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James Hollis, PhD., was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught Humanities 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland (1977-82).
He is presently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D. C. He served as Executive Director of the Jung Education Center in Houston, Texas for many years and now is Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice-President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally he is a Professor of Jungian Studies for Saybrook University of San Francisco/Houston.(1)
"In What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life, I suggest that the single most important task of the second half of life is the recovery of personal authority, namely, the discovery of what is true for us, really true, and mobilizing the courage and resources to live our truth in the world. Sounds simple, but it is the most difficult thing we will ever do. Yet how could we ever make sound choices about the course of our life, the values which matter to us, and what our life means to us without this personal authority?"(2)
"It is troubling to me that so many of us, so many of our days, succumb to fear and lethargy. Some days we spend mindlessly distracted by the diversions of popular culture. Some days we are numbed by the press of duties, legitimate claims of work and relationship, and little is left over. Some days we simply forget to show up. But how are we to "show up," and in service to what, remain compelling questions, and worthy of periodic reflection."(3)
"One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe–the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and good intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the universe. If we do our part, the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it." ~James Hollis, The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
"It has become clear to me, for example, that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging." ~James Hollis, What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life(4)
"To become a person does not necessarily mean to be well adjusted, well adapted, approved of by others. It means to become who you are. We are meant to become more eccentric, more peculiar, more odd. We are not meant just to fit in. We are here to be different. We are here to be the individual." ~James Hollis, Through the Dark Wood: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life(4)
Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey (2018)
What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life (2009)
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up (2006)
Under Saturn's Shadow (STUDIES IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY BY JUNGIAN ANALYSTS) (1994)
The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysis, 79) (1998)
Middle Passage, The (STUDIES IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY BY JUNGIAN ANALYSTS) (1993)
Swamplands of the Soul (STUDIES IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY BY JUNGIAN ANALYSTS) (1996)
Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives (2013)
Tracking the Gods (STUDIES IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY BY JUNGIAN ANALYSTS) (1995)
Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts) (2001)
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves (2008)
On This Journey We Call Our Life (Studies in Jungian Psychology in Jungian Analysts, Volume 103) (2003)
Through the Dark Wood: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life (Audio CD 2014)
The Archetypal Imagination (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology) (2002)
Mythologems (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts) (2004)
Mirrors of Transformation: The Self in Relationships : Essays (The Paja Papers) (2004)
Creating A Life

The Personal Myth in Turbulent Times

The Archetypal Wounding Of Men

Discovering & Living Your Purpose With James Hollis PhD

(1) https://www.jameshollis.net.
(2) www.huffpost.com.
(4) www.goodreads.com.


This tutorial explains in detail what factorial validity is and how to run its various aspects in PLS. The tutorial is written as a teaching aid for doctoral seminars that may cover PLS and for researchers interested in learning PLS. An annotated example with data is provided as an additional tool to assist the reader in reconstructing the detailed example.


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Boyne Business Expo
Beth Gohs
The seventh annual Boyne City Business Expo will be held from 3 to …
The seventh annual Boyne City Business Expo will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on April 23 at the former Carter's Building, 1355 Boyne Ave.
The event is sold-out with 95 businesses expected to participate, and tickets are $5 for taste-testing and networking opportunities.
"It's a lot of fun, because it seems like the whole town comes out to the expo, so it's very festive like a big party," said Jim Baumann, Executive Director of the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce.
Twelve booths are part of the Taste of Boyne, according to Baumann, and they sold out five weeks prior to the event.
"Showing the community a large group of the businesses in the community and giving those businesses the opportunity to make a lot of contacts with area residents and other businesses," said Baumann, is the main point of the expo. "We get 1,300 people attending, and most of our local businesses don't get the opportunity to meet that many people in one day."
The Boyne City Gazette once again produced a guide to Boyne Expo which includes a map of booth locations and information about marketing your business.
"This is our third guide to the Boyne Business Expo," said Chris Faulknor, Boyne Gazette Publisher. "I get more excited to publish it every year, because it becomes more and more of a regular fixture at the event. And I couldn't be more proud to see people looking through it, taking advantage of the tips inside, and using the map in the center."
Some of the many businesses participating in the Taste of Boyne include Alpine Chocolat Haus, BC Pizza, BCHS team Hospitality, Boyne Mountain Restaurants, the Jordan Inn and more.
"People will get a sneak preview of the new Northern Table restaurant, which will take over the former Thirsty Goat location." said Baumann. "There are a few other new businesses that will be there, including BC Lanes, BC Propane, Dogs World North, GIC Thermodynamics and Primerica/Jerry Essex."
The Boyne City Gazette will have a booth located on the left as you walk in, occupying the former Carter's courtesy counter.
"If you stop by The Boyne City Gazette's booth, you'll find plenty to do," said Faulknor. "Not only will there be guides and newspapers there, but special deals on subscriptions that allow people to get the newspaper at their home."
He added, "In addition, we will have free copies of the locally produced non-fiction work 'I'm So Great & Other Delusions' which is a humor book written by Boyne City Gazette News Editor and co-owner Benjamin Gohs."
Look for your copy of the guide at stores and other locations throughout Charlevoix County.
For more information on the expo, call the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce at 582-6222 or go to boynechamber.com.

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Quartz Composer è un linguaggio di programmazione visuale incluso negli Apple Developer Tools dedicati al sistema operativo Mac OS X Tiger. Il linguaggio è indirizzato alla realizzazione di effetti visivi basati sull'utilizzo di componenti modulari che vengono assemblati per realizzare composizioni anche molto complesse.

Quartz Composer utilizza OpenGL, Core Image, Core Video e altre tecnologie incluse nel sistema operativo macOS coniugandolo con un paradigma di programmazione visuale. Apple ha integrato la tecnologia Quartz Composer profondamente nel sistema operativo. Le composizioni create con Quartz Composer possono essere eseguiti da ogni applicativo che integra la tecnologia QuickTime. Questi applicativi richiedono il Mac OS X 10.4 dato che i componenti integrati da QuickTime sono disponibili da quella versione. Le composizioni possono essere integrate anche all'interno di classi Cocoa o Carbon. Dato che Quartz Composer fa un esteso uso di texture, accelerazione hardware e pixel shader per il suo utilizzo è raccomandata una scheda grafica recente e almeno 32 MB di VRAM.

Quartz Composer ha molte similarità con il programma Max/MSP sebbene questo venga principalmente utilizzato per mostrare degli effetti visiva associati a un flusso audio. La capacità dei componenti di gestire sorgenti esterni come flussi audio o MIDI all'interno del player QuickTime o di altre applicazioni QuickTime compatibili ha generato un grande interesse tra i VJ. Molti VJ utilizzano Quartz Composer per generare effetti video durante il mixing dei pezzi audio.

Pierre-Olivier Latour ha sviluppato la prima versione di Quartz Composer chiamata PixelShox Studio.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  Quartz Composer Programming Guide da Apple Computer
  iVisualize freeware plug-in for iTunes by Christoph Vogelbusch that allows iTunes to use Quartz Composer compositions for visualizers.
  ChatFX 3rd party software to put special effects (distortion, bluescreen, 3d, etc) in iChat using Quartz Composer compositions.

