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"In 1996, Van founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Named for an unsung civil rights heroine, the Center promotes alternatives to violence and incarceration. As an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes, Van has won many honors. These include the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the international Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader," and the Rockefeller Foundation "Next Generation Leadership" Fellowship.
"Van is also a national environmental leader, having served on the boards the National Apollo Alliance, Social Ventures Network, Rainforest Action Network, Bioneers and Julia Butterfly Hill’s “Circle of Life” organization.
"Van’s dual roles have given him a unique perspective on the country’s problems – and its potential solutions. He is calling for green economic development for urban America. The City of Oakland has adopted the Ella Baker Center's "Green Jobs Corps" proposal, which will train youth for eco-friendly “green-collar jobs.” Now Van is pushing to create the first-ever Green Enterprise Zone, to attract environmentally-sound industry to Oakland.
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Now that we’ve introduced the concept of weight, there is an obvious question: how do I know what weighs more to me? We will completely omit the word ‘should’ here, as in “how do I know what should weigh more to me?” and add the words “to me,” because as we’ve discussed, weight might be different for each of us… and that is ok.
Should I sleep an extra 10, or 30, minutes or eat breakfast?
Should we eat out tonight or put that money into savings?
See what I mean? Every single thing. Do you make time to floss? Eat vegetables? Go to the gym? When you’re there, do you lift weights or run on a treadmill? Do you show up late to appointments? Do you read your Bible or pray or watch Game of Thrones?
If you don’t flow, you’ve decided that it’s not important (or at least not as important as something else.) If you show up late, you’ve decided that your time is weightier than mine, that those 5 minutes are worth more than sending a message of respect. If you eat vegetables or go to the gym, you may have decided that taking care of your body is emotionally and spiritually valuable as well as physically, at the expense of any number of other tasks or hobbies.
If you stop at the bar on the way home instead of going straight home to eat dinner with your family or refuse to pay child support or drink too much or tend an addiction, you’ve made decisions. And, for the record, nobody’s here to judge whether those choices are good or bad. We just need to agree that every decision we make is based upon our discernment of weight.
Once we agree on that, everything becomes an intentional act of will.
That’s important because we live an awful lot of our lives as if things are out of our control, mindlessly sleepwalking through the beautiful moments of each of our days.
Have you ever thought consciously about breakfast? Or sleep? Or being late? Or spending time with your buddies? And what messages each of those decisions sends – to you, your soul, your family, and your God?
The enemy of mindfulness – and gratitude – is numb disconnect, having eyes but not seeing, ears but not hearing.
The other part of the Scriptural invitation is to connect and finally wake up to the amazing gifts of love that are our lives.

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Published by the Pirate FM News Team at 9:28am 19th January 2012.
It is hoped a holiday retreat inspired by a terminally ill little girl from Looe will become a reality by the end of the year.
Ellie Libby died from a rare brain disorder, just days before her 7th birthday.
Almost 400 thousand pounds has been raised for Ellie's Haven; the centre that will support families with long-term illness.
At her funeral yesterday, Dad Nigel paid tribute: "I want to tell you of a little girl who gave so much joy to her family even though she was severely disabled. Or really what I should say, is that she was just different from the rest of us".

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A young woman’s quest for justice on behalf of her friend forms the backbone of this compelling novel by author Steven M. Wells. One night, graduate student Katie Russell overhears sounds of a violent struggle in her friend Ava’s apartment, which is situated one floor above her own. Rushing to her friend’s aid, she discovers a disturbing scene where an unconscious Ava is lying naked and unconscious in bed.
Convinced that a crime has been committed, Katie takes Ava to the hospital for a physical examination. In addition, she tries to convince Ava to file a complaint against the suspect, who happens to be an ex-boyfriend and the quarterback of the university’s football team.
When Ava refuses, Katie takes it upon herself to file a complaint and to testify against the perpetrator. Teaming up with an ex-detective and other unlikely allies, she seeks to untangle the web of deceit and cover-ups surrounding sexual assault on college campuses.
This book, in addition to having a gripping premise, is also highly relevant in the wake of various movements that have cropped up these past couple of years, such as Time’s Up and Me Too. These movements have seen an increasing number of women break their silence on being victims of sexual assault, a theme that the author explores exhaustively in this book.
The author’s passion for the subject matter clearly comes across in his work. The novel is well-researched and informative, especially with regards to laws around assault, like No Means No and Yes Means Yes. The author creatively wove the research into the plot by having Katie study these laws as part of her graduate studies in Philosophy.
Steven M. Wells also managed to establish a parallel between the ongoing assault case and Katie’s own personal life. As a result, there was a sense of connectivity and cohesiveness in the subplots that only served to reinforce the message that the question of consent and the dynamics of power involved in a sexual assault case is not as clear-cut as we’d like it to be.
There were moments when the research threatened to overwhelm the narrative, such as when entire chapters are dedicated entirely to discussing the Yes Means Yes law and the cases that set a precedent for said law. While this may be necessary to a degree, it had an impact on the momentum that the story was starting to gain, especially toward the latter half of the book.
The attention to detail and the authentic feel of the procedural aspects of the case makes this book a welcome addition to the crime genre. Moreover, the sensitive treatment of a controversial subject matter adds nuance to the plot and elevates it above the usual run of-the-mill crime novel. In this heroine’s quest for justice, the book unwittingly becomes a driving force in providing a voice for a generation of women who are unable to speak for themselves. Filled with morality questions, ethical dilemmas, and intelligent discourse, this thought-provoking book will stay with readers long after the last page has been read.
Editorial Review written by the Book Review Directory Production Team. To receive a similarly honest, professional review for one of your own books, click here.

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VOR is a national advocacy organization representing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Whether you are seeking services in a smaller setting or a licensed facility community, this site is dedicated to providing some background information to assist you on our journey, including information about licensed Medicaid facilities (ICFs/MR), Resource Links, Guardianship, Community Resource Centers, and more.
Visit often. We're always adding information.
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their parents, family members and guardians may have heard about Supported Decision-Making (SDM), an initiative that could affect their decision-making rights. Some see SDM as an alternative to guardianship, while others view it as an attempt to remove the legal instrument that provides a safety net for vulnerable individuals.
VOR is a national organization that advocates for high quality care and human rights for individuals with I/DD. We understand the valuable role that guardians play in the emotional and physical well-being of their wards. As advocates who appreciate the diversity of the I/DD community and the need for a wide array of supports, we want to ensure that guardians and family members are aware of the issues connected to Supported Decision-Making so that they can make informed decisions about the care of their loved one with disabilities.


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The leak detection experts come to Mill Creek!
Thriftway Plumbing is a reputed company, established in 1982, bringing over 30 years of plumbing ane leak detection experience to Mill Creek.
With a team of certified and licensed plumbing experts on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Thriftway Plumbing looks to provide not only the foremost expertise, but also a high quality of professional services to all clients.
Leaks can develop in piping systems owing to various causes including wear and tear brought on by age or even physical damage to water lines.
Undetected water leaks can result in major property damage if not detected and treated at an early stage.
Most leaks however are often overlooked given the span and complexity of modern plumbing systems and end up costing the property owner a huge amount of money while wasting a resource as precious as water.
To help our clients in Mill Creek, Thriftway Plumbing brings premium water leak detection services to help property owners save not only their property, but on future expenses as well.
Forces of nature, such as the roots of trees, tectonic shifts, sudden changes in temperature and even improper demolition/construction work done nearby can also damage pipelines over time, despite their location being many feet below ground surface.
Thriftway Plumbing’s underground water leak detection service can help accurately pinpoint those issues and allow their solution without having to resort to the demolition and reconstruction of existing property.
Usually the onset of a plumbing issue is relatively small, but in some cases, plumbing water leak issues may develop into larger problems like flooding, physical property damage, electrical subsystem damage.
These problems may end up endangering a large number of lives with the responsibility falling solely on the shoulders of the property owners, making underground leak detection a vital service for property owners.
Thriftway Plumbing understand the financial as well as emotional investments made by property owners and offers professional underground leak detection in Mill Creek.
One phone call to us and an expert will promptly visit your home to give you an accurate yet affordable estimate, free from any obligation whatsoever.

