The old adage states that one should never leave anything for tomorrow if it can be done today. But, and let's be perfectly honest about this, most of us would rather take the words of Mark Twain to heart, and not put off 'til tomorrow what may just as well be done the day after tomorrow.
Procrastination is a disease of the modern age. At a time in our history where everything is immediately available, it is especially difficult to prioritise and avoid putting off things that are, in fact, the most important at any given time.
However, we have at our disposal the means to manage the most valuable commodity any of us will ever possess; our time.
Here's the thing, though, Procrastinator: I know you because I am you. You are most likely reading this to put off doing something else, all the while pretending that you're gathering knowledge. This is how you justify putting off what you're actually supposed to be doing. It's not justifiable, so I'll keep it short.
There are, in essence, three basic things you can easily incorporate into your daily life to stop being the person who is always busy with something, but never quite done with anything.
Maybe making lists is not really your style, and you prefer letting life happen. But to beat procrastination you have to start planning. It's not high school anymore, and you have much more to juggle than a few classes, homework, extra murals and movies at the mall.
And these are things of consequence: taxes, car payments, performance based awards and buying milk, because you want your coffee tomorrow morning.
Prioritise. What needs to be done first? There will always be things that need your attention, so list them in order of the most immediate importance.
Physically write down your "to-do list" with a pen in a diary; a reminder on your phone might be misinterpreted for a request to play Candy Crush on Facebook.
Plan your weeks in advance, and everything might not seem so daunting and insurmountable. Now just stick to your plans.
But, most importantly, don't ever forget that the important people in your life add the most value to it. Remember to schedule them, too.
When there's work to be done, close your internet browser and use the Pomodoro method; stick to it for at least a solid 25 minutes, then take a five minute break and continue.
Switch your phone to silent and ignore all WhatsApp messages and social media notifications, more often than not, those can wait for 25 minutes.
Focus your attention on the task at hand and nothing else. Our attention span has adjusted to society's instant coffee culture, having adapted over the years, but we are all creatures of habit and we can train ourselves to be more mindful of what we are doing at any given moment.
This is a skill that is not only beneficial in a professional context, but even more so when it comes to personal relations. Your future spouse will thank you for paying attention.
It started when the dentist gave you a lollipop for sitting quietly while he poked around in your mouth. These days, your boss calls it an "incentive" and dangles it in front of you like a carrot in front of a donkey. You probably trained your dog this way.
It's simple, and probably refutes that part of you that still believes true motivation comes from within, but rewards are sure-fire, simple ways to get people (including yourself) to do stuff.
Use your five minute break to do something you enjoy. Pet your cat. Have a cup of tea. Take a quick walk outside and notice the serenity that the city holds.
If you absolutely must, upload a motivational poster to Facebook to inspire all the other attention deficient procrastinators in your life (there are many, I can guarantee it) to action.
Online you will find a multitude of tips on how to stop procrastinating. Here's another one: stop Googling "how to stop procrastinating". Stop reading this. Go do something.


Each cell in the body develops to serve a particular function, but the "identity" that some cells take on is not always final, as the investigators in the current study note.
"[Adult] cells are not terminally differentiated but maintain some plasticity potential even in higher organisms," the researchers note.
In the current study, the researchers were able, for the first time, to uncover some of the key mechanisms that allow cells to "switch" identity, looking specifically at pancreatic alpha- and beta-cells in a mouse model.
They found that alpha-cells respond to complex signals they receive from neighboring cells in the context of beta-cell loss. Approximately 2 percent of alpha-cells can thus "reprogram" themselves and start producing insulin.
By using a compound able to influence cell signaling in the pancreas, the researchers could boost the number of insulin-making cells by 5 percent. While this may be a relatively small number, it is a significant first step in learning how to wield the body's own potential to fight diabetes.
"If we gain more knowledge about the mechanisms behind this cell flexibility, then we could possibly [….] control the process and change more cells' identities so that more insulin can be produced," says Ghila.
Such findings, the investigators add, will help boost treatments, not just for metabolic diseases such as diabetes, but also for other conditions, including Alzheimer's where the function of specific brain cells becomes impaired.


