Uncertainty keeps coming up. Recently I was at a closing weekend for a meditation program I've been doing over the last year and they asked. 'how do you view your future self?'My reaction was appropriate for the state of things: 'I can't see it.' Even with the lead up discussion about how the changes we've noticed, how our current self informs who we turn out to be in the future, I could not see it. I felt blinded by the cloud of uncertainty. The only future I feel most readily is bleak, even though much can happen before these tumors wreck further havoc on my life.
Any new physical or emotional sensation sets up alarms.The unanswered questions, poor communication, muddled answers, and changing minds, often leaves me in a state of paralyzing unknowing. I'm what in the medical community call a zebra, one with a rare problem with no standard treatment and few options available to me. Even the scans don't reassure as much as cast doubt on my own telling of a problem or the interpretation of this story or the image itself. It's all murky.
I scoffed at those who pride themselves in solutions and 'returns in investment.' In fact, these offers are really just more painful. To quote a cancer surviving friend after I retold a frustrating encounter, in my case 'there are no solutions.' He gets it. Is this despair? Eh, folks keep bring up that they've been noticing it. I call it reality. There are skills here and there to make everyday life bearable from hanging out with friends, eating well, good sleep habits, the routine of work, and exercise. The moments in between are tough. Sometimes the moments in the thick of 'taking care of myself' are tough.
The practice of not-knowing needs to be distinguished from confusion and debilitating doubt. Confusion is not a virtue: the confused person is somewhat lost and removed from life. With doubt, the mind is agitated or contracted with hesitation and indecision. These mind states tend to obscure rather than clarify. Furthermore, confusion and doubt are generally involuntary. Not-knowing, as a practice, is a choice meant to bring greater peace.
But lest we take the not-knowing practice too far, Suzuki Roshi said, "Not-knowing does not mean you don't know." It doesn't require us to forget everything we have known or to suspend all interpretations of a situation. Not-knowing means not being limited by what we know, holding what we know lightly so that we are ready for it to be different. Maybe things are this way. But maybe they are not.
As a Buddhist practice, not-knowing leads to more than an intimacy and open mind. It can be used as a sword to cut through all the ways that the mind clings. If we can wield this sword until the mind lets go of itself and finally knows ultimate freedom, then-not knowing has served its ultimate purpose.
What I've been having a hard time grasping is "not being limited by what we know, holding what we know lightly so that we are ready for it to be different. Maybe things are this way. But maybe they are not." I've done so much giving providers the benefit of the doubt..only for my knee-jerk concerns and assumptions be confirmed. The worst is when it's neither confirmed or denied with continued murky and unresolved questions. I can see how confusion and doubt fill the void of not knowing. There is a solid nature to confusion and doubt, a tight grip on the ego. When it comes to not knowing, it seems to be a release from the ego an all that I identify as the Self.
I can see how it's a practice, but how can it be practiced everyday? The periodic escape from reality is nothing much but exactly what it is, an escape. It doesn't solve the day to day realities of living. It's a constant push and pull. I guess that will mean more sitting and definitely more homework on making the connections between the mind, body, and the spiritual because I can't seem to crack this nut.
It's been a long while since my last post. The first year of being with the 3 (maybe 4) stooges in my neck was a whirlwind of getting the process of being on watchful waiting/ active surveillance set up. These gremlins are indolent and rare so too will be the approach I guess.
I'd like to say I've been graceful, but it's been tough having an "invisible" problem that after a while, other folks forget even exist.
What I have found however, is a whole new level of vulnerability in myself. It's been risky (and new) being more open and honest about my situation. There is always a possibility of mistake, loss, and of disconnection, but even with the mis-cues, I've found that it wasn't the end of the world. In retrospect, I noticed at times in this more mindful year, a kind of courage in myself and sense of refuge that before I had never noticed.
In the midst of the chaos and discomfort, I've felt glimmers of calm and steadfastness by examining the space around the contraction and identification with all that I notice as between me and feeling free.
Even when I thought I had forgotten that spaciousness…that infinite compassion and grace, when I least expected it, something eventually and unexpectedly inside me remembered.
I had a moment the other day that gave me pause. I was invited to go to the Chinese New Years festival with my close friends and their kids. Their 4 year old has become super comfortable with me (I'm 'auntie' at this point) and he was running around a seating area where we were resting. He started saying to me "catch me, catch me" as he ran around. I'd catch him and he'd give me a super tight hug each time I'd catch him.
I show him and the genuine reception that I feel from the kind projects a certain reflective response…where I feel myself giving that metta, the child receiving it, and giving it back.
I think the real value of the 'body centered inquiry' / focusing and sitting (no matter how restless it may be) is how the body does remember to check in and take in those moments usually passed off.
It's the 'popcorn effect' of sorts, where one notices the reflex of checking in and of taking in the good without the 'effort' of forcing or manufacturing that emotional and bodily memory. One cannot let go by grasping at letting go.
Those good moments, those moments of feeling connected and part of something more expansive is so important during these days where contraction and uncertainty makes it hard to breath and keep perspective.
The core of the practice, I think, is really just remembering and starting again.
Last weekend I ran my first 50K (31 mile) race on trails. I finished only a bit banged up after countless stumbling, trips, toe stubbings and maybe 1/2 a dozen flat out falls (thankfully kinda gracefully).
What I find particularly interesting is what went though my mind over the just over 7 hours I was running. There comes a point in any race where thoughts of life outside the run, future conversations, and assessments of how the run went (or will go) start passing through my mind.
At best on a road race, I can notice my thoughts of the past and thoughts of the future and feel the ever so familiar tug bringing myself back to present.
When on trail however, and for hours longer, such distractions are tougher.
To run on a trail is to run with presence. A momentary distraction of thought or sight can result in a stumble, a trip, or a fall. It is important to know where and be with each foot fall, the balance of all the muscles in the body, and the alert sense of navigating and being aware of the surroundings (if only to avoid getting lost, strategizing hills and uneven trails, and beings around you). Too much concentration on one of these causes imbalance and contraction. Sometimes the amount of attention over time and hours sometimes alone makes one freeze. The solution? Take a deep breath, slow the pace, and keep moving forward.
I suppose that is what makes the practice "a practice" eh?
I never explained where I got the title for this blog. It seems about time.
So what is this 'palm at the end of the mind'? For me, it conjures the felt sense of what is often the remnant at that visceral moment when things get really quiet while sitting…that imperfection or holding back. That felt sense of something remaining solid when given a small taste of feeling truly present and connected with all beings…something not wanting to completely let go. Is it the ego? Is it the observer? Is it what is standing in the way of truly feeling free?
Without it, the bird cannot rest on its branches and sing nor can the ever-changing wind move though its branches. It is just beyond the last thought of the mind as opposed in the thick of it and thus identified by it; rather it is serving as a support to nature's practice.