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In the Gospel of John we learn that God sent Jesus Christ to the world. In fact we learn from Jesus Himself that He was sent by God the Father. Over and over Jesus says that He was sent by God to mankind.
In Chapter 5, verse 36, Jesus says the works that He did testified that the Father sent Him. In fact, just before Jesus did perhaps His greatest work, He prayed that it would signify that He came from God the Father.
There are 39 different verses in the Gospel of John where Jesus Himself declares that he was sent by God. He says it over and over again because it was important for the Jews to know that He was the One they had been waiting for.
There are sixteen different ways that Jesus describes the Father - the Sender - in the Holman Christian Standard Bible translation. Sometimes it's as simple as "You" as when Jesus is praying to the Father, or "He", or "Him" when He's speaking of His Father.
But notice that Jesus also says "the Father Himself" to emphasize to the Jews who had sent Him. Below provides a breakdown of all occurrances.
Ten times Jesus refers to God as "Him who sent Me"
Six times Jesus refers to God as "the One who sent Me"
Four times Jesus refers to "the Father who sent Me"
Four times Jesus in His prayers says to God "You sent Me"
Twice Jesus refers to God and says "He sent Me"
Twice Jesus refers to Himself as "the one He (God) sent"
Twice Jesus declares that "the Father has sent Me"
We pray that this Bible study lesson helps you see that Jesus emphasized that God the Father sent Him.

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SOME NIGHTMARES . . .
DON’T FADE . . .
In front of the cameras, Kendall is the picture of stylish confidence. But at night she’s haunted by nightmares in which she is young, alone, and filled with fear. Are these memories—or omens? Despite warnings from Richmond Detective Jacob Warwick, Kendall can’t stop investigating the recent string of murders. She knows she holds the key to catching an obsessed psychopath—if he doesn’t get to her first . . .
The deeper Kendall and Jacob dig into the victims’ backgrounds, the more terrifying the discoveries. For from the shadows of the past, a legacy of evil has resurfaced. Every murder, every moment has been leading to Kendall. And this time, nothing will stop the killer making her his final victim . . .

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Township 28 km south-east of Hāwera. Founded as a military outpost in 1865, Pātea was originally named Carlyle. In 1881, when the name was changed, the town was the main settlement in southern Taranaki and its river port was one of the busiest in the region exporting cheese, wool, meat and flax. Established in 1883, Pātea’s meat-freezing works were the economic basis of the town for a century. They closed in 1982 and a dire future was predicted for the town. The Pātea Māori Club’s 1984 hit song ‘Poi e’ drew nationwide attention to the town.
The town is named after the river. Turi, the captain of the Aotea canoe, reached the parara ki te uru (river facing the west). As he and his followers threw down their burdens (pātea) he named the place, in full, Pāteanui-a-Turi; pātea: burden or pack; nui: great; a: of; Turi.

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Most people will get this from time to time, but for the past few months, I've had quite a difficult time putting pen to paper. Or, at least, finger to key.
I've tried to help this with this series, but that hasn't really improved anything. I'm keeping busy with magazine work and what not, but I'd quite like to be able to get over this hump and get back to writing.


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Take the class on your own time, at your own pace.
We are bringing the classroom to you! Earn a certification by completing one of our courses online!
Don’t have time to sit through a week long training session or boot camp? No worries, SCS has you covered! With our Self-Paced eLearning courses, our students have the ability to move at their own speed from module to module, when they have the time. After the training has been completed, you will obtain your certificate completion and access to the online “Certified Expert” exam, if applicable for the course taken.
Lunarline-SCS’s CyberSec First Responder™ (CFR) is a self-directed, self-paced Computer Based Training (CBT) program that equips students with the skills needed to fight back against modern cyber threats.


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Our addiction and mental health services were created with the primary vision of providing hope and healing to individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse, addiction, mental health disorders, and co-occurring disorders. In order for an individual to heal, we believe that the family must be an active part of this process.
Recovery is a journey that can lead to many destinations, and being able to customize rehabilitation and treatment plans for our clients is an essential part of what we do.
Interventions create an interruption to a path that is currently causing harm to an individual. When an interruption is created, an opportunity for an alternative path of hope and healing is created.
An intervention is a process, not an event. The first step of this process is an initial meeting that brings the family together to learn about the individual and discuss observed behaviors. An intervention team is created once all members of the team share the same vision.
What Happens If They Say “No” to Treatment at the Intervention?
There are so many misconceptions about what it takes to get help for a loved one. This video addresses the most common myths people have about interventions.
Addiction and mental health issues develop for a number of reasons and they vary for every individual. Our services always begin with a comprehensive assessment. During our assessment process, our clinical team seeks to gather as much information as possible about the specific needs of the individual and family system. Based on the results of the assessment, our clinical team will present treatment recommendations to support lifelong recovery.
After the comprehensive assessment process has been completed, our clinical team will make treatment recommendations for the appropriate level of care needed for the individual. This may include inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, recovery coaching, case management, and family coaching. The importance of proper placement and treatment recommendations are the foundation for lifelong recovery.
When inpatient treatment is recommended, our clinical team will present options for treatment centers that align with our ethics and standards. We work with the individual and their family in supporting them to choose a treatment center that will provide the highest quality of care and peace of mind. If an individual goes to an inpatient treatment center, our clinical staff will collaborate with their team and the family to create a plan for continuing care after discharge.
Read more about how we help families choose the best treatment options here.
Every situation is different, every family is different. Let us help you navigate through the process of selecting the best treatment option for your loved one.
Case Management is an essential element of our team approach, and Case Managers can be thought of as the captain of the team. They provide oversight, advocacy, coordination, education, and collaboration with everyone involved in the individual’s care. Case Managers are involved from the start of care, and their role is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and their family. From assessments and coordination of admission to treatment, to discharge planning and facilitation of aftercare plans, Case Managers provide an additional layer of support and guidance.
Recovery Coaching: Our Recovery Coaches work in tandem with clients to create weekly goals in support of lifelong recovery. These goals could include participation in a recovery program, development of a support network, budgeting, working toward employment, or going back to school. When reviewing the goals, the Recovery Coach supports the individual in identifying what was accomplished, what could be improved, and what obstacles are currently present.
Family Coaching: Addiction affects the entire family. Our Family Coaches work hard to heal families and guide them through the recovery process by educating and coaching them on the most effective ways to support their loved one’s recovery.
Career Coaching: Our Certified Rehabilitation Counselor works with clients to assess their interests, aptitude, motivation, and skills. They also support in identifying a career path that is both purposeful, fulfilling, and supportive of their recovery.
Life Coaching: Our Life Coaches support individuals through challenging life circumstances, transitions, and other life events. We coach clients on navigating these situations by providing guidance and helping them establish and achieve goals.
Executive Corporate Coaching: We coach executives and corporate professionals to provide support and guidance. We coach them on the areas of developing and improving leadership, assisting in creating agreements and organizational expectations, as well as providing direction and guidance in the area of company culture and values.
A Recovery Coach is a great person to have on your team when you’re in early recovery. They are able to provide valuable support because they are walking the path of recovery themselves.
We provide a sober transport to drive or fly with clients to their intended destination. From traveling to and/or from a treatment facility to providing local transportation, we make sure clients get where they need to go safely.
Whether you are an individual struggling with addiction or mental health issues, a friend or family member concerned about a loved one or a professional in the field, our team is here to help.


