Nope, I am very happy to report that this is not my personal story. But it is one I dug up on Quora doing research about spiders, and like many of the best Quora answers, the delivery is as good as the information.
In researching I've come to appreciate Quora as a source for personal experiences. Like many places the internet has brought (Hello, Wikipedia) it may not be something you want to stake your life on (why yes, crowd sourced medical advice does sound like a good idea, thank you, please) but it's hard to beat if you're looking for the human perspective. Even if you're researching a high-falutin space opera, your story won't be in any way interesting if you don't make it about very personal moments.
Space opera was not on my mind last night, outside of wishes for lasers or high powered miniature spider-hunting robots or the ability to communicate with arachnids thanks to my alien arachnid friends.
Sorry for all the quotes.
My intrepid wife, Margaret, is even more sane than I, and claims to have full on arachnophobia. Despite this, we've had to become less sane, as we like to travel, and sanity and travel are, in fact, incompatible states. That terrible sentence of commas is just there to let you know that we've gotten more used to spiders. If you don't live in Safehold, aka Alaska, poisonous spiders are just a fact of life. Given the time spent in Hawaii, aka SpiderTopia, I thought we had become very comfortable with gigantic eight legged death machines hanging out with us in close proximity. We had an intricate web in our apartment inhabited by an emerald lady of the night, if ladies of the night kill half the insects in your apartment. We gave her names, appreciated her fighting our proxy war and were happy to cheer her on in her slaughter.
That's all because we knew that Hawaii didn't really have any aggressive poisonous spiders. We knew what this spider was, so it was all cool. We were big, bad, brave adults.
Right up until we went to Uruguay, lived there for a few months in blissful ignorance, and, relaxing in bed one evening, spotted a shadow moving a way no shadow ought to move.
So, here's the thing. Residents of Uruguay insist there are no poisonous spiders in Uruguay. The internet insists that there are very few. Just two, in fact: the Brazilian Wandering Spider and the Chilean Brown Recluse.
The teensy tinesy catch there is that those are two of the deadliest spider species in the world.
Thanks, social media. Doing what you do best, I guess.
These suggestions accompanied endless internet image searches that made me five times more acquainted with spider anatomy than I had ever intended. Lets not even mention the necrotic flesh photos, videos of spiders moving faster than light, and one truly hilarious video of a man spending half an hour swearing in an attempt to capture a Huntsman spider.
Here's the thing. Like the man in that video, I had little desire to kill the spider. Despite being utterly terrifying, spiders get an unfairly bad rap; and the harmless varieties are, well, truly harmless. Why go out of your way to kill what doesn't need to be killed? On the flip side, what I have for Caveman Father instincts were telling me to kill it so my child didn't pull a Peter Parker in the womb.
I just didn't see how – visualizing any attempts on the life of a spider on your ceiling logically extend to visualizing it falling on your face, or somewhere on the floor and darting into a nook and cranny, inducing permanent insomnia.
Finally, Glen with http://spiderzrule.com responded to an email. He seemed likely to be at least passingly acquainted with spiders, and assured me that it was harmless, and most likely a Fishing Spider. Margaret was satisfied by this and fell asleep, which speaks more to her bravery than to mine, because I stayed up to do a little more googling. And that is what lead me to the absolutely fascinating story linked at the beginning of this ramble.
All of this proved to be educational, and in the end, had a surprising side effect: I'm significantly less freaked out by poisonous spiders than I was before.
Most spiders are very peaceful and reluctant to bite. Unless you're squishing them (tangled in bedding or in shoes are the common examples) they will leave you alone, even in very close proximity.
Even if you have been bitten by a spider, it's rarely fatal, and you generally have a good amount of time to react. Stay calm and seek help.
If you stare at enough spider photos, they become a little less incredibly creepy. A little.
Your friends are great resources for snappy commentary in the face of certain death.
Glen at SpiderzRule is a hero, and is the reason we didn't end up just torching our entire house, which isn't even our house, so might have made our landlords crabby.
Leaving spiders alive isn't just a good idea because you don't like killing things. They are very genuinely responsible for cleaning up much more problematic and dangerous insects, and killing spiders is similar to killing police officers to stop crime.
"so might have made our landlords crabby." …and this indeed would have been a bad thing since crabs are also arachnids and hence the landlords would have transformed into something utterly terrifying had you torched the house.


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Ivermectin as a SARS-CoV-2 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Method in Healthcare Workers: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study
by Covid Strategies | Oct 17, 2021 | Controversies, Featured, Ivermectin
By Jose Morgenstern, et al. Originally published in Cureus – peer reviewed journal August 26, 2021
Ivermectin is a drug that has been shown to be active against coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in previous studies. Healthcare personnel are highly exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Therefore, we decided to offer them ivermectin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) method.
Primary outcome was to measure the number of healthcare workers with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and a positive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 test in the ivermectin group and in the control group. Secondary outcome was to measure the number of sick healthcare workers with a positive RT-PCR COVID-19 test whose condition deteriorated and required hospitalization and/or an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), or who died, in the ivermectin group and in the control group.
Material and methods:
This observational and retrospective cohort study was carried out in two medical centers, Centro Medico Bournigal (CMBO) in Puerto Plata and Centro Medico Punta Cana (CMPC) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The study began on June 29, 2020, and ended on July 26, 2020. A Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Propensity Score Matching procedure was applied in a 1:1 ratio to homogeneously evaluate 271 healthcare personnel that adhered to a PrEP program with ivermectin at a weekly oral (PO) dose of 0.2 mg/kg, and 271 healthcare personnel who did not adhere to the program were assigned as a control group.
In 28 days of follow-up, significant protection of ivermectin preventing the infection from SARS-CoV-2 was observed: 1.8% compared to those who did not take it (6.6%; p-value = 0.006), with a risk reduction of 74% (HR 0.26, 95% CI [0.10,0.71]). Conclusions: These results suggest that compassionate use of weekly ivermectin could be an option as a preventive method in healthcare workers and as an adjunct to immunizations, while further well-designed randomized controlled trials are developed to facilitate scientific consensus.

