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Ann Pancake is a native of West Virginia and the author of the short story collection Given Ground and the novel Strange As This Weather Has Been, about mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia. Pancake teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
The End of the World in Slow Motion
by Ann Pancake
He'd only planned to spend two nights. But not only is it worse than he'd thought; he also senses his mother about to give in. For ten years Avery has been trying to get her to move back with him to Cleveland, and for ten years she has refused, but now he senses her about to break. It is mostly the stories that make him think this. Of course, for three or four years after Buffalo Creek she told the stories because she had to tell them. He understands that now, how her stories put shape and control and a kind of finality on a thing that was obscenely shapeless and uncontrollable and forever unfinished. She found new audiences wherever they moved—she had lived through the 1972 disaster at Buffalo Creek, and it gave her, gave the whole family, both a luster and a taint, so there were always plenty of people to listen. And she told the stories as repetitive as ritual—the car horns, Patty's prayers, people half naked climbing out of mud, Shirl Benson's soup—so when his father always left the room and Avery always followed, Avery told himself it was out of boredom. Eventually, though, his mother either spent herself or cured herself, and she quieted. She did tell the stories on special occasions, like February 26, the anniversary, and she liked to tell them on the anniversary of his father's death too, but in general, for a long, long time she quieted. Then a couple of years ago, when they began what she calls "some new kind of crazy strip-mining," the Buffalo Creek stories started seeping back out of her. She needed to tell them at least once whenever he came down, and now that he was grown up he stayed, he listened. But after the floods this year she began telling the stories even over the phone, and long-distance in his mother's world was only for reporting who'd died and who'd got born. When she began telling the stories long-distance, where she had to pay to tell the stories, Avery knew he better come on down, and once he got here he realized she was talking about almost nothing else. And although that scared him some, he sensed he might be about to win. That's the main reason he decided to stay a little longer. The second reason was to see if he could figure out what was going on himself.


