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Former Oakland manager led Athletics to two World Series titles.
JOSH DUBOW | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who won two World Series titles with Oakland and led two other franchises to pennants, has died. He was 82.
Williams died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at a hospital near his home in Henderson, Nev., the Hall of Fame said.
''I admired the man,'' said Athletics broadcaster Ray Fosse, who was Williams' starting catcher in Oakland. ''I played for a lot of managers, and I can't say there was one I respected more than Dick Williams, as a person and a manager. He was a good man.''
Williams won pennants with Boston and San Diego as well as the championships in Oakland, joining Hall of Famer Bill McKechnie as the only managers ever to take three franchises to the World Series.
He also helped build the Montreal Expos team that went to the playoffs in the strike-shortened 1981 season as he built on his success turning around struggling franchises with his no-nonsense approach.
''I owe Dick a lot,'' said Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who played for Williams in San Diego. ''The city and the Padres owe him a lot. I think a lot of fans bought right into it like the players did, like in '82, when he first took over, then '84 when we went to the World Series. I think the fans realized that his style of play, the way he wanted us to play, could be successful if we bought in, and we did.''
But he had his biggest success during three tumultuous seasons in Oakland in the 1970s.
Williams led the Athletics to 101 wins and a division title his first year in 1971 before being swept by Baltimore in the AL Championship Series.
He then won World Series titles the next two years with Charley Finley's brash team.
''He came to us at a very good time in our development and certainly for me as a young player full of talent . . . ,'' Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said.
''We were young and needed to understand how to go about winning and take the final step to become a great team. He was very important in that. He demanded excellence.''
That group with Jackson that included other eventual Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter became the first team to repeat since the 1961-62 Yankees.
But fed up with Finley's meddling style of ownership, Williams resigned after the 1973 title instead of sticking around for what turned out to be a third straight championship season.
''He was a brilliant and feisty leader, and universally recognized as one of the greatest managers in Major League history,'' A's owner Lew Wolff said. Before coming to Oakland, Williams was part of Boston's memorable ''Impossible Dream'' team in 1967 that won the pennant for the first time since 1946 before losing the World Series in seven games to St. Louis.
The Red Sox had finished ninth in the 10-team American League the previous year, helping form Williams' reputation as a master of the turnaround.
Williams also led the Padres to their first playoff berth and first NL pennant in 1984. San Diego lost to Detroit in five games in the Series that year.
''He knew how to win,'' said Rangers pitching coach Andy Hawkins, who pitched for Williams on the Padres.
Williams had an overall record of 1,571-1,451 in 21 seasons, also spending time with the Angels and Seattle Mariners. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008 after being elected by the Veterans Committee.
''Well, he wasn't like they are today. He could raise some hell,'' said baseball lifer Don Zimmer, a former Colorado Rockies coach who played with Williams in Brooklyn in the 1950s. ''Great manager. He really knew what he was doing.''
Williams was back in Cooperstown, N.Y., last month when he managed both teams at the Hall of Fame Classic at Doubleday Field in a legends contest featuring six Hall of Famers and 20 former major league stars.
''Dick Williams' lasting legacy will be his innate ability to lead, turning franchises into winners wherever he managed,'' Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson said. ''No one wore the mantle of 'Hall of Famer' more proudly than Dick. We will miss him in Cooperstown.''
Williams also played 13 years in the majors for the Dodgers, Orioles, Indians, A's and Red Sox. He had a .260 career average with 70 homers and 331 RBIs as mostly a part-time player. He retired after the 1964 season and soon began his career as a manager. There will be no funeral services held.


Kairos, an organization for young entrepreneurs, founded in 2008 as the Kairos Society, opened the world's first venture fund, reports of which appeared earlier this year.
The $ 25 million fund will focus on companies that are working to solve the real problems facing the middle class in America and abroad. In fact, the fund and its investment thesis are the answer to the often heard complaint that Silicon Valley does not focus its energy on people who most need support.
Ankur Jain, the founder of Kairos, explained that entrepreneurs (and the capital that supports them) are too attached to the development of the hype, which stimulates innovation in the Valley. Venture fund Kairos has a different idea. They want to support entrepreneurs who are ready to attack the impending problems, which, if not solved, will become more serious and continue to infringe on the middle class.
Five areas were identified that are most in need of investment, and those areas where technology can have an impact on the lifestyle of the middle class. Kairos has already started looking for companies dealing with these issues. One of their early investments is a startup for the care of the elderly in the UK called Cera, which combines a digital platform with care services to optimize and shorten the time (and cost) for those who care for the old people.
Kairos is a venture fund that focuses on financial companies that want to work on critical issues before they truly become a global catastrophe.
As previously reported, the District Ventures fund is going to invest $ 3 million in startups.


My Domestic Monastery: Day 7: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!
Day 7: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!
Happy Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. And happy book release day!!!!
You can buy a paperback here, a Kindle copy here, or a PDF here.
I am sooo excited for you to get to see it, and to (hopefully) hold a copy in your hands soon!
I want to tell you a little bit more about this book, and what makes it so incredibly unique. As someone with an educational background in theology/catechesis, it is really important to me that the religious picture books my girls read are quality. I want them to have beautiful pictures and solid theology. I want them to draw them deeper in their love for God.
I had all of this in mind when I wrote the book, and when I asked Heather of Audrey Eclectic to illustrate it. This book is all of that, but it's also so much more - it's an tool for parents and children to pray together.
Each mystery includes a (scripted) introduction for the parent to read, and a reflection (written in verse) designed to help the child(ren) imagine themselves in the mystery.
In my work with individuals with intellectual disabilities, one of the things that have been most important to me is having the faith be incredibly rich but accessible. I want little ones to understand the mysteries, but I don't want them to be watered down, you know? This book strikes that lovely balance.
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The crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth is my favorite mystery. So excited that the book is out.
So excited this book is out!! My favorite mystery is the Annunciation.
My favorite mystery is the Visitation. This book looks great!
I think my favorite mystery really changes with the liturgical season and my life circumstances - right now maybe the visitation? So excited!
My favorite is the Visitation and my three-year-old recently declared that to be her favorite as well.
My favorite mystery changes between the Agony in the Garden and the Nativity. And the Annunciation is up there too.
The Carrying of the Cross was my fave for the longest time...but now it might be a very close tie between that and the Annunciation.
The Visitation. The Agony in the Garden. This book looks lovely, Michele.