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Cool Roofs Cut Urban Water Consumption
An LBNL study predicts widespread adoption of "cool roof" coverings would save millions of gallons of water per day
By Scott Gibson | December 15, 2017
Reflective roofing can help reduce the urban heat island effect, and a new study finds a related benefit is lower outdoor water consumption that could save Los Angeles County alone some 83 million gallons of water per day.
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that the widespread use of reflective roofing has the potential to save cities millions of gallons of water while also lowering ambient air temperatures.
Outdoor water consumption would drop by as much as 9% with the widespread use of cool roofs, according to climate simulations for 18 counties in California. If all of the buildings in Los Angeles County had reflective roofs, water savings would equal 83 million gallons per day in reduced demand for landscape watering.
The study, "Water Conservation Benefits of Urban Heat Mitigation," was published in Nature Communications.
"This is the first study to look at the link between water and heat mitigation strategies in urban areas," Pouya Vahmani, one of the researchers, said in an article posted by the lab. "You might not do cool roofs just to save water, but it's another previously unrecognized benefit of having cool roofs. And from a water management standpoint, it's an entirely different way of thinking — to manipulate the local climate in order to manipulate water demand."
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The backdrop for the study is the way in which global climate change is expected to increase "water stress" in urban areas. Because of its Mediterranean climate, densely populated urban areas, and history of water shortages, California looked like a good place to study the connection between reflective roofs and water savings.
Benefits would still depend on people
Reflective roofing could lower ambient temperatures in urban areas by as much as 1.5°C (2.7°F) and reduce the amount of water needed to water lawns and other landscaping. But the researchers admit that potential gains would be lost if homeowners didn't catch on.
"There is a key assumption in here that people would adjust their irrigation behavior in response," researcher Andrew Jones said. "In order to reap the benefits, we would need people to be aware of the appropriate amount of water, or else use sensors or smart irrigation systems, which are a good idea anyway."
Jones and Vahmani used a regional climate model, backed by data on the demand for irrigation water in northern California, to reach their conclusions. They ran simulations for a 15-year period in 18 counties in both northern and southern parts of the state, with water savings ranging from 4% to 9%.
Per capita, irrigation savings from cool roofs ranged from 1.87 to 15.4 gallons per day, with the highest potential savings coming in the southern part of the state.
"In fact, total cool-roof-induced water savings in the three southern counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange (~150 million gallons per day) are nearly equivalent to the total water savings in other 15 studied counties in California combined," the study said.
One other caveat: researchers said that converting landscaping in urban areas to save water also can have the unintended effect of pushing up ambient temperatures. They cited a study showing that completely halting irrigation in the Los Angeles metro area would result in a rise of daytime temperatures of as much as 1.9°C.
"These results show that the warming signal from strategies that focus only on outdoor water use reductions can meaningfully offset the cooling effects of a major heat mitigation strategy, such as citywide cool-roof deployment," they wrote.
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Satellites Help Combat the Urban Heat Island Effect
Early warnings about dangerously high temperatures help cities direct aid where it's needed most
New research indicates that making surfaces more light-reflecting can have a significant impact on lowering extreme temperatures in rural areas as well as cities
Researchers Find New Way to Keep Roofs Cool
Scientists learn that ruby-red pigments can stay just as cool as a white surface, pointing the way to cooler buildings and vehicles
Green and Cool Roofs Provide Relief for Hot Cities
The roofs should be sited carefully, because unintended effects on wind patterns may offset some of their benefits


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Spotify Lite Arrives On Low-End Android Phones In India
Swedish music streaming app Spotify on Tuesday launched a "Lite" version of its app for the Indian market that is just 10MB in size and helps people control listen songs while controlling data and storage on low-end Android smartphones and in areas with poor Internet connectivity.
With Spotify Lite, users in India would be able to search and play favourite songs and artistes, save them, share with others, discover new music and enjoy playlists with extra features for older devices and operating systems, the company said in a statement.
"We announced the availability of Spotify Lite Beta in India a couple of months ago to gauge user interest, which was high. As a result, Spotify Lite is now out of test mode, and available as an app for all users in the country," said Amarjit Singh Batra, MD-India, Spotify.
Lite can be downloaded separately, both for free and Spotify Premium users, and used either alongside or independently from the main Spotify app on all Android phones running version 4.3 or higher.
The small yet fast app will make millions of free songs more accessible to anyone who may have an older mobile device, limited storage on their phones, are in poor Internet connectivity areas, or just don't want to spend excess data on listening to music.
"We are committed to the long-term development of the music streaming industry, and the launch of Spotify Lite is another strong step in that direction," Batra added.
Spotify Lite also comes with the ability to set a data limit and get a notification when users reach it.
The app also allows users to control cache and clear it with a single tap.
"Spotify Lite was built from the ground up based on user feedback from around the world, allowing millions more to enjoy the world's best music experience — especially in areas with limited bandwidth and phone storage", informed Kalle Persson, Senior Product Manager at Spotify.
Spotify Lite is now available in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa on Google Play with more markets and features to follow.
The main Spotify app came to India is February and amassed one million followers within the week of its launch.
Spotify, offering more than five crore songs and 300 crore playlists for music fans in the country, is available across 79 markets.
Spotify has 217 million monthly active users and 100 million of these users are Spotify Premium subscribers. The platform adds approximately 40,000 new tracks globally each day.―Newsd
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The New American covers Mitt Romney's recent interview with David Gregory on "Meet the Press, in which he admitted that health insurance, after Romneycare, became more expensive in Massachusetts than in any other state.
This at least sounds like a man who understands that the federal government has no business dictating healthcare policy to the states. Based on his answer to a subsequent question, however, that is clearly not the case.
Yep, one reason I have said Romney would have been more damaging than Obama–the Republican House would have been likely to support "their man with the bad plan," just because he wears an "R".
History is a battle between those believing they know what is best for us all, and the few who still value freedom; between men committed to tyrannically forcing their limited ideas upon us, and those convinced freedom produces better ideas for the flourishing of individuals and the nation.


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Diversity & Inclusion Videos
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The Air Force has published a Diversity & Inclusion Resource List to help facilitate conversations on race and prejudice among Airmen. The intent is to help Airmen become more comfortable discussing race, unconscious bias, diversity, and inclusion; as well as to be more empathetic.