My name is Chizoba Ofoegbu. I am from Imo state, Nigeria. I am 25 years old and have graduated as a Chemical Engineer from the Institute of Management and Technology Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. I am one of the participant in August Academic Boot Camp 2009. And I will never forget the academic and moral knowledge I acquired during the 2009 August Academic Boot camp. During my Ordinary National Diploma (OND) programme in school, the computer skill I acquired helped me to source information on net whenever a project or an assignment was given to me and most of my class mate paid me to help them with the assignment because they can't operate computer. Also, during my OND a final year student in Enugu State University of Science and Technology named Paschal paid me to type his project for him in his computer.
After that I went for my Industrial Training (IT) at Triton paint in Lagos Nigeria where I was singled out as the best student among the IT students in that company just because of the computer skills I gained at Inwelle Study and Resource Centre. Sometimes I helped them in producing label for the various Paint produced using MS-Word application and apart from the transport they usually give to the IT student, I was also given extra money for my services and half bag of rice at the of my stay there. Also the company promised to employ me after my studies.
At the end of every semester, I usually went to my God mother business center at Onitsha Anambra State, Nigeria, where I assisted her in typing and photocopying document for people. And she paid me at the end of every week. From that, I saved money to pay my tuition for the next semester.
I strongly believe that the computer knowledge I acquired at Inwelle Centre, free of charge, will help me to secure a job quickly in Nigeria because most of the establishments in Nigeria require people that are computer literate and already I have been securing temporal jobs with the skill.
I had my August Academic Boot Camp in 2009. I learnt new things, I made new friends and my academic and computer skill improved more after the boot camp.
MY IMPRESSION ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.. . At first, I taught that Science and Technology field are meant for males to study and that if any female should go in to that field, it would be to become a nurse or doctor etc and not an engineer. The reason is that I taught that Science and Technology field is very difficult and there is a slim chance for a female to survive in such a study. I also believe that studying in the Science and Technology field is very expensive.
WHY I LIKE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING…Firstly, I was I inspired by Inwelle Centre Direct, Professor Christiana Okechukwu who made believe that I could succeed in Engineering field if it is what I want to study when I confessed to her that I would have loved to be an engineer but I didn't think I could succeed. She also brought a teacher that taught us how to study effectively and succeed in our academic life.
I am married, and I have two children. I can say that I owe it all to Inwelle Study and Resource Centre.
In 2007, an adolescent girl walked into Inwelle Centre, looking for a friend who was using Inwelle Centre library. Curious about the activities of our Project Success, Chizoba begged to be allowed to participate. She was idle, unprepared academically, and marginalized. She did not pass her exam to get into a higher institution. After participating, she became so interested in Inwelle Centre activities that she volunteered to work for Inwelle Centre.
In 2009 she joined our Academic Boot Camp where she was given computer skills and the academic preparedness she needed to get into a higher institution. That year, she was the best boot camper. After the boot camp, along with 85% other boot camp girls, she passed her exam and succeeded in getting into a higher institution. She used her I.T. skills to work and go to school at the same time while still volunteering at the centre.
As a volunteer at Inwelle Centre, Chizoba successfully supervised many youth empowerment projects, assisted in doing other office work, gathered indigent children and youth to teach them how to operate computer and how to perform in other subject such as Mathematics and integrated Science. She received a Higher national Diploma (HND) degree in Chemical Engineering in September 2014 and is highly skilled in I.T., thanks to Inwelle Centre training. She faces a bright future. Chizoba debunked the held attitude that she could not develop the financial muscle required to pay for her education in the science and technology field herself.
Her father, who was not on board initially, is now one of our ardent supporters. That is what Inwelle Centre is about–leveraging young girls to reach their potentials and creating awareness in parents that girls deserve the chance to grow into fulfilled adults.


Recipes - Entrees - Broiled Salmon Fillets - Salado Olive Oil Co.
Place Salmon, lemon zest, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon Salado House Olive oil or your favorite Salado Infused Olive Olive/Avocado Oil, and rosemary in a large zip-top plastic bag. Seal and turn to coat. Chill 30 minutes.
Remove filets from marinade, discarding marinade. Place fillets, skin side down, on a rack coated with cooking spray in an aluminum foil-lined broiler pan.
Whisk together remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tablespoon Salado Olive / Avocado Oil; drizzle evenly cooked over fillets. Garnish with lemon wedges.
Serve over 2 cups of hot brown rice or 4 cups of uncooked arugula or baby spinach for a crisp salad.


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are you in zen?
"When a fish swims, he swims on and on, and there is no end to the water. When a bird flies, he flies on and on, and there is no end to the sky. From the most ancient times there was never a fish who swam out of the water, nor a bird who flew out of the sky. Yet when the fish needs just a little water, he uses just a little; and when he needs lots, he uses lots. Thus the tips of their heads are always at the outer edge (of their space). If ever a bird flies beyond that edge, he dies, and so also with the fish. From the water the fish makes his life, and from the sky, the bird. But this life is made by the bird and the fish. At the same time, the bird and fish are made by life. Thus there are the fish, the water, and life, and all three create each other."
--Shobogenzo
The Way of Zen