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Pakistan – Defence budget hiked by 15 per cent
By Kamran Yousaf
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased its defence spending by 15% for the coming fiscal year, as the military remains engaged in fighting a deadly Taliban insurgency in the strife-torn tribal regions.
The defence budget has been jacked up to Rs627.2 billion for the financial year beginning July 1, compared to Rs545.3 billion allocated in the outgoing fiscal year, showing an increase of Rs82 billion.
However, against the original allocation of Rs545.3 billion, the military overspent Rs25 billion, raising the total expenditure to Rs570 billion in 2012-13.
According to the budget document, the lion's share went to the army which got Rs301.54 billion, followed by the air force with Rs131.18 billion and the navy with Rs62.80 billion.
Of the total Rs627.2 billion, Rs271.2 billion have been allocated for employees-related expenses, Rs162.2 billion for operating expenses and Rs131.3 billion for physical assets.
However, the figures do not include over Rs132.7 billion allocated for pensions of the retired military personnel that would be paid from the civilian budget and a separate allocation for the security-related expenses, a move which critics say seeks to conceal the actual defence spending.
In addition to this, the military will also be given Rs150 billion under the contingent liability, Rs70 billion under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) and Rs35 billion has been allocated for the military's services to the UN peacekeeping missions in the coming fiscal year. This means a whopping Rs1,014 billion have been allocated for the military, which is about 28.2% of the country's total budget.
The defence budget – which has never been properly debated in Parliament – has remained a sensitive and controversial subject in Pakistan and there have been calls for greater scrutiny of the spending.
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Pakistan's economy Plugging leaks, poking holes – Who will pay for Pakistan's state?
PAKISTAN'S national poet, Muhammad Iqbal, believed the subcontinent's Muslims needed to unite if they were to prosper. Without a strong sense of nationhood, he wrote, "mountains become straw and are blown away in the wind".
Poetry and taxes do not often mix. But those melancholy lines grace an analysis of Pakistan's fiscal plight by Ehtisham Ahmad of the London School of Economics. The country's tax revenues have collapsed. Its debt is almost certainly unsustainable without outside help. And yet Pakistan does not pull together. "Textile lobbies, the urban gentry, traders and agriculturists, all point to the other and say: Tax that group first, but do not tax me," Mr Ahmad writes.
The tax authorities can identify a mere 768,000 individuals who paid income tax last year. Even fewer—just 270,000—have paid something in each of the past three years. That is one reason why Pakistan's tax revenues amounted to only 9.1% of GDP in the latest fiscal year, one of the lowest ratios in the world (see chart). These are exceedingly narrow shoulders on which to rest a nuclear-armed state of 180m people. The culture of cheating starts at the top. Most members of parliament, many of them conspicuously affluent, do not file tax returns.
In the months before an election, due by May, the government of President Asif Zardari of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is proposing a controversial remedy: an amnesty for evaders. They will be invited to wipe the slate clean with a one-off payment of only 40,000 rupees ($400). The government says it is a quick way to resuscitate the public finances and expand the tax net. Its critics see the amnesty as a boon for politically connected crooks.
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US House panel OKs defense bill, limits Pakistan aid
WASHINGTON: The House Appropriations Committee has approved a defense spending bill that imposes limits on US aid to Pakistan and creates a special bipartisan group to review the US role in Afghanistan.
The panel gave the go-ahead to the bill on a voice vote Tuesday. The legislation would provide $530 billion for the Defense Department and $119 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill is $9 billion less than President Barack Obama requested.
The bill would withhold 75 per cent of the $1.1 billion in US aid to Pakistan until the administration reports to Congress on how it would spend the money. Reflecting the frustration with Pakistan's effort in battling terrorism, the committee adopted an amendment that gives Congress even more power to review the spending.
Courtesy: DAWN.COM
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Army's one-day spending equivalent to one-year education ministry budget – The News
by Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan spends Rs1.35 billion per day over the three armed forces just under the head of salaries and operating expenses only, Rs8.60 million daily on the president and prime minister, Rs7.8 million per day on the Senate and National Assembly but a paltry amount of three lakh rupees per day to take care of human rights, show the budget documents.
It further discloses that the Army's one-day spending is equivalent to the running year's total allocation for education ministry, and the air-force's per day expenditures far exceed what was allocated to the health ministry for running the financial year ending this month.
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Pakistan – Borrow until broke: how to make a nation fail
– Dr Manzur Ejaz
The lack of governance, irresponsible spending by the governing elite and non-collection of income taxes are the biggest hurdles. Power shortages, corruption and nepotism are major hurdles for the private sector to increase production. The opportunism of different political parties does not allow any government to devise a rational policy …
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Pakistan will increase its defense spending by 17 per cent in the 2010-11 fiscal year to 442.2 billion rupees ($5.17 billion), up from 378.13 billion in 2009/10 and spent only 2% of GDP on education and who cares for Health in Pakistan! that's why cuts in health sector funds in this budget. Everybody just want every thing free in Pakistan!!?? Nobody is willing to give tax. Even doctors, surgeons and private hospitals who earned billions of rupees from health sector are not willing to give any tax.
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Site of Roman Settlement 500m W of Welford Church
A Roman settlement visible as a series of cropmarks to the north west of Welford on Avon
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The possible site of a Roman settlement. Enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and Roman pottery has been found at the site. It is situated 500m north west of Welford on Avon.
2 Enclosures, linear features and penannular gullies show on aerial photographs. Morphologically these marks are probably of Roman date.
3 Grey shelly ware, fragments of 'Glevum ware', three sherds of Samian – one rim, black-burnished, roof-tile, ?tegula. Plateau with all finds spilled over towards river. Hard red mortarium and part of a lid held by Peter Russell.
4 Letter in Birmingham Museum records that sherds were picked up on the E boundary of the field and that a proper investigation was impossible. There are also some large blocks of stone. On the other side of the hedge in the meadow are a series of irregularities, small mounds and hollows, occupying an area about 22.8m long and 9.1m wide on the crest of the slope leading down to the river.
5 Scheduled as Warwickshire Monument No 155.
8 Site no 50 in survey.
9 Correspondence from 1972.
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A Baptist Chapel which was built during the Victorian period. It is situated on Church Lane, Temple Grafton.
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Even with all that support and adaptability, they're no different to any other employer and frustrated with that call in the morning with someone calling in sick. There were 131 million sick days across the UK in 2017 and at Populus Select 46 days were lost to sickness, costing the business thousands of pounds.
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Michael Jackson Talks Perfection, God in Odd 'Blank on Blank' Interview
The pre-King of Pop forces interviewer to filter questions through 13-year-old Janet Jackson in strange 1980 clip
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From John and Yoko to Tupac, PBS Digital Studios' Blank on Blank series has taken music journalists' unheard audiotapes and fused them with clever animation. Now the series has unveiled yet another amazing interview: An intimate conversation with Michael Jackson from January 1980, years before Thriller and his ascension to the King of Pop. In the interview, Jackson – and, in a way, his sister Janet – discuss labeling music, perfectionism, meeting Quincy Jones and godliness while chatting with music historian John Pidgeon.
"I do deeply believe in perfection. I'm never satisfied," a young Jackson tells Pidgeon. "I'll cut a track or something, I'll come home and I say, 'No, that's not right, we got to do it over, it's not right.' And then go back and back and back. Then, when it's finally out, you say, 'Darn it, I should have done this.' It's Number One on the charts, you're still screaming about what you should have done." Jackson also speaks out at being labeled – at the time – as a disco artist, saying that all music is music, and genres are like trying to figure out if a beautiful birdcall is courtesy of a blue jay or a crow.
The dynamics of the interview are just as weird as the answers: Michael Jackson forces Pidgeon to direct questions to his sister, a then-13-year-old Janet, who in turn asks her older brother Michael the same question he just heard Pidgeon say aloud. For example, Pidgeon asks Janet, "When Michael is in the studio, is it important for him to go for a vocal straight away or does he kind of build up to doing the one," and then Janet asks Michael, "When you're in the studio, does it… do you… do you have to go for a vocal straight away or do you have to build up to it?" It's an odd game of "Telephone," but it's captured perfectly in the animation.
We also learn from this unearthed interview that Jackson needed only one take to record the vocals for "Ben," his 1972 ode to a rat and the singer's first solo Number One hit. Jackson also discusses meeting Jones for the first time at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house. It's an enlightening, candid look at the future King of Pop before fame forced him to become a recluse. For the entire Jackson interview with Pidgeon, check out Rock's Back Pages.


Bake a festive loaf of rich holiday brioche from this easy recipe using a bread machine. Frost with a simple white glaze and top with colorful sprinkles. The brioche looks so festive on the table and is a lovely food gift idea.
Get your bread maker out and gather the recipe ingredients. Warm the milk and soften the butter. It is a good idea to allow the eggs to come to room temperature too. Place all of the ingredients into the pan and set the bread maker to the dough setting and start. After 2-3 minutes, I like to peek inside and sometimes need to scrape the sides with a rubber spatula to be sure all of the ingredients get incorporated.
When the cycle is competed, remove the dough and place on a silicone baking mat.
Divide the dough into three equal pieces. You can eyeball this but I like to be more exact and use my kitchen scale.
With your hands, rolls each piece of dough into a length of about 14-inches long.
Braid the three pieces of dough and place into a lightly sprayed loaf pan.
Place a clean towel over the bread dough and place in a draft-free, warm place to rise.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. for just 2 minutes. I use the stove timer and immediately turn the oven off and the 2-minute time. This is just enough time to create a warm place for the bread dough to rise. I have an electric stove so I don't know how this will work with one that uses gas.
This is how the bread looks after rising.
Separate an egg and beat the white.
Gently brush the top of the loaf with the beaten egg white wash. Place in the oven and bake.
Remove the bread from the pan and place on a cooling rack.
As the brioche is cooling, prepare the frosting.
Remove from pan and allow to cool slightly before frosting.
In a small bowl, stir together all of the ingredients until smooth. I like to spread the frosting on the brioche while it is still just a little warm so that it has a few drips but not so warm that the frosting melts and turns to a glaze.
Lorraine, that looks delicious and so beautiful!! It would certainly make a lovely gift!