Air Force Diversity Resources
List of selected resources addressing diversity and inclusion. Includes books, videos, and TED Talks.
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Leadership/Courageous Conversations
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
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We Can't Talk about That at Work! by Mary-Frances Winters
Instead of shutting down any mention of taboo topics, Mary-Francis Winters shows how to structure intentional conversations about them, so people can safely confront biases and stereotypes and create stronger, more inclusive organizations. Politics, religion, race - we can't talk about topics like these at work, right? But in fact, these conversations are happening all the time, either in real life or virtually via social media. And if they aren't handled effectively, they can become more polarizing and divisive, impacting productivity, engagement, retention, teamwork, and even employees' sense of safety in the workplace. But you can turn that around and address difficult topics in a way that brings people together instead of driving them apart. As a thought leader in the field of diversity and inclusion, Mary-Frances Winters has been helping clients create inclusive environments for over three decades. In this concise and powerful book, she shows you how to lay the groundwork for having bold, inclusive conversations. Winters offers exercises and tools to help you become aware of how your cultural background has shaped your perceptions and habits and to increase your understanding of how people from other cultures may differ from you, particularly when it comes to communicating and handling conflict.
What If I Say the Wrong Thing? by Verna A. Myers
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The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
A powerful and practical guide to help you navigate racism, challenge privilege, manage stress and trauma, and begin to heal. Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role history plays in racial/ethnic myths and stereotypes. The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You'll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you'll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination. This book is not just about ending racial harm--it is about racial liberation.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America.
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Learn to talk about race openly, honestly, and productively Most people avoid discussion of race-related topics because of the strong emotions and feelings of discomfort that inevitably accompany such conversations. Rather than endure the conflict of racial realities, many people choose instead to avoid the topic altogether, or remain silent when it is raised. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race puts an end to that dynamic by sharing strategies for smoothing conversations about race in a productive manner. A guide for facilitating and participating in difficult dialogues about race, author Derald Wing Sue - an internationally recognized expert on multiculturalism, diversity, and microaggressions - explores the characteristics, dynamics, and meaning behind discussions about race as well as the hidden "ground rules" that inhibit honest and productive dialogue. Through emotional and visceral examples, this book explains why conversations revolving around racial issues are so difficult, and provides guidelines, techniques, and advice for navigating and leading honest and forthright discussions. Readers will develop a stronger ability to build rapport with people unlike themselves, and discover how not talking about race impacts society as a whole.
White Rage by Carol Anderson
From the Civil War to our combustible present, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson reframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America. As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as "black rage," historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in The Washington Post suggesting that this was, instead, "white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames," she argued, "everyone had ignored the kindling." Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains. Carefully linking historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson pulls back the veil that has long covered actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud, rendering visible the long lineage of white rage. Compelling and dramatic in the unimpeachable history it relates, White Rage will add an important new dimension to the national conversation about race in America.
Unconscious Bias
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.
Blindspot by Mahzarin R. Banaji; Anthony G. Greenwald
"I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way." These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. "Blindspot" is the authors' metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases. Writing with simplicity and verve, Banaji and Greenwald question the extent to which our perceptions of social groups--without our awareness or conscious control--shape our likes and dislikes and our judgments about people's character, abilities, and potential. By gaining awareness, we can adapt beliefs and behavior and "outsmart the machine" in our heads so we can be fairer to those around us. Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come.
Filter Shift by Sara Taylor
Filter Shift describes the notion of unconscious filters: how we create them, how we perceive the world through them, and how they control us. The vast majority of us are persistently held back by our unconscious biases and misperceptions, even with the best of intentions. Filter Shift explores the unseen dynamics that get in the way, providing a series of blueprints for success.
Diversity & Cross Cultural Knowledge in Global Environment
Post-American World 2. 0 by Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria's international bestseller The Post-American World pointed to the "rise of the rest"--the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, and others--as the great story of our time, the story that will undoubtedly shape the future of global power. Since its publication, the trends he identified have proceeded faster than anyone could have anticipated. The 2008 financial crisis turned the world upside down, stalling the United States and other advanced economies. Meanwhile emerging markets have surged ahead, coupling their economic growth with pride, nationalism, and a determination to shape their own future. In this new edition, Zakaria makes sense of this rapidly changing landscape. With his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination, he draws on lessons from the two great power shifts of the past 500 years--the rise of the Western world and the rise of the United States--to tell us what we can expect from the third shift, the "rise of the rest." The great challenge for Britain was economic decline. The challenge for America now is political decline, for as others have grown in importance, the central role of the United States, especially in the ascendant emerging markets, has already begun to shrink. As Zakaria eloquently argues, Washington needs to begin a serious transformation of its global strategy, moving from its traditional role of dominating hegemon to that of a more pragmatic, honest broker. It must seek to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda--all formidable tasks. None of this will be easy for the greatest power the world has ever known--the only power that for so long has really mattered. America stands at a crossroads: In a new global era where the United States no longer dominates the worldwide economy, orchestrates geopolitics, or overwhelms cultures, can the nation continue to thrive?
Radical Inclusion by Martin Dempsey; Ori Brafman
Radical Inclusion: What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership examines today's leadership landscape and describes the change it demands of leaders. Dempsey and Brafman persuasively explain that today's leaders are in competition for the trust and confidence of those they lead more than ever before. They assert that the nature of power is changing and should not be measured by degree of control alone. They offer principles for adaptation and bring them to life with examples from business, academia, government, and the military. Leaders must relinquish and share control to build and preserve power.
Cognitive Diversity/Teaming
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Syed, Matthew
Where do the best ideas come from? And how do we apply these ideas to the problems we face - at work, in the education of our children, and in the biggest shared challenges of our age: rising obesity, terrorism and climate change? In this bold and inspiring new book, Matthew Syed - the bestselling author of Bounce and Black Box Thinking - argues that individual intelligence is no longer enough; that the only way to tackle these complex problems is to harness the power of our 'cognitive diversity'. Rebel Ideas is a fascinating journey through the science of team performance. It draws on psychology, economics, anthropology and genetics, and takes lessons from a dazzling range of case-studies, including the catastrophic intelligence failings of the CIA before 9/11, a communication breakdown at the top of Mount Everest, and a moving tale of deradicalization in America's deep South. It is a book that will strengthen any company, institution or team, but it also offers many individual applications too.
Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal
When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2004, he quickly realized that conventional military tactics were failing. Al Qaeda in Iraq was a decentralized network that could move quickly, strike ruthlessly, then seemingly vanish into the local population. The allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment, and training--but none of that seemed to matter. To defeat Al Qaeda, they would have to combine the power of the world's mightiest military with the agility of the world's most fearsome terrorist network. They would have to become a "team of teams"--faster, flatter, and more flexible than ever. In Team of Teams, McChrystal and his colleagues show how the challenges they faced in Iraq can be relevant to countless businesses, nonprofits, and organizations today. In periods of unprecedented crisis, leaders need practical management practices that can scale to thousands of people--and fast. By giving small groups the freedom to experiment and share what they learn across the entire organization, teams can respond more quickly, communicate more freely, and make better and faster decisions. Drawing on compelling examples--from NASA to hospital emergency rooms--Team of Teams makes the case for merging the power of a large corporation with the agility of a small team to transform any organization.
Extreme Teaming by Amy C. Edmondson; Jean-François Harvey
Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts operating across different professions, organizations, and industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross industry projects and the ways they must be managed. Leading experts Amy Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration on management, and inform our understanding of teams. Containing powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today's global enterprises. The authors demonstrate that the work done in the modern organization is less and less about looking inward and creating strong teams inside the company, and more about teaming across boundaries - that often are in flux.
The Diversity Bonus by Scott Page
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think. What if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do in order to make society more integrated and just? What if diversity can also improve the bottom line of businesses and other organizations facing complex challenges in the knowledge economy? It can. And The Diversity Bonus shows how and why. Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker, makes a clear and compellingly pragmatic case for diversity and inclusion. He presents overwhelming evidence that teams that include different kinds of thinkers outperform homogenous groups on complex tasks, producing what he calls "diversity bonuses." These bonuses include improved problem solving, increased innovation, and more accurate predictions--all of which lead to better performance and results. Page shows that various types of cognitive diversity--differences in how people perceive, encode, analyze, and organize the same information and experiences--are linked to better outcomes. He then describes how these cognitive differences are influenced by other kinds of diversity, including racial and gender differences--in other words, identity diversity. Identity diversity, therefore, can also produce bonuses.
General Diversity & Inclusion
The Inclusion Dividend by Mark Kaplan; Mason Donovan
In today's increasingly diverse, global, interconnected business world, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is no longer just "the right thing to do," it is a core leadership competency and central to the success of business. Working effectively to combat unconscious bias across differences such as gender, culture, generational, race, and sexual orientation not only leads to a more productive, innovative corporate culture but also to a better engagement with customers and clients. The Inclusion Dividend provides a framework to tap the bottom-line impact that results from an inclusive culture.
Inclusion by Jennifer Brown
In the rapidly changing business landscape, harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is essential for the very viability and sustainability of every organization. Talent who feel fully welcomed, valued, respected, and heard by their colleagues and their organizations will fuel this growth. It's also critical that we build systems that embrace diversity in all its forms, from identity and background to diversity of thought, style, approach, and experience, tying it directly to the bottom line.
What If? Short Stories to Spark Inclusion & Diversity Dialogue by Steve Robbins
From incomparable storyteller and beloved diversity and inclusion expert, Steve L. Robbins, comes the 10th Anniversary Edition of his classic book, What If?, used by scores of companies globally for diversity training. Featuring 10 new stories written by Dr. Robbins that help readers gain deeper insight into the role our brains play in shaping our thoughts and actions, and what we can do to be more curious and open-minded in our diverse world. Based on his study of the fields of behavioral science and cognitive neuroscience, Robbins explores unconscious bias in many of its forms. With his signature humor, these weighty but important topics are addressed with great insight, care and humility. The result is an unpretentious guide for individuals and organizations that will help break down defenses and shine a helpful light on human behavior in a world filled with differences.
Stereotype Threat
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
Through dramatic personal stories, Claude Steele shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes--merely reminding a group of female math majors about to take a math test, for example, that women are considered naturally inferior to men at math--impairs their performance in the area affected by the stereotype. Steele's conclusions shed new light on a host of American social phenomena, from the racial and gender gaps in standardized test scores to the belief in the superior athletic prowess of black men. Whistling Vivaldi offers insight into how we form our senses of identity and ultimately lays out a plan for mitigating the negative effects of "stereotype threat" and reshaping American identities.
Our Search for Belonging by Howard J. Ross; JonRobert Tartaglione
We are living in a world of almost unparalleled separation. People are no longer disagreeing, but are instead disavowing each other's rights to an opinion. What is driving this polarization, and how can we overcome it? Howard Ross says that ironically it's our profound need to belong. He delves deeply into the powerful psychological, neurological, and biological forces that drive us to want to identify so strongly with a group we're sometimes even willing to sacrifice our individual identity. Drawing on his decades of leadership in the diversity and inclusion field, Ross probes the depth and impact of this growing tribalism, the role social media plays in exacerbating it, the ways it impacts every aspect of daily life, and how to combat it. Readers will gain tools for exploring contentious dialogue in healthier ways and guidelines for breaking down barriers and building bridges across difference; and organizations and institutions will be able to develop approaches that can open dialogue and encourage mutual understanding.
Sticking Points by Haydn Shaw
This is the first time in American history that we have had four different generations working side-by-side in the workplace: the Traditionalists (born before 1945), the Baby Boomers (born 1945-1964), Gen X (born 1965-1980), and the Millennials (born 1981-2001). Haydn Shaw, popular business speaker and generational expert, has identified 12 places where the 4 generations typically come apart in the workplace (and in life as well). These sticking points revolve around differing attitudes toward managing one's own time, texting, social media, organizational structure, and of course, clothing preferences. If we don't learn to work together and stick together around these 12 sticking points, then we'll be wasting a lot of time fighting each other instead of enjoying a friendly and productive team. Sticking Points is a must-read book that will help you understand the generational differences you encounter while teaching how we can learn to speak one another's language and get better results together.