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I would fix it myself, deduct from the rent and hold off sending rent until he finally replies.
My landlord lives in spain and his daughter used to be our emergency contact for issues, since she was in the area. I just found out that she no longer lives in Vegas so she is no help. I contacted our landlord through email(our only mode of communication since the time difference) 3 days ago and i haven't heard anything from him as to whether someone is going to come fix it or anything.
Did you write the email en espanol? No fixo el garageo, no sendo el dinero.
read your lease before sending the bill....ALOT of leases state that any repair under a certain amount are the tenants responsiblity.. this should cost under 100. do you really want to risk an eviction for $100? even if you fight the eviction, you can win the $100, and you'll still be out of a home.. i would tread very carefully on this one!
Repairing a spring can run $100. Most leases I have seen cut the tenant cost at $50. But it is worth looking at. And if it is less than $100 I would just fix it and forget about the whole thing.
I would not spend a lot of time worrying about being evicted by an out of country land lord managing the property himself.
WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS REPAIR YOURSELF....people have been blinded, maimed and even died trying to replace a spring as powerful as these.
I don't know whether to take you seriously or not. In fact if you are serious, it may be the first time I have seen it.
It is generally rated a borderline procedure for a DIY. It is doable but it does have some risk.
It would be hard to get killed but you can easily get whacked good or knocked off a ladder.
I have done a couple but will no longer do it at my present age and status.
You are getting too LandLord Airics. That was the point. As soon as you need a service guy to make a call it is a LL problem. But tenants change lightbulbs and even fix busted outlets.
I am sure some of the LLs would like to set the level at $1000 or so...but practically we should use it to separate nuisance from real.
And you really don't want a leaky second floor john to go on for a few months because the tenant does not have the $150 to fix it. Remember it is your house Airics...and the tenant moves on.
Sorry...should have made myself clearer. I was referring to the torsion spring replacement (front upper part of garage) vs. an extension spring (which run parallel to each track,) which is not as dangerousof a repair. Not sure if OP is referring to torsion spring or extension spring.


This research focuses on the Cape Town Free Walking Tours and investigates the importance of the role that tour guides play in mediating space and heritage. Drawing upon literature surrounding tourism, the tourist city, as well as memory and heritage, this study uses a mixed methods approach, both surveying tour participants as well as interviewing tour guides and managers of the Cape Town Free Walking Tours. In addition, this research also draws from my own experience participating in walking tours and making notes through participant observation. This research shows that tourism spaces are created, curated and maintained through a performance of identities that serves to validate the tourist identity. It shows that it is a complex process of identity creation in relation to the search for authenticity. It also details the important role of the tour guide in mediating heritage and space as well as serving as an ambassador for their host society. Therefore, tour guides themselves are very important in the creation of space and place and can influence the type of tourist city that tourists are exposed to. This research has implications for further understanding the role of tourism in shaping a tourist city as well as the position of the tour guide in shaping the tourist city.
Von Hirschberg, Allegra, "The Cape Town Free Walking Tours: Whose History Is It Anyway? The shaping of place and space in a tourist city" (2018). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2876.


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When it comes to all things Japan, you can be sure that many aspects of the culture are extremely cute and refined. After all, where else can you find notepads that come in the design of a sumo wrestler? The $18 Sumo Wrestler Notepad might be a whole lot more expensive than what you are used to, not to mention it having a whole lot less paper to scribble messages on, but it does get the job done. This Sumo Wrestler Notepad will feature 30 sheets in three designs, letting you recreate exciting scenes from the Ryogoku Kokugikan on your office desk. Just make sure your boss does not see you goofing off, otherwise there goes the raise for the year!


