Partnership helps build capacity to assist veterans and military families
Today, on Veteran’s Day, we’d like to share how important agreements between the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the historic home of Cooperative Extension, and the Department of Defense have led to an important partnership to assist veterans and military families during times of both peace and conflict.As service providers who work with our military members and families in our current programs, USDA/NIFA and DoD, we strive to build capacity among service men and women and their families, and even the communities within which they live.The Military Families Learning Network recently launched this exciting new concentration area called “Community Capacity Building” which will work to accomplish three things:Build mutual awareness among Cooperative Extension faculty/staff, Military State and Family Programs Directors and Military OneSource consultants about how all participants can contribute to efforts to build community capacity among service men and women.Host compelling and useful training with each of the above identified audiences via easily accessed webinars, virtual workshops, and face-to-face meetings.Enhance the DoD’s Family Readiness System’s assets by explicitly including the Cooperative Extension assets and resources.Cooperative Extension has a long history of assisting veterans and military families during times of both peace and conflict. During the last decade or more of conflict in the Middle East, many Cooperative Extension programs have worked tirelessly to assist military families to enhance the capacity of military members and their families to thrive during and after their service to their country.In the Department of Defense, support to military families includes mobility and financial readiness, mobilization and deployment readiness, and personal and family life readiness and is delivered in the Military & Family Support Center located on the military installations, and through National Guard, and Reserve Family Programs. They, along with your and other civilian counterparts, make up the Military Family Readiness system.This system is designed to prepare service members and their families to effectively navigate the challenges of daily living experienced in the unique context of military service.Ready individuals and families are knowledgeable about the potential challenges they may face; equipped with the skills to competently function in the face of such challenges; aware of the supportive resources available to them; and make use of the skills and supports in managing such challenges. Family readiness services are intended to emphasize personal growth, positive development, and improve individual and family functioning.Please continue to visit us here to learn more, and be sure to follow us on Facebook to keep up to date on future MFLN Community Capacity building opportunities. We will be reaching out to you directly in the near future.If you need more information or assistance, please contact Dr. Keith Tidball (CE) at kgtidball@cornell.edu or Pam Cunningham (DoD) at pamela.s.cunningham.civ@mail.mil.
pixabay[sunsets family by plantsbasedrhn, February 20, 2005, CCO]Date:Part 1– January 19, 2017Part 2- January 26, 2017Time:Part 1- 11:00 am-12:30 pm Eastern Part 2- 11:00am-12:00pm EasternLocation:Part 1Part 2This two-part will be presented by the MFLN Family Development, Family Transitions, Military Caregiving, and Nutrition and Wellness teams. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Tai Mendenhall, LMFT. Dr. Mendenhall is a Medical Family Therapist and Associate Professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota (UMN). During Part 1 of the webinar, Dr. Mendenhall will be discussing stressors associated with chronic illness and its impact on health and wellness of individuals and families. He will then explore ways in which families influence the health and wellbeing of each other and then offer effective strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration amongst service providers. Part 2 will assist participants in exploring the ways in which providers can help military families harness resources, utilize resilience, and provide support to promote effective management of chronic illness. This will be an interactive session allowing participants to engage in case study discussions that identify and assess the family development, transitions, caregiving, and nutrition/wellness perspectives of chronic illness. Join us on January 19 and January 26 at 11:00 am Eastern!Continuing Education Credits will be issued to Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists in the state of Georgia, and RDNs. If you would like more information on future programming from Military Families Learning Network in 2017, please visit our professional development website or connect with us via social media for announcements: (Facebook & Twitter)
Learn about filmmaking in these great masterclasses from Hollywood heavyweight Paul Thomas Anderson.If you’re not familiar with director Paul Thomas Anderson’s work, then the video essay above for Sight and Sound by Kevin B Lee will walk you through five of his works via his penchant for extensive steadicam shots. For some really helpful stills from the video check out this page on Mentorless.com.You can hear the best of Paul Thomas Anderson’s filmmaking advice in these two commentary track collections from Film School Through Commentaries. Paul Thomas Anderson is a fan of commentary tracks himself, and once said “You can learn more from John Sturges’ audio track on the Bad Day At Black Rock laserdisc, than you can from 20 years of filmschool.”You can check out what he’s talking about in this previous post. Paul Thomas Anderson on The MasterIn another great find from Mentorless.com, John Horn from the LA Times interviews Paul Thomas Anderson about his latest film – The Master, featuring the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman. In this final video The Master‘s editor, production designers and costume designer discuss what it’s like to work with PTA as a director and offer plenty of insights on the collaborative process of filmmaking.If you’re still hungry for more then I would also highly recommend the 90 minute making of documentary from the set of Magnolia, which provides an exceptionally intimate window into Anderson’s directing method and personal journey.
