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YOUR ALL-NEW WRESTLING BOOK THREAD
By OSJ, February 10, 2017 in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
a note on copyright
BurningBeard 3,943
Very Anoa'i'ing
LocationBored At Work
What was his issue with Hayes?
1 minute ago, CreativeControl said:
Mark Henry related maybe?
acecraft 3
Zanesville Infant
Read the Ole Anderson book here's a few things that stuck out
Hate's Ric Flair says he voted for him to be champ so he would tour other areas and stay out of Georgia, says all he did is the same match.
When in talks with Johnny B Badd, he got him to agree to a 50,000 a year deal, the next day he was called in Jim Herd office with Badd and Herd said he had a deal for Badd, but he had to accept it right then. It was for 250,000 plus a 75,000 year clothes budget. Badd took it and Herd looked at Ole and said that's how you get deals done. Ole was pissed.
That the he knew the Briscoe brothers were plotting with Vince and he had them meet him at hotel for drinks. He said that he wanted to trust them and like the mafia he wanted to do a mafia blood oath and took out his knife and giged himself, the Briscoes did it too and they took the blood oath swearing allegiance to Ole
Vince offered him a job twice but Ole told him to Fuck off both times, then Linda introduced herself to Ole and said its just business and offered him a job too, but Ole told her fuck off. Vince told him he would never work for him or in the business ever again.
When Eric Bishoff was working his way into power, he had the secretary witch all of Ole's calls to his office and Bishoff took him out of office and put him as a trainer at the powerplant.
Said he had no idea how Vince would change the business and regretted not working for him to make the most money. .
Sammy 121
Seattle Yannigan
LocationSAN ANTO
OK-- who here has read the Pete Gas book?
Is it worth $14?
BrianS81177 2,964
Ooh Baby Do You Know What That's Worth?
LocationMarysville, Washington
On 5/4/2017 at 2:23 AM, CreativeControl said:
He didn't really have a problem with Hayes. Just basically said that when he tried to make suggestions to improve the live events, Hayes would get annoyed with him. Except he called him free bird. Everyone else he names by name but for some reason not Hayes.
Marty Sugar 2,077
Evansville Crimson Giant
On 2017-05-13 at 6:16 PM, acecraft said:
Hate's Ric Flair says he voted for him to be champ so he would tour other areas and stay out of Georgia, says all he did is the same match..
At least he's honest.
Michael Sweetser 2,927
LocationAudubon Bay, Washington
Is Ole's book on Kindle? I don't think I've read it yet.
I've been rereading JJ Dillon's book now that it's on Kindle; it's pretty amazing what a career he had even before he became a manager. I think it's been mostly forgotten due to the Horsemen overshadowing everything.
The story of getting fucked on money in the WWF and locked into a shitty house situation because of Vince is an eyeopener.
Stefanie the Human 848
WHAT THE FORK?!?
9 hours ago, Michael Sweetser said:
It is! https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Corporate-Destroyed-Professional-ebook/dp/B00JEIM92Q/
cwoy2j 3,444
Jacksonville Lizard King
LocationVirginia
JJ's book is in my top 5 wrestling autobiographies. I had no idea he had such a long career before he managed Tully and then the Horsemen. I wonder how was he as an actual worker in his prime. I've only ever seen him in matches where he toned his style down to wrestle like a manager would.
The whole section about his employment with the WWF is fascinating. Was pretty funny that he owned up to coming up with the Papa Shango gimmick. He said Vince was the one to blame for The Gobbledy Gooker though.
Jj's intercontinental title match vs tito from 1984 at the 24:00 Mark
I hope JJ was 'owning up' about coming up with Papa Shango to get all the plaudits and not out of shame coz it was an awesome gimmick
Shibata Is My Homie 257
LocationThe South Jersey
Books I've read in the past year:
Ole Anderson's. Always love me some Ole. GREAT book. *****
Bob Backlund's. Another great read. LOVED the behind the scenes goings-on. *****
Stan Hansen's. Not as good as I hoped. Loved his travel though history and all of the dealings he had in Japan. Unless Stanley is a pure sweetheart, he only sorta-kinds put down Kawada. ****
Capital Revolution. Several chapters in and I just can't get into it.
What did he say about Kawada? From the extract I read I figured it was gonna be like Harley Race's book where too much is skipped over for any worth to be gotten from it
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15 hours ago, cwoy2j said:
I have fond memories of JJ Dillon when he was in the Bob Geigel/Harley Race Central States promotion based out of Kansas City. JJ led a group of heels called the Rat Pack. I can't remember who else was in that group. Their main goal was to be able to put Rufus R. Jones in a rat suit. I can't remember how that turned out, but I would imagine JJ ended up in the suit, much like Bobby Heenan in the weasel suit.
Pete 13,956
LocationAn obscure body in the SK System
2 hours ago, Lee B. said:
I'll always remember asking JJ how a guy from Trenton, New Jersey wound up dressing like Porter Wagoner (reffing an old Ric Flair promo), just for how tickled he was by the question. Like I'd made his day with it.
8 hours ago, CreativeControl said:
Uncle Stan basically said that Kawada doesn't like foreigners that much.
Cristobal 8,185
That's not remotely what he said.
The first time we wrestled in Tokyo was June 5, 1992. My All Japan Triple Crown title was on the line and the match was voted Match of the Year by Tokyo Sports newspaper. Kawada and I faced each other many times, and for a long time, I always came out on top. I believe the fact that he couldn't beat me is what endeared him to the fans. He had the ability to open his heart to the fans and let them see his character. They knew he had set a goal of defeating me, and they returned regularly in the hopes he would one day win over me ... which he eventually did. On April 7, 1998, during the annual Champion's Carnival tournament, he pinned me cleanly in the middle of the ring in Kumamoto City.
Most of the gaijins wrestlers, however, did not particularly like Kawada. They thought he was cold and aloof. However, I always felt that was just a part of the personality and character he developed. I also think a lot of it had to do with Kawada being Japanese. Most of the gaijins didn't understand the Japanese very well, and when they don't understand something, they take offense. I spent so much time in Japan that I began to understand the Japanese mindset, but no gaijin will ever really understand because we are not Japanese. I accepted Kawada as he was. We were never friends, but we had respect for each other.
There is the story where Kawada attacked Robert Gibson.
Curt McGirt 8,624
IIRC, Steve Williams in his book said that Kawada didn't like foreigners either. And judging from that interview Robert Gibson beating the hell out of either him or Fuyuki that early in their careers wouldn't endear me to working with them either.
Anyone hear the story of Kawada attacking Misawa? When asked who won, it ended like their worked matches.
I think it came from Meltzer but I can't be sure.
On 2/21/2017 at 11:55 AM, SorceressKnight said:
Don't be- maybe if it fell apart I can return the bloody thing.
I never knew how much of a mark I was until I got maybe a tenth of the way through and already thought "I now have 3 dollars to my name until tomorrow for a piece of crap like THIS?"
It's not the worst wrestling book I read (at least there's some fun stuff to it), but it's still a "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME".
I borrowed this from the library the other day. Can't justify paying good money for it, but it's certainly good for a bunch of laughs at the price I paid. Lots of snark and in-jokes if that's your thing.
The Vince section with the pages "torn out" is pretty brilliant.
Kuetsar 1,624
LocationPocatello, ID
Read both Rey Mysterio's book and Lita's. Rey's is written in that weird wwe ghost style that had short paragraphs for everything, and treats the matches(in way too much detail) in kayfabe. HE might alude to them working out a finish, but ends up convoluted. Some nice stuff about mexico and a little back stage stuff, but not dirt, and it feels sanitized. 2 stars, and that's being generous. Lita's was really good, and it felt like she actually wrote most of it. Good stuff about her childhood and life with more of a realistic edge. She doesn't bury a lot of being, but has real opinions, and doesn't pull punches. The section on her neck injury is horrifying. 4 stars, solidly on the second tier of wrestling books. . . .
Any DVDVR members reactions to Chris Jericho's fourth book? I'll pick it up at some point as I own the other three. I'd say the original is still the best of them.
PetrolCB 7,675
LocationNew Jersey
2 hours ago, The Natural said:
Wondering this myself. They're all good, but I agree, the first one is the best.
NikoBaltimore 3,422
Up All Night To Get Lucky
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I'm awfully curious myself. I'm not one for self-help books (though some would say I could use them, myself included at times) But I generally like Chris's autobiographies so I'll likely pick it up at some point.


I shared your feel. I am looking forward to meeting you in Hollywood but then I hope to see your live again very soon, be it in Japan or elsewhere.
Kajiura-sama, thank you so much for everything. Please, do not in any way feel discouraged. This was a great disappointment for all of us, but no one could have foreseen such an incident.
I had been longing so dearly to see you on the 14th. Now I will pray wholeheartedly for another chance to see you and the utahimes in the future. Someday we shall meet; someday I shall be able to take your hand, I shall be able to give you the presents I prepared with my soul, and tell you in person how much you meant to me over the years, how much I love you. (*^_^*) 君と僕が巡り会う過去は確かな未来へ繋がっていた。世界の夢を信じて、祈りのような空へ手を伸ばす。The sky of hope is eternally blue.
Thank you, Kajiura-sama. Thank you.


