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AV Club's best of 2014: Barry, DeForge, Mizuki, Porcellino, Vehlmann & Kerascoet
"The best comics of 2014: Graphic novels and archival editions" / AV Club / Tim O'Neil and Oliver Sava / December 10, 2014
2014 was an outstanding year for graphic novels and archival editions, with fantastic debuts from relative newcomers as well as major new works from some of the medium's strongest voices. From brilliant autobiographical works to riveting translations of foreign comics, these books cover a huge range of material, with each showcasing a spectacular cartooning talent. Here's part two of The A.V. Club's picks for the top comics of the year; it includes graphic novels and archival editions. Part one, the best comics series of the year, ran yesterday.
Ant Colony
Michael DeForge is one of the industry's most idiosyncratic creators, and this graphic novel—reprinting stories that initially appeared online asAnt Comic—showcases his distinctive art style and ability to tell relatable, personal stories in an alien setting. That setting is a disintegrating ant colony in this title, which follows various surviving insects as they try to make new lives for themselves without their home. The plot unfolds via vignettes that fluctuate in tone; some are uproariously funny while others mine the depths of despair, offering a huge range of emotion over the course of the narrative. DeForge's psychedelic designs create a visually unpredictable environment, and his streamlined linework pulls loads of expression from a cast of bugs.
This graphic novel by writer Fabien Vehlmann and artist Kerascoët may look like a lovely watercolor fairy tale, but this is definitely not a story for children. It follows a race of tiny people that have made their home in a little girl's body, and when the child dies, these minute men and women have to find a way to survive in a forest full of dangers. While lead character Aurora tries to survive, she discovers how this change in circumstances has impacted the behavior of those around her, pushing them to commit immoral acts in the name of self-reliance. It's a disturbing read presented with cartoonish artwork that lends a youthful innocence to the plot, with Kerascoët's rich watercolors creating a stark contrast between the natural beauty of the environment and the haunting ugliness of the story.
The Hospital Suite
John Porcellino is comics' reigning master of minimalism, and The Hospital Suite is his most sustained narrative effort to date. Porcellino's laconic storytelling, instead of floundering in the expanded page count, grows to fill the available space like a deep sigh in a temple. These are, above all, quiet comics, dedicated to telling a sad story in the most thoughtful manner possible. Turning the beautifully crafted pages, you feel the sensation of drawing breath along with Porcellino himself, suffering an extended health crisis predicated by lifelong vitamin deficiencies and recurring bouts of mental illness. It's a rough, occasionally harrowing journey, but Porcellino's dogged determination to keep a grip on his dignity in the face of the most humiliating physical and emotional debilitation is ultimately the very best kind of life affirming.
Showa 1939-1944
Drawn & Quarterly's translation of Shigeru Mizuki's historical epic SHOWA is perhaps the great achievement in American manga publishing this year. Spanning the years from 1926 to 1989, Mizuki's four-volume autobiography chronicles Japanese life during the lead up to and long aftermath of World War II; 1939-1944 is the second book, detailing the events of the war itself. Mizuki is, to put it plainly, a lazy bum, an under-motivated student driven to apathy by his country's doomed rush headlong into an ill-fated war. Although he avoids it as long as possible, Mizuki is eventually drafted and shipped down to the South Pacific, where he sees some of the worst fighting in the entire war. He lacks the moral resolve to be a pacifist, but he sees the uselessness of war from its outset and is ruthlessly harassed by an Imperial army machine with no tolerance for dreamers. Mizuki's canny, self-excoriating memoir draws the reader close and into the intimate heart of the 20th century's worst conflict.
Lynda Barry has spent the last few years blazing new trails in nonfiction cartooning with a series of books dedicated to illuminating the mysteries of the creative process. On the heels of What It Is and Picture This, Syllabus is just what it says: Barry's syllabus and lesson plans for her writing course "Writing The Unthinkable." Only, this is a bit different from the usual college syllabus. Every page is illustrated and embellished, converted into a full collage with prose, drawing, and watercolor washes cooperating to create a reading experience like no other. The effect is not unlike that of a medieval illuminated manuscript. The text is suspended in a visual medium, making the observer unsure whether to read or admire. It's possible do both. You don't have to read it front to back; flip randomly and admire each page as a separate objet d'art. But once you pick it up, it's not easy to put it back down again.
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175: Cash Keahey: I had to win their respect as a leader
Cash Keahey Show Notes Page
Cash Keahey was facilitating strategic planning for corporate executives when he realized he wanted to try leading people. He was placed in an operations role and was seen as a corporate outsider to many on his new team. Listen as Cash describes the tactics he used to move onward and upward faster.
Cash was born in Natchez, Mississippi, Cash Keahey grew up in Columbia, Louisiana, the oldest of 3 (with a younger brother and sister), to a crop-dusting, dirt-farming father who served the public and his profession at the local, state and national levels, and who built airplanes and boats in his spare time; and to a strong mother, who went back to work at 65, and recently retired at 82.
Early on, Cash's parents encouraged independence and travel, sending him to Europe when he was 12, and to work in France for 3 summers when he was a teenager. They provided many other life-enriching experiences (piano and tennis lessons) and led by personal example. Their legacy is reflected in Cash's growth mindset, strong work-ethic, and persistent optimism.
After receiving an undergraduate degree in Marketing, Cash began a 23-year career inside large, global organizations where he was exposed to many different corporate cultures and leadership styles. Along the way he picked up an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston, and several leadership roles himself. Cash's first job as manager, leading development of marketing programs, led to his managing a sales territory, which led to his leading an enterprise-wide culture change for that 10,000-employee organization. Through these roles Cash realized the symbiotic relationship between leadership and culture: that leaders create a culture around them, but to succeed, must lead in a culture that values their uniqueness.
Cash now engages audiences around the world, having facilitated workshops with leaders in 21 countries on 6 continents. Certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and other assessments, Cash received the Excellence in Leadership award from the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi). Based on Carl Jung's theory of personality types he developed eight LeaderType™ profiles. His book, "Eight LeaderTypes in the White House" is a culmination of twelve years of research into eight 'great' or 'near great' presidents, revealing how their unique LeaderType shaped their style and this country. For now, the book represents Cash's legacy and his purpose: to help new and emerging leaders be their best and most authentic leader-self.
Notwithstanding the book, Cash is proudest of his relationship with his two grown children: a son, Jared, working on his graduate degree in counseling, and a daughter, Jillian, a middle school social studies teacher. He lives in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas-Ft. Worth.
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"I can't just use the power lever and say, do it because I say so." -Cash Keahey Click to Tweet
"Compliance does not equal commitment." -Cash Keahey Click to Tweet
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Hump to Get Over
Advice for others
Have more self-awareness
Holding him back from being an even better leader
Lack of self-confidence.
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Have more confidence in your competence.
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I'm approachable. I'm human and I know it.
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Eight LeaderTypes in the White House: Discover and Leverage Your Oval Office Leadership Style
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
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Email: cash[@]leadertype.com
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cashkeahey/
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Jim Rembach: Okay, Fast Leader legion today I'm excited because the kiss that I have on the show today is really going to give me, maybe a little bit of insight to whether or not I have that presidential type of feel. Born in Natchez, Mississippi Cash Keahey grew up in Columbia, Louisiana, the oldest of three with a younger brother and sister to a crop dusting, dirt farming father who served the public and his profession at the local state and national levels and who built airplanes and boats in his spare time and to a strong mother who went back to work at 65 and recently retired at 82. Early on Cash's parents encouraged independence and travel sending him to Europe when he was 12 and to work in France for three summers when he was a teenager. They provided many other life enriching experiences piano and tennis lessons and led by personal example. Their legacy is reflected in Cash's growth mindset, strong work ethic and persistent optimism. After receiving an undergraduate degree in marketing Cash began a 23-year career inside a large global organization where he was exposed to many different corporate cultures and leadership styles. Along the way he picked up an MBA in finance from the University of Houston and several leadership roles himself. Cash's first job as a manager leading development and marketing programs led to his managing a sales territory which led to his leading and enterprise wide culture change for that 10,000 employee organization.
Through these roles Cash realized the symbiotic relationship between leadership and culture that leaders create a culture around them but to succeed must lead in a culture that values their uniqueness. Cash now engages audiences around the world having facilitated workshops with leaders in 21 countries and 6 continents. Certified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and other assessments Cash received the excellence in leadership award from the Association for Psychological Type international. Based on Carl Jung's theory of personality types he developed a fleeter type profiles. His book, Eight Leader Types in the White House is a culmination of 12 years of research into eight great and near great presidents revealing how their unique leader types shaped their style and this country. Now withstanding the book Cash is proud of his relationship with his two grown children a son Jared working on his graduate degree in counseling and a daughter Jillian a middle school social studies teacher. He lives in Richardson Texas which is a suburb of Dallas Fort Worth. Cash Keahey, are you ready to help us get over the hump?
Cash Keahey: I am indeed, thank you Jim.
Jim Rembach: Cash, I'm glad you're here and I'm really excited about this book because I always wondered about the types of people that actually get into the White House meaning that who are they really? Notwithstanding some of the current presidential personality types and behaviors but looking at those people who really shaped the country like you were saying. So when I start thinking about you and the current passion that you really have, what is your current passion, please share that with us.
Cash Keahey: Really, Jim it's about helping new and emerging leaders. I've always worked with leaders on the front line and that's where my niche is, to help them understand the transition from individual contributor to leader. Whether it's a supervisor or a team lead or now they've been put into the job of managing people. I hate to hear managers six months into the job saying, you know I really like being a manager it's the people I can't stand, something went wrong there. I'm trying to help leaders craft a brand early in their leadership to understand themselves so they can be more authentic as leaders.
Jim Rembach: Well, that's great to hear because for me I've been working on launching a project called call center coach in the Academy and that's what we do is we focus on—in the call center that frontline leader that that one who's actually really getting all the work done and managing that frontline staff. Typically their development is a situation of, hey, you were great as an agent guess what tomorrow you're supervising these people here's a book go do a good job.
Cash Keahey: Yeah, and that's the way most people are thrown into the job of leading or managing a group of people. So, what they tend to fall back on, I don't know if you've seen this Jim, but they fall back on kind of—well, this is my style this is who I am and sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. But if they don't understand that they are coming from one of eight different ways of leading then they'll miss out on other ways to motivate and engage their employees.
Jim Rembach: You're right and so for me I'd like the way that you identified those eight and if you could just run through those real quick.
Cash Keahey: Sure, these are four pairs of opposites and that's the thing that I want—you said it very well at the very beginning we get this idea of these presidents that they're on Mount Rushmore and they're in stone and they are this role and we don't understand the nuance and the differences and how incredibly different George Washington was from Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I called George Washington the prudent leader type and that's a word that Thomas Jefferson described him as very prudent. Innovating, FDR and that's the label for his leader type he innovated in terms of the office of the presidency and the new deal. By the way, that's an indication of an innovating leader type they're always about the new the improved the different. George Washington wanted to look backwards and look at presidents and do what was best. Next let's take John Adams who I call an independent leader type very much a thought leader. We wouldn't have the form of government we have today had it not been for John Adams. The three branches of government the upper lower house of legislative those are things that are attributed to John Adams. He could not be more different from Harry Truman who was the engaging, persuasive and that's the label I use for that leader type very persuasive a lot of extraversion a lot of engagement and motivate—if I could just talk to people I can convince them of what I need to do. Next up let's go down the chronological order Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson one of my favorite quotes is, I prefer the dreams of the future to the history of the past, he was a visionary he was the first visionary. It was really his vision that came in clash with Alexander Hamilton's and how that played out and how that continues to play out shows what a consequential impact he had on this country. Now the opposite of that and I think it's very interesting he called this person a dangerous man. Andrew Jackson is the exact opposite of a Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson is very proactive, very pragmatic, very in the moment my favorite quote on Andrew Jackson is, when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in, so just do, go, get it done and that was not the deliberate Thomas Jefferson. And then you move forward to Abraham Lincoln who I see as an inclusive leader type. He was inclusive with respect to the country and trying to hold it together. He was inclusive in terms of making African-American slaves truly part of the American experience. And he was inclusive with his leadership team, Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote the book, Team of Rivals. So, that inclusive leader is trying to pull everyone in and get them to all agree on, here's the way we move forward. You might think of it as a servant leader that's another way to describe the inclusive leader type. The opposite of that would be Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was just a walking force of nature. He was extraversion to the extreme but he took charge of situations. He took charge of negotiations but had a strong sense of fairness as well. So, think about Mount Rushmore now you've got four of those eight up there and they are very different personalities.
Jim Rembach: As you were talking I also started thinking about timing. I started in retail many, many, many years ago when I had gotten out of college and I remember when we had certain stores that were underperforming they would switch out the manager and they would bring in a person who was essentially a cleanup person he had to set things straight. But those people they weren't there to stay forever, it was a situation where they came in they did their work and then they moved on and they had to get him to someplace else because they weren't the ones that were going to nurture and sustain and do all that they were there to do something specific. So, of these presidents the ones who we kind of hold our minds the ones who've been really the driving force, is part of their success also a timing issue?
Cash Keahey: I think absolutely, Jim. I think it would be very hard for a George Washington to be elected president today with his personality type, highly conscientious. Now here's where we get into the struggle of what does it take to get elected versus what does that look like once they're in office. And of course, the need for a candidate that is outgoing and extroverted I think has been shown by other researchers but what does that predict about what they're going to be like once they get in the office. And so, I totally agree and I think there's been an FDR kind of set a template for leaders going forward, he was about the New Deal, JFK was the new frontier, Clinton was a new Democrat—you see that word new? They are all in that mold and that has been proven to be fairly successful in recent history. Of course, I was going back way back because these eight their history has been written we know what the consequences are of their presidencies.