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I was the youngest woman in Congress. Here's my advice to those who have taken my place
When I was sworn in four years ago, I was given wise counsel by the previous youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Now, I'm proud to do the same.
I was the youngest woman in Congress. Here's my advice to those who have taken my place When I was sworn in four years ago, I was given wise counsel by the previous youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Now, I'm proud to do the same. Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-finkenauer-youngest-women-female-congress-elected-history-column/2473768002/
Elise Stefanik, Opinion contributor Published 6:00 a.m. CT Jan. 4, 2019 | Updated 10:19 a.m. CT Jan. 4, 2019
From the first gay man to win a governor's race to the youngest woman elected to Congress, many candidates made history in the 2018 midterm election. USA TODAY
(From left) Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.), Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa) and Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2018.(Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images)
Now that the 116th Congress is sworn into office, I am proud and honored to pass along the historic distinction as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress to two dynamic, young women who surpassed my record this past election cycle: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa.
During my swearing in four years ago, I felt overwhelmed and awestruck by the outpouring of genuine encouragement and support from my colleagues. One of the most gracious things that happened to me that week was when I opened up Politico and read a column headlined "How to Be Young and Female in Congress" by former New York representative Elizabeth Holtzman, the previous youngest woman ever elected to Congress. I treasure the wise counsel that Elizabeth publicly imparted to me in that piece, and I promised myself I would do the same to the next guardian of the title "youngest woman ever."
My husband lost a limb in Afghanistan. Now, as his caregiver, I'm on the front lines.
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Here is my advice:
1. Encourage other women to beat your record.
You will be asked endlessly what it's like to be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. This record will become the applause line every time you are introduced in public. Savor those moments, you have earned them. But also understand that along with this record is the responsibility to encourage younger women to seek office and have the courage to step into the arena.
Success means that you serve as a role model for a next generation of women who believe they can run and win at a young age. When asked how long you expect to hold this historic record, the correct answer is "I hope not very long."
2. Mentor women from all political viewpoints and perspectives.
I have no doubt that moms and dads have already started showing up at your events with young daughters just so they can look up to you as a role model. Your office will be inundated by amazing letters ranging from young girls running for student council, to college students dreaming of one day seeing their name on the ballot, to women currently running.
Some of these women will be from your own political party, including from different ideological wings of your own party, but others will be from opposing political parties. I found this incredibly humbling and still do. Encourage every single one of these young girls and women, regardless of partisanship.
In my election, I had numerous conversations with prospective women candidates seeking mentorship and advice — both Republicans and Democrats. Instead of providing partisan advice, I focused on how to build confidence to run for office, how to build a team, how to run a campaign authentic to the type of leader you want to be and even occasionally how to dress for so many different events (milking cows at a county fair, marching in a parade, attending a business executive roundtable, media interviews, constituent meetings — all in one day!).
I am proud that many of these women — Republicans and Democrats — ran and were successfully elected to local office. I hope our conversations had even a small part in helping these women find their path.
3. Be a workhorse by proving your legislative chops.
I approached my first term in Congress with the mindset that you only have one opportunity to make a good first impression with your colleagues. Particularly given the outsized press coverage that comes with the accolade of the youngest women ever elected title, it is critical that you embrace the old congressional adage "There are work horses and show horses."
Be the workhorse. Dig into your committees and deliver legislative wins for the nation and your district. A personal lesson for me was when I was humbled to be featured on FOX News Power Player of the Week in my second term. Chris Wallace began the interview asking why I turned him down for the feature immediately after my election. I told him it was because I first wanted to deliver wins and results and earn the respect of my colleagues. I got more positive feedback about that part of the interview than any other.
4. Constituents come first.
Politics turns on a dime today. One year's superstar can be the candidate who comes up short the next cycle. Always remember who sent you to Congress — your constituents. You will get invitations to speak across the country and stump for candidates ranging from the president to the school board. My advice is to only accept a few, turn most down and dig into your district. It will make you a better member of Congress. And don't worry, you will continue to receive speaking requests.
5. Be kind and gracious to the U.S. Capitol Police.
You are not the first, nor will you be the last new young member of Congress who gets mistaken for an intern, staffer, or spouse. The Capitol Police are unbelievable public servants who shepherd millions of visitors to the Capitol complex annually. Thank them for their service and when they stop you, point to your pin and proudly say "Nope, I'm a member. The young one!" And then introduce yourself and thank them for what they do.
Good luck, and I look forward to working with you both this Congress. I especially look forwarding to reading your advice to whatever young woman comes after you.
Rep. Elise Stefanik is a Republican congresswoman from New York. She is a member of the Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Follow her on Twitter @elisestefanik.
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Emma's life has never been easy, but with her convict husband transported to Australia, the last seven years have been the hardest of all. Now Jacob's sentence coming to an end she is faced with the hardest decision of her life; give up her life in England to join him in the new world and leave behind their eldest son who does not wish to go, or give up her husband forever and continue to raise her children alone in poverty beneath the polluted air of the Staffordshire potteries.
Mr Finch seems to be a kind man with gaze that reches right into Emma's soul. But can he really be as good as he seems or is there something darker hidden beneath his lovely face? Despite her best efforts Emma finds she is falling in love and her only confidant is her new found friend the sassy, streetwise Lucy Matthews. Together the two women bring their families through all the trials, tragedies and adventures faced both on the high seas and in the new world.
Set in the late 1850's Homeward has all the light hearted adventure and emotional termoil one can fit into an historical romance.
Little could Emma know that making her choice would only be the beginning of an epic journey not only physically but one of deep and tormented emotions. Seven years is a long time to be away from a person. Will Jacob be the same man she knew or has her memory of him become rose tinted over time? Continually riddled with guilt at leaving behind her sixteen year old son, Jack, Emma's heart is put through the mangle even further when she meets mysterious school teacher Mr Finch.


My friend has been writing a speculative romance fiction novel for quite some time but she is facing a severe writer's block at the moment, which is why she wants to hire a professional romance ghostwriter to get the help. She is only looking for the credible and high-quality ghostwriters who are able to write about the speculative romance genre. It will be so helpful if someone can kindly provide the details of the reliable ghostwriter who can provide the quality work and also who can maintain the confidentiality of a client. Kindly provide some useful recommendations.


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It's been an action-packed journey since we started as BANG BANG Films in 2006. Disrupting the existing paradigm in India of director-centric production companies, within four years from inception, BANG BANG evolved into the country's most globally recognized and reputed production brand. Itching to be more than just a commercials production company, in 2009, we launched Jack in the Box Worldwide, which has grown to become one of South Asia's most reputed and heavily awarded digital agencies.
We soon realized that our mastery of the film/video medium coupled with our in-depth understanding of how to engage with consumers and audiences in the digital space was a very potent mix, which when clubbed with the fact that we had the confidence and respect of the largest and the most innovative brands, was a combination that could disrupt the market again.
2015 saw the addition of two new brands, Sniper and Sooperfly, thereby making us a company that creates, produces, distributes, monetizes, creates engagement around and promotes the content that it produces. From a 10,000 foot view, we're a company that is pushing boundaries and blurring the lines between communications, entertainment and technology.