6:06 Shot by Ohio Allie Curry, Wide Right.
9:10 Corner kick by Bowling Green SCHUPBACH, Madison [9:10].
11:14 Goal!GOAL by Bowling Green SCHUPBACH, Madison (FIRST GOAL), goal number 4 for season. *Shot from 20 yards out past the keeper's left side.
11:37 Corner kick by Bowling Green WINTERS, Rachel [11:37].
12:15 Shot by Bowling Green SCHUPBACH, Madison, High.
18:05 Shot by Bowling Green HUBERT, Erica, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
19:10 Shot by Bowling Green BARNES, Sophia, High.
20:11 Offside against Bowling Green.
21:19 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, High.
21:36 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: KENNEDY, Maureen for BAERON, Elisa.
21:36 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Alivia Milesky for Jenni Santacaterina.
24:04 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, High.
24:18 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: WASHINGTON, Chelsee for SCHUPBACH, Madison.
25:26 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
27:26 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: SWINDELL, Marissa for HUBERT, Erica.
29:32 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Courtney Daugerdas for Sydney Leckie.
29:32 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Katie McCurley for Paige Knorr.
29:32 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Sara Kattainen for Madelyn Kah.
31:53 Corner kick by Ohio Sara Kattainen [31:53].
36:19 Shot by Bowling Green KENNEDY, Maureen, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
37:18 Shot by Ohio Hannah Jaggers, Blocked.
37:41 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Olivia Sency for Hannah Jaggers.
37:41 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Sarina Dirrig for Allie Curry.
37:41 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: BOZZELLI, Laura for FLEAK, Skylar.
37:41 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: CASTO, Paige for BARNES, Sophia.
37:41 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: COUCH, Mikaela for WASHINGTON, Chelsee.
38:29 Corner kick by Ohio Sara Kattainen [38:29].
38:35 Header Shot by Ohio Alivia Milesky, Wide.
39:22 Shot by Bowling Green COUCH, Mikaela, Wide.
40:37 Shot by Ohio Olivia Sency, Blocked.
45:00 For Bowling Green: #1 COPE, Victoria, #4 REYES, Jennifer, #5 JACOB, Nikhita, #8 FRICKE, Alexis, #10 WINTERS, Rachel, #12 SCHUPBACH, Madison, #19 BARNES, Sophia, #20 FLEAK, Skylar, #21 HUBERT, Erica, #25 ABBITT, Morgan, #29 BAERON, Elisa.
45:00 For Ohio: #4 Remi Eades, #6 Mandy Arnzen, #7 Rianna Reese, #8 Madelyn Kah, #11 Alivia Milesky, #14 Victoria Breeden, #17 Hannah Jaggers, #18 Sydney Leckie, #19 Sara Kattainen, #24 Erin Beurket, #28 Katie McCurley.
47:08 Shot by Bowling Green SCHUPBACH, Madison, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
48:26 Shot by Ohio Sara Kattainen, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
48:42 Corner kick by Ohio Sara Kattainen [48:42].
48:56 Goal!GOAL by Ohio Alivia Milesky, Assist by Sara Kattainen, goal number 2 for season. *Header past the left of the keeper from a corner kick from 19.
50:45 Header Shot by Ohio Alivia Milesky, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
53:51 Shot by Bowling Green HUBERT, Erica, High.
55:19 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: KENNEDY, Maureen for BAERON, Elisa.
56:58 Corner kick by Ohio Sara Kattainen [56:58].
57:17 Shot by Ohio Sara Kattainen, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
57:41 Shot by Bowling Green HUBERT, Erica, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
59:10 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Paige Knorr for Katie McCurley.
60:08 Shot by Bowling Green REYES, Jennifer, Wide Right.
62:40 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, High.
62:46 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Allie Curry for Remi Eades.
66:29 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: COUCH, Mikaela for WINTERS, Rachel.
66:29 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: BOZZELLI, Laura for MARSH, Shannon.
69:36 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: CASTO, Paige for BARNES, Sophia.
69:36 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: WASHINGTON, Chelsee for SCHUPBACH, Madison.
69:36 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: WINTERS, Rachel for JACOB, Nikhita.
70:31 Corner kick by Ohio Allie Curry [70:31].
71:16 Shot by Ohio Hannah Jaggers, Wide.
71:29 Corner kick by Ohio Allie Curry [71:29].
71:48 Shot by Ohio Alivia Milesky, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
71:57 Shot by Ohio Allie Curry, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
72:23 Yellow card on Bowling Green KENNEDY, Maureen.
72:39 Corner kick by Ohio Sara Kattainen [72:39].
73:08 Shot by Ohio Hannah Jaggers, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
73:17 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: HUBERT, Erica for FLEAK, Skylar.
74:07 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: SCHUPBACH, Madison for BOZZELLI, Laura.
74:07 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: JACOB, Nikhita for COUCH, Mikaela.
75:10 Shot by Bowling Green REYES, Jennifer, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
76:57 Shot by Ohio Alivia Milesky, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.
77:09 Shot by Ohio Paige Knorr, Wide.
77:14 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: BARNES, Sophia for REYES, Jennifer.
77:14 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Remi Eades for Madelyn Kah.
78:22 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: FLEAK, Skylar for WASHINGTON, Chelsee.
79:13 Shot by Ohio Allie Curry, Blocked.
79:41 Substitution!Bowling Green substitution: REYES, Jennifer for CASTO, Paige.
80:13 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, Save (by goalie) Erin Beurket.
81:43 Shot by Bowling Green HUBERT, Erica, Wide.
81:49 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Courtney Daugerdas for Hannah Jaggers.
81:49 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Jenni Santacaterina for Sara Kattainen.
90:00 For Ohio: #2 Paige Knorr, #4 Remi Eades, #6 Mandy Arnzen, #7 Rianna Reese, #8 Madelyn Kah, #11 Alivia Milesky, #12 Jenni Santacaterina, #14 Victoria Breeden, #17 Hannah Jaggers, #18 Sydney Leckie, #24 Erin Beurket.
90:00 For Bowling Green: #1 COPE, Victoria, #4 REYES, Jennifer, #5 JACOB, Nikhita, #8 FRICKE, Alexis, #10 WINTERS, Rachel, #12 SCHUPBACH, Madison, #19 BARNES, Sophia, #20 FLEAK, Skylar, #21 HUBERT, Erica, #25 ABBITT, Morgan, #26 KENNEDY, Maureen.
92:51 Shot by Bowling Green FLEAK, Skylar, Wide.
98:29 Shot by Bowling Green WINTERS, Rachel, High.
98:34 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Allie Curry for Hannah Jaggers.
100:00 For Ohio: #2 Paige Knorr, #4 Remi Eades, #6 Mandy Arnzen, #7 Rianna Reese, #10 Allie Curry, #11 Alivia Milesky, #12 Jenni Santacaterina, #14 Victoria Breeden, #18 Sydney Leckie, #19 Sara Kattainen, #24 Erin Beurket.
100:00 For Bowling Green: #1 COPE, Victoria, #4 REYES, Jennifer, #5 JACOB, Nikhita, #8 FRICKE, Alexis, #10 WINTERS, Rachel, #12 SCHUPBACH, Madison, #19 BARNES, Sophia, #20 FLEAK, Skylar, #21 HUBERT, Erica, #25 ABBITT, Morgan, #26 KENNEDY, Maureen.
102:49 Shot by Ohio Paige Knorr, High.
106:30 Substitution!Ohio substitution: Madelyn Kah for Sara Kattainen.
107:28 Offside against Bowling Green.
109:42 Header Shot by Ohio Remi Eades, Save (by goalie) COPE, Victoria.


January ..... the aftermath of too many turkey dinners, cheeseboards and chocolate oranges and the time when your buttons suddenly start to pop off and you feel like going dry for a month!
For once I didn't have this problem. A Boxing Day spent in bed recovering from the worst case of dyspepsia I can ever remember meant no appetite until the new year and no risk of piling on the pounds.
Severe dyspepsia, by the way, is no laughing matter.
Even the duty GP said he had known folks go into A&E claiming to be suffering from a heart attack, when it was more a question of too much beer and cake playing hell with your system.
However, I was still keen to make a healthy start to January, not in a joyless clean-eating, going for a six-mile run in the sleet sort of a way, but making a concerted effort to stock the household fridge with an abundance of fruit and greens.
Well if you like your greens, then Penny Clare could well be the perfect spot, I cannot recall many other times when such a varied, colourful and well presented salad arrived with my main course that left me wanting more.
There are far too many cafes – and those in tourist areas are generally the worst culprits – where a limp bit of lettuce, anaemic coleslaw and a shrivelled tomato might pass for a side salad, but I'm pleased to say not here at Penny Clare.
For those who have not yet discovered this little foodie paradise, turn off the Whitby to Guisborough road at the Millbry Hill junction and trundle along the short country lane to Newholm.
Penny Clare is next to the car park on the first turn to the left as you enter the hamlet, with the cafe tucked behind the main shop. Blink and you'll miss it but word of mouth has obviously worked wonders.
We booked a table for two (a rare date for the Mrs and myself, with the eldest at school and the youngest fast asleep in her pram) at midday on the first week back after the yuletide break, thinking we might have the place to ourselves, but it soon filled up, keeping the kitchen and waiting on staff busy as the orders kept coming.
If you get to Penny Clare tearoom in the morning and arrive feeling hungry, one option is the fully loaded breakfast. For £8.95 you get two rashers of bacon, a sausage burger, eggs, beans, tomatoes, black pudding, toast and jam or marmalade. Safe to say you wouldn't need to eat again for some time afterwards.
I decided to go for a jacket potato with arguably the best filling you can have – chilli con carne (it is so much more appetising then coleslaw), while the wife went for a cheese and mushroom omelette. Both came with salads, which were plentiful in their variety, colour and taste. The jacket was lovely, the omelette could have done with some more seasoning or cheese, but was otherwise okay.
We were both really impressed with our desserts. My fruit crumble, fresh out the oven, with ice cream was delicious. The sharpness of the fruits blended well with the oatiness of the topping. The wife's syrup sponge also proved a smash hit. A shared pot of tea provided plenty of liquid refreshment and the bill of just £28, offered what I considered to be fair value for money.
We'd be more than happy to return.