In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
Accelerate by John P. Kotter
It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people to make change happen. And it does--but not fast enough. Or effectively enough. Real value gets lost and, ultimately, things drift back to the default status. Why is this scenario so frequently repeated in industries and organizations across the world? In the groundbreaking new book Accelerate (XLR8), leadership and change management expert John Kotter provides a fascinating answer--and a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. Kotter explains how traditional organizational hierarchies evolved to meet the daily demands of running an enterprise. For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. But the reality is, this system simply is not built for an environment where change has become the norm. Kotter advocates a new system--a second, more agile, network-like structure that operates in concert with the hierarchy to create what he calls a "dual operating system"--one that allows companies to capitalize on rapid-fire strategic challenges and still make their numbers. Perhaps most crucial, the book reveals how the best companies focus and align their people's energy and urgency around what Kotter calls the big opportunity.
Switch by Chip Heath; Dan Heath
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems - the rational mind and the emotional mind--that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort - but if it is overcome, change can come quickly. In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people - employees and managers, parents and nurses - have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results. In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.
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Imagine coasting carelessly along endlessly wind-tossed waves in the very heart of New Hampshire's stunning coastal region. Deep sea fishing is a hugely rewarding spring outdoors activity that allows you to experience the rush of catching prized fish at the secluded depths of the Atlantic Ocean. There are few outdoors sports that allow you to connect this closely with nature by being entirely removed from any form of civilization. When you are out there, it's just you, your crew, the fish, the sky and the sea.
I'm definitely interested! Where do I go to deep sea fish?
Although there are several charter boating companies along the Seacoast, we recommend two local New Hampshire companies in particular. The first is Eastman's Docks in Seabrook. They offer marathon, full and half-day deep sea fishing excursions from April until October. Eastman's takes its passengers either to the Isles of Shoals or even as far as Jeffrey's Ledge depending on the trip! A second reputable deep sea fishing company is Algauron Deep Sea Fishing. Like Eastman's, Algauron offer's marathon, full and half-day trips but they also have a special two-hour night fishing excursions later in the season. They also offer rates for renting entire charter boats for you and your motley crew!
Sunscreen: You should pack anything greater than 30+ SPF. You would be very surprised how easily it is to burn out on the water. The reflective glare of the water makes it doubly bright! Make sure to cover both your face, arms and definitely the back of your neck. That sunburn is the worst!
Sunglasses: For reasons cited above, you definitely want to bring some protective eyewear. The beaming reflection off of the ocean may be beautiful, but it will make it harder for you to fish!
A hat: Typically, any good fisherman will have plenty fish-gut stained, floppy hats laying around for you to borrow, but trust me, you want to bring your own hat.
Seasickness meds: Even if you think you aren't the queasy type, we definitely suggest packing some Dramamine or something similar.
Towel: It gets wet, very wet, on the boat.
BOOTS: We can't stress this enough! Pack some knee-high rubber/waterproof boots. We've seen some poor saps attempt to wear sneakers on the boat only to slosh around for hours in complete misery.
Camera: Hey, if you catch that huge lunker, you will want to show it off to your friends. But make sure you wrap it in a waterproof bag or keep it safely stored away so it doesn't get wet.
Snacks and water: You will definitely want to bring some snacks and water to keep yourself going throughout the day. Although, because you will be surrounded by fish guts, fish smells and teetering on a rocking boat, don't pack anything that might be too rich or savory as it may make your stomach turn.
Cooler and ice: At the end of the day, you will want to pack up your fish and keep them nice, cold and fresh.
A change of clothes: You will be covered in seawater, fish guts and pride when you leave the boat. If you don't feel like transferring that smell to your vehicle, you may want to pack an extra set of clothes.


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Review of the Indigenous Caribbean
(formerly The CAC Review - ISSN 1684-0232)
KACIKE
First Peoples: We are Trinis too
Originally published in Newsday
Narad Mahabir acts as Hyarima in the play Hyarima and the Saints written by Gyasi Garcia of St Francis College during the First Peoples Schools Outreach programme, UWI-ROYTEC North Campus, on September 26. This was one of the events leading up to Friday's First Peoples holiday.
After years of clamouring for greater national acknowledgement, the First Peoples in TT will be recognised formally on Friday with a one-off public holiday.
And to commemorate the observance, the community has organised a week of activities, under the theme, On Becoming Visible Towards Meaningful Recognition, in an effort to enlighten fellow descendants and others about the history and contribution of the indigenous peoples to the country's development.
The activities began on Friday with a lecture on the topic, DNA Testing of the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago: Identification of their genealogical ancestry, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port-of-Spain.
Later that day, the group hosted a Waponaka Concert, a rich mix of parang, calypso and other cultural presentations at the Santa Rosa First Peoples Centre, Paul Mitchell Street, Arima.
Today, at 6 pm, the community is expected to host an orientation ceremony for visiting First Peoples delegates at the centre on Paul Mitchell Street.
Tomorrow, the group is due to host an ancestral journey to Moruga, at which celebrants will perform sacred rites and various musical expressions.
Other events scheduled for the week include a symposium, titled, From Chrysalis to Butterfly: On Becoming Visible Towards Meaningful Recognition, at the University of Trinidad and Tobago's O'Meara campus; a children's rally and a ceremonial walk through Arima.
For Chief Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez, president of the Santa Rosa First Peoples, Arima–perhaps the largest and most vocal First Peoples community in the country–the holiday is not intended to encourage relaxation.
Rather, he said, apart from reflecting on the atrocities which were committed against the indigenous peoples, centuries ago, the holiday presented an opportunity to truly celebrate their contribution.
It gives First Peoples descendants, numbering close to 1,500 in Arima, and others a chance to participate fully in the community's events.
"Because, in ordinary times, without a holiday, people would usually say they can't come because they have to work or their children can't come because they have to go to school. So, my feeling and the community's feeling was that with a national holiday, nobody cannot use that excuse not to participate."