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Q: Who owns the rights to my manuscript?
A: You. There are some shops that ask for a piece of your royalties, or serve as your publisher. We have zero interest in doing either of those things. Please see our Terms and Conditions for more information on rights.
A: It depends. Many ebook projects, from the time we deliver a first pass until the time an author signs off, are wrapped up between 5 and 10 business days. Your mileage may vary, especially if your project requires scanning or other significant work, includes print interior design, or is part of a premium package order.
Q: Can I pay you extra to jump the queue?
Three factors determine whether we take on a rush project. The first is that we’re booking about 3 weeks in advance these days, so there’s a great chance the next available slot is soon. The second is the project’s scope. The bigger or more complex the book, the less likely we’ll be to say yes. The third factor is the production schedule at the time of your query. Sometimes we don’t have the wiggle room to take on a rush project.
That said, it’s not an automatic no so there’s no harm in asking.
Q: Will you upload to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and/or Smashwords for me?
The registration process requires authors and publishers to enter banking and other personal/business information. We believe, as a matter of best practice, that our access to that information—even temporarily—is none of our beeswax.
The publishing process requires expertise about your book—product descriptions, rights territories, categorization, key words, pricing—that we simply don’t possess.
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords have made it ridiculously easy to self-publish. If you can fill out our query form, you can self-publish your ebook.
Please see our Publishing Your Ebooks page for an overview of the publishing process at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords and Apple.
There is one notable exception to this: uploading to Apple. Because of Apple’s strict publishing requirements (Mac-only software, the author’s acceptance to the iTunes Connect program) we will handle uploading to the iBookstore at our regular hourly rate of $85 per hour (with a one-hour minimum charge), assuming you’ve handled the other requirements. Most of our authors, however, distribute to the iBookstore through Smashwords.
Q: Can I use Calibre, Sigil or some other ebook editing tool to edit the files you make for me?
A: Yes, but we don’t recommend it, as these tools can break your ebook files if you’re not careful or if you don’t have a working familiarity of XHTML, CSS and XML code. Also, by altering the ebooks, you void our guarantee to you that our work produces ePubcheck-valid files.
Q: Do you edit copy/proofread?
A: No, but we can point you in the direction of a few experienced proofreaders and copy editors. We will do light editing on things we find as we’re working with your ebook (adding in missing close/open quotes; fixing obvious spelling mistakes; etc.). We do not, however, go looking for these sorts of things. In other words, you should come to us with your manuscript in publishable shape: proofread, copy edited, line edited, re-written and polished. After all, you’re the publisher.
We highly encourage you to hire a copyeditor/proofreader. Here’s why: if Amazon or Barnes & Noble receives a sufficient number of complaints about your ebook because of typos, they’ll pull it until the issues are corrected. If you come back to us to make corrections to ebooks and/or paper books that have been insufficiently reviewed by you prior to publishing, we will consider it a rush job and invoice the work at the rush rate of $187.50 per hour.
The editing services we work with and recommend most often are listed on the 52 Novels Resources page.
Q: Do you do covers?
A: No, but we can point you in the direction of several talented designers. We can do some general stuff, but you really don’t want us to be in charge of designing your cover. The designers we work with and recommend most often are listed on the 52 Novels Resources page.
Q: What size do my covers need to be?
A: There’s a lot of confusion about cover sizes and the answer to this question depends on how the cover is used. For our purposes, the cover should be at least 1400px on the shorter side. We’ll optimize it for use in your ebooks. In most cases, your cover designer will provide you with at least one version that satisfies our requirements.
Q: Do I need an ISBN? Do you sell ISBNs?
A: No and no. None of the major self-publishing marketplaces—Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo—require one. While there is some debate in the indie publishing community about whether you need ISBNs to look professional, we don’t recommend purchasing them—they’re $125 a pop if you buy them one at a time—until you have a backlist of at least 6 books. Bowker—the company that issues and administers the numbers and ebook database—offers bulk pricing, but it only makes financial sense if you have, or will soon have, at least 10 ebooks. We are at present contemplating offering ISBNs as a reseller (you pay what we pay) and as a value-added offering for authors purchasing the premium package.
A: We’re not qualified to give legal advice, but the answer is “it depends.” United States law is such that copyright automatically attaches itself to an author’s original works. In other words, authors own the rights to their manuscripts… until, that is, they assign the rights to someone else. Registering your copyright, however, gives you some advantages should you need to go after someone who’s swiped your work and passed it off as theirs. Either way, this doesn’t affect our relationship: as mentioned above, you do not assign your rights to us at any time. You do not assign your rights to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords or Apple—these are marketplaces that sell your work for a fee.
If do you wish to register your copyright in the U.S., use the Federal government’s eCO Online System and avoid Web sites that charge you as much $150 to register on your behalf. The fee through the eCO Online System is just $35, so beware if a Web site tries to charge more than this. Click here for a step-by-step tutorial on using eCO.
In any case, there’s no substitute for contacting an attorney specializing in copyright law should you have remaining concerns.
Q: When can I schedule my marketing campaign to begin?
A: You may schedule this to begin any time you like, but please understand that, while we make every effort to avoid it, delivery dates can and do slip from time-to-time. Because we are usually the final step in the production process for your book, please be sure you keep us informed of your marketing plans as soon as possible and preferably before they’re finalized. As a rule of thumb, it’s best if your campaign’s kick off is at least 30 business days after your scheduled first pass delivery from us.
Q: I write a lot of books. Do you offer discounts for multiple books?
A: Yes. Mention it in your query. We’ll talk more.
Q: I know a lot of authors. Do you have a referral program?
Q: My ebook is for charity. Do you offer reduced rates for these types of projects?
Q: Do I need to have my cover art ready before you can start work?
A: Yes, but we understand that coordinating schedules and delivery dates with several vendors can be difficult. We recommend that authors get on our schedule as early as possible. If we need to adjust the schedule because your cover’s not ready or you got stuck in a re-write, then we do the best we can to accommodate.
Q: Can I request a specific designer to work on my ebook?
A: Yes. But not every request can be accommodated. Each of the 52 Novels designers has a queue and sometimes it’s just not possible slide you in without some concessions on timelines. In other words, if you’re requesting a designer, your slot may not be the first available among all open dates. We do give preference, if desired, to designer-author parings with a previous working relationship.
Q: Do I need to have a Kindle or other ereader to do my review of the work?
A: No. In fact, the majority of the authors we’ve worked with did not have an ereading device. Instead, they used a desktop ereading application (Kindle Previewer, Kindle for PC/Mac, Adobe Digital Editions, an online ereader, etc.) to conduct their reviews.
Our “no,” however, comes with a reservation. As a writer, you probably have a computer with writing software of some kind installed. If you write in longhand, you have notepads, pens and pencils. These are the tools of the trade. Now that you’re a publisher, you need to have the tools of that trade, too. With the price of basic eink devices dropping to under $80, we’re finding that more and more authors now have one. We highly recommend it if you’re going to self-publish. Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble often sell reconditioned ereaders at significant savings. You can also find excellent deals on pre-owned ereaders at eBay and on Craigslist.
A: While many on our staff work on Internet time, none of them work all the time. As such, communication sent to us outside of regular business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) may not receive a response until the following business day. Members of the design staff set their own business hours, so please confirm availability with your designer once you’re assigned and in our queue.


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Our colorful neighbors to the North at Jibtopia have been charging it lately. This dog friendly edit features plenty of DIY creative goodness. Press play and start dancing already.
Although we don’t know much about Stephane Tranne and his enigmatic wakeboarding career, we certainly remember his small part in the vintage Hyperlite team flick HYPE. By 1998’s standards Stephane’s riding was extremely technical. Just watch this old contest footage that surfaced last year and you’ll see exactly what we mean. Stephane, if you’re out there, you have a beast of an OHH.
More vintage wakeboard video parts.
As a man you have one opportunity to do the biggest surprise of your life, your proposal. Check out how Matthew Gencarella popped the question…via wakesurfing tandem .
Congrats guys, thanks for sharing!

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While we know some veterinary practices and related businesses have equal pay for males and females, many are still stuck in the 50's and 60's when it comes to weekly pay packets.
If you're an 'equal payer' we'd love to hear from you.
Meantime Dr Diederik Gelderman from Turbo Charge Your Practice has a few ideas to help close or remove the gap entirely.


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Tendons (thick fibrous cords) are connective tissues at the end of the muscles which connects the muscles to the bones. An inflammation or an irritation in the tendon is called Tendinitis. It is also called an ‘occupational disease’. Injury to tendons around the upper and lower limb area is very common. The different types of tendinitis are Wrist tendinitis, Achilles tendinitis, posterior tibial tendinitis, Patellar (kneecap) tendinitis, rotator cuff tendinitis and Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis).
Tendinitis is most common around the shoulders, elbow, wrist and heel. But it may also occur around the knee and the shin. Sudden injury is the main cause for tendinitis but repetitive motion, frequent overhead reaching and forceful exertion of a particular area over a long period of time can also cause tendinitis. Athletes, rock climbers, swimmers and those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes are most prone to tendinitis. It may also be associated with a calcium deposit (calcific tendinitis). A bacterial infection can cause tendinitis. Age plays a major role, as the tendons lose their flexibility or elasticity with advancing age, which makes the tendons more prone to injury.
Typical signs and symptoms occur at the point where the bone attaches itself to the muscle. The area is tender to touch and warm, with redness, swelling and pain. The pain increases with the mobility of that bone and the swelling of the tendon hampers the sliding which causes stiffness.
A physical examination is enough for a doctor to diagnose tendinitis. X-rays may be necessary to rule out any doubt of other conditions that may be causing the symptoms.
Self care remedies are the best form of treatment for tendinitis. Taking rest and applying ice packs are the first steps to relieve the pain and reduce inflammation. Even a pain reliever can be taken. As the swelling subsides, normal movement should be continued as total immobilization could lead to other complications. In case the home remedies does not give any desired results or the pain continues when normal activity is continued then medical help should be taken.
The doctor may recommend anti inflammatory topical creams to reduce inflammation along with pain relievers like aspirin. In some cases steroid injections like corticosteroid may be injected into the tendon to ease the pain and reduce inflammation. However it should be noted that repeated injections could rupture the tendon. In severe cases splint, cast and bandages may be necessary to immobilize the area till the inflammation subsides.
Physical therapy or exercises that stretch and strengthen the muscles are very essential. This not only improves the symptoms but also accelerates the healing process. Only in case of severe tendon injury or rupture, a surgical repair may be needed.