Jim Rembach: Well one of the things that also kind of struck me—when you start looking at historical record and you're trying to essentially determine somebody's personality type, how clean is that data?
Cash Keahey: Here's where I benefited tremendously Jim from a book that had been written about 12 years ago, that's when I got the idea. Two psychologist, Steve Rubinser and Bill Fashion Bower they got historian experts who knew these presidents and in the case of these eight between 13 to 20 experts in these presidents did a psychological assessment of them. Now what I did was I got ahold of their data and for a nondisclosure agreement and I used that data to develop—and what I saw, I translated it into Myers-Briggs types and that used by 80 percent of the Fortune 500 and 89 percent eighty-nine percent of the Fortune 100, that's a more common language that people in the corporate world know, the I know my type. And what I couldn't believe is in the top ten US presidents of all time were eight different leader types which shows to me that I don't care what your personality type is you can be a great leader and that's my concern in a lot of organizations. If they don't see their leader type in the top leadership the team or accepted or valued or respected in their organizations they're not going to develop that they'll develop a mask to wear that makes them successful in the moment. I think that's unfortunate, I want leaders to understand you can be a great leader no matter what your personality.
Jim Rembach: That's a really great point. Because even for me thinking about the course of my history and career and life for that matter is I've adapted. When you have to adapt it just sucks the life out of you we call it burnout we call it a lot of different things. But it's hard to get up it I don't want to come into work anymore all of them things that we associate with just being done with it mentally it's because of—I think what you're talking about.
Cash Keahey: Yes. And here's the other thing I think that's part of it I think you're absolutely right. As opposed to other typology systems which put you in a box or say that you are one of these eight guess what I believe as Carl Jung did you are all eight of these leader types. Over your lifetime—and this is one of the things I'm most proud of in the book Jim, is I'll even looked at stages of these leaders lives and how they changed over their lifetime and you know that. A leader at 20 is not the same leader at 40 is not the same leader at 50 their nuances, there's growth and when I saw healthy type development meaning they incorporated all eight of these the more successful they were. And so I think that's a lesson for leaders as well.
Jim Rembach: The whole thing as you're talking I start thinking about—and you said it a moment ago it's really valuing the difference, it's referred to for me as difference management. It's quite different than diversity, diversity is a whole different ball game. When we start talking about difference management it really gets down and has a more personal view to it. If I'm leading somebody I try hard, not to say that I failed because I do fail, is I try not to force them to be adaptive and be something else. I try to focus in on their differences and leverage that and I also try to point that out and I'll say, look I'm not good at this you're good at this so therefore that's why we work well together. They appreciate that because oftentimes they don't see that.
Cash Keahey: A lot of people don't Jim. And if I could relay that is situational leadership whether you believe Paul Hershey's model or Ken Blanchard's adapting to the person. But when I teach people on the front lines maybe you see they more often than not feel they have to adapt to their manager rather than their manager adapting to them. And we have to begin with, if I'm trying to get stuff done through people if I'm trying to get you motivated I've got to begin with where you are. I can't just use the power leaver and say do it because I say so. One of the big truisms I've found is compliance does not equal commitment. If I'm going to drive performance I better first engage you and really get you on board to set you up for success and so that we all succeed.
Jim Rembach: I was just having a conversation with somebody the other day and they made some type of comment to the effect of, I need to be motivated. I'm like, that has to come from within. I said if you're looking for me to motivate you I said, that's the wrong place to be looking.
Cash Keahey: Yeah, that's the classic intrinsic versus extrinsic and we know intrinsic works. Extrinsic is short term, the carrot and the stick kind of thing.
Jim Rembach: Absolutely. When I start thinking about the work that went into this your journey of it also the data that you leveraged I start looking at a lot of different things that have had a significant impact. One of the things that we look at that has impact on the show are quotes and I know you have a ton of them. Is there one or two that stand out for you that you can share?
Cash Keahey: You have no idea how much I love quotes Jim and there's over 200 of them actually in the book. I actually find quotes as a great way to type someone and that's one of the ways that—if this quote really resonates with you and the opposite you're like, no that didn't sound like me, that's telling you something about your preference and about your type. I have to go back to a quote though that I said on stage, I'm a sometime actor and I love Shakespeare and there's actually been books on Shakespeare and leadership. It was in the role of Polonius in Hamlet where he's giving advice to his son and he says, to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not then be false with any man. And that is something that I believe that if you begin with know yourself be yourself that is incredibly powerful empowering to leaders. So that's one of my big messages.
Jim Rembach: Thanks for sharing that. As you were talking—and we've been talking a lot about this what can seem to be appeared to be all things that are happening from an internal perspective of an organization is that all of what we're talking about here totally affects the customer experience as well. Because if you don't appreciate the differences if you don't bring those differences into your organization and use those in order to focus in on serving the customer better you only end up trying to serve the customer in one way and that never works.
Cash Keahey: Absolutely you've got to begin with the fact they're buying from you, how do I get them to understand? How do I get inside their head to really understand them? So begin with the end in mind begin with them in mind.
Jim Rembach: So I'm sure with this entire journey that you've had, just even in your career, that you've had several humps that you've needed to get over yourself and I know writing the book is huge and the even bigger hump is actually promoting it so I'm glad you're on the show. When you start thinking about a time where you've had to get over the hump and you learned a lot is that something you can share with us?
Cash Keahey: Absolutely. It really relates to why I want to help leaders on the front line with the transition. It's when I got my first manager job and I'll never forget I've been in the corporate headquarters, they called it galactic headquarters, that gives you kind of an idea of the opinion of that role it was an individual contributing role it was facilitating strategic planning for the corporate executives, but I realized I wanted to grow and try my hand at leading people and in a reorganization I got tapped to be brought into the operations. The customer-facing group which was developing marketing programs, and I'll never forget David Osmond my first boss who hired me as a manager I now look back on him as a very different type from me but I didn't know it at the time but they brought me in because of my personality type to facilitate a culture change in a group. I came into an organization where there were of course, and I know a lot of your listeners can relate to this one they get promoted to manager, there were other people reporting to me who wanted my job who thought they should have got my job and who is this guy from corporate that's coming in. And what I found worked for me, Jim, and this kind of goes along with my personality is coming in with some humility coming in with I don't have all the answers but I am going to ask questions and tough questions. And so I think that facilitative leadership worked for me and that's part of my gift also kind of the optimism and the energy and extraversion helped as well but not—you know, one of the big challenges as a new manager I see this I hear this all the time in my classes is micromanaging. The idea goes I was put in this position because I was the best doer and so shouldn't people do it exactly the way I do it? I don't have that mentality I believe everyone has their best way of doing that you manage the outcome you don't manage people around how exactly they do it and so that worked for me. I'll never forget that led to a larger position managing managers in a sales role and so I thank David Osmond for that. It was a challenge though because I had to win the respect of the people reporting to me, like what is your value add here? That was certainly a challenge.
Jim Rembach: For me as you were talking I started thinking about what we were mentioning a moment ago the whole issue around that difference management and focusing in on the individuals. If you were to say the people who you know were the ones who were kind of bitter that wanted your job?
What did you have to do differently to them or with them in order to win them over so to speak?
Cash Keahey: I think it was building a rapport individually with them, Jim. I think a lot of times leaders don't take the time to just be one-on-one with people and get to know them and understand what's important to them what matters to them, how can I help you? One of the things they appreciated was—and one of the guys reporting to me actually then did get promoted I said, how can I help you get the next promotion that comes along? How can I you know help you grow? I think Jack Welch said it really well in a YouTube video that you can find on candor he was talking to Stanford MBAs he said, before you become a leader it's all about you but the day you become a leader it's about them and your success is tied to their success and if you keep doing your own job or kind of focusing on yourself you will go nowhere in a layered society you've got to build the people around you.
Jim Rembach: Well, that's so true but we know that it's not easy to do it's very simple to say.
Cash Keahey: Yes and I think one of the challenges managers and I was getting pressure from above but you've got to manage that with the expectations from below and to understand these are the people that are going to actually get the work done, how do I best engage them? I think that rapport building that respect building turns into trust that you leverage.
Jim Rembach: To me even when you were explaining it you didn't come right out and say the specific bit it sounded to me like your tactic was more forward-thinking as well.
Cash Keahey: Yes. I'm trying to get them to think not now but in the future where do we want to be. Because my strategic planning background that really kind of resonated with them that at least I had the future vision that I could help them with.
Jim Rembach: That whole foresight component is something that I'm seeing coming up as an issue in a lot of different ways in today's work. I just got through some parent-teacher meetings with kids it seems to me like we don't necessarily do a good job of foresight teaching people foresight abilities and skills what do we need to do differently in order to change that?
Cash Keahey: Well, let me give you the bad news first. By the way, I've learned that from the book by Daniel Pink, it's better to give bad news before you give good news. For that just that little sound bite there may be useful to some of your listeners but the bad news is I think that's a very rare gift. We've all got it within us but it's like you've got to be paying attention to things we don't usually pay attention to your unconscious. Where did that idea originate? Where did that come from? How might that play out? See, giving your mind space to dream to even fantasize and to think what could be what might be I think in our high-pressured go go, go, do do do world we are not given the space to really spend that time in recreation and thinking because that's where the insight and the vision comes. It's amazing to me how much comes from play, how often do you get a great idea when you're focused on the problem? Rarely. When you get great ideas is when you read something else that you then relate to what you're working on. Or you go take a walk or you're kind of like, wow! That—it's having those moments of reflection and paying attention to what's going on in your unconscious to me that's the only way you're going to develop that.
Jim Rembach: Okay, so that's an interesting connection because when you start reading about some of these people who now we associate as being just absolute genius they did some of those really tactics associated with what you're talking about. I was reading somewhere about someone who used to take a two-hour afternoon walk and would intentionally go and do things that were more out in nature and then that helped them be more creative in their thinking process.
Cash Keahey: Absolutely. If you look at Steve Jobs his mindfulness, his Zen, his meditation, I think that was one of the big keys for him that he gave himself some space to get away from. Not that you can ever eradicate your thoughts but just to examine your thoughts and say, what is that about? And where did that come from? And where is that going?
Jim Rembach: I'm really excited about being able to learn a little bit more about these people who are on Mount Rushmore and how they were different and then seeing how the whole of timing fits because I think it does give kind of perspective and good opportunity to do some self-reflection. But when you start looking at all the things that you're doing, we talked about your passion we talked about the book and promoting the book and all of that and a lot of things you have going on but if you had one goal right now what would it be?
Cash Keahey: I would say it's—the world needs better leaders and I don't mean just at the top. Look at what's happening in schools right now look at what's happening around the country and around the world we need leaders, A, and we need leaders earlier and better leaders. So, that is what I am most about how can I facilitate that how can I work with them to help them realize their potential and to help create the next generation of leaders.
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Jim Rembach: Alright, here we go Fast Leader legion it's time for the Hump Day Hoedown. Okay, Cash, the Hump Day Hoedown is a part of our show where you give us good insights fast. I'm going to ask you several questions and your job is to give us a robust yet rapid responses that are going to help us move onward and upward faster. Cash Keahey, are you ready to hoedown?
Cash Keahey: I am ready.
Jim Rembach: Alright. What do you think is holding you back from being an even better leader today?
Cash Keahey: I think it's lack of self-confidence and I need to work on that.
Jim Rembach: What is the best leadership advice you have ever received?
Cash Keahey: It ties in with what I heard from Rita Baron, Cash, you need to have more confidence in your competence.
Jim Rembach: What is one of your secrets that you believe contributes to your success?
Cash Keahey: That I'm approachable. I'm, human and I know it.
Jim Rembach: What do you feel is one of your best tools that helps you lead in business or life?
Cash Keahey: Has to be listening. Listening and absorbing.
Jim Rembach: What would be one book that you'd recommend to our listeners, and it could be from any genre, of course we're going to put a link to Eight Leadership Types in the White House on your show notes page as well.
Cash Keahey: Of course. A book that I not only read and re read is, The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
Jim Rembach: Okay Fast Leader legion, you can find links to that and other bonus information from today's show by going to fastleader.net/Cash Keahey. Okay, Cash, this is my last Hump Day Hoedown question. Imagine you were given the opportunity to go back to the age of 25. And you've been given the opportunity to take the knowledge and skills that you have now back with you. But you can't take everything back you can only choose one. What skill or a piece of knowledge would you take back with you and why?
Cash Keahey: I would take back a copy of Carl Jung's, Psychological Types. I didn't discover that until I was 40. If I'd known that when I was 25, I would had tremendous more self-awareness.
Jim Rembach: Cash, it was an honor to spend time with you today. Can you please share with the Fast Leader Legion how they can connect with you?
Cash Keahey: Absolutely. Reach out to me on email, cash@leadertype.com, my email inbox is always open. Check out my website leadertype.com, it's really a platform where leaders can understand themselves and coach themselves. So, look forward to connecting with you on Linkedin or wherever.
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You've probably heard that running will wreck your knees, but new research shows it won't actually increase your risk of knee osteoarthritis and may even help protect you from developing the disease. Researchers performed a study with patients either at high risk for developing knee osteoarthritis (caused by a cartilage breakdown in the knee joint) or who already had the condition. "We found that runners were less likely to have frequent knee pain, radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis (ROA), and the combination of knee pain and ROA in the same knee," says study author Grace Hsiao-Wei Lo, M.D. M.Sc., assistant professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Once the researchers adjusted for differences in BMI, the prevalence of ROA was similar in runners versus nonrunners. The difference in weight may also explain why runners generally have less osteoarthritis than nonrunners.


