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Why Entrepreneurship Matters
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By Alexei Marcoux, PhD
Evidence abounds that America is less entrepreneurial than in the past. By one measure — business startups — U.S. Census data reveals a four-decade-long decline: After starting just under 600,000 new businesses in 1977, Americans formed new ventures at a fluctuating rate of 500,000 to 600,000 per year until the financial meltdown of 2008. Since 2008, new business formations have dropped to 400,000 to 450,000 per year. Even as we revere the entrepreneurial spirit, fewer of us possess or act on it.
Before lamenting the decline in entrepreneurship, it's worth taking a step back and addressing a more basic question: Why should we care? Differently put, why does entrepreneurship matter?
The 21st century is Joseph Schumpeter's world — we merely live in it. The early- to mid-20th century Harvard economist is the man of the hour because we see all around us the fruits of his entrepreneur. The force behind the "perennial gale of creative destruction" (or what today's startup culture, following Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, calls "disruptive innovation"), Schumpeter's entrepreneur is the bringer of innovations that transform our world.
In Gates and in Jobs, in Bezos and in Musk, we see the breaker of routines and the bringer of new products, new business models and new ways of living. Above all, Schumpeter's entrepreneur deals in paradigm-shattering novelty: Think of the way Netflix obsoleted Blockbuster's business model in transforming the way we watch movies, or the way Amazon sent Borders into liquidation in transforming the way we buy books (and now, almost everything else).
In Schumpeter's world, entrepreneurship matters because it is what will bring us the next smartphone, the next always-on heart monitor, the next who-knows-what that will change and improve our lives in unanticipated ways. If entrepreneurship is in decline, our worries should be focused on our technology: What innovations, what improvements in the quantity and quality of life are we not getting because we're getting less entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship matters in a mainly customer-focused way.
That is one way that entrepreneurship matters, but it may not be the most important. To see another, look not to your smartphone but to your paycheck. As widespread as salaried or hourly-wage employment is today (and has been for roughly the last century), it's easy to forget just how rare it is in human history and how entrepreneurship makes it possible.
This is Frank Knight's world. The dean of the early 20th century Chicago School economists, Knight saw entrepreneurship not in terms of Schumpeter's disruptive novelty, but as the work of people who bear the uncertainties of enterprise. Facing a five-year failure rate of more than 50 percent and 10-year failure rate of more than 70 percent (according to Entrepreneur magazine), Knight's entrepreneur is the person who abandons the relative safety of a regular paycheck, hangs out a shingle and eats what she kills.
In Knight's world, entrepreneurship matters because the risk-friendly people who start businesses create the climate in which the risk-averse majority are able to avoid entrepreneurship and collect a regular paycheck. This, too, is borne out by data: In a study of job creation between 1987 and 2005, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that almost all net private-sector job creation (jobs created minus jobs lost) occurred in firms of age zero. Stated another way, business startups create net new jobs; legacy firms mainly don't.
In a 2004 interview, Bill Rancic, the serial entrepreneur who won the first season of NBC's The Apprentice, referred to this risk-averse majority, saying, "Is the entrepreneurial way of life for everyone? No, of course not. Some people need to know that every Friday they're going to get their $800 or whatever, and it's going to be there 52 weeks a year."
If you resemble that remark (as I know I do), then entrepreneurship matters also in a work-focused way. It is a human service to the risk-averse majority, permitting a dignified livelihood insulated from many (though, of course, not all) of the uncertainties of enterprise. Entrepreneurship, then, is a too-often unacknowledged form of caritas in commercial guise.
At bottom, the care and feeding of an entrepreneurship-friendly polity and culture isn't about meeting the needs of entrepreneurs specifically — it's the care and feeding of all of us.
About the Author: Alexei Marcoux, PhD, is a professor of business ethics and society and senior scholar with the Institute for Economic Inquiry in the Heider College of Business. Marcoux is a two-time winner of the Best Paper Award from the Society for Business Ethics, co-author of two textbooks on business ethics, co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics, founding co-editor of the Business Ethics Journal Review, co-curator of the Business Ethics Highlights website, and co-author of the Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics.


Marin had to know he was a wanted man — the telenovela-esque story of his case first appeared in the Miami Herald in April, drawing international media attention. His wealthy businessman son in Miami Beach has also been under scrutiny for allegedly bankrolling his dad's flight from the law.
The case started when Salazar, 43, was found bound on a dirt road near the Everglades in Northwest Miami-Dade. He had been beaten, his throat slit, his groin burned.
According to an arrest warrant, detectives quickly discovered that Salazar was having an affair with Jenny Marin, an old girlfriend. She was, at the time, married to Manuel Marin, who then was vice president and co-owner of Presidente Supermarkets — one of the fastest-growing Hispanic supermarket chains in the United States.
Police say Marin found out about the affair and confronted the two. When the affair continued, police say, he turned to a boxing promoter and two mixed-martial arts fighters to help him kidnap, torture and murder Salazar.
Three days later, Marin took his passport and fled to Europe. The key evidence: That night, Marin's phone was used in the same area where Salazar's corpse was later discovered, and toll records also showed him driving near where the body was found.
Charged alongside him: Alexis Vila Perdomo, a former Cuban bronze medalist in wrestling who went on to have a short-lived career in MMA. Another man, Roberto Isaac, was also charged with murder.
Ariel Gandulla is wanted on a murder charge in Miami, but extraditing him from Canada is complicated.
Another ex-MMA fighter, Ariel Gandulla, is charged with murder but he is believed to be living openly in Canada, which has yet to agree to extradite him.
Marin's son, Yaddiel Marin, 32, remains under law-enforcement scrutiny. A partner in the Pincho Factory chain of restaurants, prosecutors believe he was financially supporting his fugitive father, even paying his dad's child support and arranging visits in Cuba for him.
The case has certainly affected Yaddiel Marin's business dealings. The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that ex-NFL star Jonathan Vilma, a former Miami Hurricane, sued his business partners at the Pincho Factory restaurants, claiming they hid Yaddiel's secret past to him before he invested.


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America's Wall
This isn't President Trump's wall. This is America's wall. A months-long investigation led by Jean Guerrero with her team at KPBS and inewsource revealed never-before-published details about how construction on the existing U.S.-Mexico border fence pushed illegal cross-border traffic into the desert, into the ocean, into the earth and into the sky. Jean also sought out people whose lives have been shaped by America's wall. The web series was an unprecedented digital innovation for the newsroom.
America's Wall: Decades-Long Struggle To Secure US-Mexico Border (RECOMMENDED READ)
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection report obtained by Jean Guerrero through FOIA shows new border wall barriers could fail to keep people from breaking into the U.S. — at least if they're based on the steel and concrete barriers tested in last year's $5-million Otay Mesa prototype project. The heavily-redacted report reveals that every mock-up was deemed vulnerable to at least one breaching technique. Read her investigation.
Abuses Against The Deported
What happens to people deported from the U.S.? Jean Guerrero wanted to find out. She followed the plight of deportees for more than a year in a series of investigative reports that took her into Mexico's sewers and won first-place San Diego Press Club awards, including Best Of Show, shedding light on human rights violations. Tijuana's police chief was asked to resign the night the final report in this series aired on PBS NewsHour.
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Hundreds Dying At The Border
Jean Guerrero journeyed into one of the deadliest smuggling routes at the U.S.-Mexico border to tell the story of the men who risk their lives to save lost migrants. She filmed a majority of the TV pieces on her iPhone. A version appeared on PBS NewsHour and Part I won the Sol Price for Responsible Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Intel outlines its analysis of the communications market at this comprehensive Web site. It includes sections on the infrastructure, applications, appliances, design, and basic building blocks of communication devices for the Internet, cable, satellite, and wireless markets. In addition to explaining the role embedded processors can play in communications devices, the site provides plenty of white papers on the technologies used in developing comm products.