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TURNER'S SUPER SUNDAY
PAUL GESSELL December 8 1986
TURNER'S SUPER SUNDAY PAUL GESSELL December 8 1986
Even before the result was known, the champagne was on ice. So confident was John Turner that delegates to the Liberal party's national convention would vote over-whelmingly to keep him as their leader that a bubbly celebration had been planned for Stornoway, the opposition leader's official residence in Ottawa. On the day of decision, Turner breakfasted on boiled eggs and toast, conferred with aides and then attended mass, as he does almost every Sunday, at St. Joseph's Church. After stopping to chat with parishioners, Turner went to his suite on the 24th floor of an Ottawa hotel to put the final touches on his closing remarks. Then, at 1:19 p.m. Turner took a seat in the fourth row of the Ottawa Congress Centre with his wife, Geills. He had decided to receive the vote result before the unwavering gaze of the television cameras—minutes before it was announced to the delegates. Their verdict: 2,001, or 76.3 per cent, had voted to reaffirm Turner as leader of their party, and only 622, or 23.7 per cent, wanted him to step down and call a leadership convention. Declared Turner: "Now I know that I have your confidence."
Clear; The outcome almost certainly means that opposition to Turner's leadership will fade quickly. It also dashes the hopes of many that Jean Chrétien, the man Turner edged out in the party's 1984 leadership race, would be the Liberal leader by the next election. Chrétien supporter Jacques Corriveau conceded that Turner had won a clear mandate, but voiced disappointment that delegates "didn't analyse carefully what will happen two years from now" in the next election. Turner supporters were jubilant. Said Douglas Frith, co-chairman of the convention: "It's a tremendous affirmation of Mr. Turner. He does not have to worry about looking over his shoulder."
The vote was Turner's biggest test in more than two years—since he led the Liberals to their most humiliating defeat ever on Sept. 4, 1984. That night, with the Liberals reduced to just 40 seats in the House of Commons, Turner said that he would rebuild the party from the bottom up. To fulfil that pledge, he crisscrossed the country repeatedly, meeting rank-and-file Liberals in church basements and
hockey rinks. Those were the people whom Turner desperately needed to support him.
Lunch: Just a week before the convention, Turner's closest advisers told him that their count of delegates showed he would win. He confided to a friend over lunch: "If they're telling me the truth, I'm home free. And if they're lying to me, I wouldn't want to stay anyway." The campaign was a
searing ordeal—but one that Turner endured with dignity.
Even before the convention officially opened Thursday evening—amid the usual blizzard of balloons, bands and booze—there were some tense moments between Turner's friends and his foes. Moments after the leader delivered a luncheon speech to 500 members of the party's youth wing, proreview delegates tried to raise a banner saying "Review 86." Exuberant Turner supporters immediately tore it to shreds, threw glasses of water on some dissidents and jostled others. Even Turner loyalists were disgusted with their colleagues. Said Lloyd Wilks of Toronto: "These are not Liberal delegates, they are animals."
Right from the start, Turner and his supporters went on the offensive. Turner repeatedly portrayed himself as the leader of new forces in the Lib-
eral party—determined to end the influence of the so-called "old guard" that he blamed for efforts to undermine him. He won cheers when he said that the new Liberal headquarters building opened last week in downtown Ottawa made architectural history by having no back rooms. "The clock will not be turned back," Turner told a throng of youth delegates. "And I say to those who don't like it, 'tough.' "
Turner's principal target was a group of senior Liberals who occupied top party positions under former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and who had urged a review of Turner's leadership. Among them: Senator Keith Davey, the onetime Liberal campaign chairman, and Marc Lalonde, Trudeau's former strongman in Quebec. They were the loudest voices calling on delegates to oppose Turner and choose a new leader better able to develop policies, raise money and stop what they saw as the Liberals' drift to the right.
Sniped: For weeks before the convention the pro-review forces sniped at Turner, pointing to opinion polls showing that he is less popular than his party. Turner acknowledged the problem ruefully in his keynote address to the convention on Saturday: "I felt like I was a sitting duck in a shooting arcade, not knowing who was going to
take the next shot." But at least before the results of the Sunday vote were announced, several public opinion polls indicated that Turner would win a decisive majority—in the range of 70per-cent support.
Most of Turner's speeches and appearances in bear-pit debating sessions were calculated to win over specific
groups of delegates. The youth wing welcomed his condemnations of backroom strategists. And when he addressed the party's women's commission, Turner humbled himself by recalling an embarrassing 1984 election campaign incident, when television cameras caught him patting party president Iona Campagnolo's rump.
Said Turner: "This reformed bum-patter has come a long way in two years." Throughout the convention, Turner worked hard to deflect criticism that he has not spelled out where he stands on key issues. He repeatedly castigated Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's government for compromising Canadian sovereignty in free trade talks with the Americans (page 24). Turner called for an elected Senate, said that a Liberal government would introduce a national child care program and won a standing ovation after outlining his proposals for getting the Quebec government to sign the constitutional accord adopted by the other provinces in 1982. While calling for recognition of the distinct character of Quebec, Turner denied that his policies run counter to Trudeau's vision of Canada. Trudeau did not attend the convention: he was in Hawaii for a meeting of the InterAction Council, a group of former world leaders. But when Turner invoked the Trudeau record in his Saturday speech, the delegates cheered enthusiastically.
Mobbed: Although the pro-review forces appeared on the defensive from the start, the man who symbolized their movement created a sensation merely by arriving at the convention. Chrétien, who ran second to Turner at the Liberals' 1984 leadership convention, was mobbed as his car stopped at a hotel adjoining the Ottawa Congress Centre. Journalists and television cameramen surrounded Chrétien and bulldozed their way through crowds of Liberals, knocking some people over and sending four to hospital with minor injuries. At one point in the crush of journalists, supporters and onlookers, Chrétien appeared panic-stricken as his own bodyguards attempted to pull him in two different directions. Later, Chrétien jousted with reporters, refusing to say anything about his leadership aspirations. "It's a tough job for Chrétien to say nothing in three months," he said. "So I am not about to start today." Despite that silence, Chrétien's mere presence put an extra edge on the proceedings. Polls released on the eve of the convention showed him to be more popular than Turner among voters. But the former MP from Shawinigan maintained that he was not aligned with the pro-review forces. However, it appeared that most members of the movement supported him in 1984 and would
do so again if a new leadership convention were called. Said Heather Allen, a Chrétien supporter from Savary Island, B.C.: "I believe he was the best man then and the best man now."
The real battles between Turner loyalists and pro-review Liberals were waged not on the convention floor but in back rooms and hallways. Each morning about 100 members of a group formally called The Friends of John Turner—they called themselves "The Hoopla Committee"—met over coffee to discuss tactics for the political war against what they called the "contras." The chairmen of the meetings were Jean Lapierre, MP for Quebec's Shefford riding, and Terry Popowich, a key Turner loyalist from Toronto. A well-organized army of supporters equipped with walkie-talkies, badges, scarves and Tshirts was moved throughout the convention centre and adjoining hotels. Some were assigned to follow Lalonde, whom they codenamed "The Eagle," and keep a close eye on his activities. Others ensured that large numbers of vocal, visible Turner supporters attended every convention function so that demonstrations by pro-review delegates would be drowned out by proTurner chants.
