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According to U.S. Office of Education reports, two decades ago, only 10 states were providing pre-kindergarten programs. Currently, it is reported that 39 states and the District of Columbia provide support for pre-k programs. States are contributing about $4 billion to pre-kindergarten and childcare programs. In 2001, states spent in excess of $1.9 billion for more than 765,000 children to attend pre-k. In its publication, The Condition of Education 2004, the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that pre-primary enrollment increased by 20 percent, from 1993 to 2003. It is noted that an important aspect of this increase is the participation of children in full-day programs. In 2003, approximately 56 percent of the children attended full-day programs, compared to 40 percent in 1993.
The recognition of the positive impact of early childhood programs on the cognitive development of pre-school age children, as well as a variety of social and economic factors, has created public pressure for the availability of pre-kindergarten education programs, not only in urban areas, but in suburban and rural areas as well. The material that follows is intended to provide a conceptual framework on which to develop the general design requirements for an early childhood education center. It is not intended to provide educational specifications for instructional and support spaces, the design of which are situational, in that they should respond to programmatic requirements established by the school district. Compliance with applicable federal, state and local requirements is assumed.
The overall design, interior decoration and finishes within the center should reflect an understanding and awareness that attendance at this facility will, in most cases, represent the first experience of the child with a structured educational environment and separation from the parents. Every attempt should be made to create a setting that facilitates this transition from the home environment and is minimally intimidating to pre-school age children. The inclusion of soft furniture, large graphics, plantings, fish tanks and aviary should be considered in the design.
Among the attributes critical to the design should be its ability to provide the children with a sense of security and safety. Aside from the prevention of injury, the design should recognize that, if a child perceives a threat or the potential for injury, his or her ability to learn will be severely diminished. The safety and security of the children should be addressed from a number of perspectives. Facility-wide voice communication and an addressable alarm system should be provided.
The facility location and orientation on the site should provide for the safe arrival and departure of children, with direct access to the classroom area to which the student has been assigned. If feasible, student entrance and exit should be at the rear of the facility. Drop-off areas should be designed so that a child may exit the vehicle on the pedestrian side and move directly into the center. A covered transition space should be provided at the student entrance to each section.
Teachers must have an unrestricted view of the children at all times, both in the classroom and outside play areas. Observation panels should be provided in corridors and between rooms to aid in supervision of children.
Controlling access by unauthorized persons to areas occupied by children, both within the building and in outside play areas, should be a primary concern. The use of closed-circuit television cameras and digital video recording surveillance of all entrances and circulation areas in the building, as well as parking and play areas, should be anticipated. All exits and entrances must be secured. Visitors' access to the center should be restricted through one easily identified, controlled main entrance. The administrative suite, the clinic, the media center and the cafetorium should be located close to the main entrance, so as to provide accessibility, without travel through classroom areas. Appropriate signage should provide direction to each of these areas.
An area for short-term parking for parents and other visitors should be provided. A separate area for staff parking should be located, as close to the center as possible, for ease of access and safety. A lighted buffer zone, of at least 30 ft. around the facility, should be anticipated.
Play yards should be seen as an extension of the classroom spaces and, to the extent possible, should be integrated into the overall design of the center. Play areas should provide a mix of sun and shade with sheltered spaces for solitary, small group and quiet activities and have convenient access to toilets and drinking fountains.
Outdoor play spaces should be enclosed by fences to define the play area, provide for ease of supervision and protect the children from unauthorized individuals and stray animals. Fences should be at least four ft. in height with the top free of protrusions. Fencing should be designed to preclude children's heads, hands or fingers from entrapment. Access to the play spaces should be provided for maintenance equipment through gates that are secured during student occupancy.
Play equipment should be developmentally appropriate and should include equipment for sliding, climbing, crawling, balancing, running and imaginative play. Wood treated with chromated copper sulfate (CCA) is not to be used in any equipment or furnishings in the play spaces.
The recommendations of the Consumer Product Services Commission Document #1005, regarding playground surface materials, should be followed. Play space should be barrier-free and sensitive to all disabilities. Paved areas for pathways, wheeling and games, along with grass/turf surfaces in open play areas, should also be provided. Storage for outdoor play equipment should be available and be readily accessible to teachers.
The design of the facility should anticipate the possible organization of students into small learning communities, sections, houses or schools within a school. Each section should be self-contained and include classroom/activity centers, as well as a multipurpose area that will be used for a variety of large group activities and gross motor skill development. In addition, each wing should include a small group activity area, teacher workspace and an office/conference room.
The design must address the impact of color, noise, lighting, indoor air quality and other environmental factors on childrens' behavior and achievement.
Research has established that color choices influence student attitudes, behavior and learning. Studies have found that color affects students' attention span and teachers' sense of time and has an impact on academic achievement of young children. It has been suggested that the proper use of color can reduce absenteeism and change an atmosphere that is monotonous and depressing into one that is pleasing and stimulating. Predominant colors should be neutral, off-white, beige, pale yellow, pale lavender and the like. Stronger color should be used as accents in smaller areas. Colors should be used to identify particular areas. The use of a variety of colors and textures appropriate to particular areas and that provide young children with landmarks and direction within the building should be included in the planning.
Chronic exposure to noise has been shown to be harmful to younger children whose language and discrimination skills are forming. While the external sources of some noise may be difficult to control, the source of noise is frequently in the design of the space. Reverberation and background noise generated by HVAC systems are the major sources. Reverberation should be controlled through the use of sound absorbing materials and surfaces. The use of acoustically engineered central air handling systems should be considered to reduce the potential of noise from HVAC systems.
The importance of classroom lighting, as a determinant of student behavior and achievement, has been widely investigated. There is little disagreement over the advantages of daylighting either through window spaces or skylights. A large-scale study in California found a correlation between daylight and a wide variety of physical, behavioral and emotional advantages to students. Teachers should be able to provide a combination and variety of well-lit and dimly lit areas within the classroom. The design should consider the use of direct/indirect pendant lighting fixtures and linear strips of accent lighting, along display areas and white boards, as a supplement to daylight
Teachers should be provided with the ability to control not only light levels, sun penetration and acoustic conditions, but also the temperature and ventilation in their classrooms. Extensive research has established that the failure to address the issue of indoor air quality potentially reduces the level of productivity of both students and teachers, and also increases the potential of short- and long-term health problems. The potential operation of the Early Childhood Center on a 10-hour day, 245-day schedule mandates that the facility be fully climate controlled for year-round operation. The design and equipment specifications must address the issues of ventilation, control of temperature and humidity, and indoor air quality in general.
We have attempted to identify some areas that should be considered in the early phases of the planning of an early childhood education facility. There is a larger issue that school district decision makers should also consider. Research in early childhood education has established that in order to be successful, programs must be child-centered. It is equally true that the facilities in which these programs are offered must also be child-centered.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
I love this card.
It makes me happy and today I need happy. I won't go into details but let's just say it's been a difficult day. Do you ever feel like things seem to pile up all at once and then all of a sudden you are left with a world in shambles? That's kind of how I'm feeling right now. Thank goodness the Lord knows how to pick me up and dust me off. Who knows where I would be without Him. Anyway, I made this card a couple of weeks ago (it seems like years ago) and I haven't had time to share it with you. Such a tragedy huh? :) I won this fantastic set from Flourishes this summer and FINALLY found the opportunity to use it. I can tell you that it won't be that long before it gets pulled out again. What a fantastic set! Such beautiful images!
So are you wondering where that candy is? Well since my birthday was last Thursday and I promised you candy, I want to let you know that it's a pretty big giveaway, I just need to break out my camera! Haha! Hang in there! Hopefully it will be posted tomorrow afternoon!
Thanks so much for showing up today, especially to those of you who have stuck with me and not given up hope! I have had lots of lost subscribers this week so I really appreciate those of you who have forgiven my absence lately! It means a lot to me!
4 comments:
- malissa32 said...
i love it too!
- October 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Sue said...
I love this card, too, Steph. The colors are beautiful. Have a blessed week.
- October 25, 2009 at 6:45 AM
- SemSee said...
Beautiful card, Steph. Really gorgeous! Hugs, Simonne x
- October 25, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Sheila said...
Happy Belated Birthday! I absolutely love this card. I live in Traverse City, MI, the cherry capital of the world, so cherries are a favorite of mine. You've done a beautiful job with them.
- October 25, 2009 at 10:10 AM
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In Spiritual capital and progressive localism Chris Baker (writing for online magazine Public Spirit) outlines a vision of society that accepts the full religious and secular diversity of Britain today and is able to embrace the 'spiritual capital' of both religious and secular organisations.
Quoting the philosopher Jürgen Habermas he suggests:
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'a …. self-understanding of society as whole in which the vigorous continuation of religion in a continually secularizing environment must be reckoned with'.
We no longer live in a tidy and ideologically pure public sphere where only the secular counts as 'public' and religion is allowed to function only in the 'private'.
This identifying of the public sphere as 'post secular' seems to resonate with my experience and understanding of the way the outward work of the church and its organisations is making an increasing contribution to public life. Apart from a vociferous minority, many people and organisations (including, in my field, schools) seem comfortable and welcoming of the involvement of the church as partners in a plurality of provision that shares a common aim, that of addressing social issues together. This is borne out in the well deserved public recognition of larger Christian organisations working to serve their locality, such as The Message Trust in Manchester and XLP in South London, as well as the lesser known but just as vital services offered in towns and cities across the nation like the primary healthcare centre, Beacon House, in my own town of Colchester. To this I would also add the thousands of Christians who contribute appropriately and responsibly to the pastoral support, spiritual development and other needs of young people and their schools.
Baker elaborates on the post-secular public square, the importance of spiritual capital and the implications for a progressive localism agenda and I recommend reading the whole article. His conclusion sets out a vision, and perhaps challenge, for the church as one of the contributors towards the goal of flourishing communities:
More informal and fluid spaces in the postsecular public space are also opening up, which means that churches and other faith communities are uniquely placed to play a more explicit and creative role as political powerbrokers on the ground. The 'cultured despisers of religion' in certain media and academic circles will continue to complain, but the reality is that increasing numbers of leaders and citizens are more open than ever to allowing space for progressive (i.e. outward–looking) religion to deploy its wisdom, experience and resources. Not only in leading debates, but also acting as political hubs for emergent networks and affinity groups committed to creating flourishing localities.
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EYE Views: Are we moving to a post-app era?
'There's an app for that' was once the rallying cry for appifying every kind of customer-facing service – less so these days.
With new messaging services like RCS and WhatsApp for business, many of the app-like functions that gave them so much appeal can be achieved at a fraction of a cost. Other channels like personalised video messaging are also competing as viable customer engagement technologies, while messaging is slowly becoming a proxy for things like mobile payments and the internet itself.
Should brands and enterprises be gearing up for a post-app future? We asked a range of tech companies to respond. Here's what they said…
Jonathan Morgan, CEO at OpenMarket
There are three specific reasons why consumers will find it [RCS] a significant improvement on regular text messages. Firstly, it makes interactions, like providing feedback, as easy as tapping a button. Secondly, it uses the native SMS inbox so removes the need for people to download third-party apps. And, thirdly message branding and verified sender information provide consumers with increased peace of mind.
Will this kill off apps? Yes – most of them. As consumers, we'll keep those six or seven apps that we use daily. But the days of brands pumping money into developing apps is set to be a thing of the past. Brands are finally understanding that they can't just engage with customers to sell them stuff and that devices are not just a sales channel: they have to help consumers get things done, when and where it counts.
Matt Hooper, SVP Global Marketing, IMImobile
The rise of social messaging channels and the entry of Google (for RCS) and Apple (for Apple Business Chat) is a tipping point in the evolution of messaging channels to support customer engagement. That said, there's still huge demand for apps, whether for hailing an Uber, transferring money from your bank, or messaging via a messaging app like WhatsApp or Messenger.
The best way forward is a blended approach to enterprise consumer communications, based on context; after all, what you're doing, and where you are, dictates which service you need and how you want to communicate. Clearly companies that deliver services through apps need to pay particular attention to in-app messaging, but messaging apps and smartphone inboxes should be used more readily, as they make it possible to automate the switch. Whatever channel is used, two-way communication is key: an SMS saying 'DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE' shows a brand hasn't worked out how to make service conversational.
To put this into practice, businesses must look at which channels and services their customers use the most, and blend the right combination as part of a 'communications hub' strategy. There's a clear need to orchestrate and integrate omnichannel communications, which means the use of CPaaS architectures will become increasingly critical to the future of successful messaging-based interaction in the mobile world.
David Bowen, Head of Product at Episerver
Our research shows that smartphones have reached near-complete adoption in the UK, with ownership of tablet devices also now pushing 70%. Yet while mobile promotions and commerce are going to be hugely important for today's marketers, mobile apps are going out of style.
This switch from mobile apps to in-browser experiences is largely being driven by the surge of mobile search and the introduction of Google's AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) project. Retailers can also create 'lightweight' webpages with all the functionality of a traditional mobile app.
At the same time, consumers have grown accustomed to managing their lives through a web browser. As such, the idea of manually installing and launching a different app for each brand experience seems like an unnecessary hassle.
Cathal McGloin, CEO of ServisBOT
Mobile apps won't disappear altogether. Rather, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) will become more prevalent. Imagine a consumer engaging with a brand via text messaging for a service interaction, such as tracking an order. The brand's chatbot or live agent can respond with details and also send a link to a PWA that will automatically install on the consumer's device when they click and accept it.
A PWA has all the features of a traditional mobile app but is far easier to download, can work offline, use push notifications, and is not restricted by the likes of Apple. PWAs provide a powerful opportunity to move customers from a simple service-based interaction to a complete brand experience, whereby the company can engage in many different ways, both inbound and outbound.
We see great potential for brands to use a blended approach of chatbots with PWAs. Brands can build awareness and stickiness with this approach and at a lower cost than building native mobile apps.
Magnus Jern, Chief Innovation Officer, DMI
Although consumers spend more time than ever using apps the growth in app downloads per user has slowed down. Every brand needs to ensure their apps, whether for consumers or businesses, provide great value or solve a problem for the end user in a way not possible through mobile web, messaging or email.
Many of our customers piloted messaging and chatbots but they just didn't get the desired result. WhatsApp for business and RCS should be seen as complementary to app spend. The choice of 'app vs web vs messaging' should be based on what's the best solution to solve the problem for users. Apps/web is typically best where users can self-manage and messaging is best when they need support or collaboration.
Consumers generally don't care which solution brands use as long as they make it effortless to communicate and engage with them. No one wants to download an app to chat with customer support, for example. But app experiences are usually the preferred choice for frequent tasks such as playing music on your Sonos speakers, ordering food online or checking the bus schedule.
Mark Jackson, Director & Industry Principal, Telecoms & Media, Pegasystems
Hundreds of apps clog up the average smartphone and 2019 is going see a big app shake-up that could be terminal. Yes, smartphone memory is increasing, but the constant pinging of notifications, using up data and, battery consumption, has led to "App Fatigue". Customers are simply ignoring or deleting all but their essential apps from their phones.
CSPs will realise that investing thousands of pounds in an app that nobody will use is not the wisest initiative, particularly with today's customers having more and more channels and devices available instantly to them to use – Alexa, WhatsApp, Skype and more.
In order to support their customers' digital demands whilst simultaneously increasing engagement, CSPs need to deliver a personalised experience via combined omni-channel AI and end-to-end Robotic Automation to enable streamlined, efficient journeys, regardless of the channel or app the user chooses to use.
Bart Vandekerckhove, Head of Mobile Messaging, BICS
I think we're at a crucial point for RCS, and with operator support and consumer backing, it could well achieve widespread success.
WhatsApp and the like have been around for some time now, so we could see growing app fatigue, with consumers becoming reluctant to download multiple non-communication apps.
And that's where RCS comes in – and shines. RCS has the potential to replace brands' own apps and instead offer a universal, in-built solution for instant engagement with brands. Rather than calling a customer services phone line (and being put on hold), RCS can offer instant chat and media sharing.
This opens up opportunities for companies to develop their customer service offerings and is a revenue-generator for operators whose networks support RCS. Airlines could send boarding passes to travelers, for example, who could then contact and book their hotel room – all through RCS.
The last hurdle for RCS – but the thing which will help it really take off – is integrating payments. If the ability to pay for goods and services via RCS is added into the mix, then we'll definitely have a strong contender to apps, and a replacement for consumer/brand interaction and engagement.
Nick Millward, VP of Europe at mGage
A few years ago, a strong mobile strategy would have included a corporate mobile app. But today's mobile users are less attracted to the idea of downloading and using new applications. A 2017 Compuware study found 80-90 per cent of apps are deleted after first use.
Text messaging is an effective, immediate and engaging alternative for brands to communicate with consumers. Viber found texts have a 99 per cent open rate – with the average response time for those messages just 90 seconds. Brands can reach their intended audience with a message of value at the most appropriate time.
However, to maintain consumer interest and make a real business impact, brands need to craft engaging and timely messages that customers want to open, while making it easy for them to take action. SMS is currently being upgraded to RCS (Rich Communication Services). RCS messaging introduces a new level of interactivity. With the ability to use custom colours, logos and brand name as the sender ID, RCS messaging enables companies to create compelling branded content using features like video, GIFs, quick response buttons, carousels and maps to engage audiences and position them as an active participant in conversations.
RCS is innovative step forward and allows companies that master and use RCS functions to deliver powerful, engaging and conversational messages to help increase customer satisfaction and loyalty and drive increased sales.
Dan Marsh, Digital Director at bigdog
I don't see the app age dying off any time soon. Younger generations have grown up habitually tapping icons on their phones to shop, chat, navigate, date…you name it, there's an app for it. Continuing to serve these offerings and catering for evolving behaviours is essential for brands to win on the digital battleground.
As most marketers have come to accept, mobile is now a pre-requisite to any brand that wants to be relevant in the digital age, if mobile experience is poor, you could be alienating more than half your audience. With smartphone usage so common, ensuring that your mobile presence is well-optimised is half the battle.
Speedier connectivity through 5G will see our on-the-go lives become more reliant on mobile devices. But with apps, it's worth taking a step back and asking yourself – what value can this give my customer that a great mobile site can't?
My rule of thumb for apps comes down to two things – convenience and frequency. The value you give users is by never being more than a tap away at any time. Consider some of the most popular apps: Uber, eBay, Deliveroo, Netflix, Google Maps, all serving a high-frequency, reactive or impulsive need. They're there when you need them.
Amy Robinson, Senior Brand Development Manager, Commify
RCS not only offers the same capabilities as branded apps, but also solves business pain points, such as missed appointments or debt collection. This is demonstrated through the ability to reschedule an appointment or complete a purchase online, without ever leaving the messaging app.
Driving traffic to your app is a challenge in itself; coupled with the cost of building and maintaining an app, estimated to be between $25,000 – $1,000,000, it's a substantial investment. RCS' appeal is that it can offer your customers the same functionality as an app, with an impressive engagement rate and at a price just marginally higher than an SMS.
The true future of life post-app is dependent on customer behaviour. However, with just a little investment, RCS future-proofs your presence and brand reputation in the eyes of your customer base.
Seth Campbell, Head of Product Development at Big Radical
When organisations want to gear up for the future, as Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary Geneal succinctly put it: "what matters now is not to learn things, but to learn how to learn things."
The future will not be app-centric, messaging-centric apps, nor other methods of engagement – voice, image or video. What is becoming indispensable to ensure user adoption and competitive advantage, is to grow an inbuilt capability to learn fast, targeting user needs and the outcomes we are looking to facilitate.
This can then be married with small-scale experiments across multiple interaction contexts, in order to quickly understand what is most useful and satisfying.
No doubt apps and other methods of engagement will continue to grow, powered by machine learning and AI, and with upfront costs-to-entry steadily falling. App downloads are still increasing, from an estimated 205.4 billion in 2018 to 258.2 billion in 2024, and consumer spend grew 30% YoY in 2018 to $110 billion. Messaging-centric apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber and WeChat cover most of the world, opening up opportunities for "DM marketing at scale" and Social Commerce through services like Facebook and WeChat's integrated payment APIs.
The underlying human goals are not likely to change fast, but the way we provide more value to customers will evolve and will come in many guises.