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Muslim Police in Leicester UK Allowed to Wear Hijab
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Police in Leicester, England, conduct tests for operational hijab wear. What is done at Leicester follows the policy in New Zealand.
Quoting the Leicester Mercury, this operational hijab was tested on a female student officer named Khadeejah Mansur (21). Hijab He joined the police since October 2020.
"My mother was very encouraging to apply, but I also wanted to represent our diverse community, especially here in Leicester," said Mansur.
Mansur started wearing the hijab in February 2020. When he decided to become a police officer, he did not consider how to wear the hijab with his uniform. During his training as a police officer, Mansur was asked to try out a hijab design from Massey University College, Wellington, which was originally made for the New Zealand police.
It was then that Mansur learned that he would be the first operational officer to wear a hijab in the Leicester police force. "I didn't know I was the first until someone told me. It was a proud moment for me. I did feel a bit of pressure, but most importantly, it was amazing," said Khadeejah Mansur of the hijab trial.
This trial is not the first time this has happened in the British police force. Previously, several hijab designs were introduced in the Metropolitan Police, North Yorkshire Police and Scottish Police. There was previously a hijab suitable for officers in Leicester. Unisma However, after being checked with several trials, the design was declared a test failure.
The New Zealand version of the police hijab is made of sporty fabric, which allows for greater freedom of movement but is also light, strong and comfortable. "We have a very diverse community in Leicestershire and we wanted to truly reflect the community we serve," said Yusuf Nagdi, from the National Association of Muslim Police.
According to her, the hijab was previously a barrier for the Muslim community and women who wanted to join the police force. He said that this hijab trial could provide greater opportunities for Muslim women.
"One of the barriers between the Muslim community and women in particular is the hijab, so this gives us the best solution of the two. We know there are a number of individuals who want to join the police but they don't want to compromise their beliefs," continued Nagdi.
This operational hijab for the police is specially designed to be worn comfortably even with the headgear worn by the police such as a hat or earpiece. Hijab Safety is also considered in its design. This hijab has a magnetic fastener that easily comes off when gripped.
Khadeejah Mansur said this trial had been a great process, not only for him, but for the entire generation. "It's comfortable and I can do my training just as well as anyone else and still be protected," he said.
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Peru Archeologists Find Mummy Up To 1,200 Years Old
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The mummy was found in a burial chamber that is about three meters (10 feet) long and at a depth of about 1.4 meters at the dig site in Cajamarquilla, about 24 kilometers (15 miles) east of Lima.
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The remains are thought to be of a man aged 18-22 at the time of his death.
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Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old -- and, surprisingly, bound with rope.
The remains are thought to be of a man aged 18-22 at the time of his death, with his hands covering his face.
Archeologist Pieter Van Dalen, who is in charge of the Cajamarquilla project, called the find "peculiar and unique."
"The mummy would have been buried sometime between 800 and 1200 AD," he said -- meaning it would be at least 800 years old.
On one side of the mummy, experts found the skeleton of an Andean guinea pig and what appears to be a dog, according to the researchers at the University of San Marcos.
Traces of corn and other vegetables were found in the burial chamber.
Cajamarquilla was an urban center that could have been home to 10,000-20,000 people, Van Dalen explained.
The city was built in around 200 BC and was occupied until about 1500.
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"Painters took some liberty:" Paint job on Sussex water tower is turning heads
SUSSEX -- The water tower in the Village of Sussex is getting a fresh coat of paint. But it's also turning heads.
As a photo from a FOX6 News viewer shows, the painters tackling the big project did so in such a way as it left the letters "SEX" on the tower.
FOX6 News spoke with Village Administrator Jeremy Smith about this and he indicated "the painters took some liberty when they finished with their work yesterday." Smith said he is pretty sure the workers did this on purpose.
The village administrator said he's heard from a few residents in the village -- and most are taking it all in stride.
Smith also indicated this same thing happened 20 years ago -- the last time the water tower was repainted. Same "prank," different company.
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Christmas is a few days away and I am still finishing up things like wrapping gifts. I love the look of wrapped gifts under the tree. So every year, all of the gifts go under the tree several days before Christmas.
That is, except for the Santa gifts that mysteriously show up on Christmas day.
The other day I was in such a hurry to get all the gifts wrapped; that I made the mistake of leaving the wrapped Santa gifts in the middle of the living room floor, to be discovered when my kids came home from school. Now I am pretty sure that my kids know Santa doesn't really exist. They're old enough. But still, I am mad at myself that I ruined a tradition that we have had since they were all little.
To continue with the game, though, I remarked how Santa must be trying to get things done ahead of time this year.
We used to have a lot of fun with Santa. One year my daughter thought that it was rude to just feed Santa cookies and neglect the reindeer. We left some carrots next to Santa's cookies. J wrote a letter to Santa thanking him for coming to the house and to let him know that the carrots were for the reindeer.
That year, Santa was pretty courteous, and wrote a thank you letter for the thoughtfulness of including the reindeer.J thought that was pretty cool, and was quite proud of herself.
As for me, I realized Santa didn't exist the Christmas I was 6 years old.
That year, my dad had suffered a heart attack while chopping wood at my grandma's house. He was taken to the emergency room and we didn't see him for two weeks. The doctors wouldn't let us see him because they were afraid that it would cause strain on his heart. It was the scariest time I can remember as a child. We knew he was in the hospital but didn't know if he would ever come home. Two weeks for a child is an awfully long amount of time. Thankfully, he was okay. But he was out of work for quite a while after that, which made times a little tough.
Anyways, right around this exact time of year, we were all at home one evening, when there was a knock on the door. My mom and dad told my sister and I to answer the door. Imagine the look on our face when we opened up the door to see Santa Claus-who had an interestingly crooked mouth- standing there, with a huge sack of toys.
I have never received more presents for Christmas than I did that year. My favorite gift was a box full of handmade Barbie Doll clothes and a new Barbie to wear them. Santa also left a burlap sack full of popping corn that I thought was pretty neat, and a handmade ginger bread house decorated with an abundance of candies, that was so pretty we couldn't bear to ever eat it.
After Santa was done visiting with us, he said goodbye and left. Wanting to see his sleigh (and all of the reindeer, including Rudolph!!!) I ran upstairs to my bedroom window to get a good look at the sleigh.
Imagine my surprise and disappointment, when not only was there no sleigh or reindeer outside, but in addition, Santa proceeded to get into a blue Ford pickup truck, and drive away.
Not long after that we were at my dad's work, and the head of security smiled at us with his crooked mouth. That was when I made the connection, and realized that the man with the crooked smile and Santa were one and the same. Years later my parents told us that my dad's co-workers had held a potluck fundraiser and had used the raised funds to buy our entire family Christmas presents.
Santa wasn't real after all. But that was definitely the best Christmas in my childhood years, and possibly in my entire life. How many people can say that Santa (even if he really was just the head of security at my dad's work) came to their house, and hand delivered a ton of presents?
Maybe my kids don't believe in Santa anymore, but that six-year-old little girl in me always will. This is why my kids will get a Santa gift every year, no matter whether or not they believe, or find the gifts laying in the middle of the living room floor.
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September 30, 2011 By Radio Iowa Contributor
One of the state's fiercest small school rivalries is rekindled tonight in Parkersburg, where #7 Aplington-Parkersburg hosts fourth ranked Dike-New Hartford. Wolverines coach Don Betts says that this is one of those rivalries where it would still be a big game if both teams were winless, but having the competitors ranked does add some fuel to the fire.
Betts says the district implications does get people's attention a little bit more. Aplington-Parkersburg won the regular season meeting last year, but Dike-New Hartford avenged that loss in the second round of the playoffs. Falcon coach Alex Pollock tells Radio Iowa that he's reviewed both those games with his team this week.
The Wolverine defense has kept their opponents off the board in every game but one, a Week 4 win over West Fork that D-NH won by a point in overtime. Coach Betts says he learned more about his team that night than he would have if they'd won in another blowout. He says it put them in a situation where they had to make plays and battle back and that helps you later with big games.
A-P also has a one-point victory under their belt, a 20-19 triumph over Saint Ansgar in the district opener. Pollock says that he's seen a big difference in his squad since that win. He says it was a big turning point for the team as the seniors took over and they have been a different team since then.
The Wolverine offense is led by quarterback Josh Rekers, one of the top statistical passers in 1A. Always known as a running team, the Falcon passing game is adding another dimension to their offensive attack. Pollock says that A-P strives to make the most of the times they do go to the air.
He says they've been efficient in throwing since the first two games of the year and they have been gaining big yards when they do pass.
Dike-New Hartford's win in last year's playoffs snapped a four game Falcon winning streak within the rivalry.
By Jesse Gavin KCNZ Cedar Falls
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Football