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Worship Melodies: Why All or Nothing is Everything!
In this case, I'm not sure I agree with everything you said, because regardless of the source of original scripture, through the years there have been many all-too-human translators, and therein lies the question, to me. If you say "But God touched the translators, and they were divinely inspired to word the translation precisely how God wanted it," fair enough. Then, tho, it begs to question - who can say that God has not inspired me to derive this or that meaning from what has been translated?
Sometimes it seems to come down to angels dancing on a pin. But as always, Carley, you have definitely given me food for thought--!
I'm happy that I made you think. Maybe one day I'll be shown an error in my logic, or maybe not. It's just the way the whole situation seemed to be to me. I'm learning as I go. The person that I used to go to for advice before I posted something, I don't have anymore. So I'm kinda wining it now. lol Many blessings to you.
It's certainly the favorite of a lot of people, even in today's world with so many translations. Many blessings to you. Hugs.
To me I feel that there are always shades of gray and they are there to be explored and appreciated.
Anything that we are not sure of in God's Word, we are to just ask Him to clarify it, and He will certainly do that. I hope that I've helped you explore something. Many blessings to you. Hugs.


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By now, you may have already set your NY resolutions and broken them. Everyone I have spoken to have broken theirs.
But there’s a much simpler method that I invite you to try.
Pick a word that you can live and play by, throughout the year. A word that has meaning for you and you can apply it to all aspects of your life.
I’ve picked mine. It is REDUCE!
This year I’m clearing clutter, simplifying my social media, reducing the number of newsletters I subscribe to, reducing my weight, reducing the number of books I have, giving more away to charity for others to enjoy and generally paring everything down.
I invite you to join me too, and if you want to share your word with me, I’ll be your ‘accountability’ buddy by checking in with you quarterly to see how you are getting on.
You’ve spent hours crafting what you think is the perfect CV, but ever wondered what happens to it at the other end? When it reaches the recruiter?
Most people I ask think that their CV will be afforded at least 15 minutes of a recruiters time, to go through and digest all its contents.
The truth is, your CV will initially get a quick scan and if the recruiter thinks you haven’t got the skills and qualities required for the post, they will reject your CV at that point. No 15 minute read here!
It’s much the same when you receive a leaflet through your front door at home. You quickly scan the document for interesting info and to see if you ‘need’ it. Then you may read on further or keep for reading later.
If it doesn’t pique your interest in the first 6 second scan, it goes straight into the bin, as is regarded as junk. I do this daily with the deluge of junk mail I get through the door. Double glazing – don’t need it, BIN. Sheds – don’t need it, BIN. Takeaway menu – don’t need it, BIN.
The same happens with your CV! Not a good match – REJECT. Spelling mistakes – REJECT. CV long to read – REJECT etc. etc.
Your ‘good stuff’ need to be on the first page of your CV and up at the top so you make an immediate impact. So don’t hide some of this ‘good stuff’ on the 2nd page!
Your CV is the equivalent of your ‘sales brochure’ – so sell yourself! You need to make that impact.
A recruiter should be able to fold the bottom third of your first page under, and read the top two-thirds, and get a real sense of who you are, what you do, and what experience you have. If it doesn’t, then it’s back to the drawing board!
Nobody is going to know from just reading your CV that you are hiding your light under a bushel, so let the recruiter know how good a match you are for this role.
Recruiters do this job day-in-day-out, and often will be recruiting for numerous positions at the same time, so time is crucial to them.
Many roles attract 100-150 candidates, so do the maths – it would be impossible to read every CV for 15 minutes!!
So, do yourself a favour by ensuring your ‘sales brochure’ really does capture your skills and talents and mirror and match the role you are applying for.
And, if you need a critical eye, I’ll always look it over for you and do a FREE CV review, and tell you honestly where it needs work and enhancement.
It’s always good to have a few written down on your notepad, and it’s OK to refer to them if you have trouble memorising them.
Some may have already been answered, and it’s good to say this (make the interviewer feel like they’ve done a good job) 🙂 Say something like, “I do have some prepared questions, and a few of them have already been covered in your description of the role – thank you”. “Can I therefore ask …” and just ask 2-3 questions – not a whole raft that makes them feel like they are being grilled!
This is an opportunity for you to gauge whether you’d like to work for them too, so it’s important you also make the right choice of employer.
1. How would you describe the overall management style of the company?
2. Who would I be reporting to and would it be possible to meet that person?
3. What is the biggest challenge this company/sector faces today?
4. Who is your greatest competitor?
5. How large is the team I would be working in?
6. What are the 3 top values of this company?
7. do you have a structured induction programme for new starters?
8. What is the company level of attrition for staff leavers?
9. What changes of promotion are there within this role, or secondment to other roles?
10. Do you offer chances to continue education and training within this role?
11. And lastly, when am I likely to hear whether I’ve been successful and by what method (letter, email, phone call).
Building your network is most important. People join LinkedIn to help each other so it’s time to reach out for help and help others too.
Start easily with people who you already know (and who know you). These people then become your ‘first-degree connections’. LinkedIn has tools to help you by asking if it can link with your Gmail/outlook account etc. It will use your email addresses to find matches with their members and help you connect. People connected to your first degree connections become second-degree connections if you connect through them. These members can also be useful as you can get introduced through your contact.
LinkedIn uses the information in your profile to check against its database and then presents to you people it thinks you may know – i.e. school/uni classmates, ex-colleagues etc. This is why having your profile 100% up to date is crucial. The more information the better it can match you for your past, present and future!
You can always use the ‘Advanced Search’ options to narrow down the search for yourself of suitable people to connect to. I.e. perhaps you just want UK contacts, or people within a 50-mile radius of you, or people in your own sector.
Obviously, if any of these connections can endorse your skills/talents that goes a long way to prove your credibility and integrity and builds trust.
And that’s what LinkedIn is all about – building relationships and establishing trust. Without which, LinkedIn doesn’t work.
You should never ever send a generic CV in for a job role. You simply have to up your game these days and stand out to be seen.
If you are smart, you will have the type of CV that is easy to customise. If you haven’t got one like that, then I strongly urge you to consider my inexpensive but highly professional CV writing kit.
Once you’ve found a job you’d like to apply for, then print off the job advert and arm yourself with a highlighter pen.
Go through the advert and highlight the essential words and phrases that you think are essential to the role. The key point here is that their most required skills/traits are always towards the top of the advert.
Once you’ve highlighted the essential elements, ask yourself whether you have those skills they require for that role.
In your key skills area of our CV, you need to mirror and match what they are asking for – but don’t just copy! For instance, if they are looking for a team player, you could put that you are a collaborator. If they are looking for someone with attention to detail, you could put that you are quality-orientated.
Next look at the job spec and see what they require and again you are going to mirror and match that in your bullet points that you list under your career experience section, for each of your roles.
If you have direct experience of that, then write that as one of your top 3 bullet points.
Most recruiters initially never read the full CV. They skim, scan and scroll. Therefore your ‘good stuff’ needs to be towards the top of your bullet points and the sentences have to have the ‘wow’ factor up at the front of the sentence.
Once you’ve finished customising your CV give it one last check over. Go back to the job advert and tick off where you’ve demonstrated those skills. Hopefully, you will fit the role 100%.
By doing this, I guarantee you’ll start to get more invites to interview, as you’ll match more closely the person they are looking to recruit!
Imagine you are at a huge face-to-face conference where you sit with everyone else for the main part, but then in the afternoon, you get a choice of talks you can attend. Looking at what’s on offer, you will probably choose something that interests you and where you may meet ‘like-minded’ people in the industry that you work in or that you want to join.
You could be all day trying to find someone in the main conference hall who could answer a burning question you have, perhaps on how to break into the field of Journalism.
Now, if I said that we had 3 talks in the afternoon, one on Journalism, one on Engineering and one on Marketing, which one do you think you’d get the most benefit from? And where are you likely to meet like minded people in the exact field you want to enter. All that talent and experience in one room! Can you see why joining that group would be of benefit now? You may get your questions answered and so much more – new contacts, tips, hints and crucial industry updates.
It’s the same with groups on LinkedIn but in a ‘virtual’ space. They all congregate in the same place and help each other. Join groups and ask questions, contribute to other people’s problems by offering solutions, build rapport and give advice if you can. Swim in that talent pool with the industry experts and get known! Recruiters often sift through groups too to search for specific candidates.
What are you waiting for? There’s an open door there – get through it!
Is It Worth Writing a Covering Letter To Go With My CV?
There are split opinions here and I weigh heavily on the train of thought that says ‘yes’ to a covering letter.
But I know recruitment agencies who admit to me that they never read cover letters.
So why do I think you should still send one?
If you’ve prepared your CV correctly, it will very closely resemble what the company said they wanted in their job advert (don’t just send in a generic one).
1. Your genuine interest in what they do (it is a company you have followed for years, engage with or follow on social media).
2. Have you been recommended to apply by someone already involved in the company? It’s OK to name drop on this occasion! It’s a warm lead for them, by someone who they employ saying “here’s another good fit” for this company.
3. It allows you to specifically illustrate how you definitely meet the criteria of the post by outlining exact or similar experience that can also be like a little addendum to your CV (especially if you are obeying my 2-page maximum rule).
The last paragraph can also give pertinent information, like holiday dates when you are not available for an interview, and your ‘call to action’ repeated again in bold (aka – please do not hesitate me should you need any further information on 01234 567890).
You never know which companies like covering letters or not (except those that ask you to include one) but I hope you’ll see that it can be worth the effort, and may just give you the edge over other candidates!
For those of you who have attended my ‘Networking for Career Success’ workshops, you will know how much emphasis I put on handshakes and will have seen my comic demonstrations of what different handshakes look like!
Your career will be a series of handshakes and this simple act can say a lot about you, so it’s time to master it!
1. Keep Your Right Hand Free. Firstly there’s always that awkward moment when we’ve got our right hand full of something, and then someone tries to shake our hand, leaving you to shuffle stuff over to the left or find a table to plonk things on. By the nature that you’ve been using this hand to hold stuff, may mean it is hot and sweaty so the first tip is always to keep your right hand free!
2. Stand Up! Never shake hands sitting down. A handshake always normally is at the beginning or end of a conversation, so stand up to greet that person or stand up to say goodbye. Much more professional and your body language will convey how pleased you are to receive them or say goodbye to them.
3. Look and Engage. Whilst your hands are doing the shaking bit, look that person straight in the eyes. This will convey even more body language to them, and remember to smile!
4. Pressure. I’ve had some killer bone-crushing handshakes done on me (what is that all about?)! I’ve got my theories and so may you have too. The best handshakes are even-pressured and with equality coming from either party. The other ones I hate are where people seem to reluctantly shake your hand and instead hold yours with just a few fingers (no palm on palm here). They make you feel like you have a contagious infection they don’t want to catch, or they are worried you didn’t wash your hands after leaving the toilet! And think about how that makes the recipient feel! Do you leave that conversation feeling valued? Excited to have met that person? Ready to do business? Feeling like you’ve made a new friend?
5. How Many Shakes. 2-3 pumps of the arm are advisable, any more and you’ll be giving them the impression that you are their new best friend! Keep it professional!
6. Practice Makes Perfect. I have my classes of students practice with each other and of course, I join in too and give you instant feedback – smile, look at me when you shake, more pressure needed, less pressure needed etc.
The more you do it, the better you become. It’s part of your personal branding, along with your clothing, attitude, manner, confidence etc, so if this lets you down the rest of the brand will be ruined too. So do get it right!
What are Interview Assessment Days all About?
Congratulations if you’ve got this far in the recruitment process. Although you may be pleased wither efforts so far, the mere mention of an assessment day may be making you apprehensive!
So what are they looking for when they hold these days?
I’ve run many in my days as an HR Manager and I thought it might be good to share some insider secrets. Employers may be looking for different things than what you initially think!
Some employers may choose to do a ‘challenge’ type of scenario (sometimes base don a survival exercise). This usually takes the form that they are leaving you in the desert with 5 objects and they tell you the object of your challenge is to all get back to HQ safely, using the 5 objects.
There are no real right or wrong answers here, and it doesn’t matter if there was, as they are looking for different things than just getting back to HQ! Your team will probably be between 5-9 other applicants (any more and it is difficult for the observers to watch and listen carefully). Yes, you will be observed and listened to!!
1. How persuasive you are in a group (and do people listen to you).
2. How mindful you are of others and their opinions (especially if they are different to yours).
3. Who is keeping time in the group (you will be given a specific amount of time for this exercise).
4. Who gives up and goes quiet/doesn’t contribute.
5. Who are leaders or clear team players?
6. Who have creative streaks?
7. Who have the right attributes who would fit in well with the company values? You may well be an excellent candidate, but the wrong fit for the company.
10. Who is good at presenting findings on behalf of the group (can they say it concisely, without rambling/waffle). Think of the TV series ‘The Apprentice’ here, at some of the cringe-worthy candidates they have had on there, who we would be desperate NOT to employ!
Other exercises that I’ve prepared for assessment days are the in-tray exercise. You are given a list of tasks and you need to show how you would prioritise them if this was a typical working day). Of course, I always made it a bit more challenging by throwing in a curved-ball half way through, to see how they reacted.
Some graduates have also been faced with an online assessment test which normally consists of multiple choice questions. Again to be completed within a set amount of time. If you are going for a mechanical/engineering post it may well have those sorts of questions on too.
Don’t think you are off the hook in these scenarios too. For my days I would be watching how you interacted/networked with others socially and whether you just ‘turn it on’ when the cameras are rolling! My secretary also observed for me too as the candidates arrived and booked in, and her observations were invaluable!
The 1-1 interview, which sometimes takes place on the same day too. They may have questions about how you felt you performed during the day and there will always be a ‘bank’ of questions which they have previously prepared to ask every candidate (os you al get an equal chance), and no-one gets more of a tough interview than others.
I have also given my candidates 15 mins to prepare a presentation topic that they will know about when I tell them. They are then given 10 minutes to do a presentation to a small panel audience. What was I looking for here?
1. Ability to think on your feet on a topic.
2. Keep to strict timescales.
4. Engagement with the audience.
6. Whole delivery and flow in terms of body language, tonality, the speed of voice etc.
7. HOT TIP: It really doesn’t matter how right/wrong your answer way, it’s the way you present the skills that I was judging, that I’d mark you on.
I’m not a fan of role-plays, but I know some organisations still use them. It may be useful for them to observe you in a situation which you can’t plan for. I.e. coming face to face with an angry customer and how you deal with them. Do you inflame the situation by what you say, or calm it right down. Either way, you will be thinking on your feet and judged on not only what comes out of your mouth, but your body language, how you try to defuse the situation, whether you can get to a solution and move things forward. Ideally, you are looking for a win-win outcome!
So, the next time you are invited to an assessment day, embrace it fully.
They want to get the right fit for their organisation and by having you with them for a day, they are more likely to see ‘the real you’. This also has advantages for you too, as you can get into the culture of the organisation and make sure it is the right fit for you too!
Recruiters these days harness the power of the internet to search for and attract the best candidates for job roles.
In order to become a potential candidate and be found, your LI profile needs to stand out. A killer profile needs to highlight your knowledge, skills, accomplishments and potential.
You wouldn’t want a potential employer not to see your full potential so do ensure your profile is completed 100%. This gives you up to a 40% greater chance of being spotted.
1. Publish a professional-looking photograph of yourself. Just head and shoulders work best. Not you on holiday or at a wedding – just you in your business attire.
2. Your headline should shout out what you do. You only have 120 characters here so make sure it zings! Make it clear, concise and compelling. Think about what words recruiters would use to find candidates and base it around that.
3. Complete your job experience section. You don’t need to write everything going back years but have at least your last 2-3 jobs on there. Write a mixture of what you did and your accomplishments in here.
4. The summary section is crucial – this normally gets read by potential employers. It’s the equivalent of your Professional Profile on your CV. Get lots of key words in there too, so the search engines can find you. Write it in 1st person.
5. Adding volunteer positions and interests shows a lot about you too, so don’t leave this section out. Show them the whole you!
6. Recommendations are worth their weight in gold. Who could endorse your skills/talents/accomplishments? About three would be a good number to start with.
7. Contact details – I highly recommend you customise your LI URL. The one they generically give you will not have much meaning and may well look like a series of numbers. Click on the pencil icon and see if you can get just your name. This URL will then be useful added to your CV (as a clickable link) and possibly your business/contact cards too.
8. If it’s useful to your target audience, you can also list your website address (if you have one) and social media links. But don’t add them if not relevant. Don’t detract from your core ‘personal brand’.
