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How Your Chief of Staff Can Give You Increased Leverage
Executive Onboarding, Organization
Your chief of staff can give you increased leverage by managing you, priorities, programs and projects, and communication. Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger or weaker across strategy, organization and operations.
Those relatively weaker operationally need strong chief operating officers.
Those relatively weaker organizationally need strong chief human resource officers.
Those relatively weaker strategically need strong chief strategy officers, often titled CFO, CMO, General Counsel or the like.
Those few balanced leaders must have strong chiefs of staff to give them leverage across operational, organizational and strategic processes. At the same time, strong chiefs of staff always give leaders more leverage by managing the leaders themselves, priorities, programs and projects, and communication.
Manage You
An effective chief of staff (COS) will manage your schedule/diary in line with your priorities so you can spend more time on the most important things and less time on less important things. Part of this is managing distractions – either making them go away or dealing with them with a minimal use of your time – if any. This requires the COS to be your close confidant, understanding your priorities and helping you think things through.
Decision rights matter. Be make sure you and your COS are clear on when they are:
Making a recommendation or request for you to decide or do something.
Seeking your contribution/input on a decision or action that they are going to make or do. (COS won't go forward without your input.)
Informing you about a decision or action they intend to make or do so you are aware, can learn, and can veto or change as appropriate (COS will move forward unless you re-direct them. Silence is consent.)
Following up for you. This is about influencing others' schedules/diaries in line with your priorities so priority items aren't getting dropped or delayed by others
Manage Priorities, Programs, and Projects
A strong chief of staff acts as your proxy, or program or project manager as appropriate – especially with regard to things that cut across others' areas of responsibility. This is not about doing the work, but assembling resources, coordinating, and working behind the scenes to enable others to do the work. Let's clarify some definitions:
"Priorities" include ongoing strategic, organizational and operational processes and the one or two critical long-term initiatives you choose to own yourself. In either case, COS gives you resource and coordination leverage.
"Programs" are the main longer-term components of those priorities, generally tracked and managed monthly.
"Projects" are the sub-components of programs, generally tracked and managed weekly.
"Tasks" are the actual work that rolls up into projects, programs and priorities. These are generally tracked and managed at least daily by front-line supervisors.
Manage Communication
An effective chief of staff will bring issues and opportunities to your attention as appropriately gathered in conversations, emails, tweets, blogs, etc. They also help you think through and implement your message and communication efforts.
This is a non-trivial task. Everything communicates – everything you do and say and don't do and don't say and the order in which you say or do it. Your chief of staff has to be able to challenge you and re-direct or sharpen the thinking behind your communication.
Levels of Delegation
1. Do self well
2. Do self well enough
3. Delegate and manage
4. Delegate and not manage
5. Do later
6. Do never
With this in mind, your chief of staff should help you assign levels to things, assist you on level 1 and 2 priorities as much as possible, and own all level 3-6 priorities so you can focus your best thinking on level 1 things.
Your chief of staff should ensure there is an agenda for every meeting or call in which you are involved. While meetings run the gambit from simple to complex, every agenda should include:
The objective of the meeting.
Meeting timing and methodology (live, video, audio.)
What you are being asked to do in the meeting (decide, contribute, learn.)
Meeting attendees, their role in the meeting by agenda item (decide, contribute, learn,) and anything new you should know about their ability to decide, contribute or learn.
Prereads for you and attendees to digest in advance to help you decide, contribute or learn.
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I remember it like it was yesterday. I'd literally just returned to the UK after a year studying in Russia and was enjoying the company of my girlfriend Daniela near her Kensington home on a warm Saturday afternoon.
"Hang on, I've just got to call someone," I said heading over to a payphone on Ken High Street.
The call was to Peter Smith, my club captain at Bekesbourne Cricket Club. I explained to him that I'd returned that day from Russia and would be available for next week's match.
Are driverless cars coming to Canterbury?
"Russia? Forget Russia! You wanna haul your a**e down here tomorrow," was Peter's reply. It was a typical reaction from this doughty Worcestershire builder who lived in Dover.
I turned to Daniela and said I would be returning to Canterbury first thing the next morning as "I had to play cricket". Her reaction was the one expected.
But most importantly, it was typical of Bekesbourne: getting an XI out was always a struggle. Mates of players were pressed into giving up their Sundays to play at village cricket pitches across the county.
It was a far cry from the highly professional Kent outfit who warm up for the start of their County Championship season with a match against Surrey at the St Lawrence ground today. It was a lot more like the "Village cricket fail" video above.
Playing in a men's team at the age of 16 was quite an eye opener. I'd been playing for the Simon Langton side since starting there in 1986 and by 1990 was in the first XI.
I opened the bowling for a game in May and took a wicket early on. Instead of congratulating me, most of the players stood in their spots while one, Dave Hill, lit up a Superking cigarette and joked about needing a lager.
Later, I realised the rattling I could hear coming from Peter Smith as he ran in to bowl was a box of matches in his pocket.
Another time, I turned up for an all day six-a-side tournament at Bekesbourne to see Peter's son Simon pouring himself a beer at 9am.
In one game against a team called Commuters, Dave Hill and I bowled them out for 30 in about 12 overs. All that seemed to do was increase the amount of drinking time available for players, at least two of whom had to be driven home as a result of being smashed.
I remember one game when an eight-year-old Stuart Drakeley, who matured into a very good player for Canterbury, opened the bowling and took two wickets.
It wasn't all like this on east Kent's cricket scene. I later joined Canterbury Alliance, who played in the Brett League and were managed by Alan Price.
The team had a lot of good players: Mark Bradley, Paul Steer, Bob Bowman, Lee Betteridge, Bob Drakeley.
And there were a slew of decent players around the scene: Pete Barnes, Stewart Winchester, Peter Carey, Sacha Azizi, Andy Coleman, Wayne Smith, Ross Jarvis, Dickie Durrant, Lee Swinerd.
The only day I really look back unhappily on was a match for Alliance at Northdown Park against Cliftonville.
We were hopelessly out of it needing about 80 off 10 overs when I went in at number 10. As I reached the wicket, I was met with a volley of abuse.
It was nasty, stupid and utterly uncalled for.
But most of the time the cricket was and the sociability were great. It's a shame that cricket clubs across Kent are folding these days because they can't get the players. I stopped playing about 10 years ago and Bekesbourne is no more.
This comes at a time when many countries across the world – Nepal, Oman, Afghanistan – are waking up to this wonderful British export.


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As you likely noticed, spring is taking its sweet time arriving this year. Personally, I will never complain about a couple rogue snow days creeping into March, because there are few things I love more than an excuse to spend a day trapped on my couch when the weather is wily.