Murchison turns on the movie and pulls her grandson Aaron, 1, closer to her. After a few minutes, some of the children lose interest and begin playing. Her own children wander in and out of the house, taking care of various tasks that needed to be done that Sunday afternoon.
The flurry of activity and people is a welcome part of Murchison's life, which has turned around in recent years. She graduated from Sacramento City College in May and has her cosmetology license. She beams as she shares that her son Isaiah Mathews, 18, is attending William Jessup University in Rocklin with the help of financial aid and scholarships.
"Our family had a history of drug and alcohol abuse, but thanks to the power of prayer, the curse has been broken," Murchison said.
The family will be among dozens of others who will be at the annual Christmas party hosted by Friends-CARE, a nonprofit organization providing services, educational workshops, support and resources to the at-risk children and families of the incarcerated.
Book of Dreams has been asked to help purchase items such as skateboards, skates and scooters for children attending this year's Christmas party.
"We care about those who don't have a voice," said Dorothy Montgomery, the organization's executive director.
The party also is an opportunity to provide a little education for families. This year, the topic will be probation.
Montgomery aims to be a resource for families like Murchison' – who have loved ones serving time – and works closely with law enforcement, inviting agency representatives to events as well.
"We do that to show the children that they're not unwanted just because their parent or someone they love is in prison," Montgomery said.
Murchison learned of the organization through her uncle, who is serving time in San Quentin.
Her grandchildren have received toys and shoes for the past few Christmases, thanks to the organization.
Needed: Gifts, including skateboards and scooters, for children attending the Friends-CARE Christmas party.