Barnabas Lindars ; edited by A.D.H. Mayes.
Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1995.
Physical description: xxxiii, 302 p. ; 23 cm.
Hide notes ... Includes bibliography and index.
A critical and exegetical commentary on Judges.
By: Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931.
A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Esther.
By: Paton, Lewis Bayles, 1864-1932.
A critical and exegetical commentary on Genesis.
A critical and exegetical commentary on Numbers.


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One Acadiana and Acadiana Planning Commission Receive Gold and Bronze Awards from International Economic Development Council
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – One Acadiana (1A) and the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC) won a Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in the category of Innovation Programs and Initiatives for "Invest Acadiana: A Regional Opportunity Zone Initiative." 1A and APC also earned a Bronze Award for the same initiative in the category of Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration. The honors were presented today at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference, which is currently underway.
Invest Acadiana is a joint initiative between 1A and APC aimed at promoting investment in the Acadiana region's 25 Opportunity Zone census tracts.
The Opportunity Zone program was established in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to incentivize individuals with capital gains to invest in economically-distressed communities.
"It is an honor to be recognized by IEDC for our work to encourage investment in Opportunity Zones throughout Acadiana," said Troy Wayman, President & CEO of 1A. "We are pleased to share this recognition with APC and stand united in our joint efforts to bring new jobs, investment, and economic growth to communities across our region."
"The Invest Acadiana initiative has been instrumental in attracting a tremendous amount of capital into our town centers and the urban core of Lafayette, particularly our University Avenue Corridor," said Monique Boulet, CEO of APC. "Madeline Cove, a $15 million mixed-use development that broke ground in May, is a great example. Having these census tracts designated Opportunity Zones also supported our $10 million BUILD Grant to reconstruct University Avenue from Four Corners to I-10 into a more vibrant and pedestrian-friendly corridor. This federal grant leveraged an additional $20 million in state and local funds to bring the total investment to about $30 million."
Other Opportunity Zone projects in the region either under construction or in the pipeline include: the redevelopment of the University Place Apartments adjacent to UL Lafayette into 200 units of student housing ($16 million investment); Keys Behavioral Health Center in New Iberia ($18 million investment); and a meat processing plant in Church Point ($3.5 million).
"The winners of IEDC's Excellence in Economic Development awards represent the best of economic development and exemplify the leadership that our profession strives for every day," said Tom Kucharski, 2021 IEDC Board Chair and Invest Buffalo Niagara President & CEO. "We're honored to recognize the more than 100 communities whose projects and partnerships have improved regional quality of life."
More information about Invest Acadiana is available at InvestAcadiana.com.
About One Acadiana
One Acadiana (1A) is the leading economic development organization for the nine-parish Acadiana region located in south Louisiana. With more than 600 investors, members, and partners, One Acadiana serves as the voice of the regional business community. The organization is located in the city of Lafayette and serves a region of nearly 700,000 people with a vibrant culture and unique entrepreneurial spirit. Learn more at OneAcadiana.org.
About the Acadiana Planning Commission
The Acadiana Planning Commission (APC), Louisiana Planning District 4, serves the public sector with planning and implementation of community, watershed, transportation, and economic development throughout the Acadiana region. The APC serves as the technical staff for Acadiana's regional planning commission, the Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Region 5.
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 5,000 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities by creating, retaining, and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth, and provide a stable tax base. From public to private, rural to urban, and local to international, IEDC's members engage in the full range of economic development experiences. Given the breadth of economic development work, our members are employed in various settings, including local, state, provincial, and federal governments, public-private partnerships, chambers of commerce, universities, and a variety of other institutions. When we succeed, our members create high-quality jobs, develop vibrant communities, and improve the quality of life in their regions. Learn more at iedconline.org.