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Posted on February 20, 2018 by Register Herald
Trail knocks off Brookville on Senior Night, concludes regular season 14-8
By Deron Newman - For The Regsiter-Herald
NEW PARIS — National Trail's varsity boys' basketball team won a pair of games last week, including a hard-fought game on Senior Night against Brookville and a road win over Bradford in Cross County Conference action.
NT battled Brookville on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at home. In a close game, the Blazers trailed at the end of each quarter, but managed to pull off a 64-60 win. Brookville led 50-46 midway through the final period when NT went on a 10-0 run led by eight points from Zach Woodall.
The Blazers, according to coach Mike Harrison, were able to hit key free throws down the stretch to maintain the lead the rest of the way.
"It was a very good win for us," Harrison said. "Brookville is a solid team and they had us on the ropes in the fourth quarter. Our kids did a great job continuing to battle and making key plays and big shots down the stretch."
Woodall finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, including 14 points in the fourth quarter.
Cameron Harrison had 14 points and Dalton Mason added 12.
Harrison added, senior Malachi Short got a start on Senior Night and scored 6 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, got a steal, and took a charge.
"Adam Eyler did not score much but had a great game for us defensively chasing Brookville's leading scorers most of the night."
National Trail traveled to Bradford on Friday and cruised to a 85-49 win. The Blazers outscored Bradford 21-4 in the second quarter to put the game away early.
"Bradford's got some kids who can play and I really thought we were going to have to go up there and play well to get a win," Harrison added. "We did. We shared the ball well, as 26 assists compared to just 7 turnovers would attest. Shot 54 percent from 2 and 50 percent from 3, and did a good job making things tough on them on the defensive end."
Nine different players scored for National Trail, led by Harrison with 30, including six 3-pointers. Travis Hunt had 15 points and 10 assists. Zach Woodall pulled down 14 rebounds and dished out 8 assists.
The Blazers finished the regular season 14-8 overall, 7-5 in the league. They open sectional play at Vandalia-Butler High School at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, vs. Carlisle.
By Deron Newman
For The Regsiter-Herald
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When I started Nepal Myths and Mountain Trails in 1996, I was a young, ambitious mountain guide who was fortunate enough to overcome the tremendously challenging life as a porter carrying heavy loads on the high trails of the Solukhumbu region near Mt Everest.
Travelers who came to Nepal to enjoy its beautiful nature provided me the opportunity to escape poverty and build a better life through hard work. Starting out as a porter I worked my way up to kitchen boy, climbing Sherpa, guide and group leader. My horizon expanded dramatically, from my home village of Kharikola, to Kathmandu and beyond; and I was eventually able to travel to many foreign countries including the United States, England, Switzerland, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Tibet, Thailand, Singapore and New Zealand.
When I started Nepal Myths and Mountain Trails, I had a vision for an adventure travel company that not only provides travelers with the best possible travel experience, but also provides a platform for the people of Nepal to build a better life.
Now, 18 years later, I am very proud that both goals are on track. In addition to organizing hundreds of successful expeditions, treks & tours through Nepal I was able to build 2 schools, a hospital and a Buddhist monastery in Kharikola, my home village. Besides this I have been able to organize a yearly Medical Camp Project that offers free health check ups to villagers as well as a Drinking Water Project to supply clean and safe drinking water to local people. These charity projects are immensely satisfying, also to my friends from abroad who partnered with me to raise the funds to make this happen. The projects make a tremendous difference for the local population and are setting an example for the rest of Nepal.
But we are just getting started and looking forward to the years ahead. I am planning to further build and grow my trekking business, drawing on 18 years of experience as a company, and to sustain and expand the various charity projects in order to continue building a bridge between the outside world and the people of Nepal.
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One of the most pleasant and cleanest lakes of Trentino, 650 metres a.s.l. with cristal changing turquoise water surrounded by the green scenery of meadows and woods. Rich with history and with vestiges of a past that can be traced back to the Bronze Age. The lake's peaceful and relaxing atmosphere offers all you need for a perfect holiday: hotels, holiday flats or houses, campsites, as well as excellent facilities for doing every kind of sport.
Fabulous itineraries partly on military roads along the WWI front. Breathtaking views on lake Ledro, lake Garda and the Adamello Group. The trails are signed and also described in the guide/map that you can find for free at the Tourism Office of the Ledro Valley. More than 200 Km of challenging itineraries of various length and effort, but all immersed in the green of the Ledro mountains for an active holiday characterized by sport and health!
The Ledro Valley, which is suspended between lakes Garda and Idro, has a varied morphology. In the northern side there is a beautiful crown of mountains, from where stands out the Monte Cadria, which is the highest of the Alps of Ledro (2254 m). In the southern side you find the Carone-Tremalzo-Tombea groups, particularly interesting from the botanical point of view and for the several excursion possibilities. The valley bottom is ideal for relaxing and pleasant walks with no difference of level. The walk around the lake is completely level and suitable for everybody, it also offers with nice panoramas; Concei and Pur valleys offer the possibility to walk in relax surrounded by the green of the wood and the nature. The pile museum in Molina di Ledro is situated on the left shore of lake Ledro, in Molina di Ledro.


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<div id="<?php echo e($id); ?>" x-data="{ show: <?php if ((object) ($attributes->wire('model')) instanceof \Livewire\WireDirective) : ?>window.Livewire.find('<?php echo e($_instance->id); ?>').entangle('<?php echo e($attributes->wire('model')->value(

    x-show="show"

    x-on:close.stop="show = false"

    x-on:keydown.escape.window="show = false"

    class="fixed top-0 inset-x-0 px-4 pt-6 sm:px-0 sm:flex sm:items-top sm:justify-center"

    style="display: none;">

A: This was causing me much angst too but I think I found the solution: as @georgy-malanichev says, you can only call Livewire methods from inside a Livewire component (and not from inside a Blade component or any other custom components).
Given you are trying to use the component inside resources/views/dashboard.blade.php, the solution is to:

*

*create a livewire component using artisan make:livewire MyDashboard

*Cut everything between <x-app-layout> and </x-app-layout> in dashboard.blade.php and paste it into views/livewire/my-dashboard.blade.php

*Add @livewire('my-dashboard') inside the x-app-layout tags and Bob's your uncle (it should start working)

To help you understand what's going on, if you look at the source code for the modal component, you'll see a line like: show: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')),. I'm not sure how to describe exactly what this does, but, essentially, @entangle() is expecting an instance of the "model" Livewire object and it's not finding one.
It's not finding it because it's getting called from a non-livewire component. Once you put it inside a Livewire component, it starts working.
I hope the additional details makes things clearer.

A: I was getting the same error but in my case it was the fact that I had x-data="{ open: @entangle('showDropdown') }" outside of the LiveWire component. Once I moved it inside the component template, where it should be, the issue went away.