Tecnologie di macOS

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Gentle reader, you are probably unaware of former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's damning indictment of the Bush Regime in his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 1, 2007, as the United States no longer has a media — only a government propaganda ministry.
Brzezinski damned the Bush Regime's war in Iraq as "a historic, strategic, and moral calamity." Brzezinski damned the war as "driven by Manichean impulses and imperial hubris." He damned the war for "intensifying regional instability" and for "undermining America's global legitimacy."
Finally, a voice with weight speaks. Brzezinski is a real intellect, a real expert, unlike the political hacks who have followed him in the office.
Brzezinski told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam." Brzezinski predicts "some provocation in Iraq or a terrorist act in the U.S. blamed on Iran; culminating in a u2018defensive' U.S. military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a spreading and deepening quagmire eventually ranging across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan."
There is something deadly wrong with a society and a political system that permits a Regime capable of such insane and criminal "leadership" to remain in power. By the time Hitler launched World War II, the German Reichstag had no power to prevent him. But we have not yet reached that point in the United States. Brzezinski concludes his testimony with the statement that it is "time for the Congress to assert itself."
The reasons for impeaching Bush and Cheney exceed by many multiples all the reasons for impeaching every president combined in US history. The reasons have been enumerated many times and do not need repeating. If members of Congress were faithful to their oaths of office to uphold the Constitution, Bush and Cheney would already have been impeached and convicted.
The very least Congress can do at this very late stage is to make it perfectly clear in no uncertain terms that any attack on Iran under any pretext without the authorization of Congress after a careful examination of the pretext will lead to the immediate removal of Bush and Cheney from power, as will any escalation of the war in Iraq without explicit authorization by Congress. Having delivered this ultimatum, Congress must immediately begin investigations of the Bush Regime's attack on civil liberties and the separation of powers, on the Bush Regime's use of lies and deception to lead America into a war with Iraq, on the Bush Regime's violation of the Geneva Conventions, and on the Bush Regime's plans to attack Iran.
The American people and their representatives in Congress must face the fact that criminal and dictatorial persons control executive power in the United States and immediately rectify this highly dangerous situation.
Previous article by Paul Craig Roberts: Bush Is About To Attack Iran Why Can't Americans See It?


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Q: Getting iOS display resolution An Application that is designed for a device of 480x960 pixel resolution is executed on a 480x1136 device. While running on the 480x1136 device I need to be able to detect the real resolution. Unfortunately, instead of getting the device resolution ('480x1136'), I get the application resolution ( == '480x960'), hence [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size * [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale] returns '480x960' instead of the expected '480x1136'
How can I resolve the real device physical resolution ?

A: //Get device screen resolution for this specific case

CGRect boundsOfScreen=[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];

        if (boundsOfScreen.size.width == 480 && boundsOfScreen.size.height == 960 ) {
            //iPod Touch 3.5-inch
        }
        else if (boundsOfScreen.size.width == 480 && boundsOfScreen.size.height == 1136) {
             //iPod Touch 4-inch
        }

A: It's Ugly, BUT, that's the only solution I have found to resolve the real physical main display resolution ( Independent of the executing app ):
#import <sys/utsname.h>

bool getDeviceNativeResolution(CGSize& res) {
    utsname si;
    uname(&si);

    if((0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPod7", 5)) || (0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPhone7", 7)))
        res = CGSizeMake(1080, 1920);
    else if((0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPod6", 5)) || (0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPhone6", 7)))
        res = CGSizeMake(750, 1334);
    else if((0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPod5", 5)) || (0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPhone5", 7)))
        res = CGSizeMake(640, 1136);
    else if((0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPod4", 5)) || (0 == strncmp(si.machine, "iPhone4", 7)))
        res = CGSizeMake(640, 960);
    else
        return false;

    return true;
}

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My friend Aaron Harvey made his short film IDIOT for pretty much zero dollars. It got into a bunch of festivals and won some awards, and I find it quite affecting (not affected, affecting). I mean, who hasn't felt like an idiot, before?
Here's THE LINK to it on vimeo. Fair warning, though... it's a bit dark. Maybe don't watch it with your four-year-old bed-wetter.


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St. Louis Bombers war der Name einer US-amerikanischen Basketballfranchise in St. Louis, Missouri, die von 1946 bis 1950 in der BAA, der späteren NBA, spielte.

Geschichte
Die Bombers waren 1946 Gründungsmitglied der BAA. Während der drei Spielzeiten in der BAA holten die Bombers einmal den Conference-Titel und erreichten stets die Play-offs. In der Saison 1947–1948 verloren sie in den Semifinals erst im siebten Spiel gegen die Philadelphia Warriors. In der ersten Saison unter dem Namen NBA bestritten die Bombers das erste Saisonspiel gegen die Tri-Cities Blackhawks und gewannen 72-51. Nach dieser Saison stellte der Verein den Spielbetrieb ein.

Saison für Saison

Weblinks
 St. Louis Bombers – Teamprofil auf basketball-reference.com (englisch)

Ehemaliges US-amerikanisches Basketball-Franchise
Bombers
Gegründet 1946
Aufgelöst 1950
Historische Organisation (St. Louis)


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I was really surprised to see the performance increase we got from the GTX 465. I was hoping to see the big performance increase we saw from the GTX 470, but wasn't sure if we would get it or not. The good news is that the 700MHz+ core clock did wonders for our overall performance.
What it did ultimately, though, was wonders for the value of the card with it taking top spot; well, equal top spot with the Galaxy GTX 470 we looked at recently.
It's important to know that we didn't have the voltage adjust ability; with that we could end up with another 30MHz + on the core which would push our TVR number higher and let the model climbing even higher up the TPR graph.
The GTX 465 is a great model I feel. Its price is good, its OC potential seems to be fantastic and as I mentioned before, it isn't plagued with the same heat, power and noise issues that the original GTX 400 series plagued us with.
All these are so important as well when you're getting into that more mainstream market. NVIDIA might've gotten off to a bit of a rocky start with the GTX 400 series, but the GTX 465 and the latest ForceWare 257 series drivers are not only a step, but a leap in the right direction.
It looks like the video card market is going to begin to start heating up again.


Williams-Sonoma carries heart cookie cutters so you can make your favorite cookie recipes into Valentine cookies. Home baked gifts are always thoughtful and extra special make sweet homemade Valentine gifts with our Valentine bakeware. Find heart shaped cake pans and heart shaped cookie cutters online and at your local Williams-Sonoma store.


