The discussion on whether you need a remote office or offices in software and hardware companies is one which has diverse opinions. While it may seem like a simple topic on the surface, the decision to spend precious resources on additional physical locations is actually quite complex.
How important are remote tech company offices in market success?
Do you really need a remote office?
Product localization – if you product requires a lot of customization for foreign markets, there is a high likelihood that a local approach to sales and possibly marketing will also be important.
Sales complexity and average sales cycle length – The more complex and longer the sale is, the more important it will be not only to have local people on the ground, but that they also need to be employees to be as knowledgeable and focused as possible.
Distribution partner value-add – in some market segments and geographic regions it's possible to recruit distributors that to a great extent act as the developer/manufacturer in their region, not only selling proactively but also providing outbound marketing and technical support. In other regions, usually the more developed ones (notably including the US/UK), the distribution partners you're able to attract will likely be more limited in the scope of their value-add, sometimes only providing inventory, credit and purchase aggregation services to your end users and/or resellers.
Need for technical support – the more support-intensive the product, the higher the likelihood that local support can play a role in building the business in a remote location.
Can you afford a remote office?
For many people this will be an easy question to answer; you either have the money for this type of expansion, or you don't. But especially for those contemplating a fundraising endeavor, prior exploration of whether remote offices need to be a key component of your sales & marketing strategy can be very important. Investors always want to know what your use-of-funds will be and deciding how many offices will be needed and forecasting how much money will be required to get your remote offices to a self-sustaining level can be an important exercise.
If you need remote offices – when?
Oftentimes you can get started without any remote offices, even when you believe that to fully exploit your market opportunity it will be important to open a number of them in the long run. I recommend that you hold off until you've really gotten the product to a stable point, you've proven the product/market fit, there is a repeatable sales process in place and a substantial customer reference list. If you invest what can be large amounts of substantial capital in remote offices prior to meeting these milestones, there is significant risk of that being a an inefficient use of scarce funds. Worst case, you end up retrenching and closing many if not all remote offices; with a plan to restart at a later date. This can be very painful and has played a role in killing many early stage companies. Moving too early is to be avoided if at all possible. The only time I recommend taking on this risk at an earlier date is in a hyper-competitive market where the remote offices are seen as critical and waiting adds more risk than it mitigates.
This is one of the key things to consider when composing your international sales & marketing strategy. It is a complex topic which I've written about previously and one beyond the scope of this article to delve into in real detail. It's very important to match up your specific company's situation to the ultimate strategy chosen. All too often I see senior tech company executives "do what's comfortable" in this area. If they've come from a background of far-flung, worldwide corporate offices these folks often tend to assume this is the right direction. If they've been in situations previously where distributors were used heavily (and successfully), they may see this as the most effective (and cost-effective) approach without fully thinking through the current circumstances facing their company.
This lack of depth in consideration of international strategy should be avoided. Do you have the large amount of capital available to invest in a substantial number of markets? If not, are there key markets where you absolutely need an office, while others can be handled well by local distributors? Is your product really that "sales-intensive", or maybe it can be promoted effectively through worldwide marketing campaigns executed from your corporate office – possibly even sold "self-service" on your website? How competitive is the market overall and in each individual remote market where you would potentially set up an office? Is local tech support critical, or can you also handle it mostly self-service or with live chat on the Internet? Even if you are able to utilize local distributors as part of your sales & marketing value chain, are they the type of distributors that will be ineffective without local sales, marketing or tech support from employees of your company? These are just a few of the many important questions that should be discussed when formulating your international business strategy.
Outside Sales – this is probably the most common function staffed in a remote office, although an argument can be made that in many cases it shouldn't necessarily be. The first "remote office" employee is usually a sales rep tasked with bringing new business in from the target remote territory.
Inside Sales – probably the second most common function, although it can be argued that this function can be done well from the home corporate office. But having local people speaking the right language with the right accent and available during local business hours can in some cases be a powerful market advantage.
Outbound marketing – the third most common function that is done remotely. The broader and more "mass market" the segment being targeted (B2C being more likely than B2B) is, the more localization of the product that is required and the lower the price point, the more importat it will be to have a local marketing budget along with personnel to execute local campaigns.
Tech support – This is the fourth most likely function to be supported in a remote office, but imo opinion in many cases it may be the most IMPORTANT. While local sales reps can be very important to penetrating a remote market, having good tech support reps who can both provide both pre-sales support and quickly address customer issues during local business hours in the local language is often critical to remote success.
So there's an example set of questions to explore when you're deciding on whether or not to open remote sales and marketing offices. Doe this match with the process you would use? Please post a comment with your own list of key questions and decision criteria.


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rayzabackerii March 15, 2020, 6:31pm #1
so it seems Kyree Walker on Mar 14 said decision coming soon. Is it college or pros? any best guesses as to which way the kid is leaning?
https://twitter.com/kyreewalker1
KINDA far down the thread which is a real hodgepodge of interventions, but there is a growing list of his AAU teammates
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@kyreewalker1 & @MakurMaker are still undecided! But congrats to all of our players and future success! #adidas #3SSB
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Kyree seems like a troubled soul and I cannot fathom anything that would make him happy.
bakedhog19741 March 15, 2020, 7:11pm #2
I wouldn't say he's a troubled soul, I'd say he suffers the same issues that lead Darious Hall to go to DePaul
DudleyDawson March 15, 2020, 7:17pm #3
I remain in the camp that until he steps foot on this campus - which he has not done yet - I will find it hard to believe that he will end up here.
But you never say never in recruiting.
rayzabackerii March 16, 2020, 12:47am #4
is it your impression that he is going to college? AR or otherwise
DudleyDawson March 16, 2020, 2:10am #5
I just don't know
RichardDavenport March 16, 2020, 2:50am #6
For the longest, I haven't expected him in Fayetteville. Nothing has changed my opinion.
daytonabeachhog March 16, 2020, 4:59pm #7
That would be a outstanding addition!!
system closed April 14, 2020, 6:31pm #8
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A memorial in Oslo for victims of last year's mass killing on Thursday, the fourth day of the Breivik trial.
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Updated April 19, 2012 3:51 pm ET
OSLO—The Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in twin attacks last year said he originally planned a much bigger bomb and shooting attack, and wanted to film himself beheading the former Norwegian prime minister in a video on the Internet.
Anders Behring Breivik told the Oslo District Court on Thursday, the fourth day of the 10-week trial, that he had plotted to set off three bombs—one each at the government block, the main office of the Labor Party and the Royal Castle—and then go on a shooting spree in Oslo until he was killed by the police.


Before you start reading this, I want to reassure you first that I have a solution to the most wonderful time of the year! And no, it isn't to run away to a tropical island and sip a wonderful umbrella drink (although that would be nice! LOL) but it is to build in just a few minutes of daily energy hygiene into your day to bring your body's energy systems into balance.
I know you will agree with me that fall is an awesome time of year. However, it can also start to trigger us running around and trying to fit in all those end of the year goals in all areas of our life – business, personal growth, family, and holidays. While we can definitely rock out the last couple of months of the year, it can also take a toll on us. The list of things that we know we should be doing to keep ourselves in alignment energy wise start to slide. Meditation time, health and exercise time, and plan downtime to rest and recharge start to become a faded memory.
So, for this mini-series, I thought it would be great to share many of the tips that I use every day to stay in balance and ready to go out into the world with my mojo running at 100% versus limping through the day and praying for that glass of wine to help me relax.