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Posted by Todd Panning on May 14, 2002
I was entering a coaches meeting for softball to pick up some info for our upcoming season, when another coach that I knew was just walking out. "Aren't you going to stay?" I asked..."nope ...I'm heading out of Dodge...." what does that mean??? send me an e-mail!!


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We are proud to announce our 36th season!
Show times are as follows for all productions:
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 2:00 PM
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Children's Theatre)
This dramatic tour of Willy Wonka's world-famous Chocolate Factory brings to life Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina, Willy Wonka and, of course, Charlie himself.
Director: Audrey Fritz
Audition Dates: August 5 and 6, 2013, 7 PM
Age Range: Kindergarten to 9th Grade
Performance Dates: September 20 – 29, 2013
Adult Season
Mama Won't Fly
An outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way from Alabama to California in time for her brother's wedding. Savannah's problem: Mama won't fly. With only four days to make it to the ceremony, this determined daughter has no choice but to drive cross-country with her equally willful mother, Norleen Sprunt, in Mama's vintage sedan. Every conceivable—and inconceivable—mishap that can occur does. This ferociously funny, family-friendly Jones-Hope-Wooten comedy will have you laughing your way across the country and all the way down the aisle!
Director: Heather Clarke O'Brien
Audition Dates: September 23 and 24, 2013, 7 PM
Performance Dates: November 8 – 24, 2013
The Psychic
Winner of the 2011 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Awards Best Play.
The Psychic follows the chaotic life of Adam Webster, a down-on-his-luck writer, who has put a sign in his apartment window, in desperation to make the rent: "Psychic Readings $25." The sign soon draws the interest of the lovely and conflicted Laura; her shady husband, Roy; Roy's mistress; Rita, a gangster named Johnny Bubbles; and ace Detective Norris Coslow.
In the surprising twists that follow, The Psychic entangles Adam in a hilarious murder mystery that you won't want to miss!
Director: Rob Fritz
Audition Dates: November 18 and 19, 2013, 7 PM
Performance Dates: January 10 – 26, 2014 (including January 23)
Almost, Maine
On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night's dream.
Audition Dates: Jan. 13 and 14, 2014, 7 PM
Performance Dates: March 21 – April 6, 2014
Grits and Gravy (Teen Theatre)
In a desperate attempt to save money and boost ratings, the President of the Letz Eat Television Network, Robert Gourmet, sends his reporters to the small town of Magnolia Blossom, Alabama, to cover the town's annual Grits and Gravy Festival. Held annually at the local truck stop, this extravaganza features a pageant with three very competitive contestants, whose talents include taxidermy and putting a Corvette engine on a John Deere tractor. Citizens, visitors, reporters, and network viewers and actors all combine to tell a truly hilarious tale of small town quirkiness, network mismanagement and fried food.
Audition Dates: April 14 and 15, 2014, 7 PM
Age Range: 13 to 18
Performance Dates: June 13 – 22, 2014