Another benefit to prolonged winter here in the northeast is a lingering of our cold season produce on menus and on our minds. I don't care what anyone says, there is a lot to love about New England in winter. Especially the beets.
On looks alone, beets could be considered heartthrobs. But it's not only what is on the outside that counts you guys. On the inside these sweet, tender gems are every bit as wonderful as their appearance makes them seem. Like candy of the earth. If vegetables had a yearbook, beets would win a superlative. Not sure which one, but they would win one.
So for all our collective whining that spring has yet to grace us with its presence, while we anxiously await its warmer temperatures and abundant allergies, I think we are missing out on the chance to tuck into the hearty bits of winter that are lingering about. So treat yourself to some earth candy while you wait for the green hues of spring to arrive.
Roast the beets. Scrub them to ensure they are free of dirt, then individually wrap each beet in tin foil with a little olive oil. Set individually wrapped beets on a baking sheet, and roast at 375° for 45 minutes to an hour. When a sharp knife can easily slip into the center of each beet, you'll know they are done. Let cool and then slice into quarter inch thick rounds. (Best to do this bit in gloves, and also make sure to cut the lighter colored varieties first so they don't bleed together).
In a large mixing bowl, combine goat cheese, poppy seeds, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper (I used a hand mixer to get it nice and fluffy, but you could just mix with a wooden spoon). Let chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
On a large platter, lay out the arugula as a base. Arrange the room temperature beet slices atop the greens, then dollop the goat cheese mixture around the top. Sprinkle the pistachios over the stop. Finish with a sprinkle of salt, and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar just before serving.


I begin with the words of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, who, in 1978, became the first openly gay man elected to major office in the US.
"And the young gay people in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias and the Richmond, Minnesotas who are coming out and hear Anita Bryant in television and her story. The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right. Without hope, not only gays, but the blacks, the seniors, the handicapped, the us'es, the us'es will give up. And if you help elect to the central committee and other offices, more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone."
This evening, in Wisconsin, Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) has defeated former Governor Tommy Thompson (R) to become the first openly gay person elected to the US Senate. With that feat, she has shattered a glass closet. Senator Elect Baldwin has given hope to a generation of young gay men and women (and all LGBTQ youths) that they too can achieve their dreams. That they too will not be held back because of who they love or who they go home to at night.
Thank you to the people of Wisconsin for humanizing the LGBTQ community with your confidence in Sen. Baldwin. You have said, "Even if I do not agree with your sexuality, I do not believe that does not mean you are qualified to serve my interests." You have made her more than just a "lesbian." You have looked beyond her sexuality and validated her as a public servant. And in doing so, you have done so much for our movement for equality.


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Ireland's mother and baby home: 9,000 babies and children died in 18 mother and baby homes, the report says
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About 56,000 people – from girls as young as 12 to women in their 40s – were sent to the 18 institutions surveyed, where about 57,000 children were born, according to the report.
One in seven of these children (15%) did not survive long enough to leave their homes, yet there was no alarm from the state about the high mortality rates, even though it was "known by local and national authorities" and was registered in official publications , "the report found.
Before 1960, mother and baby homes did not save the lives of 'illegal' children; in fact, they appear to have significantly reduced their chances of survival, "it said.
The report called child mortality the most "disturbing feature of these institutions."
Speaking Tuesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the report "opens a window to a deeply misogynistic culture in Ireland for decades" and that the report "reveals significant failures in the state and society."
The report, which runs to more than 2,800 pages, was released just days after its main findings were leaked to a national newspaper – exacerbating the pain and anguish of survivors who have been waiting years for the final report – and who had been promised a first opinion of the Minister of Children.
Susan Lohan, co-founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance and a member of a dedicated survivor group appointed to advise the government, told CNN on Tuesday that the leaked excerpts from the report seen on Sunday show the Irish government may be seeking to "trivialize" the human rights abuses that took place on a "massive scale" inside these homes.
Survivor Philomena Lee, who spent years searching for the son she was forced to abandon for adoption, said in a statement Sunday that she "had been waiting decades for this moment – the moment Ireland reveals how tens of thousands of unmarried mothers like me and tens of thousands of our beloved children, such as my dear son Anthony, were torn apart simply because we were not married at the moment our children were born. "
During her time in Sean Ross Abbey's mother and baby home, Lee said she was "deprived" of her freedom, independence and autonomy and was "subject to the tyranny of nuns" who daily told mothers to atone for their sins by " work for our team and hand over our children to the nuns for forced adoption. "
Lee, whose story was told in an Oscar-nominated film starring Judi Dench, added that she was "mocked" by the nuns during a difficult job, which she said told her "the pain was a punishment for my promiscuity."
The Commission's final report reported that this practice was not unusual.
For many survivors and advocacy groups, there is concern that the report does not confirm their experience.
Lohan told the national television station RTE that the institutions were a "form of social engineering" and that "the state and the church worked together to ensure that women – unmarried mothers and girls who were considered a threat to the moral tone ashore "was" imprisoned behind these very high walls to ensure that they would not influence or violate public morality. "
On Tuesday, Roderic O'Gorman, Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Affairs, said: individuals their agency and sometimes their future. "
Survivors are expected to receive an official state apology from Martin, the Irish prime minister, on Wednesday.
But for many, this excuse will not be enough.
Lohan told CNN that she disagrees with the planned apology from the state and said no apology should be given until the survivors have had a chance to read and digest the commission's findings, which could take many weeks.
She also suggested that an apology should be the first of a series of several, noting that the commission's investigation covered only 18 institutions, while approx. 180 places were part of an Irish system that facilitated neglect of children, premature death, forced adoption, forced disappearance. forced labor, deprivation of identities, falsification of state documents and falsification of mothers' consent.
The report does not seem like fully deal with the allegations of forced or illegal adoption, only stating that "many allegations have been made that large sums were given to the institutions and agencies in Ireland that organized foreign adoptions. Such allegations are impossible to prove and impossible to disprove. "
Lee also stressed the role played by other state and private institutions, saying in her statement that she "can only hope" that the authors of the report acknowledge that "those of us who were detained against our will … and who gave birth there are not all mothers or all children who have suffered. "
Tens of thousands went through other state-run hospitals and private institutions and "suffered the same fate," she said.
After having a brief glimpse of the report's summary on Wednesday, Lohan said the survivors were left feeling overwhelmed by the apparent lack of attention to key issues, and that some survivors now felt their evidence was unbelievable as the Commission had rejected certain allegations, citing lack of evidence.
The question of why the homes were set up in the first place seems to have been glossed over, some advocacy groups have said, and undercut the trauma that mothers and their children have had.