With a mix of studios and apartments on the tranquil island of Crete looking out over the Bay of Malia Sea the beautiful Astra Village Apartments are a green oasis waiting to be discovered. The village is surrounded by greenery wherever you go in the resort. In the traditional village of Koutouloufari the hotel is perfect for a relaxing holiday away from the bigger bustling towns and cities of Greece. The village has all of the essentials necessary for a self-catering holiday, where the locals are open and welcoming to all. FACILITIES: The restaurant has a café/bistro onsite that serves breakfast and snacks throughout the day. There is also a TV lounge where major sporting events are displayed on the large screen TV, there is also a weekly BBQ and themed nights (at an extra charge) at the hotel, which is nice instead of making your own food. The hotel has plenty of sunbeds and parasols lining the edge of the two large pools whilst there is pool tables, table football, air hockey and mini golf (at a charge) available for all guests. If you fancy being pampered there is a massage, manicure and pedicure service available on request (at an extra charge).


If We're Honest font here refers to the font used in the cover artwork of If We're Honest, which is the third studio album by Christian singer Francesca Battistelli, released on April 22, 2014 by Word Entertainment and Fervent Records.
The font used on the cover is probably Core Circus. Designed by the South Korea based type foundry S-core, Core Circus is a display layered sans serif typeface consisting of seven 3D effect layers, eight 2D effect layers and one shadow effect layer, totaling 20 fonts. You can view more details about it here.
The Core Circus font identified above is not available for free, please follow the link above and purchase the font. Meanwhile, you can take a look at our collection of fonts for cars, pop music and apparel as well as round-ups of new & fresh fonts around the web.
In addition to If We're Honest, It seems we can't find other examples (logos, movie posters, album covers etc.) of Core Circus typeface in use.


Narcolepsy is a neurological sleep disorder that affects the control one has over their sleep and wakefulness. This disorder is a serious problem that can cause physical harm, negatively affect relationships, and lower self-esteem. Simple, everyday jobs, such as cooking or bathing, can become dangerous. As a result, it can put a strain on work, school, and family. About 1 in 2,000 people are affected by narcolepsy. There is no cure for this condition as of yet, but there are ways to recognize symptoms of narcolepsy so that you can lead a much healthier and active life.
The most common and often the first symptom of narcolepsy is excessive daytime sleepiness. EDS ( Excessive Daytime Sleepiness) is when a person repeatedly falls asleep during the day. This can have negative consequences in everyday life. Falling asleep at work or school can result in being misjudged as a lazy person. This, in turn, lowers the self-confidence of a person. Moreover, as a person tries hard not to fall asleep, they lose focus and cannot concentrate on any task.