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Emma Watson Says This Is Why Men Hate Movies Without Male Heroes
"It's something they're not used to, and they don't like that"
2016 was a year filled with atrocities, including the endless barrage of bratty men boycotting Hollywood. Both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Ghostbusters reboot faced significant backlash from men who felt slighted by the decision to cast women as leads. Emma Watson, who has starred as the hero in a handful of films, has a theory as to why. In an interview with Marie Claire Australia, Watson delves into the subject of cross-gender empathy.
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Here's what she had to say:
"It's something [men are] not used to, and they don't like that. Anything that deviates from the norm is difficult to accept. I think if you've been used to watching characters that look like, sound like, think like you, and then you see someone [unexpected] up on the screen, you go, 'Well, that's a girl, she doesn't look like me. I want it to look like me so that I can project myself onto the character.'"
But women don't seem to have the same trouble. "Women are great about that. We see whoever is on screen and recognize the human qualities in the man that we relate to, and there's not such a gap," says Watson. "But for some reason, there's some kind of barrier there where [men] are like, 'I don't want to relate to a girl.' I think it is inherently part of the problem."
The politics of on-screen identification have long been a fascination for cinema scholars. Carol Clover famously delved deeply into the presumed heterosexual male audience's reactions to horror movies, which often feature women as the main characters, in the 1993 book Men, Women, and Chain Saws. Fewer psychoanalytic studies seem to have been done on other genres since.
More contemporarily, moviemakers are showing a greater interest in having women as protagonists, as evidenced by the successes of films like Hidden Figures and the excitement around upcoming movies like Wonder Woman.
Emma Watson will be featured on the cover of Marie Claire Australia's May 2017 issue, talking about this subject and plenty more.