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Four Ways to Overcome the Impossible
by Tom Koulopoulos
"You've heard it a million times but here's why it's true."
I'm just coming off of a one year build of a new startup. As with most startups, it's been a wild ride, with more twists and turns, obstacles and challenges, learning and growth than I would ever have imagined. You'd think after having made the startup journey a handful of times on my own and dozens of times with companies I've advised that I'd be used to the process by now. Yet each time down this path reminds me of how much we discount the stamina, conviction, and resilience required to build something new. As I near the finish line, I'm reminded of the saying, "Nothing is impossible, some things just take longer than others."
So, what have I learned, and how can it help you on your own journey? Well, simply put, nothing is impossible. The constraints we impose on our imagination, innovation, creativity, and vision are just that–self-imposed. We consistently fail to see the future opportunities that exist beyond the context of the present. It's the human condition, but it's also what makes great innovation possible for those who dare it.
"The constraints we impose on our imagination, innovation, creativity, and vision are just that–self-imposed."
Thomas Kuhn, who popularized the term "paradigm shift," wrote in amazingly detailed terms about how radically context can change the realm of the possible in his timeless book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. What? You haven't read it! Do yourself a big favor and read it, now! This should be required reading for every entrepreneur because it radically alters your understanding of how big change happens in ways that surprise us. You know, the familiar phenomenon where you look back and say, "Of course! How did I miss that?"
In the case of the startup I've been working with over the past year, I was reminded of how tall and deep the barriers to the future are. When I'd present the initial idea to friends, colleagues, and even family, the response I'd get was that it was ludicrous. I was presented with countless reasons why it wouldn't work. And they were all very good reasons, in fact, really, really good reasons that sometimes made me doubt the idea myself. I'm not going to get into what the idea was here, because it really doesn't matter. The fact is every startup I've been part of follows the same trajectory of doubt, rational argument against its success, and unassailable logic that dismisses its merits.
Seriously, stop and think about how often we fail to recognize the potential for new ideas. If I took you back 10 years and told you that self-driving and auto-piloted cars would be on the highway next to you and that the taxi industry would be disrupted and nearly annihilated by an outsider (Uber) that held no physical assets, what would you have said? Exactly!
"Overcoming the inertia of the impossible requires engaging in a coordinated dance with the future."
Of course, simply saying something is possible doesn't make it so. You don't innovate the future by just wishing it into being. Overcoming the inertia of the impossible requires engaging in a coordinated dance with the future. It's this coordination that separates successful startups from those that end up littering the streets with disappointment.
What I've found in my own experiences as an entrepreneur, and also in those of other successful entrepreneurs I've worked with, is that choreographing this dance with the unknown requires at least three critical attitudes and behaviors if you're going to stand a reasonable chance of causing any significant new idea to gain traction.
1. Don't get so stuck on the specifics of your original idea that you ignore the ability to co-create with the future.
One of the greatest eye-openers when you bring any new idea to market is the degree to which it will change over time as you encounter unexpected and unpredictable forces in the market that threaten to alter your original idea. I use the term "threaten" intentionally, because when this happens you have two very distinct choices; be unyielding and defend the hell out of you original idea, or allow your idea to be shaped by these forces in a way that makes it something new and different. You'd think any sane person would go with option two. But that's not always true. Entrepreneurs get so stuck on their vision that they become nearly religious about letting go of it. That's when commitment turns to arrogance. Being arrogant with future is like staring down a tsunami–it's not a contest you're going to win. The real magic of bringing a new idea to market is the serendipity that naturally occurs and reshapes the idea in a way that makes it a natural fit for the future. The idea and the future evolve concurrently. Allow that to happen and embrace the new changing idea rather than building a fortress of defenses and resentment around the old one.
2. Don't discount the naysayers. Instead, use their objections to build value.
"Innovation is always a negotiation between the possible and the impossible."
Inevitably, you'll be assaulted by very smart people with good reasons why your idea won't work. It gets tiring listening to that sort of drivel. And yet, you need to. You'll need to keep moving despite the naysayers, but that doesn't mean you can't learn from them. Innovation is always a negotiation between the possible and the impossible. Eventually, the latter becomes the former and the cycle repeats. But for a brief period both of these exist simultaneously as a new paradigm forms and is accepted. Think of the quote often mistakenly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." What's missing in this quote is that in each of the first three stages you need to be gaining support–or at least attention–from the very same people doing the ignoring, laughing, and fighting!
3. Overestimate the time, money, and stamina it will take to build a new idea.
I have never seen a new idea that hasn't nearly drained it's owners of time, money, and stamina. The nature of radical change and innovation is that it has to push you to the absolute limits of endurance before you near success. Sorry, I wish I had better news for you on this one, but the best you can do is overestimate all three and still expect to fall short. The simple advice: be ready for it and keep the resources in reserve to deal with it.
4. Constantly remove your own constraints from your vision.
As your idea morphs with the marketplace, so will your vision. But there's a nasty side effect at play here. With new vision come new self-imposed constraints. What's worse is these new constraints come with a more refined understanding of the market, greater investment in your reshaped vision, and usually, the agreement of others who have joined your cause. In other words, it actually gets harder, not easier, to reshape your vision as it evolves! It's called sunken costs. You start to feel guilty about abandoning something that is clearly not going to get you where you want to go just because you've invested so much into it. Be conscious and cautious of this. Don't be seduced by guilt. The choice to change tracks–hell, even lay down new ones–is always yours!
In the end, what's possible is always more than we could imagine. But that's the nature of innovation, to expand our notion of possibility, to grow in unimagined ways, and in the process remove one more thing from the ranks of the impossible.
This article was originally published on Inc.
Tom Koulopoulos is the author of 10 books and founder of the Delphi Group, a 25-year-old Boston-based think tank and a past Inc. 500 company that focuses on innovation and the future of business. He tweets from @tkspeaks.
Tom Koulopoulos


Even before the last crazily grinning pumpkin has shrivelled and died, December starts to stir. Come November, a couple of stores dedicate a half-hearted corner of their displays to Christmas decor. A few days later, the whole window has been taken over by Yuletide paraphernalia. It's not long before passers-by cotton on to the fast approaching season. There's urgency in their harried steps as they feverishly stock up on tea-lights and mistletoe, adding a dozen items a day to their Amazon wishlist. Kids are hastily writing their wish lists to Santa. The few weeks that precede Christmas are among the maddest, busiest, fullest few days of the year – for me, and probably the rest of the world.
Bestowing a gift upon others doesn't necessarily have to cost a lot of money. A little creativity and thoughtfulness go a long way in many people's books. In an age where almost anything can be bought at the touch of a button, nothing beats a touch of personal. In my case, it doesn't get more personal than writing. And it's not just me. Studies suggest that putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard!) carries a multitude of psychological benefits. Expressing yourself through writing may help put you in a better frame of mind. It can serve as an outlet for repressed feelings and even help you overcome psychological trauma such as grief. For the reader the prospects are just as good. I've put together this list of seven ways writing can be your perfect gift to someone else this Christmas.
The facility and ease of shopping over the internet means that mass products are churned out constantly, leaving little room for individuality. Handmade and personalised gifts are hence making a strong comeback. But you'll be hard-pressed to find something as heartfelt and touching as a letter coming from the heart. It's sometimes much easier to write what you feel rather than articulate it in words – and you'll have a lot more time to think! it could be a friend you want to connect with, a spouse or other family member you wish to show appreciation to. Perhaps a new beau you want nothing more than to whisper sweet nothings to. A letter suits all the requirements of being unique, thoughtful and, best of all, can't be exchanged for something better!
If you're worried your spelling and grammar might make a fool of you, worry not. Have somebody else look it over or run it through a spellchecker. Adding a fitting image and a couple of rhyming verses probably won't do any harm either. Put it in a nice envelope, tie it off with a ribbon and – voila! – your gift will be in the running for the best Christmas pressie!
Say you don't want to skimp on the gift but you're not absolutely positive it'll win your recipient over. Making that little bit of extra effort is guaranteed to go down a storm. And it's safe for the environment, too! Save yourself the time and energy of hunting through the aisles for an extra special card. Get creative and make one from scratch. You'll find beautiful craft items related to the festive season that will help you bring home your Yuletide message. I find that some good adhesive glue, ribbon and glitter do the job very well indeed! A well-chosen few words on the interior of the card will surely beat anything store-bought. And, if you're feeling particularly poetic, you can even jot down a few verses for that exclusive touch.
Once you've managed to put together at least one decent stanza – why not take the leap and make it longer? Writing poetry is an exceptionally touching and creative way to spread the joy this Christmas. All you need is a little inspiration – and there's sure to be plenty around at this time of year! The good news is, contemporary poetry doesn't have to rhyme at all! If it sounds rhythmic and melodious enough to your own ears when you read it aloud, it's probably good to go!
If this is your first time attempt at writing verse, it's probably a good idea to read a few poems yourself during the months leading up to Christmas. Though Shakespeare might seem daunting at first, there are plenty of other romantic poets who will surely put you in the mood! My personal favourite is John Keats whose works are renowned for their tribute to the senses. They are a veritable fountain of inspiration for those seeking to wax lyrical to their other half this festive season!
If poetry sounds stuffy and uptight to you, though (and I truly do beg to differ!), you can always choose to go slightly more modern. Songwriting is an alternative altogether more hip way of making your feelings known. Jot down a few lines, set them to music and let your words be the harbinger of happiness. Who knows? You might just be the one to come up with the next most popular Christmas carol!
Who says it has to be your own writing that brings happiness? Any creative writing by any author can be a source of joy and inspiration for the reader. It may also provide a form of escapism and refuge should the need arise. One thing I would recommend if you're planning to give a book as a gift is to make sure that you've read it yourself. This will make sure the book is interesting, engaging and potentially relatable to whoever you are giving it to. Taking the time to select a suitably appropriate book will definitely be appreciated. It will also provide a great source of conversation and intelligent fodder at your next festive get-together.
Great writers take inspiration from all the others that have come and gone before them. That's why keeping a diary or journal is a fantastic way of following the worthy words of Wordsworth, who instructs writers to "fill your papers with the breathings of your heart". Writing regularly – no more than 10 to 15 minutes a day and about anything you fancy – is a useful way of destressing, unwinding and working through the events of the day. A diary can be entirely private, but if you angle it slightly differently, you can very well use it to bring happiness to others. Say you were to make a note of one good quality you spot in your significant other, every day over the course of the year. Come December, you can entitle your project something suitably wistful like "365 things I love about you". Then bask through the next year as the undisputed king of inventive presents.
Be it the smell of freshly-mown grass or the pages of a well-thumbed book, us writers each have our own particular muse. Many times this may include the people around us! Someone who is dear to you may very well be behind that excellent short story you penned or the novel you finally managed to finish. They may even be the reason you started writing in the first place! If that's the case, it's time to let them know. Dedicate your work to your own creative influence – formally if you're publishing. You'll be thanked for showing appreciation for the part they played in your success.
Good food, great music and entertaining company are three must-have ingredients for any festive gathering. The best memories are made wherever there's laughter. If you happen to have a sense of humour that matches your flair for writing, you might as well put them to good use. Composing a memorable toast doesn't take much preparation especially if you love to entertain. Aim for a light-hearted tone. Throw in some amusing anecdotes and you'll have your guests reminiscing about your toast for years to come.
Through writing, you can spread the joy throughout the whole year! Sign up as a writer with Topcontent and discover a unique way to bring happiness to others.