Always happy to embrace life with a smile and a laugh, Rebekka Johnson brings an infectious joy to her performance in the Netflix dreamed GLOW. In a show that is all about women claiming their own power and taking pride in their accomplishments and physicality, GLOW is full of exuberance and tenacity. It is an empowering feeling for both viewers as well as those working on the show. In an exclusive interview, Rebekka talks about how portraying her character Dawn has given her more confidence in her own life and renewed her passion for her craft and working in comedy.
What was the initial appeal for you about portraying Dawn and working on Netflix's GLOW?
REBEKKA: I was so pumped to get an audition for a Jenji Kohan show, but the fact that it was based on the original G.L.O.W., was even more exciting. I used to watch it as a kid and I loved it. The themes! The comedy! The wrestling! There couldn't be another show that is more up my alley.
How would you describe who Dawn is in the series?
REBEKKA: Dawn and her best friend Stacey (Kimmy Gatewood) are described as the rodeo clowns of the show. They are generally down to do anything for a laugh, but Dawn is slightly more cautious and sometimes needs an extra push from Stacey.
REBEKKA: Dawn has very high self-esteem and is 100% body positive. She is a go getter and isn't deterred by struggle, whether it comes to nailing a move or getting a date. I think Dawn's confidence has rubbed off on me. I'm wearing a leopard print unitard right now!
What is it like working alongside the talented ensemble on GLOW?
REBEKKA: Honestly, I've never peed myself more from laughing. Too much information? Too bad! We are genuinely friends, who have each other's back and even after spending 14 hours a day together, we still hang out on the weekends and between seasons.
Portraying Dawn as Edna Rosenblatt, you get to work with Kimmy Gatewood. What is that experience like? How would you describe the dynamic between your characters Stacey and Dawn?
REBEKKA: Kimmy and I have been comedy collaborators and best friends for over 10 years. Before GLOW, we often auditioned for the same parts but getting cast together and playing best friends is pretty much a dream come true! When we are the Beatdown Biddies, we get to improvise and work out bits and sometimes it feels like we share a brain. Stacey and Dawn are inseparable. They have a similar dynamic to Kimmy and I. Not only do they share a brain, but they share accessories, clothes and their signature side-mullet hairdo.
Then what is the best part about working with Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin, who portray fellow GLOW members in the ring?
REBEKKA: They are both so good at what they do. I told Alison that watching her work is like getting a master class on acting. Betty is so funny, her dark wit kills me.
REBEKKA: One of my favorites was Episode 3 of Season 1, when we shot the promo for the Beatdown Biddies. They wrote a few lines for us, but said we could do whatever we wanted. Kimmy and I took 45 mins, wrote a bunch of jokes and shot several versions. I felt like it was a culmination of my 20 years in comedy, not only getting to act on a TV show, but saying my own jokes in a ridiculous costume. When I finally got to see that part of the episode, I cried. My husband thought I was crazy but I couldn't believe it. They kept our bits! Episode 7 of Season 1 was also a highlight. Before going out as the KKK, Stacey and Dawn check in with each other, worried about coming off as racist. It was the first time you get to see that Dawn and Stacey are more than just wild idiots.
REBEKKA: I was a new mom before Season 1 and I was really out of shape. Wrestling was hard on my jiggly mom bod. I got tendonitis in my knees, sprained the ball of my foot and threw my neck out. It was rough. I decided to get in shape after Season 1. I just wanted core strength to support my old knees. I took pilates and ate less like a 17 year old boy. In Season 2, I was able to handle so much more, wrestling-wise.
Has GLOW left an impression on you in your life? If so, in what way?
REBEKKA: GLOW is inspiring in so many ways — not only as a job, but also the content of the show. I am more confident as an actor, comedian and just generally a woman. I was beginning to think that I may never get the chance to be a part of something at this level. My journey is similar to my character's — this show was worth the wait.
Then as an actor, what has been the one thing you have taken away from the experience of working on GLOW?
REBEKKA: Dawn had 2 written lines in the first few episodes. I learned how to make her into a real person by adding my own subtext even when I am just in the background. As an improvisor, I was used to working on the fly and making choices on the go. Watching the stars of the show work has made me realize how much more I need to prepare before the shoot. It has made me a better actor for sure.
What is your proudest achievement working on GLOW?
REBEKKA: Doing a "sunset flip." It's like a summersault over another person and then taking them down to the mat. Also getting a SAG award nomination. That was pretty dreamy.
What have you learned about the female wrestling profession as a result from working on the show?
REBEKKA: Female wrestlers have been undervalued for so long. Sometimes they are treated more like athletic models than the badasses that they are. My favorite wrestlers are Taya Valkarie, Natalya, Kiari Sane… I hope to see a better male/female ratio in the televised wrestling programs. The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling was revolutionary. I'm so happy to celebrate their groundbreaking show.
REBEKKA: My career has had many ups and downs. I started doing improv in college and got on a UCB team when I was 21. By 23, I was on an MTV prank show. I thought I would continue to get bigger and better jobs but even when I got close, I couldn't breakthrough. I performed with my musical comedy group, The Apple Sisters — we built a following and got to perform for Judd Apatow and casting director, Jen Euston. Still, I wasn't working in comedy full time. After moving to LA, I decided to expand my options and took jobs producing, writing and directing while still waiting tables. In fact, I waited on Alison a few times! For 4 years, I produced and directed the interview show, Speakeasy With Paul F Tompkins. I had to book guests, pre-interview them and direct the episodes. Alison and Marc Maron were 2 of the 100 guests we had on. I was hired to do a line or two in a couple Judd Apatow movies. Eventually, Jen Euston reached out to Kimmy and me to audition for GLOW because she remembered The Apple Sisters from 10 years before. You never know what connections you make will help you later, when the right thing comes up. It's funny to be on the other side now, in some ways. I still operate like I did before GLOW, I have several scripts I am developing, hustle for directing jobs and teach improv. I guess I am surprised that I'm still doing it — even though I can't imagine doing anything else.
REBEKKA: I have learned that the most important thing is to be friendly, game and confident. Roll with the punches but know when to stand up for yourself. You are your biggest advocate.
REBEKKA: I've met cool people like Method Man and Gloria Allred! I get to have a slightly bigger platform to talk about issues I care about. Career wise — I am able to get into bigger rooms to pitch ideas to people who can actually make them. More doors are open for sure.
REBEKKA: Fans should seek out female and gender non-binary led projects, tweet about them, talk about them, lend the power of your voice to them. I watch shows like THE HANDMAID'S TALE, INSECURE, THE BREAK WITH MICHELLE WOLF, FLEABAG, CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND, JESSICA JONES, FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE, to name a few.
Dark times call for musical comedy, I suppose!
To see what hilarious comedy awaits Dawn and Stacey in and out of the ring, Season 2 of GLOW will be available for binge-watching on Friday, June 29th on Netflix. More information about the show can also be found by following the show on Twitter @GLOWNetflix. Then to see what great adventures are ahead for Rebekka as her career continues to grow, you can also follow her on Twitter @hellorebekka.


If this is the first time you've had to plan a wedding, you might feel little overwhelmed over all the options when it comes to comparing venues, catering, florists, etc. Our goal with Let's Figure out this Wedding Planning Stuff, was to help couples start conversations with vendors, share why each vendor is important, and showcase why each of the vendor listed is unique! Weddings are a team effort, so Let's Figure out this Wedding Planning Stuff together!
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If we weren't (hopefully) going out of town for the weekend. If that falls through, we might!
My inlaws made an impromptu visit to build the girls a playhouse, I forgot until it was almost showtime, and I was very tired.