Strategy: The pro-review forces—headed by Corriveau, a vice-president of the party's Quebec wing, and Gary McCauley, a former MP from Moncton, N.B.— held their own strategy sessions every four hours, beginning at 8 a.m., in the nearby Westin Hotel, four levels below Turner's own top-floor suite. The contra crew also carried walkie-talkies, tracked the movements of friends and foes, passed out buttons and pressed undecided delegates to vote for a review of Turner's leadership.
The contras won public support from two prominent Liberals on Friday. Charles Caccia, the Liberal MP for Toronto's Davenport riding, became the first and only MP to oppose Turner. And Jim Coutts, Trudeau's former principal secretary and once one of the party's most powerful backroom organizers, joined the call for a leadership review. But many pro-review sympathizers complained that their movement was disorganized. Some delegates even had difficulty tracking down the pro-review
headquarters. Said Patrick O'Meara of MacGregor, Man.: "There are a lot of people out there who want to join us, but they don't know how to. There's no focus, no organization."
Heated: On the convention floor, exchanges between the two camps were often heated. And rank-and-file Turner delegates did not shy away from confrontations. At one point three stout, elderly women delegates sporting Turner scarves and headgear cornered Coutts and denounced him for speaking out against Turner. "You are wrong," lectured Grace Nicholls, a delegate from the British Columbia riding of Okanagan-Similkameen, about the opposition
to Turner. "You're stabbing him in the back."
In turn, Coutts rejected the "backroom boy" label that had been stuck on him. "Oh, gee whiz, I can't imagine who would say that. I would think the backroom/front-room stuff is a bit asinine," he replied. Davey clearly agreed. "It's as if Turner didn't have his own back room," Davey said. "He has got a back room and it's very obvious, very evident and very effective at this convention." Indeed, one clever sign of Turner's backroom efforts were buttons worn by his supporters that read, "I am a front-room Liberal."
But all the convention squabbling was not between proand anti-Turner forces. Some of Turner's own key allies and advisers were locked in fierce battles with each other. Tempers flared when Frith, the convention's co-chair-
man, learned that a $2-million contribution to the Liberal treasury would not be presented to Turner, as originally announced. The plan had been to show that fund-raisers were whittling down the party's debt, estimated at $4 to $5 million. Many blamed Senator Leo Kolber, the party's fund-raising chairman, for the mix-up. Kolber, according to party officials, will soon be replaced by Gerald Schwartz, a prominent Winnipeg businessman.
One pro-Turner faction also wanted a strong showing because its members felt that the leadership challenge had reduced his ability to attract top advisers. In the convention back rooms last week, some longtime Turner associates complained about the effectiveness of Turner's top aide, Douglas Richardson. They privately called Richardson "a boy scout" and urged that he be replaced. They also were calling for the departure of Michèle Tremblay, Turner's senior Quebec adviser and communications director. Tremblay has been a controversial presence on staff because of her advice on issues affecting Quebec and media strategy.
Unity: Despite the specific disagreements, however, Liberals on both sides displayed a genuine desire for unity. Davey, for one, insisted that regardless of the outcome, the party ^ would remain united. Q "The party will rally behind the leader," he said. "If it's John Turner, they will rally behind him. If there's a convention, they'll rally behind that leader. The Liberal party doesn't split." For his part, Turner promised that there would be "no purges" of dissidents. Indeed, he attempted to use his Saturday speech to begin healing the wounds opened by the divisive review process and reaching out to disaffected left-wing Liberals. "Canada wants this party to get its act together," Turner said to rousing cheers. The party's performance in the coming months—and in the next election—will depend to a great extent on how well the Liberals can now put their differences behind them.
-PAUL GESSELL with HILARY MACKENZIE, MADELAINE DROHAN, ANTHONY WILSONSMITH, MICHAEL ROSE, BRUCE WALLACE and MARC CLARK in Ottawa
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Israel Galindo
driving or leading?
The apostle Paul, in many circles, has never had the best of reputations. Some have a very low opinion of him, portraying him, among other things, as insecure, paranoid, sexist, homophobic, and basically, an all-around grouch! Not at all a pleasant fellow. Some of the stuff he writes could easily lead to that conclusion. (At the same time, we also should be mindful of how cultural biases and misunderstandings influence us.)
Having said that, let's take a quick look at what's going on in the churches in Galatia. This might help to explain Paul's "exuberant" approach.
A group known to posterity as the Judaizers finds fault with Paul's message. They are concerned that he's being too fast and loose with the gospel. For the life of them, they don't understand why this guy is casting off so much of the faith of his people. He doesn't even require circumcision!
And aside from Paul's teaching, who does he think he is, anyway? James and Peter and the rest of the apostles in Jerusalem have rock-solid credentials. They were with Jesus himself! Meanwhile, this character was wreaking havoc and mayhem among the brothers and sisters. What kind of training is that?
That, very quickly, is the situation that Paul finds. Many, if not most, in the Galatian church are accepting the teaching that would require Gentiles to observe the Jewish law. And for the guys, you have a special treat. Get ready for snip, snip, snip!
It's been observed, "Paul is mad about what had happened in Galatia." I would venture that's an understatement, but happily, it provides a nice segue to some of those forceful words he uses.
In chapter 1, right after he says hello to his readers, he's already on their case. "I am astonished," Paul says, "that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel" (v. 6). He simply cannot believe how gullible they are, listening to these smooth talkers.
At the beginning of chapter 3, Paul doesn't bother with sparing anyone's feelings. "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?" The Contemporary English Version displays even less tact: "You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?" What's wrong with you? Are you taking crazy pills?
In chapter 4, the apostle again shows his exasperation. "I am afraid I have wasted my time working with you" (v. 11, CEV).
But for me, the best of the worst comes in chapter 5, as he's discussing those who insist on circumcision. Paul laments, "I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!" (v. 12). The Jerusalem Bible is even more cutting: "Tell those who are disturbing you I would like to see the knife slip." One might say that, in his criticism, the apostle Paul is being quite sharp!
I've gone to the trouble of providing these quotes to give a little better picture of his personality. Quotes like these would be ammunition for those who focus on Paul's bad side. They would likely say that he's guilty of driving the people; he's guilty of shoving them. I would say that it's possible to recognize his flaws (at times, he seems to employ manipulation) and still say that Paul provides a good example of leading the people.
Other than Jesus, even more than Mary or Peter, the New Testament figure whose personality is best revealed is the apostle Paul. We learn more about who he is, and that's important. As a result of his calling on the road to Damascus, he helps personify the changes during this interim time as the church is discovering its own identity. It's becoming less a branch of Judaism—and becoming something else.
What will that something else be?
I'm interested by the image of the caterpillar turning into a butterfly. There's a point in time when the caterpillar in its cocoon can no longer be recognized as a caterpillar. At the same time, it's not yet a butterfly. It's in some kind of transitional state. It is gelatinous goo that has the promise of becoming a butterfly. But right now, it sure doesn't look like it!
That's us. In many different ways, we are constantly in transitional states. In our own lives, we are transitioning from one thing into another. In verse 17, after his Damascus road experience, when Paul speaks of going "at once into Arabia," he is neither caterpillar nor butterfly; he is that gelatinous goo. He needs to do some work in figuring out what he's called to become, or at any rate, what path to follow.