Established in 2003, National Donate Life Month (NDLM) features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.
Rivers Family Medicine, in the Villages, has partnered with Donate Life again this year to promote the importance of tissue and organ donations for the hope and benefit of others, and future generations.
Bicycles come in all styles, shapes, and sizes, but each is comprised of the same components, essential to supporting the rider and converting their energy into motion. Similarly, organ, eye, and tissue donation offers many ways to give hope, support, and strength to patients waiting, recipients and donor families. We each carry the potential to help make LIFE a beautiful ride for ourselves, and then for others, by registering as a donor, considering a living donation, being a caregiver and championing the cause.
Why should you wear Green and Blue? April 12th is National Blue and Green day, which spreads awareness for tissue donation.
April 22nd is National Pediatric Transplant Week, which takes place the last full week of National Donate Life Month in April. It focuses on the powerful message of ending the pediatric transplant waiting list. Throughout the week, clinical partners share their innovative work and patient stories (candidates and recipients), donor families whose children have saved and healed lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation are honored, and recipient families share their thanks and celebrate milestones.
Rivers Family Medicine hopes you will join their efforts to promote National Donate Life Month. And they encourage you to consider the importance of registering or making the decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor.
Rivers Family Medicine continues to provide their patients with the highest quality of care; they are continually looking for innovative methods of working together with their patients to ensure that they are not only aware of but also involved in the management and improvement of their patient's health.
Rivers Family Medicine welcomes Dr. Erin Dariano. Dr. Dariano has been practicing Family Medicine in Lima Ohio at Lima Memorial Hospital for the past seven years. Dr. Dariano, D.O, Completed her undergraduate degree at Bowling Green State University, and her medical degree at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
She is a board certified D.O., Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Dariano is committed to providing thorough, compassionate, mindful care for her patients.
To schedule an appointment with Rivers Family Medicine, please call (352) 205-4302.


We were there to uncover something. There was a secret in that house she had never dispelled. No one was allowed in the attic or at least no one went in the attic and so we started there, snuck in and because I wasn't part of the family, it was very risky for me to be up there. Risky, until the entire floor turned into an antique shop full of people. Each hallways turned into another hallway, each room another room. The maze grew. Shoppers picked up LIFE magazines from 1951, green-handled egg beaters and old quilts – all with a price tag, all cloaking the reason we were there. The wooden ceiling beams started to shake and fall, the room turned into an Indiana Jones-like ride as we fell fell fell into darkness, the beams, light-hearted danger, were falling on top of us. I laughed the whole way down and only once thought "maybe these will really kill us at the bottom." But they didn't. My friend turned into a small, thin snake saying "In this form, my senses are heightened. I feel more. I see more. I will find it this way." So I put her in my pocket, this golden, tiny snake and she drank from the fabric of my shirt, she was so thirsty. She sipped and sipped and slithered. She never found what she was looking for.
That's so strange! I've never had the same scenario in a dream. I've had common themes: loose teeth. And reoccurring people, but never the same "set." Honestly, I don't think you're ever supposed to find what you're looking for in dreams. That would be way too obvious. I love that you mentally hauled it all away! I wish I could do that sometimes!


St Luke's is made up of people who love Jesus.
is a real sense that we are family.
As you come into the church, you'll be warmly greeted by people at the doors and offered a hymn book and our monthly notice sheet, which provides details of all the activities that take place at St Luke's during the week. Organ music will be quietly playing while you take your seat in the church, setting a reflective tone for worship.
The service begins at 10.30am with hymn singing followed by a time of stillness as we prepare our hearts and minds for worship. During the service we bring praise and worship to God through a variety of prayers, singing, music and scripture.
There is a children's section to the service, a sermon and once a month the sacrament of Holy Communion. After the children's talk they go to their own "Sunday club". On the second Sunday of each month the children are invited to remain in the service. After worship we gather for coffee and fellowship in the church.
All Age Worship celebrations take place four times a year at Harvest, Advent, Mothering Sunday and in the summer. At those services we worship as a church family with something for all ages.


Today we have guests from a cosmetic company to the next door evacuation center.
The staff were applying facial and hand massage as well as eye brow trimming to the local ladies.
From looking at a distance, we could see the ease on their faces with good complexion after the treatment which also made us happy.
The cosmetic company staff were a bit tense at first, however its feeling lessened as there were exchanges of warmth.
It is great to learn not only giving their products, but also their warmth.
We would love to see more of these exchanges that bring positive feelings.


Metlakatla, Mic Bingo Hall, Alaska is a community of Tsimshian people who followed a missionary of the Anglican Church of England, Mr. William Duncan to a new home in the United States of America from their previous home in British Columbia, Canada. The United States Congress granted recognition to the new community in 1891 by creating the Annette Islands Reserve, a federal Indian reservation. Today it is the only reservation in the State of Alaska. The community has prospered due to an abundance of natural and human resources.
Its people exhibit a great variety and diversity of skills in numerous fields, from native art in the ancient style to advanced computer skills necessary for today's communication requirements.
Although the majority of its population is Tsimshian, Metlakatla, Mic Bingo Hall also is home to may individuals with diverse tribal affiliations such as Tlingit, Haida, Aleut, Yupik and other Alaska Native peoples. These others are allowed to become members of the Metlakatla, Mic Bingo Hall Indian Community by virtue of a clause in Metlakatla's, Mic Bingo Hall charter that specifically allows such membership. In the ancient Tsimshian culture there were several individual tribes, each with its own chief and governing council. Within the tribes there exists a closer society–that of the four major clans. The clans are the Eagle, or Lachsgeek; the Raven, or Gunhada; the Wolf, or Lachgeebuu; and the Killer Whale, or Gisbuutwada.
Had a great time, the workers there were very nice as well !
Jackpots all night long! Might as well quit my job because I was winning so dang much!


Mobile carriers will test the updates, but Microsoft will ultimately determine when to roll them out.
Microsoft will decide when users of Windows 10 Mobile handsets receive the latest updates.
The software giant is working with mobile carriers to test software updates for its new Windows 10 Mobile operating system and will use their feedback, according to a statement sent Tuesday to CNET. However, it is Microsoft that "will decide when to send the updates out based on input from mobile operators and Windows Insiders."
By controlling the update process, Microsoft wants to avoid the problems that have plagued the Android ecosystem and wants to give consumers a new reason to pick its mobile software and devices over those from Google and Apple.
After Google releases a new update to its mobile OS, the gadget makers test it for each device model. The mobile carriers then conduct their own testing before the rollout can start for each individual device. That process forces Android users to wait weeks or months for a new update to arrive. This predicament has also led to the symptom of Android fragmentation where at any given time several different versions of the OS are floating about on user devices.
Microsoft's process will be somewhat akin to the one used by Apple, whereby the iPhone maker determines when to push out an update to its mobile OS. However, Apple exerts total control by testing and deploying each update without involving the carriers. With Microsoft's process, the mobile carriers won't be out of the loop. They'll still do their usual testing to make sure each update is secure and reliable.
Microsoft will also depend on testing from members of the Windows Insider program. Those who join this free program can get early releases of a new Windows update and then offer feedback to Microsoft so the company can perform any needed fine-tuning before general release. Microsoft relied on the Windows Insider program to help build Windows 10 based on comments and suggestions from members.
Ultimately, the goal for Microsoft is to ensure that all users get the necessary security patches and other updates in a timely fashion.
"The optimum way to ensure our customers are running the best Windows is to get them the latest updates for Windows 10," Microsoft said in its statement. "Delivering Windows 10 as a service means we can offer ongoing security updates, new features and capabilities -- we'd like to make sure people can get access to the latest Windows 10 updates as soon as they are available."
Windows 10 Mobile will make its debut on Microsoft's newest smartphones, the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL, which will reach consumers in November. But the general rollout of the new mobile OS will kick off in December, hitting the first wave of older Lumia models (including the 430, the 535 and the 930) as a free upgrade.
Update, 1:20 p.m. PT: Adds statement from Microsoft.


Here is an interesting question that I saw and I thought I would present it as the next in the series of Friday Challenges.
This is a similar problem that I ran into at a recent company. They had a project schedule that they would create and send to clients from Excel. However, like this challenge, they used Cell Merging to create the Gantt Chart. It was a nightmare to update the project schedule because Excel won't let you drag and drop the merged cells on top of other merged cells. That meant that you couldn't shift the schedule one cell to the right when it was delayed because it typically overlapped the same merged cell. So I would have to unmerge the cells and copy/paste to the new area, then remerge the cells. Alternately, I could move the merged cells to another row and them move it back to the right spot, but this caused all sorts of formatting issues with the cells I had moved back and forth. Anyway, enough complaining 🙂 on to the problem at hand.
1) Create the Same Graphic using Worksheet Cells and Conditional Formatting where all the user has to do is input the Band Name, Stage and Start/End Times.
2) Create a Similar Visual using Excel Charts where all the user has to do is input the Band Name, Stage and Start/End Times.


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Tom Cruise is being courted for the Highlander reboot
November 20, 2014 by James Garcia
According to TheWrap, Summit Entertainment is looking to court Tom Cruise for the role of Juan Ramirez in the Highlander reboot. The role was last played by Sean Connery.
The site notes that, while Cruise is very much on the studio's radar for the part, "the interest appears to be one-sided." Cruise, who starred in this year's sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow, is often offered big projects,is "far from talks" for this Highlander film, and isn't focused on future films right now, as he's busy working on Mission: Impossible 5.
TheWrap notes that the role could very well be beefed up to accommodate a bigger star like Cruise, who doesn't take smaller, supporting roles very often.
Highlander is being helmed by first-time director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. The project is taking shape under producers Peter Davis, Neal H. Moritz and Justin Lin. The film tells the tale of an immortal Scottish swordsman, on a quest for revenge against a barbarian who's chased him across time and done battle for an all-powerful Prize.
Tell us, do you think Cruise would be a good fit for the Highlander reboot? And do you think he'd even take the job? Let us know in the comments below…
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Kapil Sibal is a member of the Rajya Sabha and a senior Indian National Congress leader.
Sibal previously held the positions of Union Law Minister, Union Telecom Minister and Union Minister for HRD in the UPA I & II Governments. He was also Minister for Science and Technology.A lawyer by profession, Sibal is also a poet and writer.