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Hi everyone! I hope your weekend is going well so far. I'm here to recap my week of workouts, which I'm very proud of! I got over 20 miles in, and incorporated two days of yoga. Let's get into it!
I felt great this morning and it was gorgeous out. I always start out really slow during my morning runs (I guess I'm not fully awake until I'm a mile in) and my splits were 10:03, 9:23, 9:03. Entire run felt good and easy: exactly what I needed!
I didn't go on a full run today, but I did walk lots of dogs at the Humane Society. We recently got a 10-month white Siberian Husky who was full of so much energy, so I took her for about a 2 mile run. She wasn't tired out at all from the run but I was!
True Runner had their Hump Day Hills run, and Dan and I conquered Shady Ave together. It was really hot and sunny out, so the hill seemed even longer! We did four repeats up and down the hill, with a mile warmup and cooldown. Tough run but lots of fun with a huge turnout!
Slept in a bit, so I was only able to get two miles in. The weather was perfect: 55 degrees and no humidity. Everyone's always told me that 55 degrees is the ideal running temperature and now I understand why! This makes me excited for fall running and racing!
This was a great (short) video with lots of leg stretches. I really like the instructor because she's more relatable than most YouTube instructors that I've found. Definitely going to try more from this channel!
On Fridays I work from home, so I decided to take a walk through the trails in Frick. It was a gorgeous day out, and I found some great hills. It was a tough walk but a great way to stretch out my legs and take a break from staring at a computer screen!
Since I skipped Centergy earlier in the week, I decided to go on the weekend. The class was great and I worked on making the poses more intense (like holding a few inches from the ground before doing updog instead of dropping to the ground). Great workout!
I was supposed to run, but Dan and I stopped by the Vintage Grand Prix car show and walked a ton in the heat, so I was completely worn out and had no desire to run at all! A nap was a much better choice when we got home. I'll share some pictures from the car show tomorrow. It was a ton of fun!
I got to meet Jennifer and run with her for the first time! We met on CMU's campus, so I ran down there to meet her. We did about 4 miles together, then walked around Pitt's campus to Schenley Plaza for a tai chi class (that was cancelled we're guessing because no one showed up!), then I ran home. Around 8 miles in total with a few breaks. It was super hot so I'm so glad I wasn't alone for this run!
Great week of training! I improved from last week which is great, and I can feel myself getting faster and being able to run further. I also got a bike this week, so I can add that to my workouts going forward as well!
Nice workouts this week! What a change in the weather though, huh? From perfect one day to wicked hot a couple of days later. All good though - this is what makes us stronger in the long run (pun very much intended)!
Nice week! Kudos for doing the hill repeats up Shady Ave in this heat! Sounds like a killer workout. Thanks for running with me! It was so great to finally meet you!
Yes there are..so gorgeous. The car show was great and there were so many different kinds I've never seen! It was really hot and crowded though so it was probably a good thing you missed it!
Excellent week! I love those weeks where every run feels great and you can tell that you are improving. I sort of had the opposite week where every run is a bit of a struggle and I wonder what sort of crazy inspired me to sign up for a marathon.
I think it all has to do with the weather. This week was brutal (luckily I went in the mornings when it wasn't bad) but that always affects how I do. Hope that you bounce back this week!


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Chip Kelly Changing The Philadelphia Eagles Name?
It seems Chip Kelly is doing everything in his power to bring an Oregon Ducks brand of football to Philadelphia. In back-to-back years, he has gotten rid of an Eagles superstar. Last year, he cut DeSean Jackson, who signed with division rival Washington Redskins. This year, the Eagles have traded LeSean "Shady" McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for Oregon alumnus Kiko Alonso.
Now, there are more and more rumblings that the Eagles will trade up to take Marcus Mariota. It seems Kelly seems to believe that only former Oregon players can play his system. Will we see LeGarrette Blount in Philly next? Or maybe, Dion Jordan. LaMichael James, Jairus Byrd.
Kelly sure has changed the culture in Philadelphia; maybe he'll just change the franchise outright soon.


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In Winter 2019 Hand2Mouth, and guest performers, will create a farewell performance for the Alder Stage using objects from Artists Rep's 2018-19 season. These objects will be selected with your help!
We invite you to take a moment to reflect on the things – props, scenery, costumes – featured in the shows you see this season. Was there something that stood out and that you would like to see onstage again? Perhaps an object that you would like to know more about? Was there any thing that you think deserves the spotlight? Or the mic?
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I'm trying boomerate right now, but is there a possibility to turn off the sound?
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Bird silhouetted against a window. Not an introduction to Hitchcock movies, but a window of an old flat caked with dust, accumulated since the flat was built in the 1980s, thick with bird droppings. Time for a bit of renovation.
This is fiction, of course, but inspired by bits and pieces of memory:
"DO you do basic renovation?" the lady in blue asked. And that was how a spooky tale unfolded for Danny and Jane, a young couple running a renovation business.
It turned out that the basic renovation which the lady in blue had mentioned was not very basic. It was rather considerable. Besides the basics such as new cabinets, toilet bowls and lighting she had also wanted a wall hacked down so that the second bedroom would merge with the living room -- and form a much bigger living room. She also wanted her floor tiles changed to "something more modern".
Smiling widely but rather genuinely, Danny said, "Yes we do!" The smile got wider as the list of the lady's requirements got longer and longer -- so much so that he had a bit of problem keeping pace.
"We would need to take a look at your house," he finally said as he added the last full-stop with a bit of flourish, to the list.
It was a bright and sunny day as Danny and Jane parked their car outside Blk 333, Ang Meng San Road. The lady in blue was already waiting for them at the HDB lift.
"Your timing is good!" she said as she led them to her flat.
The flat was indeed very run down. The window grills have started rusting so badly that they looked ready to fall off any moment. Curtains were just bed sheets clipped onto the grills with big clothes pegs. But they were very effective in keeping off the light.
There was a musty smell about the place as Danny and Jane entered the dark house. "Sorry," said the lady in blue (again... blue seemed to be her favourite colour). "The lights aren't working. So are the fans. Now you see why I really need renovation here!" she said, with a laugh.
The wirings were particularly bad. They were exposed and caked with dust and dirt. "You need rewiring," said Danny, tapping his finger on a stretch of exposed wires. And just as he was doing that, he felt a jolt, like a mild current running through his hand. "Yes, you definitely need rewiring," he said softly.
"Set, here's the key to my house... I appreciate it that you are overseeing the whole renovation for me. I really can't take off from work," said the lady in blue (yet again... her favourite colour is indeed blue).
It was again a bright and sunny day when the renovation crew reached Blk 333. The door swung open easily as Danny slipped in the key. Again, the musty smell hit their nose. Compared to the brightness outside, the house was unusually dark... and there seemed to be a bit of a draft. Strange, as it's so sunny outside, Danny thought to himself.
The first thing to go were the kitchen cabinets, and the crew set to the task with their usual gusto -- knocking and hammering at the frayed pieces of wood and yanking them off the walls. The lady in blue apparently has done a good job of packing. Those which were not to be thrown away were put into crates. She specifically told Danny that those in crates were not to be thrown away with the old cabinets, the old sofa, and the old fridge (which she said was still working, just that she wanted to get a new one, one of those which doesn't need defrosting).
The place was strangely still and quiet. Usually, nosy neighbours would come around and poke their noses in to watch the progress of the renovation and to see what kind of newfangled stuffs were being installed. But none of that. Nobody outside along the corridor either -- the whole day.