We've been on the road for over two years now, but this is our very first tour ever. The lure that attracted us is that this tour will highlight traditional Irish music (read: pubs!), and will be led by one of our favorite singer-songwriter duos, Small Potatoes (The link below lets you sample their wonderful music in a new window – http://www.smallpotatoesmusic.com/waltz.html). We're touring south-west Ireland with 20 other music "groupies" like us, hailing from California to Virginia, Minnesota to Texas; most of us are shown in this picture, just before we seriously hit the road. I should mention the other, non-musical attraction of Irish pubs: triple-distilled Irish whiskey to sample, and real Guinness beer (which is apparently different and better in Ireland). Let the trip begin!
We're heading to County Cork. In the picture above we're in Adare, an Irish town with a lot of charm, as shown in the pictures below.
One of the disadvantages of a tour is that the bus has an agenda; it's going A to B, and not stopping when I want to take a picture. Shooting through the window will have to do. We whiz by some green, green countryside – and an amazing number of ruined castles.
Yeah, the first two pictures are the same castle, but isn't it interesting?
Ginger and I lunched on crab sandwiches in the town of Kinsale, near the southern coast – crabmeat in Ireland seems to be a staple and is fabulous. And then on to Skibbereen.
At this point it's worth presenting just a little Irish history. There is good reason why the southern Irish have no great love for England, and why today southern Ireland is a separate country. The English horribly persecuted the Catholic Irish in the south. If you were Catholic (about 80% of south Ireland), you could not vote, you could not hold political office or important positions like sheriff, lawyer or judge, you could not own a gun or join the army, you could not speak the Irish language or play Irish music, you could not buy land, you could not send your children to a foreign school, you could not live within a walled city, and you were required to pay tithes to the Protestant Church of England; good land that your family had owned or rented (at onerous prices) for generations was often confiscated and you were forced to the island periphery where land was poor (and forced to move too early to harvest and too late to replant). If you were fortunate enough to own land, it had to be divided equally among all your sons when you died. After a few generations, Irish Catholics were among the poorest people in Europe, possessing almost nothing. However, although they were living off of small parcels of poor land, potatoes could grow in poor soil, and just one acre planted in potatoes could (and did) provide food for a small family. The population of Ireland grew from 5 million in 1800 to 8 million in 1841, but 3 million of those people were wholly dependent on the potato for food. Then the blight destroyed the potato crops. The Irish population decreased by 25%; a million died of starvation or disease, and a million emigrated. Yet over the five years of this potato famine, grain continued to be exported from Ireland to England; the government refused to stop exports, fearing that it might upset the market.
8,000 to 10,000, unidentified souls are buried in the Abbeystrewery graveyard. The famine story is told well at the Skibbereen Heritage Center museum; as shown above, the mass graveyard is more than simple; it's just a flat, grass-covered surface. The coffin-less burial pit somehow looks small for the large number interred there.
The famine was a watershed in Irish history, a dividing line between the Irish and the British Crown that eventually led to Irish independence.
the right shows Ginger ceremonially toeing that axis.
This location has more than the stone circle. Nearby is the "fulacht fiadh" (an ancient cooking place) and two conjoined huts. The picture on the left below shows the proximity of these structures, with the Drombeg stone circle in the upper left. The picture on the right shows the fulacht fiadh (background) and the hut foundations (foreground).
in 18 minutes. It is believed that meat (as in, a deer) was then cooked in the water. However, no remains of foodstuffs have been found at these sites; other theories are that the sites were used for bathing, for the washing and dyeing of cloth, for leather working, or even for the brewing of beer.
stone-lined feature believed to be a roasting oven, and a pathway links the huts to the fulacht fiadh.
Enough for one post! One last look at the countryside. The rain has stopped, the clouds have lifted, and it has become a sunny, gorgeous day in Ireland.
Next post – Mizen Head, Ireland's most southwesterly point.
Yeah, I'm 'way behind in my posts; I'll blame excitement on the health front. We had planned (and paid for!) our first-ever tour, a singer/songwriter-led tour of Ireland (with Small Potatoes), and by golly we were going to take this tour, even with Ginger recovering from surgery (we'll backfill some health adventures in later posts). It was a good time, so let me do this post while it's fresh (and while friends from the tour still want pictures).
Irish blogs, that appellation is well-deserved.
uilleann pipes (related to the Scottish bagpipe, but sweeter and quieter with a wide range of notes). Oh my, what an instrument! The player's left armpit/arm holds a bellows that, by pumping, feeds air to the bag held between the right elbow and side, which by squeezing feeds air to the 2-reed flute-like tube played with the fingers of both hands; it plays the melody with a two-octave range. Oh, but we don't stop here! There are three drones, each an octave apart, which may be switched on or off. And just to make it challenging, there are three other double-reeded tubes (regulators) fitted with keys that provide chords and harmonic support for the melody, which the player plays with his right wrist! And of course his knee (and everyone else's) is bouncing like crazy to the music, so just about every part of his body is engaged. It is amazing, and amazingly good.
ruins now. The earliest surviving parts date from 1285. In its heyday it was the principal burial place of the Thomond kings and nobles; today it mostly boasts its limestone carvings that decorated the MacMahon tomb of 1470. Although the carvings were exposed to the elements for centuries, they're now protected inside; I'll share a few.
There are quite a few carved figures set into the friary's stone.
Well rested, our first real Guinness under our belts, we head off to Shannon to start our tour – next post. Oh boy!