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Navigating Leadership in Difficult Times: Health Care Professionals in Ireland
The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin are pleased to announce a one-day seminar which is open to all health care professionals
Date: Thursday 12th September 2013, 9am-4pm
Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
Registration fee: €50.00 (includes registration pack, refreshment break and lunch)
Seminar Speakers
Prof Martin Beirne: University of Glasgow
Dr Richard Plenty & Ms Terri Morrissey: This Is
Ms Triona Fortune: International Society for Quality in Healthcare
Dr Phillippa Ryan Withero: Tallaght Hospital
Prof Susan McLaren: London South Bank University
Mrs Caroline Spencer: Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Ms Andrea Spyropoulos: Royal College of Nursing
Welcome address: Prof Agnes Higgins, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
Closing remarks: Prof Catherine Comiskey, Director, Centre for Practice and Health Care Innovation, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
The detailed schedule for the day and directions on how to register are available at http://www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie/events-conferences/leadership_seminar_2013.php


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package play.api.inject
package guice

import java.io.File
import java.net.URLClassLoader
import java.util.Collections
import java.util.function.Supplier

import com.google.inject.AbstractModule
import com.typesafe.config.Config
import org.specs2.mutable.Specification
import play.{ Environment => JavaEnvironment }
import play.api.inject._
import play.api.Configuration
import play.api.Environment
import play.api.Mode
import play.inject.{ Module => JavaModule }

class GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec extends Specification {
  "GuiceInjectorBuilder" should {
    "set environment with Scala" in {
      setEnvironment(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule)
    }

    "set environment with Java" in {
      setEnvironment(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule)
    }

    def setEnvironment(environmentModule: Module) = {
      val env = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .in(Environment.simple(mode = Mode.Dev))
        .bindings(environmentModule)
        .injector()
        .instanceOf[Environment]

      env.mode must_== Mode.Dev
    }

    "set environment values with Scala" in {
      setEnvironmentValues(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule)
    }

    "set environment values with Java" in {
      setEnvironmentValues(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule)
    }

    def setEnvironmentValues(environmentModule: Module) = {
      val classLoader = new URLClassLoader(Array.empty)
      val env = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .in(new File("test"))
        .in(Mode.Dev)
        .in(classLoader)
        .bindings(environmentModule)
        .injector()
        .instanceOf[Environment]

      env.rootPath must_== new File("test")
      env.mode must_== Mode.Dev
      env.classLoader must be(classLoader)
    }

    "use the right ClassLoader when injecting" in {
      val classLoader = new URLClassLoader(Array.empty)
      val classLoaderAware = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .in(classLoader)
        .bindings(bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ClassLoaderAware].toSelf)
        .injector()
        .instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ClassLoaderAware]

      classLoaderAware.constructionClassLoader must_== classLoader
    }

    "set configuration with Scala" in {
      setConfiguration(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ConfigurationModule)
    }

    "set configuration with Java" in {
      setConfiguration(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaConfigurationModule)
    }

    def setConfiguration(configurationModule: Module) = {
      val conf = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .configure(Configuration("a" -> 1))
        .configure(Map("b" -> 2))
        .configure("c" -> 3)
        .configure("d.1" -> 4, "d.2" -> 5)
        .bindings(configurationModule)
        .injector()
        .instanceOf[Configuration]

      conf.subKeys must contain(allOf("a", "b", "c", "d"))
      conf.get[Int]("a") must_== 1
      conf.get[Int]("b") must_== 2
      conf.get[Int]("c") must_== 3
      conf.get[Int]("d.1") must_== 4
      conf.get[Int]("d.2") must_== 5
    }

    "support various bindings with Scala" in {
      supportVariousBindings(
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule,
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ConfigurationModule
      )
    }

    "support various bindings with Java" in {
      supportVariousBindings(
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule,
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaConfigurationModule
      )
    }

    def supportVariousBindings(environmentModule: Module, configurationModule: Module) = {
      val injector = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .bindings(
          environmentModule,
          Seq(configurationModule),
          new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.AModule,
          Seq(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.BModule)
        )
        .bindings(
          bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C].to[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C1],
          Seq(bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D].to[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D1])
        )
        .injector()

      injector.instanceOf[Environment] must beAnInstanceOf[Environment]
      injector.instanceOf[Configuration] must beAnInstanceOf[Configuration]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D1]
    }

    "override bindings with Scala" in {
      overrideBindings(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule, new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ConfigurationModule)
    }

    "override bindings with Java" in {
      overrideBindings(
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule,
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaConfigurationModule
      )
    }

    def overrideBindings(environmentModule: Module, configurationModule: Module) = {
      val injector = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .in(Mode.Dev)
        .configure("a" -> 1)
        .bindings(environmentModule, configurationModule)
        .overrides(
          bind[Environment] to Environment.simple(),
          new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.SetConfigurationModule(Configuration("b" -> 2))
        )
        .injector()

      val env  = injector.instanceOf[Environment]
      val conf = injector.instanceOf[Configuration]
      env.mode must_== Mode.Test
      conf.has("a") must beFalse
      conf.get[Int]("b") must_== 2
    }

    "disable modules with Scala" in {
      disableModules(new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule, new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.ConfigurationModule)
    }

    "disable modules with Java" in {
      disableModules(
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule,
        new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaConfigurationModule
      )
    }

    def disableModules(environmentModule: Module, configurationModule: Module) = {
      val injector = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .bindings(
          environmentModule,
          configurationModule,
          new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.AModule,
          new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.BModule,
          bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C].to[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C1],
          bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D] to new GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D1
        )
        .disable[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.EnvironmentModule]
        .disable[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.JavaEnvironmentModule]
        .disable(
          classOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.AModule],
          classOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.CModule]
        ) // C won't be disabled
        .injector()

      injector.instanceOf[Environment] must throwA[com.google.inject.ConfigurationException]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A] must throwA[com.google.inject.ConfigurationException]

      injector.instanceOf[Configuration] must beAnInstanceOf[Configuration]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.D1]
    }

    "configure binder" in {
      val injector = new GuiceInjectorBuilder()
        .requireExplicitBindings()
        .bindings(
          bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A].to[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A1],
          bind[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B].to[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B1]
        )
        .injector()
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.A1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B] must beAnInstanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B1]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.B1] must throwA[com.google.inject.ConfigurationException]
      injector.instanceOf[GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec.C1] must throwA[com.google.inject.ConfigurationException]
    }
  }
}

object GuiceInjectorBuilderSpec {
  class EnvironmentModule extends SimpleModule((env, _) => Seq(bind[Environment] to env))

  class ConfigurationModule extends SimpleModule((_, conf) => Seq(bind[Configuration] to conf))

  class JavaEnvironmentModule extends JavaModule {
    override def bindings(environment: JavaEnvironment, config: Config) =
      Collections.singletonList(
        JavaModule
          .bindClass(classOf[Environment])
          .to(new Supplier[Environment] {
            override def get(): Environment = environment.asScala()
          })
      )
  }

  class JavaConfigurationModule extends JavaModule {
    override def bindings(environment: JavaEnvironment, config: Config) =
      Collections.singletonList(
        JavaModule
          .bindClass(classOf[Configuration])
          .to(new Supplier[Configuration] {
            override def get(): Configuration = Configuration(config)
          })
      )
  }

  class SetConfigurationModule(conf: Configuration) extends AbstractModule {
    override def configure() = bind(classOf[Configuration]).toInstance(conf)
  }

  class ClassLoaderAware {
    // This is the value of the Thread's context ClassLoader at the time the object is constructed
    val constructionClassLoader: ClassLoader = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
  }

  trait A
  class A1 extends A

  class AModule extends AbstractModule {
    override def configure() = bind(classOf[A]) to classOf[A1]
  }

  trait B
  class B1 extends B

  class BModule extends AbstractModule {
    override def configure() = bind(classOf[B]) to classOf[B1]
  }

  trait C
  class C1 extends C

  class CModule extends AbstractModule {
    override def configure() = bind(classOf[C]) to classOf[C1]
  }

  trait D
  class D1 extends D
}

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"This audit puts a spotlight on policies that permit the union stewards to conduct union activities such as grievance hearings on the taxpayers' dime. The state employees are entitled to union representation to deal with workplace issues but the stewards should be paid by the unions for that work,'' Klarides said.
The lack of documentation , "increases the risk of unauthorized union leave,'' the auditors wrote.
Republicans have put forth budget proposals in the past to require that the stewards be paid by union dues for the activities outside of the workplace.
The auditors sampled 40 instances of Union Release Time/Union Business Leave forms and all 40 were not filled out correctly or did not provide enough detail to determine what activities had taken place. The auditors also noted that overall 201 union stewards within corrections amassed 28,449 hours representing fellow workers at a cost of $894,000 to taxpayers.
Corrections overtime costs increased in one year from $62 million to $72 million, according to the office of fiscal analysis.