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Friday 08 April 2022, 7pm - 11pm
SJM Concerts Presents… OH WONDER
Price: £20.00 (+£2.75 booking fee*)
THIS IS THE RESCHDULED DATE FROM THE 04TH OF DECEMBER 2020 + 2021 . All tickets remain valid for this new date.
Oh Wonder today announce their UK headline tour, including dates at London's O2 Academy Brixton and Manchester's O2 Ritz. The band returned with their new single '22 Break' this week, the title track from the unique duo's surprise new album (out on Island Records on October 8th). The project was teased earlier this week by the cinematic visual for the short film set to accompany the record, which also previewed opening track 'Baby'. All this follows 2020's 'No One Else Can Wear Your Crown', and back-to-back top 10 albums from the band who have - on their own distinct terms - become one of UK pop's more unsuspecting success stories (2.7 billion streams, 1.7 million adjusted album sales, and vocal fans in the likes of Billie Eilish, who covered 'All We Do' during her Apple documentary).
By their own design, Oh Wonder have always flown a little below the public radar. Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West have played music together since 2014 and (on the down-low) been romantically involved since 2013. By the time they confirmed their engagement on 'No One Else Can Wear Your Crown', life was good: then of course the pandemic hit, and a 120-date world tour (plus, it transpired, much more besides) came crashing to the ground. This tumultuous and deeply personal time in their private lives is the subject of Oh Wonder's fifth studio album, '22 Break'. Written autonomously in their home studio, the songs that form it are messages about their true feelings, expressed before they were able to find the words to say to one another. It's a brutally honest and powerfully beautiful record, and one that lets listeners into the Oh Wonder fold like never before. As Josephine puts it: "We were just writing songs. We had no idea we were writing a break-up album."
Even without distraction, an audience, or adrenaline, Oh Wonder are not a band who sit still for long. But like many forced to analyse their work/life balance under lockdown, the couple had never really known a life together without Oh Wonder in it, either. In the pandemic's early phases, Anthony and Josephine worked hard to fill that gap: Anthony even decided to open a coffee shop in Peckham (the gorgeous, meticulously designed Nola), which soon saw round-the-block queues and put many of their touring crew back in work. As they started working on new music, however, all the unspoken tensions between the pair tumbled out. All the time these anguished songs were pouring out, Oh Wonder never spoke about what was happening back in the house; never talking directly about the ending, they both felt, that was coming.
'22 Break' is a portal into such emotional states, and the life-changing, universal breakup themes (loneliness, inadequacy, resentment, fears for the future) as experienced in real-time by one couple in their garden shed. The production is icy, sparse and filled with bloops and bleeps, like a message from the ether is trying to come through - which, in a way, it was. Amidst the darkness, there finally came a glimmer of hope. With the record written, the couple went away in September 2020 and finally talked. "It was such a weird thing, to make a break-up album with the person you're breaking up with, while you're breaking up," Anthony reflects (the first in history, Josephine thinks). Even weirder, the album that almost ended them proved to be the band's salvation: '22 Break' is an ultimately cathartic, deeply hopeful project, the light at the end of the tunnel that was Oh Wonder's quite particular pandemic. With the record complete, the band (true to their DIY spirit) threw themselves into the stunning short film that will accompany the full album, and is previewed in the visuals for the title track today.
Not many bands can make a break-up album that culminates in them tying the knot - but then again, Oh Wonder have never been like other bands. Coming out of '22 Break' and all the soul-searching that it forced them to do, Josephine and Anthony finally got married in August this year. Whilst their relationship now has its own space to exist outside of Nola and Oh Wonder, the duo's crossroads period has accidentally resulted in their most profound work to date ("it's awkward, it's vulnerable, but it also saved us," adds Josephine). Opening up to their fans and each other, the 'Make or Break?' poised by '22 Break' is not so much a question as an active choice - to be as honest as possible, to move forward, and to begin a brand new chapter in the story of Oh Wonder.
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Wallkill Youth Lacrosse Inc aspires to be an outstanding educational-athletic organization that provides a high-quality experience to every athlete. A high-quality experience is one in which every athlete:
Is coached using the principles of Positive Coaching
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We recognize that coaches are the people who most directly make this all possible. It is our goal to provide every coach with the tools to succeed as a Positive Coach. We are committed to creating a positive culture, in which coaches, parents, fans, officials and athletes work together to achieve our mission.
We began this journey in early 2014. Two guys saw that the sport of lacrosse in our community was trying to grow but needed a grassroots movement focused on getting children of all ages involved: from Kindergarten through 8th grade. That first year we didn't have enough players to field a team, so we accepted Pine Bush's invitation to play with their youth organization. Word quickly spread and more and more families signed up allowing us to step out on our own the next year! Since then, we have created an (8) person Board made up of volunteer parents dedicated to building a stable organization that will last for years to come. We fully support our coaches and require that they hold a minimum Level 1 Certification through US Lacrosse - we even cover the cost/fee of the certification course.
In 2017, we were awarded the US Lacrosse First Program Grant which gave us (20) full sets of lacrosse equipment. This allowed us to help the parents of our youngest players (K/1/2) so they wouldn't have to lay out a bunch of money in gear when they weren't really sure that their child would want to stay with this sport. And it's not just the residents of our school district and town that we are open to. We have parents from other towns who have heard about our organization, what we stand for, and what we provide and their children are now a part of our teams!
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Here, people talk about their symptoms and how they described them to others, including friends, family and health professionals. Many people said that they found it difficult to make other people understand what they were going through or why they acted the way they did, including family, friends and health professionals. In some cases, people said it was particularly difficult to explain the symptoms associated with their condition, for example, people with general anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Another man, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, said that his hallucinations were "difficult to put into words". Sometimes explaining symptoms was more difficult for people who spoke English as a second language, even if they spoke it fluently.
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And has that made a big difference, being able to speak English so well?
Definitely. Because as I say, for instance, with panic attacks, I can't describe them very well, even in my own mother tongue let alone in English. If you don't, if you can't speak English then how can you be assisted? You can't, because you can't, you can't point saying, 'This is my problem.' You can go to the hospital with a broken leg, back to the broken leg, and say, 'This is my problem'. And they will fix it for you. But not with a, with something that is in your mind, definitely no. It's concealed.
Describing symptoms to health professionals
Some people we talked to described different symptoms or only some of their symptoms to their doctor. This was sometimes because they were afraid of being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, including one man who told the doctor that "he was going through hell" but didn't reveal that he felt suicidal and who, on another occasion following a suicide attempt, told hospital doctors that he took the tablets by accident. Another woman didn't want to tell anyone she heard voices, so she said her "head was noisy" and that she found it difficult to "filter out conversations". One woman with an eating disorder said she didn't want anyone to find out about it in case she was forced to have treatment. Others described different symptoms because they found it so difficult to explain how they felt. One man who was experiencing constant anxiety was also experiencing headaches and stomach aches, had no appetite, had problems sleeping and was worried about school and his exams and he found these physical symptoms easier to describe to his doctor.
He couldn't describe his anxiety to the doctor and was worried about being given the wrong...
Even from your GP you don't get the time to explain things. He just gives you a few minutes or whatever and then, you know, I mean, the one I used to have when I was younger we used to be there nearly every week to him and, but because I couldn't describe the psychological fears I was always describing things like, my stomach aches or headaches or, you know, not, having appetite and stuff. Because I didn't even know that, you know, what anxiety was. I couldn't, I didn't even know what the words were for that. And he used to, you know, give me certain sort of vitamin tablets or whatever or, and, you know, he'd, he'd ask me things like, 'Are you, you know, worried about certain things or whatever'. But I was that anxious I didn't know what to describe in, what I'm worried about because there were so many different things. And the only thing I could clearly describe would be I was worried about, was school, you know, exams and things like that.
And then, you know, he'd just take that as being general, I was worried about exams. And because I didn't, you know, I didn't have the speaking skills as I do now, I wouldn't be able to just, you know, I might say a few words to him but I wouldn't know how to describe it at all. And then you just get, you know, sort of normal tablets or whatever and, you know, I didn't even know how to, well, I was worried as well in a way that the anxiety was masking everything because I was like, and even if I did describe something to him or if I thought I could describe it, I'd be worried that he might misinterpret or misunderstand it and give me sort of medication, you know, wrong medication or whatever or, you know, send me to a mental hospital or whatever. You know, I was like worried about all these things. And I didn't know really how, and because of it happening when I was really young or, you know, the I mean, I see my nephew now is 10 years old and he's really talkative and whatever and, you know, he can describe so many different things, I thought I couldn't speak out when I was 10.
I mean, even in Pakistan I couldn't describe things to people because my learning was, or my development was sort of hindered in a way with the, you know, like this sort of speaking ability and whatever or describing things was hindered by the anxiety. Or, you know, just like being alone for so many, not really speaking to people. So I, you know, I see other people now and, you know, I think, you know, I was never, never like that. So even when I was like, you know, going to the doctor at 15 my ability to describe things was really, really bad. And he wouldn't, you know, spend enough time with me to ask me the right questions in a way. Because I was, you know, always not sure how to describe it, or what shall I describe, and, you know, the physical things I could describe to him and I did. Anything else I was, you know, not sure and, you know, really not. But I mean he knew that it was, wasn't a physical thing because he sent me for tests, you know, to do all my blood tests and everything else like that. But he wouldn't give you the time really and before I'd, you know, described things he'd be writing a prescription already.
When she was in hospital, she didn't tell anyone that she heard voices, only that her "head was...
I started to talk after about a week. Still didn't understand why I was there. But I did know that I heard voices, but I wouldn't tell them that. I'd just say my head was noisy. And so that I always kind of knew somehow, somewhere, that if you told someone that you heard voices, they'd lock you up. So I was not going to say that'
And my daughter, being the carer, was the only person who cared enough to notice something wasn't right, to then tell my doctor that, 'She's not right. Something's wrong.' And for him to then not refer me back, you know, to, to go into hospital, but to actually look for some counselling for me that I could have s-, a forum to talk. Even though I still didn't tell anybody I heard voices. I just said my head was noisy and I got so confused and I can't filter out conversations. I still find it difficult now.
She believes people use different terms to describe how they feel but it all stems from depression.
I think a lot people, men and women, are suffering from depression without us knowing it. We say it aches here or there; in the stomach or in the leg. But in fact all of that is from depression. Whether one feels frightened or his heart races, it's all from the same thing.
In some cases, people didn't really understand themselves what was happening or didn't realise how ill they were (see 'Onset of mental health problems'). As a result, doctors didn't always immediately recognise that they were experiencing mental health problems. One man, who did realise he was experiencing mental health problems, described his symptoms as being like the 'flu', and his doctor didn't realise at first that he was going through depression. Others were also diagnosed with other conditions or took a while to be diagnosed at all (see 'Getting a diagnosis').
Niabingi thought hearing voices was "natural", but when her mum first took her to the doctors,...
First of all I thought it was thoughts, then it became stronger and stronger and I thought oh, and then I thought oh I'm experiencing sort of like some kind of telepathy or you know, or, and voices and it felt like it was voices. And that's, when, when, it got to that stage I thought oh this is a bit strange but then, oh as well as thinking it was a bit strange I also had a thought that oh everybody has this, but I'm the last one to find out you know, you know, they haven't been telling me about, this is all about growing up. 'Cause I was young then, I was early twenties you know, and I thought oh this is you know, you know, I found out on my own and everybody has been experiencing this but nobody told me. So yeah I thought you know, I thought it was natural, I thought everybody, you know, it was just a part of growing up.
How did you feel about it when it was happening?
Oh I wasn't, I wasn't frightened, I felt in a way I felt quite excited you know, oh great you know, I'm in at last because you know, you know, everybody you know, thinking that everybody, but wondering why people hadn't explained to me that this was going on. But I, I wasn't frightened, I wasn't frightened, it was just, it was just, I just thought it was natural. In some ways you know, some of the things they were talking to me about nature and stuff like that and about death and life and death and I thought oh you know, it's quite beautiful, quite beautiful things I'm hearing, yeah.
And so at what point, you said your mum came along and noticed something wasn't quite right.
Mm yeah well I got, well I got, at the end of the year when I went back home she noticed that I wasn't eating properly. She said she noticed that I wasn't eating properly and that I used to sit and stare at lot. So she then got the doctors involved then. You know, she took me to see somebody, asked me to go and see a doctor for myself which I did do. but at first they said nothing was wrong you know, nothing was wrong but she persisted and eventually got Social Services involved and they eventually insisted that I went into hospital.
She told her doctor she had an "uncomfortable" feeling in her chest and back pain. (Original in...
But still whenever I go to see the doctor he would said' 'you are not ill actually'. [chuckle] I said' 'I feel painful here.', then he would said' 'that is due to stress, you need to relax.' Just like that'
I always want to reduce my stress. I always feel like I have a lot of things to think about. Like I feel uncomfortable at my chest, I went for check up in hospital and said I am fine. I still feel that uncomfortable feeling at chest all the time. I hope that counselling could help.
You said you were sent to hospital for check up. What was the check about? Where did you go for it?
Check at [local hospital] they said I am alright.
Doctor said you are fine after heart check up?
Yes, no problem with my heart. But feel pressed at chest. And after taking this medication, the side effect of it is pressure. You worried there would be side effect. My back feels very painful.
From what you said seems that you were not formally referred to psychiatrist by your GP.
No, no. I don't know whether I am ill to that stage or not. I don't know really.
One woman, in a state of desperation, exaggerated her symptoms in order to get help or access treatment: she told her doctor she would commit suicide if she didn't admit her to hospital.
She wanted "proper help" from her GP so she told her if they didn't admit her to hospital she...