The crew continued their labour in earnest.
Danny had the greatest surprise of his life the next day. As usual, he met his renovation crew at 10am at the lift to take them up the house. But the key didn't work this time round. It didn't even seem to fit. The door refused to budge. He called the lady in blue to see if she had suddenly gone off her rocker and changed the door lock. But the voice message said: "This is your M1 Service. The number you called is incorrect."
Danny felt a lurch in his heart. The lady in blue had not paid a deposit. She said she needed just a few days, and could they start work first. Despite a feeling of uneasiness, Danny had agreed. He pitied her... (yes, reno guys do have a heart) and also he needed the business -- and the job if completed, would rake in big bucks.
Just as he was wondering whether he should call the police, a Filipino maid opened the door. "Yes? Sir and Madam not in," she said in a frazzled voice.
Through the half open door, Danny saw a sight which startled him off his skin. The tiles on the floor were not the speckled green, black and white terrazzo of the 60s which they were supposed to hack off, but modern white tiles. There were certainly no uncovered wires running like veins round the ceiling and down the walls.
"Is your Madam, Ms Jenny Wong?" Danny asked the maid who by now, was joined by a white barking Spitz trying to snap at Danny's heels.
"No Jenny Wong, Sir..." and the door was slammed in his face.
Blk 333, unit 05, but where did the one with the musty smell and the 60's decor go?
It was some six months down the road. Danny and Jane had more or less put the episode out of their mind. There are some things in this world which cannot be explained away. Life goes on.
The young couple has a liking for flea market as sometimes they can find something that would just fit perfectly into the interior design of a client. There was one going on outside Tanglin Mall that Sunday morning.
As Jane was going through some old clothes hung on a rack, a blue dress caught her eye. It looked familiar somehow. It was very retro, with an A-line skirt and scoop neckline. Simple, with bell-shaped sleeves that reach the elbows. It was going for $5.
"Where did you find this dress?" she asked the woman who was manning the stall.
"Frankly, I picked it up from an old HDB estate. Its unique blue caught my eye. I happened to like blue. The sleeve of the dress was hanging out from a crate that was left at a dumping corner," she said.
"The rest of the stuff in the box were useless junk though, like photo albums, broken crockery, rice cooker, etc... I kept one photograph actually because the girl in it was wearing the blue dress. See, this one here... I pinned it up here so that customers can see how the dress looks when worn."
Danny and Jane recognised the girl in the photograph, almost at once.


Denver Junction Signal Box on 29th March 1980. The signalman is returning to the box with the staff for the single line to Abbey. The picture is taken from the West Norfolk Freightline Railtour which has just rejoined the main line from Abbey. Denver was the junction for the Stoke Ferry Branch.


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People Like Us: book 2 of trilogy (excerpts)
Leaving Gomorrah: book 3 of trilogy (excerpts)
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Doug Cooper Spencer is a novelist and short fiction writer, living in New York City. He is the author of six books: 'This Place of Men' (1999), 'People Like Us' (2008), 'Leaving Gomorrah' (2011), 'A Letter to a Friend' (2007), 'Ella Pruitt' (2015), and 'Gather the Bones'. He has also written numerous essays, short stories and autobiographical memoirs which he calls 'memory pieces'.
Doug was born in 1954 and grew up in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, an all-black town north of Cincinnati. Lincoln Heights, Ohio was also the home of poet Nikki Giovanni, and The Isley Brothers. He attended Lincoln Heights Elementary and High School, before graduating from Princeton High School in 1972.
Following High School, Doug enrolled at Thomas More College, where he majored in English Literature, but he left before completing his degree because he wanted to travel the world and write. He took on various jobs before joining the Navy where he traveled extensively and began to seriously pursue writing. Also, it was while in the military that Doug met many other same-sex-loving men and women from various U.S. military branches and he began to speak openly about gay rights, and as a result, he was kicked out of the military.
After the military, Doug went on to eventually work at The University of Cincinnati where he worked in administration and lectured part-time in the areas of creative writing, race, and LGBTQA culture and development. He also served on The University of Cincinnati's LGBTQA faculty and staff advisory board. His four plus decades as an advocate for human rights has enriched his life and given him a treasure of history and wisdom that he often uses in his lectures and writing.
Doug has served as in-house lecturer at the Cincinnati branch of The National Urban League's "Leadership Training Forum", from 1989 to 1996, and he also aided in the production of, and appears in the award winning 1996 documentary "All God's Children", a film that looks at the role of black gays and the black church. Along with his husband, hairstylist and photographer Greg Cooper Spencer, Doug co-produced "The Eyes Open Festival" and was president of "The Eyes Open Festival Organization", a non-profit organization that used the arts in the black LGBTQ community to educate and inspire all communities to wellness.
In 2006 Doug was named by "Clik Magazine" as one of their 'elite 25 writers', and in 2016 Doug's novel 'Ella Pruitt' was named as 'one of the best works of fiction for 2016' by The Phillis Wheatley Book Awards.
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We hear these words several times a week. In our consulting practices, business, and service groups, the need to cling to old ways of doing things is ever present. No one likes change. Even if the current practice is the source of the problem, why change? It is always a challenge when we go into a new client company and because we see the situation with fresh eyes, we recognize the issues, redundancies or inefficiencies that the folks there for years may not recognize. Sometimes, what happens is the people do know the issues as well…but are not able to make the changes. Sometimes they have chosen to not speak up. However, sometimes they are so close to the problem, they can't see the forest for the trees. This puts the outside consultant into a unique role. While not everyone is glad to see you, you have been brought in for a reason.
So how do you go about change and keep the company you are working with in compliance, and also happy for the help?
1. Start with a gap analysis to identify issues.
2. Do a systems analysis to identify the issues that make things much more difficult that they need to be.
While the people in the trenches need to see the gaps, the executives need to see the gap and systems analysis and endorse the plan. Miss any one of these key elements and you are not serving your client well. Involving the "doers" in the company in the creation of the plan is a key to success, and without executive support, the plan will fail.
Does this mean that you do an overly cumbersome analysis for every project? Not at all. Whether it is an overall evaluation of quality systems or product development / design control, or a regulatory project, these three steps apply. If you haven't done this, you won't be able to effectively articulate why change in a plan, strategy, or system will help and defend against the statement…."but this is the way we've always done it".
Breakaway….to move away or escape suddenly. Simple….not involved or complicated.
So why did we decide to name our new blog Breakaway Simple…because we want you or your company to move away from the rest of pack and to learn to do it in an uncomplicated way. We work in the regulated field of medical devices, biologics and pharmaceuticals. Areas that are not likely related with either the words quick or simple, but we believe and have learned through many years of working with startups in this area that it can be done and with very successful results. We hope through this blog to help you through the areas that are often are roadblocks to success and compliance in the regulated medical industry.
You will likely see snippets from our life interwoven as well. We both apply Breakaway Simple to our lives as well. In addition to being busy medical development consultants, we are moms and have many hobbies/interests that help to keep us overly busy. When you are this busy…simple is the only way. I also like to think that we are also breakaway people by nature. We both started our businesses young and have excelled in that area. You will see that we have unique opinions on things (which don't always agree). We hope that our lives and business experiences are both interesting and helpful to you.
This blog will likely evolve over time. We haven't done this before. Feel free to let us know what you think and please let us know topics areas that you are interested in. We are looking forward to this new adventure.