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Home/M*A*S*H/'M*A*S*H': Behind the Fiery Public Battle Between the Writers and TV Execs
'M*A*S*H': Behind the Fiery Public Battle Between the Writers and TV Execs
Alan Alda, US actor, David Ogden Stiers, US actor, Jamie Farr, US actor, and William Christopher, US actor, saluting in a publicity still issued for the US television series 'M*A*S*H', USA, circa 1975. The medical comedy starred Alda as 'Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce, Ogden Stiers as 'Charles Emerson Winchester III', Farr as 'Maxwell Klinger', and Christopher as 'Father Mulcahy'. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
Back in the 1970s, TV was definitely hitting a high point in terms of viewers and content. Shows like "Happy Days," "The Carol Burnett Show," "All in the Family," "WKRP in Cincinnati," and "M*A*S*H," amongst many others, dominated the interest and evenings of viewers all across the U.S.
While viewers could only see all the drama going on in the fictional universes of these shows, some had plenty of drama behind the scenes too.
'M*A*S*H' Drama Behind the Scenes
For example, "M*A*S*H" had a fairly public battle that went on between the writers of the show and the TV executives at ABC. According to MeTV, the creator of the show, Larry Gelbart, believed that ABC was not pushing the envelope like other networks were trying to do at the time.
Up until a certain point, this was all kept personal and quiet amongst the screenwriters. That is until there was a meeting at the Writers Guild headquarters in 1977.
The ABC Television president at the time, Fred Pierce, as well as the ABC Entertainment president, Fred Silverman, were on one side of the ring. On the other side was Gelbart and screenwriter Richard Powell.
Suddenly, pleasantries went out the window and the four started to throw out insults at each other. The insults scream the 1970s, too.
"Freddie Silverman is widely acclaimed as a programming genius. But I have a certain feeling in my heart that if I brought him Hamlet, he'd tell me to put a dog in it," Powell said at the meeting.
From then on, it was a full-on onslaught of insults and personal jabs. Silverman's immediate response was reminding Powell that his most recent TV idea was about "a talking monkey." If you were around in 1977, you may remember reading about the entire "M*A*S*H" fiasco in The Chicago Tribune.
Variety in TV Programming at the Time
ABC, at the time, had plenty of very popular shows. This includes hits like "Charlie's Angels," "Three's Company," and "Happy Days." While popular, people like Powell and Gelbart thought it was all too safe and was just a way to please broadcast audiences. It clearly did make audiences happy, seeing as ABC sat pretty at the top of the ratings at the time.
Pierce and Silverman argued that shows like "Roots" as well as "Washington: Behind Closed Doors" were examples of TV programs that pushed envelopes. Although, these were only miniseries.
While both have valid points, "M*A*S*H" would go on to showcase real attitudes at the time. Gelbart got the Humanitas Prizes to prove it. Meanwhile, Powell is known for creative writing on shows like "The Andy Griffith Show," "M*A*S*H," and "Hogan's Heroes."
He was very much an activist even beyond his scriptwriting. Alongside his wife, Alice, the two were always advocating for human rights. He earned the Morgan Cox Award, which is given to someone who has ideal service messages in their writing.
Even Silverman would get recognition for his TV-making skills. He was given the Women in Film Lucy Award due to his positive and modernized portrayal of women on TV.
The debate, although entertaining for audiences at the time, never really had a conclusion. Each side has a point and "M*A*S*H" would still go on to be a success. ABC continued to balance more dramatic, sometimes heavier programming with the lighthearted comedy audiences at the time gravitated toward.
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According to Deadline the plot will "focus on the final day of the Creeper's 23-day feeding frenzy, as returning character Sergent Tubbs (Brandon Smith) teams up with a task force dedicated to destroying the Creeper for good." It is also set to focus on the creeper's backstory and will answer the questions of what it is, where it came from and why it does what it does.
Jonathan Breck is set to return as the terrifying Creeper and Victor Salva will be writing and directing this installment once again.
Production is set to begin in Vancouver in early 2016. A release date has yet to be announced.


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ALS Patients Launch First-Ever Rare Disease Specific Investment Fund
Patients respond to ALS diagnosis by forming for-profit investment fund targeting a marketable cure for their disease
AMSTERDAM, April 29, 2014
AMSTERDAM, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
On May 19th 2014, the founders of the fund will organise an ALS investors day, where they will reveal the blueprint of a revolutionary approach to find a marketable cure. The ALS investment fund will operate within an ecosystem that includes all necessary ingredients to bring a cure to patients, from a financial but also a meaningful perspective, in a multibillion-dollar market. The fund will allocate capital to create sound investment opportunities for investors and at the same time fill the ALS treatment pipeline with hope for those who need it most, the thousands who receive their "death sentence" every year.
ALS is a rare killer disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in Anglo-Saxon countries and commonly known in the USA as Lou Gehrig's disease, named after a famous New York Yankee baseball player, is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease which impacts thousands of people each year and for which no cure presently exists. This is precisely why three recently-diagnosed entrepreneurs teamed up to form an ALS-focused investment fund.
Currently, there are over 8,000 rare diseases. For most of these, mainly basic scientific research is carried out without considering possibilities to make a profit and almost all of these researches are accumulated in academic institutions. Successful translational research is limited due to a lack of knowledge to bring discoveries to the market and because the financial scope is not clear.
Co-Founder Bernard Muller and nominated EY entrepreneur of the year in the Netherlands:
"Our latest initiative - we already successfully launched the biggest global genetic research study ever, called project MinE - will enable us to show the potential impact of a truly meaningful investment that will bring hope to patients without ignoring the demand from investors for a return on their investment and it will also bring cost savings for health insurers as well as real translational research and shared scientific success."
The fund hopes to raise €100 million and is specifically aimed at so-called impact investors and not at the traditional biotech/pharma venture capitalists. The event on May 19th will be hosted by sponsor Accenture at their offices in Amsterdam. Registration can be submitted via http://www.alsinvestorsday.org where also more information can be found.
Website: http://www.alsinvestorsday.org
SOURCE ALS investors day - Project MinE