JAMES have announced a massive December arena tour to round off a very successful year.
The band have also started work on their next album, working once again with Brian Eno, who produced 1993's 'Laid'. The forthcoming new LP, which is as-yet untitled, is due out early in 1999. This year the band notched up their first Number One with their 'Best Of' album, which has now sold 500,000 copies. The new album will be the follow up to last year's 'Whiplash' which went Top Ten.


Having never met the man, I have no idea whether I'm like him! But I'm guessing this is not the real question being asked.
I choose to call myself a Medical Intuitive.
So, what is a Medical Medium and what's the difference between a Medical Medium and a Medical Intuitive?
The title, Medical Medium, has soared to popularity with the recent release of the book by the same name. Author, Anthony William, created this title to describe the valuable work he does with people who seek out his unique health advice.
I don't call myself a Medical Medium. Here's why.
A medium is a person who communicates directly with specific spirits or entities. Often communicating with people who have died, mediums channel information from entities beyond the 3D world we live in.
An intuitive accesses information from a wide variety of sources using an intuitive or psychic connection. The intuitive may receive information from spirits. Or may read a person's soul energy, past lives, generational history, genetic makeup, fears or subconscious programming. They may also, like me, access the anatomy and physiology of another person. This information is not generally told to them by an entity like it is for a medium. They receive it directly through their intuitive connection.
So, in the case of the Medical Medium, William communicates directly with an entity he knows as "Spirit of the Most High" or "Spirit of Compassion". He calls him Spirit, for short. Spirit speaks to him in his ear and tells him what to tell his clients. Spirit also told William that he is the only Medical Medium that he communicates through.
William describes this as a relentless, ongoing commentary. I've even heard him say that he could be bound by the feet, dangling upside down from a tree and beaten by men with sticks. And he would still know what was wrong with each one of his attackers. Spirit never stops talking to him.
As a Medical Intuitive, I have learned to be able to switch off and on my intuitive guidance for others. Plagued with energy overwhelm in the past, hospitals, shopping centres and social gatherings were a minefield for me. I was often swamped by the information I constantly received on behalf of those around me.
But with practice and training, I've learned to set energetic boundaries around what I receive from others and when.
I don't envy Anthony William. It must be a gruelling existence, at times, not being able to switch off the voice in his ear. I'm very grateful that I have the option to turn the volume down on my intuitive guidance.
My body is also happier. The physical effect of receiving constant intuited or psychic information can be catastrophic, no matter how it is channelled. In the past, I have suffered terribly with physical symptoms that weren't mine. Some of them quite scary. Learning how to separate myself from my intuitive work has been life-changing.
information on behalf of others.
I receive information directly through my intuitive connection with a client. I intuitively access my client's anatomy, physiology, psychology, genetics, generational history, chakra system, energy field, past lives, soul contracts, subconscious fears and limiting beliefs. I also clearly see my client's soul. The soul is the eternal part of you. The part that holds your true vibration – who you really are on a deep, unique, soul level.
And this information flows directly to me from my client. Not through a spirit or entity who tells me what to say.
And this is why I don't call myself a Medical Medium.
To read more about how I work with clients all over the world, click here.