These productions faced perilous circumstances and devastating consequences in an attempt to overcome the odds of a dangerous set.Top image via roarthemovie.comLet’s take a look back at some of the high-risk set locations used in Hollywood productions of the past, and how those involved were affected.Remember: Always make your cast and crew’s safety your main priority. For instance, avoid nuclear test sights.The Viking (1931)Video via Justin OakeyThe production of The Viking (1931) was actually relatively straightforward — until the end of principal photography when the filmmakers went in search of more environmental footage. Joining a seal-hunting expedition, director and producer Varick Frissell took some of his crew onboard a ship packed with ice-shattering explosives.At some point, the explosives were compromised and unexpectedly detonated. Twenty-seven people were killed, including Frissell himself. Evidently, even those who take proper precautions are subject to freak accidents.The Conqueror (1956)Video via Aaron LewisOne of the more controversial occurrences in terms of crew safety, the production of The Conquerer in 1956 ultimately led to the belated death of forty-six crew members due to widespread radiation poisoning. The film was shot near St. George, Utah — shortly downwind of a nuclear testing site. Due to false reassurances from the federal government at the time, the production was permitted over the course of a few weeks, during which time many developed cancer.This fiasco is perhaps most infamous for possibly leading to the death of the classic American movie star, John Wayne. Wayne himself even argued his terminal lung cancer was a result of his smoking habits, but undoubtedly, many of the deaths over the ensuing years were attributable to consistent radiation exposure.L’arche de Noe/Noah’s Ark (1928)Video via Nachthymnen CarcharothSupposedly in an effort to properly follow up 1923’s The Ten Commandments, Darryl F. Zanuck and Michael Curtiz sought to recreate the story of Noah’s Ark. In a stubborn attempt to maximize realism, the production team chose to reenact a life-sized flood across the existing set, using over 600,000 gallons of water.Unfortunately, the immense volume of water overwhelmed the crew and drowned three people. This later led to the implementation of more stunt safety regulations, and spurred accusations of carelessness for the crew’s safety. The tragic occurrence can actually be seen in the movie, which still used the footage in the final cut.Roar (1981)Video via Movieclips Film Festivals & Indie FilmsRoar, a 1981 drama thriller, perhaps embraced realism too wholeheartedly in its production. Portraying a private zoo filled with over 100 wild animals, the film actually used a large number of legitimately dangerous wild animals on set.As a result, over seventy of the cast and crew were severely injured. While no injury proved fatal, some crew members required hundreds of stitches to repair their various wounds, which included bites, maulings, broken bones, scalpings, and even cases of gangrene. Gruesome stories such as this one make modern CGI technology all the more appealing in faking on-screen wildlife.The African Queen (1951)This early-1950s adventure film was shot on location in the Congo and Uganda, Africa. At the time, shooting in Africa was far from common, and potentially due to lack of preparation, the cast and crew were exposed to harsh heat, poor nutrition, and widespread dysentery.Video via Danios12345Director John Huston and lead actor Humphrey Bogart were the only two to avoid illness, having only consumed imported whiskey throughout production instead of the contaminated water that caused the outbreak.With modern visual effects, stricter safety regulations, more versatile transportation, and better available stunt equipment, movie production is fortunately much less treacherous now than it was throughout the 20th century.What production environments have you found the most interesting? Let us know in the comments below.
The Jungle Book figured out how to create natural light in the middle of a warehouse. How can you apply this technique to your next video?Top image from Disney via MashableAttaining just the right amount of light, mixed with the right tint and the right shadows, is one of the most difficult tasks in filmmaking — and achieving this goal is even harder when you have no natural light. Indeed, imitating natural light when you have none sounds like a migraine waiting to happen. Fortunately for us, the geniuses at Disney figured out a way to replicate natural light in the middle of a warehouse.Following suit of productions such as King Kong and The Hobbit, Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book was filmed entirely in a warehouse in Los Angeles, California. The finished product was an impressive spectacle worth your time.Given the current state of computer motion graphics and 3D cameras, bringing a jungle to life in the middle of a city can be done and made to look convincing. Of course, this doesn’t come without a few production roadblocks like lighting and shadows. Watch the whole behind-the scenes video on Mashable.By placing LED panels with moving images in front of the actor, the shadows and moving light replicated real-life motion with outdoor lighting. The in-depth behind-the-scenes video also talks about the challenges and techniques that went into incorporating the CGI characters with the main actor in a natural way. This movie (and video) are required viewing for anyone interested in seamlessly blending human and CGI characters interactions.Projecting Images and LightsAnother example of using artificial light was put to use with 2013’s Oblivion. With a lot of the action taking place high above the clouds, production needed an effective way to bounce light off of Tom Cruise’s face while including the desired shadows and tint.Image via Universal Pictures UKTo achieve this feat, the camera units traveled to Hawaii and captured footage atop a volcano that would later be projected onto a screen surrounding the set. The above image is the crew capturing the footage and the image below is that footage being put to use during filming.Image via Universal Pictures UKWhen the actors and crew were on set, they had the benefit of feeling like they were actually on location, and the reflected light was the appropriate temperature and color. Check out the video below to see more.Realistic ApplicationsChances are you don’t have access to this technology or the budget for these elaborate sets, but don’t fret. Finding ways to apply some of these tricks is easier than you might think. Bouncing light off of actors can be achieved with a laptop, LED screens, or TV monitors. Don’t be afraid to try something new and unconventional. As long as your characters look appropriately lit for the setting, your method doesn’t matter.