So…breakaway from the pack and set yourself apart!


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i want what SHE has
Female State of Mind
#146 Tamika Dunkley of "Seasoned Delicious"
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Tamika Dunkley is the CEO of Seasoned Delicious Foods, a Registered Nurse for over a decade specializing in cardiac critical care, a dietitian, a Member of Saugerties Police Reform and Reinvention Committee and a Board Member of Harambee as well as Seasoned Gives. Seasoned Delicious is a dynamic Gourmet Foods Company located in the Hudson Valley, formed in 2016 with the goal to provide a range of delectable, health-based food products. In September of this year, they opened up the SDF cafe in Kingston.
Today we dig into sooooo many things! Being a nurse during COVID, opening a business during COVID, being a mom, wife, business partner, business owner, mentor, board member and board member and… the list goes on. Tamika shares some valuable information on what it's like to run a food production business and how they grew organically into having their own cafe and store. As a member of the Police Reform and Reinvention Committee, Tamika shares some valuable insight into why these initiatives are not only important, but necessary. Of course we also check in on self care and how she really does it all and still has a welcoming smile on her face! Some things to note in particular: they are looking for mentors for their Seasoned Gives business mentoring program, and they also have a support your neighbor program at the cafe where you can pay it forward if you've got it. So much goodness!
Here's a link to the Guided Chakra Meditation I mentioned at the end of the show. Let me know how you like it!
Today's show was engineered by Nick Panken of Freedom Highway on Radio Kingston.
Our show music is from Shana Falana !!!
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#131 Maggie Noe and Marine Nimblette from "Businesses United in Diversity"
Today I get to chat with Maggie Noe and Marine Nimblette who earlier this summer began collaborating on Businesses United in Diversity and will be having their first event this Saturday in Uptown Kingston at the DMV lot.
Maggie Noe, an undergrad double-majoring in International Area Studies and Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. An alumna of Kingston High School and resident of Woodstock, NY, Maggie has been connected to the community for her whole life, and is now finding a way to give back by hosting a COVID-19 relief event that recognizes the disproportionate negative impact COVID has had on minority businesses.
She was inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests in Kingston, seeing young leaders take charge got her thinking: "How, in my own way, can I give back to my community?" After rolling through ideas like running for mayor, she came about the idea of a food truck festival where all proceeds would be donated to Black Lives Matter charities. She called Marine with this idea, and thank goodness she did. Together, they made an undeveloped idea for a food truck festival into an diversity-centered business event to stimulate economic growth in the community.
Marine Nimblette is an undergraduate student at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. She is a Cell and Molecular Biology major planning on applying to medical school. She has a passion for helping people and wants to have a positive effect on this world. As an alumna of Kingston High School and a child of immigrant parents, she has always felt that the Hudson Valley has a strong sense of community. She believes that during this time it is more important than ever to unify and strengthen our community's resources by uplifting the members who have been neglected: minority groups. As a minority, she has experienced the hurdles that come with trying to be successful in a majority-white community and hopes to help alleviate this struggle for others by giving minority businesses an opportunity to showcase themselves.
Businesses United in Diversity's Mission: It is a known reality that minority businesses are subject to a lack of managerial and industrial resources, discriminatory lending practices, and an absence of community support. COVID-19 made this reality even more consequential: black-owned and minority-owned businesses have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. COVID-19 has impacted businesses of all types significantly over the past few months by limiting foot traffic to a near-complete halt, restricting household incomes, and creating a fear of being surrounded by others that will last for years to come.
For these combined reasons, our mission is to help counteract the systemic hurdles and effects of COVID-19 that minority business owners (with an emphasis on black owners given the societal circumstances) have faced in the Hudson Valley. We want to host an event that will allow businesses to showcase their services and be exposed to a higher volume of consumers while practicing social distancing. Given that the removal of systemic hurdles minority owners face is encompassed in the mission of black lives matter, to represent the united support of the BLM movement by Ulster County we will be donating proceeds to local BLM charities.
Today we chat about how and why they put together this event, plus get into the personal and discuss college, COVID and self care.
Today's show was engineered Nick Panken host of Freedom Highway from radiokingston.org
We also heard music from Shana Falana ("Go Higher" plus all show music) and Nubya Garcia ("Fly Free")
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#124 Juneteenth with Jessieca McNabb and Monique Tinsley and Multicultural Festival with Sarah Litvin and Caprice Rouge members Laura Crimmins, Karen Levine and Elena Erber
Today, we're talking Black Lives Matter, multicultural community and UNITY!
Joining me in the first hour is Jessieca McNabb, comedian, co-host of Harambee Radio,No One Like You and oft guest on My Kingston Kids on Radio Kingston… and an active member of the Harambee Coalition, a mid-Hudson valley coalition that supports and promotes the strength of our community through cultural and educational events that enriches the lives of youth and adults. You can also catch Jessieca's last appearance on "i want what SHE has" Episode #106, from February 5, 2020.
Joining Jessieca is Monique Tinsley, Jessieca's "day 1," who is also a vital member of the Harambee Coalition, working with Jessieca on initiatives to protect and restore the African Burial Ground on Pine Street and the upcoming online Juneteenth Celebration taking place online this Saturday from 1-4pm.
The Juneteenth holiday is considered the "longest running African-American holiday"[22] and has been called "America's second Independence Day". This Saturday's Celebration will take place live on Harambee's Facebook page to celebrate and remember the African-American Independence from slavery in America. This online festival will entertain, encourage and educate guests on parts of the African-American experience. This is a family friendly event which will include song, dance, spoken word, history, talk and more from various participants at locations throughout Kingston. This event is in loving Memory of Pastor Paul Worthington.
Jessieca and Monique speak with me about the Black Lives Matter protests, Juneteenth, the African Burial Ground and the importance of self care. Words they shared that I want to amplify are the need for white people to really pause regularly and soak up the reality of the black experience in the past few hundred years so that we don't stop the pressure until there's real equality and appreciation for black lives.
In the second half of the show I am joined by Sarah Litvin, PhD., Director of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History to talk about the Multicultural Festival that is happening online now. The online festival website is the host to rich content from our diverse history and community; performances, cooking instructional videos, greetings in various languages, a list of our diverse restaurant scene and a community quilt.
Joining Sarah are three members from the band, Caprice Rouge, Laura Crimmins, Karen Levine, and Elena Erber, who are participating performers in this year's online festival.
Caprice Rouge is an acoustic ensemble from the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York State playing Balkan, Roma-Gypsy and Klezmer dance tunes! Performing on traditional instruments including accordion, violin, bouzouki, gypsy jazz guitar, clarinet, and percussion, the band is happy to play for dancers, revelers, and listeners at taverns and cafes, festivals and farmers' markets, at weddings and other celebrations!
Stay tuned for live performances by the band once we're safe for social distancing, and in the meantime, join in the online festival which will continue to have more content added to it in the coming weeks!
Today's show was engineered by Nick Panken of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org.
We heard music from Caprice Rouge and Shana Falana.
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#112 Dahlia Jarrett "Art Therapist"
Still quarantined from Radio Kingston with Ida Hakkila holding down the fort with some jams, but we sneak in an interview I did with Art Therapist and community builder, Dahlia Jarrett. She shares about her first memory of art, going to art school and her path to becoming an Art Therapist. She also helps explain the differences between being an art teacher and an art therapist and the therapeutic allianced relationship that is so vital in art therapy. She shares her love of raising two boys and gushes over them. She's helping her oldest son Drew who's been nominated as one of the selected students of the year in the US who is part of a fundraising competition for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you'd like to help out Drew and the Society you can make a donation here.