While the report documented testimonies from women detailing torture and beatings, it said that "there is no doubt that women in mother and baby homes were subjected to emotional abuse, but there is very little evidence of physical abuse and no evidence of sexual abuse. "
The report also does not appear to address the testimony of some survivors who have said that older members of the Catholic Church forced them to enter the homes in addition to their family members.
In a speech to journalists on Wednesday, Martin said that "in principle, I think the religious orders concerned should make a contribution" to a proposed compensation scheme.
'Broken' items
In addition to the report's publication on Tuesday, O'Gorman also enacted legislation to promote "funeral law" to "support excavation, excavation and, where possible, identification of remains and their dignified reburial" at the site in Tuam, County Galway, which was first identified by local historian Catherine Corless, whose tireless work was the catalyst for the Commission's launch in 2014. The legislation also applies to "any other place where intervention is reasonably necessary", according to the Ministry of Children and Youth Affairs.
Some 973 children died at or near the Tuam mother and orphanage, according to the Commission, which revealed that some of their remains had been found inside a disused sewage tank.
Only 50 records of burials in Tuam have been found; others "may have been lost or destroyed over the years" according to a preliminary report from March 2019.
Other preliminary reports, of which there are seven, contain detailed further details about the horrific circumstances that mothers and their children faced within these institutions.
A total of 900 babies born in or hospitalized near County Cork's Bessborough home died in infancy or early childhood.
In 1944, infant mortality in the Bessborough home peaked at 82%. Only 64 of these 900 baby graves have ever been found.
The commission also found that between 1920 and 1977, the bodies of more than 950 children who had died in some of the homes were sent to university medical schools for "anatomical studies."
While the release of the final report closes a chapter on the commission's work, survivors' rights groups say their work is not over.
Survivors have long hoped that the Commission would reveal more about allegations of arbitrary detention, cruelty and neglect, forced adoption and vaccinations that took place inside the home, as well as holding offenders accountable.
And crucially, they also hoped it would help them access their personal records, including information about missing relatives and babies buried in unmarked graves.
In October, the government passed a law promising to seal the commission's archive for survivors and the public for 30 years. Days later, the government changed its position, saying that survivors of the homes were legally entitled to access their personal data.
Critics of the law had successfully argued that sealing Commission records was illegal under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU directive that gives individuals the right to access their data.
Survivors' rights groups are now warning that the government – and government agencies, including the children's and families' agency Tusla – are still restricting survivors' access to their own records.
In a statement to CNN, Tusla put the issue of access back to the government, saying that "the absence of information handling legislation will continue to be a source of great concern to people and the solution to this issue is beyond Tusla's reach."
"We acknowledge the wounds and trauma experienced by those affected by the Commission's report on mother and baby homes, who understandably are searching for their identity," the statement said.
Meanwhile, the agency still routinely denies survivors – especially adopted people – access to their own personal information, their birth certificates, their identity and even their ethnicities, Lohan says.
"These abuses, they did not end in 1998, when the last of the terrible places closed."
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Everyone is different: Nutrition is very individualized. A diet/lifestyle that works for one may not work for another. You have to try different foods and eating habits to figure out what is the best for you, health and weight stability.
Nutrition is a lifestyle: Yo-yo dieting won't get you anywhere. The swinging between restrictive eating and bingeing only hurts your metabolism and your psyche. Find a happy medium where you can eat the things you love without continually overindulging.
Listen to your body: When your stomach growls and your body tells you it's hungry, you need to fuel it! Your body cues are the best determination of when you should be eating.
For myself I have found that a diet focused on low-processed foods, with 3 meals and snacks as needed, works for me. I try to consume more whole/natural products, but I most certainly indulge as well. For me, that is the balance of life. Finding a happy point where you are living life and not depriving yourself, but feeling healthy and satisfied. And yes, those things can occur at the same time!
When your stomach growls and your body tells you it's hungry, you need to fuel it! Your body cues are the best determination of when you should be eating.


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The 2021 Sweat Science Holiday Book List
A selection of (mostly) new titles for fans of science, endurance, fitness, and adventure
Alex Hutchinson
All I want for Christmas is a big snowstorm accompanied by a massive multi-day Internet outage that makes curling up on the sofa with a book the only reasonable option. Here are some titles you might want to stock up on, in case you're lucky enough to receive that meteorological gift. It's a mixed list, mostly but not always related to the Sweat Science themes of science, endurance, and health, and mostly but not always published this year. (I'm leaving out some great 2021 titles like Herman Pontzer's Burn and Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis that I plugged preemptively in last year's list.)
'The Joy of Sweat,' by Sarah Everts
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I write a column called Sweat Science, so of course I was a sucker for this one. From the opening anecdote (about a woman in South Africa whose red-tinted sweat prompted a case report in Dermatology once it was traced to her love of spicy tomato-flavored corn chips) to the smell-dating event Everts attends in Moscow (ummm… you'll just have to read it to find out), it's packed with fun and unexpected lines of inquiry, all underpinned by carefully reported science. For more details, check out Tom Vanderbilt's review and podcast interview with Everts.
'The Bushman's Lair,' by Paul McKendrick
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This is the tale of a guy named John Bjornstrom, better known as the Bushman of the Shuswap, who lived as a fugitive in a remote cave in the British Columbia wilderness for two years until being captured by police two decades ago. Part of me, I'll confess, thought the whole escapade sounded pretty cool—especially the 900-square-foot cave he rigged up with wood framing, battery- and propane-powered appliances, and a hot tub. Once you realize that all his stuff was stolen from others, your sympathy dissipates. But Bjornstrom's tale is still a wild and perplexing one, from his early experiences volunteering for a U.S. military operation studying psychics to the death threats following his work as a private investigator on the calamitous Bre-X mining scandal, which is what initially sent him into hiding. You don't end up with all the answers at the end of this book, but you're glad you went along for the ride.
'Racing the Clock,' by Bernd Heinrich
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Heinrich's 2001 book Why We Run has cult status among a certain type of runner. It wove the story of his love of running, his world masters record over 100K in 1981, and a lifetime of observations as a biologist about how and why various species move and what that tells us about ourselves. His new book was supposed to follow a similar format, framed by his attempt to set new age-group records when he turned 80 last year—but that was derailed by injury (suffered while chasing a deer through the woods). Instead, the book probes his changing relationship with running over his lifespan, interlaced once again with plenty of comparative biology. If you're going to read one Heinrich book, I'd suggest Why We Run; but if, after that, you're up for more, try this one.