9. Tenses. I recommend you write your CV in 3rd person and your LI profile in 1st person. This makes you more personable. Current work duties/accomplishments should be written in current tense and past ones written in past tense (psychologically this makes the recruiter feel you have that experience already under your belt, rather than currently just learning it)!
10. Personal Branding – think of yourself as a personal brand. Does this profile reflect you well? Does it encapsulate you perfectly? If this was a sales brochure selling YOU, would it entice someone to want to know more, or buy?
Lastly, to get ‘found’ on LI you need to get visible. So remember to turn your setting from ‘invisible to non-one’ to ‘invisible to everyone’. You can show some bits and not others, but get brave and show everything!
Are You In CV Denial?
People come to me for my CV writing skills for a number of reasons, but the main one is that their CV is not opening doors to interview. I’m always amazed when speaking to potential clients, as they think they are just unlucky in not getting selected for interview (rather than the real truth that their CV is not good enough!). Sorry if that makes you wince!
Other potential clients tell me that they wrote it themselves and then had someone else look over it and the auntie/uncle/friend/mum said it was great! My reply to them is, is your auntie/uncle/friend/mum an HR Manager or a recruiter? If not, what would they know? They are hardly liable to tell you that it’s terrible, are they?? But to be fair to the auntie/uncle/friend/mum they really don’t know what they are looking for, from a recruitment angle.
The definition of madness is said to be doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Clients do this and never have the concept that there is a right and a wrong way of writing a CV. Most CV writers who are worth their salt will have a good ear to the ground about what recruiters are looking for, and more importantly will have a steady stream of clients who are getting an interview with their new super-duper CV’s.
So, are you in denial about your CV?
Are you sending it out and not getting the response that you expect?
Does your best friend say it is fab?
Are you sending it out and not getting interviews?
If any of those reasons resonate, it might be time for some plain-talking.
I offer a FREE CV review as part of my service. I’m brutally honest when I write your report, but I do this from a heart-centered viewpoint in that I want you to get that job! Lots of my clients have written to me afterwards to thank me for my report, because believe it or not, I write it specifically about your CV. There’s no computer generated or ‘generic’ replies from me! And I don’t add you to a mailing list and then bombard you with emails!
What have you got to lose? Stay in denial in your comfort zone, or break out and get that job you truly deserve!
I was amazed at my report – I thought you would just give me a bland report, but it was 2 pages of great advice on how I could alter my CV to get my next role. I took your ‘free’ advice and got a new job!
Thank you so much for looking over my CV, all your recommendations are fantastic.
Or if you’d like a copy of my FREE ebook ’25 Top Tips for CV Writing, just click on the link on my homepage.
Print off a copy of the advert, your CV and your covering letter. Put these in a file for reference/aide memoir at the interview.
Get the names of who is interviewing you. Check them out online. e. on LinkedIn, company website etc. Memorise their faces and bios.
Research the company. Use the company website, Google, Twitter, FB, News, Press Page, LinkedIn too. What is going on in their world? Show you have done your homework. What are their issues right now and how could you help with this appointment? Is the share price up or down? Who are their investors? What are their company values? What matters to them?
Plan your trip. If it’s local do a dummy run on the weekend before so you know where they are, where the reception is, where the car park is etc.
Double check your interview time. Ensure you have replied to accept the date and arrange to arrive 10 mins before the interview so you can freshen up in the loos, check your appearance etc. (Power stance bit in here).
Make pleasant small talk with the people in reception – you never know who they are and the receptionist may have been briefed to feed back on you too!
First impressions count. Good handshakes, eye contact, smiles, politeness all goes towards this.
Wait to be asked to be seated in the interview room. If there is a panel, shake hands will all of them.
Open your folder and have it on your knee or the edge of the table. Pen there too. Shows you are ready for business!
Control your nerves. Breathing technique to be put in here.
Appearance – your clothes should be appropriate to the role. Clean shoes, hands etc.? Might seem obvious but I’ve seen candidates beautifully dressed and when I look down at their shoes, they are a total let-down.
After Interview – if rejected email to thank them for their time. Tell them that despite the result you are still very much interested in the company and would like to watch out for any future openings. Wish them well and say they can keep your CV on file.
If I asked you how happy you were with your job/career, what score would you give me out of 10?
Anything less than 7 and I would be asking you what you’d like to do about it. Thinking about changing your job/career is a start, but we all know that it’s actions that take you closer to your goal. So what will your actions be to get yourself into a job/career that you completely love?
The WORST Recruitment Selection Process I Have EVER Seen!
I’ll not name names in this post, as you would be shocked – but I’d love to name and shame!!!
A few years ago, a client of mine applied for a service role that required no qualifications, just a willingness to work hands-on and be trained. He really wanted this job, and I really wanted him to at least get an interview so he could demonstrate how willing and able he was.
We worked hard on his application and send in a really strong effort for the role. After 3 weeks he got a ‘generic’ response by email saying ‘sorry, you haven’t been selected for interview’.
He was gutted – and I was INCENSED!
I’ve worked with this company before so I picked up the phone and got through to the line manager and asked him why my candidate hadn’t got an interview. His reply astounded me and these are his words.
“Well Christine, I had about 150 applications for this job, and I haven’t got time to read them all, so I just picked the top 6 off the pile, interviewed those and the best one got the job”.
I’m still speechless even today about it, hence this post. But for all of you out there whose confidence plummets each time you get a reject letter/email, take a lesson from this in that YOU ARE WORTHY, and a company of this calibre doesn’t deserve you!
Do you get that sinking feeling on a Sunday when you know you’ve got work tomorrow? Or perhaps you’d love to get a job and would like to look forward to work on a Monday morning?
Chances are, if one of the above sentences resonates with you, then you are ‘stuck’.
There are 4 stages where you could be stuck, so identify what stage you are at and then read on for some handy tips and advice.
What’s my goal or purpose in life?
What sort of people do I like to work with?
What are my areas of knowledge or fields of interest?
In what location would I prefer to work? Would you move area?
What is the minimum salary range I would be prepared to live on?
Are there any gaps in my skills that I need further training on?
The Internet is a good place to start but rather than trawling all the jobs boards, use one that is a ‘catch-all’. I use www.indeed.co.uk as I like the fact that you can search by area and salary. For instance, if your minimum salary is £25,000 put that into the ‘What’ search box and then put the location in the ‘Where’ box.
Make good use of Social Media. Are you on Twitter? If so, follow all the companies that you feel you’d like to work for, and then you’ll get alerts the minute they advertise a vacancy. Same with Facebook. Not tried LinkedIn yet? You should! There are 300m+ users on LinkedIn and that’s companies as well as people. So ‘fish where the fish are’. Companies who have their own profile page will often advertise their vacancies on LinkedIn, as that is where they feel the business community is!
Word of Mouth. Does everyone you know, know what you are looking for? Let others be a ‘scout’ for you too. If they hear of anything that suits you, hopefully, they’ll hot foot back to you and let you know. Don’t ‘assume’ that people know.
It always amazes me how clients keep sending out the same old CV and expect to get a different result. If you’ve sent it out 20 times and you’ve not even got a sniff of an interview, then there’s something wrong with the CV! That’s where people like me can help with a FREE CV Review. Just send it along with a note of what type of role you are trying to get in to and I’ll give you my honest feedback and some useful notes on how to change it, for FREE.
Then this is definitely your interview technique that is letting you down. Again don’t go into the next interview with the same old patter, as you’ll get the same old result! If cash is tight then invest in a book. I’d recommend ‘Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions’ as a starter. And if cash is really tight then the library will have a copy. If you can afford it, find a good Career Coach in your area and ask them to take you through a mock interview and give you honest feedback.
75% of Employees Hate their Jobs!
Now hate is a very strong word but I’d certainly endorse that figure by saying that 75%+ of people get little or no enjoyment from their career/role. Are you one of them?
So how do you get yourselves out of this pickle, so you don’t become part of the 75% statistic?
The first step is to have a strategy/plan of moving from where you are now, to where you want to be. And then be prepared to take ACTION to get there. (After all, you wouldn’t go on a holiday without doing a bit of research first and then making a plan – visiting travel agents, looking on the map, researching the area, buying the currency etc. etc).
However, although this option is open to everyone, some people seem to get some pleasure from being ‘stuck’. Is that you?
If not, get that plan together and have the trip of your life into a career you truly deserve and love.
The Career Lens is a great place to start. Download this free exercise and within 10-15 minutes you’ll already be on your way to a new start.
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As a former HR Manager, when one of my Heads of Department had a vacancy to advertise, we would sit down and write a job description and a person specification.
That exercise is very interesting because those documents will be written in such a way that is gold dust to the applicant.
If I asked you to describe yourself to me, the first things you’d tell me would be the absolutely crucial traits that you’d want to convey. If we did that exercise for 5 minutes, the things that you’d say in minute 4, would still be relevant, but not as pertinent as the ones you said in minute 1.
The same goes for the person specification and job description. The things that are the MOST IMPORTANT always appear in the top 3rd of the page, and that’s the exact skills, traits and competencies that you should be ‘mirror and matching’ back in your CV or application form.
You want to get the recruiter to feel that you really ‘tick all the boxes’ so that’s why each CV needs to be tailored to each vacancy. That hopefully will get you on the ‘invite to interview’ list, rather than on the ‘reject’ pile.
The company gives you the clues … you just have to pick up on them!
My last article concentrated on the ‘S’ of D.I.S.C. This week we are looking in more depth at the ‘C’ – Compliance type.
High C’s are reserved and task-orientated. They are Competent, Cautious, Careful and Conscientious. They are always in pursuit of excellence and are very mindful of rules and regulations. They will be happy to sit in a room with a computer or a set of accounts, and enjoy being around other people who are outgoing as long as they don’t have to join in with the fun! Being competent they frequently research the facts and will enjoy investigative work. C’s will follow instructions to the letter and will enjoy reading manuals! They can stay on track with projects and enjoy seeing things fall into place step-by-step. Being lovers of detail they will frequently write “To Do” lists and plan as much as they can. Other groups will write “To Do” lists, but the C’s will stick to them! C’s like to be correct and enjoy being right. If you challenge a C they are more likely to go away and check their facts and figures and then come back to you and present you with the evidence! They love to be accurate and produce work of excellent quality. But beware! Because they are always in pursuit of excellence, they will sometimes miss deadlines because their best is never good enough for them.
C-types can normally be found in specialist roles – IT, Accountancy, Law, Music, Teaching etc. Their analytical nature likes to ask “Why” questions. They are not risk-takers and would be unhappy if they were pushed into making quick decisions without having time to think. They respond best to a manager who is supportive and is detail orientated themselves, who works by the rule book and doesn’t change their minds on a whim. They like to communicate in writing so a backup email/letter following a phone conversation would be very welcome. Beware that they don’t handle criticism well, as they have a strong desire to be correct – so if you need to be critical make sure it is handled sensitively!
Have you recognised your “type” in the past 4 articles? Most people will identify with 2 types and it is the combination of these two, that makes you unique.
This subject is endless and if anyone would like me to address a specific issue, I will be happy to write further articles.
Are you a High S?
This is the 3rd of my postings about DISC Profiling and this week we are looking at High S’s – the ‘S’ traits are all about the Steadiness/pace of work. As you know some people work faster than others and from this trait, we can assess your work rate as well as lots of other things!
High S’s are Steady, Supportive and Stable and desire a great deal of Security. Routine may be boring to some, but not to S-types. It gives them security to know that things are not going to change for change sake. S-types are “nice” people to be around – they will always try to help you no matter what, and for this reason are sometimes seen as a soft-touch and colleagues may put on them. They look for ways to cooperate and help and rarely say no. They quite like being given orders and like to do a good job.
At home, they can be very sentimental and have favourite films, memories etc. S-types are ideally suited to the service industry as they are the cogs in the wheel. If you manage any S-types then you will be lucky enough to have a workhorse that doesn’t mind repetitive jobs and will work their way steadily through any pile of paper. For those of you who are not S-types – don’t even think about trying to liven up their workloads by throwing them into unknown situations or changing things for change sake. The S-types hate this! They like security and fear change.
The way to motivate S’s is by showing them how much you appreciate them – smile and say ‘thank you’! If you are a manager of this type of personality then please use a coaching style. Encourage, motivate, inspire and watch!
More next week on the C-types in DISC – Compliance. If you like to work by the rule book and strive to achieve quality then this could be you!
Are you a High I – a ‘people person’?
If you read my last blog you will know that I’m working my way through the various personality types in DISC profiling – Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance. This week we are going to explore the Influence type.
High I’s are very people-orientated. Nothing matters more than people, people, people! They are Inspiring, Influential, Impressive, Interesting and Impulsive. They make inspiring leaders. When you are with them you will feel great – their cup is always half full! They make good sales people and make everything sound great. Optimism is their middle name!
They can influence you with their charming ways because they are good talkers. For this reason, they make good ‘front line’ people for any business. They also make good speakers, coaches, actors, comedians and teachers.
I‘s are not primarily interested in getting a job done – their primary interest is how everyone gets along with each other during the job. Give them a project and they can visualise creative outcomes, endless possibilities and will be great at generating enthusiasm and getting a willing team together to do the work.
Relationships are paramount and they network very easily because they are naturally friendly. After you have been talking to them for a while you will feel like you have known them all your life. I‘s are compassionate people and would give you their last pound if they thought you needed it more than themselves. Be careful though – don’t take advantage of their generous nature!
Next week we’ll be looking at the ‘S’ in DISC, which stands for Steadiness. If you are steady, stable and dislike change then this could be you!
As a Licensed DISC Profiler, I’ve used this extensively, not only in my career coaching work but also for personal development with my clients.
So, over the next 4 posts I’m going to highlight the main behavioural traits of the four groups in D – I – S – C and I’m sure you’ll soon be able to recognise your primary trait!
DISC stands for Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance. Let’s begin with ‘D’ (Dominance type) here. Is this you? Or do you know people around you that fit this description?
High D’s are very task-driven and outgoing. They are Dominant, Driving, Demanding, Determined, Decisive and Doers. They make dynamic leaders. They have masses of drive and seldom take “no” for an answer. They tend to take a position quickly and stick to it unless they see a better idea or plan. If you work with a ‘D’ you may sometimes have a difficult time knowing what is going on in their minds. They are normally strong willed and independent. Because they are “bottom-line” orientated they can tend to be blunt and to the point in order to achieve their goal. They are not particularly into talking; more into doing. ‘D’ types make great leaders but can have a short fuse and a hot temper. They can often explode over small things, but 10 minutes later have forgotten all about it, whilst the rest of you are still reeling from the outburst! They quite like conflict and can rise to any challenge. When two ‘D’s clash it can be a good spectator sport, waiting to see who will back down. If you have ‘D’s in your team remember that they need control – give them projects – but don’t give them step by step instructions on how to carry it out. Give them the freedom to make their own decisions – they work best when you don’t tie them down. Just tell them what you want and let them get on with it. That way, you’ll get a good job done well.
Recognise yourself? Or someone you work with?
In the next post, I’ll describe the ‘I’ in DISC, which is the Influence type. If you like to talk and love people this could well be you!
Q: Do I need to write ‘Curriculum Vitae’ at the top of my CV?
Answer: My CV review service is very popular and on average I receive about 3 CV’s a day, for this service. The ones that I received today all had something in common. They had ‘Curriculum Vitae’ written across the top of the page.
These days, this is not necessary. What is more important is to have your name as a header in a largish bold font so it stands out from the rest of the document. After all, you want to stand out from the crowd, don’t you???
Make your CV look like a ‘sweet-shop’ window!
I always advise my clients that if a cv doesn’t grab the potential employer within about 15-20 seconds of reading it then you are unlikely to be asked to interview.
I also say this from experience – having worked as an HR Manager and read 1000’s of cv’s, I’ve seen my fair share of good and bads ones!
Imagine your first page as a ‘sweet-shop window’ – you want people to come inside and browse, so get your eye-catching stuff in that window to attract attention. Get the potential employer hooked and excited about the prospect of you working with them. You are much more likely then to get invited for an interview to expand on your skills and talents further.
Please don’t assume that your cv will be thoroughly read word for word. If an employer is faced with 200 cv’s for each position, they will skim read first and probably have a ‘no’ and ‘yes’ pile. The aim is to ensure you go on the ‘yes’ pile!
So, if qualifications are important for the position you are applying for, make sure that is front-loaded on your cv. If they are looking for particular skills, then alter the layout to make sure they stand out on the front page.
Your cv is probably going to look very different for each position you apply for (and so it should), so just remember ‘sweetie-shop window’ and get your ‘goodies’ on that front page.
Happy job hunting – and as always, if I can help you in any, please just ask!