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Racing Back to the Front--My Memoir
By Jeff Gordon
With Steve Eubanks
Jeff Gordon's long-awaited racing memoir -- an unprecedented and thrilling look inside the life of a NASCAR champion.
It didn't matter that Jeff Gordon hailed from California -- hardly a fountain of stockcar pedigree -- or that they said he was too small to race with the big boys on the dirt tracks and ovals of his youth. It didn't matter that Dale Earnhardt called this upstart "Wonderboy" -- no one raced the legendary Earnhardt harder, and no two drivers had more respect for each other. And it didn't matter that the racing world said Gordon was finished with the breakup of the crew on the #24 car and the departure of Ray Evernham, his crew chief, in 1999 -- he came back two seasons later to win a record-equaling fourth Winston Cup, this time with Robbie Loomis as crew chief. In the end, all that matters is that Jeff Gordon is the greatest living NASCAR champion, and it only remains to be seen just how many championships he can win.
But what's it really like to climb into a stockcar every weekend and challenge for a championship? Offering a never-before-seen entry into the thrilling world of NASCAR racing, Jeff Gordon takes us into the cockpit of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet car; right into the garages where his cars are made; and inside the lives and efforts of his extraordinary team, the Rainbow Warriors. Just how does his car get built, tested, and driven, and how do these personalities mesh into a championship team? Along the way we find out what he thinks of life as both a NASCAR champion and a never-left-alone celebrity, where he came from and to whom he owes all his successes, and above all, what it takes to be a champion in one of the most dangerous and thrilling sports of all.
Jeff Gordon: Racing Back to the Front -- My Memoir is a pit pass all its own, giving passionate NASCAR fans unique access into the life and career of one of the most storied champions in the sport.
Chapter One: Travel and Leisure
For most of us there is no such thing as typical week for a NASCAR team. My calendar is booked as far as nine months out, and there are few weeks where I can find anything resembling a pattern. I might be testing a car in Rockingham, North Carolina, on a Tuesday and shooting a promotional commercial for Pepsi the Tuesday after that. I could be in the shop meeting with Robbie and the crew this Wednesday, and the following Wednesday I might be in Wilmington, Delaware, for a DuPont appearance. I try to keep my calendar as organized as possible, but the only thing that's certain about my schedule is that there's rarely any downtime.
I try to segment my days into one-hour increments, and as I look at my calendar for the next month, almost every hour is blocked. That's why it's so hard for me to commit to anything at the last minute. The producers of Live with Regis and Kelly have asked me several times to fill in for Regis on his show, and while I've been able to do it a couple of times, there have been more times when I've had to turn them down. I use that as an example, because I love doing that show. I have a great time, I always meet interesting people, and it's good exposure for our sport and our sponsors. If I could say yes every time they call, I certainly would. But my commitments are such that I can't.
The only day I block out for myself is Monday. After the conclusion of a race I change out of my race suit, say good-bye to the team, and head to the airport, where I either fly home or scoot off to meet some friends. For the next twenty-four hours I try to do nothing but take care of myself. I might spend the day doing laundry or paying bills. I might go to Lake Norman outside Charlotte, go out on my boat. Sometimes I go to New York. I love the city because my friends and I can walk around, shop, eat, and for the most part be completely anonymous. I also love to dive, so I might go somewhere that I can spend a little time underwater. I bought a new car on a Monday; I do most of my banking on Mondays. Most of the things people do on their weekends or during vacations, I try to squeeze into Mondays.
I try to keep Tuesdays open so I can devote my full attention to those sponsors and media to whom I've committed, whether it's an appearance at a DuPont customer conference or a series of magazine interviews and photo shoots. Unfortunately, I can't say yes to every request. Jon Edwards, who fields most of my media contacts, estimates that I get a hundred requests a week, and he has to turn most of those down because of time. I don't like saying no, but I don't have any choice.
If we've scheduled a test for Tuesday, that's what I do; the car and the team come first no matter what. I'm fortunate to have sponsors who understand that, and they don't mind if I turn down an appearance request because of a test. Getting to Victory Lane is the most important thing for them as well as for us. We try to schedule appearances far enough in advance to avoid any conflicts, but on the few occasions when I'm being pulled in two different directions, our sponsors understand that I'm always going to err on the side of the car and the team.
When I first got in a Winston Cup car in late 1992, I tried to do everything for everybody. If a local reporter wanted an interview, I would call him back immediately and give him as much time as he needed. If a local auto parts store wanted me to do a one-hour appearance, I'd show up and give them as much time as they needed, even if the company didn't sponsor our car. At the time, that wasn't unusual. Most drivers worked out their own one-day or one-hour appearances. We were all trying to grow the sport, and I was trying to get my name out, so we did whatever we could to promote ourselves. A couple of years and a few hundred mistakes later, I realized I was spreading myself way too thin, and doing a disservice to the companies footing the bill for me to go racing. Some of my sponsors saw me doing these one-day autograph signings and wondered why they were writing such big checks when, for a daily rate, I would go anywhere for anybody. Now, I've chosen a few select sponsor/partners and work with them exclusively. I'm able to give them more time, attention, and exposure, and they don't have to worry about me being overextended and distracted. They're happy, and I'm happy.
That doesn't mean I don't have conflicts. I remember one Monday after a race in Kansas (a race I won), I scheduled a quick trip to Las Vegas for a Warner Brothers movie shoot. I was tired after racing five hundred miles, but the shoot was scheduled for 10 P.M. I figured I'd be on the plane heading home by midnight. What I didn't count on was all of the retakes pushing the shoot back five hours. By the time we started shooting my segment, it was 3 A.M. We finished a little after five, and I got back to Charlotte at 1 P.M. on Tuesday. So much for that day off.
Barring any other conflicts, Wednesday is my day to be in the Charlotte office and race shop. That might mean I spend the entire day meeting with Robbie and our team manager, Brian Whitesell, or I might spend the day with my business manager, Bob Brannan. Fortunately, my business offices are on the second floor of the building that houses the shop for the 24 car and the 48 car (driven by Jimmie Johnson, of which I'm also a co-owner). That puts my licensing operations, my fan club, the merchandizing division, and my foundations offices under the same roof as our mechanics, engineers, fabricators, and pit crew personnel, which works out great for me. I can spend the morning autographing die-cast cars for my foundation, have a quick in-house lunch with my business manager, and spend the afternoon going over next week's race with Robbie and Brian.
While in the Charlotte office, I make it a point to wander around the shop and speak to the guys. I don't intrude, and I certainly don't step on Robbie and Brian's managerial authority, but it's important that everyone in the shop see me and know that I don't just show up at the track on the weekends. I'm still learning a lot about the details of our sport, so it's good that I spend time with the guys who are putting the cars underneath me. I know a lot about the cars (I've been driving and working on cars since I was a kid), but I also know that the technology has advanced beyond my expertise. I rely on our mechanics and engineers to put the best and safest car on the track every week. But it's good for them to know that I'm there for them if they have any questions, or if they need to talk to me about anything.
Late in our 2002 season, for example, one of the guys in our fabrication shop, who also serves on the over-the-wall crew on race day, got an offer to go to another team. Robbie told me about the offer when I was in the shop, and I was able to get with Rick Hendrick and work out a counteroffer that allowed our guy to stay with us. That's part of what I do, now.
That hasn't always been the case. In my early days in Winston Cup, I was the driver and nothing more. The team was employed by Rick and answered to my first crew chief, Ray Evernham. I focused on what I knew, which wasn't running a race team. Now, Robbie and Brian are the bosses who make the day-to-day operational decisions. Rick and I are the co-owners. Someday, when I'm no longer driving, I'll become more involved in the operational side of things. Right now, I'm content to listen, learn, be around when I'm needed, and drive the car.
If a sponsor commitment forces me to miss my Wednesday shop appearance, I'll shuffle things around to be in the office on Tuesday, or Thursday before leaving for the track. I won't schedule a sponsor appearance for a Thursday unless it's on the way to a track. If we're scheduled to race in Talladega, Alabama, for example, and one of my sponsors wants me to appear in Birmingham, I look at that as a great opportunity. But if I'm racing in New Hampshire and the sponsor wants me to travel to Dallas on Thursday, I have to say, "I'm sorry. Hopefully we can do it some other time."
Having my own plane (or, rather, making finance payments on my own plane) helps. I don't have to go through the lines at commercial airports or work my travel around airline schedules. Currently I write checks to the bank for a Falcon 200, a midsize private jet. It's expensive, but when I look at the time I save, and the number of things I'm able to do for our team and for my sponsors because of the jet, I know it's worth every cent.
Usually the plane touches down somewhere near the racetrack on Thursday night, and the rest of my week is spent either driving the car or thinking about the race on Sunday.
The team's schedule is little more predictable, but no less strenuous. The team members who were not at the race the previous weekend (which is about seventy people, far and away the majority of the staff) get to work about six-thirty on Monday morning. At seven, they have a managers' meeting that includes Robbie; Brian; Joe Berardi, our head engineer; Ron Thiel, who, as I've mentioned, is also my spotter; Mark Thoreson, the shop foreman; Pete Haferman, our chief engineer; Wes Ayers, the fabrication shop manager; and Ken Howes, whom we fondly refer to as the "sage from South Africa." Ken, a native of Cape Town, is the competition manager for all Hendrick Motorsports teams, and a guy who knows more about racing than anyone else in the business. Nothing slips by him. Sometimes, especially if there are any big-picture issues to discuss, Rick Hendrick will sit in on these meetings.
At 7:25, the meeting breaks up, and the individual managers have meetings with the men and women in their departments. This is where the managers set the agenda for the day and give the team an overview of what to expect the rest of the week.
The race-day personnel, the guys who go over the wall, and who most novice fans assume compose our entire race team, take Monday off. They usually fly back to Charlotte on Sunday night, or, if the race was close by, they carpool home. Like me, they are usually spent when they hit their pillows on Sunday night. A day of rest and recovery is crucial to keep them fresh and motivated.
As for the bulk of the team -- the guys the public never sees, and the ones the novice NASCAR viewer never knew existed, but who are just as important -- their hands are full on Monday morning. By eight o'clock, the transporter has pulled into the shop and both cars (the primary car and the backup car from the previous race) have been unloaded. Four men, known as the postrace crew, spend Monday morning stripping the cars, taking out the suspension, removing the engine, washing the chassis, and bringing all the parts into a twelve-by-twenty-five-foot room known as the parts room. All the parts are inspected, cleaned, and serviced. Any unusual damage or wear is logged and reported to the crew chief, and the parts are all tagged for future reference. The suspension goes to another similarly sized room where it's also checked and cleaned.
At the same time, the car body is being washed in the back. After a thorough scrubbing by the crew, the body-shop manager comes out to inspect any damage. Even if I didn't crash the car, there are always dents and dings. A good clean race means we've had lots of fender rubbing and not-so-gentle nudges, all of which leave scars on the car. The body manager notes all of those blemishes and determines which parts must be repaired or replaced.
After a car goes through postrace, it's brought onto the main floor of the shop, where the mechanics put in a new engine and suspension and get it ready for its next outing. A five-hundred-mile race, plus practice and qualifying laps, at 180 miles an hour is all an engine and suspension can take. As for the chassis, the next outing might be in a couple of weeks or in a few months. Most fans know that teams have more than two cars, but I don't think many realize how many cars we have. Before the start of the 2003 season, we had as many as thirty cars (for both the 24 and 48 teams) on our shop floor at once. We have cars for superspeedways, cars for short tracks, cars for intermediate tracks, and cars for road courses. We have six cars specifically for the Daytona and Talladega, even though we only run four races a year at those two tracks. I used to give names to the cars, most starting with the letter B -- Boomer, Backdraft, Beavis, Butthead, and so on -- as a way of personalizing my relationship with the machines. If Boo has a good run in Rockingham, it will go through postrace and be set up for its next start, even though that might not be until we go back to Rockingham in three months' time.
On Tuesday morning the over-the-wall crew comes in, and the entire road crew, including the mechanics and the engineers who are at the track Thursday through Saturday, but who aren't a part of the over-the-wall crew on Sunday, meet with the crew chief to go over track notes from the previous race. Tire specialists, engineers, the gasman, the jackman, and all the mechanics go through every detail of the race. Did the tires wear the way we expected? Did the temperatures in the car stay where we thought they would? How did our lap times improve or get worse as we made various adjustments? What were the tire pressures and track conditions when we were running our fastest laps? How fast did we get in and out of the pits, and what can we do in the future to shorten those times by a fraction of a second? All these questions and dozens more are asked and answered during this Tuesday-morning session. Robbie and Brian have televisions and VCRs in their offices so they can view tapes of the race. If there was a screwup, everybody sees it over and over. If we had a particularly good run, it's analyzed and everybody gives input. It's an open and honest meeting, never hostile, with the main objective being to isolate and eliminate mistakes, and to enhance those things we did well.
After the meeting, the pit carts (those large boxes in the pits where the tools and parts are stored and on which the crew chief and the engineer sit during the race) are brought into the gear and suspension rooms. All the parts are removed and replaced with parts needed for the upcoming race. Just as we have different cars for different tracks, we have different parts and tools for different cars. Every drawer and cabinet in the transporter has to be emptied and restocked with the right parts for the week ahead, and the same is true for every square inch on the pit cart.
While part of the crew is setting up the pit carts, the mechanics and the engineers are preparing the primary car. Even though this car was cleaned and reassembled during postrace, the crew chief and engineers work on the skirts, the nose, and the shocks package, all the things we need to set the car up for the conditions we expect at the next race. In addition to being a mechanical genius, Robbie has to be a meteorologist, not to mention a fortune-teller, when he's putting these setups on the cars. If we're racing in Michigan in June, the weather might be sunny and eighty degrees, or it might be forty, cloudy, and miserable. He has to be ready for both, but he also has to set the car up for the conditions he expects when we arrive. Warm temperatures and low humidity might mean a stiffer shock and spring combination and little less air pressure in the tires; a hot, humid day might call for even softer tires, while a cold day might mean softer springs and more air in the tires. Sometimes we get it wrong, but more often than not, the team does a great job getting the car set up pretty close to perfect before it leaves the shop. That comes from years of experience at familiar tracks, and the most detailed notes you could imagine.
Wednesday and early Thursday morning, the crew sets up the backup car. By no later than midday on Thursday, the transporter is loaded and on the road. The early road crew, the mechanics and the engineers who are at the race for qualifying and practice, but are not part of the Sunday over-the-wall crew, fly out on one of the team planes. If they arrive early on Thursday, they check into their hotels and get a bite to eat. I'm usually not far behind. I get to the track around sundown and try to be settled into the motor coach by nine o'clock.
Friday, qualifying day, the over-the-wall guys and the Monday-through-Friday mechanics, fabricators, and engineers stay in the Charlotte shop. The over-the-wall guys might get in a few more practice sessions. We have a mock pit and a car behind the shop with cameras set up to capture every movement from every angle during a pit stop. The over-the-wall crew practices two -- and four-tire stops at least twice, and more often three, times a week. The tapes are reviewed, analyzed, and scrutinized just like NFL teams look at game films. When the over-the-wall crew goes home on Friday night, they're ready for the race.
Saturday is practice day at the track, our last chance to fine-tune the car and get it right before the green flag falls on Sunday. It is also the second day off for the over-the-wall crew, although most of them only take a half day off and travel to the track on Saturday night. The Charlotte staff takes both Saturday and Sunday off, which gives everyone at least two days off a week, something I think is important to building a long-term, successful race team. Sure, you can work people twelve hours a day, seven days a week, but not for three or four years. Race mechanics have families, and lives, bills to play, laundry to wash, dogs to walk, and other interests outside of racing. To attract and keep the best people, we've got to be conscious of those personal needs and go out of our way to be accommodating when we can. I think we do a good job at this.
There are exceptions, those weeks when everyone knows they have to pull double duty to get the job done. If we have back-to-back races in Rockingham and Las Vegas, for example, we don't have time to postrace the Rockingham cars and set up the Vegas cars in our standard schedule. It takes two days for the transporter to drive across the country, so the crew has to compress their schedule and set up both Rockingham and Vegas cars the same week. That way when the transporter rolls in on Sunday night, the team can unload and postrace the Rockingham cars and immediately load the Vegas cars while the truck driver gets a few hours' sleep. By late Monday night, the truck is ready to roll west.
No one complains when we work long, hard hours, although I've heard guys from other teams say that NASCAR should rearrange the schedule so we have a break after our West Coat stops. Our team has always adjusted to the schedule. Travel is a small price that we pay for expanding our sport into new markets. There isn't a person in our shop who wouldn't work a hundred hours a week if that was what it took to win. Knowing that fact inspires and pushes me to deliver every week when I get into the car. Everyone involved in the 24 car's crossing the finish line thirty-six Sundays a year -- those the public sees, and those who work out of the spotlight in our eighty-thousand-square-foot shop in Charlotte -- is critical to our team's success. It's a common saying because it's true: a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
We travel together, work together, struggle together, lose together, and win together. Sure, I'm the guy the reporters want to talk to on Sunday, and I'm the guy who holds up the giant cardboard checks when we win, but I'm not naive or vain enough to think that I'm the sole reason we're successful. Racing is a team effort -- always has been, always will be.
Copyright © 2003 by Jeff Gordon, Inc.
Jeff Gordon is one of the winningest drivers on the NASCAR circuit today, and one of the most recognizable sports personalities in America. He is the winner of countless championships, including four Winston Cups, a record equaled only by racing legends Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Originally from Vallejo, California, he now lives in New York, Florida, North Carolina, and at racetracks around the country.
Publisher: Pocket Books (June 2008)
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If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company, you've got to focus on creating the right and how to rapidly experiment.
In this blog, I continue my discussion on these two key subjects with Jeff Holden, a brilliant entrepreneur and executive who has held leadership roles at three hyper-growth companies – Amazon, Groupon, and Uber. Today Jeff is the Chief Product Officer of Uber.
As Jeff explains, there are critical lessons for every entrepreneur, so let's dive in.
1. You Have To Continually Invest In Culture
Culture is often difficult to define – and yet, it's extremely important to get right.
For a startup without structure, culture can be this amorphous "thing" that is often a reflection of the attitudes of the people on the team – an emergent property, of sorts.
But if you're not careful, the wrong culture (or even the 'lack of culture') can be lethal to your business, especially in the early days of hyper-growth.
You have to be deliberate about creating and investing in culture.
To illustrate this, Jeff shared a fascinating story about Jeff Bezos' relentless obsession with culture and customer-centricity at Amazon.
He explained, "Bezos was a fantastic leader and he invested in making the company durable. He was continuously investing in the culture."
"Building a solid culture was so critical, especially for a hyper growth company. It was our resilience fabric. It held the whole company together through all kinds of different things."
"I worked at customer service one Christmas, and I remember this woman who was traveling to Russia for the holidays. She ordered all of these Christmas presents, and they weren't going to make it there in time. She called customer service, worried sick."
Without hesitation, the Amazon team pulled out all the stops to fix it.
"We spent probably $500 or $600 to overnight her $1,000 worth of gifts, and she was so completely blown away that she couldn't stop saying, 'Oh my god, you saved my Christmas!'"
"It was the Amazon way. It was so core to the culture. There was this energy and passion to just win for the customer and to do something no one's ever done before."
2. Be Crystal Clear About Your Mission
One of the most important parts in the process of establishing a culture is clearly defining the mission of the company.
Jeff goes on, "You have to be very clear about your mission. At Amazon, we knew the top three things customers cared about were: Price, Selection, and Convenience."
As such, they were able to define their culture around how best to provide the lowest prices, most selection, and most convenient service for their customers.
And within a company as dynamic as Amazon, one of the best strategies to doing so was to be constantly experimenting!
3. You MUST Build an Experimental Engine from Day 1
The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.
The only way to keep up is to be constantly experimenting and innovating. Hyper-growth and experimentation are very closely linked.
Bezos likes to say, "Our success at Amazon is a function of how many experiments we do per year, per month, per week, per day…"
Jeff Holden, who has built experimental engines at Amazon, Groupon, and Uber, agrees: "The philosophy is you have to build your company to be a big experimental engine and it has to start right at the beginning."
It's not easy to just "retrofit" that engine in later – it's a cultural shift. You have to be in the mindset of constantly testing crazy ideas, new business models, new products, and new processes.
At Amazon, in the early days, they had a huge experimental platform that was available to almost everyone – meaning, if somebody wanted to test a new button or new feature on the website, they could.
The problem was – many of these experiments were useless.
Jeff continues, "They had no chance of yielding any value. There wasn't any point to them. We were just kind of curious. We were just running a lot of experiments, which have a cost by the way, and taking up experimental slots (so others couldn't), and things started colliding with each other."
Their solution was to create an 'Experiments Group' – if you wanted to do an experiment, you had to run it through this group.
The first question the group would ask was: What's your hypothesis? The second question: What's the value proposition to our company?
"If you couldn't articulate your hypothesis crisply or your hypothesis didn't matter for Amazon or Uber or Groupon, then they must not do that experiment. Often times you'll be like go back to the drawing board or recast the experiment. The company learned and we got much better."
Finally, "you have to be able to interpret the experimental results really well. It's statistics. Know the difference between statistically significant and insignificant results."
Uber, for example, runs thousands of experiments per month to test different features. They A/B test key features that are core to the business and choose the one that performs best.
"Build a team inside your organization that has an experimental ethos, and make sure that the experiment, value proposition, and hypothesis are really thought through before you invest the time and energy to actually do them."
In general, only hire people who are familiar with the experimentation / data-informed mindset.
4. Get Comfortable with Being Misunderstood
Part of having a strong culture around experimentation means: you are going to be misunderstood by outsiders.
Jeff explains, "That tolerance of being misunderstood or being beaten up by the outside world was so important to launch our success."
"Amazon Prime could have been one of those catastrophic failures. We tried auctions and that failed and we tried zShops and that failed. But we just kept going, and we finally cracked it."
"Then, when we launched it to the world the response was: 'You guys are insane!' 'This is like, super risky.' 'You're going to blow up with all this margin from shipping'.
Bezos, characteristically, replied, "Yeah, I kind of figured this would be misunderstood…"
These days, Amazon Prime has over 50 million members who spend on average $1,100 every year -- nearly double the purchases of non-Prime members.
As another example, at Uber, maybe 20-30% of the experiments they run actually work. The rest don't… but they are informative and useful nonetheless.
Innovative companies just need to be very comfortable being misunderstood.
Jeff's advice: "You want to look inside and be inside out about the way you think about your company."
In other words, ignore the noise and keep building.
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According to renowned market research company Forrester, the e-commerce sector still has the wind in its sails, because in the US, it will grow from 243.7 billion dollars in 2009 to 271.3 billion in 2010, and even 295.4 billion in 2011, to finally reach 341.8 billion dollars in 2013.
Surprising is the fact that it is not the traditional service provider sector that will deliver profitable results in coming years, but it is the retail sector. In 2009, it held 58.5% of the market and in 2013, this percentage will be 62.3%. Travel is in decline (from 35.9% in 2009 to 32.9% in 2013), as is the online sale of tickets (from 2.5% this year to 2.3% in 2013).
Forrester even dares to make detailed forecasts per sector. Those that will grow the most are the following: food & drinks (79.1%); art and collections (77.1%); nonprescription drugs (62.7%); jewelry (61.8%); car parts (61.1%) and home electronics (53.6%). According to Forrester, the sector that will grow the most is the online sale of furniture (105.5%).
If you have a company in one of these sectors and you are not online yet, it is – if you believe Forrester – the ideal moment to also offer your products online.