'The Practice of Groundedness,' by Brad Stulberg
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For Stulberg, Outside's Do It Better columnist, this is his first solo foray after two well-received books co-written with track coach Steve Magness. Like the previous two books, the big question explored here is how to live a successful, meaningful, and happy life in the modern world—but the emphasis has shifted away from the first goal and towards the latter two, as it has for many of us over the past two years. Stulberg's three pillars, he writes, are "scientific research, ancient wisdom, and modern practice." What he adds to them is a gift for clarity and synthesis, along with an affinity for simple practical actions rather than nifty-sounding but unproven biohacks.
'The Biggest Bluff,' by Maria Konnikova
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Konnikova wanted to write a book about the balance between skill and luck in life—so she decided to learn to play poker, where those two elements mingle in a particularly pure combination. She already had a Ph.D. in psychology; her advisor was Walter Mischel, of the famous Marshmallow Test. I'm not giving away anything when I reveal that she ended up delaying the book (which came out last year) and taking a leave from her job at The New Yorker in order to spend time playing (and winning) on the pro poker tour. That journey, in itself, is a ton of fun to read about, but Konnikova's insights about skill and luck make it much more than that.
'A Runner's Journey,' by Bruce Kidd
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A few years ago, a strange movie short from the early 1960s made the rounds on the Internet. It featured an abstract jazz soundtrack, poetic narration by W.H. Auden, and artistic footage of a young runner named Bruce Kidd. Kidd is such a giant figure in Canada that it's hard to capture in a few words who he is and what his new memoir is about. He was the original teen phenom: his Canadian junior 5,000-meter record of 13:43 stood for more than half a century, and he recounts a story of an indoor meet in San Francisco where two up-and-coming high schoolers just a few years younger than him, Jim Ryun and Gerry Lindgren, ask to meet him so they can get his advice. After his running career, he became a prominent sports academic, historian, and activist, with strong opinions on everything from amateurism to apartheid that often didn't sit well with the establishment. One of his more recent causes: he was a scientific advisor to Dutee Chand, the Indian sprinter who won the right to compete without lowering her unusually high testosterone levels. I don't end up agreeing with all of Kidd's positions, but the book's epic trajectory—he seems at times like the Forrest Gump of sports policy, popping up in every controversy of the past 50 years—offers important context to today's debates. Oh, and the striking footage from that movie? Apparently the filmmaker tied him to the bumper of a station wagon, asked him to run two laps—and then kept driving, zooming in on his face to capture the tension of a runner at his limits.
'Galileo's Middle Finger,' by Alice Dreger
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As both a complement and counterpoint to Bruce Kidd's book, you could do worse than this 2015 tale of academic controversies and the sometimes uneasy relationship between science and activism. The book starts with Dreger's advocacy for intersex rights and subsequent controversies around transgender issues, but it ends up grappling more generally with the ways that scientific evidence gets distorted or ignored in service of social or political agendas. It's not about sports, but for anyone trying to understand the current debates about testosterone rules, it offers helpful context. Oh, and it's also a very entertaining read.
'Suggestible You," by Erik Vance
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I'm a little late to this 2016 book, which based on the subtitle I originally figured was mostly about the placebo effect. In fact, it's a much broader look at the delicate dance between expectation and suggestion that underlies not just the placebo effect (and its evil twin, the nocebo effect), but also phenomena like hypnotism and false memories. I found the hypnotism section particularly fascinating, not because it provided all the answers about this phenomenon but because there's clearly so much that remains unknown. For anyone who enjoyed the research I discussed in my book Endure about the brain's role in determining our physical limits, Vance's book will hit the mark.
'The Genius of Athletes,' by Noel Brick and Scott Douglas
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Here's another entry on the "If you've read Endure…" list. Writing that book convinced me that the mind plays a more important role than I'd realized in the pursuit of high performance, but it didn't give me a lot of answers about how to apply that insight in real life. Enter Noel Brick, an ultrarunner and sports psychology researcher whose work I've written about on several occasions (including his now-famous study on the physiological effects of smiling while you run). Brick teamed up with veteran running journalist Scott Douglas to write an accessible guide to the various tools and approaches of sports psychology, and how they can apply to situations both within and outside of sports.
'Chatter,' by Ethan Kross
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On a related note, University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross's new book is the definitive look at self-talk, a topic I've been writing about in the context of endurance sports for years. Kross's treatment is much broader than sports: the subtle nuances of your inner monologue, he and other researchers have shown, can have remarkable effects on how we think, feel, and act. By the time you finish the book, you'll be acutely aware of how constant that inner voice is, and how it can both spur you forward and hold you back.
'Klondikers,' by Tim Falconer
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As tales of endurance go, how's this: when the Dawson City hockey team challenged Ottawa for the Stanley Cup in 1905, it took them three and a half weeks to get there. First they had to walk or bike 330 miles to Whitehorse. Then a blizzard shut down the trains to Skagway, and when they finally arrived they'd missed their steamer to Vancouver by two hours. From Vancouver, they still had to take a train across the continent. Falconer's book is the story of that unlikely challenge, but more generally it's an entertaining dive into what sports—and society—looked like a century ago.
'In It for the Long Run,' by Damian Hall
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According to the publisher's official description, this is "ultrarunner Damian Hall's story of running a first marathon aged thirty-six, dressed as a toilet, and representing Great Britain four years later." That captures the book's vibe surprisingly well. It's actually structured around his successful assault in 2020 on the record for running the 261-mile Pennine Way, which is a stunning athletic feat even though (let's be honest) you've probably never heard of it. The real reason for reading the book is that Hall is a funny, irreverent, and engaging writer, so you get a great window into the world of ultrarunning, and more specifically the rugged and mud-splattered variant of British ultrarunning that Richard Askwith chronicled in Feet in the Clouds.
'What Strange Paradise,' by Omar El Akkad
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El Akkad's first book, the 2017 novel American War, was one of the most gripping, challenging, and thought-provoking books I've read in years. That one was set in a post-apocalyptic future (though parts of it seem more and more prescient with each passing year). His new novel inhabits the present, following the story of a nine-year-old Syrian boy who washes up on the shores of a Mediterranean island after a boat packed with asylum-seekers sinks. There's no Sweat Science tie-in here; this is just a really, really good (and, once again, challenging) book.
Here's hoping one of these titles catches your fancy, and happy reading!
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Prof. Josef Krýsa, Ph.D.
Josef Krýsa was born in 1965 (Prague). Since 1991 he has been working as research asistent at the Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT), from 2004 as associate professor and from 2008 as full professor. The main field of interest is preparation and characterization of semiconductor photocatalysts, photoelectrochemistry, reactions at photocatalyst surfaces and environmental photocatalysis. Josef Krýsa is the leader of the group Photocatalysis at the Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (https://www.josefkrysagroup.com/).