GU Board Forums > Basketball discussion > Men's Basketball > Looks like there might be some good news for Dish owners.
View Full Version : Looks like there might be some good news for Dish owners.
Same goes for Direct TV owners here in east coast, 3am replay as well, so i will tape it with DVR and will have coffee and basketball when I got up on Sunday morning.
I really have to put the screws to Dish and get a free DVR, listening to the game on the radio is killing me.
You really should - DVRs are soooo nice. I didn't think I'd get one, but I wouldn't give it back now that I have one.


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Wojciech Siemaszko (ur. 6 sierpnia 1897 w Sieniawce, zm. 12 października 1920 w bitwie pod Korosteniem) – podporucznik  kawalerii Wojska Polskiego. Uczestnik I wojny światowej i wojny polsko-bolszewickiej. Kawaler Orderu Virtuti Militari

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Urodził się 6 sierpnia 1897 w Sieniawce pod Zakopanem w rodzinie Antoniego i Wandy z d. Sierpńska. Absolwent szkoły realnej we Lwowie. Od sierpnia 1914 w Legionach Polskich jako żołnierz 2 pułku ułanów Legionów Polskich. Od listopada 1920 już w odrodzonym Wojsku Polskim w 2 pułku ułanów Grochowskich z którym brał udział w walkach na froncie wojny polsko-bolszewickiej.

Szczególnie odznaczył się w walce o Korosteń, w którym "na czele swojego oddziału stawił czoło niespodziewanemu atakowi kilkakrotnie silniejszego przeciwnika, następnie kontratakiem przełamał linię obrony piechoty bolszewickiej. Zginął na polu walki". Za tę postawę został odznaczony pośmiertnie Orderem Virtuti Militari.

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Kawaler.

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojskowego Virtuti Militari nr 4017
 Krzyż Walecznych
 Krzyż Niepodległości

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Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (II Rzeczpospolita)
Uczestnicy wojny polsko-bolszewickiej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1897
Zmarli w 1920
Oficerowie 2 Pułku Ułanów Grochowskich

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Olof Eriksson completed two laps drifting a motorcycle on an ice racing track without wearing a shirt.
Bryan F. held an ice cube with both hands for 21 minutes, 52.38 seconds.
Chad Netherland broke 16 ice blocks in a single strike. He set the record to raise funds for children with autism. He raised over $20,000.
Seth M. performed 51 consecutive Grapevine ice skating tricks.
Maggie Houseman completed 25 consecutive walleys on ice skates.
Darryl Learie built an ice sculpture 21 feet and 6 inches (6.67 meters) in height. The measurement was taken from the ground level to the top of the sculpture.
Ankur Singh submerged himself in an ice bath for 52 minutes. NOTE: This record can be dangerous and may only be attempted by trained professionals.
Team World Record Ice (Dawson List, Max Zuleta, James Ottens, Dominique Collel, and Joe Rimer) built an ice bar 207 feet in length. Read more about the feat here.
Team World Record Ice (Dawson List, Max Zuleta, James Ottens, Dominique Collel, and Joe Rimer) sculpted an ice luge 23 feet tall. They called it Rapunzel and the piece was the centerpoint of their ice bar. Read more about the feat here.
A total of nine members of Concord Baptist Youth sang Jesus Loves Me while standing in a kiddie pool filled ith ice water.
Hannah Mansour removed 30 hot dogs from a bucket of ice water in 54.64 seconds using only her feet.
Zack Tons, James Lenhart, and Jon Reinhold made a gallon of Pepsi slushie using a homemade slushie machine in three minutes, 9.50 seconds. They poured three liters of soda and five pounds of ice in to a homemade machine made from a five-gallon cooler and a 1/2 horsepower garbage disposal to achieve the feat.