Ida also plays a brand new song by Olivier and Clare Manchon's "new" band Ici et Là (formerly of Clare and the Reasons), called "Toute Ma Vie" which you can find on Bandcamp and purchase here. For the next month, they will be donating 50% of the proceeds to People's Place in Kingston.
Please follow our social feeds and shout out the others in your community doing good in this big time of need! Much love to everyone!!!
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#107 "Circle Creative Collective" with Mary Jane Nusbaum, Mirabai Trent and Jenny Wonderling
Today I sit down with three of the members of Circle Creative Collective, an organization which hosts events, gathering in Circle to share and remember the things we learned or wish we had from our grandparents, a bridge from past to present and culture to culture, an open circle to all… bringing together the creative and curious across cultural borders in our Hudson Valley communities and beyond… inviting diverse individuals to share and preserve traditional crafts, arts, and skills… empowering people, inspiring connection to Earth and resilience.
Our conversation appropriately weaves through so many beautiful and important topics: the how and why they formed this vital Circle, their big Sankofa event happening this Saturday (2.15.20) at the Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Avenue in Kingston, NY (in collaboration with MyKingstonKids.com), the traditions of Gullah Geechee women, returning to stillness and connecting with others through crafts and circles, who and what we value, collaboration vs. competition, culture of acceptance vs. culture of approval, lessons learned, ritual and self care.
Big THANKS to my guests:
MARY JANE NUSBAUM
Mary Jane is a natural teacher, mentor and inspiration. Grounded and deeply compassionate, gentle and dedicated, Mary Jane brings an artistic eye, a true passion for natural and artisanal processes, and many decades of experience as a teacher, gifted artist and craftsperson. Mj holds space with a rare calm, an open heart, and powerful communication skills. She helps to create an inclusive and curious class environment where her love for traditional knowledge, world cultures, the environment, and social justice are woven quietly into every stitch, and lesson. Mary Jane has lived in the Hudson Valley with her husband and two sons for the past 18 years. She has a Master's in Printmaking from SUNY New Paltz and teaches art at New Paltz Middle School. Mj runs summer and year-round art programs with Wild Earth, a wilderness immersion program in High Falls. To Mary Jane, some of the most beautiful things about this world are the arts and cultures which have sprung from humanity's relationship to nature in the particular places we each call "Home".
MIRABAI TRENT
Raised in the Hudson Valley, Mirabai grew up with a deep connection to the Earth and plants that surrounded her. Majoring in fashion design, she fell in love with the realm of textiles and the unique qualities of each countries' techniques, skills, and heritage. Mirabai, passionate about the healing power of the arts, did an intensive program at Esalen Institute learning about the patterns we have adopted, and how creative expression might shift those patterns. With a commitment to learning and preserving cultural crafts, she was led to explore Guatemala, where ancient arts and traditions are abundant. Setting off to dive deep into the ancient Maya practices, she cultivated relationships with various community leaders, who have the mission of preserving their ancient culture as well. She volunteered with a weaving association owned and run completely by local Tz'utujil Mayan women and endeavored to learn the complex traditions of weaving, natural dyeing, embroidery, and beadwork. In addition to Chrysalis, a program for teens to help engage her peers in open conversation and expression, she also started the traditional crafts department at HATCH Workshop, a center for emerging makers in Stockton CA.
JENNY WONDERLING
Jenny gathers and shares stories, and helps to enrich other people's—and since 2005 she has done that through the vehicle of retail. A child of multi-cultural roots and a globally minded family, her wanderlust carried her to many places, deepening her caring for our planet and world community. Jenny feels that within each object is a trail of potent human interactions, and that we each have a responsibility to consider our impact every step of the way– from sourcing to how an item will impact the earth long after the impulse-buy has occurred. Nectar focused on sourcing and selling handmade, sustainable products, supporting Fair Trade programs, women's cooperatives, and environmental initiatives. A new dream has blossomed though, quietly holding the seeds of her shops within the soil and blooms… There is a widespread longing to share authentically, something she felt she was only touching on by showcasing and selling goods. What if people could connect through making, creating, growing, and healing together? Jenny is excited to bring her love of design, experience with merchandising, marketing, event planning, and sales to Circle. Her passion for writing and story will bud through journal writing classes, and the gathering of stories for blogs and video on this site. Lastly, (but not at all least) her experience as a mother of three helps her understand the longing and importance to live and create in a thriving community—for the balance and health of the whole family… and world.
Today's show was engineered by Maddy Bogner of Radio Kingston, http://www.radiokingston.org.
We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/
#106 Comedians Jessieca McNabb and Perla Ayora
I managed to keep things relatively sane with these two comedians in the house today. Perla Ayora, Tech Coordinator at Radio Kingston and Stand Up Comedian talks about her roots in the Yucatan, Mayan culture, leaving for the States, the discrimination she faced and how she came to try stand up comedy about a year ago. Jessieca McNabb started performing stand up in the early '90s and hasn't stopped making people laugh since. Aside from splitting sides each week as co-host on No One Like You, she is a regular emcee of various comedy events all over the Hudson Valley. She's been involved in community activism with Harambee Kingston and now co-hosts Harambee Radio, a weekly show on RadioKingston.
We get into a little of the personal and a little of the professional. Uncovering a bit of their process, why comedy is important to them, a transformational life experience each of them had, Black History month, empathy, building connections, breaking down walls, what they do to take care of themselves and lots more. I started this show thinking that doing stand up would be frightening, and I haven't changed my mind. The fascinating thing is that they both feel the same way. They experience that fear before each of their shows yet they still get out there and do it. I am seriously impressed. Brava ladies!
You can catch them next on February 14th at the Valentine's Day Love and Laugh Get Down. Lots is happening for Black History Month here in Kingston like Sip and Paint this Sunday, February 9th and Nubian Cafe on Wednesday, February 12th hosted by Radio Kingston's SB. I'll say it again here folks, Black History is everyone's History so it's a great time to think about what that means for you and how you celebrate your neighbors year-round. If you want to get involved or support Harambee, you can learn more here.
We heard music from our fave, Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/
#100 "Goddesses" with Musician & Bodyworker, Natasha Althouse + Artist, Entrepreneur and Community Builder, Stephanie Diamond
Episode #100!!!! Made it to triple digits!
Today's special guests are the epitome of the feminine… creative, artistic, talented, nurturing, healing, and mystical. What a pleasure it is to share their stories.
My first guest, Natasha Althouse@musicbynatasha, is a musician, vocalist, wife, mom and holistic bodyworker whose healing practice focuses on postural imbalances, stress induced tension, injury care, and digestive and reproductive health. I met Natasha a few years ago for Mayan Abdominal Massage work and was blown away by the profound nature of what she does, blending massage, sound and energy work together in a very powerful way. We get to chat about life, how and why she makes music, the unique nature of Mayan Abdominal Massage, her connection to Ixchel and so much more. She's in the studio NOW working on an album which she expects to be birthed into the world sometime in 2020. She even gifts us with a little song during the interview. I cry…again.