He published 126 scientific papers in impacted refereed international journals. The number of citation to these papers (without autocitations) is 3884 and h-index 31.
Other publication activities: more than 200 presentations at international conferences including about 34 lectures.
Ing. (1988) – Dept. of Inorganic Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
PhD.(1995) – Dept. of Inorganic Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
doc.(2003) – Dept. of Inorganic Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
prof. (2008) – Dept. of Inorganic Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
Research stays abroad:
1991 (3 months) School of engineering, University of Exeter, UK
1997 (3 months), School of engineering, University of Exeter, UK
1999-2003 (5 months) Blaise Pascal University, Clermont Ferrand, France
2001-2005 (3 months) Technical University Wien, Austria
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Infectious Disease Specialist joins Jefferson Regional
Tue, January 24, 2023 by Luke Matheson
Jefferson Regional is pleased to announce that Infectious Disease Physician Mallory Smith, MD has joined the medical staff.
Dr. Smith earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Commonwealth of Dominica. She completed an Internship and Residency in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, followed by an Adult Infectious Disease Fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine.
Dr. Smith is practicing at the Jefferson Regional Watson Chapel Health Complex, 4747 Dusty Lake Drive, Suite G1-B in Pine Bluff.
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What we call magic can be inexplicable — the fantastic, supernatural, universality of experiences beyond the realm of the five senses. Magic can be dark or ethereal. It can be a moment, or, as Elizabeth Gilbert explains, Big Magic is the courage to hunt for the creative life.
Enchanted, or not, writers set out to story-craft tales of magic this week. Like a rabbit pulled from a hat, you'll be surprised at what emerged.
The following is based on the August 23, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes magic.
The old man observed the couple in his crystal ball.
They were standing at the sea face, hand in hand, looking at the setting red orb in the sky.
She looked into his eyes and smiled in agreement.
The old wizard however had a grim face. He spotted two shadows approaching the oblivious couple. There was no way they could sense the darkness approaching. The old man turned to his assistant.
Didn't the adults read any of the books that contained rituals for magic? If they had maybe they wouldn't shout so much or rub salt in old wounds. How could they live with themselves?
With eyes closed, Janice traced the delicate raised patterns on her favorite porcelain vase. Dogwood flowers, swallows, leaves on curving branches. The subtle magic of that touch flowed into her mind.
Her left eye was still blind. Her right eye filled with vision, tears. Fear and hope. The tumor had crushed the left optic nerve, destroyed the pituitary gland and sent tendrils into the gray matter.
She savored the taste of cherry chocolate cake Tom had prepared for her. She breathed in the aroma of the coffee. He had gone to work, but he had left her with magic.
Everybody turned as Simon Cowell arrived holding a magnum of champagne.
"Where is your wife, Ward?" The magistrate's robes flapped like a gaping hole.
"She took our son to visit her family." Thank God she fled.
But what of Nina? Legs twisted like gnarled, unsupportive vines. Defenseless. Her only crime saving his infant's life.
"Why have you held onto it?
"Magic eight ball, did Chester consult with you before he proposed to me?
Deanna held her chosen name tightly in her mind and nodded.
She self-consciously touched her wrist, where her watch was.
Where was it? It was the only thing she had left of him.
The magician held out a watch.
Slight of hand or magic, she didn't know, but Deanna didn't wait to find out. She rushed to the front, snatched the watch and rushed out of the building.
The half-troll girl was on her way. Magnhildr would need another Season to convince her fellows to foster yet another non-jotun, even Sylvi's child.
The bird erupted into the northern sky, its cry splitting the night.
"This is magestic," Sam looked admiringly at the luminous diamond sitting at the feet of deity in dilapidated temple.
The leopard was following them for some distance now. As Sam bent down to unseat the stone, the predator pounced.
Shakespeare scribbled halfway down the page and froze. It was the same rubbish he had written an hour earlier, reworded. He cursed and crumpled the page, tossing it across the room to add to the growing stack of crumpled pages in the corner of the room. He threw himself back in his chair and thought furiously. After a moment, he called for the maid.
The maid whispered the name in fear.
Despite her diligence in tidying away her thoughts on retiring to bed, Matty awakes to a muddle. It is as if a kitten has whiskered its way into a sewing box and woven a cat's cradle with the thread.
Opening her eyes, it is obvious something larger than a baby cat has caused the chaos. Has a magic carpet whooshed her to China? Or, like Alice, she's fallen down a rabbit hole to a world where walls move and rooms shrink?
Sue woke up to see Charli staring unblinkingly at a tall tree near their campsite.
"Look at that light emanating from that tree, it's magical," Charli said softly.
Charli shrugged her head and looked again. Her friend was right, it was nothing at all.
As Charli left to wash her face to clear her head, Sue looked towards the tree angrily. That magic tree had got to control its yawns better.
I don't believe in magic tricks but I love being sucked into them. The slight of hand, the show, the impossible result… it's mesmerizing and entertaining and I have zero desire for someone to explain it to me. What fun is that? I want to be entertained and tricked into awe.
And although I don't believe in magic tricks I do believe in magic. The magic of timing, of bonding, the pure magic of love. Magic felt, magic seen, magic experienced.
The only magician I ever knew was time and the only magic he ever showed me was life.
"I have stopped writing," he appears cold and distant in the darkness.
"I spent a lifetime, staining white pages and interlocking fingers with keyboards. It was heaven, it was hell, and I knew of nothing else", he rambles on, unaware of my presence in the room.
"What do you plan to do now?" I am genuinely concerned about his mental health.
I walk out with heavy footsteps, knowing that he does not need me anymore.
"Dr. Ali, I come to you with hope since I've heard that you have cured, many!" Sheela said in an earnest tone as she held her rumbling stomach.
"Yes! I treat all," he said with confidence as he handed her a box of pills with a blank label.
She followed his instructions with a puzzled look.
What happened to her?" Rose asked, horrified at the red spots and broken capillaries that covered her pretty daughter's face.
"We had to rush her to the hospital and have her stomach pumped," said her sister.
Here, he sits. The screen reflects his fat fingers, his glasses, his balding head.
Between lines of numbered reports, his memory sees small hands, perfect sight, full hair. Laughter.
There, she rests. Against the mopped floor rest her orthopedic shoes, her sore cankles, her ample midsection.
Mundane mind-wanderings recall barefoot summers, skinny legs, an inverted belly button. Happiness.
Where, do we stand? Honest bathroom mirrors capture our eye lines, our neck bulges, our long wrinkly faces.