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A Bird's Eye View of Bernal Heights in 1938
January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 / Todd_Lappin
La Lengua rebel propagandist Burrito Justice recently alerted me to the existence of an online set of aerial photographs taken over San Francisco in 1938.
Within that set of pics, there are some very detailed shots taken over Bernal Heights, with crazy-spooky Google Earth-like resolution. The detail is stunning. So strap in to your seat, and let's tour some Bernal Heights highlights, way back in 1938, shall we?
First, look to the east: There's no 101 freeway yet; instead, Bayshore Boulevard carried traffic as US 101. Also clearly visible is the micro-hood centered along Adam and Eve Streets, all of which was plowed under when the freeway was built.
To the north, along Precita Park, we see the tracks of the 36 Folsom streetcar line, which terminated at the park:
There's no playground at the east end of Precita Park, but it looks like the neighborhood kids created an impromptu baseball/stickball diamond in the center of the park, just west of the walkway that cuts through from Harrison Street:
A little farther west, on Tiffany near the junction of Valencia and Mission, there was a streetcar shed, with "San Francisco" painted on the roof, and an arrow pointing north. (A navigational aid for aviators, perhaps?):
The late 1930s were a particularly interesting time up on Bernal Hill. There were two homes on the hill, Nos. 26 and 39 Prentiss Street, and both were occupied until the 1960s:
At the time when this photo was taken, Bernal Heights Boulevard was less than three years old. Bernal's circular road-to-nowhere had been carved out of the hillside in 1935, as a WPA project. But construction of the roadway triggered a landslide in February, 1936, on the north slope of the hill just east of today's Folsom gate. As you can see above, the debris from the slide was still present in 1938. Here's a ground-level perspective on the landslide from 1936, courtesy of the SFPL:
In the southeast, we see the overgrown site that would become the Alemany Farmer's Market during the 1940s:
Compare with 2011, which also includes the 101/280 "Spaghetti Bowl":
Over on Cortland, the lot has been cleared to begin construction of the Bernal Heights Branch Library (which was dedicated in October, 1940):
Just west of the Bernal summit, Elsie Street was still an unpaved dirt path:
Meanwhile, east of Alabama Street, the area of today's Ripley, Peralta, and Franconia streets was still just plain… dirt:
Okay, so now how do you explore Bernal Heights in 1938 on your own? You can either download individual photo tiles (tedious), or you can use the Google Earth-enabled Web interface (much easier) to cover more terrain more quickly.
Have fun, procrastinate wisely, and please do share any other discoveries you might make about what Bernal Heights was like back in 1938.
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Great maps, thanks for posting them.
Look at http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-earth-browser#san-francisco-1915 and then Church between Cumberland and 19th. Anyone know what that structure/tower was?
The stadium just east of Bernal was apparently a race track called "San Francisco Stadium." Burrito Justice found it in a Sanborn map. It doesn't seem like it was there for long. The first and only mention I could find in a city directory was from 1936. By December, 1942, the site was part of a Marine Corps supply depot.
From http://corpsfuds.com/reports/INPR/J09CA1099inpr.pdf: "October 2, 1995, aerial photographs were reviewed for the years 1935,1938, 1948, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1981, 1991, and 1994." Whoa! "Aerial photographs dated 1935 through 1994 (Pacific Aerial Surveys, Oakland, CA)." These are apparently now held by HJW Geospatial in Oakland. (They want royalties to reproduce them, unfortunately.)
A couple of quotes via Google Books: From Automotive Industries 75 (1936) "There are, of course, many well-organized midget racing speedways such as Madison Square Garden Bowl at New York, River View at Chicago, Walsh Stadium at St. Louis, San Francisco Stadium at San Francisco"
And from Fire Engineering, Volume 90 (1937), "Fog Nozzle Tested Fognozl Applicators, one of the several types of fog nozzles marked by the Fog Nozzle Company, Los Angeles, Cal., were given a test in the San Francisco Stadium. A sedan was doused inside and out with fifteen gallons of gasoline and set afire. The fire was extinguished in eighteen seconds with the use of a 10-foot duraluminum Fognozl Applicator, with a 1-inch Type B head. But eighteen gallons of water were used. Smoldering upholstery in the car was extinguished with a 5-gallon back pump, equipped with a 2-foot applicator."
The lots on each side of Bocana at Bocana/Cortland were empty in 1938, interesting.
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Besides the 36 Folsom streetcar tracks, the tracks on Cortland and Richland are also visible. Both streets only had one track, with a turnout for passing in the middle. And there's also a second streetcar barn on Mission between 29th and Virginia.
The Southern Pacific route was still using the Bernal Cut, and the railroad right-of-way takes up the western half of the cut, and the roadway is in the eastern half.
Saint Mary's Park was under construction and completely bare, and the terraced levels really stand out. And it looks like there was another landslide there.
Right in the middle of the Hairball and just out of frame in the second picture in this post is the long forgotten Army Street North. It's the short angled street between Army and San Bruno.
Wow – Fantastic photos. Long before Big Lots was built there was a street car barn. The barn was torn down for a bowling alley. It would have made beautiful loft space.. The 280/101 freeways certainly blighted the area along southern slope of Bernal Heights. The building of Alemany Projects, which are rundown, neglected tenements, did not help.
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Found my house, but the map is missing Street View 🙂
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Jensen P66 (1965)
Jensen P66
1965 2 made
Jensen CV8
Grand Tourer
2-door 2+2 seat coupé 2-door 2+2 Convertible
4.5 or 6.2 Chrysler V8
Torqueflite Automatic or 4 speed manual.
102 in (2,591 mm)
69 in (1,753 mm)
25 cwt (1270 kg)
Designer(s)
Eric Neale (styling)
Jensen P66 is a model range planned by Jensen Motors in the 1960s, which was aborted after two models were made and one was exhibited at the London Motor Show.
It was planned as a replacement for the Austin-Healey 3000, which Jensen were currently assembling at their factory in West Bromwich. BMC were planning to drop the Healey and Jensen asked Eric Neale, their house stylist, to design a replacement for the US market. In a break from their recent tradition of using glassfibre, he used an aluminium body on a steel platform and tube chassis. The optional engine continued to be a 6.2 litre Chrysler V8 similar to that used in the contemporary CV8, or a 4.5 litre in stock form. The car was priced at £2,200 in the UK against £3,500 for the CV8, and would possibly have been renamed the Interceptor if put into production.
Reception to the convertible car was generally favourable, although the strakes over the wheel arch were criticised in the press as outdated. A hardtop version was also produced with plain wheel arches. The company founders, Richard and Alan Jensen, favoured putting the model into production. The Norcross group had been controlling the company for some years and preferred to adopt an Italian styled body, a view shared by Managing Director Brian Owen and Deputy Chief Engineer Kevin Beattie. They approached Touring of Milan who produced a rival design that was put into production by Vignale as the Interceptor.
After making some changes to the Touring design to make it suitable for tooling, Eric Neale felt that he had no role left in the company and resigned. He was followed by the Jensen brothers.
The convertible P66 was soon broken up, the parts and the other hardtop model being sold on. The second, hardtop, model still exists in concours condition and is used regularly.
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Morning Session all by my lonesome at Leighton, no kiters just a few beach goers. A lot of fun coming into the beach surf and jibing between the small breaks. Might even do an arvo session if I can finish my work.
Second session at Melville good to catch up with the Pink sailor young Tim on his 7.8 and young Kenny, was fun having a couple of drags out to the choppy centre, nothing notable for the results nut here they are.
An afternoon as smooth as a Yacht Rock concert.
A fun afternoon groovin in the almost smooth with Fangy, Rob, Pas, Joe and Ian.
I may not have scored a PB alpha today but some of those gybes were my best ever in terms of smoothness and control. I feel I am finally getting the hang of planing gybes - I made lots of planing gybes today and achieved my best min speeds and gybe shapes ever (gybes from port tack anyway)- just the entry speed wasn't there due to lack of wind and sail. Peak speed in the gybes 21 knots. One gybe would have been a PB but was too wide. The new Chinook boom is so much easier to gybe with. Making progress.
2 weekends in a row at Melville. Wind started off light around 2pm then steadily increased to about 25 gusts. Very patchy as usual so difficult to get a good speed run. The chop and tide increased rapidly as the wind picked up. Got some good alpha practise in the gusts. Changed to the mistral 91 but wasnt able to get 30 knots 2 sec but was able to go for a NM.
Good to catch up with Tim, woody and Boz and the other locals.
6.2 reflex, 97 futura then mistral 91, 34 falcon and 25 triball ws.
Gotta run - seafood feast awaits me.
Another good days sailing. Great to have some runs with Tim and Ken. Cheers for the beer Tim that powered the last few runs!
Not as strong as I was hoping, but still fun blasting through the flat stuff. Good to catch up with a few Pinaroos and other punters.
A great arvo at Liptons with fellow Pinnas Ben & Chris plus the regular friendly Mandurah Crew.
It wasnt as good as Liptons can get but still had a ball.
Great to meet a few new faces, Paul and Greg.
The Patrik is continuing to deliver some good numbers, very happy with it.
First time at Liptons. Fantastic spot but think I would've been quickey with a shorter fin. Took a couple of hours on the water until I felt comfortable. Came in and realised there wasn't any tension on the batterns.
Great to meet a few of the Mandurah mobbers who made us welcome and good to see Craig and Chris there too.
Gusty as but still better than being at work.
Congratulations on another PB, Rob, and thanks for the company!
Someone gave me Icicle Pops!
It looks like it was a good day for distance. Congratulations on all the distance PBs. That is quite a jump up in distance for you, Woody. Good work on the alpha and hour PBs too!
and congratulations Bunyip, on a good hour and distance PB.
A sensational session by Lunny at Liptons, with top 5 hour and alpha and very respectable numbers all round. Lunny you are a champ!
Chris, it looks like you had 52 km of fun, and thanks for the backup.
Ben that is a HUGE fin for Liptons. Smaller is faster and gets you into the flatter stuff. Some good numbers regardless, especially for first time at Liptons. A new place does need some getting used to.
Ben you could easily run a 27 or even a 25 Tribal speed weed in that combo. I use a 27 in my 90 Gladiator with the 6.6 and no problems going upwind. I've got an old Flying Objects 27 weedster you are welcome to try also.