ATTENTION: Many of the "top pre workouts for women" lists you find online are written by people with no in-gym or supplement experience.
In fact, these pre-workout lists are not written by women, or even use a female's input. These lists are written by content writers that are paid to write an article that will help a website generate money.
Their rankings are influenced by brands who pay for placement and contain pre-workout supplement recommendations that are, for the lack of a better word, GARBAGE.
The ladies on the Fitness Informant team used each and every pre-workout on this list. We also consulted with many women who have used these products before ranking them. After all, it wouldn't really make sense to have this article written without their input, right?
Women don't necessarily need different pre-workouts than men. However, women seek different benefits and experiences with their pre-workout supplements. The list provided here takes a woman's concerns into consideration.
It also looks past any myths that may face women and ingredients (i.e. creatine), as well as disclosing certain ingredients that may be harmful to women.
Stop relying on faulty information. If you're a woman looking for a pre-workout that you can trust, this is a great place to start. Here at Fitness Informant, we don't steer you wrong.
You work hard for your money. Your supplements should work hard for you.
Why Should Women Should Use A Pre-Workout?
What Should Women Should Look for in a Pre Workout Powder?
When we review each pre-workout supplement on their ingredient profile, we look at the ingredients used and the dosage they are being used at, specifically ingredients that benefit women (mentioned above).
We look for pre-workouts to include a clinically effective dose of key ingredients.
Effectiveness is an extension of ingredient profile. If the product uses proven ingredients, that women look for, at clinically suggested dosages, then typically the product should be effective for women.
Pre-Kaged by Kaged Muscle Supplements would make any top pre-workout rankings list, men or women. The formula alone is effective for those who enjoy stimulants and even those who don't. Pre-Kaged is going to include effective doses of key ingredients aimed at improving energy, pump and focus.
Pre-Kaged is going to include clinical doses of key ingredients that women should look for in a pre-workout. We talked about it before, but women should seek out ingredients that are going to help them achieve their goals in the gym. Most of the time, this goal is to tone up.
Pre-Kaged doesn't include any "grey" market ingredients, something found all too-often in this industry. With Pre-Kaged you are going to get a nice clean, natural energy, a solid pump, increased endurance and laser focus at a good value. Spending under $40 for 20-servings of a super effective pre-workout makes this our #1 rated pre-workout supplement for women.
Kaged Muscle Supplements is owned by Kris Gethin. Kris Gethin is a man who has worked with many women in the gym. He knows the human anatomy and how it works, man or woman. He knows what is needed to fuel an effective pre-workout. Kaged Muscle believes in clinically dosed supplements with transparent labels. They believe in the consumer, and you should believe in Kaged Muscle.
Check out our full Pre-Kaged review here.
Kaged Muscle Pre-Kaged is going to be a top rated pre-workout supplement for women or men on many media platforms. Pre-Kaged encompasses ingredients that women should seek out in a pre-workout, and they are dosed appropriately for women to produce effective workouts.
Pre-Kaged comes in a variety of flavors to appease the masses. By supplementing with Pre-Kaged you are being a responsible woman who cares about her overall goals. Go out and get it, you won't be disappointed.
PRE Stim Free from NutraBio is not only the #1 ranked stim-free pre-workout on Fitness Informant, it makes our best of list for pre-workout suppelements for women. Honestly, this could be #1 as well, but we gave the nod to Pre-Kaged due to the inclusion of caffeine.
If you have issues with stimulants, as many women do, then PRE Stim Free from NutraBio should be your go-to. PRE Stim Free is going to include key ingredients that contribute to overall energy, pump and focus…all without using a single stimulant like caffeine.
One of the best parts about Stim Free PRE is it uses clean ingredients at clinically effective doses. Being ranked one of the best stimulant free pre-workouts in the world requires such. If you're a woman, or man for that matter, looking for a stimulant free version of an effective pre-workout supplement, look no further than PRE Stim Free from NutraBio.
NutraBio makes some of the best products on the planet. Hands down. NutraBio PRE Stim Free is the best stimulant free pre-workout on the planet that we've tried. It can be #1 on anyone's list, including this list.
If you're a woman that has any issues with stimulants, then you should select Stim Free PRE from NutraBio. You will get an effective pre-workout that improves your overall energy, focus and gains!
K-XR by VMI Sports has been a pre-workout commonly recommended to women looking for a pre-workout supplement because they typically ask for a pre-workout that tastes great. K-XR is not only a great tasting pre-workout, but also a highly effective pre-workout supplement.
Outside of being a proprietary blend, which we're not huge fans of, K-XR delivers on taste, energy, pump and focus. In fact, K-XR is one of our favorite tasting pre-workouts.
As we mentioned above, K-XR provides more than just great taste. K-XR is going to be the most effective at energy production of the list. Packed with 400mg of caffeine, this isn't for the weak. K-XR also provides solid pump, endurance and focus. If you're looking for the best tasting pre-workout that produces results, K-XR is it.
VMI Sports was a brand formed in 2012 with sports nutrition experts with a commitment to creating products that really work. They have a wide variety of products that cover the sports nutrition world ranging from pre-workouts to pump to proteins.
The leaders behind VMI Sports have served many various roles in the sports nutrition industry including the minds behind Lone Star Sports (distributor). You can read our full review of K-XR here.
Although we are not fans of the proprietary blend, there is no denying that K-XR works. Women love it. Men love it. It tastes great, provides intense energy, aids in pump and enduranc…what more would you need?
If taste is your main go to, but also want a pre-workout that is going to actually work, K-XR from VMI Sports will be a great selection. Our only warning is with 400mg of caffeine, you may want to cautiously dose to start and judge from there.
This list is in no way meant to discriminate women from men. Women can take the same pre-workout supplements as men. In fact, many women do. However, when looking at pre-workouts for women, we need to take into consideration many women's reaction to certain ingredients.
Some of the pre-workout supplements may have too many stimulants for your average woman, while others may have too much Beta Alanine that most women don't enjoy.
With that said, women should be taking a pre-workout supplement. There are so many benefits to pre-workout powders. Benefits include energy, focus, endurance, strength, etc. Pre-workout supplements are not made just for men. They are made for everyone and anyone who has a passion for the gym.
This is a pre-workout at the end of the day. You're going to get an increase in energy from caffeine and other stimulants used for energy purposes. This is the #1 reason most women take a pre-workout…because they lack energy.
Women like to lift for muscular endurance. Certain ingredients, when dosed correctly, can provide women with better endurance. This allows them to lift more reps or achieve longer distances when doing cardio.
Many women want to tone up but not build a muscular physique. They fear that if they build muscle that they may look like a man. One thing a pre-workout can do is improve your strength, which helps tone your body and burn fat.
Let's be real, our minds run a million miles a second. We're constantly checking our Instagram and our texts to see what's going on in the world. A solid pre-workout supplement can provide women with the focus they need to stay-on-track at the gym and leave the outside world for an hour.
Why would a woman want to achieve a pump? Isn't this a man thing? Listen, women and men both need pumps as it aids in strength and muscle recovery. The more blood flow in your muscles, the quicker they can heal and recovery. No one wants to be sore!
Contrary to our first bullet point, more women than men have issues with caffeine. A stimulant free pre-workout removes caffeine and provides energy by utilizing other ingredients.
Women and men seek different results in the gym and seek different types of pre-workout supplements to help them achieve those results. No, women are not to be discriminated against from men. At the end of the day women and men can take the same pre-workouts.
Many of the pre-workouts you will find on our Best of list for Women guide will contain products also found on other guides (Like our best pre-workouts page).
Caffeine: this is the king of stims (stimulants). Various forms of caffeine are the most popular ingredients used in pre-workouts. Caffeine provides energy that most women seek in a pre-workout powder. Effective dosages are between 150mg-300mg.
L-Citrulline: women should seek out a solid pump from their pre-workout supplement. L-Citrulline helps facilitate blood flow into the muscles to aid in muscle repair and recovery. Effective dosages of L-Citrulline are 3-5g of pure Citrulline or 6-8g of a Citrulline mix.
L-Tyrosine: focus, focus, focus can be the central point of many pre-workout supplements for women. We're so connected to the outside world that we are distracted when in the gym. L-Tyrosine is a cognitive enhancing ingredient typically dosed between 1-2g.
Taurine: strength gains are just as important for women as they are for men. The more strength you have, the most muscle you can build to tone up. The more muscle you have, the more fat you can burn. Most women want to be lean and tone. Taurine can help with that. Typical dosage of Taurine is 1-2g.
Creatine: wait…what?! Yes, creatine. Creatine helps with strength gains as well. Most women don't realize this, but they too should have creatine in their supplements. Most women won't buy creatine, so including it in a pre-workout is a solid option. Creatine dosage depends on the form of creatine being used.
Betaine: used for endurance and strength output, Betaine is a useful ingredient used in pre-workout supplements for women and for men. Dosage of Betaine should be between 1.5-2.5g.
Beta Alanine: this is the ingredient that gives you the itchy feeling, but also aids in endurance and strength. The majority of women do not like the feeling Beta Alanine gives them. I have heard this many of times. Beta Alanine is still an important ingredient, but the dosage may be adjusted for women. The clinical dosage of Beta Alanine is 3.2g…the ones on our list may come in less.
This completes our rankings for the top women's preworkouts this year. The products listed above earned the right to be showcased based on their ingredients, effectiveness, taste, mixability and value to women in general.
Stay tuned to Fitness Informant throughout the year for updates as new products are tested and reviewed!