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Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.
2hrs 7mins long
R13 Contains content may disturb
William Shimell
Rita Blanco
Ramon Agirre
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Isabelle Huppert
Emmanuelle Riva
Dinara Droukarova
Carole Franck
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Online Gift Cards are an easy way to give the gift of climbing to a friend or family member for any occasion! You can select a Class Voucher for our most popular intro classes, a 10-Pass good for 10 visits to any First Ascent location, or a Custom Amount that you specify.
Select the location you'd like to purchase your gift card for below. Questions? Email us at email@example.com.


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My name is François Beausoleil
I want to warmly welcome you to the Empathic Coaching Revolution website.
I see Empathic Coaching as a modality that has the power to speed up the increase of anyone's well being; I'm more than excited to have this website as a platform dedicated to Empathic Coaching.
François Beausoleil, Empathic Coaching Revolution
"I've never seen anything as powerful as Empathic Coaching."
- Catherine Saar, The Project Coach, Wellness & Career Coaching
In 2002, my life was turned around by coaching; It helped me move from highly stressed and depressed, to being focused, clear and empowered... virtually unstoppable. It's no accident that now coaching is a big part of my life.
In this website, you'll find all you need to become a certified empathic coach and to receive various forms of Empathic Coaching for you or your organization:


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SEOUL (MarketWatch) -- Hyundai Mobis Co. (012330.SE), South Korea's largest auto parts maker by sales, said Tuesday it has signed contracts worth a total of $1.07 billion to supply core auto parts to General Motors Co. GM, +0.24% and Chrysler Group LLC.
Hyundai Mobis will provide integrated center stacks to GM and light-emitting diode rear lamps to Chrysler, the company said in a statement.
Hyundai Mobis didn't specify how much each contract is worth, the volume of parts to be supplied or the contract periods.


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Black Friday Approacheth!
All set for Black Friday this year then?
November the 27th, for some people this is the last pay day before Christmas and one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. For online retailers this is a chance to really maximise on those Christmas sales (unless you're ASDA of course).
Here are some things you might want to check well in advance of that date to ensure you maximise the opportunity:
Stock levels all up to date?
Ok, so we thought we'd start with the obvious one but with everything going on in the run up to Christmas, checking stock levels might not have been on your radar.. you'll have a good feel for what you'll sell through most of, so what if you run out, can people back order?
How does your website hosting hold up under pressure? Did it cope well last year if you experienced an increase in visitors and orders after your Black Friday promotion? Perhaps your site was new last year and traffic quite low, but you've steadily built your customer base now and it may well be significantly higher this year. It is worth checking your expected traffic for this period, base it on last year and look at your annual trend building up to Christmas. Contact your hosting company and ask them what your options are to upscale your hosting should it be required. It might be that you need to consider a load balancer or server caching put in place, not something you want to be doing on the 26th of November I assure you! It's certainly is something you wish you'd done when you review the figures on Nov 28th
It's not really a matter of "if" you should run a promotion on Black Friday or not these days, your customers will simply expect it so give them what they want. This should be your busiest online trading day of the year, maximise it!
If you have added anything new or different to your website, is it tested within an inch of its life? Next to your server crashing, any issues with actually purchasing on your site is the next worst nightmare. Fully tested? Then test some more is our advice, there will be a scenario you haven't thought of and tested for…I guarantee it.
Customer support
Have you got your backup in place to deal with an increase in customer enquiries? Remember, customers love to comment/feedback (I really mean complain) on Twitter and Facebook usually because they tend to get a faster response and not because they are feeling mean… but you'll likely need some extra help.
Beware of fraud!
A day of increased online activity is attractive to many people especially the fraudsters of the world. Watch out for anything suspicious, trust your instincts, if it feels wrong and suspect, it probably is. Anything from stolen credit cards and people insisting on over the phone ordering only (are you protected?).
There are some good sites to be aware of:
Logistics support
If you are expecting a huge increase in orders on Black Friday, are your logistics setup to deal with that influx? Will they be working longer hours for you to keep your orders moving through (on Saturday and Sunday) or will you need to communicate with your customers that orders will take longer?
Checked your Adwords budget?
Be prepared for cost per click to increase as competition dramatically increases on the 27th, there are things you can do to alleviate the pain of this if you simply can't compete financially, we wrote an article last week about budget planning including some tips and there is some advice here if you've left it a bit late and kind of forgot about Black Friday.
Emails all set to go?
We know that people will get inundated with emails so make sure you have other channels covered. Your email just might get buried in the pile, so where else will your customers find out about what you have on offer?
There are lots of other things to check of course but if this article saves one retailers bacon, we'll be happy.. feel free to comment (no, not you spammers!), we'd love to hear from you.