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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube - Hardcover
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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube
Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
by Blair Braverman
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A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north.
By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a "tough girl"—a young woman who confronts danger without apology—she slowly developed the strength and resilience the landscape demanded of her.
By turns funny and sobering, bold and tender, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube brilliantly recounts Braverman's adventures in Norway and Alaska. Settling into her new surroundings, Braverman was often terrified that she would lose control of her dog team and crash her sled, or be attacked by a polar bear, or get lost on the tundra. Above all, she worried that, unlike the other, gutsier people alongside her, she wasn't cut out for life on the frontier. But no matter how out of place she felt, one thing was clear: she was hooked on the North. On the brink of adulthood, Braverman was determined to prove that her fears did not define her—and so she resolved to embrace the wilderness and make it her own.
Assured, honest, and lyrical, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube paints a powerful portrait of self-reliance in the face of extraordinary circumstance. Braverman endures physical exhaustion, survives being buried alive in an ice cave, and drives her dogs through a whiteout blizzard to escape crooked police. Through it all, she grapples with love and violence—navigating a grievous relationship with a fellow musher, and adapting to the expectations of her Norwegian neighbors—as she negotiates the complex demands of being a young woman in a man's land.
Weaving fast-paced adventure writing and ethnographic journalism with elegantly wrought reflections on identity, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube captures the triumphs and the perils of Braverman's journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape that is as beautiful as it is unforgiving.
Imprint: Ecco
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"Her descriptions of the natural world are arresting, and powerfully convey her conviction that 'how to be cold' means 'how to live.'" - The New Yorker
"As a storyteller and a stylist, Braverman is remarkably skilled, with a keen sense of visceral detail that borders on sublime. Her ability to draw readers into heart-pounding action sequences is what makes the book so courageous and original as a travel narrative and a memoir of self-discovery." - New York Times Book Review
"Remarkable. . . . It's amazing to watch as she develops backbone and grit, determined not to let anyone or anything stand between her and the icy landscape she loves so much." - Entertainment Weekly
"This summer, readers have their pick of female narrators traversing both internal and external terrain. But few stand out as much as Blair Braverman's Arctic memoir, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube." - Outside
"Braverman left her California home at 18 to learn dog sledding in Norway. As she chronicles in this bold adventure memoir, she's returned again and again to the coldest places on earth in search of a fearlessness frequently off-limits to women." - O Magazine
"An enchanting memoir of exploration and adventure, self-discovery and self-doubt. . . . Ice Cube hugs everything tight, turning experiences exotic and fearsome into moments tenderly funny and pure." - Buzzfeed
". . . a richly insightful work whose bold but delicately delivered honesty has much to teach us. . . . Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube is gorgeous, moving and universally resonant. Most of all, it's important." - Huffington Post
"A thoughtful meditation on a lifelong attraction to the cold." - Boston Globe
"a lyrical, understated writer. . . . [an] unusual memoir [that] will resonate with anyone who has ever chased a dream through a thicket of difficulty." - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Blair Braverman confronts hostility and harassment in her memoir of adventure in the wilderness." - The New Republic
"Stunning. . . . We feel, acutely, the moments and images Braverman shares with us, but we also take in the years of perspective, of carefully honed wisdom, that she brings to them. Braverman's descriptions are stippled with terror and beauty." - Bitch
"Hilarious and heart-wrenching." - Dallas Morning News
"This book could be described in a dozen different ways, but no description would get at root of this book, which is about gender and violence and belonging, but most of all about being human and learning to live—and trust oneself—in world where things aren't always safe." - Brevity Magazine
"In a new book, Blair Braverman describes a life spent obsessed with the frozen north, and the sexual violence she encountered in that male" - The Guardian
"Compulsively readable. . . . Braverman's debut beautifully portrays what it's like to be a woman in an unwelcoming climate." - Electric Literature
"An award for straightforward storytelling should be named after [Braverman]. . . a fascinating read. . . . a strange, remarkable memoir." - AV Club
"[Blair's] external experiences are extraordinary, but it's what happens internally that both sets this memoir apart and gives it universal resonance. Indelible characters, adventurous spirit, and acute psychological insight combine in this multilayered debut." - Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Her easy, lyrical prose makes this search for identity and self a worthwhile read." - Publishers Weekly
"Readers will likely find that "ice cubes" are not the point, but rather the risky choices made while growing up and the struggles faced along the way." - Booklist
"The next must-read for those who were fans of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and for those with a daring spirit or those hoping to have more of one." - Green Bay Gazette
"Stunning. . . . Braverman exposes all of her desires, insecurities and triumphs in a compulsively readable tangle of raw nerves, brutal honesty, and biting wit. She allows room for not just her inner strength, but her doubts and fears, striking a balance that brings her story into vivid focus." - The Maine Edge
"The best work of non-fiction I've read in 2016, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube is this year's H is For Hawk." - Library Bound
"If finishing Wild left a hole in your heart, we're willing to bet that Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube might be just the thing." - Bookish
"A delicate meditation from the frontiers of feminism, forged by the stark landscapes that prompted it. Braverman is a highly original talent." - Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
"Braverman has written a brilliant troubling of travel writing, of the exotic and the familiar and even of the self that survives to tell the tale. An astonishing debut." - Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family
"Like a 21st-century feminist reincarnation of Jack London, Braverman has crafted an eloquent and gripping tale of self-knowledge that leads through communion with ice and sea, dogs and sleds, and finds her, finally, at home amid the complex kindness of other human beings." - Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front
"Blair Braverman writes beautifully and baldly about the struggle to trust ourselves, especially as we're undermined by those who hope we won't. Braverman will stun you with the incredible events of her young life and her fierce courage." - Mac McClelland, author of Irritable Hearts
"An extraordinary debut, Ice Cube takes us to the coldest place on earth only to reveal its author's warm, witty, invincible heart." - Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She's Not There and Stuck in the Middle With You
"Blair Braverman has a poet's heart. She keeps it in a rawhide pouch on her dogsled. Tough, bracing, visionary and epic, her book also manages to be tender and beautiful. You must read it." - Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway
"A gripping coming-of-age memoir. Braverman captures brilliantly the challenges and ecstasies of life as a young woman in the frigid, male-dominated worlds of Norway and Alaska. A wonderful book about deep friendships—with humans, dogs and the icy north itself." - Rob Nixon, author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
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Children of the Land
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The New England Patriots signed second-round pick Brandon Spikes, leaving one of their 12 draft choices unsigned.
The Florida linebacker was the last of three players the Patriots chose in the second round. Spikes was taken with the 62nd pick. The Patriots' only unsigned draft pick is cornerback Devin McCourty of Rutgers, the 27th overall choice.
Spikes started 39 college games and holds a school record with four interceptions returned for touchdowns.
On Sunday, the Patriots announced the signings of two other second-rounders, tight end Rob Gronkowski of Arizona and defensive lineman Jermaine Cunningham of Florida.
The Cincinnati Bengals agreed to a contract with receiver Terrell Owens, who is expected to report to training camp in a couple of days. Owens wanted to play for the Bengals, who were looking to add another deep threat to their offense.
The Bengals report for training camp today in Georgetown, Ky. Owens is expected to arrive for the first day of workouts Thursday.
The NFL will distribute a new poster to teams that warns of the dangers from concussions in much harsher language than the league had used before.
Traumatic brain injury "may lead to problems with memory and communication, personality changes, as well as depression and the early onset of dementia," the document reads. "Concussions and conditions resulting from repeated brain injury can change your life and your family's life forever."
The acknowledgment of such risks is a significant change from a pamphlet previously distributed to players, starting in 2007.
Star receiver Wes Welker was placed on the Patriots' active physically unable to perform list as he continued his strong recovery from knee surgery.
The team made the move two days before it opens training camp, and there's a chance Welker could come off the list by then and take part in drills.
Baltimore Ravens second-round draft pick Terrence Cody failed his conditioning test and was not permitted to participate in the team's first training camp practice.
The 360-pound defensive tackle out of Alabama signed a three-year contract Monday and was eager to launch his NFL career. But after flunking his physical, he was placed on the physically unable to perform list.
The Denver Broncos signed receiver Eric Decker a day before rookies are scheduled to report to camp. That leaves first-round picks Demaryius Thomas and Tim Tebow, along with second-round selection Zane Beadles, as the team's only unsigned rookies.