Determining which in turn section of Indonesia, the world's biggest archipelago, to visit may be a small bit complicated. If you have only a 2-week holiday and also you would really like to get the best from your Indonesian vacation, wherever when you get?
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In accordance to the Indonesian Secretary of state for Culture and Tourism, more than Six million visitors visited Indonesia throughout 2009. This particular exceptional quantity improved enormously through 07. In spite of the current unfavorable advertising coverage involving Indonesia's scenario, vacation within Indonesia has not misplaced its value.
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December Weather Outlook for Minnesota
Jim Maurice
Jim Maurice Published: December 1, 2022
Our colder-than-usual weather is expected to continue here in the month of December.
UNDATED (WJON News) -- Our colder-than-usual weather is expected to continue here in the month of December.
Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center has released its updated weather outlook for December. They say the entire stay should see below-normal temperatures for the month. That is the case for much of the northern half of the country.
Here in St. Cloud, the average high temperature at the beginning of the month is about 31 degrees. By the end of the month, the average high temperature is 22 degrees.
The immediate forecast for the beginning of the month has our highs primarily in the teens and 20s.
The precipitation outlook for December calls for average snowfall for most of the state, with drier-than-normal conditions in the far southeastern corner.
St. Cloud averages about 11 1/2 inches of snow in the month of December and about 1 1/4 inches of rain.
So far this season, St. Cloud has had 5.1 inches of snow, which is nearly three inches below normal.
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John Konihowski (born January 6, 1950) is a former Canadian Football League receiver who played nine seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a part of 4 Grey Cup championships with the Eskimos. Konihowski played college football at Brigham Young University and at the University of Saskatchewan, where he was also a track star. He is married to former Canadian pentathlete Diane Jones-Konihowski.