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A Pictorial History of the Movies: 1955 – Rebel Without a Cause
"You're tearing me apart!"
Those words were pretty important in 1955. And pretty representative of the disconnect between the older generation and the younger generation. (Words that would also resonate just as loudly and beautifully when directed at Lisa in the iconic chamber drama and winner of seven Academy Awards The Room.)
Times were changing. Kids were listening to rock and roll and coming up with their own culture. The culture of the country was changing. This has been represented countless times in movies. I don't need to get into that here. The landscape of the country and of film were both changing. And this film came at a very crucial time, and as such, has become one of the greatest and most iconic films of all time.
It's rare to get a total package like this one. A film that represents actually everything going on in American culture at the time.
It's about three teenagers, essentially. James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. Dean is the protagonist, who is just disconnected from his parents. His mother runs the house and his father just defers to her and shows no backbone whatsoever. And he tries to connect with his son (there's a much more extreme version of this in Ordinary People), but it just doesn't work. And Natalie Wood is a popular girl who is dating the quarterback and all that. And in the middle of the film, Dean and the QB have a chicken race and the QB ends up getting stuck in the car and dying. And after that, she and Dean get closer. And the issues with her home life have to do with her father, who sees her as a whore, essentially, and is emotionally distant. And Sal Mineo is a younger kid, whose father abandoned his family when he was young, and is deeply troubled. And they strike up a friendship, built on the fact that parents don't understand them, and… ah forget it. It's iconic. Just watch it if you haven't.
The movie looks gorgeous. There's a period in American film… 1955 to 1965… where the movies just look so good. When you see them remastered now, they look better than any other movies from any other era. It's insane how good they look. And the film is a cultural landmark, and solidified the reputation of James Dean, who revolutionized acting with his method performances, and is really the go-to example of generational gaps.
This is really the first example of teenage angst that's out there. Any other film that dealt with teenagers dealt with them in that "movie" way. This one, while clearly melodrama, focuses on the new cultural landscape of the country, with the conformity of the culture of the parents mixed with the rebellious attitude of the teenagers. It really spoke to the burgeoning youth culture out there, which is why it's still heralded as such an important film.
Plus it actually takes place over the course of a day, which is pretty great. Most people don't remember that.
Anyway, it's Rebel Without a Cause. It's the total package for 1955.
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Social media webinars can be lame. This one isn't.
I judge webinars and training pretty harshly, but I appreciate the great content always offered at the Morning Social Media Marketing TALK Show, every Friday at 10 am (CST). Michael A. Stelzner hosts the live stream, which seems to always have more than a thousand watching and participating. I can't think of a session I have attended where I didn't pick up some great tips for social media marketing. As I write this, it's only minutes away from starting. Check it out.


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Seed CX gets $15 million more in funding
The Chicago-based trading platform company is seeking to build a foothold in the emerging cryptocurrency market—and is getting support from investors like Bain Capital Ventures and OKCoin USA.
Seed CX, a Chicago-based trading platform company seeking to build a foothold in the emerging cryptocurrency market, said it has attracted another $15 million in funding from investors that include Bain Capital Ventures and OKCoin USA.
Seed CX is one of a number of companies attempting to draw larger, institutional investors into trading crypto assets—an arena that has been dominated by individual investors since emerging in recent years. Many institutional investors such as banks and asset managers have shown only limited interest in the asset class, or rejected it outright, largely because they lack confidence the infrastructure for owning and trading crypto assets like bitcoin. A crypto ecosystem in Chicago is aiming to help build one.
"We like Seed CX, among other things, because it is a licensed cryptocurrency exchange to offer institutional trading and settlement for both spot and CFTC-regulated derivatives," Bain Capital Ventures Managing Director Salil Deshpande said by email. He declined to disclose the specific investment by the Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm, which is a unit of the larger global Bain Capital.
Chicago-based CME Group, which operates the world's largest futures market, and smaller rival Cboe Global Markets launched trading in bitcoin futures last year, with the bigger company doing more business so far. Deshpande said Bain isn't worried about such larger competitors because his firm invests in companies "that take on the incumbents."
In 2016, Brian Liston and his co-founder, CEO Edward Woodford, won Commodity Futures & Trading Commission approval to make Seed CX a swap execution facility and had planned to start trading in swaps tied to exotic commodities, such as industrial hemp, but that idea has gone by the wayside, with their focus shifting to cryptocurrencies now, Liston said. He believes traders will be drawn to the platform because of the opportunity to trade in both the spot market, where participants can take immediate delivery of an asset, or the derivatives market, where the contract is tied to an asset for future delivery. They expect to launch trading sometime this year. Liston and Woodford jointly own a minority stake, after dilution from total investments of about $25 million.
Seed CX last week sued an earlier investor, Russell Andersson, in federal court in Chicago, alleging Andersson, whom Seed CX apparently also hired as a consultant, misappropriated trade secrets and breached a 2015 consulting agreement. "In August 2018, after three years of working with Seed CX, Andersson breached the contracts and started a company that is directly competitive to Seed CX called Chicago Digital Asset Exchange," says the Sept. 4 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois. Andersson didn't immediately have a comment.