And as I've suggested, it's the same way with the church, both in Paul's time and in ours. We also are that gelatinous goo, with the promise of becoming something wonderful. As a congregation, it's easier to recognize those transition times, those interim times. One example is when a congregation is between pastors. Still, that's what life is all about, constantly transitioning—constantly being that gelatinous goo, in one way or another.
What drives Paul's concern for the Galatians is just that: what are they becoming? That's why he goes ballistic. It's very important for him to establish the origin of his message—where did he get this stuff? As I said earlier, his credentials are being questioned. If his credibility can be ruined, then it's easier for the ideas of the Judaizers to take hold.
For that reason, Paul insists "that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ" (vv. 11-12). If anyone wants to trout out pedigrees, Paul can play that game too.
He declares, "I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors" (v. 14). I studied under some top-notch rabbis, so don't lecture me about observing the law and getting circumcised. I know this stuff better than you!
An aspect of who Paul is—something we shouldn't ignore—is that he has turned away from violence. (It's easy to miss that with his talk of castration!) His rejection of violence is a message badly needed in our own time, as people continue to hurt each other in the name of God. And this also speaks to the point about seeing him, not as driving others, but as leading them.
He freely admits what he has done. When Paul speaks of his "earlier life in Judaism," he confesses that he "was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it" (v. 13). That word "violently" in Greek is the word hyperbolē, our English word "hyperbole." He admits that he was exaggerating; he was going overboard in his efforts.
Yet how different is the way he ends the chapter! Speaking of the churches in Judea: "they only heard it said, 'The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.' And they glorified God because of me" (vv. 23-24). What an image of repentance—that is, turning around.
Paul is in agony because of what he sees in Galatia. He sees dear sisters and brothers turning from their freedom in Christ and submitting to rules and regulations that the gospel has eradicated. Paul sees the gelatinous goo that they are and realizes they are developing in a way that is unhealthy. He wants to help them establish a different church culture.
The apostle yearns for a church culture in which freedom is embraced and the stumbling blocks put in each other's way are discarded.
Do you know what we notice when we work on building a church culture in which we seek the peace and freedom of Christ? One thing we notice is that we're not worrying so much about trivial stuff. We notice that life is too short and too precious to waste time on such stuff.
Again, we see Paul's desperate desire that the Galatians not miss out—that they don't blow the opportunities they have. But this has what might be an unexpected twist.
In his book, The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Israel Galindo says, "Perhaps the most challenging idea about congregational leadership [and this applies to both clergy and lay leadership] is that it is not that good pastoral leaders have healthy congregations; rather, healthy congregations possess and enable good pastoral leadership…
"In other words, [it's] less about the individual personality of the [leader]," even one as admittedly provocative and controversial as the apostle Paul, "and more about the ability of the congregation to accommodate and foster the leadership functions it needs."
So in the case of Paul, he's not going to be in Galatia for the rest of his life. The church there has the joyful task of figuring out who they are, as well as who is best suited to lead them. When we are able to claim our own identity, it helps us from being driven—as opposed to being led.
Claiming our identity is related to following our passions. What is it that we really love? Following our passions does come with a caution, however. Sometimes our passions can lead us off course, as is the case with the Judaizers. Their passion prevents them from embracing the future into which God is calling everyone.
In chapter 5, Paul sums it up well. "For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery" (v. 1).
Having said all of that, what are our passions? How is God calling us to do church? What is the church culture we want to work on that will help enable good pastoral leadership? All of that goes into this wonderful gift of interim time, of being that gelatinous goo, in which the promise is right at our fingertips.
[originally posted on 9 June 2013]
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Alexander Discusses Health Care Reform, Afghanistan on Fox News Sunday
Says Democrats' Health Care Bill Feels Like Immigration Debate, Will Cost Americans Jobs
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today discussed the Democrats' partisan $2.5 trillion health care bill and President Obama's need to brief Congress on his plans for Afghanistan. Below are Senator Alexander's remarks: On Republican health care proposals: •	"Our goal is to let the American people know what it does for them and to them: that it has higher premiums, higher taxes, Medicare cuts, and puts 15 million more low-income Americans into a medical ghetto called Medicaid. We think if the American people know that, the bill will collapse of its own weight. Then we can get them going step by step toward reducing costs." •	"The bill is fundamentally flawed. If you expect Mitch McConnell to roll in a wheelbarrow with a 2,000-page bill, it's not going to happen. We have plans to let small businesses pool their resources and let people buy insurance across state lines. I think people will be more comfortable with biting off what we can chew instead of arrogance that we can fix the system all at once." On Democrats' claims that their $2.5 trillion health care bill is deficit neutral: •	"I don't think one out of ten Americans believe that. In fact, there was a column about the Quinnipiac poll that said that's true. It raises premiums; it raises taxes; it cuts Medicare, and it puts big costs on to states. You saw the big 32 percent tuition increase out in California the other day. That's happening in all the states because states can't control Medicaid spending and now we're putting more on it. Chris, this feels more and more to me like the immigration debate of 2007. We had 64 votes to get on the floor then. People didn't like the bill. They weighed in on it. The bill collapsed of its own weight. What we need to do is to go back to step-by-step efforts to reduce costs." •	"If we keep on adding to the debt even in the midst of this recovery, at some point people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that could actually lead to a double-dip recession." On President Obama's efforts to cut the deficit: •	"I believe he wants to do it, but he's not doing it. Senator McConnell, in his first speech this year, said I'll go to work with you on fixing Social Security. I don't think [the President] heard a word about that. Senator Stabenow just talked about Michigan and jobs. The best job stimulus we could have would be to fix the health care bill. I talked to a major employer yesterday who said the one thing that was certain about the bill in the Senate is it would take 15 percent of his profits. I said, what does that mean to you? He said, that means we won't be hiring any new people and we won't be building any new buildings any time soon. As far as small business goes, I mentioned this step-by-step process Republicans would like to do. Republicans have a proposal that we've tried to bring up repeatedly which the Democrats have blocked, which will allow small businesses to pool their resources and offer more insurance at lower costs and cut money from the federal government's deficit. That is what the Congressional Budget Office has said. So, [the Democrats'] health care bill is adding costs and will cut jobs." On Afghanistan: •	"[The President should] show a sense of urgency and come on up to Congress and tell us exactly what he plans to do -- not in an exit strategy, but in a success strategy. Ask for bipartisan support and try to get the country to follow him in that mission all the way through to the end. President Bush wasn't able to get that bipartisan support. Iraq became Bush's war and President Obama wants to make sure, I would think, that [Afghanistan] doesn't become Obama's war. That would not be good for the country."