Sometimes I was better sometimes I was worse. It was going on like that. She was about one and a half and I wasn't feeling well; sort of fed up. I felt that I was a living dead. My children were looking after me, I could not do anything for them, they would do the cooking. So I felt what's the point being a mother like this? Sometimes I used to feel like just walking out. It was like that, so one day I went to the GP. I thought I would have to use some tricks. If I didn't then she wouldn't send me to the proper hospital. If I went to the proper hospital then they would give me proper help. So I told the GP see, I have told you about all my problems; I want to tell you more; and if you don't send me to hospital today then I will either walk into the path of a vehicle or take an overdose and kill myself. She asked me whether I really meant it. She used to trust me, I said I was really fed up that day. I was feeling really bad that I wasn't able to do anything for the kids so she tried to arrange for a hospital straightaway but no hospital accepted me. They said she doesn't really have any serious problem; she wouldn't do anything; she is just depressed. We don't have any beds. They looked for a bed at the mental hospital and didn't find any at… The GP insisted that somehow they would have to accommodate her today, if you don't and anything happens then you would be responsible for that. In the end they made arrangements for me a private hospital at [nearby area] at midnight. I didn't want to go back home that day. If I go home then people say things and I can't stand that. So I said either you admit me at the hospital or I will just run away from home. So the GP put pressure on them saying if you don't take her in today and anything goes wrong, you would be responsible. So they took me to the private hospital and got me checked.
Terms used to describe mental health problems
People from different ethnic backgrounds, cultures and whose first language was not English used standard English terms and labels to describe their mental health problems, including 'hearing voices' and feeling 'down' or depressed. Others used phrases such as, "my head is not well", "my mind is playing tricks", or referred to psychological distress or emotional problems. Many said they had experienced a breakdown or a nervous breakdown. One woman said that mental health problems were referred to as "the nerves" in the Caribbean.
It was also common for people to use terms such as "crazy", "mad" and "bizarre" when referring to themselves and their and others' behaviour. One man, who worked on an anti-stigma project thought it was important to challenge people's use of terms such as "crazy", "bonkers" and "loony".
Making a distinction between feeling "normal" and feeling unwell
Many people distinguished their symptoms or the way they were feeling from being or feeling "normal", saying things like there was "something wrong" with their head or with them. They compared themselves against other people, either favourably or unfavourably. Many described themselves as ill, mentally ill, sick or unwell, and their condition as mental illness or disease. They frequently referred to having a "breakdown". One man pointed out that what is the "norm" for one person might be different for another. Others described what was happening to them as "natural", including one woman who thought panic attacks were a "natural response" to anxiety and another woman who, when she first heard voices, thought it was something "natural" that everyone experienced [see Niabingi above] (see 'Onset of mental health problems').
He says that there's a difference between "normal" behaviour and his symptoms and it might be...
No it's out of the norm. You know yourself which is normal in your life, and when things start to steer away gradually, it, it happens so gradually at first you don't notice this, is that your norm. But when it's, it's ex-, I've got a pronunciation problem, exacerbates I can't say that word, when it escalates to a degree where you say, 'Oh my goodness what is happening to me? Or when you find I can't believe what's going on in my, what's happening in my mind or how I'm feeling. It's, I don't, never felt this way before, I think this is the time you ask the family or close ones to say you notice something not right about me? they might notice something before you do and tell you, '[Lorenz] you're not acting your normal self,' or 'What's the matter?'
Then you consciously you either brighten up and say, 'Oh probably I'm not, there's something disturbing me.' And I find when I'm out of my norm this is really I become, beginning to get mentally ill and yet again my norm is not the same as another person's norm because where if I sort of shake my head and things like that it might be somebody's norm not portraying a sign of going, you're having nervous problems or whatever, it may be what I used to do as a habit or something, it maybe a habit. People habits are different and confusion can cause where a person's habits can be said to be a mental illness. I think certain habits can be classed as mental illness I suppose but it's their habit and if you recognise their habit is something if they want, if they say they're happy with it and they're living with it and they can control it and it doesn't ex-, what was it, overtake their lives. You know, if they're continually washing their hands or something and they find that it's overtaking their lives, they can't do nothing help it but always have to go up to the sink well it needs some sort of investigation into how they can manage it. Now they might not take it away altogether but they have to manage it to a degree acceptable to them.
Mental health problems and physical symptoms
Generally, people drew a distinction between physical and mental health and symptoms, using phrases like, "it's just my mind", "psychological distress" and "mental breakdown", others found it less easy to tell the difference.
She was worried that her panic attacks were really a sign of a physical, not psychological...
Again I tried to conquer these fears and this anxiety until one day I had to go to the hospital emergency. I thought I was going to have a heart attack, again, everything links to the heart. I thought I was going to heart attack. I did a couple of exams which I'd been doing like medical exams which I'd been doing for those, for the past year, for the past two years. Just to make sure that there was nothing wrong with me and that was quite reassuring. But it never really worked because deep down I always thought no I have something, there's something wrong with me, because my heart sometimes jumps. But then I don't think I've ever realised that it was just anxiety really. So from that moment onwards when I went to the hospital and when, when I was actually told you suffer from panic attacks and this is something very common. This is something that more and more people seem to have. I thought that was, that, that, that I would have a lot of benefits from going to the hospital and being told face to face what was, what was, what was, what was the matter. But still again deep down I wasn't absolutely convinced there was something wrong with me. If there was something wrong it wasn't psychological it was something physical. I still, I kept seeing this, this doctor for' quite regularly every' every three months I suppose.
When describing their symptoms or how they felt, people often referred to what might be considered physical experiences. For example, they mentioned shivering, shaking, being hot, cold or feverish, itching, tingling, or feeling numb or weak, feeling pressure or pain and having a headache. A few people also referred to finding it difficult to speak.
She describes a range of symptoms including feeling hot and cold, "something in my mouth like a...
And now it's my, got really, getting out of bed in the morning, hot flushes, sweatiness, shakiness. And sometimes I feel like I've got something in my mouth like a ton of bricks. When I talk my tongue's sometimes twisted and my throat dries up. I get out of breath. Sometimes I get like a feeling that I'm not the same person. And I get angry'
And sometimes the doctors don't take a lot of notice. They just put everything down to anxiety, panic attacks and this and that. It's like if you get aches and pains, 'Oh, it's, it's anxiety.' If you get a swollen stomach, 'Oh, it's anxiety. You're worrying too much.' You don't have to worry and you still get all these symptoms. Like, you know, when I'm laid down I get really numb. My head goes like it's, it's like I'm not laid on a pillow, it's like I'm laid on a brick. My head, it goes really tense. All my mouth it's like it's, I've got like a ton of bricks in my mouth. It's like, it's just like having numb, really numb teeth and numb faces and that. And then my fingers and my thumb and my hands go numb. And then my legs go numb. My knees lock. And I just think to myself, you know, 'I need shaking up. I need, I've got to be renewed again, you know. I've got to be a new person. If I carry on like that, maybe I'm going to end up in a box. I'm not going to be here any longer, you know.' But I just say to myself, 'Well, what's going to happen, it's got to happen.' But I'm trying my best. And I know, you know, if every, anything did happen, I just want my children to know that I tried my best to be a good mum. And what's gone wrong in the past, I tried to put everything right. I tried and tried, but I can't do any more. You know, I've tried and tried. That's the end of it now, that's all. So, but it's just all these panic attacks what get me down now, and anxieties and I get out of breath. And at night-time I'll be asleep and I'll wake up in, like I'm going down. And then I woke up in a shock and I can't breathe. I'm panicking, I've got to open the window, sit there and start puffing and making myself breathe. Then if I can't, if I'm not that settled, I've got to walk the rooms. And cool myself down, because I go really hot. It's like I'm on fire.
And it's awful, because one night I was just laid in bed and nowt never happened to me like that before. It just happened like I was laid in bed just normal, and all of a sudden I started dribbling from there. And then all my body went all cold like I was in an icebox, really numb. And my head, it was just freezing cold. And I was, my teeth was chattering. And I thought, 'Oh, well, what's going on here?' in my mind. And then all of a sudden I felt this rush come up to me, hot, really hot. And it went to my head and all I saw were red. I thought, 'God's ready to take me.' It only happened for just a second. It were like, I could see, it were just like the room went red and it were just like my body was on fire. And I went right into a deep hole, I can remember that. I went right, my, like my brain were going round, down, down, down into this like bright deep red hole. And then all of a sudden I just went numb and I went cold. And I felt all this thing come down me again. Then I was okay. And that really scared me, that night. It were just a weird thing that happened. And I just said, you know, said to myself, 'Well, be calm, [Shareen], you know. There's nowt, there's nowt there, you know.' And then I got up, had a glass of water, then I went into telly room, watched the television. Then I couldn't sleep.
He describes how, when he gets depressed, he feels as though his head is burning and itching.
Well when you, when I'm depressed for myself I, 'Oh what's going to be happening why is it, why is my head is burning,' and then a lot of the time is a lot of worry that comes, a lot of worry then inside, inside is not sound. I mean so that puts you from the food and sleep' It's, you just are wondering why this happened, what am I going to do, why it happening, am I going to die, then I will go ill my, if it is not stopping if I don't sleep or if don't eat, if I don't, not stress , not stopping the worriness, you know, the exhaustion, what do you, you know, exhausted and depressed'
I don't know why my head is not well. Sometimes I open the back door of the garden, of the restaurant and get some air because my head is burning, my head is hot so I get the fresh air or itching and things like that. And after a few days, after a few weeks, after, I'm alright.
She describes shaking uncontrollably. Text only
My problems started in the year 1997. Around this time was when my mind started to have problems. When I was washing my face, I felt like there some energy running up from my body to my head. Not thinking anything of it, I went to bed after. In the middle of my sleep, I started to laugh uncontrollably then my hands started to shake involuntarily. Naturally, I felt scared because of this. I tried to sit up and get a drink of water, but the shaking continued. That's how it all started. I then went to see emergency services at the hospital. Soon after I arrived I felt fine, but then later after I left my problems persisted again. At times I would not be able to walk at a faster pace, or I could not do things for myself properly. I went to see a few doctors but the situation is all the same. That's how it all started.
Some of these physical symptoms could have had other explanations. Most of the people interviewed described issues relating to their physical health, including migraine headaches, tinnitus (ringing, whistling, buzzing and humming noises in the ears or head with no external source) and menopause, as well as alcohol and drug use (see Mae's story and Chapman's story). Also, some people thought their symptoms were caused by other symptoms (e.g. they couldn't sleep because they were hallucinating) or by side effects of medication (see 'Prescribed medication & side effects').
She feels like a different person and believes that some of her symptoms might be caused by the...
Can you tell me a bit more about what kind of symptoms that you have? How, how does it make you feel?
It feels me down, it feels me very down. Before I used to feel like heart racing, my back used to be tingling and my tongue used to be getting like tingling as well. Now I don't get that symptom at all. Because two years ago I just feel like a, like a scary person. I'm scared, I'm scared to lose this person and I'm scared to lose this person. And I don't get anxiety now. I get tired. I get lazy. I don't feel like to do anything. I feel like lonely. And but this moment and this, because I'm, I think, I think, I'm 38, because I change myself a lot. I'm not rely on my husband like I used to do. I do things for myself. And then I don't like it because I'm not used to it maybe doing them things. And then I think that, 'Why I'm like that?' But then I think it's, might be my hormones changing me and I'll be like the woman, not child any more. And then the things that, then I get scared about, then I see things about men and wives, sex and stuff like that, and I don't like it. And it just flashes in your brain keeping, and I don't like it. And I want to be like a, a normal girl, you know, normal, normal woman too. And then I push my head, then I start thinking good stuff. My brain is, it don't think good stuff'
One thing I think is when, about a year ago I was slowing down my period and I felt dizzy in my head. And then I felt really down like somebody had washed me and had drained me. And I felt like that. But I didn't took any notice. I thought it was just nothing. But I think it's, I think it's my period or my hormones today because I was a lau-, I were fit girl, I were laughing girl. Like anybody fall out with me I used to get upset. Anybody didn't ring me, I used to ring them. But I'm not bothered any more. I'm changed completely, I'm changed. And that makes me very, because you'll never be the same person anyway.
And did you, what does the doctor think of that?
The doctor always put to anxiety. They don't really know, because people, don't know what when they go through. When they go through they understand. But my sister's, she's different to me, she's different. I'm, I'm not that kind, I don't get angry. I might, two or three months I might not cry.
She also has tinnitus and migraines; she describes similar symptoms for these and her mental...
I see things which is not there, I hear things which is nobody speaking and they scanned my brain. They said it's a part of my illness and I suffer with a severe migraine. Migraine, yeah, and tinnitus. That is illness as well. So my doctor said to me if they are not getting better, so she is going to refer me to a specialist.
Do you understand what tinnitus is?
What is it exactly?
People are hearing things, buzzing ears and hearing noises, you know, funny noises, funny voices.
And what causes tinnitus, do you know?
Yeah, depression, illness.
Is that what you've been told?
Yeah, yeah. I've got the leaflets you know, they say that some people having it when they have a severe infection in their ears but I didn't have that. I had it about 14 years ago and my ears were blocked, but at that time I didn't have that problem at all, so I don't think it was that, so only thing it can be is my illness, they say it's my illness because two years, about two years being [sighs] very upset, I've never been in my life that upset.
Other unusual symptoms included feeling afraid - either in general, "I felt fear in me" - or afraid of specific things, for example, being afraid of men or afraid of silence. One person was afraid to look into people's eyes. Several people were afraid of death and felt as though they "could be gone any time". A few people referred to feeling like a different person than they were before, or feeling like two different people (see Shareen's story). Others described having intense on-off relationships. Some described feeling angry, being violent, "smashing things" and threatening to beat their children.
He describes his various symptoms, including feeling vulnerable, "horrible images" in his head,...
Well the more recent stuff is just feeling utterly, utterly crushed and feeling completely despondent, friendless, helpless, and completely vulnerable in a very hostile environment. I mean it feels that if I open the door poisonous gases are going to rush in and kill me. It feels, when I hit days that are not good it feels like there's been a nuclear war and everywhere is poisonous and radioactive.
And I get all kinds of horrible images coming up in my head usually, usually images of death or something or somebody's I knows died, something really, really unpleasant. That, that's one of the symptoms going, this is post medication. Pre medication I could flare up very easily and just start smashing stuff. Screaming, crying, go missing, I'd be in very bad way completely. So after the, post medication, post 2002, I'm very much, my pain is very much internalised. And it's insular, but it doesn't take control of me. I just think to myself, well look this is nasty stuff going in your head. You're just going to have let it run thorough you system and it will stop, whereas before I didn't have that kind of cognizance of it. I just, I just get the wrong stimuli especially if somebody told me something I didn't want to hear and I just go bananas. I'd really, really flip out and just terrify everyone around me. So those are my symptoms. And prior to that even I'd, I'd, I, when I was a kid, when I really, really young I'd just be screaming all the time. And just oh it was just terrible.
Overall, people felt that their symptoms made them lose control over their thoughts, feelings, behaviour and even their life, describing their condition as "hell" or a "curse". Most experienced cycles of illness followed by periods of feeling well and being able to function (sometimes with the help of medication). Although some had lived with their symptoms since childhood, many said they had changed or even improved over time.
Last reviewed September 2018.
Last updated February 2013.