Trying to make a cinematic short film, but feel like you just can’t get it right? Check out a few common beginner mistakes to avoid.When I was starting out in film school, I came up with many short film ideas that I thought were amazing, but when I shot them, they came out completely different than I had imagined. I believe many student filmmakers share in this experience – you try your hardest to make a quality short but it always seems to come up . . . short. Thankfully, Dr. Karen Pearlman, a lecturer in screen production at Macquarie University, teamed up with the popular YouTube channel This Guy Edits to show you how to improve your short film and bring it closer to your original vision.1. Mistaking Your Own Experience for CinemaWhen brainstorming ideas, the first place that people usually turn is their own experiences. After all, everyone is the protagonist in their own life story. In your mind an experience might seem cinematic and emotional, but to others it’s probably not. You have to objectively look at your story and see what can be improved upon. This is why some “Based on a True Story” movies don’t follow the original story to a T – exaggerating the truth helps your audience engage and empathize with your story.You can get an objective view of your story by having different sets of eyes on your script before you start shooting. This will give you multiple perspectives on your idea, rounding it out to a script that audiences will receive well. You can also achieve objectivity by handing off the footage to an editor. If you edit your own footage, you may keep things that you think must be in your final product. But a lot of the times, that’s not the case. When you hand off the footage to a different party, it removes the emotional ties to whatever you’re cutting.2. Casting Too QuicklyAhh, yes. The arduous task of casting your project in film school. It can get awkward. You either have to ask your friends to be actors (they normally aren’t actors), or you have to just leave it up to an open casting call (normally only a few people show up). Sometimes, the options are extremely limited.Take your time with this process. Don’t just choose an actor because they’re available. You might have to make sacrifices if you’re on a strict project deadline, but if you plan ahead and give yourself more time for casting, you can try to seek out the right person for the role.When you do hold a casting call, direct the actors to change up their performance after their first try and see how they react to the changes. Sometimes the best actors for your projects are the ones who listen to your direction well, compared to those who just look the part.3. Dialogue Written as ExpositionOne of the biggest problems in many student projects is that the dialogue mirrors the characters’ actions almost exactly. It’s a storytelling crutch that completely takes the viewer out of the moment. For example, a character announces they are leaving by saying, “I’m leaving.” It’s obvious they are leaving…they are walking out of the door. Instead of moving along the story, it slaps your audience in the face with whatever it is you want to convey.If you want invested viewers, you have to let them draw their own conclusions. Take the phrase “Show, don’t tell,” to heart. Show the audience that the character is sad through their actions. Why do you think silent films are so timeless? Because you don’t need dialogue to tell a story.4. Repeated Emotional BeatsI wish someone had told me this when I first started shooting my own projects: Not everything has to be shown. Your first instinct might be to show everything that your character is doing because that’s what seems natural. But cinema is wildly different from real life. You have to condense your story to make it engaging. Nobody wants to watch 22 minutes of someone getting out of bed. You have the unique opportunity to make an essential highlight reel of life – just skip to the good parts and cut out the filler.Here’s a tip to figure out what parts can be cut: Read your script out loud and time it. Does every moment in your script seem to follow the same time blocks? If it does (and it probably will), try to make your script more dynamic. Make sure that your emotional beats aren’t cookie-cutter versions of themselves. With some editing, your script will come out a lot more believable than it was before.5. Failing to Answer the Question, “What Is This Film About?”One of the classic mistakes students make when creating a film is forgetting what their film is really about. They may know the plot, the climax, and the resolution, but not what story they are trying to tell. Theme is important here. You can map out a story all you want, but if it doesn’t have a convincing theme, it’s just not going to work.I like to use the film No Country for Old Men to provide an example of this. You can track the plot of this film easily – a man finds a bag of cash in the desert and goes on the run from the man trying to get it back. But, is that really what the film is about? Not exactly. The overarching theme is more fundamental and more human – it’s about the sheriff encountering evil in a new world.A theme should be just vague enough that if done right, everyone can relate to it on some level. When writing your film, try to condense your story to just one line. Is is something that you still connect with? Then explore that one line and expand upon it to create your vision.