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how do i know if my business is small and able to participate in Federal small business programs?
As you probably know, small businesses are afforded benefits to help them compete in the Federal marketplace. So, how do you determine if your business is small and able to participate in Federal small business programs? Here are a few tips to help you figure out if you are in fact a small business.
First, you need to determine what your primary NAICS is. You primary NAICS is the industry from which a majority of your revenues come from. You can visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ to learn more about NAICS codes and to find the codes for various industries. To find your business’ primary NAICS, you can look at the business activity code on your business’ Federal tax returns. Sometimes the IRS codes don’t match perfectly with the NAICS codes, but they are similar. For SBA purposes, such as the 8(a) BD program application, SBA will look at the business code on your tax returns to support the NAICS code you’ve identified as being your primary. Another way to figure out your primary NAICS is to look at all of your sales/contracts and determine what industry a majority of your work is coming from.
Second, you need to identify the size standard for your primary NAICS. To look up your size standard, you can visit SBA’s website at: https://www.sba.gov/contracting/getting-started-contractor/make-sure-you-meet-sba-size-standards/table-small-business-size-standards. As you’ll see, size is determined by revenues or employees.
Finally, you need to calculate your actual size. If the size standard for your primary NAICS is revenue-based, you need to calculate your business’ average receipts for the past three years. Receipts means “total income” plus “cost of goods sold” as defined and reported on your Federal tax returns. To determine your annual receipts, you will need to calculate your annual receipts for each of the three most recently completed fiscal years and divide the total by three. For example, if your annual receipts were $3M for 2012, $10M for 2013 and $2M for 2014, your size would be $5M.
If the size standard for your primary NAICS is employee based, you would take the average number employees you’ve had for the past 12 months. To calculate a business’ size for an industry based on employees, you would take the average number of employees of your business based upon the number of employees for each of the pay periods for the preceding completed 12 calendar months. If you have been in business for less than 12 months, you would take the average number of employees each of the pay periods during which you have been in business. According to SBA, employees are all individuals employed on a full-time, part-time, or other basis. This includes employees obtained from a temporary employee agency, professional employer organization, or leasing concern.
To highlight how size standards apply for specific industries, let me go through couple of examples. For NAICS code 541330, Engineering Services, the size standard is revenue based. As such, in order to be small in this industry, a business must have annual receipts (averaged over the past three years) that is equal to or less than $15 million. Electronic Computer Manufacturing, which is NAICS code 334111, is an industry measured by employees. So, in order to be small in this industry, a business’ number of employees (averaged over the past 12 months) needs to be equal to or less than 1,000.
It’s important to note that even if you are not small in your primary NAICS, but small in other secondary industries, you are still able to certify as a small business and pursue small business opportunities in the industries for which you meet SBA size standards. However, being small in your primary NAICS is particularly important for businesses interested in participating in Federal small business contracting programs, including the 8(a) BD program and HUBZone program.
For more information on this or other issues relevant to small businesses in Federal contracting, please contact us at: info@holomuaconsulting.com.