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Beaumont Health is in the market for at least 360,000 square feet of office space in Southfield for a new corporate headquarters with 2,500 employees.
Details of the long-discussed plans for a so-called "shared services building" are revealed in a request for proposal obtained by Crain's last week that says the health system is in the market to do a $60 million-plus project. The move would cap a consolidation effort for Michigan's largest hospital chain following its 2014 three-system mega-merger.
And more formal moves could come soon, as the RFP says interviews of prospective contractors to design the space are scheduled for Aug. 21 and the project is expected to be awarded by the end of the month.
While the specific location is not discussed in the RFP, dated Aug. 2, four real estate sources familiar with the negotiations have said Beaumont is strongly considering a deal to lease 350,000 square feet of available space or outright buy the First Center Office Plaza on Northwestern Highway and move employees there. The sources requested anonymity because the deal is not complete.
That comes after backing away from previously considered locations such as the former Federal-Mogul Corp. headquarters and Raleigh Officentre as possible locations because they were too small, the sources said. At one point, Beaumont had the Federal-Mogul buildings under contract.
"Beaumont Health is looking at multiple sites in Oakland County. Our leadership says, 'We are looking at lots of options,'" Robert Ortlieb, a spokesman for Beaumont, said in a statement.
Fox said in a previous interview with Crain's that he is looking for a new corporate headquarters location. During that interview, he declined to specificy an area, but said it could be multiple locations.
"I don't want to increase real estate speculation" and drive up costs, Fox said. At that time, it was clear he wanted the new single-location headquarters building close to one of Beaumont's eight hospitals, which are in Grosse Pointe, Dearborn, Taylor, Royal Oak, Trenton, Farmington Hills, Wayne and Troy.
Revealed in the RFP are details the eight-hospital system has declined to publicly disclose, including a 2018 time frame for a potential consolidation of its employees from multiple locations throughout Southeast Michigan and planned capital expenditures.
"With eight hospitals, 5,000 physicians and 35,000 employees from three different founding organization [sic] the owner is reorganizing all the administrative non-campus specific staff into a single location," the RFP reads.
"The vision of Beaumont Health senior leadership is to offer an open, collaborative, supportive and flexible space that provides a healthy work environment to their staff."
But perhaps the oddest aspect of Beaumont's effort is a claim by a millionaire broadcasting entrepreneur that Crain's has not been able to independently verify.
Over the course of an eight-hour period Aug. 7, Word Network owner Kevin Adell told Crain'sthat Beaumont wanted to build a new corporate headquarters on property he owns in Novi. He also provided a transcript of text messages he said he received from a Beaumont broker he says prove as much. Later in the day, Adell sent Crain's a copy of a letter to the broker threatening to sue him for backing out of a deal.
Adell said in interviews last week that Beaumont planned to buy 19 acres of vacant land he owns to build a corporate headquarters in Novi at I-96 and Novi Road. A spokesman said in an email that Adell "has sold 19 acres in Novi for $19 million to a major, major local business."
Carolyn Wilson, Beaumont's COO, said in a statement last week only that it "is looking at multiple sites in western Oakland County."
But, "to date, no offers have been made on any properties."
Adell said Randy Thomas, the president and CEO of Commerce Township-based Insite Commercial who does some brokerage work for the hospital system, approached him about buying the 19 acres of his 23-acre property for $19 million.
However, an Adell spokesman later that day provided Crain's a letter from Adell's attorney, Michael Alan Schwartz of Schwartz PLLC in Farmington Hills, that was sent to Thomas threatening legal action and saying that "your client has backed out of the purchase."
"As evidence that your client was actually desirous of purchasing the property, not only did you indicate that the principals of your client were going on a site inspection of the property, but further that they were satisfied with the price, of one million dollars per acre, that you were asking," the letter dated Aug. 7 letter reads.
Thomas confirmed to Crain's that he received the letter but declined further comment. He is also listing close to 200 acres of Beaumont-owned land for sale in Commerce Township (34.6 acres), Independence Township (63 acres) and Canton Township (97.3 acres).
It's not the first time Adell has made claims about tenants or users for the former Novi Expo Center property.
In 2013, when he held a press conference there, he said the Cleveland Clinic was interested in the site. The clinic's director of communications at the time, Angie Kiska, however, said there were no plans for a Novi location.
Beaumont Health, which in 2014 merged with Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Hospital, has corporate employees scattered throughout the region at multiple properties, including the five-tower Southfield Town Center. It's not known how many offices it has nor how many square feet it leases from landlords. Beaumont declined to provide that information.
The First Center Office Plaza is currently owned by Iron Point Partners LLC, according to CoStar Group Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based real estate information service.
Iron Point paid $66 million for the 640,000-square-foot, four-building property in October 2007, according to CoStar. It is managed and leased to tenants by Bingham Farms-based Core Partners LLC, which declined comment. A message left late last month with Gene McQuown, an Iron Point executive, was not returned.
Earlier this year, it underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation that brought new water features, furniture, flooring, LED lights and plants to the 34-year-old property.
According to a second-quarter market report from the Southfield office of Newmark Knight Frank, the 17.2 million-square-foot Southfield office market is 23.6 percent vacant with an average asking rent of $21.31 per square foot for Class A space and average asking rent of $18.42.
The merger has paid off for Beaumont, which is still working to integrate the three systems.
For the fiscal year 2016 that ended Dec. 31, Beaumont Health enjoyed an operating income increase of 43 percent to $200.6 million for a 4.6 percent margin, compared with $140.7 million the prior year. Net revenue grew 6.7 percent to $4.4 billion. Beaumont has projected net savings from the merger over three years to be more than $134 million.
Beaumont is metro Detroit's second-largest system by revenue at $4.4 billion, somewhat behind $5.7 billion Henry Ford Health System, which includes $2.4 billion in health premium revenue. Comparing just net patient revenue, Beaumont is ahead of six-hospital Henry Ford, $4.1 billion to $3 billion.
Over the past three years, Beaumont has spent an average of $218 million each year in capital projects, doubling the average annual capital expenditures of five of the six other competing health systems in Southeast Michigan. Detroit Medical Center has spent an average of $170 million per year, but that is based on a purchase agreement to spend $850 million over five years by its current owner Tenet Healthcare Corp.