An age-old question for presenters is, "Should I use visual aids?".
While I agree that people can become overly reliant on visual aids, resulting in a boring presentation, I believe that good presenters use every tool at their disposal to foster understanding with their audiences. Visual aids do just that: they aid understanding.They don't say, "A picture is worth a thousand words" for nothing.
Despite the wisdom that supports the use of visual aids, I see many salespeople who refuse to use them. What reasons can there be for this?
Ego – perhaps these salespeople feel that they are such wordsmiths they don't need to use visual aids. They may be right, IF they have a present-to-list ratio exceeding 75%, but even then, could visual aids have helped them get one from the 25% of listings they lost? With today's selling fees, that's a lot of money lost because of pride.
They worry about delivering a 'canned' presentation –this is an excuse really. Great presenters can deliver the phone book and make it interesting. Poor presenters can take the most compelling presentation and make it boring. If you worry about delivering a canned presentation, practice is the way to make your presentations fluent and natural. Blaming visual aids for a canned delivery is like blaming the car because you don't know how to drive.
They have never taken the time to structure their story –they 'wing it'. This is the arena of the mediocre performer, the sales hack. If you think about the story you want to tell at your listing presentations, you can structure it so that it 'builds' towards the signature. Visual aids can be used to break up the presentation, to help you make important points with clients. Never 'wing it'. Never!
Many offices are complaining that they are low on stock. If you are in this position, it is even more critical that you make every listing presentation count. I recommend that you rethink your listing presentation – work at improving it.
How can you deliver a more convincing presentation, one where sellers feel compelled to list with you? I guarantee that your presentations can be enhanced by including visual aids.
This is especially important when listing absentee owners. Some salespeople are so stupid that they will try and list sellers over the phone! If the distance is too far for a face-to-face visit, the next best thing is to present over Skype and screen-share your visual aids.
Should YOU use visual aids? Yes! Whether face-to-face, or listing absentee owners with Skype, you will improve your present-to-list ratio if you use them.


