarette in Rostock. Als Rittergutsbesitzer war er nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Präsident der Mecklenburgischen Landwirtschaftskammer. An seiner Beisetzung nahm der ehemalige Großherzog Friedrich Franz IV. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin persönlich teil.

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 Ueber die Heilbarkeit maligner Neubildungen des Oberschenkelknochens durch die Exarticulation der unteren Extremität im Hüftgelenke. Buchdr. v. Horn, Kröpelin 1890. Zugl. Rostock, Med. Diss. 1890

Literatur
 Gustav Willgeroth: Die mecklenburgischen Ärzte von der ältesten Zeit bis zur Gegenwart. Schwerin 1929. S. 208
 Jürgen F. Börnke: Redderstorf, Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte eines Rittergutes in Mecklenburg. Bochum 2010

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Mediziner (19. Jahrhundert)
Mediziner (20. Jahrhundert)
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Gestorben 1933
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