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Bastián Ernst of Wild Audience joins the podcast to Respect-Based marketing and how they use it to help 6 to 7-figure businesses automate their processes to acquire customers at profit and scale.
Bastian Ernst: 01:25 What's up, Chris? Looking forward to this.
Chris Davis: 01:29 This has been a long time coming. I think the excitement is mutual just as much as you see us doing major things over here on the ActiveCampaign site, it's always good to see a user who is really strong in what they offer and has their messaging dialed in and really resonating with their audience.
Bastian Ernst: 01:50 Cool man. Thanks for having us.
Chris Davis: 01:52 Yes. Bastian, give our listeners some insight on who you are and your company.
Bastian Ernst: 01:58 Yeah, sure. I run a company called Wild Audience and we are known for a particular term and that's called respect-based marketing. The second one is relationship funnels. Basically what it is, it's creating user experiences to establish certain beliefs and then sell certain products and services. That's what we help other businesses implement, these respect-based powered relationship funnels.
Chris Davis: 02:27 Got it. Now, is this your first go at entrepreneurship? Is this your first company?
Bastian Ernst: 02:35 Well, you know, there were a smaller trials and errors before. I think the first one was around 15, selling baseball caps and stuff like that. That's like my main and my most serious attempt, let's say.
Chris Davis: 02:50 The reason why I ask this is because we're going to jump into respect-based marketing and relationship funnels, that's what I'm really excited about. I often find that we are who we are, right? As we mature and grow, it just educates us how to be more of ourselves in a way that is more impactful in a positive way to people. There's always something like, even back when you were selling ball caps and all of your other endeavors, there was probably something in there that you just really resonated with, "Well, I don't just want to sell the cap." Let's have a conversation. Have you seen that be true with your previous endeavors as well?
Bastian Ernst: 03:36 For sure. Like for me, I think it was a combination of two things. On one hand it was just creating your own experiences and projects and trials and errors and making your mistakes, that's one hat, one impact on me. The second thing and I think it's at least as important to me was having a mentor. When I was 12, 14 years, my dream was always to go to Silicon Valley. I'm from Austria, from Vienna. Entrepreneurship scene is not that big there. From Europe, you always look to big companies in SF and Silicon Valley. I always wanted to go there. Then I was around 18 I made it happen. I achieved my dream. Went to Silicon Valley. That's where everything happened for me. My mind got opened. I was blown away. I met these people and found his mentor who is now a big reason who I am today and why I do what I do and the way I do it. I think these are the two things, trying different things and having a mentor to ask a lot of dumb questions.
Chris Davis: 04:39 Wow. You took that leap, man. I mean, to not be from here and to travel all the way over here with the big dream from your childhood. I mean that took a lot of guts. I know people here in the states that haven't left their state, their own state. That's respect, man. You're amazing. Oh my gosh, you flew over water to get here. No, that's great. That's great. Let's fast forward now. You've got Wild Audience. How long has Wild Audience been around?
Bastian Ernst: 05:13 It's the third year now. First year being just me by myself trying different things, cracking that six figures. Then second year was all about just building a team, workflows and figuring out what it means to run a company and having a team and becoming a people person than actually an executer. Now this year is a fun year. It's really cool. We have now figured out what we want to do, why we want to do it, and that was a lot of fun.
Chris Davis: 05:43 Wow. That's a really fast path to growth by the way. I mean, three years to have it dialed in, know exactly what you want to do, how you want to do it, and even have a name for what you do, man. Hats off to you. Let's jump into it. Respect-base marketing. You talked about it a little bit in the intro, but this is a term that I saw and I was like, what's that? Now, I've been in marketing. I've seen all of the different terminologies and the creative ways and spins that us marketers put on things, but a respect-based marketing was one that I didn't see often. You often don't see respect mentioned in the realm of marketing, especially online. When I saw it, it caught my eye. You're definitely onto something there. Walk the listeners from … They've never heard of it. This is probably their first time hearing about respect-based marketing. What is it and where did you come up with the idea?
Bastian Ernst: 07:34 It was hard sales pressure tactics. That's when I thought about, okay, what is business, right? Business is relationships between people, right. Usually one person has a problem, another one has a solution. They build the relationship and then they sell it for a problem for that person. Right? Then I thought about a way on how we can bring these elements which will never go away into nowadays and combine it with smart automation that result is respect-based marketing. We implement it and execute it through ActiveCampaign.
Chris Davis: 08:10 Wow. Wow, nice. Now, what have you seen as far as not just implementation but also your audience? How has that resonated with your audience and what are some changes that you've seen on the back end as far as how effective it's been for you?
Bastian Ernst: 08:28 The way it works is first of all, you have to understand the attention thing, right? Once you understand that, that you don't sell first, but you want to attract attention, but the main thing is to keep it, maintain it. That's the difficult part, right? That's I'm sure where you come in and do the study halls and all these different things to maintain people's attention, establish a relationship, deepen the relationship and so on. How do you do that? If you think about your first date or if you want to build a relationship with a friend, usually you ask a bunch of questions, right? Do you have this hobby? Are you interested in that? Then you figure out what this person is interested in, right? Then you probably tailor your conversation towards that area, mutual interests, interests, right? It's the same with business. If you can put a practical example on respect-based marketing, what we do is we put some educational piece out there, like a blog post or a PDF.
Bastian Ernst: 09:22 We promote it through traffic with Facebook ads or SEO, whatever, right? Then we want to get people into our relationship funnel and we do that by asking the questions. Usually it's five questions, you want to figure out what their problem is and what their desire is. Then our job is to bridge the gap between the problem and the desire. Now they gave us four or five data points and we can personalize the experience, right? You can use an ActiveCampaign. You can use a personalized content inside the emails. You can personalize the message on your landing pages with tools like write message, right? You can show different ads on Facebook and Instagram based on tags and in ActiveCampaign and whatnot, right? You can personalize the experience. The reason we do that is because we want to be relevant, right? Someone is interested in X and apples, we want to talk about apples and not about bananas, right?
Bastian Ernst: 10:22 Once people are perceiving you as relevant, "Yes, that's for me, that's exactly what my problem is. That's exactly what my desires." They will start to engage, right? That's what we want. We want to get the right people to engage with us, right? Meaning, we use an ActiveCampaign. We set up different emails. I'm sure you know that we call it frequency selectors. At the end of the email, people can choose if they want to have the next email and the trip email campaign now or in two days. They click now, they get the next email instantly. That acts as a micro investment, right? They click something, then they do certain things, right? We build up that lead score to say yes, yes, yes, yes. Then build up the lead score, the behavior. We track their behavior and then we sent the conversion event, which could be an evergreen webinar, an invite sales and discovery call and so on. Right? The whole thing is a cycle, right?