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Fund Raiser Update
With just over a week to go in our fund raiser, here's how we are doing.
Money raised: $1,317.64
Number of donors: 36
Number of prizes: 28
So we are still short of last year's total, but those of of who have donated stand a better than 50:50 chance of winning something.
To see the list of prizes, and find out how to donate, click here.
Classic French Language SF, Newly Translated
February 17, 2012 admin Forthcoming
Wesleyan University Press have sent us a copy of a new book containing translations of three novellas by Belgian author, J.-H. Rosny Aîné (Joseph-Henri Boëx, 1856–1940). A contemporary of Verne and Wells, Rosny Aîné is largely unknown in the English-speaking world, but had a key role in the development of science fiction. Like Wells and Olaf Stapledon, he had a fascination with the long-term evolution of humanity. He was also the first writer to try to imagine intelligent beings who are truly alien, as opposed to just humanoids from another world.
The book is titled Three Science Fiction Novellas: From Prehistory to the End of Mankind, and reflects Rosny Aîné's obsession with the long view. The three stories are described by Wesleyan as follows:
"The Xipehuz" is a prehistoric tale in which the human species battles strange geometric alien life forms. "Another World" is the story of a mysterious being who does not live in the same acoustic and temporal world as humans. "The Death of the Earth" is a scientifically uncompromising Last Man story.
The translators, George Slusser and Danièle Chatelain, are well known for their studies of French literature. Professor Slusser is also the curator of the Eaton Collection of science fiction at the University of California, Riverside. The pair also contribute a lengthy introduction covering Rosny Aîné's career and his influence on the genre.
More Prizes!
As promised last week, we are adding some new prizes now that we are over half way to our goal.
Probably the most wanted of them will be the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire, donated by George R.R. Martin. Acknowledging that we get donations from all over the world, George has offered the books in whichever language the winner chooses (there are about 40 to choose from).
Also on offer are: a fantasy duet from Deborah Kalin which is currently published only in Australia; a hot new release from Small Beer; and a signed Bujold from Baen books. Here is the full list.
The fund raiser will end at midnight on the last day of February, because it seemed cool to end on a leap day. Up until that time, everyone who donates money will go into a draw for one of those prizes. The full rules of the draw are available here.
Our aim, as with last year, is to raise $2000. As you may recall, we managed $1764.01. Let's at least beat that.
Closing In On Half Way
February 8, 2012 admin Fund raising
The current state of our fund raising drive is that we have received a total of $951.55 from 26 people (and two institutional donors who don't qualify for the draw). That means two important things. Firstly we are almost half way to our goal, and secondly we now have more donors than prizes.
Except we don't, because we have a lot of prizes in reserve. So here's the deal. When we get to $1000 we'll add a whole lot more prizes to the draw. People have offered these books, and we really want you folks to win them.
Fund Drive Update
January 30, 2012 admin Fund raising
We are pleased to report that our fund drive is progressing well. Including the substantial donation from Science Fiction Studies, and a couple of donations that came in during the year, our total of funds raised currently stands at $686.55. But the good news from your point of view is that we currently have 24 prizes on offer, and only 19 people have donated money. So right now, every donor wins something. Obviously that will change with time, but we also have offers of several more prizes, some of them very exciting. We'd love to be able to offer them as well.
New From Small Beer
January 30, 2012 admin Forthcoming
The winner of last year's Long Form award, A Life on Paper: Stories by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, was published by Small Beer Press. We keep an eye on what they are up to. And this month they have released an exciting new anthology of stories from Mexico. Three Messages and a Warning, edited by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris. N. Brown, contains more than thirty all-original Mexican science fiction and fantasy. For more information, and biographies of all of the featured writers, see the Small Beer website.
Fund Raiser, With Prizes
Updated January 23rd with lots more prizes.
Our jury is now busily considering which of this year's nominees will receive prizes, but before we can give out those prizes we need money. Our awards are not backed by wealthy sponsors, but by individual contributors and small grants. We have had a kind donation from Science Fiction Studies, and a few from private individuals, but most of our money comes from you, the readers.
For last year's awards we ran a fund raising campaign, and several kind people donated books that we could give away to a few lucky donors. We have decided to repeat that exercise this year, and we have some fine prizes available already. They are:
Huge thanks to everyone who has donated. More prizes may be added during the draw. If anyone would like to donate an additional prize, please get in touch.
Nominations Closed
January 15, 2012 admin Award Rules
Our jury has asked us to stop taking nominations for works published in 2011 now. The full list of books they have been asked to consider is therefore as given here.
Because translated works are often published in small presses, and our awards are not well known, we don't always get to hear of eligible works in time. Therefore our rules allow us to carry works over from one year to the next. If you do know of a work that we should have considered from 2011, please do tell us about it. It isn't too late, we just won't be considering it for the current set of awards.
Grab That Tax Deduction Now
December 14, 2011 Kevin Fund raising
If you're a US taxpayer, remember that donations to the SF & F Translation Awards are tax-deductible as charitable donations. We are a recognized 501(c)(3) organization. For most people, if you want to take that tax deduction on your next tax return, you need to donate by the end of 2011. See our Donations Page for further details and how to donate. In 2011, over 95% of our donation income was spent directly on the Awards themselves (award trophies, certificates, and award grants), with less than 5% spent on overhead costs such as postage, shipping, and governmental fees. (A copy of our latest financial statement is available upon request.) This is because all of the work managing the awards is done by volunteers donating their time and effort. You can help us by donating to keep the work going.
WLT Spotlight on Živković
October 27, 2011 admin Publications
The latest issue of World Literature Today has a special feature covering the Serbian master of the fantastic, Zoran Živković. What's more, four of the articles relating to Zoran are available free online. Here are the links:
"Zoran Živković: A Biographical Sketch," Michael Morrison
"The Teashop," a story by Zoran Živković
"Fantastika and the Literature of Serbia: A Conversation with Zoran Živković," Michael A. Morrison
A Bibliography of the Works of Zoran Živković