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flagpoles and retaining walls
I built two retaining walls on the side of a planter box in front of the Roseville Elks Lodge and installed two 30' Flagpoles to display the American flag and the BPOE Flag. I also did a flag retirement ceremony for the old flag on the old flagpole. I organized fundraisers and collected a total of $900 that I used toward supplies such as concrete, brick, and rebar for the retaining walls. I found a mason to help with the retaining wall and an electrician to install lights for the flags. I applied a stain to the concrete to gove off a marble stone look. Now the Elks Lodge has two 30' satin finished flagpoles in front of their lodge.
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"Acknowledgment." That's a word used by Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap after hearing of the $12 billion emergency aid package for farmers caught in the middle of the trade war.
In a written statement, Paap - a fourth-generation farmer - said he appreciates the aid package and that he looks forward to more details. His comments indicate he is pleased the president publicly reacted to growing troubles in farm country.
"The acknowledgment by the administration that the current trade war is exerting significant financial pressure on our farmers and ranchers is reassuring," Paap said.
The aid will focus on soybean farmers, dairy farmers, pork producers and others. Around these parts, there are a lot of producers who face uncertain bottom lines this year as the trade war between the U.S., China and other countries has escalated. The aid will come through direct assistance, a food purchase and distribution program and a trade promotion program. The total dollars available have been calculated to match the estimated $11 billion in economic damage that retaliatory tariffs by countries like China, Mexico and Canada will have on U.S. farmers.
The $12 billion acknowledgment that a problem - and a government-caused problem at that - exists is a good stopgap. Yet it's short-term solution to a problem that could get worse before it gets better.
It's difficult to overstate the importance of agricultural trade to the Midwest. Everyone by now knows the importance of soybeans to the region, but here's another example: Mexican beer is now that country's largest ag export to the United States, and most of that beer is made using barley grown in North Dakota and Montana.
It's easy to understand the president's strategy: Turn up the pressure on foreign markets to erase trading inequities that exist. It probably will take time.
It's that timeline that's concerning. What happens if new markets aren't developed? What must be done for agriculture producers next year if the trade war drags on? What about other industries that will be hurt by the trade war?
The $12 billion package isn't just a gift from the president, but from taxpayers. And the timing - as election battles heat up in farm states - could be conceived as politically motivated.
Ultimately, the aid package is right and necessary, considering the potential troubles that loom over the farms and ranches of middle America. But if the president really wants to help stabilize ag markets, prices and income, the best method is to negotiate an end to the trade war and re-establish traditional Republican free trade ideals.
If winning a trade war was as easy as advertised, taxpayers wouldn't have to fund an expensive program that may only be a temporary fix and that other adversely affected industries have not (yet) received.
For the ag producers who face hardship due to the trade war, we support the aid package presented this week. Long-term, however, this isn't the best option.
It seems the best news this week is the acknowledgment that a crisis may be on the horizon and that it could affect many of the good people who live in ag-producing states such as the Dakotas and Minnesota.


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Chapter 11: The First Defeat of the Override Attempt—in the Senate Committee on Envt&Public Works
Document Type
Archival Material
Publication Date
Text of the amendment offered by Congressman John Duncan, Sr. to the 1980 Water Appropriations Bill, which authorized the completion of the Tellico Dam and Reservoir project despite the Supreme Court's finding that the project was in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
Manuscript section from The Snail Darter and the Dam: How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Fish and Killed a River. Represents a portion of the original manuscript edited out when the text was condensed for publication.
Digital Commons Citation
Plater, Zygmunt J.B., "Chapter 11: The First Defeat of the Override Attempt—in the Senate Committee on Envt&Public Works" (2014). Snail Darter Documents. 47.
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Lori KovishMission Team Leader
Kathy Kennedy
Joanie Tanski
Paul and Carol Anderson, associate members
In our gathering, you can't see all the places we go, but it is all for the sake of the going. Each member is a missionary who has heard the command of Jesus to go and believes His promise that He will be with us always.
We go to homes; across the street; to friends, co-workers, and family members; and we go to all the world. Currently, 10 percent of our offerings go to a baptizing and teaching mission somewhere in the world where the majority of the population has not heard of Jesus, or does notbelieve in Him.
Luke Irons, Eric Johnson, (front) and Barb and Steve Goodspeed have returned from their short-term mission trip to Kondopoga, Russia. The trip was a great success, where they served as teachers in the Friendship English Language (Bible) Camp, which is sponsored by East European Mission Network (EEMN).
The mission program involved two week-long teaching sessions for middle and high school students. The program is unique because it teaches English using curriculum based on the Bible. In addition to teaching, the mission team visited and worshipped at the Lutheran church in Kondopoga and Petrozavodsk, and met leaders of the Ingrian Lutheran Church of Russia. The team stayed with Russian families, which provided ample opportunity for faith-sharing.
New Life has sent members to Kondopoga since 2011. The Goodspeeds have participated numerous times; this is the first trip for both Luke and Eric.


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Each year, CPMA and our partner CHC (Canadian Horticultural Council), host an event in Ottawa to raise awareness of the industry and our issues with parliamentarians. Industry from across Canada meets in November with Members of Parliament and their staff in a series of team meetings over two days. The meetings on the Hill strengthen our voice and remind our elected officials of the significant contributions our industry makes to the health of Canadians and the Canadian economy.
Fall Harvest 2018 – Meetings on the Hill
Click here for a Summary of our Successful Event
Please note, Fall Harvest will not be taking place in 2019 due to the upcoming federal election. Our next Fall Harvest will be taking place in November of 2020
For more information, please contact:
Jane Proctor
Vice President, Policy & Issue Management
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Richard nurtured his entrepreneurial spirit as Entertainments Chairman at the University of East Anglia (where he took joint honours in Economics and Sociology). He pursued his ambitions in the music industry by touring the World for some 5 years with major bands including The Who, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Abba and Little Feat, subsequently managing various artists himself including The Yachts, who enjoyed considerable success in the USA.
He established Strongroom in 1985 and, in 1990, in order to concentrate fully on developing it, gave up managing racing driver Damon Hill, having steered his career from motorbikes to Formula 3.
Richard pioneered the 'new look' studio with natural light and Jamie Reid artwork – at the time a radical move away from the then predominant 'stone and hessian' look.
He was instrumental in setting up the UK Studio Accord (the professional body for recording studios) which has since been affiliated to the APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services) and was Chairman of the Accord during it's formative years from 1994-1996.
In February 2006 Richard purchased Sir George Martin's Air Studios from Chrysalis Group and Pioneer.
Richard is also Founder and Life President of Strongroom Cricket Club, which wins matches most Saturdays in the summer at it's Highgate Woods home.