Is your machine struggling to play back media in DaVinci Resolve at the correct frame rate? If so, you may need to use optimized media.There may come a time when you’re editing on a sub-par laptop, or editing with RAW files, and you’ll see the frame rate counter in the top left corner of the viewer drop from green to red, letting you know that frames have been dropped — as Resolve cannot perform real-time playback. Of course, editing and reviewing media in this state is problematic, akin to recording sound without headphones. You could change the proxy mode to half or one-quarter resolution for smoother playback, or alternatively, if you’re unable to obtain real-time playback due to an extensive color grade and effects processing, you can hit the bypass grade button that will remove all grade features. If neither of these two options works, you will need to generate optimized media.Using the optimized media function is Resolve’s method of creating proxy files. There are a few steps to follow to get your media optimized; therefore, if you’re a new Resolve user or a new editor in general, follow the tips below, and you’ll be back with real-time playback in no time.Optimized Media SettingsYou could probably skip this step since Resolve’s default proxy setting will work fine to transcode most media types. However, if you wish to adjust or double-check the settings, you’ll find the adjustment properties by clicking the Project Settings cog in the right-hand corner, and then halfway down the master settings panel, you’ll find an Optimized Media and Render Cache area. If you’re a Mac user, and you want to change the proxy to the popular ProRes proxy, you would do that here.Once you have selected the appropriate settings for your media, return to the edit or the media page and in the media pool, find the clip or clips that you want to optimize, right-click, and hit “optimize media.” Depending on how many clips you have selected and the length and the format of the clip, you may have a few minutes to kill while Resolve generates the optimized media.When the optimization is complete, head to the playback menu and select “Use Optimized Media If Available.” When you press play in the timeline, you’ll now see that the clip plays back at its correct frame rate with no stuttering or dropped frames.After you’ve completed your edit, it isn’t necessary to uncheck the “Use Optimized Media If Available” setting for delivery; Resolve will automatically render the original file format. However, if you do wish to render the optimized media, you can find that checkbox in advanced settings on the video panel in the “deliver” page.There are two essential factors to remember when using Resolve’s optimized media function. The first is that you will not have control over where the proxy files are generated. The optimized media will be produced in the same location as where the cache files are written. Secondly, remember to delete the optimized media! You’re not creating incredibly compressed files that use next-to-no hard drive space. You’re creating media files that are more user-friendly, and if the original media clip is a RAW file, they will still be a substantial size.Need a video guide to help you through the process? In the video below, Casey Faris covers how to do this in Resolve 12.5. While some of the menus have slightly changed with the 14 and 15 updates, the process remains the same. Looking for more information on using DaVinci Resolve? Check out these articles.Remove Unwanted Shot Features With Resolve 15’s Patch ReplacerResolve’s Lens Reflections and Film Damage FX AnalyzedVideo Tutorial: How to Configure The ADR Panel In Resolve 15Your Guide to Working with Project Files in DaVinci ResolveThe New Features of DaVinci Resolve 15’s Edit Page
We sat down with international composer Herdís Stefánsdóttir for some insight into her influences, working process, and creative world.Icelandic artist Herdís Stefánsdóttir performs electro-pop music and scores films. Here’s what we learned about how she got started.PremiumBeat: You have a varied background. Your music has been used for installations in museums, dance, and theater. How have those experiences influenced your film scores?Herdís Stefánsdóttir: Having the freedom to experiment is something that has helped me find my voice and sound. All those experiences have, in some way, helped me along the way while writing for films.South Mountain (Photo by Ethan Mass).PB: Since graduating with an M.A. in Film Scoring at New York University in 2017, you have already scored two feature films and a few shorts. Many people struggle at first to do exactly what they want to do in this business. What was integral to you finding these professional opportunities?HS: I had been active writing my own music, and music for my band, even when I was studying. I always tried to do as many different and inspiring projects as I could, whatever would come my way. I also scored quite a few short films while studying at NYU. So when I graduated from NYU, I had already been “struggling” in the music industry for a few years and had gotten quite a bit of work experience. The first feature film opportunity I got was the indie film South Mountain directed by Hilary Brougher. Hilary is the chair of the Film Department at Columbia University. I scored a couple of short films for Columbia students, and one of her students directed a music video for my band — so that’s how she heard my music! I also worked as an assistant for composers Jóhann Jóhannsson and Dustin O’Halloran, which was a really valuable experience.The Sun is Also a Star via IMDBPB: I understand the scoring process for The Sun is Also a Star was a bit unusual for you. What was going on at the time, and how did it influence your creativity? HS: I was seven months pregnant when I was hired to score the film, so I had a very literal deadline to finish the score — eight weeks! The pressure was on! I was a bit nervous before starting the writing process, but as soon as I started, it turned out to be one of my favorite creative journeys so far! Being pregnant made me very focused, because I had limited time and energy, so I had to use my hours wisely. And, in some way, it took pressure off me because the most important thing in my life was my baby and staying healthy — everything else had to be second. Because of that, I really enjoyed writing the music and I had a lot of fun in the process. I was also at least ten times more emotional than normal, which definitely helped bring some extra heart into the score! I literally had two hearts beating inside of me!The Hate U Give via IMDBPB: As an Icelandic composer, are there any cultural challenges and/or opportunities when dealing with American directors or producers?HS: No, not yet. I think Americans are most of the time easy-going and nice — so far so good!East of My Youth (photo by Matthew B. Thompson).PB: As a recording artist (Herdís formed her electro-pop duet East of My Youth in 2015), do you find traversing the worlds of film and pop difficult?HS: No, I think it’s really nice to be able to go between the two worlds and both influence each other. I love the writing process and being in my studio, but it’s good to get out of the studio and perform and meet people!Looking for more industry interviews? Check these out.Industry Interview: Miles Hankins — The Composer Behind “Long Shot”Industry Interview: CW Costume Designer Catherine AshtonIndustry Interview: “Whiplash” Production Designer Melanie JonesInterview: “My Dinner with Herve” Composer David NorlandThe Universal Language of Music: Interview with Composer Jacob Yoffee