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What do geneticists and genetic counselors do?
The genetics team at McLane Children's Scott & White helps identify and treat children who have disorders caused by an alteration or "mutation" in a gene or a chromosome abnormality.
A pediatric medical geneticist is a physician who specializes in the evaluation and diagnosis of genetic conditions. The medical geneticist can help determine if there is a genetic basis for the health conditions that affect your child and help to coordinate diagnostic testing and care for the family.
Our PhD medical geneticists are also healthcare professionals who specialize in clinical genetics. They are trained in the diagnosis and care of individuals with genetic conditions. Genetic counselors are master's-level trained healthcare professionals educated in counseling patients and their families about genetic health risks.
What can I expect from a visit to the Genetics Clinic?
Many referrals to our Genetics Clinic are for babies who are born with physical birth defects or children who have developmental delay and/or unusual physical features.
Alternately, there may be a known or suspected genetic condition in the child or in the family. Our geneticists use family history, physical examination, and laboratory tests (for example, chromosome analysis or DNA studies) to provide a comprehensive genetic evaluation for the child with a known or suspected genetic condition.
What is the diagnosis? Giving a name to the condition leads to better understanding of what a child's needs are and what to expect in the future. Clear communication to parents about the diagnosis and the genetic cause of a particular genetic disorder is essential.
What is the prognosis? Making an accurate diagnosis of a genetic condition often leads to information about the prognosis (what is going to happen in the future) for an affected child. The geneticist will discuss treatment options and interventions that are available for particular genetic conditions. A child with a genetic disorder may need to see several different medical specialists at McLane Children's Scott & White. Our genetics team will help to coordinate care with multiple health services across the Scott & White system.
What does this mean for the family? A "recurrence risk" simply means the risk (or odds) that a subsequent child or other members of the family will be affected with a genetic condition. The genetics team helps families affected by a genetic diagnosis, because genetic conditions not only concern the affected child but also may have implications for the entire family. A family-based approach to the genetic evaluation is important.
Some of the reasons a child might see a geneticist include a family history of genetic conditions, physical birth defects, autism, or developmental delays. We also offer preconception and prenatal counseling for genetic concerns.
What conditions does a pediatric geneticist diagnose or treat?
Why is pediatric genetics at McLane Children's special?
How can I get my child in to see a pediatric geneticist?