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Our Impact
Since April 2017 our volunteer force has aimed to create one, timely, two hour community discussion per month. We have brought dozens of participants into conversations on the impact of immigration restrictions on research and innovation, cancers caused by refusing HPV vaccination for children, and addiction as a disease, as opposed to a moral deficit, in the context of the opioid crisis that has taken thousands of lives in Erie County. Each of our events are led by both professionals in the fields relevant to the topic and the people whose lives are deeply impacted by the issues, including special populations such as refugees and immigrants, persons with disabilities, and persons living in concentrated poverty. All of our events give participants next steps for acting on these issues through partnering community groups and advocacy. One of our previous events included a Narcan training session and we aim to develop more hands on learning opportunities for adults at future events.
Each of our previous public discussions were live streamed on social media, bringing in up to 26,000 views per event, and creating additional online engagement with vetted resources on the topics. Participants always walk away with information about what makes a source credible so they can develop skills to discern evidence from misinformation. This high level of online engagement speaks to the desire for this interdisciplinary dialogue in a local context. SDA is present in Erie County communities between events, co-sponsoring actions on climate change, net-neutrality, tax reform, and women's rights, and supporting goals of partnering groups.


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Lords Mobile is a strategy game created and distributed by IGG. The basic purpose of the game is to offer up lots to do. The game is free to play and offers in-app purchases. As per App Annie, the game is one of the best grossing apps on the App Store and Google Play. The official depiction of game expresses, that it has in excess of more than 65 million players around the globe.
IGG are Singapore based games developers. He hit $603 million in revenue. The organization also claimed $154 million in a net benefit for the year. The figures speak to an 89 percent expansion for income and a 117 percent bounce for net benefit year over year.
A lot of IGG's prosperity has been helped by the proceeded with development of Lords Mobile since its launch in March 2016. Incomes for the MMO developed by 252 percent year-on-year taking it from a month to month gross of $30 Million to $51 million before the finish of 2017.
IGG expressed that as of February 28th, 2018 the game was near 100 million enlisted clients and had more than 10 million month to month active clients.
In 2017 it was nominated for "Best Multiplayer Game" and called "Android Excellence Game" by Google. In 2016, Lords Mobile won the Google Play Awards for "Best Competitive Game".
Lords Mobile Gameplay
Lords Mobile consists of several game modes. The most notable of which are PVP-battles. The main focus is on building your army and choose your hero so as to fight with other guilds, monsters and other enemies. Ultimately become the overload of your kingdom. Expand your kingdom by collecting and spending significant assets. Customize your troops together with your guild, battle other guilds. There is a lot of focus on making friends and to rule on the kingdom, growing your own kingdom. Will you encourage them and free the war prisoners? Or will you be a brutal ruler? It is totally up to you. There are different contests, players can participate in contests. The basic purpose of contests is to capture a location on the map, earning bonuses for your profile.
- Wars for Wonders
- Feudal wars
- Battle royal
Other gameplay modes
- Hero stages – PvE-mode Using unique heroes the player fights through a series of challenges. You can earn new heroes after completing the stages.
- Colosseum – PvP-mode you can select up to five heroes and fight against another preselected heroes. After winning the challenges hero experience and higher position are awarded. On the bases of rank game premium currency, gems are awarded to players.
- The Labyrinth –PvE-Mode player can challenge a boss in order to claim various resources.
Tactical and strategic thinking is required to play, attack and defense in the game. The player should be able to make quick decisions according to the current situation.
The players can collaborate with other players by creating guilds regardless of location.
Lords Mobile features over 40 characters known as heroes. They are divided into different types like intelligent, strong, and agile.
The VIP System
Lords Mobile, in the same way as other different games, has a VIP system. If you get more VIP points, you can higher your VIP level. If your VIP level is high. You will gain more bonuses.
It is very easy to get VIP level 5. It just took 2 days. It's shockingly simple to do. So how would you gain the points to get to higher VIP levels rapidly? The initial method is using gems. When you tap the get point button, you can utilize your gems to purchase Vip points. You're the first beginning, you'll be given points as a reward. When you join a guild you will also gain gems. Altogether for the 2, you can get to VIP level 5 very quickly. When you are doing construction and research there is a set amount of time to complete. If you complete before the time you will get VIP points and increase the VIP levels.
The guilds
When you increase enough account levels, and when you are starting out it is really simple, you will have the capacity to either join a guild or make one. The funny thing is that creating a guild is totally free, does not cost you anything. Being in a guild has its points of interest. The first would be the helping system.
Amount of guild coins show the total gain coins each day and how many you have gained until now. At some point you see somebody asking for help, do yourself a huge support and help them. It is a one button click even when you see numerous requests. Remember, other guild members would be wise to help as many members as possible on any given time. When you have sufficiently guild coins, it's a great opportunity to go shopping.
As referenced over, the initial method to pick up VIP points is to use gems. The other method is to utilize guild coins. Obviously, they are your guild coins so you can spend them any way you like. The recommendation is between VIP points and Speed Ups. You ought to abstain from utilizing gems and guild coins to purchase resources.
I will discuss keeping your resources at the right amount and also a matter of not overdoing it. You will utilize the resources to build, do research, and essentially get everything paid for in lords mobile. Your underlying wellsprings of assets are from explicit structures and their redesigns. The other source is in the open fields where you can send your powers to accumulate resources. Base this resource assembling on whichever resource has the slightest amount and after that on which ones you require. Another source is rewarding. If your forces are not busy send them all. This will give you the greatest gains from each gathering trip. So plan those trips so you can keep busy with your heroes in different parts of the game too, for example, the heroes attack segment. Keep enough heroes to have the capacity to play that in the meantime.
Building and Upgrading
The entire game depends on building and upgrading as fast as possible. For this, you will require the Speed Ups.
You can only build or upgrade things each one in turn. So as to not take all century, you have a wide range of Speed Ups. As appearing over, the standard Speed Ups can assist you with building upgrades, research, troop training, and pretty much anything. You can gain standard Speed Ups by using guild coins. Each time a guild member helps you, you can likewise increase different speed bonuses from research and from talents. When you have higher levels of Speed Ups. You probably won't require the standard Speed Ups to such an extent. In the meantime, you did not let other aspects of the game sit around and collect dust.
Product features
- Real-time, multiplayer strategy with RPG elements!
- Discover an epic world in stunning HD graphics and 3D battle views!
- Slay monsters on the world map to find rare treasures!
- Spy on your enemies to plan the perfect assault!
- Play on multiple mobile phones and tablets anytime, anywhere, with anyone!
- Unite your allies in powerful Guilds to conquer the world!
- Lock your opponents' Heroes in Prison and make them pay for their release!
- Fight in PvP battles with millions of players around the world!
- Upgrade buildings, research technologies, train troops, and do whatever it takes to build and customize the ultimate empire!
Technical details
Size: 322.8MB
Version: 1.85
Developed By: IGG.COM
Application Permissions
- Write to external storage
- Read from external storage
- Open network sockets
- Access the vibration feature
- Access information about networks
- Read only access to device state
- Access information about Wi-Fi networks
- Request authtokens from the AccountManager
- Mount and unmount file systems for removable storage
- Allows an application to receive messages via Google Cloud Messaging
- PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
- Get information about the currently or recently running tasks: a thumbnail representation of the tasks, what activities are running in it, etc
Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0.3
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Bamboleo Wednesday Is My New Fave Thing
I watch a lot of YouTubers. Some of them fashion and beauty related, some of them funny vloggers, some of them gamers but also some of them travel vloggers. View from my friend's bach (holiday home) in Opito, Coromandel, New Zealand My absolute favourite travel/daily vlogger is Louis Cole from FunForLouis (he also has a channel called FoodForLouis). What I find so great about his vlogs is that not only are they all gorgeously shot and edited, but it's so cool to see all the amazing places he goes to, and he always seems so capture the real beauty of a place. He also seems like a really lovely guy. For the past few months he's been travelling around Australia (he is originally from the England,) and a few days ago hopped on a plane to fly across the ditch (the Tasman Sea) to come to New Zealand; my home. I was of course pretty excited, super fangirl that I am, and was eager to see glimpses of my own city through his lens. One thing I realised while …