Essential Reading! Get my 3rd book: Eat Their Lunch “The first ever playbook for B2B salespeople on how to win clients and customers who are already being serviced by your competition.” Buy Now Are you still running the old You 1.0 operating system? Does your operating system need an upgrade to the You 2.0 operating system (or some greater version) to be able to run the new “Brand You” program?If your old “You 1.0” operating system doesn’t produce the results that you need it to, if it doesn’t allow you to run the latest and greatest Brand You 2.0 program, you are need of an upgrade. Here’s how to upgrade.Beliefs InsideThe operating system that runs underneath all of the programs you run is your belief system. The great results you produce are driven by your underlying beliefs. Those beliefs lead you to take a certain set of actions, and those actions produce results. This is true for all of the not-so-great results you produce too; they are running on some part of your belief system.If you want to run better programs and produce better results, you have to upgrade to a better operating system. This isn’t as easy at it sounds. Before you can upgrade, you have to uninstall the beliefs that are already running on your brain. It’s likely these beliefs have been there a long time, and they aren’t very easy to uninstall.You have to be willing to shut off old belief systems that no longer work for you. You have to shut down the belief systems that never served you—and that probably weren’t even yours to begin with. You have to uninstall the malware that was installed when you came into contact with negative people, the cynics, the critics, and the naysayers.You have to be willing to give up what you believe. Are ready to take the red pill?Expose Your Brain to New IdeasIf you want new beliefs, you have to explore new ideas. If you are going to upgrade your belief system to the latest and greatest version of the You 2.0 Operating System, you have to seek out ideas that make you uncomfortable. You have to explore ideas that you reflexively disagree with, and you have to seek the truth.If you only believe what you have always believed, you will always run the same programs you have always run (and always produce the same results). Unless and until you are willing to have those beliefs challenged, you won’t take new actions. The new operating system is installed when you shed an old belief and install a new, more effective belief in its place.If you aren’t uncomfortable, you aren’t growing. If you aren’t shedding old beliefs for new beliefs, you aren’t growing. If you aren’t seeking the truth, you are running the same old You 1.0 operating system, and you are stagnating.You install the new operating system when you allow new ideas to provide you with new beliefs.Expose Your Brain to New PeopleCharlie “Tremendous” Jones once said, “You’re the same today as you’ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.” You will find the new ideas in the books you read, for sure. You will also find those new ideas by bringing new people into your life.The people you meet have a different set of experiences than you. They have developed different beliefs because of their experiences. They have also been exposed to a lot of different ideas. When you bring new people into your life, you get the great benefit of sharing their experiences and their beliefs. But you have to be open to their beliefs—even the beliefs you have always disagreed with.The broader and more diverse the people you bring into your life, the more you are exposed to new ideas and potential new beliefs. It’s shocking how small your worldview seems when someone shares an experience that shatters all you think you know.Upgrading your operating system to You 2.0 means seeking out new relationships with people with a different set of experiences and different beliefs, especially people with whom you disagree.New Beliefs, New Actions, New ResultsRunning the You 2.0 operating systems means installing the new beliefs that allow you to take new actions. You won’t take new actions until you have new beliefs. New results require new programs.Stop and think about it. When you try some new activity, when you run a new program, it is always because some part of the blueprint that it is your belief system has changed. I’ll wait while you think this one out . . .If you want new results, you have to run new programs. Those new programs require a new operating system. You have to install a new belief system if you want better results.Go ahead and shut down the old You 1.0 Operating System. You are eligible for an upgrade.QuestionsWhat beliefs make up your existing operating system?How easy is it for you to shed old, unhealthy beliefs and adopt new beliefs?Where do you encounter the ideas that change your beliefs?How open are you to ideas that you reflexively disagree with?Do you have freaky friends with whom you disagree? Have you learned from them?
One of the very best prospecting methods is rarely utilized. Everyone knows they should be using it, but they don’t. That method is the referral. The people who know you and value what you do, know people who would benefit from buying from you.If you want to be referred or introduced to your client’s network, here is a five point plan for getting referrals.Ask Early for Permission to Ask Later: One of the very best ways to get more referrals is ask if you can ask later, after you’ve done the work to deserve the right to ask. This may strike you as counterintuitive, but by asking early, you make asking later easier—even though there is much more work to be done to make an ask to which your client can easily agree.Explain the Value of the Referral: If referrals are valuable to you, then tell your client so. Share with them that it is one of the primary ways you grow your business, and that the clients that have referred you did so because they want their peers to have the same experience they have. It’s the “I gotta guy” thing.Make Deposits in Excess of Your Withdraw: Between setting the stage and asking for the referral, you have to do the work necessary to have earned it. You must be high value, high trust, and high caring. You must be personally responsible for your client’s outcomes, cleaning up the messes along the way, and being always present. The reason people feel weird asking for referrals is because they are making an ask they don’t feel they deserve. Do the work to deserve it and make it easier.Ask Directly: Ask your client to refer you to someone who would benefit from the value that you bring them. Note: Do not ask them for three, five, or eight referrals. If you want them to make an introduction by phone or by email, then ask for a real referral—not a list of names and phone numbers. You can ask again later, and you should not try to extract all the value from the relationship in a single sitting.Protect Your Client: Your client worries that you are going to strong arm their peers or friends. They worry that you are going to hustle them, pressuring them for a deal. This makes your client uncomfortable, and it causes them to resist sharing their network with you. You make it easier when you promise to introduce yourself, share why you believe you might help them, and leave the door open for a future conversation. You need to tell them you will introduce yourself, and that you do not intend to pitch them. Instead, you want them to know you, should they need something in the future.If you want more qualified, prospects who will value what you do, start asking for referrals from the people who love what you do, how you do it, and who will want their friends to buy from a person they know and trust. Essential Reading! Get my 3rd book: Eat Their Lunch “The first ever playbook for B2B salespeople on how to win clients and customers who are already being serviced by your competition.” Buy Now