Come to Sacramento's best independent coffee lounge, and hear some fiercely independent music by the Bottom Dwellers. The Pleasant Valley Boys will be opening this show for us with some real bluegrass from Dixon, CA.
Beer will be available at this event! Be sure to bring your ID and a hand for stamping.


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Hippodrome Theatre, også kaldet New York Hippodrome, var et teater i New York City fra 1905 til 1939 på Sixth Avenue mellem 43rd Street og 44th Street i Theater District i Midtown Manhattan. Det kaldtes for verdens største teater af dets byggere og havde 5.300 siddepladser og en 30 gange 61 meter stor scene. Teatret var udstyret med datidens seneste teknologi indenfor teaterudstyr, herunder en løftbar vandtank i glas.

Hippodromen blev bygget af Frederick Thompson og Elmer Dundy, skaberne af Luna Park-forlystelsesparken på Coney Island, med støtte fra Harry S. Blacks U.S. Realty, et af tidens dominerende ejendoms- og byggeselskaber, og blev overtaget af The Shubert Organization i 1909. I 1933 blev det genåbnet som biografen New York Hippodrome, og blev scenen for Billy Roses musical Jumbo i 1935. Optrædende, som optrådte i Hippodromen omfattede mange cirkuser, musikalske revyer, Harry Houdinis forsvindende elefant, vaudeviller, stumfilm som Neptune's Daughter fra 1914 og Better Times fra 1922 samt 1930'ernes biograffilm.

Teatret lukkede i august 1939 for nedrivning, og i 1952 åbnede en stor, moderne kontorbygning kendt som "The Hippodrome Center" (1120 Avenue of the Americas) på samme sted.

Kilder
 Epstein, Milton. The New York Hippodrome: A Complete Chronology of Performances, From 1905 to 1939. Performing Art Resources, vol. 17-18. New York: Theatre Library Association, 1993.

Eksterne henvisninger
 Cinema Treasures

Teatre i USA
Biografer
Forsvundne bygninger, konstruktioner og anlæg
Etableret i 1905
Ophørt i 1939

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New coronavirus mask, certificate restrictions enter into force
ERR News
A coronavirus vaccination certificate displayed on a mobile phone. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR
Negative coronavirus test result certificates cannot be used to enter public places and masks must be worn from Monday (October 25). The rules will be in place until January 2022.
The new rules are in place to try and reduce the burden on the healthcare system, which has reached a "critical level", the government said last week.
Certificate restrictions
From today, only coronavirus vaccination or recovery certificates can be used to take part in public events and activities.
People without these certificates cannot take part in the following activities:
Sporting competitions or sports and exercise events;
Youth work, hobbies and hobby education;
Using public pools, spas, saunas or waterparks;
Conferences, plays, concerts or cinema screenings;
Entertainment services;
Visiting museums or exhibitions;
Eating-in at catering venues;
Attending indoor public meetings or in restricted outdoor areas.
An exception is in place for in-service training and exams.
Mask rules
A sign asking passengers to wear a mask on a Tallinn bus. Source: Helen Wright / ERR
Masks must be worn in public indoor areas. The rules must be monitored by retailers and service providers.
Those not wearing masks will not be allowed to enter public indoor spaces.
People will no longer be able to cover their nose and mouth with a raised collar, scarf or anything other than a face mask.
People are strongly recommended to use medical-grade masks.
Those who are unable to wear a mask for legitimate medical reasons must show proof from their doctor.
The new measures will remain in place at least until January 10, 2022.
Coronavirus testing station. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR
New rules will also apply to self-isolation and testing in schools and for hobby education from November 1.
The new restrictions apply to all unvaccinated or non-recovered students.
Children defined as close contacts must immediately isolate at home and take a PCR test no sooner than four days after contact with an infected person.
The PCR test must be taken at a public testing facility.
If the result is negative, the student may return to school and/or their hobby group(s).
Involvement in other activities requiring a COVID certificate – such as attending cinema screenings, plays and concerts, visiting museums and spas and going to cafés – is not permitted for 10 days after coming into close contact with an infected person.
The new rules can be read on the government's website here.
Coronavirus in Estonia
Coronavirus vaccinations taking place at Sõle Sports Center on April 3, 2021. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR
On Sunday (October 24), Estonia's 14-day coronavirus infection rate stood at 1,311.3 per 100,000 - one of the highest in Europe.
There were 1,787 new cases recorded - a number equivalent to the spring peak in March.
There are 466 people being treated in hospitals for COVID-19, and the majority are unvaccinated.
The healthcare system has the staffing capacity to treat approximately 600 coronavirus patients. It is thought this level will be hit by the start of November.
Doctors are calling for a lockdown and experts say it should be considered.
So far, 55.4 percent of the Estonian population - including children - have been vaccinated. Among adults, the rate is 68 percent.
How can the spread of coronavirus be stopped?
Keep your distance in public places.
Wear a mask in crowded places.
Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water.
Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough.
If you develop symptoms stay at home and contact a family doctor.
You can also get vaccinated against coronavirus.
You can find more data about coronavirus in Estonia on the Health Board's website or at koroonakaart. Both websites are in Estonian, Russian and English.
Editor: Helen Wright
Around 250,000 disposable face-masks recycled in Tallinn initiative
Prime minister: Cinemas seem insignificant during hospital wartime
Family physicians to focus on vaccinations over next few weeks
Lutheran Church leader: I am getting vaccinated
Justice chancellor: Established restrictions are legitimate
University of Tartu Hospital: No light at the end of the tunnel this wave
'Samost ja Aaspõllu': New measures will not boost vaccination rate
Kallas to address Riigikogu on covid restrictions following Isamaa appeal
FAQs: Coronavirus vaccination in Estonia
Coronavirus in Estonia: All you need to know


How would a 14th century archer (on campaign) sharpen a sword, knife and possibly arrowheads? At living history events I'd like to present an authentic view of this activity. Most whetstones that I see for sale are decidedly modern in appearance. Any suggestion for period kit?
Mostly guessing but a stone roughly circular like a hockey puck but I would avoid a Hollywood cliché of using a very rough rock in a sloppy way.
Stone but portable water wheel maybe ? I used to have a round stone with a handle to turn it with the stone's bottom third could be wetted in a trough: It was easy to get it rotating very fast and sharpen knives and axes with it quickly without heating the steel.
More or less large versions might have been available for use by common soldiers in camp to sharpen their own equipment or servants skilled at sharpening might have usually done the job ?
Below are two illustrations drawn from period art as found in Knives and Scabbards -- a publication from the Museum of London.
Image taken from Luttrell Psalter.
Originally published/produced in England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335.
A man sharpening knives on a wheel.
Image taken from The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londres L:arti co:muni che uanno : Londra, etc. [Seventy two engravings, with two titlepages, also engraved.].
Originally published/produced in P. Tempest: [London, 1688?].