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Funding capital investments in Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE INDEPENDENT David Smith Oct 2nd, 2015
Recently, a fellow citizen sent me an email with the following comments: "I agree to the needs of most of the items in the 6 bond packages, but I don't think I am sold on how to fund it. Long term debt (paid by property owners only) or a sales tax (paid by everyone)?"
Thinking others may have the same question, I want to share the answer I sent him:
Dear Lou:
You're more than half-way there if you agree with most of the needs! So let's talk about how to pay for them:
Cities generally try to match their tax assessments according to (1) the "service" provided and (2) the benefitting parties. It is by no means a perfect process, but the reasoning and objectives are sound.
To fund "current-year services" (like police and fire protection, community services, etc.) a city uses current-year revenues like their local sales tax and various user fees. Since the benefitting parties of these services are predominantly local citizens, the local sales tax is considered to be the best match between services and benefitting party. And, since a portion of our local sales taxes are paid by tourists (the city estimates about 15%) the sales tax is also a way to have tourists pay "their fair share" for current year services as well.
To fund "multi-year services" (like buildings and roads that will provide usefulness for several future years) a city uses revenues spread over a period of future years that approximates the average life of the assets (20 years, in the case of these bonds.) For capital investments, the benefitting parties include local citizens, but businesses also benefit as do non-resident investors (including snowbirds.)
Unlike sales taxes, about a third of all property taxes are paid by businesses (including hotels that pass the tax along to tourists) and another significant percentage falls on non-resident investors. So that's what it comes down to. By using a property tax, the cost is spread over the useful life of assets and, most importantly, citizens of Scottsdale only pay about half the bill.
Let me reduce it to the financial bottom line for this bond election:
The property tax impact on the average value home in Scottsdale ($371,000) will be $3.55 per month or about $43.00 per year. (This is determined from the legal disclosures on page 13 of the Voter's Pamphlet.)
The cost for the average Scottsdale family of imposing a sales tax to raise $100 million is easy to estimate. If 15% ($15 million) of the tax is paid by tourists, that means citizens pick up the other $85 million. Since there are about 100,000 families in Scottsdale, that means each family's share would average $850…all in one year!


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Architectural Photography Rate
I offer my clients a new way of purchasing architectural photography. A simple flat rate per image. A la carte photography, if you will. I photograph the project and provide a wide range of options for you to choose from. Pick what you want or nothing at all, it's up to you. It's my way of guaranteeing your satisfaction.
$250 per image tier = photographer + lighting + assistant
An experienced professional photo assistant adds untold production value to a shoot. They make the shoot more efficient and expedient. Yielding more images for you to choose from.
$200 per image tier = photographer+ available light/simple lighting
For those who are budget conscious and don't mind rolling up their sleeves to get the most from our time.
Pricing reflects NYC area. When travel is required, all additional costs are paid upfront (airfare, hotel, etc.)
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Emmanuel and the Fear - Listen (mp3)
Emmanuel and the Fear - Listen (mp3)
Listen - Emanuel and the Fear
Released on March 9, 2010
1. The Introduction
2. Guatemala
3. Ariel and the River
4. Jimme's Song (Full Band Version)
5. Duckies
6. Free Life
7. Dear Friend
8. Yo, Jamin
9. Trucker Lovesong
10. Balcony
11. Whatever You Do
12. Bridges and Ladies
13. The Raimin
14. Same Way
15. Simple Eyes
16. Song for a Girl
17. The Finale
18. Look Ma, the Walls are Moving!
19. Razzmatazz
Brooklyn-based Emanuel and the Fear is a collective of musicians with backgrounds in contemporary classical, metal, jazz, and folk music, all who happen to play rock music. The Guardian has described them as "like Rachel's wigging out to Zeppelin while in the background Steve Albini tickles Michael Nyman into submission . . . [with] enough orchestral synthesis to make ELO blush". And Vice Magazine says "tons of acts play this kind of Indie-Pop-Classical mix, but Emanuel and the Fear do it better".


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How to Write an Effective E-Mail Marketing Subject Line
Your e-mail Subject line is a line of text that gives your audience a hint at the content in your web marketing e-mail. The most effective Subject lines are those that prompt your audience to open your e-mails to look for specific information.
Consistently coming up with good Subject lines is tough because most e-mail programs display only the first 30 to 50 characters, which gives you a limited amount of text to get your point across. In fact, most mobile devices only show the first 20–30 characters.
Save the information highlighting the benefits of your products or services for the body of your e-mail and use your Subject line to tell your audience why to open your e-mail immediately. Stating the immediate benefit of opening the e-mail creates a sense of urgency and tells your audience that your e-mail is important.
Creating a sense of urgency with your text helps to increase viewer openings, but urgency can easily wear off if your Subject lines make urgent statements without hinting at the content in your e-mail. For example, Subject lines such as Only 10 left or Sale ends soon don't communicate the main subject of your e-mail — and are urgent only when they are used infrequently.
The following examples show how you can create urgency while still hinting at the main idea of the message. In each example pair, the first is a Subject line without urgency, and its mate is a revised Subject line with added urgency:
Not so good: What you need to know about Denver real estate
Better: What you need to know now about Denver real estate
Not so good: Flower sale
Better: Flower sale — early entry information
Not so good: Seminar invitation
Better: Last chance to register
Not so good: Tips for remodeling your kitchen
Better: Tomorrow's tips for remodeling your kitchen today
Test your Subject lines by sending the same e-mail with different Subject lines to a small sample of your list to determine which Subject line is going to result in the most openings.
For example, if you have a list of 1,000 subscribers, send your e-mail to 100 list subscribers with one Subject line and to a different 100 list subscribers with another Subject line. Wait a day or two, and then send your e-mail to the remaining 800 with the Subject line that received the highest number of openings.
You might want to look at your junk folder occasionally to see what the spammers are up to so that you don't inadvertently copy some of their Subject line techniques. Here are some Subject line mistakes to avoid:
Excessive punctuation, such as lots of exclamation points or question marks
Symbols, such as dollar signs and asterisks
Words with all capital letters (usually perceived as yelling)
Your recipient's first name in the Subject line
Using RE: unless the e-mail is really a response to a previous e-mail Subject line
A blank Subject line
Vague Subject lines that attempt to trick the reader into opening your e-mail. For example
Hey you
Check this out
Personal information
The current CAN-SPAM laws prohibit Subject lines that are "likely to mislead a recipient, acting reasonably under the circumstances, about a material fact regarding the contents or subject matter of the message," so make sure that your Subject lines clearly and honestly represent the content in every e-mail.