Bastian Ernst: 11:16 What we do is we install the beliefs, right? The belief system, right? You have a belief system. I have a belief system. The listener has a belief system. That's how we decide between right and wrong. If you had a bad experience eating an orange as a child, and I'm now coming on the street, "Hey, do you want to buy my oranges? They're the best in the market," right? You're probably going to say no because you have that belief which stems from the past. Me as a vendor now needs to figure out what that old belief is, break it, reinstall a new one, that orange is actually yummy and healthy. Then once you believe that, it's easy to sell the orange. Right? That's what respect-based marketing does. It uses this attention segmentation, personalization, relevancy, engagement, to install these buying beliefs and then once the user or the potential prospect or lead is ready, we present the sales conversation. That results in deeper relationships and trust and longterm and sustainable growth.
Chris Davis: 12:14 Yeah, I love it. I'm chuckling along the way as you speak, because it's so natural, right? I mean you've been doing it for so long, it's just like, yeah and then we'll have the frequency selector and that'll add to the lead score and then the evergreen webinar. I can see the list. They're like, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, because in a matter of minutes, you really broke down a very strong funnel. Right?
Bastian Ernst: 12:38 That's the relationship funnel.
Chris Davis: 12:38 Yeah, that's what I was going to say. I want to rewind a bit and talk about some of those elements because for me, and I saved myself from asking you to tell me what respect-based marketing was so that when you describe it on the podcast, I could go through the learning process with our listeners. The thing that jumped out to me was you're treating people like people, right? Instead, I can easily just straight sell to you. "Hey you, you look like you could use this. It's worked for a thousand of these other people. It will work for you. Here you go, click buy." But you're saying, "Wait a minute, let's slow down. Let me get to know you." Right? "Let me capture some information about you." There's various ways whether like you mentioned, write message, maybe it's a particular website or blog posts that you visited that's given me information. Maybe you've directly filled out a survey or a form and given me information, but I'm not just collecting it. What I'm hearing you say, you're not just collecting it for the sake of collection and say, "I've got a thousand leads today." You're collecting it so you can really cater the messaging and experience to them thus respecting the effort that they put forth to provide information, the trust that they've shown, even if it was just an email and their expectation to be treated fairly. Right?
Bastian Ernst: 14:04 Exactly. Yes. It's exactly that. Often in the past, people were like, they enter someone's world and they're new to someone's world and then they get bombarded with these sales messages and they lose trust. They lose respect. They were like, "I'm up to something interesting." Then boom, boom, boom, boom, right? Then they unsubscribe, right? For us, it's usually the opposite. People, and that's pretty crazy actually. People, they send us emails and you can go to wildaudience.com/love to see our love page. We have all these screenshots where people say like, "Hey Bastian, it's funny, it feels like I have a relationship with you. It feels like I know you as a person but in reality I have a relationship with AI, with machine," with ActiveCampaign. It's cool but also a little bit weird, but it's true. Then you imagine if you then have a sales call or discovery call or get to know each other call or one-on-one meeting, just imagine how much easier that sales conversation then will be because of all the beliefs being pre-installed, the trust and the relationship is there. They feel that they know you and so on. Right? That's how you can get high ROI and more profits and higher conversion rates.
Chris Davis: 15:17 Yup. I love it. I love it so. I know you've given us the most simple form of the relationship funnel, but I want to talk about the three that you've dropped upon us. You got the frequency selector and then you have your lead scoring, and then you have your webinar event. Let's start with the frequency selector. By the way, I love that name. Two is you know what, as you said it, I knew what you meant and I thought you were going somewhere, right? I thought you were like, "So if you want these weekly to you," I thought that's where you're going to go like the traditional how opt-in, but then when you said, "Do you want it now or two days later?" I was like, oh, Bastian. I see what you did there. Tell me about that. I mean, I love that idea because it's both like the fast lane and slow lane dynamic, right? Allow people to move at the speed that they want to but also it's like you found a way to progress them on the fast lane and build a relationship. You're not saying, "Hey you, based on what I found about you, I'm putting you on the fast lane." You're actually letting them say, "Hey, I would like that way." You know?
Bastian Ernst: 16:32 You give them the steering wheel. That's the thing. I'm the architect, the architect of the whole journey, but then I handed over the steering wheel and they self-select and put themselves through the whole thing at their speed. I mean, the way it works is the frequency selector is just one of the engagement hooks we use in order to get people engaged. We want to get the right people to engage, right? We use activation hooks, we use open loops, cliffhangers. We use frequency selectors. There are lots of different yes segue bridges. There are different things you can do in order to get the right people to engage with you. The frequency selector is fun because basically what it does is imagine like a traditional email sequence, a trip email sequence and email automation of let's say seven emails. Usually, it's a two day waiting block in between meaning, it takes, let's say if you run ads and you acquire a lead for an email address for five bucks, right?
Bastian Ernst: 17:23 It takes at least if you present your sales opportunity in the last email, the last two, it will take 10 to 14 days until you will present your sales message, right? With the frequency selector, what happens and again you can go to the love page where you can see how people write about that is they see the ads. They instantly liked the experience, because they like it they continue to engage and then people buy at the same day because like, "Oh, I got the first email. That's interesting. I need to reply [inaudible 00:17:50]." That triggers another email and then they can click yes. The next thing was there, right? Then 35 minutes later, all seven emails are done. They've read everything. They've put themselves into the evergreen webinar or sales call. Done deal. Right? The cool thing is for you as the business owner is that you can increase the time it takes to make your ROI back, meaning you can reinvest that money into advertising so that's pretty cool. Of course, it's a micro investment.
Chris Davis: 18:17 Yep. Yep. I love it because for various reasons, but it is, you're allowing … What's you're doing is you're appealing to the ways that people are being trained to consume content right now. Right? When Netflix drops a series, everybody, "Oh, I'm binging this weekend." People want to just sit back and go from one episode to the next, even to the point now, you know, Netflix doesn't even require you to click. It's like the next episode is starting in five seconds. There's the countdown and it just starts. That's exactly the feel that I get when you're explaining how you're using your engagement hooks or whatnot, it's just like let them go. They saw your ad, you did a good job, right? You did a good job with your messaging, your targeting and it's resonating with them. Let them consume as much as possible. Whereas Bastian, I know probably around the time when you were really learning this and under your mentor, drip feed was everything, right? Get one day, wait a day, give it to them the next day and that was the thing. Now, it's just like try that with respect to somebody like you and Wild Audience going for the same person. They're like, well, while I wait, let me just click all of the links that Bastian is sending me. Just move along.
Bastian Ernst: 19:47 Exactly. It's fun to see. We then integrated ActiveCampaign into Slack and we track every time someone clicks one of these engagement triggers and suddenly your business comes alive. You see all these messages in Slack, like people clicking different things and selecting their journeys. It's fun. We just have a channel dedicated to that, that fun part of it. It's cool to see your business being alive.
Chris Davis: 20:11 Yeah. A quick tangent. You mentioned Slack. Slack, I've been hearing some of the most creative uses of Slack lately and it's becoming like that, I don't want to say like the central, the center of data, but it's so easy to see activity, right? Once you start integrating with your most important tools and then of course, since your team is already in there is it just helps you keep your finger on the pulse of your business at all times. That's a bonus for all of you listeners. Let's talk about lead scoring because I think this has been brought up maybe a total of three times on the podcast thus far. How are you using … You know what? Bastian, when I go and do the workshops, I'm kind of giving it away, maybe I won't give it all away. I call lead scoring something, how about that? Because I still like the shock factor when I say what it is, but outside of the name, what I tell people is it's one of the features that are often put on the back burner just because I didn't come from a sales background so I never really used it. Once I understood the power of it, I was like, "Oh my, why did I wait so long to apply such a powerful feature?" How are you all using? Are you using a score based on a collective score for all of the engagement along the way?