URBAN WIND IS AN INSTALLATION TAKED FROM MY SERIE WINDFIELDS. THE DEVICES OF THE SERIE WINDFIELDS HAVE IN COMMON THAT THEY RELY, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, TO THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WIND _ THE AIR FLUX. IN URBAN WIND, THEY ARE WIND SENSORS ARE INSTALLED IN STRATEGIC POINTS OF THE CITY [ E.G. ::: INTERSECTIONS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, PARKS, ROOFTOPS . . . ]. THE VELOCITY AND DIRECTION OF THE WIND WILL BE ANALYZED AND THAN TRANSMIT BY WIFI TO A GROUP OF ACCORDIONS THAT WILL EMIT A EUPHONIC SOUNDSCAPE. PUBLIC CAN EAR THE PULMONARY DYNAMICS OF THE CITY TROUGHT EACH ACCORDEONS BELLOWS.THE DIFFERENTS HARMONIES ARE CREATED BY THE WIND FLOW. PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN KOREA AT THE INCHEON INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL 2010.


With our line of oil lamps, we strongly recommend using only a high grade, liquid paraffin lamp oil. In addition, ensure that the oil is sootless, smokeless, and odorless.
All of our oil lamps include the long lasting, fiberglass wick. These wicks do not require trimming and will not burn. In the event the oil lamp runs out of fuel, simply re-fill, adjust the wick to proper height, and lite. The wick may need adjsutment while burning; this may be done with a knife, screwdriver, or "polished glass chip".


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Why did they change the mother in Fresh Prince of Bel Air? Confira isto | fresh prince of bel air will's mom
Hubert, who played the family matriarch, Vivian Banks, on the NBC sitcom, felt unappreciated and wanted a starring role on the series. Instead, she was replaced.
How was Will related to Uncle Phil?
Philip is the father of Hilary Banks, Carlton Banks, Ashley Banks, and Nicky Banks, the uncle of Will Smith, and the husband of Vivian Banks. Throughout most of the series, he is depicted as a very strict, commanding, orderly, and lawful man.
How did Uncle Phil pass away?
Avery, who played Uncle Phil in the original 1990s series, died in 2013 at the age of 68 due to complications following open-heart surgery.
Who was the better Aunt Vivian?
For the first three seasons, Will's Aunt Viv was played by the beautiful Janet Hubert. Then ALL OF A SUDDEN, we turned on the TV and Uncle Phil's wife was about 8.5 shades lighter, and played by the gorgeous Daphne Reid. I ain't got nothing against Mrs. Reid.
Who is Will's blood relative Fresh Prince?
Will and Fred shared a strong father-son bond as opposed to Will's biological father Lou who abandoned him as a child because of his unwillingness to accept responsibility. Lisa Wilkes is Will's stepsister. Throughout season 5, she and Will were dating.
Is Bel-Air 2022 based on Will Smith's life?
William "Will" Smith (portrayed by Willard "Will" Smith) is a fictionalized version of Smith and main character in the 1990–1996 NBC television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the 2022 Peacock streaming television drama Bel-Air, portrayed in the latter series by Jabari Banks.
Why did the first Aunt Viv get fired?
Hubert, best known as "the original Aunt Viv," left the sitcom after the first three seasons over "creative differences." She was promptly replaced by actress Daphne Maxwell Reid the following season without any mention of the recasting.
What did Uncle Phil do for a living?
Philip Banks
Phil's uncle, who in the original is a lawyer who becomes a judge as the series goes on. While the original Uncle Phil decided against a political career in one episode of Fresh Prince, the new version starts the show in the midst of a political campaign.
Is Aunt Viv mother?
She is the mother of Nicky, Ashley, Carlton and Hillary Banks; the aunt of Will Smith and the wife of Phillip Banks.
What's the secret about Will's dad in Bel-Air?
When Will was 4, his dad was convicted of a violent crime and he was sentenced to prison, and he told Will's mother and Uncle Phil, 'don't bring my son down here. If you bring him down here I won't come out to see him.
Why did Will Smith's dad leave him?
Lou abandoned his family (Will and Viola "Vy" Smith) when Will was five years old and explains his motives for leaving by saying he was scared to be a father and started to feel trapped. Sometime during the 14 year period that he was absent from Will's life, he became a trucker.
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It was a privilege for Flash in the Attic to welcome so many artists, organisations and aspiring dancers to Dance Horizons, the evening was very successful and many new partnerships were made. There were spectacular presentations from Dance UK and Fallen Angels Dance Theatre.
Submit your details and the team will contact you with further information on participating in Dance Horizons. Thank you in advance for your interest.
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Q: Capture screen on chrome I saw a cool feature on slack that allows to share screen between users (like teamviewer or skype). But I can't find anywhere documentation how to capture a screen (e.g. on chrome). It seems slack does it without any extension, so it should be integrated into browsers.
Can anyone please provide me a link to documentation or throw me an exampe.

A: chrome.desktopCapture API offered by Chrome is useful to capture screen content, individual tabs or windows.

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