Today's second guest is the multi-dimensional Stephanie Diamond, Artist, Entrepreneur and Community-Builder. She founded Listings Project — listings and other opportunities geared towards artists and creatives — 17 years ago and talks about how it has transformed over the years into a legit community building business! She also facilitates 5-Rhythms and explains how the nature of the experience of dancing 5-Rhythms so closely mirrors the reality of life. Before doing any of those things, Stephanie was and always has been an artist, creating, largely around community. Her Art has been exhibited at MoMA, MASS MoCA, MoMA/P.S. 1, Studio Museum in Harlem, Queens Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Project Row Houses, Philadelphia Mural Arts, SculptureCenter, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania, to name a few. We talk about all this, plus the fact that she does not have a smart phone! I want what she doesn't have!!!
Today's show was engineered by Manuel Blas at Radio Kingston, http://www.radiokingston.org.
Feel free to email me, say hello or let me know who you think should be a guest on the show: she@iwantwhatshehas.org
#155 Tracy Givens Hunter "Undoing Racism, Ending the New Jim Crow"
#154 Astrology 2021 with Cory Nakasue
#153 Deep Thoughts for the New Year with Theresa
#152 Belinda Farrell "Find Your Friggin' Joy"
#151 Rachel Bernstein LMFT "IndoctriNation Podcast"
Fertile conversation!
by Helen Zuman from United States
Loved the episode with Julia Indichova of Fertile Heart! I especially appreciated Theresa's ability to elicit nourishing insights from Julia, while sharing her own story.
Learning & Living
by MercedesSamu from United States
I had an amazing time sharing my story in the show. I was asked questions that really had me think outside the box. I loved talking with fellow artists learning something new about myself. These women are hardworking all while taking the pleasure to promote other incredible artists.
I want what she has!!!
by Danerdy from United States
Shana and Theresa are great and this is a lovely podcast supporting women and their accomplishments. I had the pleasure of being on the show and sharing my story and was met with compassion and inquiry. It was lovely and scary sharing my story on live radio but they held beautiful safe space for me. Thank you for hosting a great podcast!
by sprinkleofstars from United States
Dazzling complexity!
I want to hang out with these women!
by LaureeO from United States
Every time I listen, I wonder where the hosts found these inspiring women. I'm blown away by their stories, their authenticity, and their ability to make waves and make a difference. And the next thought in my head always is, how can I hang out with them?!
Moolah Doula on #104 Joanne Leffeld, the Moolah Doula on "Healing Our Relationship with Money"
Amy Lewis on #80 Lila Lolling – Yoga Philosophy Teacher, Author + Environmentalist
Norma on #73 Lisa Glick "Bipolar and Thriving" + Yukari Ogawa "Is it True?"
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Get it girl 🙌🏾 #vicepresident #kamalaharris
Beyond excited to share my conversation with this
Show no. 154 is up! Here's Cory in her Zen place
Who else knew that Uranus was going to be the star
Cory Nakasue @bodyintel is an Astrologer, Writer,
Yesterday's show is up! At first I was laughing
Just me today and my deep thoughts 😂😂😂 It
Show is UP! I recorded yesterday's interview wit
Belinda Farrell is a Certified Master Hypnotherapi
Who's read this book? Thoughts? #womenandpower
Show No. 151 is up! Link in bio ☝🏽 IndoctriNa
I AM SOOOO EXCITED! Tomorrow's guest is host of on
Show no. 150 is up! Here's a younger Susan Slotn
Susan Slotnick is a Visual Artist, Choreographer,
@aoc breaking it down, while cooking. #badass #iwa
Show no. 149 is up! Links in bio ☝🏽Erin Barth
Shauna Keating @shkeatin has a pretty awesome care
Erin Barth-Dwyer @eebeedee handles Marketing and B
What's on your to do list today? 🍒#bloodybudd
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Supreme Court Library: 192 William Street, MELBOURNE
Name : Supreme Court Library
Address: 192 William Street
Original use: Public (Court House)
Current use: Public (Court House)
Built in the Victorian period in the Academic Classical style
The Library of the Supreme Court is architecturally significant as one of the most finely designed and executed public buildings in Australia. Whilst stylistically characteristic of the work of architect A E Johnson, it is his finest work. It was possibly modelled on the Dome of the Four Courts in Dublin designed by James Gandon. Internally the cylindrical plan with dome and the superb quality and design of the plaster finishes makes the library one of the greatest of Melbournes interior spaces.
The Supreme Court Library is part of a complex of buildings known as the Melbourne Law Courts, 192-228 William Street. Alfred L Smith and Arthur E Johnson won the design competition in 1873 for the Courts and Library and prepared the working drawings. J J Clark and Peter Kerr, architects at the Public Works Department, undertook the detailed drawings and also supervised the works. Erected between 1874 and 1884, the Law Courts are constructed in brick on bluestone foundations and faced with Tasmanian freestone. The library is a freestanding structure within the central quadrangle of the Law Courts and is symmetrical in plan. Internally the library dome has a diameter of 16.8 metres. The shallow copper-clad dome is supported by twenty-four Ionic columns sat on a drum. The dome was once a landmark on the citys western skyline. The three storey chamber is linked to surrounding rooms and reading alcoves by columned archways. The upper level has a circular gallery with a cast iron balustrade.
Architect: Smith & Johnson
Supreme Court Library is classified by:
National Trust (B1078)
Victorian Heritage Register (H1477) - Supreme Court Library is protected by state law
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Looking Back to See the Future More Clearly
As the first month of 2016 zooms by, Stewards of Change is embarking on what promises to be its busiest and most productive year ever – which leads me to think about how far our field has come during the decade since SOC came into being. In particular, I remember our first national symposium at Yale, where we started a conversation about information-sharing among health and human service programs.
Interlopers whom we'd invited from other fields and disciplines were astonished by the byzantine "state of the art" in HHS, especially among programs that provided vital services to the nation's most vulnerable populations. The recommendations we elicited and devised at that first symposium set the Stewards' agenda for the past 10 years.
Flash forward to today. We haven't made as much progress as we'd like, to be sure, but governments at every level – as well as organizations, businesses and individuals across our country – are now engaged in initiatives to break down silos and share information. Furthermore, words like interoperability, big data, open data, and social determinants of health and well-being are becoming part of our vocabulary and our common understanding of what's needed to improve efficiency, lower spending and, most important, achieve better outcomes.
Against that backdrop, which I'm proud to say that Stewards has helped to shape, what follows are just a few highlights of what we're up to in 2016 as we strive to stimulate even more progress. I'll provide more details in subsequent blogs, and very much look forward to collaborating with many of you in the months ahead.
· CaliforniaOpen DataFest III. We're adding to this ambitious effort in 2016 by holding a regional open data event at Stanford University on February 12, in addition to the statewide symposium scheduled for March 14-15. We're excited by this expansion both because it speaks to the success of the overall initiative to date and, most of all, because it adds an important new dimension: exploring the intersection between academic research and open data. This is a new area and holds promise to be mutually beneficial by expanding the view offered by different types of data.
Our partner in this endeavor is the California Health and Human Services Agency, which has become a true leader in creating and promoting programs that utilize big data to improve services and performance. The latest example is CHHSA's "Let's Get Healthy California"initiative, which will inform both the regional and statewide ODF events.
· InterOptimability Training Curriculum and Certification Program (ITCC). Watch your inbox during the coming weeks, because we're about to send you an invitation to watch a short video that will unveil this state-of-the-art, first-of-its kind program. What's the first word in that title, you ask? Interoperability + Optimization = InterOptimability. In other words it's what you do with the data and connectivity once systems and programs are connected.