Bastian Ernst: 21:38 Basically, we use it because we do something that is called behavioral pitching, right? Instead of just pitching your offer, we track the behavior and engagement and then once the person is ready, meaning they hit a lead score threshold, that's when we start pitching. That's why we call it behavior pitching. Basically, I mean, we track only certain elements towards the threshold. We don't track things like opening an email. We do purchasing front end. We track purchasing front end products. We track link clicking sales page visits, and then we just create a point like a scale like scoring system. Clicking is let's say five points, visiting a sales pitch is 20 points, buying a product is 100 points. Then once we have that threshold, let's say of 157 points, that's where we then trigger two things. Either an invite to an evergreen webinar which is automated through ActiveCampaign or we trigger a webhook from ActiveCampaign through [sapier 00:22:47] and then triggered Gmail email, which then looks like a really real from a human sent sales email. You know what I mean? [inaudible 00:22:57] and then we ask people to jump on a call. Right? That's how we use it.
Chris Davis: 23:01 Wow. I love it. I love it. It's simplified scoring to the point where and I know it's taken some time to really fine-tune the scoring system, but you simplified it to the point where it's just like, "Hey, everybody over this threshold, they're ready." Right?
Bastian Ernst: 23:18 That's exactly [crosstalk 00:23:19] what you said.
Chris Davis: 23:19 Say that again.
Bastian Ernst: 23:20 It takes time as you said, right. It's like I said 157, but maybe for you it's different, right? It's something maybe you have to put some up together and I think, "Okay, I estimate that this lead score is there people being ready," but then if you, let's say have a lead score of 150 and you trigger it as I want to jump on a call email and then the people on the call are very low relationship, probably you're going to pump that lead score a little bit up, right? Yes, it takes time as you said.
Chris Davis: 23:49 It's one of those things where I tell people get started as soon as possible. We have a basic framework just on the website of how to create your first lead scoring, your lead score and let it run for 30, 60 days. Right. Then go and look at the scores and look at the quality of contacts and adjust as needed, you know, ongoing. Here at ActiveCampaign, we swear by our lead scoring, everybody that I've met like yourself that has found that lead scoring system for them they're like, it's one of the best things I've ever done. It was refreshing to hear you say that man. The last step, the last step in this is, and again, everybody, because I want to do it justice, this is the bare-bones. This is the most basic version of the relationship funnel. I'm sure they can go to your website to find out much more, but now you have the sales event. For you, you're using the respect-based marketing at the point of capture to really tee it up and reinforcing it with the relationship that's saying, hey, they're ready. Once they're ready, you're then either reaching out to them in person or sending them to another sales event. The evergreen webinar, is that the primary sales event that you're using right now?
Bastian Ernst: 25:14 That depends on the business. For example, we do consulting, meaning it's more of a high ticket, meaning we really want to talk to people and they want to talk to us. We trigger an email to jump on a call. Actually, in the quiz and then we jump on a call. If we do have front end products where we sell digital products and courses and trainings and whatnot, that evergreen webinar has worked really well. Again, remember when we talked about the segmentation part where we ask them a bunch of questions, one of the questions actually is annual revenue, right? Then we know that people above a certain revenue point, they should jump on a call and they should be a client buying our consultancy and all the people below, they're not quite ready yet. We sell them our digital products. Based on that, we sell them either to the evergreen webinar where we use EverWebinar for or Calendly to schedule a call.
Bastian Ernst: 26:14 That's again where you can use your data points in order to personalize the experience and actually draft an offer or create an offer specific to their needs. Right?
Chris Davis: 27:26 You really don't know. Right? For you, the question, first off, I just wanted to, hats off to you in that aspect because I feel like the same responsible approach you take to your marketing you take to your business. I was thinking in this, in this, like you say you're not out there just pushing and throwing products down people's throat and everything like that. What has been the hardest for you in making that transition? Sometimes I know it's tempting because you see it, it's all over the place. What would you say has been the hardest with establishing this respect-based marketing and relationship funnel approach? What's been your biggest struggle with that or hurdle, I should say?
Bastian Ernst: 28:16 Of course you see maybe your competitors or other big players doing the standard stuff and you're like, "Oh man, maybe you should also offer a bonus," maybe two, maybe a missing [inaudible 00:28:27]. In the end, we had that phase, right? It took us many months to, okay, be authentic, stayed true to actually what we believe in but then on the other hand, balance it out maybe with a promotion or a bonus there. It took some time to be honest. Right. The hardest thing I think was actually that transition, letting go of that and being okay with maybe actually maybe I lose out some money there, but at least I'm true to my approach, to my company, to the way we do that. Other people really connect with that. Right? Maybe we lose some of the people who would have bought because of the bonuses. Right? Maybe that's not the exact type of person we want to work with, right. Especially once you do high ticket. Now, by doing it exactly the way we want to do, which is respect-based marketing, no fake scarcity, we actually connect with the people who think alike. Right? That then I think allows for better customer client relationships and also more customer lifetime value but it was hard, the transition.
Chris Davis: 29:45 I mean, essentially, I hear you saying being an individual, not following the herd, not getting drawn into the eye candy it seems to be.
Bastian Ernst: 29:58 We even renamed our sales page to zag, /zag, as everyone zigs, we zag. Right? We try to incorporate that as much as we can.
Chris Davis: 30:10 Oh man, I love it. I love it. Bastian, this has been great man. Thank you for coming on the podcast. If people want to connect with you, experience some of the relationship funnel and respect-based marketing, where's the best place they can go?
Bastian Ernst: 30:27 We talked about the theory, but I would say as you said, like the best thing is just to experience it yourself. Once you entered our website, a lot of things will happen. You will see personalized ads on different types of platforms, on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook. You will see emails, you will see bot messages, everything will be quite synced and work together because we sync the data back and forth. Just experience it yourself and see if you like it, see if you feel like all the other clients on our love page and then you can judge for yourself, right? Just go wildaudience.com, to the homepage or if you want to get a summarized PDF for what we talked about, just go to wildaudience.com/podcast. Then you can download a PDF. These are two pages I will say.
Chris Davis: 31:09 Great, great. Well, Bastian.
Bastian Ernst: 31:13 Sorry, I missed something, or the podcast. We have Respect-Based Marketing Podcast since this is a podcast, it might make sense.
Chris Davis: 31:20 Right, another one to add to the list of. Man, Bastian, this has been great, man. I really appreciate you coming on and just really peeling back the curtain and letting everybody see what's behind the success and what you've achieved. Again, this is in three years so hats off to you man and we're rooting for you in the company here to make sure that we're providing the best tool to ensure your longevity, man. We appreciate your usage and your tutelage and everything.
Bastian Ernst: 31:52 Thanks, Chris. I really, really enjoyed the conversation.
Chris Davis: 31:54 All right, great. I'll see you online, Bastian.