We can all agree that no one wants to spend money on marketing that doesn't produce results. But, to be fair, marketing is not a perfect science. You can do 95% of everything right, but with just one element out of synch, you risk total failure. The good news is, if you look carefully at the right things – and avoid the 5 most common marketing mistakes – your marketing campaign should yield the right results.
While we strongly recommend a proactive approach – debugging your campaign before it launches – there is also value to reassessing mid-campaign, and even doing a thorough post-mortem on a less-than stellar result.
Your marketing must be targeted to the right audience. Marketers call it a buyer persona, and if your personas aren't properly identified, you will have a problem.
For example: your software solves important HR needs. Sell to the HR Director, right? Not necessarily. If your tool delivers e-learning, the best person to target may well be the person in charge of training. Even if the HR Director will sign off on the purchase, they might not be the best place to start.
Are you reaching enough of your audience?
When it comes to marketing campaigns, a 1% response rate is not unusual. In fact, in some cases it is considered excellent. You need to do the math and make sure you are reaching enough people so that a 1% response rate (or whatever is standard for the type of campaign) will deliver enough leads.
This is very often a problem with inbound campaigns, where you might be targeting phrases that seem exactly right to you. But if there are only 10 searches a month on those phrases, your marketing won't deliver the results you hoped for.
We also see it in social media marketing. You can send out a status update every day like clockwork, but if you have 23 followers, it's not going to work.
Any product has multiple benefits, lots of cool features, and lets you do things you couldn't do before. So what do you focus on? What's the best way to get your prospect's attention?
The things you think are most important are not necessarily where your customers see the value.
A simple example is that you are talking about saving money while all your prospects care about is saving time. You and I both know time is money, but your prospects don't necessarily make the connection.
It is not at all unusual for customers to think that a small feature you threw into the product as an after-thought is amazingly cool, while the functionality you sweated bullets over is nowhere near as compelling.
Are you reaching your prospects where they are?
To be effective, your campaign needs to be accessible on platforms that your audience taps into. Of all the factors that go into a campaign, this is the most likely to be overlooked. The most finely crafted message is no good if it plays to an empty house.
For example, you can craft a brilliant Google AdWords campaign. But if people don't realize they have a problem, they are not searching for a solution. Most will never see your ads. Instead, you need to go find them where they are – maybe Facebook – and talk about the problem, so they can realize they have it.
Some people won't download a white paper, others aren't inclined to sign up for webinars, some never watch videos, and still others have no interest in a demo. So how do you reach them? Test different offers. Your prospects are unique, and you need to discover what they respond best to.
If you have marketing campaigns that didn't work the way you expected, how do you diagnose what's wrong?
We have developed a process for debugging your marketing. We call it a Test Matrix, and it gives you a way to validate your buyer personas, messaging, and offer before you launch marketing campaigns.
We use LinkedIn to run small, precise tests that tell you if the buyers you are targeting respond to your messaging. We test several variations of your messages on different buyer personas, and we bring you back data on who is most responsive, and what it took to get them to engage.
You can use a Test Matrix to try to figure out what went wrong. You can also use it in advance of a product launch to validate your go-to-market plan. It's a very useful way to avoid spending money on marketing that doesn't work.
To find out more about how our Test Matrix can debug your marketing, read How to Debug Your Marketing.


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Last week, President Donald Trump's attack on foreign assistance in his address to a joint session of Congress gave substance to reports of proposed cuts to the United States international affairs budget in the range of 37 percent.
Despite being a modest 1 percent of all federal spending, U.S. foreign aid has contributed to historic successes over the past two decades—more than 1 billion people removed from extreme poverty, the eradication of small pox, the elimination of polio in 123 countries, and infant and child deaths cut in half. The president should champion these accomplishments, rather than vilify the programs that support such efforts.
The U.S. has designed, led, prospered, and been secure under a stable post-World War II international order by adequately funding our military and its companion civilian international affairs programs.
Backed by a superior defense capability, our diplomats and development experts are on the front line of advancing U.S. interests in the world—such as building alliances and negotiating to find common ground with those less friendly, containing global pandemics before they reach our shores (or airports), empowering women and girls with education and economic opportunities, combatting international terrorism, and preventing nuclear theft.
For decades foreign assistance has garnered broad bipartisan support because it advances three fundamental U.S. interests—it keeps us safe, it meets a moral imperative, and it builds economic prosperity. In looking to make cuts, you need to wear all three eyeshades to determine where spending does not serve one of these purposes.
The baseline the administration is working from is unknown, but using either the fiscal year 2016 enacted level of $54.6 billion or the current level of $58.8 billion, a 37 percent cut would be between $20.7 billion and $21.8 billion.
So, how would these cuts be accomplished? Where is the chaff? To reduce the foreign aid budget by one-third, one obviously has to start with the big-ticket items.
One approach, using FY2016 enacted budget numbers, is to look by assistance category. Let's take five large buckets—health, diplomatic and consular services, humanitarian assistance, United Nations funding, and development assistance.
At $8.5 billion, health is the largest foreign assistance account. Is the administration going to cut 37 percent ($2.5 billion) from the $6.7-billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program, which has put the brakes on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and last year provided life-saving treatment to 11.5 million people? Tell that to its creator former President George W. Bush who is held in high esteem throughout Africa because of this initiative. Or, will it cut smaller health programs for maternal and child health, vulnerable children, nutrition, and non-communicable diseases? All of these life-saving programs are popular with the Congress and earn the U.S. appreciation and respect around the world.
Diplomatic and consular programs are at a similar level. The $8.7 billion in this category funds the personnel of the Department of State. Is it smart to reduce the staff of our embassies and consulates that help implement our immigration policies and vet new entrants, that work with our military on a daily basis to ensure our security, that collaborate with our allies, and that assist Americans traveling abroad? Where is the gain in running the risk of inadequate staff to effectively implement policy and manage programs?
Humanitarian assistance comes in at $7.6 billion. With a record 65 million displaced people in the world, are we to back away from our historic role as the largest responder to human disasters and suffering? Are we going to fail to respond to famines in Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia, and South Sudan and let hundreds of thousands die?
Of the $3 billion the U.S. spends on U.N. activities, $2.5 billion is for peacekeeping—support for multilateral forces that help stabilize key areas of the world and keep U.S. soldiers out of harm's way. Are we willing instead to spend billions more, and put soldiers' lives as risk, because we have to respond to conflicts through military force?
Development Assistance, at $2.8 billion, funds a range of important programs, including education, water and sanitation, energy, business and microenterprise development, agriculture, and support for democracy, governance, and civil society—programs that are fundamental to building stable, prosperous societies.
A second approach is to look at the budget by country.
Israel is the largest recipient at $3.1 billion. Is the administration going to cut 37 percent ($1.2 billion) from Congress' favorite country and the president's special friend?
Egypt and Jordan are number two and three on the list of recipients. Will assistance to these two key allies be cut when withdrawing U.S. support could add to the instability in the Middle East and threaten Israel?
In reality, the budget proposal most likely will protect Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, meaning the rest has to be cut by 40 percent!
Afghanistan is at number four. Are we going to back away from a decade and a half of investment in trying to rid this country of extremist elements?
Ukraine was the fifth-largest recipient in FY2016. One can imagine the president moving to cut that assistance but also that many members of Congress who are concerned over Russia's regional intentions rejecting that cut.
To finish this point about the difficulty in finding significant cuts, Power Africa and Feed the Future are programs that have garnered sufficient bipartisan congressional support as to be enacted into law and are producing concrete results. The Millennium Challenge Corporation is popular, especially with Republicans. Overseas Private Investment Corporation is a small, effective agency that leverages U.S. private sector investment and actually brings money into the U.S. Treasury.
Do you renege on U.S. commitments to multilateral assistance and lose the U.S. vote and influence in these institutions that are so important to leveraging U.S. investments and policy objectives? Do you cut narcotics control and law enforcement, nonproliferation, and anti-terrorism or military assistance? Do you stop partnering with U.S. companies and supporting rule-of-law programs that provide them with the stable rules they need to operate in foreign countries? Hopefully not if you take the time to read the new Better Business, Better World report that puts business on the frontline of advancing global economic growth and reducing poverty.
Drastic cuts to the international affairs budget threaten our national interests and in no way will make American great. The America first agenda that Republican and Democratic presidents have followed in the post-World War II era has been a two-part agenda—put our domestic affairs in order and advance American interest around the world. In the 19th century, America could minimalize its international engagement thanks to being protected by two oceans and two benign borders. Modern technology and global economics has rendered isolation an historic relic. Retrenching on our commitment to help our allies and those in need undercuts American values that are part of our heritage since the founding of our nation, and also our security.
The bottom line is you cannot make America great by cutting $20 billion from diplomacy and development, but you can sure endanger our national interests!


"Rev. Dr. Palamattam, in his recent article (Guardian, Aug 9) continues his Christian Jihad against modernity, secular humanism, empiricism, and science. But his militant Catholicism belies a much deeper totalitarian and intrusive mind set.
He is a spokesman for the Catholic Church, and their policies, and does not represent other Christian denominations or their views. And his airbrushing of history is hypocritical.
"Thousands attended the largest annual Muslim convention in Western Canada Saturday.
Everyone was welcome at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at convention in Calgary this weekend, featuring Indigenous leaders in prayer and the international Pathway to Peace campaign.
"In a stunningly honest depiction of his life, Canadian-Pakistani filmmaker Arshad Khan, takes audiences on a heart-wrenching journey through his past, his family and the perils of being a gay-identifying Pakistani-Muslim Canadian in his new documentary, ABU.
The documentary follows his story as a boy gridlocked in a tussle between the rules of being "a good Pakistani boy" and being true to himself and the strained relationship between his family's conservative notions of life, and his aspiring liberal and modern ones.
"Muslims worldwide just marked the conclusion of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the hajj.
Through the hajj rites, Muslims connect to the Qur'an's ultimate monotheist, prophet Abraham. Hajj is hard work. It is a form of worship that requires physical exertion, financial resources and time.
"OTTAWA —Trinity Western University's decision to drop its mandatory community covenant has left religious freedom advocates wondering what the implications are for the future.
TWU's president Bob Kuhn said the private evangelical Christian university has made no plans to re-start its pursuit of a law school. "It's not on the list for immediate priority if any decision is made," he said.
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