Outside of Arima, First Peoples descendants can be found in Lopinot, La Pastora, Maracas/St Joseph, Santa Cruz, Paria, Brasso Seco, Tabaquite, Moruga, Brazil, San Rafael and Talparo.
Bharath-Hernandez, who has said repeatedly they are not just another minority cultural group, insisted they had inherent rights with respect to land titles, which were supported by the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Some 144 countries, including TT, voted for the Declaration.
Bharath-Hernandez was cautiously optimistic that the group's lobby for a heritage park–a permanent place to call their own–will become a reality.
Plans for the park began during the former People's National Movement administration, under late prime minister Patrick Manning. A Cabinet decision was taken to give the First Peoples a five-acre plot of land along Blanchisseuse Road, Arima, which they found to be inadequate. The community later identified a hilly piece of land which had once been occupied by First Peoples centuries ago.
When the People's Partnership came into office, in May 2010, it rescinded the PNM's offer of a five-acre plot, and gave the community an additional 20-acres at the same site. The land has since been surveyed, following which an offer of lease was issued to the community from the Commissioner of State Lands on September 9, 2015. Alluding to the movement toward economic diversification in this year's budget, Bharath-Hernandez said First Peoples in other parts of the region, namely Dominica, Guyana and Suriname, were already firmly entrenched in their islands' tourism initiatives.
"We are still to reach that point but we see potential in our vision for a permanent space to call our own. We can contribute to the tourism sector".
Bharath-Hernandez said the parcel of land which the community has received for its park, is expected to provide employment in the areas of food processing and sales, handicraft, wildlife farming and eco-tourism.
The facility also will contain a museum, cultural/recreational space and living quarters for the Carib Queen and about a dozen families.
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Labels: Amerindian Heritage Day, Amerindian Heritage Village, Arima, Hyarima, Santa Rosa First People's Indigenous Community, Trinidad and Tobago
Yefan, son of the First Peoples
By Tenisha Sylvester
Photo by Enrique Assoon
Yefan Sealey shows how his ancestors would have wielded a spear.
Ten-year-old Yefan Sealey is taking pride in his heritage, as he is a descendent of the indigenous people in Trinidad and Tobago.
"I feel very happy that I am a descendant of the First Peoples, it's exciting," said Yefan last Thursday at the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community Centre, Arima.
Yefan means strength and in his daily life he manages to eat a nutritional diet and his favorite foods are corn pastelles and cassava bread. He enjoys listening to parang music which is popular at Christmas time. Parang in TT is also a hybrid of Spanish and Amerindian music.
With less than a week left, the community centre is filled with people working feverishly on props, building huts and practising their singing all in anticipation of the First Peoples holiday on Friday 13.
Yefan explained that many still think that the First Peoples were war-like.
Arima was the home of the Nepuyo tribe whose active resistance to Spanish Rule limited Spanish attempts to control and settle in northern Trinidad. "Even though the best known of the Nepuyo was the war chief, Hyarima, who continuously harassed Spanish settlements from his base in Arima, they were peaceful people despite the war-like nature Columbus recorded. What they did was stand up for themselves against outsiders."
A statue of Hyarima is located in the heart of Arima. On May 25 1993 it was unveiled, in keeping with the theme of -The year of the Indigenous People.
Living in Valencia, Yefan visits the Community Centre twice a week where he learns about the history of the indigenous peoples; that they were nature-worshippers who believed in the Great Spirit who is the God they cannot see but is always present.
"I have also learned that places named Caroni, Arouca, Caura, Tunapuna and Oropouche have Amerindian origin."
He also partakes in the First Peoples rituals where they pray, chant, dance and play their musical instruments like the chac chac, whistles and drums.
"I also enjoy learning archery there because that's one of the main ways the indigenous people hunted for food and I am looking forward to seeing the lighting of the smoke-signal on Friday."
The lighting of the smoke-signal symbolises the beginning of celebrations for the First Peoples community and is followed by a series of ceremonial prayers.
The intelligent standard three student attends Christian Primary Academy, Elementary School where his favourite subjects are science and art.
" I love science because I learn a lot of things about technology and I love art because I like to draw and paint."
Yefan's goal is to become a scientist or an artist because he wants to use his creativity to invent something that could be used by everyone, to make their lives easier.
This straight-A student is encouraged to pursue his dreams by his mother Chelese Arindell , grand-mother Sheila Cumberbatch and the entire First Peoples community.
Yefan enjoys playing with his dog, Ninja and in his spare time he creates colourful drawings and paintings.
The First Peoples celebration begins on Friday at 7am in Arima for the lighting of the smoke-signal. Then there would be a sacred street procession to the Arima Velodrome where various exhibitions would be set up in honour of the indigenous peoples. At 11am there is the formal opening with the Prime Minister, leading up to the concert at 4pm.
" I am really excited and looking forward to taking part in the street celebration on Friday, I encourage everyone to come see the festivities because it will be amazing."
Labels: Arima, Carib, Santa Rosa First People's Indigenous Community, Trinidad and Tobago
ARIMA BORN
Revealing the History of Arima and its Mission through the Catholic Church's Baptismal Registers, 1820–1916
Ruins of Absence, Presence of Caribs
(Post)Colonial Representations of Aboriginality in Trinidad and Tobago
Indigenous Resurgence in the Contemporary Caribbean
Amerindian Survival and Revival
Indigenous Cosmopolitans
Transnational and Transcultural Indigeneity in the Twenty-First Century
Who Is An Indian?
Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas
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How companies like Godrej are getting ready for India's biggest tax reform
Take a note of some of the ways in which companies in India have been preparing for the goods and services tax, just hours away from rollout.ET Bureau | June 30, 2017, 11:31 IST
Intensive training programmes, task forces, workshops and getting software ready — some of the ways in which companies in India have been preparing for the goods and services tax, just hours away from rollout.
GODREJ CONSUMER
The company is GST ready in terms of invoicing, billing and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and has also invested a lot of effort in training all distributors.
"We expect to consolidate our C&FA (clearing and forwarding agent) footprint and reduce the number of C&FAs by around 15%," said Managing Director Vivek Gambhir. Godrej Consumer sells GoodKnight and Cinthol.