Synopsis: A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
License: The spaceship in human form takes a love interest salsa dancing. Music from the Dimelo Records Salsa catalog featuring Chino Espinoza y Los Dueños Del Son was licensed for the salsa scene. A cameo appearance for the band was also negotiated into the movie.
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The OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes senior scholars who have contributed to our discipline throughout their careers. The criteria for lifetime achievement include three major components. First, the person must have completed their PhD (or finished their training/education) at least twenty years ago. Second, the individual is a truly outstanding scholar. He or she has published in the very best journals, and work with colleagues and students with interest and passion for the field of organizational behavior. Third, lifetime achievement concerns more than just publications. People contribute to this field in many ways that complement their scholarship. For example, they may be on editorial boards, serve as elected representatives for the Academy or have numerous outstanding students in the field. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award contributes not only directly through his or her scholarship, but through these other activities as well.
Dr. Lyman W. Porter is our 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The summary of Dr. Porter's invited address, "Personal Reflections on the Birth of the OB field," presented at the 2006 Academy of Management meeting follows….
As my title indicates, this talk presents my purely personal reflections on OB's birth, and thus they may or may not be consistent with the views of my contemporaries who were also active during the field's early years. I will begin by describing the pre-OB landscape decade of the 1950s, followed by a focus on the key decade — the 1960s — that marked the origins of what we now call Organizational Behavior. This summary of my remarks concludes with a few observations about how the field has developed over the years since the 1960s – observations that benefit from the ever-helpful lens of hindsight.
It is important to note that in the 1950s, no field by the name of Organizational Behavior existed. Or, to paraphrase what the author Gertrude Stein once said about Oakland (California), "there was no there, there"! And now, some 50 years later, it is the name of the division with the largest membership (over 5,000) in the Academy of Management.
The first published use of the term "organizational behavior" that I have been able to locate was by Chris Argyris, certainly one of the field's outstanding pioneers, in his path-breaking 1957 book, Personality and Organization. However, I don't think that Chris himself even recognized the significance of his use of the term, and it did not re-appear again until the early 1960s in the book edited by Hal Leavitt entitled Social Science of Organizations that contained a collection of papers presented at a 1962 conference at Carnegie Mellon University and was published in 1963. Since that was at least five or six years after Argyris' '57 book, it could safely be said that the label "organizational behavior" did not immediately catch on.
One other point to be made about the decade of the '50s with respect to OB was the fact that it obviously was not present as an academic area within business schools of that period. The closest approximation to the OB field at the time in B Schools, and it was not a very close approximation, was "personnel administration" or what we would now – but not then — call "human resources management." The field of personnel administration of that era was largely limited to describing and analyzing current practice in that area in major corporations. It was a field focused on people, but not a field very much concerned with the behaviors of those people nor with their interactions occurring with others in their organization. To put this another way, in my view the field of personnel administration did not give rise to the future field of organizational behavior.
In my view, there were three agents of change in the 1960s – identified by the initials B, B, and A — that were absolutely essential components of the stew of ingredients that resulted in the emergence of the new field of Organizational Behavior by the end of the decade. The first "B" was books; the second "B" was business schools; and the "A" was the Academy of Management. The first of these, books, could be considered an "internal" (to the nascent field) agent of change, whereas the latter two were agents of change that were external to OB, per se.
There were at least 11 seminal books that started appearing in the latter half of the 1950s, and then on into and throughout most of the '60s, that were, collectively, to have a profound influence on the birth of this new field. Ten of these 11 books were authored by academics, but the first was by a journalist. That book, published in 1956, was The Organization Man, written by a member of the editorial staff ofFortune magazine, William H. Whyte (not to be confused with the contemporary well-known social scientist, William Foote Whyte). Whyte's book basically was a damning account of how managers and executives were submerging their individuality by adhering to the dictates and needs of the organizations for which they worked. If nothing else, this book called attention to the effects of the relationships between employing organizations, on the one hand, and the needs and aspirations of their individual members on the other hand.
It is perhaps interesting to note, although not necessarily noticed at the time, that eight of the 11 books contained the word "organization" (or a variant), rather than some other term such as "corporations" or "companies." This by itself had an indirect effect of providing the basis and rationale for half of the name of the emerging field of organizational behavior. Much more important, however, was the sheer stimulation that these books, collectively, imparted to researchers, especially those of us who were relatively younger at the time. They created excitement with their new ideas and with the data that many of them were providing to back up their arguments. In effect, there was an exciting intellectual "buzz" of proportions that I, and I suspect many of my contemporaries, had never experienced before then nor, perhaps, since.
One of the two major change agents external to the newly-developing OB field that was to play a significant role in shepherding its emergence was the institution of the American business school of that era. Business schools before the start of the 1960s had occupied a rather lowly, and not wholly undeserved, status in U.S. higher education. It would not be much of an exaggeration to sum up the situation by saying that the only academic areas of universities held in lower esteem at that time were physical education and home economics! All of this began to change, however, in the early '60s, following the publication (in 1959) of two highly critical reports on the condition of business school education in the U.S. at that time. Commonly referred to as the Gordon & Howell, and Pierson, reports (sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, respectively), they severely criticized business schools for all sorts of sins, including: low standards, non-rigorous curricula, poorly-prepared faculty, anemic or non-existent research activities, and, most relevant to OB's subsequent birth, no modern quantitative or behavioral science in the curriculum or represented on the faculty.
The other major external agent of change that influenced the formation of the OB field was the Academy of Management. Founded in the late 1930s, the Academy had been a fairly small, sleepy academic organization up through the 1950s. Indeed, without too much overstatement, it could be said that in that period the Academy of Management was a prime example of an "old boys network." At least it was that way when I went to my first national AOM meeting in 1967 (having just joined a business school faculty), held in Washington, DC, at the end of December. There were roughly 200 in attendance, but, indicative of both the size at that time and the relative lack of emphasis on scholarly research presentations, the total printed program comprised four – f-o-u-r – pages!
It would be difficult to overemphasize the importance to our field of the creation of Divisions by the Academy of Management at the beginning of the 1970s. The changes occurring within business schools at that time provided the potential new members for this ncipient field, but the new entity called the "OB Division" provided an intellectual "home" that we could inhabit and around which we could coalesce. It also had the effect of solidifying a commonly-accepted name for the new field. Another way of stating the importance of the Academy and, especially, of its divisionalized structure, is to say: Institutions do matter!
I finish my remarks with a few observations about the current state of our field (observations consistent with some thoughts expressed in my essay in the 40th anniversary issue of Administrative Science Quarterly some ten years ago).
First, up to now OB as a field has clearly been a "growth industry" these past several decades. One only needs to look at its current size of membership within the Academy of Management to document this. Whether this will continue to be the case in the coming several decades, though, is, I think, an open question.
Second, OB from its beginnings has been a definitely multi-disciplinary field. The fact that no single discipline predominates in OB has been part of its hybrid-vigor strength, in my opinion. However, the fact that it is multi-disciplinary does not necessarily mean that it is also inter-disciplinary in any true sense.
Third, and related to the previous observation, OB as a field is subject to centrifugal forces and consequently it has spread across a relatively vast array of topics. You might say that the field has developed a lot of girth. At the micro end it merges into HR, and at the macro or OT end it merges into Strategy. It is the areas in between that constitute the core of OB.
Fourth, the fact that OB is so broad is a problem in one sense, but it is also a great asset in another. It is the tremendous smorgasbord of diverse topics – from organizational justice to trust to relational demography to transformational leadership to organizational citizenship behavior to cross-cultural differences to power to group conflict to …. — that makes this field so interesting and exciting.
Fifth, not only does the field encompass an ever-widening array of topics, but it is also hospitable to an increasing diversity of research methods, both qualitative as well as quantitative.
the never-ending need and challenge to develop integrative perspectives to put together and make sense of all of our diverse findings.
In conclusion, it has been a privilege to have spent my academic lifetime in such an intriguing, stimulating and vibrant field that organizational behavior was from its earliest beginnings — and still is!