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Recently I was listening to an album on Spotify Premium. It was an older, progressive rock band from the 1970s. When it was originally released it spanned three vinyl LPs. Since it was so long I didn’t listen to the entire album at once and came back the next day to hear the rest. There it was in my queue as expected but the songs were grayed out. A grayed out song on Spotify usually means one that is not online. Sometimes that happens when a song or two from an album isn’t available even if the rest of the songs are. It’s downright weird to see an entire album missing in action but there it was. Searching for the band’s page, all that was left were their lousy greatest hits collections (which lack many of their greatest hits) and live albums of their late revival tours. The latter did not highlight the band at its best by any means. All the good stuff was gone.
After a bit of back and forth with Spotify customer service (who nobly tried to say what they clearly were not allowed to say) it became obvious that Spotify no longer had the rights to stream one of my favorite bands. It literary happened overnight; One day I had the music, the next day it was gone. Customer service tried to make it right by offering me a free month of premium service, for which I give them credit. Still, it’s not the same as having a great band’s music at your beck and call.
This experience highlights the real problem – the existential danger perhaps – with streaming content services. Companies such as Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, and Apple are a delivery system and do not control the content they sell. Whole segments of the market for content will be lost to these companies because they lack content important to those segments. Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix are developing their own content but there’s not enough of it and never will be enough of it to satisfy a broad customer base. They will always be beholden to content publishers.
My recent experience with Amazon Prime is another example of how unstable content delivery is unstable. Amazon was giving away a free month of Amazon Prime and since I had holiday gifts to ship, and it cost nothing, I thought it was worthwhile. They gave me access to their streaming content offerings with the membership. So far it has been underwhelming, Simply put, there is not enough of what I want to watch to make it worth my while. As the late Dom DeLuise said in “The History Of the World Part I” (which is not on Amazon Prime by the way) it’s “Nice. Not thrilling but nice.” Certainly not enough value for $100 a year. They had some great original content such as “Transparent” but not nearly enough to make up for not having any Star Wars movies. A couple of shows they can control doesn’t compensate for all the ones they don’t have but need.
I’ve come to view this as the Achilles Heal of streaming services. Desirable content will come and go and with it the value placed on the service. It’s not a matter of quantity – there’s a lot of content on all of these services but much of it is terrible. Instead, it’s about having content a customer wants – now and forever. So, either these services have to license incredible amounts of content, probably more than is practical, or they will experience more customer churn than is healthy. Specialization is not the answer either since cord cutters do not want to pay for many different services that mostly overlap just to get a full content experience.
Ultimately, scale through aggregation may be the only way to create a stable service. Someone has to get so big that they can afford to have all the content and publishers have no choice but to license it to them. Otherwise, constant changes in available content will irritate consumers to the point that they abandon these services.