We're designing ITCC in order to provide comprehensive training and an accredited certification to government and industry executives, program managers, supervisors and case workers – with the objectives of helping them keep up with the rapid pace of change in our field, of advancing health equity and, as ever, of improving outcomes.
· Improving Performance in Child Welfare with IBM. We are collaborating with IBM's Watson team on a series of regional roundtable discussions with state child welfare directors from across the country. Our intent is to gain on-the-ground, real-time information and insights for research we are conducting on ways to use data, analytics, and cognitive computing – across organizational sectors to improve programs and services for children and families.
· Stewards of Change Institute 11th National Symposium. The theme of this year's event is "Interoperability in Action – What's Working Now" – and we'll focus across multiple fields, from child welfare to juvenile justice, from public to behavioral health, and … well, you get the idea. The event will take place in June, and we're proud to sponsor it once again in collaboration with John's Hopkins University. It's already shaping up to be one of our most extensive and ambitious symposia to date.
Please follow the links in this blog or head over to the Stewards of Change website for more information about all of our initiatives, as well as others to come. On behalf of all of us at the Stewards Institute, I invite you to join us as a supporter, a participant and a partner – and I wish you a very happy and successful New Year.
2nd Blog in This 3-Part Glass-is-Half-Full Series: The Path to Progress is Paved with Social Determinants
An Exhilarating Event at Stanford … and Much More Coming Up


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August Osage County
Emotional Damage to the Three Weston Daughters in August: Osage County
June 20, 2019 May 6, 2019 by sampler
In Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County, each of the Weston daughters—Barb, Ivy, and Karen—shows evidence of deeply rooted emotional damage. A large amount of the emotional damage the girls have can be attributed to their upbringing, and being treated so harshly by their mother, Violet. Although all three daughters experience emotional damage at the hands of their mother, each reacts differently to it, and the repercussions of the emotional damage manifests themselves in varying ways in each daughter.
The youngest of the Weston daughters, Karen, displays emotional damage because of the lack of attention she received from Violet as a child. Violet's neglect of Karen appears multiple times during the dinner scene. The first time occurs when Violet mentions the sideboard in her dining room. She initially addresses Barb, asking, "you have any interest in that?" (Letts 86). When Barb does not express interest, Violet turns to Ivy, who says the same thing. Throughout the conversation, Karen intermittently says that she thinks the sideboard is "really pretty" (Letts 86). However, she receives no acknowledgment and is passed over by her mother. This interaction shows Karen's underlying need to be noticed by her mother, because of the lack of attention she has received her entire life. Another instance of Karen's emotional distress occurs in Act III, when Violet tells the girls the story about the boots. Karen dotes on her mother when, "Violet sits, exhales. Karen picks up a hand cream from the bedside table, rubs it on her hands" (Letts 106). This action shows that Karen is still trying get on her mother's good side, even as a grown woman. Later on in the same scene, Violet tells the girls that, "my momma was a nasty, mean old lady. I suppose that's where I get it from" (Letts 107). Karen sweetly replies, "You're not nasty-mean. You're our mother an we love you" (Letts 107). Karen's deep-seated emotional damage is present here because although Violet had spent the afternoon verbally eviscerating each member of the family, Karen still tells her mother she is not nasty —however untrue that may be— to get on good terms with her. The emotional damage Violet inflicted upon Karen in her childhood is also evident in Karen's past love life. Karen speaks of a man named Andrew, with whom she used to be involved. He would verbally berate her and cheat on her, but Karen would tell herself, "No, you love him, you love him forever, and here's an opportunity to make an adjustment in the way you view the world" (Letts 59). Andrew almost directly mirrors Violet and how she acts towards Karen, and because Karen tries so desperately to be loved by her mother regardless of her abusive tendencies, she does not understand that that is not how one should be treated by another human. Steve then enters Karen's life afterwards, and is yet another mistake. Karen seems to be drawn to cruel people as a repercussion of her chasing her cruel mother's love her entire life. Violet's neglect of Karen rooted emotional damage deep within her psyche, and ultimately altered Karen into a co-dependent and spineless woman.
Ivy—the middle Weston daughter—experiences her own type of emotional damage at the hands of Violet, but in a contradictory way to Karen, and yields different consequences as well. Ivy is the only daughter that stays in Oklahoma to take care of her parents, and because of this, she has much more face-to-face contact with her mother. Contrary to Karen's lack of attention from her mother, Ivy gets the majority of her mother's attention because she stayed close to home. The overexposure to Violet that Ivy is exposed to creates a very subdued exterior in Ivy. In Act I, Violet begins to interrogate Ivy about Barb and her side of the family. Ivy replies in very succinct, necessary words, not giving any extra information than what is needed. Violet then begins to berate Ivy, calling her "hopeless" and a "schlub" (Letts 25). Violet's volatile temperament is directed towards Ivy so often that it begins to wear her self-image down. Constantly being called names and having her appearance bashed takes its toll on Ivy, though not as obviously as would have been thought. Later on in the play, it is shown that Ivy is a very passionate and caring woman when her relationship with Little Charles is introduced. Ivy's subdued exterior comes from the emotional damage of years of Violet's harsh words. Ivy has learned to remain calm and she does not try to defend herself or question her mother, because she knows that that will only spur her mother's wrath on further. Violet has inflicted so much emotional damage on Ivy that it has turned her presence from a passionate and lively woman to a quiet and reclusive one. Ivy also seems to absorb some of the disdain her mother aims at her. In the beginning of Act III, Ivy makes it very clear to her sisters that she does not "feel that [sisterly] connection very keenly," and only considers them to be "accidentally connected by genetics, a random selection of cells. Nothing more" (Letts 102). Ivy's emotional distance from her sisters is due to underlying anger, because she "resents the responsibility she's had to take for watching over the horror of her parents' latter years" (Isherwood). Violet's neglect of Karen may have turned her into a more out-spoken and dependent person, but Ivy suffered overexposure to Violet, and in the end became a shell of herself.
Barbara, or Barb, is the oldest Weston daughter, and displays her emotional damage in ways completely unique to those of her two sisters. In Act II, Bill describes Barb, telling her, "You're thoughtful, Barbara, but you're not open. You're passionate but you're hard. You're a good, decent, funny, wonderful woman…but you're a pain in the ass" (Letts 77). However harsh, such descriptors can only be expected of Barb, given her status as oldest child. Barb undoubtedly shouldered the burden of being the oldest child, and was expected to act as a role model to her younger sisters, especially when Violet had her fits. Barb's emotional damage runs deeper than it does in her sisters, and manifests itself as a power complex. The most evident example of Barb's power complex occurs at the tail end of Act II, when Barb physically tears a pill bottle from her crying mother's hands and screams at her, "I'M RUNNING THINGS NOW!" (Letts 97). This quote may seem straight-forward in meaning, but the underlying connotation is much heavier. In the context of the scene, this line denotes that power has shifted from Violet to Barb, ultimately transforming Barb into a newer version of her mother. This tone shift at the end of Act II sets up the subsequent events in the rest of the play. A more disguised example of Barb's need for power happens directly after Steve is found harassing Jean in the middle of the night. When Barb and Bill approach the scene, they are distraught about what happened and immediately begin asking Jean what is going on. Jean repeatedly tells them that nothing happened, and asks, "what's the big deal?" (Letts 120). When Bill tells her that her only being fourteen is the big deal, she replies with, "Which is only a few years younger than you like them" (Letts 120). Barbara slaps Jean for this comment, sending her daughter crying into the house. Although Jean said nothing derogatory to Barb, and was, in a deluded way, standing up for her mother, Jean's comment is interpreted as a blow to Barb's inability to keep Bill from cheating on her. Barb cannot stand that she looks ridiculous because Bill is involved with another woman, and tries to shut down Jean's ridicule of her. Barb's reaction further proves that the emotional damage she suffered as a child and as a grown woman has caused her to develop a strong power complex.
