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Another Kind of Love

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Inside the Russian Embassy in London a colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he thought. Correcting this problem would be easy. He would do that in moment. The thought of it caused a grim smile to spear on his face and brought both sadness and joy to his heart. But he pushed away those thoughts and turned his attention to a framed photograph on his desk. His wife was beautiful, he told himself as he remembered the day they were married. That was forty-three years ago, andit had been the proudest and happiest day of his life 游泳.

What had happened to all that time? Why had it passed so quickly, and why hadn’t he spent more of it with her? Why hadn’t he held her close and told her more often that he loved her? He cursed himself as a tear came from onto the note. He stiffened and wiped his face with the back of his hand. There was no need for remorse or regret, he told himself. In a few moments he would join her and at that time would express his undying love and devotion.

After setting the note ablaze he dropped it into an ashtray and watched it burn. For a time the flames cast moving shadows on the walls of the darkened room, then they flickered and died out. The colonel dropped the cigarette to the floor and ground it out with his heel, then clutched the photograph to his breast, removed a pistol from his pocket, placed the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger. In the ashtray a small portion of the note remained. Where it had been wetted by his tear it had failed to burn, and on that scrap of paper were the words “died yesterdayWedding Consultant ”.

You Make Difference

Monday, December 17th, 2007

A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar, California, she called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told them how the student made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which read, “Who I Am Makes a Difference.”?

Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of effect recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.?

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons, and said, “We re doing a class project on recognition, and we d like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened.”?

Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been known, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said, “Well, sure.”
 

Spa Etiquette

Friday, October 12th, 2007

images.jpg    Is it appropriate to ask your aesthetician for a skin checkup?

    NOT EVEN A LOVED ONE (OR YOU YHOURSELF) MAY BE AS FAMILIAR WITH YOUR SKIN as your spa technicians-the massage therapist, aesthetician, and the people who give you a manicure, pedicure, or scalp treatment. In addition to doing thorough self-checks and visiting your dermatologist regularly (see the Editor’s Message on Spa Guide), you can ask spa personnel to help keep watch over your skin.

    In the course of providing services, they have a good opportunity to check out places that you can’t, such as your back, behind your ears, and your scalp. And they may be more aware of changes between visits. They can suggest you see a doctor if anything appears out of the ordinary, but aestheticians are not permitted to give a diagnosis.

    “You can encourage spa professionals who give you a service to be observant,” says Kelly Costa Gravitt, a former spa director who is now a medical spa consultant. “Say, would you mind taking a look at my neck or face or chest, and call my attention to anything you think is worth nothing?” I’ll have it checked.” Costa Gravitt fervently believes that spas should support preventive health measures. If you need another reason to justify a spa visit, this is it.

Relocation & Job

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

For many recent fresh graduates of college and university, the job hunting is just beginning. After the tests, papers and projects are completed, graduates must find a job, preferably in their chosen career fields, and make the transition from students to working professionals. To add more pressure to the job search, many graduates are finding that relocation is necessary to find jobs.
For decades, graduates have known that work in films or technology, they needed to live in California; to pursue theater or broadcast and print journalism, New York was the best bet. Now, more industries are following suit. A growing trend of industry-specific regional employment means that returning home or finding work where graduates went to school is unlikely.
Relocation is rarely an easy thing for even a seasoned veteran. Compound that with a lack of current income, fewer companies offering relocation costs, and more graduates competing for a handful of jobs, and you have a sticky relocation situation. There are some things you can do to improve your chances of finding the perfect job and successfully relocating to a new city.
Planning is key to a successful relocation job search. You must look at the job market to see where the jobs in your industry are concentrated, determine the cost of living in that area, explore the area to see what it has to offer someone in your age group with your likes and interests, and consider what would be involved in searching for a job and relocating to that area.
For advertising designer Tinna Jorge, relocation was the best option. “Being from a small city in Iowa, I knew I had to look for jobs in another city,” said Tinna. “Career opportunity was bigger in New York.”Tinna used the Internet and the career services office at her school to locate her job at an advertising firm.
“When quantifying the number of people who actually obtain their jobs through the Internet, one survey has placed the number as high as 40 percent, but most surveys say there are 4 and 6 percent graduates finding jobs by relatives or friends recommending,” Said Sandy Smith, a editor of the job seeker.
As you consider relocation, the Internet is a great place to start your job search. While it is highly unlikely that you will get the jobs you locate through Internet job searches, it offers a great opportunity for conducting research about the job market.

Once you have found some companies for possible future employment, use their Web sites to conduct research. Contact someone in the human resources departments to gather more information about the companies. Find out what relocation resources they provide new hires. For Sandy Smith, the relocation resource is a key for her applying a job.