The whole gist of this social networking gig is to raise the level of awareness of your BRAND on the internet.
It's like swimming upstream most of the time, but every once in a while, you get a nod, and it feels good.
John Pozadzides is a self-made-millionaire in his 30's who has the luxury of handing out those nods.
He's one of the founders of Woopra and many other Web2.0 achievements, but maybe is best known today as the author of ONE MAN'S BLOG. (BTW, John is in Las Vegas as we speak for a PhotoShop convention).
For some unknown reason, I've managed to land on John's good side, and he invited me to come onto his internet radio show: WealthNation.fm. While I don't think of myself as wealthy, I was honored to be part of a conversation with John and his cohorts on their show a couple of weeks ago.
We talked about branding, and voice-acting, and entrepreneurship, and being on TV, and so forth. You may actually enjoy listening to it….or not.
Regardless, HERE is the link. For all the interview is NOT…it IS another opportunity to further my brand in the matrix.


Former students of Göttingen University live all over the planet. When the alumni program recently invited those based in California, more than 80 former students of all ages and walks of life – Germans and US Americans alike – met at UC Berkeley. Realizing how many memories they share, they are planning to set up an alumni organization on the US West Coast.
"Göttingen alumni live all over the planet", says Bernd Hackstette, who has been director of the university's Alumni program for the last 13 years. "We set up this meeting for our former students, who are now based in California, so that they can get to know each other across generations, build networks and reconnect with their Alma Mater." No less than eighty former students and their families followed his invitation for an afternoon of presentations, barbecue and socializing on the historic UC Berkeley campus.
"I had studied political sciences at UC Irvine in Southern California, but coming to Göttingen, I realized how clueless and naïve my upbringing in 'Republicanville' had left me", Smith continues. "That year truly politicized me: My German friends were discussing and protesting a lot, especially against the fact that the US still had large-scale weaponry on their military bases in Western Germany. I didn't know anything about it before. As exchange student, I wasn't allowed to join these demonstrations, but I started to see the US from an outsider's perspective and become more cosmopolitan." In Göttingen, Smith discovered her love for German literature. After her return to California, she transferred to German studies and eventually became Head of Human Resources of a Bay Area startup. Her year abroad was just the beginning: She has returned to Germany many times since.
Dr. Marielle Smith is one of more than 4,000 students from both the US and Germany, who took part in the Education Abroad Program (EAP) Germany. Initiated in 1963 by the University of California (UC), Göttingen was the first German partner university; it wasn't until the 1990s that the program was extended to Berlin, Potsdam and Bayreuth.
"The top British universities might be a more obvious choice for a US exchange student", ponders Thomas Shannon, professor of German Linguistics at UC Berkeley, who sits two tables from Smith with his wife and daughter. "The students who went to Germany instead were the more adventurous ones, often interested in history or languages. And they all thrived in Göttingen." Shannon and his family lived in the city from 2000 till 2002, while he was director of the UC Study Center.
One of Shannon's predecessors as program director was the renowned US scholar, author and Holocaust survivor Prof. Dr. Ruth Klüger. She wrote about her time in Göttingen in her books and became a guest lecturer afterwards.
"We were of course disappointed, when the UC Study Center moved from Göttingen to Berlin in 2010", says Bernd Hackstette. But Göttingen keeps its international profile, as the university's Vice President Prof. Dr. Hiltraud Casper-Hehne points out during her presentation in Berkeley: 18 per cent of the Göttingen faculty are internationals, as opposed to the German average of 11 per cent. In 2015, the university received the Institutional Award for Innovation in Internationalization for its outstanding strategy. "Our most recent innovations are summer schools for international students – some of them also from California – and a global internship program that we are preparing", says Casper-Hehne.
The Vice President gives the audience a virtual tour of recently transformed campus buildings and presents strategic changes like the new status of the university as a Public Law Foundation and its applications for the German Excellence Initiative. The guests were surprised to hear that even in Göttingen, students and faculty demonstrated in a March for Science as a reaction to the new US administration.
"Unlike most US universities, Göttingen didn't systematically collect alumni addresses in the past", says Mark R. Dollhopf, the former director of the Yale Alumni Organization who counsels Göttingen University in its endeavor to set up local alumni organizations in Germany and around the world. "We need pioneers on the ground who are willing to get things started", he calls on the audience. "This is a unique opportunity for networking and sharing your love of learning." His aim is to create at least two networks in the US, one on the West and one on the East Coast in collaboration with local volunteers.
Alumni have found different ways to give back to their university, Hackstette continues. "Some donate money, others meet with students to talk about their own careers and professional opportunities in their field." 600 to 700 students a year participate in this so-called Alumni for Students program – and they are especially eager to hear from international alumni, Hackstette emphasizes.
Well served with salad, chocolate cake and beer, the former Göttingen students discover fond memories with strangers – and even meet old acquaintances. Dr. Peter Hintz, a postdoc at UC Berkeley, sits between two friends he studied mathematics and physics with, one of whom he knew all along since orientation week, the notorious O-Phase. "I have been living in California for six years now and we have been living close for so long without seeing each other", he says. It seems as if the three of them won't lose sight of each other again, with or without an alumni network.