In track and field, he won two national titles at the Canadian Track and Field Championships: taking gold in the 400-meter hurdles in 1972 and the triple jump in 1970.

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EFL slams controversial plan for new Super League
Andy Warren
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The EFL have strongly condemned controversial plans for a new Super League, which would change the face of football.
Plans for the new competition were revealed on Sunday night, with England's 'big six' being joined by both Milan clubs, Juventus, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to form and govern a new closed-shop midweek competition for Europe's biggest clubs.
Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham have all supported the birth of the new league, which aims to usurp the Champions League and means Europe's leading clubs would never miss out on games against each other.
The plans have been widely slammed in the football world, with the EFL now adding their voice in condemning the clubs' greed to a chorus already including UEFA, the FA, the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, the Bunedsliga and a host of leading figures in the game.
The EFL statement reads: The EFL stands with the Premier League, The FA, PFA, LMA, the FSA and colleagues across European professional football in condemnation of proposals which attack the foundation of open and fair competition upon which our game is built.
"A strong pyramid based on promotion, relegation and ultimately European qualification, is fundamental to our game's continued success. The EFL opposes any reform that doesn't support competition integrity or offer Clubs the prospect of one day competing at the highest end of the game.
"Collective reform efforts should be focused on creating conditions that foster long-term sustainability at all levels of the domestic football and remove the current, almost impossible financial pressures created as a result in the huge difference of revenues allocated to the Premier League in comparison to the Championship and Leagues One and Two.
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"The EFL has long stated that the economics and governance of the English pyramid should be re-set and we remain committed to working with the Premier League, The FA and the game's stakeholders to deliver that vision, so that English professional football can thrive in communities across the country for generations to come.
"At its heart, football is a game for supporters and the widespread rejection of these proposals must be acknowledged. EFL Clubs are an integral part of the towns and cities from which they take their name and, in many, deliver the biggest single form of communal activity in their local area.
"The EFL's collective response to the pandemic in the face of significant challenges highlights just how vital they are to the life of the nation and anything that fundamentally weakens that system must be resisted.
"Having pioneered the world's original League format in 1888, it is ironic that proposals which would serve to destroy the value of sporting merit were announced on the weekend of the League's 133rd anniversary.
"Across EFL competitions, any club can triumph over another and fans of all Clubs regardless of size and status, must always be afforded the hope that successes on the pitch will be rewarded. The Championship is one of Europe's most prominent divisions and the gateway to England's top tier. The introduction of a predominantly closed European competition at the elite end kills a part of the game and the League system we established over a century ago.
"Similarly, the rejection of these proposals, does not represent an endorsement for UEFA's own proposed reforms, which themselves represent a significant challenge to English football's domestic programme.
"Under both proposals, the EFL has concerns about the future of the League Cup which provides vital income to EFL Clubs, is the breeding ground for stars of the future and provides the top and bottom of the English pyramid the opportunity to win the first major trophy of the season.
"The EFL will continue to work with colleagues across the game at home and abroad, to defend our national game, protect our members and ensure that fans continue to have a healthy, vibrant and enduring pyramid system that they can continue to be proud of."
The six Premier League clubs involved have been threatened with expulsion from the domestic league as well as from UEFA competitions, while it's been suggested players at those clubs could be denied the opportunity to play at the European Championships or World Cup.
The Super League aims to begin play as soon as possible.


Context is key to correct understanding. This applies to Scripture, to medicine, and to news. We've heard about the American woman who sued McDonald's for millions of dollars because she got burned by the coffee she had ordered, but what really happened there? This New York Times mini-documentary is a revelation.


Consulting is considered to be the giving of expert advice. I give three examples below of areas of specialism built up from specific experience. Coaching can also support these areas of course with goal setting and action plans. Our skill set is fairly broad and we offer free initial consultation with absolutely no obligation on your part. Often it helps just to meet up and have a discussion on a particular business issue and that also helps to be clear on whether we can help you create the change or progress you need.
Please see my POST on this subject. The Santander experience was very interesting in that three words 'simple, personal and fair' were eventually chosen to represent what the Bank wanted to stand for. I would call it a great success in that they were words that staff connected with and felt proud of. After the launch of these new values I would regularly hear staff asking if this or that initiative or change was 'simple, personal and fair' – actually a really good sign.
Again please see my POST on this subject. I have always believed that most people come to work to do a good job! and that perhaps that can go wrong when they get there!! My top three in this area would be a) How your leaders and managers behave b) How your people are valued day to day and c) what the culture feels like in your business.
I have published some POSTS in this crucial area and one that has been a primary goal in my last 10 years in banking. In terms of looking for improvement my top 3 are a) Look at your leaders and Managers first. Are yours and their behaviours at role model level? make it a leadership priority b) Observe what is happening in your customer interactions. Some of my most valuable insight was gained in this way. c) Are you running a customer centric business? Do you genuinely put your customers needs first?


The New Zealand Gaming Expo will be held at the Christchurch Convention Centre in 2009 according to the Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association ("AGMMA").
"After 3 successful annual events in Auckland, our Board felt that the time is now right to shift the focus for this national Expo to another major centre in New Zealand" said AGMMA's Chief Executive Officer, Ross Ferrar. "The Christchurch Convention Centre is a superb facility for this type of event and is supplemented by great accommodation and hospitality facilities nearby.
"The last few Gaming Expos have showcased the best available equipment at topdrawer trade exhibitions, along with Gaming Conferences addressed by memorable presenters who really left their mark on the audience.
"And as a special bonus for New Zealand's gaming executives, entry to the conference as well as the exhibition will be complimentary for bona fide representatives of Gaming Industry Organisations.
"Planning is already well under way and we're pleased to announce that longtime rugby rivals – Eric Rush and Peter FitzSimons – have accepted our invitation to speak at the Conference.
Eric Rush, former AllBlack, current Rugby Sevens captain, barrister and businessman is also a very entertaining and motivational speaker in his own right. He talks about the parallels of coaching for excellence, in business and sport.
Peter FitzSimons played 7 Tests for the Wallabies. He is a well respected newspaper columnist, television presenter on Fox Sports, speaks four languages, has cohosted several radio shows, interviewed famous people around the globe from George Bush to Diego Maradona and written eighteen bestselling books.
The Gaming Conference will operate from 9am on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April; and the trade exhibition will be open from 12 noon until 5 pm on both days.
Further information about Christchurch Convention Centre is available at www.vbase.co.nz.
Further information about the New Zealand Gaming Expo is available at www.nzgamingexpo.com.