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Schweden nahm an den Olympischen Winterspielen 1992 im französischen Albertville mit einer Delegation von 73 Athleten in neun Disziplinen teil, davon 56 Männer und 17 Frauen. Mit einer Goldmedaille und drei Bronzemedaillen platzierte sich Schweden auf Platz 13 im Medaillenspiegel. Pernilla Wiberg wurde im Riesenslalom die einzige schwedische Olympiasiegerin bei diesen Spielen.

Fahnenträger bei der Eröffnungsfeier war der Eisschnellläufer Tomas Gustafson.

Teilnehmer nach Sportarten

Biathlon
Männer
 Leif Andersson
 20 km Einzel: 38. Platz (1:02:09,3 h)
 4 × 7,5 km Staffel:  (1:25:38,2 h)

 Ulf Johansson
 10 km Sprint: 14. Platz (27:19,0 min)
 20 km Einzel: 64. Platz (1:04:58,2 h)
 4 × 7,5 km Staffel:  (1:25:38,2 h)

 Mikael Löfgren
 10 km Sprint: 20. Platz (27:33,3 min)
 20 km Einzel:  (57:59,4 min)
 4 × 7,5 km Staffel:  (1:25:38,2 h)

 Anders Mannelqvist
 10 km Sprint: 67. Platz (29:52,0 min)
 20 km Einzel: 43. Platz (1:02:38,6 h)

 Tord Wiksten
 10 km Sprint: 48. Platz (28:40,5 min)
 4 × 7,5 km Staffel:  (1:25:38,2 h)

Frauen
 Inger Björkbom
 7,5 km Sprint: 26. Platz (27:13,1 min)
 15 km Einzel: 12. Platz (53:52,8 min)
 3 × 7,5 km Staffel: 6. Platz (1:20:56,6 h)

 Catarina Eklund
 15 km Einzel: 29. Platz (57:31,2 min)

 Christina Eklund
 7,5 km Sprint: 57. Platz (29:25,9 min)
 3 × 7,5 km Staffel: 6. Platz (1:20:56,6 h)

 Anna Hermansson
 7,5 km Sprint: 43. Platz (28:20,3 min)
 15 km Einzel: 64. Platz (1:03:49,0 h)

 Mia Stadig
 7,5 km Sprint: 14. Platz (26:15,0 min)
 15 km Einzel: 33. Platz (57:54,5 min)
 3 × 7,5 km Staffel: 6. Platz (1:20:56,6 h)

Eiskunstlauf
Frauen
 Helene Persson
 Wettkampf nicht beendet

Eishockey

 5. Platz

Eisschnelllauf
Männer
 Per Bengtsson
 5000 m: 21. Platz (7:23,03 min)
 10.000 m: 7. Platz (14:35,58 min)

 Björn Forslund
 500 m: 20. Platz (38,24 s)
 1000 m: 31. Platz (1:17,71 min)

 Tomas Gustafson
 5000 m: 13. Platz (7:15,56 min)

 Joakim Karlberg
 500 m: 38. Platz (40,71 s)
 1500 m: 26. Platz (2:00,01 min)

 Bo König
 500 m: 34. Platz (39,06 s)
 1000 m: Rennen nicht beendet
 1500 m: 21. Platz (1:58,94 min)

 Hans Markström
 500 m: 33. Platz (38,89 s)

 Jonas Schön
 1500 m: 34. Platz (2:01,53 min)
 5000 m: 9. Platz (7:12,15 min)
 10.000 m: 16. Platz (14:46,20 min)

Frauen
 Jasmin Krohn
 1500 m: 13. Platz (2:09,62 min)
 3000 m: 11. Platz (4:31,98 min)
 5000 m: 11. Platz (7:50,64 min)

Freestyle-Skiing
Männer
 Björn Åberg
 Buckelpiste: 16. Platz (20,29)

 Jörgen Pääjärvi
 Buckelpiste: 16. Platz (24,14)

 Leif Persson
 Buckelpiste: 8. Platz (22,99)

Frauen
 Helena Waller
 Buckelpiste: 20. Platz (in der Qualifikation ausgeschieden)

Rodeln
Männer, Einsitzer
 Mikael Holm
 14. Platz (3:05,292 min)

Männer, Doppelsitzer
 Hans Kohala & Carl-Johan Lindqvist
 6. Platz (1:33,134 min)

Ski Alpin
Männer
 Mats Ericson
 Slalom: 14. Platz (1:48,01 min)

 Thomas Fogdö
 Slalom: 5. Platz (1:45,48 min)

 Jonas Nilsson
 Slalom: 8. Platz (1:46,57 min)

 Fredrik Nyberg
 Super-G: 11. Platz (1:14,61 min)
 Riesenslalom: 8. Platz (2:09,00 min)

 Johan Wallner
 Riesenslalom: Rennen nicht beendet
 Slalom: Rennen nicht beendet

Frauen
 Kristina Andersson
 Riesenslalom: 10. Platz (2:15,23 min)
 Slalom: 11. Platz (1:34,95 min)

 Ylva Nowén
 Riesenslalom: Rennen nicht beendet
 Slalom: 21. Platz (1:37,84 min)

 Pernilla Wiberg
 Super-G: 12. Platz (1:24,58 min)
 Riesenslalom:  (2:12,74 min)
 Slalom: Rennen nicht beendet

Skilanglauf
Männer
 Henrik Forsberg
 10 km klassisch: 12. Platz (29:09,0 min)
 15 km Verfolgung: 9. Platz (40:16,4 min)
 50 km Freistil: 37. Platz (2:16:22,7 h)
 4 × 10 km Staffel: 4. Platz (1:41:23,1 h)

 Niklas Jonsson
 10 km klassisch: 5. Platz (28:03,1 min)
 15 km Verfolgung: 13. Platz (41:02,1 min)
 30 km klassisch: 7. Platz (1:25:17,6 h)

 Christer Majbäck
 10 km klassisch:  (27:56,4 min)
 15 km Verfolgung: 6. Platz (39:41,0 min)
 30 km klassisch: 6. Platz (1:24:12,1 h)
 50 km Freistil: 16. Platz (2:11:13,3 h)
 4 × 10 km Staffel: 4. Platz (1:41:23,1 h)

 Torgny Mogren
 10 km klassisch: 9. Platz (28:37,8 min)
 15 km Verfolgung: 5. Platz (39:01,4 min)
 50 km Freistil: 12. Platz (2:10:29,9 h)
 4 × 10 km Staffel: 4. Platz (1:41:23,1 h)

 Jan Ottosson
 30 km klassisch: 11. Platz (1:25:33,9 h)
 50 km Freistil: 44. Platz (2:18:59,9 h)
 4 × 10 km Staffel: 4. Platz (1:41:23,1 h)

 Jyrki Ponsiluoma
 30 km klassisch: 8. Platz (1:25:24,4 h)

Frauen
 Lis Frost
 15 km klassisch: 31. Platz (47:18,3 min)
 30 km Freistil: 47. Platz (1:37:05,0 h)

 Carina Görlin
 5 km klassisch: 14. Platz (15:00,8 min)
 10 km Verfolgung: 23. Platz (28:57,6 min)
 15 km klassisch: 23. Platz (46:09,4 min)
 4 × 5 km Staffel: 7. Platz (1:01:54,5 h)

 Ann-Marie Karlsson
 5 km klassisch: 33. Platz (15:43,8 min)
 10 km Verfolgung: 35. Platz (30:14,1 min)
 30 km Freistil: 38. Platz (1:34:45,6 h)

 Karin Säterkvist
 5 km klassisch: 34. Platz (15:44,6 min)
 10 km Verfolgung: 30. Platz (29:27,6 min)
 4 × 5 km Staffel: 7. Platz (1:01:54,5 h)

 Magdalena Wallin
 15 km klassisch: 26. Platz (46:40,2 min)
 30 km Freistil: 34. Platz (1:33:46,6 h)
 4 × 5 km Staffel: 7. Platz (1:01:54,5 h)

 Marie-Helene Westin
 5 km klassisch: 9. Platz (14:42,6 min)
 10 km Verfolgung: 6. Platz (27:14,2 min)
 15 km klassisch: 10. Platz (45:00,5 min)
 30 km Freistil: 7. Platz (1:27:16,2 h)
 4 × 5 km Staffel: 7. Platz (1:01:54,5 h)

Skispringen
 Jan Boklöv
 Normalschanze: 47. Platz (175,5)
 Mannschaft: 9. Platz (515,1)

 Mikael Martinsson
 Normalschanze: 17. Platz (199,9)
 Großschanze: 16. Platz (168,5)
 Mannschaft: 9. Platz (515,1)

 Per-Inge Tällberg
 Großschanze: 50. Platz (106,1)

 Staffan Tällberg
 Normalschanze: 35. Platz (186,0)
 Großschanze: 27. Platz (154,0)
 Mannschaft: 9. Platz (515,1)

 Magnus Westman
 Normalschanze: 28. Platz (188,8)
 Großschanze: 44. Platz (127,9)
 Mannschaft: 9. Platz (515,1)

Weblinks

Schweden
Winterspiele 1992
Wintersport (Schweden)