Each Weston daughter suffers severe emotional damage, whether it be at the hands of their mother Violet, or by the people that came into their lives later on. Karen's lack of attention morphed her into a very dependent woman who always needs a man in her life. Ivy's over-exposure to her mother and her verbal assaults transformed Ivy from a passionate and happy woman into a subdued and cautious one. Barb's pressure of being the oldest daughter in the Weston family caused her to develop a deep power complex, one that appears to gradually grow throughout the play. In Act III, Ivy says to Barb: "Well…that's not true. You weren't [Beverly's] favorite. I was. You're mom's favorite" (Letts 104). This quote perfectly exemplifies the unbalanced dynamic between the Weston girls and their mother, the most hurtful and heartbreaking factor in the emotional damage each daughter carries.
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Comparison of Settings between The Glass Menagerie and August: Osage County
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and August: Osage County by Tracy Letts are two emotionally-charged plays about dysfunctional families in the 20th century. While the plays take place in very different settings and time periods, both households are affected similarly by their settings. In both plays, the setting seems boring and hopeless to some characters, causing them to escape by any means possible – both physically and emotionally.
The Glass Menagerie revolves around three main characters living in New Orleans – Tom, the warehouse worker protagonist who wants desperately to escape his overbearing household and find adventure; Laura, his 'crippled' sister who emotionally escapes by collecting glass animals and listening to old records; and Amanda, their seemingly overbearing mother. Amanda's attempts to push her children towards success usually backfire, leading to Laura's typing school failure and 'gentleman caller' who turned out to already be engaged. For most of the play, Tom drinks and sees movies as forms of escape. By the end, he leaves and joins the Merchant Marines – similar to his father, who abruptly abandoned the family when Tom and Laura were children.
August: Osage County takes place in rural Osage County, Oklahoma. When Beverly, the patriarch of the household, disappears and commits suicide, his wife (Violet) gathers the entire family to sort out her problems while their Native American maid takes care of the house. Violet is unkind to her family and very unstable, especially while she abuses prescription opioids. Her only daughter to stay in Osage County is Ivy, who feels neglected and eventually runs away with her half-brother and love affair, Little Charles (who she believes to be her cousin until Violet reveals it to her). Mattie Fay, Violet's sister and the wife of Charles Sr., gradually takes charge of the family in a power struggle with Violet. Other characters include Karen, who is engaged to Steve; Barbara, who is married to Bill; and Jean, a rebellious teenager and the daughter of Barbara and Bill. By the end of the play, everyone has abandoned Violet for various reasons, leaving her alone with Johnna, her Native American caretaker.
The setting of The Glass Menagerie does not seem particularly isolated, since the Wingfield family lives in the city of New Orleans. Instead, it is the characters' actions and attitudes that make the apartment feel isolated. Amanda seems to remain stuck in the past throughout the play, recounting her glory days to her children: "One Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain – your mother received – seventeen – gentlemen callers! Why, sometimes there weren't chairs enough to accommodate them all" (Williams 8). Laura seems to have isolated herself with her own avoidant behavior. Amanda tells Laura about her avoidance: "I don't understand you, Laura. You couldn't be satisfied with just sitting home, and yet whenever I try to arrange something for you, you seem to resist it" (Williams 52). Meanwhile, Tom often describes his boredom and feelings that he's wasting his life: "You could see them kissing behind ash pits and telephone poles. This was compensation for lives that passed like mine, without any change or adventure. Adventure and change were imminent this year" (Williams 39).
In August: Osage County, the setting is geographically isolated and somewhat desolate. It can be inferred that the boring area is why Karen and Barbara moved far away when they grew up. However, it seems that Violet and Beverly isolated themselves over the years while abusing their drugs of choice: "Mattie Fae pulls back a set of drapes, finds the light is blocked by shades sealed with tape. MATTIE FAE (CONT'D) 'Ivy, when did this start? This business with taping the shades?' IVY 'Been a couple of years now.' Mattie Fae starts peeling off the tape. MATTIE FAE 'Is it that long since we've been here?' CHARLIE 'Do you know its purpose? You can't tell if it's night or day.' IVY 'I think that's the purpose'" (Letts 17-18). Meanwhile, the author uses imagery that describes and emphasizes the household's isolation from the outside world: "And now we see the full beauty of the land, the distant horizon, the high cumulus clouds, the endless blue sky. Barb and Violet two dots, lost in the unforgiving prairie" (Letts 106).
While both plays focus on drama and turmoil within families caused by isolation within the household, they use different types of isolation in their settings. In The Glass Menagerie, the main characters are isolated psychologically despite living in the middle of a major city. While Tom escapes at the end by leaving his family (taking after his father), he spent most of the play 'escaping' by drinking and staying out all night at the movies. Similarly, Laura and Amanda use coping mechanisms such as collecting glass animals and telling stories from the glory days, respectively. Meanwhile in August: Osage County, the characters are primarily isolated by geography and internal conflict. Violet and Beverly resign themselves to drinking and abusing opioids, but the rest of the family gradually abandons Violet because of various conflicts. It can be inferred that the reason the family abandons the household in August is because of geographic isolation leading to petty argument and conflict. The Glass Menagerie pits its characters against one another in a similar manner, but the setting of New Orleans is less physically isolating and more behaviorally isolating.


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GREEK JEWRY ADDRESSES LETTER OF PROTEST TO UNESCO OVER NEW VOTE ON JERUSALEM
In the aftermath of the new decision of the Executive Board of UNESCO, which ignores Jewish and Christian historical presence on the holy sites in Jerusalem, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece addressed the following letter of protest to the UNESCO Director General Mrs. Irina Bokova, as well as to the President of the Greek National Committee to UNESCO Mrs Ekaterini Tzitzikosta:
Honorable General Director Bokova,
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece and all the Greek Jews strongly protest and express their repugnance and sorrow for the latest UNESCO decision that ignores the historical bonds of the Jews with the Western Wall on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as well as the bonds of the Christians with the Holy sites. This decision is an insult to the Jewish people and the Jews all over the world to whom this site represents a sacred religious birthplace.
The Western Wall, also called the Wailing Wall, is the only remaining part of the Temple of Solomon, which was destroyed for the first time in 586 BC by the Babylonians and for the second time in 70 AD by the Romans. It symbolizes the cradle of the Jewish faith and its undoubted connection with its identity and historic course. Since then the Jews all over the world we pray with our heads facing towards Jerusalem. This will never change regardless of your Organization's shameful decision. History cannot be either distorted or manufactured.
The new decision of the Executive Board of UNESCO reveals the manipulated political expediencies that encourage intolerance and anti-Semitism and diverge all efforts for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
UNESCO should protect the city of Jerusalem as a holy place for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, instead of giving in to political pressure exercised by countries that aim at turning the Holy city from a place of affection and reconciliation to a place of hatred and bloodshed.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece asks for the revocation of this shameful decision that distorts world history.
The President DAVID SALTIEL
The Secretary General MOSES ELISAF
Athens, October 14, 2016
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