Terming it a “historic occasion”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated India’s first ‘village of books’ in the picturesque mountain village of Bhilar in Satara district, 110 km from here.‘A pivotal moment’Mr. Fadnavis said, “With this concept, the residents of Bhilar have carved a niche for themselves in the country’s social scene. Henceforth, Bhilar will be the definitive destination for bibliophiles and I urge litterateurs and publishers to freely host events here for the promotion and preservation of literature and literary ideas.” The Chief Minister said the opening of the ‘village of books’ was a pivotal moment in the country’s socio-cultural milieu.Geographically modelled on the similarly idyllic market town of Hay-on-Wye — the Welsh mecca for bibliophiles — Bhilar, with its robust collection of literature in Marathi, aims to be the one-stop destination for lovers of vernacular literature.The idea of a book village sited close to the hill-station town of Mahabaleshwar was to transform Bhilar into a haven where bibliophiles can devour books.With a population of 5,000, an overwhelming majority of whom are engaged in strawberry farming, the village, nestled in the Sahyadri hills, is a major producing-hub of strawberries, which draws a lot of tourists.Education Minister Vinod Tawde, for whom the project has been a labour of love, said, “With this novel venture, tourism and the preservation and promotion of Marathi language and culture can go hand in hand. The government will use the village as a unique platform to promote literature.” It is with the aim of preserving and documenting the Marathi language’s rich heritage that this concept first took root, Mr. Tawde said.About 75 artists have striven hard to give the village a literary veneer. Their paintings on the temple, houses and walls in the village evoke images of words and literature and are expected to draw in book lovers.The walls of schools and community halls in Bhilar have been adorned with paintings of saints like Tukaram and national leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak in a bid to resonate with the literary fervour of the place.Officials said around 15,000 rare books and old magazines in Marathi, including copies of old Diwali issues, have been stocked and kept on display. The collection of English and Hindi literature will be steadily updated.According to authorities, a nominal deposit fee would be charged from readers to ensure proper maintenance of books. They said as the area is prone to heavy rainfall, special provisions would be made to preserve books from damp weather.
The Left-affiliated All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has threatened to block milk supplies to Mumbai, Pune and other big cities across Maharashtra unless the State government took notice of the problems plaguing dairy farmers in the State.Ajit Nawale of the AIKS said in Sangli on Monday that the government had not made good its promise of increasing milk procurement prices to ₹27 a litre, and milk cooperatives too were not paying farmers at the new rates promised by the State. Last week, the AIKS had announced in Mumbai that milk producers would distribute free milk from May 3 to 9 in government offices throughout the State as a sign of protest against the failure to ensure provision of the minimum support price (MSP) to farmers.“If the State government does not take our satyagraha seriously, we will halt milk supply to all big cities in the State after May 9. We will also ensure that supply from other states does not reach cities in Maharashtra,” threatened Mr. Nawale.Following agitations by farmers in June last year and the long march in March this year, a rattled BJP government had promised to raise the price from ₹24 to ₹27 per litre.“Yet, milk prices are plummeting daily, forcing farmers to sell it for as low as ₹16-17 per litre. Milk cooperatives are not paying the promised ₹27 per litre. Farmers cannot, and will not, bear a loss of ₹10 per litre due to the government’s failure to fulfil promises,” said Mr. Nawale.He alleged that the BJP government had no proper records or figures of the procurement and distribution of milk in the State. Mr. Nawale reiterated the AIKS’s determination to go through with their proposed agitation on June 1 as it remained dissatisfied with the government’s efforts to implement its assurances given to farmers’ demands after the conclusion of the long march’ from Nashik to Mumbai last month.The demands include complete farm loan waiver, forest land rights and immediate implementation of the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan Commission to improve agriculture produce.The AIKS, along with like-minded farmer outfits, propose to gherao government offices across Maharashtra on June 1.
The Congress could be staring at being a distant third partner in the Samajwadi Party- Bahujan Samaj Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh and would get only eight seats as per the agreed formula between these two parties.Informal talks have been going on between the SP and the BSP for many months now. According to sources, the two main players of the alliance have agreed that 2014 Lok Sabha results should be used as the parameter for seat division.“According to the 2014 results, the Samajwadi Party won five seats and was on second place on 31. The BSP on the other hand was on second place in 34 seats and the Congress won two seats and was second in six seats. So deducing from this, the SP should get 36 seats, the BSP 34 and for the Congress we can spare only eight seats,” a senior SP leader told The Hindu. The SP will have its National Executive on July 28 where among other things this formula too will be discussed officially within the party forum.RLD shareThe Rashtriya Lok Dal will get up to two seats. As per the analysis, these include Mathura, where Hema Malini of the BJP won, the RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary was in second position there; and in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was second to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “In exchange of Varanasi, we are ready to give it a seat in western Uttar Pradesh. They already hold Kairana. So the SP can spare one seat out of its 36 taking the RLD’s total claim to three,” the leader added.There is no clash in vote share between the SP, the BSP, the RLD or the Congress if this formula is followed.Both the BSP and the SP are clear that they will not court the Congress themselves till the grand old party comes knocking seeking a place in the alliance. “We saw in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections last year how the Congress behaved. They negotiated their seat share far above their capacity which eventually hurt electoral fortunes of the alliance,” the senior leader said. Mayawati’s claimBSP supremo Mayawati, meanwhile, has been publicly staking claim on 40 seats and wants to be the senior partner in alliance. “If the Congress acts pricey, we will be more than happy not to give them a place in the alliance. We have polled sizeable number of votes on the six seats that the Congress was in second place in 2014 so we can easily claim them for us,” a senior BSP leader said.