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Duncan Chaplin's work focuses on education, international development, and evaluation methods. Within education, he has worked on teacher evaluations, dropout rates, education technology, out-of-school time activities, at-risk youth, and child care. Chaplin's international development work has focused on estimating impacts of improving access to grid electricity in Africa. Methodologically, he has used a variety of experimental and non-experimental evaluation methods and, more recently, he is evaluating the efficacy of non-experimental methods by comparing their results with those from experiments. One of his current projects is providing guidance to Regional Educational Laboratories in the United States. Internationally, Chaplin recently completed an 8-year evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's energy sector program in Tanzania, and he started a 10-year evaluation of MCC's energy sector program in Ghana in 2017.
Before joining Mathematica in 2005, Chaplin held research positions at the Urban Institute. As an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, he taught several courses and served as an advisor to master's and doctoral students. Chaplin has served on national committees on high school graduation and dropout rates, the steering committee of the DC Children and Youth Investment Partnership, the board of the Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School, the board for the Foundation for Sustainable Development, and the evaluation advisory board of the BELL Foundation.
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Does This Thing Have an Undo Button?
After a prof's explosive comments, some critics think tweeting about race should be a fireable offense.
By Scott Jaschik
Tweet from incoming Boston University professor Saida Grundy
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters.
This post originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed.
Saida Grundy this week may have become the most discussed new assistant professor of the year, without even starting her position. While Grundy's tweets on race have been debated intensely, she initially stayed on the sidelines. But on Tuesday she released a statement of "regret" and a clarification of her comments that were critical of white male college students and white businesses.
Her statement came hours after Robert A. Brown, president of Boston University, where Grundy becomes an assistant professor of sociology July 1, issued a statement that was highly critical of her comments on Twitter. Via email, Grundy responded to an Inside Higher Ed question about whether the university had asked that she issue her statement: "No, all parties were in agreement that dual statements from myself and President Brown would best address tensions and confusions around the matter."
The tweets in question (captured by critics before Grundy made her Twitter feed private) have led to calls for BU to fire her (which the university is not doing) and have resulted in widespread criticism from the conservative blogosphere and some others. They've also attracted sympathy and praise from many black academics and some others.
Among the comments Grundy made on Twitter, one that has led people to question her fairness as an instructor said, "Why is white america [sic] so reluctant to identify white college males as a problem population?" Another said, "Every [Martin Luther King Jr.] week I commit myself to not spending a dime in white-owned businesses. And every year [I] find it nearly impossible." At the end of April, after a multitweet conversation about the uniqueness of European slavery, Grundy allegedly wrote, "in other words, deal with your white sh*t [sic], white people. Slavery is a *YALL* thing."
As the story broke over the weekend, Grundy did not comment. But in her statement Tuesday, which she provided to Inside Higher Ed and others, she expressed regret over her tweets. Grundy explained them a bit and talked about her commitment to being inclusive of all students:
In the past year alone, the inconvenient matter of race has made itself an unavoidable topic of discussion in our country. These issues are uncomfortable for all of us, and yet, the events we now witness with regularity in our nation tell us that we can no longer circumvent the problems of difference with strategies of silence. I regret that my personal passion about issues surrounding these events led me to speak about them indelicately. I deprived them of the nuance and complexity that such subjects always deserve.
Grundy added:
As an experienced educator, I take seriously my responsibility to create an inclusive learning environment for all of my students. Both professionally and ethically, I am unequivocally committed to ensuring that my classroom is a space where all students are welcomed. I know firsthand that students learn best by discussing these issues openly and honestly without risk of censure or penalty. I look forward to more dialogues about race, diversity and inclusion in my career at Boston University, and to having the honor of knowing and teaching some of the finest minds in the world.
In his statement, Brown said he does not normally comment on the views of individual faculty members except to support their right to pursue ideas of their own choosing. He said:
We fully appreciate why many have reacted so strongly to her statements. Boston University does not condone racism or bigotry in any form, and we are committed to maintaining an educational environment that is free from bias, fully inclusive and open to wide-ranging discussions. We are disappointed and concerned by statements that reduce individuals to stereotypes on the basis of a broad category such as sex, race or ethnicity. I believe Dr. Grundy's remarks fit this characterization.
Added Brown:
I understand there is a broader context to Dr. Grundy's tweets and that, as a scholar, she has the right to pursue her research, formulate her views and challenge the rest of us to think differently about race relations. But we also must recognize that words have power and the words in her Twitter feed were powerful in the way they stereotyped and condemned other people. As a university president, I am accustomed to living in a world where faculty do—and should—have great latitude to express their opinions and provoke discussion. But I also have an obligation to speak up when words become hurtful to one group or another in the way they typecast and label its members. That is why I weigh in on this issue today.
Reaction to Brown's statement was mixed on BU's Facebook page. Some people backed Grundy (as have many of those posting comments on the #IStandWithSaida hashtag on Twitter). One comment typical of her supporters: "#IStandWithSaida because it disgusts me to know that speaking on racism is more reprehensible than actually being racist in this country."
Others noted that Grundy's field of sociology focuses considerable attention on race and inequality. "Speak to any sociology scholar committed to the truth and they will tell you that what she said about white males in our society is true. It's the entitlement," wrote one sociologist.
But many of those who are critical of her tweets said that, had a white person made similar comments about black men, that professor's career would likely be over. One woman who identified herself as an incoming freshman at BU (and whose photo suggests she is white) wrote that Brown's statement didn't go far enough:
I can't deny that all people in our great country have the right to free speech, but when the words she is posting on a public forum are so hateful and blatantly racist, is she still right to be educating at your school? If the situation were reversed and she were a white racist would you still be condoning this? As a university should you not be standing up for equality and sending the message that racist banter will not get you a job at a university like your's [sic] which is supposedly respected for the quality of education it gives? How can a women [sic] so clearly biased grade the papers of young white men in her class when she stereotypes them to be the "problem population" in such a racist manner? If she is so comfortable being racist on a public forum for the world to see, how will she act behind the closed doors of her classroom?
Among those who weighed in Tuesday on issues beyond the substance of Grundy's tweets was Tressie McMillan Cottom, who like Grundy is starting a career as an academic sociologist, in the case of Cottom at Virginia Commonwealth University. Cottom has a strong following among academics and writes regularly about issues of race and equality and a broad range of issues both in and out of academe.
What Cottom noted in the context of the Grundy furor was that many academics don't understand what it means to be a public voice in the era of social media. "What I really wanted to point out is how yet again we have an example of how woefully underprepared universities are to deal with the reality of public scholarship, public intellectuals or public engagement," she wrote. "In this age of affective economies of attention, weak ties can turn a mild grievance into something that feels like political action. Part of this moment should include publics calling on institutions to be explicit about what they owe those who venture into public waters. Because public scholarship means pissing people off. You think it does not or that it can be done without doing that. You are wrong."
Cottom said that the speed and scale of social media overwhelm academics. "In academia, where 20 readers is a big deal, 200 angry emails can feel like a tsunami of public opinion (it isn't). When three members of a committee can constitute a quorum, seeing 142 retweets of a negative opinion about your new assistant professor can feel like politics (it isn't). … Basically, the scale of current media is so beyond anything academia can grasp that those with agendas get a leg up on pulling the levers of universities' inherent [conservatism]."
If universities want their academics to speak out, Cottom said, everyone needs to be prepared. "If you want the reputational currency of public scholars you'd better have institutional processes and courage to go with it," she said.
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Have you ever left the home and forgotten your house keys? I certainly have.
It's actually quite a funny story.
My wife and I went to pick up the kids from school and out of habit, we locked the door that enters our home from the garage, but we didn't have the key on us. We returned from picking up the kids and suddenly realized. How are we going to get inside? We didn't have a spare key hidden outside. Family members that had a spare key lived nearly 2 hours away. What were we going to do?
I recently bought a hole saw attachment for my power drill for a DIY project. Guess what I used to get inside… I drilled a nice hole next to the door lock so I could get my hand through and reach the lock from the inside. Now… we have a hole in our door.
If only I had an electronic deadbolt like the Kwikset 910 z-Wave SmartCode, I wouldn't have gotten into this situation. Anyway, lets take a closer look at the Kwikset 910, so you don't do what I did.
The Kwikset Signature Series products are known for their elegant designer styles and superior quality of security, and the Kwikset 910 Z-Wave SmartCode Electronic Touchpad Deadbolt is no exception. This electronic deadbolt allows you to have a personalized code, so you can enter your home without a key. The SmartCode is easy to use, install, and program, operates on 4 AA batteries, and offers SmartKey re-key technology as a form of back-up.
The Kwikset 910 is the model up from the Kwikset 909 SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt. The key differences in the models is that the Kwikset 910 allows up to 30 customizable codes, and it comes with Z-Wave technology so you can connect it to your home automation system and lock your door from anywhere.
Some of the other great benefits of the Kwikset 910 is that you are able to control who has access to your home. You can re-key the lock yourself in a matter of seconds. This single cylinder deadbolt can be locked or unlocked by the turn button on the inside or a key on the outside. You need to re-key if you have recently moved or if you lose your keys. SmartKey provides a top quality and high level of residential security. Its added feature BumpGuard prevents lock bumping.
The satin nickel finish adds a crisp, clean and modern feel to the product.
The first thing you should do is pair your hub with the lock because locks like this one require safe and secure pairing with the hub and that necessitates a relatively more powerful signal from the hub. The signal may be strong enough to pair if you wait until you install the lock, but not to pair securely. This could leads to erratic behavior on the part of the device.
First grab the piece of the lock that goes inside the door, take the cover off and pull out the battery holder, insert the batteries and reinsert the holder. The arrows at the top should be pointing in the direction of the door. Then lay the lock component next to the hub, programming button side up. Set your hub in "inclusion" mode. Push the upper left "A" button once to put the lock component in Z-Wave inclusion mode. You will use the third button, bottom center later to program pin codes enabling manual operation of the lock.
Now you can begin with actually installing the lock itself.
Who is the Kwikset 910 for?
If you're looking for a electronic deadbolt that integrates with your Z-Wave system, then this is one you might want to consider.
Maybe you are like me and you keep forgetting your keys getting yourself locked out. With the Kwikset 910, all you need to do is press the lock button when you leave, and enter your code when you get back.
I like that its programming is pretty simple, that you don't need a Z-wave controller system to program and operate it. You can manually program two access codes without a Z-wave system. If you have one, you can program up to 30. The lock creates an alarm device that memorizes a number of events you can use as triggers, like for instance you can have the light in the hallway come on when a user code is entered to unlock the door at night, but all the lights are turned off when the door is locked from the outside.
Another advantage is that this lock allows 4 – 8 digit combinations, coming to a grand total of up to 400,000 permutations.
It is compatible with Amazon Alexa. What this means is you can control the device using your voice. Now that's smart!
You can't use a handheld controller to operate the product – your USB or Z-wave interface requires the latest firmware and you require a computerized controller like Homeseer.
Overall, the Kwikset 910 Z-Wave SmartCode Electronic Touchpad Deadbolt is a really great product that is affordable, convenient and adds an extra layer of security for the home. The easy installation and the sometimes lifesaving re-keying feature of the lock create an all-round high-value product experience.
Do you have an electronic deadbolt at your home? Are you looking a buying one in the near future? Leave me a comment below if you have any questions or have had experience using this product.