"Manufacturers should keep in mind that GST compliance for wholesalers might be more challenging than direct trade, making it important to support them to ensure that the trade pipeline remains at healthy levels. Similarly, organised trade channels like ecommerce and modern trade should continue to be backed.
Learnings from demonetisation suggest derisking the total channel play by planning for higher throughput through multiple channels," said Prasun Basu, president, Nielsen South Asia.
Several teams across functions have been working on a war footing for the past few weeks to ensure Bharti Airtel is ready to make the transition to GST by midnight, said a senior company executive. They are currently engaged in ensuring the GST registration process is complete and the company's IT, billing and accounting systems are suitably rejigged to migrate to GST on schedule.
"Reliance Jio Infocomm is fully prepared for the midnight transition to the GST regime," a company spokesman told ET.
Jio, he said, has closely worked with service providers, vendors, distributors and all ecosystem partners to ensure smooth and easy data flow of GST using various input mechanisms, including the application program interface (API)-based seamless integration with accounting and billing software across functions."
An application program interface (API) is a code that allows two software programmes to communicate with each other.
CELLULAR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (COAI)
Director General Rajan Mathews said "all operators have been working in all earnest to comply with the July 1deadline, but are faced with genuine challenges, primarily IT compatibility and circle alignment, going forward".
Mathews has urged the government to align telecom circles with state boundaries and also provide for centralised assessment mechanisms under GST.
COAI represents all GSM telcos in India, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm.
NOKIA INDIA
Sunil Sayal, CFO-India market, Nokia, said the multitude of last-minute GST-related guidelines and clarifications coming in from the government side were throwing up implementation challenges for global network vendors like Nokia.
"There are plenty of guidelines and clarifications still coming through from the government, which are posing some last minute challenges which can impact Day-1 GST readiness. For example, the recent guideline on Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN), which mandates companies to quote four digits of the HSN (code) instead of the standard eight digits. This will require corresponding changes in the system before July 1," Sayal told ET.
A company spokesperson said, "We had extensive interaction with our all suppliers by holding face-to-face meetings at various cities, giving checklists and getting formal confirmations of GST registrations etc. Most suppliers have come on GSTN platform and completed GST registrations." "We created a Cross Functional Team (CFT) within the organisation of various business verticals (finance, IT, marketing and sales, logistic, supply chain area). The CEO, CFO, CIO and other top management Members are regularly reviewing the work of CFT," he added.
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR MOTOR
Vice Chairman Shekar Viswanathan said: "We had begun our preparations in concert with our vendors to make sure they are also GST ready, and both of us in sync with each other to be GST ready.
As far as stocks of vehicles lying with our dealers are concerned, we have minimized the inventory at our dealers' end. We dispatched vehicles only when there is certain off-take by the end consumer before June 30. This is to avoid certain taxes which are not recoverable and will end up being a cost.
Typically, a dealer will not get input-tax credit for auto cess, infra cess and central sales tax. In the current month, our sales to our dealers have fallen to 2,000 units from a normal of 13,000-14,000 units a month. We are privileged to be part of a successful rollout of GST, which we are sure, will be a huge success."
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) appointed a consultant to supervise the transition to the GST regime. While Delhi-based Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is helping SAIL move to the GST system, it has also formed special teams to coordinate a massive pan-India effort now underway involving its plants, units, marketing offices and other facilities for migrating to the new tax structure. "The teams are interacting round the clock to ensure a clear understanding of the various rules and guidelines being issued in this regard to enhance the comprehension of GST provisions to be implemented," a SAIL official said.
Tata Steel has formed internal teams across finance and IT departments to coordinate efforts across the company for a smooth transition to GST. The key task is to ensure awareness about GST and its implementation across the company's various units, vendors and suppliers located across the country.
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Cover reveal for The Cleaners #3: The Dustpan Cometh
I've been sitting on this for as long as I can, but it's finally time to pull back the curtain! Book 3 of The Cleaners is arriving this April, with a planned pre-launch during Emerald City Comic Con (so, if you're in the Seattle area, I hope you're planning to attend). The Dustpan Cometh will be published by WordFire Press, continuing the story of the supernatural sanitation company, the Cleaners, as its staff of janitors, maids, plumbers, and more battle the forces of Corruption in all manner of mucky and murky forms. For those unfamiliar with the series so far, you still have time to check out Enter the Janitor and The Maids of Wrath before this one becomes available.
So, without further ado, I present the final cover!
The cover art is by Jeff Herndon, who did the amazing covers for the first two books, and continues to bring what I think is a fun and unique style to the series! The extra cover elements were designed by Janet McDonald, via WordFire Press.
And here is the official plot description:
It's back to school for Dani, whose new work-study position as a—what else?—janitor at her college provides the perfect front for her job with the Cleaners, the supernatural sanitation company keeping reality tidy and safe. The toughest part? Accepting that the forces of Corruption aren't behind every squicky mess. Sometimes frat boy vomit is just frat boy vomit.
Then a real problem appears: Sydney, the entropy-wielding Scum whose touch turns anything to dust. He reminds her of the deal she made so he'd spare a child's life, and it's time to uphold her side of the bargain—by going on a date with him.
Back at Cleaners HQ, Ben is determined to restore his powers and has been submitting increasingly absurd ideas for doing so to the Employee Suggestion box. When a concept is unexpectedly approved, he becomes a target for his coworkers, who are all-too-eager to test the limits of his latest "theory."
In the midst of the pair's respective dilemmas, a strange form of Corruption strikes in the heart of Denver, transforming swaths of neighborhood parks into lifeless desert.
Scrambling to contain the disaster, the Cleaners pinpoint Sydney as the source and prepare to put him down at all costs. But after Dani encounters another potential culprit, she finds herself inexplicably defending her would-be beau. Even as her loyalties are questioned, she must still face her greatest challenge ever…
Wearing a dress in public.
Like the first two, The Dustpan Cometh will be available via Amazon and most other major online retailers in both paperback and e-book format, and hopefully should have an audiobook coming out this year as well. If you are able to attend ECCC, that might give you the best chance to get the earliest available copies of it (plus, you can get it signed). And I should have some review copies, both digital and print, available soon.