The Gujarat government’s move to declare a week-long vacation in state’s schools and colleges during the Navaratri festivities haD private schools fuming as they were opposed to any mid term vacation which, they claimed, would disturb academic activities in the schools.The Gujarat government on Saturday had announced a seven-day vacation starting from October 15 to 21, in the state’s schools and colleges, for the Navratri festival. However, on Tuesday the government changed the dates for vacation from October 10 to 17.“With one week vacation for Navaratri, students will get holidays holidays for Janmashthmi, Navaratri and Diwali and this will only disturb and disrupt academic activities,” said Naran Patel, President of All Gujarat School Management Association.Local association of private schools in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Surat had also raised their voice against the government’s announcement, which would reduce the Diwali vacation by one week and institute new vacation for Navaratri.The government had cited demands by students and parents seeking vacation during Navaratri so that youngsters could enjoy dance festivities.“We received several representations for vacation during Navaratri, which is a cultural festival in Gujarat,” said State Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama.Mr Chudasama contended that number of academic days had not been affected as the government had reduced the days of Diwali vacation to make up for seven days vacation during Navaratri.More than 1000 private schools in Surat and Rajkot had strongly opposed the vacation and contended that the private schools cannot be forced to join the vacation during Navaratri.”As is, the first semester gets shortened by many holidays for festivals like Janmashthami and schools also remain close due to heavy rainfall. There is also the Diwali vacation, and now there will be one week off for Navratri too,” said Ajay Patel, president of Self-Finance School Association in Rajkot.He added that the syllabus planning was prepared in June before school opened, and adjusted periods accordingly. A long vacation of seven days would disturb the syllabus which could not be recovered in any case.
Road and air traffic between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country was suspended on Wednesday due to heavy snowfall across the Valley, officials said. Of the 27 flights scheduled to arrive at the Srinagar Airport, 15 have been cancelled due to low visibility and incessant snowfall, an official of the Airport Authority of India said. The official also stated that if there is no improvement in the weather conditions, the possibility of other flights arriving was bleak. The traffic control department said the arterial Srinagar-Jammu road had to be closed for vehicular traffic following snowfall and rains, which triggered landslides at several places. “No vehicles are being allowed on the highway due to landslides caused by rain and snowfall,” the official of the traffic department said. A decision on resuming traffic will be taken only after debris is cleared and the weather improves, he said.
The XPrize Foundation has scrapped its high-profile $10 million genomics challenge set for next month after attracting only two competitors to the sequencing contest.The Archon Genomics XPRIZE began with much fanfare 7 years ago with the aim of boosting medical genomics by offering a $10 million award to the first team to sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days for no more than $10,000 each. After complaints about the tight deadline and unclear judging criteria, the foundation revised the rules in October 2011: The objective was to sequence the genomes of 100 centenarians with high accuracy and 98% completeness within 30 days for $1000 or less. Interest was tepid, however, and only two of the eight contenders in the original contest registered by the 31 May deadline—the company Ion Torrent, and George Church’s lab at Harvard University. 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And late last week (22 August), XPrize CEO Peter Diamandis announced in The Huffington Post that the foundation was calling off the contest because it “was not incentivizing the technological changes” laid out by the XPrize board and the genomics prize’s chair, genome sequencer J. Craig Venter. Companies are already sequencing genomes in a few days for $5000 and “are moving quickly towards the goals we set for the prize,” Diamandis wrote.XPrize Senior Director Grant Campany says the fact that only two competitors signed up suggested that the $10 million prize wasn’t a sufficient incentive for sequencing companies, which are already making hundreds of millions of dollars, to invest their R&D funds in the challenge. At the same time, he says, no company is sequencing whole genomes to the accuracy the contest required—as Nature noted in May, the focus is on less accurate sequences and the subset of the genome that codes for proteins. “Nobody’s clamoring for it,” Campany says. “We’re fighting against the market in some respects.”The aborted contest has yielded two resources. Cell lines with DNA from more than 100 donors who have lived at least a century are stored at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, New Jersey; the genomes will now be sequenced anyway and shared with the research community, Campany says. The contest also produced a protocol for validating sequencing data that he hopes “will be a useful tool” for researchers.The foundation in Playa Vista, California, which has previously awarded prizes for projects such as spacecraft and oil cleanup, had never before cancelled a contest. The $10 million prize money will go back to the philanthropist who donated it, Stewart Blusson, president of Archon Minerals.Church, who says he’s spent “embarrassing” amounts of money to prepare (“with quite a lot to show for it,” he adds), calls the decision “a totally avoidable slap at innovators.” He disagrees that two contestants wasn’t enough—only two teams compete in the Super Bowl, he points out. He also questions the argument that companies were getting there anyway. “Is this going to be standard XPRIZE policy—to cancel if there is too much progress—at the last minute?”