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Kia Joorabchian's controversial Arsenal transfers and how they've worked out
The Gunners have worked closely with the super agent over the last few years, but how many of his clients have actually been a success since arriving at the Emirates?
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Kia Joorabchian clearly has a good business relationship with those over at Arsenal, given a number of his clients have ended up plying their trade for the Gunners in the last few years.
The 49-year-old boasts a star-studded list of clientele that includes Champions League winners and Premier League veterans - though some members of the Emirates faithful may highlight the latter of those two as part of the problem.
Long gone are the days when all recruitment decisions related to the playing staff were made by the manager, it is clear that over in the red half of North London, technical director Edu also has a large say in who comes in.
Given his close working ties with Joorabchian, it's little surprise only now, post- Wenger have these signings begin to flood in in their droves.
Football agent Kia Joorabchian has a number of clients at Arsenal. (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images) (Image: Getty Images)
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher launched an attack on the agent before the turn of the year, citing his clients as part of the problems that plague the Gunners.
"I really like (Mikel) Arteta," he said. "There's a lot of nonsense around the club – bringing players, buying players. I think some signings were a joke. In terms of bringing Willian in, Luiz in, Cedric in.
"Is Kia Joorabchian making signings at the club? Mikel Arteta has brought in Thomas Partey and Gabriel. They look like Arsenal's two best players at this moment, certainly early stages this season."
The agent did not take those remarks lying down, and bit back with: "I'm very surprised because Jamie is one of the people that monopolises Sky Sports commentary. Sky Sports producers pay a lot of money to him, so I can't understand why he doesn't check his facts before he speaks.
"The fact is I had nothing to do with the signing of Willian. If Jamie had bothered to check with Mikel or Edu, they would have said Mikel presented three different times to convince Willian to be his number one signing at Arsenal."
Willian is the most recent of Joorabchian's signings to join the Gunners, so as his debut season draws to a close, it seems as good a time as any to analyse how the super agent's clients have fared in an Arsenal shirt.
There is an argument to be had that Luiz is the most successful of Joorabchian's Arsenal clients, with the 34-year-old proving to be a huge figure in the dressing room, one many of the Gunners array of young talent all claim to look up to.
He has proven he is the sides most comfortable defender on the ball, something Arteta's men had to learn the hard way in his absence at the tail-end of this season.
Luiz's time at Arsenal appears to have come to an end (Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Luiz last featured for the Gunners away at Newcastle, playing a part in the first of two goals with a delightful pass into the channels, a trait Arsenal clearly missed as they struggled to mount any attack in their Europa League disaster against Villarreal the following game.
However, for all of his technical quality, Luiz has displayed the kind of erratic on-pitch decision making that has plagued his entire career.
Luiz has four red cards over the course of 213 Premier League appearances, the bulk of which came for Chelsea - yet three of his dismissals have come in an Arsenal shirt.
After two seasons, three red cards and a number of penalties conceded - Luiz's time at Arsenal appears to be coming to an end, after it was reported that neither the club nor the player had any desire to extend his contract which expires at the end of the current campaign.
Few signings in the modern history of Arsenal have gone as badly for the club as the signing of former Chelsea winger Willian.
1 goal in 37 appearances has made for a debut season full of criticism, so much so that recent speculation has suggested the Brazilian international could be keen on leaving the Emirates after just one season.
It took Willian 35 Premier League match-weeks to bag his first Arsenal goal (Image: Pool via REUTERS)
The 32-year-old has attracted interest from a number of European clubs as well as newly-formed MLS outfit Inter Miami.
The signing of Willian has ben accused of stalling the development of a number of Arsenal's talented younger players, including Gabriel Martinelli and Reiss Nelson.
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Cedric's arrival at the Emirates led to questions from the very beginning, given Arsenal were in no real desperate need for a right-back, boasting Hector Bellerin and Ainsley Maitland-Niles as well as Calum Chambers once he had recovered from injury.
Originally signed on loan, Cedric's deal was eventually offered a bumper new permanent contract despite having made ZERO appearances for the club at the time.
The majority of Cedric's performances this season have come in the Europa League (Image: NurPhoto/PA Images)
Bizarrely, the bulk of Cedric's Arsenal features this season have come while playing left-back, filling in for the crocked Kieran Tierney.
The Portuguese defender enjoyed a brief decent run of form in the new role at the beginning of the year, before he eventually his flaws on the opposite flank were exposed and Arteta took the step of deploying midfielder Granit Xhaka in the left-back position instead.
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The pooch: This is the common but less than technical term applied to the condition known as diastasis recti. To the outside, untrained eye, this condition presents itself in the form of a bulge, much like a standard 'pregnancy pouch' that emerges from a woman's abdominal area in the latter months of her term. Yet in truth, diastasis recti is a serious condition that affects approximately two-thirds of pregnant women. So in many cases, 'the pooch' is in itself a symptom of diastasis recti.
Diastasis recti involves the separating of rectus abdominal muscles from the midline. In point of fact, the word diastasis literally translates to mean separation. This condition can strike virtually anyone, from pregnant ladies (especially those over the age of 35, those having a multiple childbirth in the form of twins, triplets, etc., those birthing babies that are larger in size, those experiencing their second or third pregnancy, women birthing babies close together in timeframe, etc.) to newborn infants, to people–male and female–who don't diet or exercise in an appropriate, doctor-approved manner.
If you're expecting a baby, or even considering a pregnancy, then, by all means, you should research the subject of diastasis recti symptoms during pregnancy. So what exactly should you know about diastasis recti symptoms? Well, like the condition itself, they can vary from person to person. Yet in the majority of cases, the aforementioned pooch stands first and foremost among diastasis recti symptoms. This signifies the bloating of the stomach, which is caused by the pressure that the effects of pregnancy exert against the stomach. The stomach stretches beyond what one would normally expect during the course of a typical pregnancy, thus creating a pooch or bloat that can cause great discomfort for the mom to be.
The bulge can protrude in both the upper and lower regions surrounding the belly button, or individually in one of these physical regions. Ah, but how does one differentiate a diastasis recti pooch from a typical pregnancy pouch? Well, this can be difficult, but the pooch can be indicated by feeling as much as by seeing. If you feel particularly bloated during your pregnancy, particularly during your second or third trimester, and notice more of a bulge or ridge than expected, then you may want to consult your physician or obstetrician about the distinct possibility of diastasis recti.
Diastasis recti symptoms also can include poor posture, as might be expected. When the abdomen bulges, the body might bend forward of its own accord during any attempt at walking or movement. Your shoulders may hunch and your back could angle forward, resulting in particularly poor posture.
Can diastasis recti cause bowel problems?
When assessing and researching the topic of diastasis recti symptoms, one might feel compelled to pose the question, "Can diastasis recti cause bowel problems?" This is a natural and (forgive us) 'expected' question, as this condition affects the abdominal area. And as it turns out, diastasis recti has been known to constipation in many cases, along with other gastrointestinal issues. This is primarily owing to the fact that, when one is pregnant and particularly if one suffers from diastasis recti, the back and organs might become supported by weak connective tissue. In addition, pregnant women in general report more frequent instances of constipation throughout the course of their terms. Pregnant women suffering from diastasis recti symptoms also experience other 'toilet troubles', to use the most technical term possible, that could include urine leaking and incontinence.
And speaking of discomfort; back pain is often associated in some measure with the pregnancy experience, and in particular is listed among the top, most frequently reported diastasis recti symptoms. Yet can pregnant women experience diastasis pain in ribs? Yes, it can happen. On its own, diastasis recti pain–especially when severe in nature–is not considered a common symptom of diastasis recti. Yet aside from back pain, some patients do experience diastasis recti pain after eating. They might report feeling a certain pressure in the wake of their meals–and/or when they exercise their ab muscles to sit down, stand erect, or lie down in a reclining position. This is primarily because the separation of rectus muscles can affect the entire abdominal wall, with the muscles pulling apart at the midline to cause and elicit pain and discomfort in this area. In addition, diastasis recti patients sometimes develop painful hernias that can increase their pain levels exponentially–and annoyingly! And they might experience pelvic floor disorders and pelvic pain.
Any diastasis recti patient who experiences pain in any part of the body should consult their doctors or obstetricians immediately. Don't take the pain for granted, or accept it as a natural part of pregnancy, or of the diastasis recti experience.
When Is Diastasis Recti Considered Severe?
So when is diastasis recti considered severe? Well while many moms experience this all too common condition, many make it through the experience with little in the way of pain or discomfort. Yet if the patient does experience pain (be it in the back, the abs, the pelvis, etc.) or extreme discomfort, then this would indicate a severe instance of diastasis recti. And in some cases, the intestines can become visible or bulge through spaces between the abdominal muscles. Also, some diastasis recti patients may find it more difficult than usual to move, to push or move objects, or to move about with the same grace or fluidity of motion that they enjoyed before their pregnancy.
So if your diastasis recti symptoms are serious or life constraining in nature, then the next logical question would be, "Should I consider diastasis recti surgery?" And in most cases, the answer is no. This is because many instances of diastasis recti can be healed through other means, with time itself acting as a key healing agent in terms of this condition. Time heals most wounds, it's true; particularly in cases of mild to moderate diastasis recti. So unless one's physician recommends the surgical removal of painful hernias affiliated with the diastasis recti condition, diastasis recti surgery is not recommended. And really, this only makes sense; why undergo a surgical procedure, with all of the discomfort, cost, and extended recovery periods associated with surgery, when you can resolve your diastasis recti condition in a better, easier, and even more enjoyable fashion (yes, it could happen!)?
Breathe out once again before commencing with your next roll, which you should do in five to 10 repetitions.
Part you're feet to equate shoulder width, then rotating your legs outward from the hip.
Do 10-20 repetitions or as many as you can that feel comfortable.
Hips Rolls make for an excellent lower body workout; here's how we roll!