- Increase audience involvement with interactive functions for up to 4 IR pens or a finger using the finger touch module.
The ultra-short throw LV-WX300USTi offers large screen projection, even where space is very limited. It projects a crisp, clear 100-inch image from a projection distance of just 44.5cm. When wall mounted this prevents presenters being dazzled, minimises the area that can be covered by the presenter's body and eliminates shadows on the screen. With compact external dimensions of 287.7 x 186 x 374.5mm and weighing just 5kg it is also small and light enough to be carried easily between locations. This makes it perfect for business and educational establishments where they need to project in a number of small meeting rooms or classrooms across a corporate office or campus.
The LV-WX300USTi delivers bright, sharp and faithful images, thanks to the projector's DLP technology with its native WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels), 3000 lumens brightness and 2300:1 contrast ratio. Colours are strong and true with deep blacks. Text is easier to read, graphics appear smooth and there is no trace of the lattice effect found in traditional LCD projectors. Together with a 16:10 wide-aspect ratio, it is ideal for use with today's widescreen notebook computers.
Project still and moving images from a wide range of sources using the LV-WX300USTi's extensive choice of inputs. These include two HDMI™ ports to project bright and sharp images from a wide range of digital video and computer sources. The built in RJ-45 network port enables remote monitoring and control and supports the 'Crestron Connected™' standard. Add high-quality sound to presentations using the two built-in 10W speakers.
The LV-WX300USTi is economical to run thanks to a 5000-hour lamp life, which the energy-saving Eco Mode extends up to 8000 hours. Eco Mode also reduces energy consumption to just 270W and fan noise to 29 dBA for a quieter, environment. Maintenance is simple with quick and easy lamp and filter replacement.


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Environment	Jan 27, 2019
Kenya dhow made from recycled plastic carries message about harmful effects of waste
A traditional dhow sailing boat made entirely of trash and flip-flops has set off on an expedition along the Kenyan coast to raise awareness about the harmful effects of plastic waste. Dhows, with their billowing triangular sails, are an icon on the Kenyan coast, having ...
World	Jan 21, 2019
After Westgate debacle, quick end to latest Kenyan attack shows progress in counterterror planning
The relatively swift end to an attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex highlights improvements in Kenya's counterterrorism capabilities since Somali militants overran a shopping mall in the same neighborhood five years ago. This time, the authorities flooded the area with elite units, including ...
World / Crime & Legal	Jan 19, 2019
Years after Westgate Mall terrorist attack, Kenya's response to Dusit assault earns praise
Kenya's security response to the Islamist assault on the Dusit hotel complex in Nairobi on Tuesday and Wednesday shows the numerous lessons learned since a chaotic intervention when the Westgate Mall was attacked in 2013, according to analysts. The swift reaction, under a single chain ...
Toll climbs to 21 in Nairobi hotel attack claimed by al-Shabab; Kenya says all five gunmen killed
The death toll from an extremist attack on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi climbed to 21, plus the five militants killed, police said Wednesday in the aftermath of the brazen overnight siege by al-Shabab gunmen. Two people accused of facilitating the ...
World / Crime & Legal	Nov 27, 2018
Kenya charges three Chinese railway workers with bribery amid ticket scam
Prosecutors in Kenya charged three Chinese men on Monday with trying to bribe detectives investigating fraud involving ticket sales on a $3.2 billion railway built by a Chinese company. The charges are the latest in a series of high profile corruption prosecutions and come at ...
World	Oct 29, 2018
Africa governance gains hampered by fears over security and jobs: study
Security fears and a lack of jobs in African nations have hampered gains in governance across the diverse continent over the last decade, a study said Monday, warning that some promising nations had "lost momentum." The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which is watched ...
World	Oct 1, 2018
Prince William visits British troops in Kenya, trains with them
Prince William visited British troops in Kenya on Sunday, participating in a training exercise north of the capital Nairobi. The second in the line to the throne — who served in the British military from 2006-2013 ending his career as a Royal Air Force rescue ...
More Sports / Track & Field	Sep 28, 2018
WADA report concludes Kenya doping situation serious, but not institutionalized
Kenyan athletes are the target of nearly a quarter of out-of-competition doping tests in track and field, a statistic that underlines how much suspicion there is over the world's most successful distance-running nation. Figures were revealed Thursday by the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit, ...
World	Sep 6, 2018
Chinese man arrested after calling Kenya's president a 'monkey'
Kenya has arrested a Chinese businessman after a video of him making a string of racist remarks was widely shared on social media, the Kenyan government said Thursday. The Chinese national, identified as Liu Jiaqi, has been arrested and is being processed for deportation, Kenya's ...
Environment	Aug 12, 2018
Chinese tourist is killed in hippo attack at Kenya lake
Kenya's wildlife authority says a Chinese tourist died after he was attacked by a hippo while taking pictures on the shores of Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley. The Kenya Wildlife Service said in a statement Sunday that another Chinese tourist was injured in the ...
World	Aug 9, 2018
Suspected al-Shabab militants kill five soldiers in Kenya's Lamu county
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the Somali group al-Shabab in Lamu County on Kenya's north coast on Wednesday, a senior official said. The local government official in the county, who asked not to be named, said the attack occurred between ...
World	May 11, 2018
Bursting of Kenyan dam after weeks of rain leaves at least 44 dead, 40 missing
The search for survivors after a dam burst its banks in central Kenya resumed Friday with 44 confirmed dead and a further 40 still missing, the region's governor said. Weeks of heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides across the country that have left 175 ...


Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, better known by his stage name Gunna, is an American singer and songwriter. He is signed to 300 Entertainment and Young Thug's record label, YSL Records. In 2013, Gunna released the mixtape Hard Body under the name Young Gunna.Gunna was introduced to Young Thug through King Troup, a mutual friend and community figure who died in December 2015. Gunna later recorded "Floyd Mayweather" with Young Thug in 2016. Also in 2016, Gunna released his debut mixtape Drip Season through YSL Records. He released the mixtapes Drip Season 2 in May 2017 and Drip Season 3 in February 2018. In October 2018, he and Lil Baby released the joint mixtape Drip Harder, which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In February 2019, he released the album Drip or Drown 2.


My time at Mars Hill Church began in 1998.
I volunteered for many years through college and through my early design career. In 2006 with a few years under my belt, I made the decision to dedicate my full time career to show how the Gospel would look visually through Mars Hill. From the nit-picky kerning to large campaigns that lasted years, everything mattered and no detail was too small.
As the church grew, more designers were added and new departments were created, including video, content, and a marketing teams. Much of my job entailed working with the leaders in each of these departments to create ground-breaking artwork that would help share the message of Mars Hill.
It has been an amazing, challenging, and an exciting place to work the past eight years. Here are some of my favorite and most memorable projects that I've had the opportunity to work on with some extremely talented people.
Over the years, Mars Hill has produced and released a lot of music, eventually creating its own label and partnering with Tooth and Nail Records. Music has always been a big part of the Mars Hill Brand and designing great albums to support the music is a key component for the church.
Mars Hill Church celebrated Easter in Mars Hill's newest location and one of the oldest churches in Seattle, the Daniels Recital Hall—formerly First Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Resurgence is a popular christian blog which started publishing their own books under the label "ReLit". ReLit has now released over 30 titles from 12 authors.
In the old testament book of Esther, God's hand can be seen working behind the scenes, though there is no mention of his name in the entire book. The Mars Hill Esther series examined the hidden hand of God throughout the whole narrative. Artistically, we wanted to mimic this subtle hidden quality through patterns, lighting, and symbolism in the branding.
Eddie Bauer has a rich history in the northwest. He started his own sporting goods store in Seattle, in 1920 and patiented the first American made quilted down jacket. At the time I worked at Eddie Bauer the brand was all about getting back to it's roots. The focus was on a vintage look and the legacy of Eddie Bauer.