Fleeting cognizance remembers smooth skin, thin necks, unblemished features. Smiles.
Fairy dust? Hardly. Evaporating imagination pulls us ever farther from Never-Neverland.
There was only one explanation for what happened to me.
No one would have survived such a thing.
I was hanging over the edge of a cliff, clinging to a branch.
My strength gave out and I started falling.
Falling to the rocks below.
Just as I reached the rocks, everything went black.
I awoke on a beach, witnessing a beautiful sunrise.
The only explanation – magic.
I was in the same clothes.
I had all my memories.
But there was something even more extraordinary.
There were two moons in the sky instead of one.
By Charli Mills in Flash Fiction Collections on August 29, 2018 .
Great collection this week, everyone — magical! I'll be on the road tomorrow so I posted early. If I missed anyone, just alert me and I'll update the collection after I return.
My entry is missed charli.. Or am i mistaken?
I don't see an entry through the form, Deepa. There's still time to upload it and I'll get it added. Sorry about that.
Magic — right up your Diagon Alley! Catch you on the next one, Sarah!
Ha, ha! Good ol' Magic 8 Ball!
A wonderful collection I didn't get to read all at the post last week as I was having some magical moments with my grand-daughter.
Thanks all for a great read.


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Govenor anticipates evacuation orders and lane reversals on Saturday
Posted September 7, 2017 .
McMaster expects to issue evacuation order, reverse lanes on I-26 at 10 a.m. Saturday
Published: Thursday, September 7th 2017, 12:37 pm EDT
Updated: Thursday, September 7th 2017, 3:36 pm EDT
By Patrick Phillips, Digital Content Manager
COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) -
Gov. Henry McMaster said he plans to issue orders to evacuate and reverse lanes on I-26 that would take effect at 10 a.m. Saturday.
He stopped short of actually ordering a mandatory evacuation, but said those plans are based on the current information coming in on the projected path of Hurricane Irma and its potential impact on South Carolina.
He said any mandatory evacuation order would at least involve coastal counties but could include additional counties depending on where the storm would most likely make landfall.
If lane reversals do happen, they would take place on I-26 from Charleston to I-77, he said.
In the meantime, he urged South Carolinians to look up their evacuation zones and check for established evacuation routes for their communities.
McMaster also ordered health care facilities along the coast to begin evacuations effective Thursday at 2 p.m.
McMaster said he does not anticipate a gas shortage but warns other state's interstate highways are already experiencing traffic jams because of evacuations from Florida. On Wednesday, traffic on I-95 was up 40 percent because of Florida evacuations, he said.
South Carolina Adj. Gen. Bob Livingston said the South Carolina National Guard is preparing for a Category 4 storm to make landfall, though they expect it will likely be a Category 3 storm.
Livingston said 800 National Guardsmen have been activated to assist with planning and lane reversals.
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Lately I have been having a tough time coming up with awesome posts for you guys, so I decided to open up guest posts to my sponsors to get some new things flowing around here.
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Toes in the Sand In the upcoming weeks, I'm hoping to launch my Storenvy shop where I'll be able to offer a lot more prints. I'll also be able to offer custom prints. These will be a little bit more expensive than a pre-made, but they will be much more personalized. You'll get to pick your quote or recipe and the colors you'd like me to use too. I plan on offering three sizes: 5x7s, 8x10s, and 11x14s.
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There are major emerging challenges facing China's agrifood sector.
For instance, the gap between low global prices and high domestic prices for certain commodities is widening. The minimum prices set by the government for rice and wheat rose between 2008 and 2014, despite international grain prices falling.
The domestic price of corn is also nearly double the price in the United States, leading to the expansion of corn production and potentially discouraging farmers from rotating crops, which is a risk to soil fertility.
Further, high domestic prices and production have resulted in large government stockpiles of corn and other grains-grain reserves in 2014 and 2015 were 46 percent of domestic consumption. The problems in the agrifood system have contributed to an imbalance, with millions of people undernourished while at the same time overnutrition is on the rise.
It's estimated that overweight and obese people made up 34 percent of China's population in 2014. Obesity is a main driver of noncommunicable diseases, including diabetes, which grew in prevalence from less than 1 percent in 1980 to 11 percent in 2013. As incomes continue to rise, diets now contain more meat, sugar, salt, fat and oil, refined grain, and processed foods.
Despite enormous efforts by the government, food safety concerns are also on the rise.
The intensification of agriculture threatens human health, starting with the health of the soil. A 2014 government study indicated that about 19 percent of China's arable land is contaminated, mostly by cadmium, nickel and arsenic.
The increasingly complex and long food value chains also have greater potential to introduce pathogens and spread agriculture-related diseases.
As urbanization continues, larger quantities of food are transported across longer distances to reach urban centers, increasing the risk of contamination.
The agricultural industry's push to produce more food has increased the pressure on the scarce farmland and natural resources. About 40 percent of arable land is degraded, in part due to overuse of subsidized fertilizers, while agriculture accounts for 65 percent of the country's water consumption.
At the same time, agricultural activities are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising temperatures and extreme weather events, which affect crop yields, prices and trade flows.
China's agricultural support is driven partly by reducing rural-urban inequality. Yet despite overall growth in per capita incomes, inequality has risen, as the wealthier segments of society experience faster wage growth than the poor. Urban-rural income inequality is particularly notable, with the income ratio remaining above 3-to-1 in recent years.
To address these challenges and provide sustainable, safe and nutritious food, supply-side reforms are critical.
First, reforms need to focus on fixing the fundamentals of the agrifood system. Institutional reforms for a more efficient food-production system are essential.
Considering the dominance of smallholders (those with less than 2 hectares of land) in the farming sector, they should be supported to either move up to produce more nutritious and profitable foods, or move out to nonfarm employment.
Considering recent evidence of a positive relationship between land yield and farm size, farms should be enlarged through upgraded land infrastructure, as well as institutional arrangements for training and mechanization.
Innovations such as rural cooperative-enterprise linkages can be effective.
Efficient and well-functioning land rental and sales markets will also be important for efficient food production, as is a solid legal framework for resource allocation, which has been shown to promote more efficient use of water and land.
China should also promote mutually beneficial trade and engage in more integrated international trade channels, with the focus on producing high-value agricultural goods, such as fruits and vegetables, and importing more land-and water-intensive products, such as cereals and vegetable oils.
Enhanced support for farmers to better access market information, training and financial services, while shifting away from harmful, distorting trade policies, will be key. Increased technology transfer, technical assistance and investments through South-South cooperation can help fill the gaps.