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News - April 7, 2016
Bob Dylan announces new studio album Fallen Angels
Bob Dylan has announced his new album Fallen Angels.
The album will be released on May 20th and features 12 tracks, all produced by Dylan, under his usual pseudonym of Jack Frost. It is available to pre-order on the right-hand side of the page.
You can hear 'Melancholy Mood' from the album by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
Fallen Angels is the follow-up to 2015's Shadows In The Night and once again sees Dylan covering 12 classic American songs, most of which were sung, at one time, by Frank Sinatra.
The album was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood in 2015 and you can see the artwork for Fallen Angels below:
The tracklisting for Fallen Angels is as follows:
'Young At Heart'
'Maybe You'll Be There'
'Polka Dots And Moonbeams'
'All The Way'
'Skylark'
'Nevertheless'
'All Or Nothing At All'
'On A Little Street In Singapore'
'It Had To Be You'
'Melancholy Mood'
'That Old Black Magic'
'Come Rain Or Come Shine'
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LACONIA — Gisela Inge (Meisterknecht) Goucher, 75, passed away peacefully at her home in Laconia on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, with her loving family by her side.
Gisela was born on July 25, 1943, in Konigsberg, East Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia). She is the daughter of the late Herbert and Helena (Loleit) Meisterknecht. Gisela attended business college in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and after completion worked for Bosch as a bookkeeper.
In December 1963, she moved to the United States to be with the love of her life, Edward Goucher; they married on March 21, 1964. Gisela settled in New Hampshire with Edward and together they raised three sons who blessed them with 12 grandchildren.
Gisela worked as a bookkeeper her entire life for various small businesses.
Gisela and her husband were devout Catholics and most recently attended St. Joseph in Laconia.
Gisela was a member of various clubs over the years, such as social sororities and German clubs. She loved to travel with her friends and husband and has been to five of the seven continents over the course of her life.
Gisela was known for her positivity, friendliness, compassion and confidence in anything she did. She is already missed by all who knew her.
Gisela is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Edward Goucher; her sons, Mark Goucher of Goffstown and his five children, Tom Goucher and his wife, Cindy, of Derry, and their four children, and Eric Goucher and his wife, Betsy, of Bedford, and their three children. Gisela also leaves behind her sister, Ilse (Meisterknecht) Marreck of Oberhausen, Germany; a niece, Anja Rothfuss, of Karlsruhe, Germany; and a nephew, Thomas Meisterknecht, of Cape Town, South Africa — Anja and Thomas being the children of Gisela's deceased brother, Joachim Meisterknecht. Gisela also leaves behind many other loving extended family members and friends.
Calling hours will be at Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 4 to 8 p.m., using the Carriage House entrance.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m. at St. Andre Bessette Parish-St. Joseph Church, 30 Church St., Laconia.
There will be a Celebration of Life immediately after the mass at the Beane Conference Center, 35 Blueberry Lane, Laconia, and will conclude at 2 p.m.
Burial, following the Celebration of Life, will be at the New Hampshire State Veterans' Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, at 3 p.m.
For those who wish, the family suggests memorial donations in Gisela's name to be made to the St. Vincent DePaul Society, PO Box 6123, Laconia, NH 03247.