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The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020
1.Citation, commencement, extent and application
2.These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
3.Regulations 5 to 9 and 11 to 14 apply to...
PART 2 Postponement of by-elections
5.By-elections of councillors of principal areas
6.By-elections of parish councillors
7.By-elections of directly elected local authority mayors
8.By-elections of combined authority mayors
9.By-elections to the Greater London Authority
10.Police and crime commissioner by-elections
PART 3 Postponement of local polls and referendums
11.Local polls under the Local Government Act 2003
12.Local authority governance change referendums
13.Neighbourhood planning referendums
PART 4 Supplementary provisions
14.Supplementary provision: terms of office of councillors
15.Disapplication of certain provisions relating to elections
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Q: Working with vector representation of individual feature Generally, training data is of shape $\mathbb{R}^{n \times m}$ data where $n$ is the number of samples and $m$ is the number of features. The training data can be represented in a table such as

feat1
feat2
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feat n
label

Val1
Val2
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Val n
label1

Val1
Val2
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Val n
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In this case, as you can see each feature is represented by a single value.
Now, I have a dataset where each feature is represented with a vector instead of a value. For example,

feat1
feat2
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feat n
label

[Vec 1]
[Vec 2]
...
[Vec n]
label1

[Vec 1]
[Vec 2]
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Each vector is the same size. And the values within the vector are all numbers are $\ge 0$.
Do I just convert my training data as following

feat1 val1
feat1 val2
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feat_n val1
feat_n val2
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label

Val11
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Valn1
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This does kinda solve the issue, but it seems like a whacky solution. Also, if I split the feature from a vector representation to a list of scalar representation and treat each of them as individual features, that kinda lose the true representation of the feature in the first place.
I am assuming we can use the convolutional neural network, however, if the number of training data is small (i.e. 100s), a neural network might not be the best option. Also, If the objective is the find the important features eventually, what feature selection/ML method might work?

A: I need more description to answer more accurately. My answer is based on my understanding of your question. I hope it helps you.
In your problem, you can not use conventional neural networks because your data are not a matrix. You have some features and you normalize the features. Then, you can use MLP (a type of neural network).
if you want to change features to vectors, it depends on the data type of values for each feature. It depends on many things for converting values to vectors. If values are numbers, you just need to keep values in the same range like [0,1]. If data are True/False, just convert them to 0 and 1. The machine learning algorithms can find hidden info among features and solve your problem (in most cases). If the feature values are not the same (different data types), you must use different methods. We have different encodings for string or categorical data and conversion to numerical values/vectors. Some encodings are one-hot, target, label, and binary encodings.
If the data is small, you can use some traditional ML methods like SVM, XGBoost, Decision Trees and so on. This is based on my experience. There might be other methods and I am not aware of them. So do more research.

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South Africa's Newly Drafted Bill to Consider Legalizing Online Gambling
by Slots Nutter | Feb 17, 2014 | Casino News
South Africa is considering revoking the 2008 National Gambling Act and introducing a new bill that will legalize gambling online. With the current bill, the country only allows online sports betting, but eGR reported that Mr. Geordin Hill-Lewis, a South African MP has proposed a new bill that seeks an inclusion of the internet casino gambling.
Recently, commercial interests have been applying a lot of pressure on the South African lawmakers. These commercial interests are against the rapid increase of gaming sites that are unregulated. Taxation and consumer protection are displayed as reasons for the lawmakers to consider an approval of regulated Internet wagering. This situation seems to be similar to the voices of Internet online gambling proponents in the USA.
The Director of a law firm in South Africa, Mr. Wayne Lurie commented, "Our standards have fallen below the international standards from the past eight years and its right time we made developments to be at par"
The newly drafted bill is similar to that of Australia and Europe which allows the licensing to be overseen by provincial and national governments. Applicants for Online gaming license will apply through any of the ten provinces in South Africa in a similar fashion to that of Australia's regulatory procedures. Krugerbets and Sportingbet who hold gaming licenses in the country will have to apply again for permission to operate online. They will have to do this through a remote gaming license. Categories like manufacturers, operators and suppliers will be established.
The proposal for this new bill calls out for individual provinces to determine the taxation. The bill proposes 70% tax on gross will be taken by the provinces and the national government will collect 30%. However, to abolish provincial competition, levels and standards will be established.
Mr. Tyrone Dubbin, the Managing Director of Sportingbet commented that this regulation would assist them to satisfy the growing demands of the customers and offer gambling products in a secure online environment that abided by the consumer protection and local regulatory controls.


For some years it looked like Jairosi Jiri died with his philanthropist mind-set. His astonishing passion for people with disability, despite himself being able bodied was not of this world. The same traits have been since identified in the University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura.
Jairosi Jiri Association was founded by Jairosi Jiri himself in 1950 and has grown to become one of the prominent association in Zimbabwe. It is probably the largest of its kind in Africa and today the need is greater than ever. It all started when Jiri lived in Bulawayo where he made it a habit to help the disabled who sold in the streets and couldn't carry their goods. He did not offer much but his bicycle to carry items sold by the disabled vendors in Bulawayo. Jiri's passion developed every day and became big enough to see the birth of The Jairosi Jiri Association. The association ranges from schools to orthopaedic centres across the country. Thousands of persons with disabilities benefited from this noble association. They learn and train to be independent and societal competencies. Up to the present day the association survives the economic hardships and continues to exist and offer exceptional services to the disability fraternity. It only remains a question and an imagination in our minds of how the disability fraternity could have been if Jairosi Jiri lived up to the present day?
Professor Levi Nyagura of the University of Zimbabwe provides tuition and accommodation fees for every student with any form of disability at the institution he leads. Currently over 150 students are under this amazing scholarship with hundreds having graduated already. The vice chancellor established the Disability Resource Centre department in November 2014 which provides a special library, assistive devices such as brail equipment, and special computers for the visually impaired students, helpers, stand by computers and wheelchairs and helpers or assistants to every student whose condition requires one. He ensures students with disabilities are guaranteed the best hostels on campus. Surely this man resembles the Late Jairosi Jiri.
It is with no doubt that the University of Zimbabwe community and the country at large must be learning from a visionary and exemplary leader as he continues to lay the blueprint. With Zimbabwe having signed the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in September 2013(UNCRPD) which ensures state funded education for persons with disability, it remains a wish that the signed policy should now be domesticated. Prof Nyagura's initiative should be adopted and made a national policy. Emancipation of women has been done so successfully in Zimbabwe and equal rights became a song every Jim and Jack knew how to sing. It's now high time to emancipate the disabled fraternity from discrimination in political, economic and social spheres. Persons with disability need empowerment which enables them to have a self-sustained life and lead a normal life. The provision of free tertiary education to persons with disabilities, which is a great equaliser in the lacking fraternity, is a big step made by Prof Nyagura in ensuring inclusivity and empowerment.
Who would think of educating people with disabilities in this country where the economic conditions are absolutely unfavourable? A country where selfishness and corruption characterise the day. Economic hardships never seemed to be a big stumbling block in the Vice Chancellors ambition to help the disabled. The man is a Hero, an unsung one but whose works are profound.