Breathe out nice and easy, again articulating the good ol' spine as you return roll down the length of the mat.
Diastasis recti symptoms, like many physical conditions associated with pregnancy, do not have to be accepted as a natural part of pregnancy. When it comes to diastasis recti, work it out!
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Yay, Mama, you're pregnant! Now what?
I've had the exact same feeling that included confusion, nerves and feeling completely overwhelmed looking for pregnancy tips. A great first step is getting into a health + wellness routine that works for you and your baby. Working out during pregnancy can have so many wonderful benefits including cervical and placenta health, developmental benefits, prevention and repair of diastasis recti and easier recovery from both a vaginal and C-section delivery postpartum. The Prenatal + Postpartum Membership is your one-stop shop for all things health and wellness-related during your pregnancy and beyond.
No matter your lifestyle, working out and staying healthy is something you need to make time for. Whether you wake up early or make it your naptime homework, the important thing is that you get moving, even if it is just for 20 minutes.
2. DEEP CORE, DEEP CORE, DEEP CORE!!
Yep, I said it three times because it's that important. Even if you can't find the time for a full workout and cool down, make time for your deep core work! Your pelvic floor and core go through so much during pregnancy and postpartum that it's essential you learn how to safely and effectively engage, release and strengthen your core. Following your workouts in the membership can make pregnancy and delivery more enjoyable and also help you bounce back postpartum!
During pregnancy, a hormone called Relaxin is created to help your body expand, making room for your baby. Relaxin can cause our joints and connective tissue to pull and feel weak, wake us up feeling stiff and leave us with those nagging aches and pains. Your membership is full of amazing movements teaching you how to lengthen and release because you CAN prevent these things from happening!! I love doing the Active Release Flow video before bed or right when I wake up to set my body up for a great day.
Try to maintain a light conversation during workouts and if you're working out solo, try humming a song. If you can't keep it going and need frequent breaks, slow it down and allow your breath to recover. I recommend mixing in a few slower movements because you can continue to challenge your body while keeping a healthy pace.
I know it's easier said than done. If you miss a few days because you aren't feeling great or need to rest, that's absolutely OK! You won't lose the progress you've made so be sure to give yourself some grace. You've got this, mama, and we've got your back!
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I hope you enjoy these tips!! You can use these for your entire pregnancy to help you connect your mind, body and baby!
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Laos' first cardinal focused on evangelization, dialogue
June 29, 2017 CNA Daily News News Briefs 2 Print
Pakse, Laos, Jun 29, 2017 / 03:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When selecting new cardinals, Pope Francis has often sought to go to the "peripheries" of the Church, which is particularly notable in his elevation of Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun of Paksé.
Cardinal Ling's local Church is an apostolic vicariate in Laos, a communist country of southeast Asia where Catholics make up only about one percent of the population. He is the first cardinal to hail from the nation.
The newly-minted cardinal's resume includes a number of issues of keen interest for Francis, including evangelization, pastoral aid for the faithful where the Church is persecuted, a use of dialogue in diplomatic relations, and a concern for the environment.
Born in Laos in 1944, Cardinal Ling attend a seminary of the Voluntas Dei Institute (associated with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate) in Canada, and was ordained a priest of the Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane in 1972, three years before the communist takeover of the country.
He was appointed vicar apostolic of Paksé in 2000, and consecrated a bishop the following year. He was elevated to the cardinalate June 28.
Cardinal Ling's ministry in the majority-Buddhist country has been greatly varied as he has responded to the unique challenges facing the Church and the people there. Catholics number just over a mere 45,000 in the country of 7 million, and are served by only 33 priests.
"We are in the minority as Catholics, but we understand each other always; whether you are a cardinal or not, you are the same, you have to be simple and really with the people," he told CNA.
Given such a small Catholic population, Cardinal Ling, 73, has long placed importance on catechesis and evangelization. Many married missionaries, as well as the country's seminarians, go into villages to minister to the Catholic flock there. He is also described as placing an emphasis on integrating Christianity into the local culture in order to promote harmony with the religious majority of the country.
The communist takeover in 1975 posed a great challenge for the Church in Laos, which, anticipating persecution, stopped or scaled back many of its public liturgies and catechetical programs. Foreign missionaries were expelled. However, a surprisingly tolerant government has since allowed for the re-growth of the Church. However, the Church still faces challenges from the powers that be.
"The Church is treated very poorly in Laos – probably the worst in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) save for Brunei," a "well-place[d] diplomat source" told UCA News in May.
Cardinal Ling is noted for having good relationships with government authorities. Despite challenges, the cardinal holds out hope for the future of his flock. While Laos is one of the few countries lacking full diplomatic relations with the Vatican, progress has been made in the recent past, and the presence of a Laotian in the College of Cardinals will offer a prime opportunity for continued building of these relationships.
Fr. Raphael Tran Xuan Nhan of Vietnam, who has worked in Laos since 2005, described Bishop Ling to UCA News as a "kind, friendly, wise and open-minded man" who is "interested in evangelization work and welcomes all foreign missionaries to his country." He describes the cardinal's diplomatic approach as "dialogue rather than confrontation."
The beatification of 17 martyrs from the region, killed by communist forces in the second half of the twentieth century, was yet another sign of warming Church-state relations, as well as providing a sense of renewal for local Catholics.
The new cardinal has also spoken out of concern for the environment, responding to fast-paced deforestation in the region.
"Now we are starting to destroy ourselves," he said, as reported by UCA News. "It's not from climate change itself but [it is] coming from human beings and humans doing something very wrong to destroy the earth."
The elevation of Ling to the College of Cardinals represents a peripheral perspective from a long-time pastor with broad experience in many of the challenges facing the Church today.
Alexey Gotovskiy contributed to this report.
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Patna, India, Oct 16, 2019 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- In most religious orders' novitiate year, prospective sisters study and pray. Sister Crescencia Sun, however, had another habit to acquire: killing venomous snakes.
In rural Bihar, about 4,500 people die of venomous snake bites each year. When the Sisters of Our Lady of Missions arrived in the Indian state in the 1990s to educate young girls, the sisters realized that God was calling them to another mission – a medical snakebite clinic.
"Initially, we didn't have in mind to open the snakebite clinic, but because the people, so many of them suffered from snakebites and … many people were dying, we trained our sisters to learn this because they are nurses already," Sister Crescencia Sun told CNA.
During the hot summer, the sisters treat 40-50 patients per day at their snakebite clinic, saving the lives of thousands of snakebite victims each year.
"In this place, many people are bitten by snakes … such as cobra, vipers, russell vipers, and krait to name a few," Sr. Sun shared at the "Women on the Frontlines" symposium in Rome Oct. 16.
The symposium – hosted by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See – highlighted religious sisters' work in some of the most dangerous parts of the world.
"Women religious are among the most effective and vital partners we have on the frontlines in fragile communities around the world," Callista Gingrich, US ambassador to the Holy See, said at the symposium.
"Women religious are often the last beacons of hope for millions of people who otherwise would not have a voice. They serve the displaced and the desperate, frequently at the risk of personal harm, in places where governments have failed and humanitarian organizations struggle to operate," Gingrich said.
Sister Sun told CNA that, at first, she found the work at the snakebite clinic to be very emotionally draining.
"The first three months that I stayed there, I saw very many people dying of snake bites. I was very sad, and I said: 'Maybe this is not the mission for me,'" Sun shared.
"But, you know, when you see the people keep coming, then you get the courage, and I prayed to God everyday 'Lord, if this is what you want me to do, you are the one to give me the courage and the strength,'" she said.
Apart from treatment, the sisters work in preventative education, explaining to people in the surrounding villages the danger and how to protect themselves from the snakes.
"Hindus worship snakes, so they do not kill them, even when they become victims of snakebites. So during summer, we work 24/7 day and night," she said.
Because of poverty, many of the patients they see live in huts made of bamboo and grass with a type of mud floor that can attract venomous creatures, particularly in the summer and rainy seasons.
"We have many stories of people telling us that when they get up in the morning, they just put their foot down from their bed and that is where they were bitten by a snake," Sun said.
To keep themselves safe, the sisters have also trained dogs to detect the presence of snakes.
"I was very much afraid of snakes. But, being in Bangalore for my novitiate, training to become a religious, in that area we also have plenty of snakes and cobras. That is where I learned how to deal and even have killed a number of snakes, so when I came here, that was a kind of preparation for me," she said.
In 2018, the Congregation of the Sisters of the Our Lady of the Missions treated more than 6,000 snakebite patients at their snakebite clinic in Kanti, Bihar.
"I believe that God uses us religious as instruments and miracles take place because God heals," Sister Sun said.
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FPGA implementation of sigma-point class of non-linear Gaussian filters, namely Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), Cubature Kalman Filter (CKF), Cubature Quadrature Kalman Filter (CQKF) and Gauss Hermite Filter (GHF). Currently targeted towards Xilinx Zynq-7000 (ZC702) and Digilent Nexys4 DDR boards.
The intuition behind sigma-point class of filters is founded on the principle that it is easier to approximate a probability distribution than it is to approximate an arbitrary non-linear function or transformation. The members of this class of filters accomplish the approximation of a probability distribution by deterministically "sampling" support points (called sigma points) and assigning weight to each of these points. The mean and covariance can then be computed based on the statistics of these "sigma" points.
The implementation uses proprietary Xilinx IP for now and they come with their own set of copyright notices. The aim is to move away from proprietary IP and switch to open-source alternatives.
This work is done, under the supervision of Dr Shovan Bhaumik (Associate Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna), for the partial fulfilment of requirements towards the award of a Bachelors degree. Please feel free to get in touch with the author, Hatim Kanchwala me@hatimak.me, for any details.
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