I'm excited to see the series continue, and I hope you are, too. Thanks to all my readers for supporting The Cleaners, and here's to the ongoing adventure!
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Was you frustrated in life and now are finaly fulfilled? Do you think you could be frustrated again later in life? Or remain Fulfilled?
So overall in spirit and Earth life what are you now?
I put semi, in my faith until recently I went back and forth between Catholicism and Protestantism. I have settled in Catholicism for now hopefully not to roam again.
In my life I am semi since both my parents died last year.
Fulfilled = full-filled = Holy Spirit. One prays to be filled fully every day. If I am running half-full, I can become frustrated and a whole lot of other fleshly things. That's when I need to bow low, asking God to fill me to the brim. Yea!


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Lichtenstein: Underrated Palmieri's 5-Year Deal With Devils Another Shero Win
Filed Under:Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils, Ray Shero, Steve Lichtenstein
Devils forward Kyle Palmieri takes the puck in the second period against the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 16, 2016, at the Prudential Center in Newark. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
By Steve Lichtenstein
Lucky for the Devils that Kyle Palmieri continues to be one of the most underrated players in the NHL.
New Jersey general manager Ray Shero has now crossed off his two most pressing items on his summer to-do list after the team announced Thursday that it has re-signed Palmieri, its most valuable forward from last season, to a five-year contract.
Previously this offseason, Shero acquired the proven goal scorer he so desperately needed when he traded for Edmonton's Taylor Hall.
The Palmieri signing wasn't so surprising given the New Jersey-bred player's stated preference for staying home. However, despite his restricted free agent status, the alternatives couldn't be totally ruled out — especially in this offseason that featured a dearth of top talent after Steven Stamkos re-upped with Tampa Bay — until Palmieri filed for arbitration Tuesday.
Palmieri's decision to file allowed Shero to focus on the new contract's term in the negotiations. With the five-year deal, Shero has the 25-year-old Palmieri locked up for three unrestricted free agent seasons while in his prime.
All for a very affordable $4.65 million average annual value.
That's some bargain for a player coming off a 30-goal, 57-point campaign, the best on the team.
For comparison purposes, New York Post columnist Larry Brooks predicted Tuesday that 21-goal scorer Chris Kreider, who is the same age as Palmieri, would cost the Rangers at least $5 million per year for a long-term contract.
And Kreider is no way near the two-way player Palmieri has become.
Palmieri plays in all situations. Though listed at 5 feet, 11 inches and 195 pounds, he is a willing bodychecker and will fight for loose pucks in the hard areas around the net. No one has ever questioned his motor.
It's Palmieri's ability to put the puck in the net, though, that pays his bills.
The Devils — last in the league in even-strength goals — had the ninth-most proficient power play last season. Coach John Hynes had Palmieri play the Alex Ovechkin role, setting up near the left circle for one-timers — his 11 power play goals ranked 15th in the league, and he also contributed 12 assists in man-advantage situations.
He can skate, he can shoot, and he is conscientious in his own end.
Strange how the rest of the league hasn't figured that out.
All it took for Shero to obtain Palmieri from Anaheim a year ago was a pair of draft picks. Even after his stellar year, Palmieri was omitted from Team USA's roster for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey. He was rarely mentioned as an oversight.
On top of their status as a national TV ratings death knell, the Devils are used to being the third wheel in the metropolitan area. Unless they win the Stanley Cup, the New York media largely ignores them.
When Lou Lamoriello ran the organization for 28 years until Shero took over last summer, he was known for his disdain of star promotion. He felt it could harm his team-first philosophy, with the side benefit of keeping players' egos in check should they desire to earn more money.
Now that Palmieri will be a Devil until 2021, the franchise should make sure every kid who plays youth hockey in this state owns his No. 21 jersey.
According to a December profile by Dave Caldwell in The New York Times, Palmieri grew up playing hockey on a makeshift rink his father built on the family farm in Montvale. He played for the Devils' sponsored youth teams based in Codey Arena in West Orange before leading St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City to the state finals in his sophomore year of high school.
Palmieri then was invited to join the United States National Development Program based in Michigan, where he completed high school and enrolled at Notre Dame. He was selected by the Ducks in the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and made his debut the following season.
He's the homegrown kid who has made good in his home state. More people should know about him.
Except if they did, maybe he wouldn't be here.
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Amazon's Deal With the USPS Could Hold the Key to the Mail Deliverer's Future
The rise of email, the recession, and a massive mandate from Congress to pre-fund 75 years of retirement benefits in ten years — a burden not legally required of any other business or government agency — has led to difficult times for the United States Postal Service.
The agency, which operates without taxpayer funding, has weathered a drop in letter volume, and has pioneered new programs which may ultimately hold the keys to its future. Now USPS officials have asked federal regulators for permission to expand a deal with Amazon which has postal carriers and vehicles delivering groceries and other prepackaged goods in big cities. The current arrangement is a test, operating just in San Francisco where the USPS makes early morning deliveries to customers of Amazon's grocery delivery service.
The potential expanded arrangement would be a two year test which would expand the current setup into more cities. The Post Office requires approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission to enter an arrangement such as this one.
Deals like this are sort of the silver lining to the dark cloud the Internet has brought to the business of mail. People are sending less letters and paying bills online, but the rise of online retailers, including Amazon, has increased the number of packages being sent. It has also created a market for off hours delivery services like the USPS/Amazon arrangement which allows the postal service to take advantage of its existing infrastructure during off-peak hours.
How big a deal is Amazon grocery delivery for USPS?
The short-term financial impacts are nearly irrelevant. Revenues from the deal are not expected to top $10 million, according to the filing. …
The money in the short-term is not the point. The deal tests a path which could fundamentally change how the Post Office does business, which is part of the rationale used in the document seeking permission to expand the test.
Customized Delivery will provide the Postal Service a new opportunity to explore the demand for delivery during the 3 a.m. to 7.a.m. window at a specific location at the delivery address, particularly in the ever-growing grocery delivery market. The Postal Service believes these differences to be significant and worthy of testing in the marketplace.
Read more: Amazon's Deal With the United States Postal Service Could Hold the Key to the Mail Deliverer's Future.
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