Doing the math. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon. A French mathematician of global renown and with a wealth of international connections has been tapped to become the new president of the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s funding agency for frontier research. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, the longtime head of the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies (IHES) in Bures-sur-Yvette, France, is slated to succeed Austrian sociologist Helga Nowotny, who has presided over the agency since 2010.The European Commission, which makes the final decision, has not yet announced the appointment, and a commission spokesperson declined to comment today. But a source with inside knowledge of the process confirms to ScienceInsider that Bourguignon, 66, is slated to succeed Nowotny after she steps down on 31 December. Bourguignon said farewell to IHES, a private institute founded in 1958 and modeled on the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, on 31 August.Bourguignon is a graduate of the École Polytechnique, a famed elite school near Paris that produces many of the France’s leaders in government, science, and business. (Among the graduates in his class of 1966 are Jean-Martin Folz, the former CEO of Peugeot Citroën; former European Parliament member Alain Lipietz; and former Louis Vuitton CEO Yves Carcelle.) 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He also helped the institute, traditionally focused on math, branch out into fields like theoretical biology, according to a recent profile story in Le Monde.EuroScience, a Strasbourg, France-based organization of European scientists, welcomed the impending appointment in a statement issued today. “Professor Bourguignon has been crucial to maintaining and strengthening the atmosphere at the IHES for original, creative research at the very highest levels, and to attract the best minds for shorter and longer stays at the IHES,” the statement said.”At the same time he has built a worldwide community of supporters, not least in Asia, for the IHES which guarantees long-term financial stability of this private Institute.” Bourguignon was a member of the group that got EuroScience started in the 1990s and later served on its board. He was also president of France’s mathematical society from 1990 to 1992 and of the European Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1998.In the first 7 years of its existence, the ERC has become popular among European scientists because, in contrast to other E.U. funding mechanisms, it uses excellence as the only criterion, while its application process is relatively straightforward. But the fact that a disproportionate number of its grants arrive in the union’s richer countries has occasionally sowed discontent in eastern and southern member states.Nowotny—who declined to comment on the appointment—says the key challenge for her successor will be to maintain ERC’s reputation for excellence in the science it funds and its review process, even as its budget is set to increase from €7.1 billion between 2007 and 2013 to around €13 billion in the next 7-year period. (The ERC’s Executive Agency in Brussels will not grow at the same clip, Nowotny says, so the agency’s workload is likely to increase.)Another challenge will be to attract more grantees from outside the European Union, she adds. Nowotny says the groundwork for that has been laid by ERC Secretary General Donald Dingwell, who over the past 2 years has traveled around the world to spread the word about ERC’s activities.As it happens, Bourguignon is a frenetic traveler as well. In the story in Le Monde, he said he has seen Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport “close to a thousand times” during his tenure at IHES, and colleagues have gotten used to receiving e-mails from him from unusual places and at unusual times. Indeed, physicist Nikita Nekrasov, of Stony Brook University in New York, told the paper, “Jean-Pierre is a quantum phenomenon: Lots of energy and momentum, and completely delocalized!”*Correction, 28 October, 5:38 p.m.: This story has been changed to correct the date that Bourguignon left IHES and the new research areas he introduced at the institute. Wikimedia Commons 
Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) spend most of their time looking for one of two things: food or predators. But occasionally, a group of the highly social rodents will do something strange. Out of nowhere, a prairie dog, like the one pictured above, will stand up on its hind legs and leap into the air while shouting “wee-oo!” Then, one by one, each of its nearby friends will do the same. Watching this “jump-yip” behavior spread through a group of prairie dogs is like watching the crowd at a football game do the wave, as you can see in this video, but the reason behind the contagious displays remained mysterious. Now, a new study provides a possible explanation for the jump-yip waves. After observing 16 prairie dog towns for months on end, researchers found that the more group members joined a jump-yip wave, the more time the wave’s instigator spent looking for food immediately afterward. The scientists think that kicking off a jump-yip wave is a way for a prairie dog to test how well its immediate neighbors are paying attention to their environment—and, therefore, how helpful they are likely to be at spotting predators, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. If a prairie dog knows its neighbors are on the lookout for surprises like sudden jump-yips, lurking coyotes, or circling falcons, the more comfortable it feels concentrating on foraging and eating. This decision-making process, the team argues, suggests that prairie dogs may have at least a rudimentary “theory of mind,” and that this basic awareness of the mental states of their companions may be crucial to their survival.See more ScienceShots.Sign up for our daily newsletterGet more great content like this delivered right to you!Country *AfghanistanAland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBolivia, Plurinational State ofBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, The Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCote D’IvoireCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and Mcdonald IslandsHoly See (Vatican City State)HondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic ofIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People’s Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyan Arab JamahiriyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMacedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic ofMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMoldova, Republic ofMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorwayOmanPakistanPalestinianPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalQatarReunionRomaniaRussian FederationRWANDASaint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Martin (French part)Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVietnamVirgin Islands, BritishWallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweI also wish to receive emails from AAAS/Science and Science advertisers, including information on products, services and special offers which may include but are not limited to news, careers information & upcoming events.Required fields are included by an asterisk(*)
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