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Steam it, roast it, mash it, bake it. The purple sweet potato is a versatile root veggie, which Okinawans make into everything from tempura to ice cream and can be served sweet or savory.
If you enjoyed this purple sweet potato recipe, try these sweet potato sides.
In a large bowl, beat together egg, egg white, flour, salt, black pepper and red pepper. Mix in potatoes, corn and onions.
Mist a medium skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium. Add 1/4 cup potato mixture to pan and, using a spatula, gently press into a patty. Repeat with remaining batter. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
To serve, top each patty with 1 tbsp salsa and/or a dollop of yogurt and dig in.
Mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, sweet potatoes, even purple potatoes! Chef Jo offers some tips and tricks where potatoes are concerned, plus a guide to each.
This exclusive recipe from Michelle Obama's cookbook, American Grown, puts sweet potatoes in the spotlight (with a little help from a bouquet of spices)!
Bake this decadent potato casserole in a single dish or as individual mini casseroles for a sweet farmhouse effect!
Sam Zien, host of Discovery Health's Just Cook This! with Sam the Cooking Guy, has a spicy twist to get your old mashed potato recipe out of its rut.
Husband-and-wife cooking duo Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos show audiences how to infuse uncomplicated dishes with Tuscan flavors. This simple side gets its flavor from fresh herbs and garlic.
Tossing nutritional, skin-on potatoes with extra-virgin olive oil, goat cheese and herbs creates a much lighter side than if you were to mash them with full-fat milk, cream or butter.
Yukon gold potatoes have thin skin and buttery flesh, thus abolishing the need for loads of butter, cream and salt. If that wasn't good enough, they have a lower starch content than Russets and Idahos to boot.
Skordalia is a much-loved garlicky dip made with either bread or potatoes as a base, but here we've used both: The bread lightens up the consistency by absorbing some of the potato's starchiness.
The sweetness of strawberries balances out tart rhubarb in this low-cal dessert, resulting in a succulent crisp!


Diane Turton, Realtors says the sign was swept away from a waterfront home in Brielle more than five years ago.
The firm "Diane Turton, Realtors" needs no bottle to get its message out across the globe. Its signs, as it turns out, are seaworthy.
A sign swept away from a waterfront home in Brielle during superstorm Sandy made to a beach outside Bordeaux, France some 5½ years later, the local realty firm says.
More: A Scottish man tried to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat. The first attempt did not go well.
"Having our signage wash up in France on the beach truly proves that Diane Turton, Realtors is a global real estate company," said Perry Beneduce, the firm's marketing director.
The story of the seafaring sign began two weeks ago when an email came into the company's marketing department claiming one of the signs it plants in front of listed properties ended up on the French beach, he said.
Beneduce did some digital detective work to confirm the story, exchanging emails with Hannes Frank, the man who found the sign in France, and obtaining photos of the sign.
Beneduce checked the metadata on those photos for longitude and latitude of where it was taken to confirm it was, indeed, France.
The company knows it's a Sandy-era sign, he said, because it changed the design of its signage soon after the storm.
From there, the company was able track the sign — which came from its Wall office — to the home that lost it.
More: Could Toms River buy Ortley Beach surf club property?
At the time, the Wall office only had one waterfront listing, a home on Cedarcrest Drive.
For our French readers looking to possibly purchase this gem: Sorry, you're out of luck. The 2,500-square-foot home sold in May 2013, public records show.
Next time, check their website.