Late Spring Newsletter 2017 - Aeration, Granite & Frogs!
Welcome to spring in Northern Michigan! Are you ready to get out there and start playing with your Michigan Pond? We are and it's always fun to see the frogs again. Read below to learn about pond aeration, some great granite fountains and a few common Michigan frogs.


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If, as Derrida says, the centreless economy represents the unthinkable,64 and if thought itself is centred economy, then it would seem plausible to suppose that it would be impossible even to conceive what it would be to refuse all centred economy, let alone communicate one's findings having refused it. Moreover, supposing that it was possible to refuse all centred economy, that incommunicability would be likely to condemn those who had accomplished it to even greater marginality than they enjoyed before.
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The question as to whether it is in fact possible to step outside of all centred economy can be raised. The question as to whether, even if it is possible, it would be a good thing to step outside of all centred economy can also be raised. If, as Derrida says, the centreless economy represents the unthinkable,64 and if thought itself is centred economy, then it would seem plausible to suppose that it would be impossible even to conceive what it would be to refuse all centred economy, let alone communicate one's findings having refused it.


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Kelly's Kitchen - A trio of roasted vegan recipes. Vegan delights at home.
People talk a lot about keeping things out of your diet, but I think what you put in is a lot more important. I'm always the happiest when my food has lots of veggies, herbs and legumes–so much colour and flavour, so satisfying and nutritious.
I don't have any dietary restrictions, personally, but I tend to lean Whole 30, Paleo, and plant-based/flexitarian when I'm looking for inspiration. Taking a positive approach to your food plan will make such a big difference in helping you feel like you have the time and energy to cook!
People think that gluten-free food is difficult or expensive to make. That is ridiculous! Unless you're trying to make pastries, bread, or pasta, almost any dish made from scratch will already be gluten-free by default.
I was invited around to a friend's house the other day for Sunday Roast, and I was so excited to have a home cooked version for the very first time. Roast dinner has a reputation for being heavy, but having great vegetable sides can make a huge difference in how you feel after the meal. At the same time, the sides still need to fit the meal, can't just add hummus and carrot sticks to everything (not that I don't try!). Here's the solution I came up with: a trio of roasted vegetables, each dead easy, that ended up being the star of the show!
Peel* and chop the beetroot and carrots (purple carrots are my personal favourite!). Toss with all remaining ingredients and slow-roast until "al dente" but still juicy, at least 45 minutes.
Peel, core and chop apples, and cut the largest few sprouts in half. Toss with remaining ingredients and slow-roast until sprouts are soft all the way through, about 30 minutes.
Peel and chop Celeriac, and crush the coriander seed a little. Toss with oil and salt and slow-roast until very soft, about 20 minutes. Toss with juice from the lemon.
*Always save your peels, off cuts and herb stems in a baggie in the freezer. Instant Pot vegetable broth is easy and delicious and only takes 1 minute prep time– Just pour the peels in straight from the freezer, cover with water, and press the soup button. Sorted!
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			<include refid="roleColumns"/>
		FROM sys_role
		<where>
		sys_role.delFlag = 0
		</where>
	</select>

	<select id="findListMap" resultType="map">
		SELECT
			sys_role.id lid,
    		sys_role.name name
		FROM sys_role
		<where>
		sys_role.delFlag = 0
		</where>
	</select>

	<select id="findAllList" resultType="Role">
	SELECT
		  <include refid="roleColumns"/>
		FROM sys_role
		INNER JOIN sys_user_role ON sys_user_role.roleId = sys_role.id
		INNER JOIN sys_user ON sys_user.id = sys_user_role.userId
		WHERE sys_role.delFlag = 0
		<if test="user != null and user.id != null and user.id != ''">
			AND sys_user.id = #{user.id}
		</if>
		<if test="user != null and user.loginName != null and user.loginName != ''">
			AND sys_user.loginName = #{user.loginName}
		</if>
		ORDER BY sys_role.name
	</select>

	<insert id="insert" keyProperty="id" useGeneratedKeys="true">
		INSERT INTO sys_role(
			name,
			roleType,
			createBy,
			departId,
			remarks
		) VALUES (
			#{name},
			#{roleType},
			#{createBy},
			#{departId},
			#{remarks}
		)
	</insert>
	<!-- 更新信息 -->
	<update id="update" >
		update sys_role t
		<set>
			<if test="model.id!=null ">t.id = #{model.id},</if>
			<if test="model.name!=null ">t.name = #{model.name},</if>
			<if test="model.enname!=null ">t.enname = #{model.enname},</if>
			<if test="model.departId!=null ">t.departid = #{model.departId},</if>
			<if test="model.roleType!=null ">t.roletype = #{model.roleType},</if>
			<if test="model.dataScope!=null ">t.datascope = #{model.dataScope},</if>
			<if test="model.createBy!=null ">t.createby = #{model.createBy},</if>
			<if test="model.createDate!=null ">t.createdate = #{model.createDate},</if>
			<if test="model.updateBy!=null ">t.updateby = #{model.updateBy},</if>
			<if test="model.updateDate!=null ">t.updatedate = #{model.updateDate},</if>
			<if test="model.remarks!=null ">t.remarks = #{model.remarks},</if>
			<if test="model.delFlag!=null ">t.delflag = #{model.delFlag},</if>
		</set>
		where id = #{model.id}
	</update>

	<delete id="deleteRoleMenu">
		DELETE FROM sys_role_menu WHERE role_id = #{id}
	</delete>

	<insert id="insertRoleMenu">
		INSERT INTO sys_role_menu(role_id, menu_id)
		<foreach collection="menuList" item="menu" separator=" union all ">
			SELECT #{id}, #{menu.id} FROM dual
		</foreach>
	</insert>

	<delete id="deleteRoleOffice">
		DELETE FROM sys_role_office WHERE role_id = #{id}
	</delete>

	<insert id="insertRoleOffice">
		INSERT INTO sys_role_office(role_id, office_id)
		<foreach collection="officeList" item="office" separator=" union all ">
			SELECT #{id}, #{office.id} FROM dual
		</foreach>
	</insert>

	<update id="delete">
		UPDATE sys_role SET
			delFlag = #{DEL_FLAG_DELETE}
		WHERE id = #{id}
	</update>

	<select id="queryForPage" resultType="Role" parameterType="java.util.HashMap" >
		SELECT
			sys_role.id,
			sys_role.name,
			sys_role.enname,
			sys_role.isDef,
			sys_role.roleType,
			sys_role.dataScope,
			sys_role.remarks,
			sys_user.name as createBy,
			sys_role.createDate,
			sys_role.updateBy,
			sys_role.updateDate,
			sys_role.delFlag,
			COUNT(sys_user_role.userId)resourceCount,
			(
				CASE
				WHEN COUNT(sys_user_role.userId)> 0 THEN
					'已设置'
				WHEN COUNT(sys_user_role.userId)= 0 THEN
					'未设置'
				END
			)AS rstate
		FROM
			sys_role
		LEFT JOIN sys_user_role ON sys_role.id = sys_user_role.roleId
		LEFT JOIN sys_user ON sys_user.id=sys_role.createBy
		<where>
			sys_role.delFlag=0
			<if test="o.name!=null and o.name!='' ">
			and sys_role.name like '%${o.name}%'
			</if>
		</where>
		GROUP BY
		sys_role.id,
		sys_role.name,
		sys_role.enname,
		sys_role.isDef,
		sys_role.roleType,
		sys_role.dataScope,
		sys_role.remarks,
		sys_role.createBy,
		sys_role.createDate,
		sys_role.updateBy,
		sys_role.updateDate,
		sys_role.delFlag
	</select>

	<select id="getRoleCountForUser" resultType="Integer">
		select COUNT(1) as c from sys_user_role
		LEFT JOIN sys_user on sys_user.id=sys_user_role.userId
		where roleId=#{roleid} and sys_user.delFlag=0
	</select>

</mapper>

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