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The Department for International Trade will join with 17 of the UK’s leading firms from the infrastructure industry, including Lagan Construction Group, in a new partnership to help UK companies secure major international contracts.
Infrastructure Exports: UK (IE:UK) will bring together companies of all sizes to bid for global infrastructure contracts as a single ‘Team UK’ consortia, to deliver complex projects by combining their expertise.
The new body will be co-chaired by International Trade Minister, Greg Hands, and James Wates CBE, Chairman of the Wates Group Limited.
Meeting three times a year, as a business they will choose which projects to pursue, with government support as it aims to make the UK more competitive on the global stage and bring smaller companies into the infrastructure export supply chain.
Companies from across the UK will represent around 200,000 employee. Members have experience of working on large scale projects such as Crossrail, the Dubai World Expo 2020 and ITER Fusion Reactor in France.
By 2030, global annual construction investment is expected to grow by 85 percent to $15.5 trillion, almost the size of the US economy, and with research showing that large infrastructure projects award bigger contracts to consortia, this will increase the competitiveness and income of UK companies.
IE:UK will also build on the Department for International Trade’s existing work to boost UK infrastructure exports. In March, Greg Hands led a delegation of 15 UK firms to Argentina and Brazil where $12 billion is being invested in infrastructure projects in the region, projects that the IE:UK will look to target.
The UK’s export credit agency, UKEF, has also provided financing enabling UK firms to secure major contracts worth hundreds of millions, such as Carillion’s £490 million contract to deliver key parts of the Expo 2020 Dubai Park. UKEF has also brokered recent infrastructure deals in Africa as the UK takes advantage of the opportunities in new and developing markets.


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Donato Salon jobs in Markham, ON (about 23 jobs).
Donato Salon Spa jobs within 100 kilometers of Markham, ON (about 23 jobs).
Donato Salon Spa jobs in Ontario (about 23 jobs).


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The discoveries were published on Wednesday in six papers in the journal Nature and in 24 papers in Genome Research and Genome Biology. In addition, The Journal of Biological Chemistry is publishing six review articles, and Science is publishing yet another article.
Human DNA is “a lot more active than we expected, and there are a lot more things happening than we expected,” said Ewan Birney of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute, a lead researcher on the project.
“Most of the changes that affect disease don’t lie in the genes themselves; they lie in the switches,” said Michael Snyder, a Stanford University researcher for the project, called Encode, for Encyclopedia of DNA Elements.
The discoveries also can reveal which genetic changes are important in cancer, and why. As they began determining the DNA sequences of cancer cells, researchers realized that most of the thousands of DNA changes in cancer cells were not in genes; they were in the dark matter. The challenge is to figure out which of those changes are driving the cancer’s growth.
In prostate cancer, for example, his group found mutations in important genes that are not readily attacked by drugs. But Encode, by showing which regions of the dark matter control those genes, gives another way to attack them: target those controlling switches.
Dr. Rubin, who also used the Google Maps analogy, explained: “Now you can follow the roads and see the traffic circulation. That’s exactly the same way we will use these data in cancer research.” Encode provides a road map with traffic patterns for alternate ways to go after cancer genes, he said.
The system, though, is stunningly complex, with many redundancies. Just the idea of so many switches was almost incomprehensible, Dr. Bernstein said.
There is another sort of hairball as well: the complex three-dimensional structure of DNA. Human DNA is such a long strand — about 10 feet of DNA stuffed into a microscopic nucleus of a cell — that it fits only because it is tightly wound and coiled around itself. When they looked at the three-dimensional structure — the hairball — Encode researchers discovered that small segments of dark-matter DNA are often quite close to genes they control. In the past, when they analyzed only the uncoiled length of DNA, those controlling regions appeared to be far from the genes they affect.
The project began in 2003, as researchers began to appreciate how little they knew about human DNA. In recent years, some began to find switches in the 99 percent of human DNA that is not genes, but they could not fully characterize or explain what a vast majority of it was doing.
The thought before the start of the project, said Thomas Gingeras, an Encode researcher from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, was that only 5 to 10 percent of the DNA in a human being was actually being used.
By the time the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, embarked on Encode, major advances in DNA sequencing and computational biology had made it conceivable to try to understand the dark matter of human DNA. Even so, the analysis was daunting — the researchers generated 15 trillion bytes of raw data. Analyzing the data required the equivalent of more than 300 years of computer time.
Just organizing the researchers and coordinating the work was a huge undertaking. Dr. Gerstein, one of the project’s leaders, has produced a diagram of the authors with their connections to one another. It looks nearly as complicated as the wiring diagram for the human DNA switches. Now that part of the work is done, and the hundreds of authors have written their papers.
“There is literally a flotilla of papers,” Dr. Gerstein said. But, he added, more work has yet to be done — there are still parts of the genome that have not been figured out.
That, though, is for the next stage of Encode.

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