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Remember when I posted here that I received a free set of Novuhair Hair Care products for review? It took me quite a while before I made this post because I want to make sure that I can review it as best as I can.
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To be honest, the effect of these products were not very visible on me since I don't have any problems of hair loss. But what's great is that it gave volume to my hair and I noticed that I don't get any dandruff at all.
Since it's herbal, all products are safe for daily use.
Refreshes and moisturizes the scalp.
It has a nice, minty smell.
Easily available at Mercury Drug outlets and Watsons, among others.
I like that the scalp lotion is in a pump container.
Overall, I like the effect of these products on me. My friends and even my boyfriend told me that my hair has more volume now than before. However, I must say that this is not the brand I am looking for that fits my hair needs. Aside from the fact that this is costly, I am looking for a hair care brand that is easy to maintain. Splurging on thousands for hair care is not for my lifestyle.
Thanks to Andrea of Digital Mind Group for sending me these.
Disclaimer: Product provided for review purposes. Review was done based on my personal experience with the product and is unbiased.
OVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion, NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo and NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner contain herbal components which are widely known for their benefits on scalp and hair.
Years of research and testing of numerous herbal ingredients resulted in this unique combination of herbal extracts, essential oils and co-factor nutrients which help strengthen and reactivate hair follicles, to reduce hair loss and stimulate hair growth.
NOVUHAIR® is a topical scalp lotion combining standardized herbal extracts with essential oils and co-factor nutrients, specifically chosen for their hair growing properties.
NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion penetrates the scalp to rejuvenate the hair follicles, provides optimum nutrition to help combat hair loss and thinning of hair and improves blood circulation in the scalp which contributes to the stimulation of hair growth.
NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion is recommended for men and women experiencing hair loss and wanting to stimulate hair growth.
application of NOVUHAIR® is a topical scalp lotion and is expected to enhance its effects.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo contains pure botanical extracts contributing to a healthy scalp and stronger hair follicles, thus, resulting in softer and healthier hair everyday.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo is the ideal shampoo to use in combination with NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion, Nature's Answer to Hair Loss.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo is used to regain hair luster and vibrancy.
There are no known contraindications to NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo, however, as a matter of precaution, NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo should not be used in cases of known sensitivity to any of the ingredients.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo is only indicated for topical use and should not be taken internally.
Use twice daily for optimal results. Apply NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo on to wet hair and scalp, massage, then rinse.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner together with NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo have been developed especially to prepare the scalp in an optimal way for the application of NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion and are expected to enhance its effects.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner contains standardized herbal extracts which moisturize and condition your hair giving it a shinier, softer and supple look. NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner has been formulated specifically to complement the use of NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion and NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner together with NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo are recommended for men and women using NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion to prepare their scalp for the application of NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion to enhance its effects, i.e. prevent hair loss and stimulate hair growth. NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner may also be used to achieve strong and nourished hair.
There are no known contraindications to NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner, however, as a matter of precaution, NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner should not be used in cases of known sensitivity to any of the ingredients.
NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner is only indicated for topical use and should not be taken internally.
Apply NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner to your hair, massage, then rinse. Gentle enough to use everyday. How to use NOVUHAIR® 3-in-1:After shampooing and conditioning, towel dry and apply NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion liberally to the entire scalp. Then massage for 5 to 10 minutes. Rinse off with water or leave it on and style as desired using non-alcohol based products.
Do not rinse. Extended contact with your scalp allows greater penetration into the hair follicles.
To avoid staining of pillow cases or bed sheets, cover hair with a shower cap or a towel if you opt to leave it on overnight. With consistent daily use of at least two times a day for 4-6 weeks, you can look forward to the benefits of delaying further hair thinning, stimulating hair growth and improving the overall cosmetic properties of your hair.
NOVUHAIR® NATURE'S ANSWER TO HAIR LOSS is now available in a "3-in-1" pack. NOVUHAIR® 3-in-1 contains one bottle each of Herbal Shampoo, Topical Scalp Lotion and Herbal Conditioner to provide the user the optimum benefits of NOVUHAIR® natural hair loss solution. When used in combination, one should experience an even better result than used individually.
NOVUHAIR® Topical Scalp Lotion, NOVUHAIR® Herbal Shampoo and NOVUHAIR® Herbal Conditioner contain herbal components which are widely known for their benefits on scalp and hair.
Me, just so-so. Though I noticed that it added a little volume in my hair.
I like to have a good hair volume because I have thin hair. Is that safe for sensitive skin? and also, I also consider the cost. For now I am using Panthene..it does prevent hair breakage and lost and affordable however I notice in prolonged use my scalp would itch a bit.
I think this will be good for you sis since you have thin hair. And it is safe since it is herbal.
Hmm, I think you need to use all the products for better result.