Second, policy innovations should be promoted. Climatesmart and resource-efficient investments, especially the cultivation of high-yielding, climate-ready, high-nutrient crop varieties through biofortification, as well as precision agriculture, are areas with great potential.
Policy innovations to support the production and consumption of more healthy and nutritious foods will also be important.
Reforming subsidies for agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and for staple crops will be critical, as the funds can be converted to support the production of fruit and vegetables and other more nutritious foods. Taxes placed on unhealthy foods can also be directed to subsidize the production of nutrient-rich foods.
Better-targeted social protection policies should also be promoted to provide more long-term autonomy in addition to short-term well-being, such as increasing the depth and width of protection in health, education and employment for vulnerable groups, especially elderly rural residents and migrants workers, as well as improving the living conditions in rural areas. Taking into account China's labor mobility, improving the portability of benefits and access to social protection resources will also be important.
Third, efficient and inclusive value chains should be supported, with improved legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks. Technological innovations, especially in information and communication and e-commerce, can support inclusive and safe value chains by connecting smallholders to urban markets. Reducing food loss and waste along the food value chain by ensuring that food prices reflect the true cost of inputs and natural resources will also contribute to the efficiency of the food system.
Agrifood systems will continue to play a major role in China's sustainable growth in the coming decades. With rapid changes in the global landscape and emerging climate challenges, the nation's supply-side reforms will be critical to ensuring sustainable, healthy and nutritious food systems.


Housing First programs have become increasingly popular as communities seek effective solutions to homelessness. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, along with state and federal agencies, have adopted a Housing First model of helping homeless residents.
Housing First is a relatively recent approach to human service programs and social policy for helping the homeless. Rather than moving homeless individuals through different "levels" of housing, Housing First moves the homeless individuals or households immediately into their own apartments.
There's a large body of evidence that a homeless person must have housing first, and have access to a decent, safe, reliable place to live before being able to stabilize, improve health, reduce harmful behaviors, or increase income.
Compared to other programs aimed at reducing homelessness, Housing First programs have shown significant improvement in housing stability, less necessity for hospital services, less use of public emergency services, less criminal behavior and jail time, and improved overall quality of life for individuals and families who have been participants.
Supportive Housing provides homeless individuals or families a place to live which is made affordable through long-term rental assistance, paired with intensive services promoting housing stability. Supportive Housing programs prioritize assistance to the most chronically homeless, the most vulnerable to early mortality, the individuals, and families making the highest use of crises services.
Rapid Re-housing provides homeless individuals or families a place to live or keeps low-income tenants in existing housing when they are in danger of losing it. But it provides only temporary financial assistance along with moderate services designed to help tenants become self-sufficient over the long-term. Here's more information about WCCS Rapid Re-housing programs.
These Housing First programs are based on evidence that housing is a necessary precursor to treatment, but Housing First does not mean "housing only." Housing First programs include social services and care coordination as necessary elements of housing stability and quality of life.
Applicants for assistance are to be selected regardless of their sobriety or use of substances, completion of treatment, or participation in services.
These conditions are what especially distinguish Housing First programs. Evidence indicates that, despite the non-judgmental criteria for providing help, housing stability and quality of life improves significantly for participants in the program. Cost per individual for public services is also significantly diminished.
West County Community Services has been actively participating in Housing First Programs. Its Mill Street unit in Guerneville provides supportive housing for eight chronically homeless adults with disabilities. Since October 2017, WCCS has provided four living units to previously homeless individuals in Park Village, a mobile home location in Sebastopol.
Since October 2017, through its Rapid Re-housing program, WCCS has found housing for eleven previously homeless individuals and has kept twenty-six clients housed who were at risk of losing their homes. WCCS is also providing housing for four other individuals in two other living units.
Providing emergency shelter for as many as 165 homeless individuals this year, averaging 40 to 50 each night, the WCCS Emergency Shelter in Guerneville incorporates Housing First principles, with low-barriers to access and a focus on building a bridge to housing.
WCCS is not the only Sonoma County agency providing housing assistance through the Housing First programs. There are 969 Permanent Supportive Housing beds in Sonoma County. WCCS has 12 in the Lower Russian River area. COTS has more than 150 in Petaluma, Catholic Charities has more than 250 in Santa Rosa.
Check out this useful Homeless Resource Guide from Sonoma County. This guide provides a comprehensive list of free and low-cost services to help people struggling with homelessness. Resources include shelter, food, health care, financial assistance, housing, employment, disability services, pet care and more.


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Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Back to Mild Deflation in September 2021
To be honest, we were surprised to see deflation in Indonesia in September 2021 as we expected sliding new COVID-19 cases and the government's relaxation of social and business restrictions (PPKM) on Java and Bali to give a slight boost to demand.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Restrictions Bring Another Month of Low Inflation
As expected, Indonesia posted very mild inflation in August 2021 amid the country's (continued) social and business restrictions (PPKM) that disrupt demand across the economic centers on Java and Bali.
Consumer Price Index of Indonesia; Despite Tighter Restrictions July 2021 Brings Mild Inflation
While we expected to see some mild deflation in Indonesia amid subdued demand and consumption due to the tighter social and business restrictions on Java and Bali throughout the month of July 2021, there was some modest inflation last month.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Return to Deflation in June 2021
While in May 2021 Indonesian inflation accelerated more than we had predicted, in June 2021 we saw the opposite: inflation eased much more than we had anticipated. In fact, Indonesia experienced deflation.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Inflation Higher than Expected in May 2021
While Indonesian inflation accelerated more than we had predicted amid the festive season in May 2021 (referring to the Idul Fitri celebrations that mark the end of the Ramadan month), it remained low overall for Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Indonesia Investments Released April 2021 Report: Economic & Social Developments
On Wednesday (05.05.2021) Indonesia Investments released the April 2021 edition of its monthly report. In the report we track important developments - from the perspective of politics, the economy and social matters - that were influential (and impacted on the Indonesian economy) last month.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Inflation Remains Low at the Start of Ramadan
In line with expectations, Indonesia's inflation rate remained low despite the start of the Ramadan in the second week of April 2021. While the Ramadan typically gives rise to a big spike in food prices, the COVID-19 crisis has curbed demand in society.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Indonesia; Low Inflation Continues in February 2021
Weak demand across Indonesia, a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis, persisted into the second month of 2021 with Indonesia's consumer price index (CPI) showing a modest inflation rate of 0.10 percent month-on-month (m/m) in February 2021.