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In A glance at the heavens, Blog
My thanks to Frank Clifford for the idea for this week's blog, and his permission to include his observations about Maya Angelou from his Horoscope Detective column (TMA Apr./May 2011). I will begin with a slightly edited excerpt from Frank's article, add a few of my own notes, then link to some other writers on Miss Angelou's horoscope.
Frank Clifford:
"Sun–Jupiter in Aries Personified
What of those born under the conjunction? In Aries, the Sun–Jupiter person may have a naïve, somewhat innocent take on the world — a blind faith and perhaps a passionate belief that their personal truth will be embraced by others. With this combination, there's a generosity of spirit, an innate faith in life, an all-consuming hope that's inhaled at the start of each new day, a fresh quality of exuberance, and a thirst for adventurous enterprise. One may have a strong sense of destiny, of being on a mission — taking up a quest — but sometimes an exaggerated sense of one's importance (haughty arrogance), a need to play god or to overextend oneself and live life in the moment, though beyond one's means. There may be high expectations and a desire to be seen as the front-runner, an urgent need to claim one's birthright, and an eager pursuit of affluence and influence.
Acclaimed poet and activist Maya Angelou has a Grand Passion for life and is an inspirational example of embracing one's potential, putting one's heart into life. 'Life loves the liver of it,' she has often said. She has written of the triumphs, frustrations, hopes, and joys of the human experience in six volumes of autobiography. The theme of her work encapsulates the positive message of Sun–Jupiter in Aries: the refusal of the human spirit to be hardened.
Chart Data:
Maya Angelou, April 4, 1928; 2:10 p.m. CST; Saint Louis, MO, USA (38°N38′, 90°W12′); AA: from birth certificate, as quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990).
The 1994 Current Biography Yearbook notes her 'inexhaustible capacity for renewed hope, determination, and love.' (1) Essentially, her philosophy is to engage in and experience life with courage. Angelou says, 'You may encounter many defeats but must not be defeated.' In true Aries style, she notes, 'One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.' In May 2009, the Maya Angelou Academy opened at the New Beginnings Youth Development Center. The Academy is designed to help students fulfil their academic or career potential.
Dr. Angelou is a charismatic, 6-foot empress of African-American pride (whose father was 'much too grand for his colour'). She stands tall as an imposing, positive embodiment of a Sun–Jupiter conjunction (ruling her Leo Ascendant and 5th house): a woman of honesty, integrity, and dignity, living a full life without false modesty or excuse. In her colourful life, she has journeyed from being the first female and first 'negro' trolley conductor in San Francisco to a dancer, actress, and nationally treasured symbol of hope, whose literature, poetry, and speeches touch that which is human and universal in all of us (Neptune rising). Her poem for President Clinton's first inauguration, On the Pulse of Morning, was a soaring call for peace, justice, and harmony. Maya Angelou read this poem at the ceremony on January 20, 1993 (as transiting Jupiter in Libra opposed her Sun–Jupiter, and her progressed Jupiter–Ascendant Astro*Carto*Graphy line closed in on Washington, D.C.). She spoke of the conjunction's philosophy of being present and vigilant in living life to the utmost: 'Give birth again to the dream … lift up your hearts. Each new hour holds new chances for new beginnings.'"
(1) Current Biography Yearbook, ed. Judith Graham, H. W. Wilson Co., 1994.
Mary Plumb:
Maya Angelou's natal Sun is at 15° Aries and there are many connections to the current cardinal planet transits, which other bloggers below have noted. I looked at the solar return preceding death, set for her place of residence, Winston-Salem, NC. Her death was seven weeks after her birthday and she died at home. I am assuming she was there for her birthday, as reports said she had been ill for a while. (1)
Saturn is ruler of the solar return 8th house (Aquarius cusp). On May 28, her death day, transiting Saturn was at 18°42' Scorpio, conjunct the natal nadir, i.e., the end of the matter. (See natal chart above: the natal Midheaven is 17°39' Taurus.) Jupiter, ruler of the natal 8th house (Pisces cusp), had come to the solar return Ascendant.
I have an informal study going on regarding the natal Porphyry 8th-house cusp being activated at the time of death. I have seen that degree being triggered by an eclipse (both Full or New Moon, either directly or by square) prior to the death, or by a progressed or transiting planet coming to the cusp.
In this case, Angelou's 2014 solar return Midheaven is 22°40' Pisces, on the natal Porphyry 8th cusp.
Here's something interesting also that is purely anecdotal, not the result of research: in Angelou's secondary progressed chart, the (Porphyry) 8th-house cusp is 6°46' Gemini. She passed away on the day of the New Moon at 7°21' Gemini. (It is interesting also to see Jupiter, ruler of the natal 8th house, directly on the progressed Descendant.) Travel well, Maya Angelou.
Here are others' thoughtful words.
Tara Green wrote Maya Angelou, tribute to her life, with lots of biographical notes and astrological details. Writing about the transits at her death: "The planet Uranus — higher consciousness — was exactly on her Sun, with Pluto squaring her Sun and Jupiter squaring it as well. Jupiter is of course exactly on her natal Pluto, taking her back home. Pluto in Capricorn is opposite her natal Pluto. Mars is very close to her natal Moon in Libra, and Saturn is Retrograde as at her birth, exactly on her I.C., the roots, foundation, and ending-of-life point. Neptune, planet of spirituality, is close to a square to her North and South nodes, indicating a peaceful journey back to spirit and source from where Maya and all souls originate."
Amy Eliott writes Maya Angelou: Voice of Power, Humanity, Grace at Planet Waves: "The Aries Sun, her chart ruler, is closely conjunct Jupiter, which powerfully brings to mind one description of her as a 'professional hopemonger.' The Sun is also very tightly square Pluto — to within about 1/6 degree — and along with Jupiter these form a t-square with her natal Moon in Libra. This appears to underscore the intensity, or 'Sturm und Drang,' as she once put it, with which her life was punctuated."
Steve Kinsman writes A Brief Biography of Maya Angelou, plus her Horoscope. (This site also features some photos and video links.)
"There is a t-square between the opposition of the Sun-Jupiter conjunction to the Moon and their square to Pluto. (Sun-Pluto 180 degrees from the Moon; Sun-Jupiter and Moon all 90 degrees from Pluto). This t-square in cardinal signs is driven almost obsessively (Pluto) to make a profound (Pluto) difference within the world one inhabits……Finally, the Moon's position is always notable in a horoscope, because it reveals the 'reigning psychological need' of the individual. It reveals what we need to feel like we belong. It is indispensable to our psychological well-being. For Maya Angelou, her reigning psychological need — with her Moon on the cusp of the third house of communication — has been to get her message out, through the form of writing. The extreme proliferation and volume of her writings is seen by the Moon's strong square to Pluto."
And this excerpt from Elisabeth Grace (graceastrology.com) in her recap for Thursday, 5/29/2014: Curiouser and Curiouser. "Maya Angelou, the beloved author, poet, activist and Tony-nominated actress, passed away. On Facebook, one of the many heartfelt tributes I read included a friend's reaction to hearing Miss Angelou speak:
'This woman has access to the same words as everyone else. How is it she puts them together more beautifully than anyone, and with such ease?' In awe of her power then. In awe now…
That powerful way with words is suggested, of course, by her horoscope. Immediately we see nebulous Neptune sitting right on top of a queenly Leo Ascendant — opposed by action hero Mars, suggesting a need to be seen as the charismatic projection of a sublime, lyrical, soulful ideal. Alternatively, this pattern could have been expressed as a bewildering or suppressed sense of personal identity — at least in the early home life. The suggestion of suppression (a 'caged bird') is echoed by potent Pluto challenging her Sun in warrior Aries. A need for poetic social expression and thinking (a caged bird that sings!) is suggested by an idealistic connection between Mercury and Venus in Pisces. Also of interest: rebel Uranus running wild — and rising ahead of the Aries Sun — suggesting a need for uncompromising freedom and unconventionality — especially in her vocation. Miss Angelou managed the potential of Neptune well and became an inspiration. Her last Tweet: 'Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.' RIP."


The news these days is all but overrun with stories of hackers, cyberattacks, cyberterrorism, and the importance of cybersecurity. While concerns about external threats to network security are completely valid (I think Target and its former CEO would vouch for us here), this only makes up one side of the coin; to be truly secure, you have to look at not only how easily outside forces can make their way into your network, but also how easily your sensitive data can make its way from the inside of your network out.
1. Look at your data. What kind of data do you handle on a day-to-day basis? Financial information? Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? What data is most sensitive? What is least sensitive? If it helps, rank the different kinds on a scale.
2. Determine what is allowed to happen to this data. Can it leave your network? Can it leave your network, but only in encrypted form? Can it not leave your network under any circumstances whatsoever? Are there only certain people in your office who can have access to certain data?
Once you know what boundaries you need to create, the next step is actually putting actionable policy in place to keep your data private.
1. Internal Permissions. How do you control which people have access to which data? What tools or settings do you need to achieve the proper restrictions?
2. Email. Most PII can only be sent in encrypted form. Do you have the tools in place to send sensitive information securely? Is your staff educated on when and how to use these tools?
3. Remote Access. What data can your people access remotely? Are they able to synchronize it to another device? Do they know the limitations? Are you leaving it to their discretion?
4. Devices. What kind of devices are allowed to tap into your network? Personal? Company-owned only? Is network data only allowed on devices that are encrypted at the hardware level? Will you differentiate between what is allowed on these devices, and what isn't?
Sure, some aspects of the policy may be a bit burdensome. Sure, some can make collaboration more difficult for your staff. And sure, some may require that you invest in additional tools in order to stick within the boundaries you've created.
But we can't tell you how many times we've encountered people who have been separated from a company for years and still have corporate data in their personal Dropbox account.
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