Consumer Price Index of Indonesia; Lowest Calendar-Year Inflation in Two Decades
Indonesia's December 2020 headline inflation accelerated slightly more than we had expected. Based on the latest data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) this is particularly caused by rising food prices in the context of Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Consumer Price Index; After 3 Straight Months of Deflation, October 2020 Brings Mild Inflation
In line with expectations, October 2020 brought mild inflation to Indonesia, thereby allowing the country's consumer price index (CPI) to rebound after experiencing an unprecedented three consecutive months of deflation (July-September 2020).
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Consumer Price Index Update: Easing Inflationary Pressures in June
On Monday 1 July 2019 Statistics Indonesia (BPS) released Indonesia's latest inflation data. The data show that headline inflation in Southeast Asia's largest economy eased to a level of 0.55 percent month-on-month (m/m) in June 2019, down from 0.68 percent (m/m) in May 2019 when price pressures peaked due to Ramadan and Lebaran celebrations. This period always gives rise to a significant boost in consumption, hence prices of foodstuffs peak. Meanwhile, people also tend to buy new clothes, bags and shoes because they want to look good at these celebrations.
Indonesia's Intervention in Fuel Prices Thwarts Private Investment
There is concern that the Indonesian government's plan to curb price increases of (non-subsidized) fuels in Indonesia will impact negatively on private investors' enthusiasm to invest in Indonesia's oil and gas industry. Earlier this week Arcandra Tahar, Deputy Minister at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, informed that the government wants to regulate prices of fuels in order to keep inflation in check.
Poverty in Indonesia: Impressive Decline per September 2017
The number of people who live in poverty in Indonesia fell by 1.19 million individuals, per September 2017, to 26.58 million, from 27.77 million poor people in March 2017 (Indonesia's Statistics Agency releases poverty data twice per year, covering the situation in the months March and September). This is a significant decline and therefore constitutes a very good development. In relative terms, Indonesia's poverty rate fell 0.52 percent from 10.64 percent to 10.12 percent (over the same period).
More Inflation Pressures Expected to Occur in Indonesia in 2018
Rising commodity prices are good for the Indonesian economy because the country is one of the world's biggest commodity exporters. However, rising commodity prices will also make it more difficult for the government to keep inflation within its target range of 2.5 - 4.5 percent year-on-year (y/y) in 2018.
Bank Indonesia: Low & Stable Inflation Positive for the Economy
Bank Indonesia is content seeing Indonesia's inflation pace at a rather mild rate of 0.22 percent month-on-month (m/m) in July 2017. Dody Budi Waluyo, Executive Director of Economic and Monetary Policy at the central bank, said low and stable inflation is a positive asset for the economy as it supports the rupiah exchange rate as well as the investment climate and safeguards people's purchasing power.
Bank Indonesia Keeps Key Interest Rate at 4.75% in May 2017, Analysis
The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) maintained its benchmark interest rate - the 7-day reverse repurchase rate - at 4.75 percent at the policy meeting on 17-18 May 2017, a decision that is in line with analysts' forecasts. Bank Indonesia said the decision is consistent with its efforts to maintain macroeconomic and financial system stability "by driving the domestic economic recovery process", while continue to monitor external threats stemming from US policy directions and geopolitical conditions, specifically in the Korea Peninsula, as well as domestic threats stemming from inflationary pressures and ongoing consolidation in the banking and corporate sectors.
Consumer Price Index Indonesia: Low Inflation Expected in April
It is highly unlikely to see the continuation of deflation in April. Last month (March 2017) Indonesia recorded 0.02 percent of deflation, primarily on the back of easing food prices amid the big harvest season. This harvest season will continue into April and therefore we expect few (to none) inflationary pressures stemming from food products. However, administered price adjustments (specifically another round of higher electricity tariffs in March) will impact of April's inflation figure, while consumer prices may also start to feel the impact of the approaching Ramadan month.
Central Bank of Indonesia Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged in April
The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) kept its benchmark interest rate (seven-day reverse repo rate) at 4.75 percent at the April policy meeting (19-20 April 2017), while its deposit facility rate and lending facility rate stayed at 4.00 percent and 5.50 percent, respectively. Bank Indonesia considers the current interest rate environment appropriate to face global uncertainties as well as rising inflationary pressures at home.


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IN PERSON Lesley is happy to offer her in depth personal/private readings in a one-hour session. She uses a variety of Tarot Cards including the famous Rider Waite deck as well as her unique Sacred Journey Oracle Cards to get further clarification. She also uses numerology and basic astrology to gain deeper insights into your life. She is a channel so your reading will include guidance and advice from the spirit world, helping you make clearer and more creative decisions with your life. Lesley also draws your aura energies, including your chakras. This gives you valuable insights into your health, wealth and wellbeing. This full colour chart is included in every reading.
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For Vancouver garage rock duo Japandroids, life recently has been about touring and playing their music to thousands of people all over the world. They used to be two guys with day jobs who only played music for fun and only when they can – but when their debut Post-Nothing came out in 2009, Brian King (Guitars/ Vocals) and David Prowse (Drums/ Vocals) didn't expect that they would be in it for the long haul.
Since the release of their sophomore effort, Celebration Rock in 2012, the duo extended their audience reach and started conquering the shores of Asia. They've already paid a couple of visits to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore for this year's Laneway Festival. This August, the Canadian rockers are expected to play at Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur.
With Celebration Rock gaining recognition from the likes of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, it would be safe to say that indie rock enthusiasts would stumble upon Japandroids' music sooner than later. There's still no news of the band's follow up to the record, but can fans expect future collaborations with the other bands that Japandroids rubbed shoulders with on their tours?
You can catch Japandroids on August 17 at the Good Vibes Festival. Tickets are still on sale.
Interview with Dave Prowse courtesy of Good Vibes Festival.


New York: Scientists have developed a novel drug that could block glioblastoma -- the deadliest form of brain cancer -- from spreading.
"I am hopeful that since the drug that we used to block flow stimulation is currently used in patients that maybe clinicians, when they do consider using convection enhanced delivery, will combine that with this drug," said lead author Chase Cornelison, a postdoctoral researcher at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
In the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team explored the flow of interstitial fluid -- that surrounds cells in the body -- in the spread of glioma cells.
The researchers tested the AMD3100 drug and found that it could block the rapid movement of the brain's interstitial fluid flow and the spread of cancer cells.
"It (glioblastoma) is so deadly, and there hasn't been a shift in treatment response in decades. Something needs to change... Looking at fluid flow, maybe there's an answer there that we haven't seen," added Jennifer Munson, Assistant Professor.


Light of the World is a Christmas CD with Klaus, Kari Jobe and Elizabeth Clark. There are two original songs by Klaus, as well as version of The Drummer Boy that will set your heart to worship. Kari and Elizabeth bring their style to some traditional Christmas songs that are sure to help you get into the season.