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Security video recorded at a Vancouver grain terminal Dec. 22 shows a worker in a bright orange jacket walk toward a gearbox used for pulling train cars through the yard.
"The individual appears to take a white container out of his coat and pour the contents into the PG box," says a report written by an investigator hired by
, which has locked out longshore workers at the Port of Vancouver.
Former federal investigator Norman Transeth Jr. accused Todd Walker, a Local 4 union official and negotiator, of vandalism costing the company more than $91,000, according to a confidential report obtained by The Oregonian Monday from the Vancouver Police Department. Walker did not return phone calls for comment on the accusations, which were termed groundless by Jennifer Sargent, a spokeswoman for the
United Grain managers cited the alleged act of sabotage -- and another one, in which Walker is accused of sticking a pipe into a conveyer belt the same day -- when they locked out longshore workers Wednesday from the plant. Dockworkers have picketed United Grain since then as company managers and non-union workers operate the export terminal.
The developments are the latest in an increasingly bitter conflict that surfaced last summer between the powerful West Coast dockworkers' union and companies that buy and export wheat, corn and soybeans. The dispute comes on top of longshore labor turmoil at the Port of Portland and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Union leaders, pressed by an underfunded pension plan, a restive membership and job losses from automation, are fighting to maintain jurisdiction and working conditions. Northwest grain terminal owners, squeezed by competitors who have cut costs by forcing labor concessions, demand equal concessions and increased longshore productivity.
Sargent confirmed Monday that the union has asked the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association, a bargaining coalition that includes United Grain, to resume contract talks that broke off in December. There's no response yet from the coalition, which imposed terms of a final contract offer Dec. 27 that union members had resoundingly rejected.
As she has before, Sargent played up United Grain's foreign ownership by using the name of Mitsui & Co., its Japanese owner. "Mitsui-United Grain needs to end its illegal lockout," she wrote in an email, "and reach an agreement with the local workers who support our economy."
United Grain managers maintain their lockout is legal, a step they could have taken anytime after the longshore contract expired Sept. 30. Columbia Grain and LD Commodities haven't locked out workers. But Temco, a fourth coalition member, defected from the group to reach an interim contract with the union.
Patrick McCormick, a grain handlers association spokesman, said Monday the alleged acts by switchman Walker fit with a pattern of incidents that increasingly concerned company managers.
"In addition to the action the company took to terminate that individual employee," McCormick said, "the company needed to take further steps to lock the union members out to protect the safety of its other employees and the security of its facilities."
Sargent responded: "Mitsui-United Grain is publicizing unproven accusations against a single worker in order to cover for its own illegal lockout of an entire workforce. We're confident that Mr. Walker will aggressively defend himself and that the charges will be found to be groundless."
A Vancouver police detective is investigating. No arrests have been made.
The 10-page report by Transeth & Associates traced the alleged sabotage to Dec. 22, the last day of a two-day vote in which union members rejected the employers' "last, best and final" contract offer. Some longshore members expected to be locked out immediately after the vote, but instead the companies imposed the offer's employer-friendly terms.
Transeth wrote that millwrights who heard a gearbox loudly grinding on Jan. 4 discovered it was full of sand and water. The security video and interviews with workers and managers pointed to Walker as the culprit, Transeth wrote.
"No one else in the UGC facility that day could be seen wearing a bright orange/red jacket, black hat and light colored pants," that showed up on the video, Transeth wrote, "except Todd Walker."
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Many neighborhoods are no stranger to deer, particularly in the Northeastern United States. Paying attention to this subject and whether or not deer are in a state of overpopulation can help create healthier communities.
So, more exactly, what do deer have to do with health?
Deer are destroying our woodlands and forests as they have no predators to keep them in check. As a result, they eat a negatively impactful number of forest and woodland plants that grow as ground cover and as layers under the tree canopy (known as understory).
The loss of plants results in less soil protection and soil erodes. The roots of plants play a key role in soil stabilization. With soil erosion comes stormwater management problems and degraded stream quality. Soil erosion also makes drinking water harder and more expensive to treat. Why? Because urban pollution like oil, gasoline, and chemicals left as residue on our roadways adheres to soil particulates and makes its way into our waterways more easily. The eroded soil particles act as a vehicle for travel and deposition.
Furthermore, without a ground or understory layer in our forests, invasive species that deer often do not like to eat (for one reason, as they did not co-evolve with them) are more likely to take hold and become a management problem, and often an expensive one, requiring removal or the use of herbicides.
The health of our canopy trees are also more at risk as the top layer of soil washes away and is compacted from exposure to foot traffic and drying from wind and sun. This compromises the longevity of a tree and its ability to resist pests and other diseases. Without mature tree canopy, we lose the health benefits they provide from shade, comfort and cooling, air quality enhancement, stormwater management and filtration and carbon sequestration.
In the converse, research shows that healthy woodlands and forests with understory and groundcover intact host diminished tick populations, which reduces health risks from Lyme and other tick-born diseases and the economic burden that comes with treating these illnesses.
In terms of humane animal treatment, it is worth noting that deer suffer when populations are too high both from both starvation and from tick borne diseases.
Many communities spend significant amounts of tax payer dollars to purchase and maintain parks, to upkeep and install stormwater and water treatment systems, and in many cases to subsidize health care. As part of a commitment to infrastructure and smart municipal planning, communities should be invested in effective deer population control and healthy forest management.
While deer populations may seem like a tangential concern and a small one relative to other issues, neglecting the issue has potentially big consequences.


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Book Review #17: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
"Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
May the odds be ever in your favour."
(Warning: This review may contain spoilers to the book and series and a rant that may offend. Viewer discretion is advised.)
Just for clarification, this is my second time reading this book, first being in 2009, when I was in Grade Eight. The Hunger Games was one of those novels that stuck in my head immensely, and one I could not put down, nor could it ever prevent me from not being interested.
Katniss Everdeen is one of those strong female protagonists that you, unfortunately, don't find every day, without possibly seeing a 'Mary Sue' or a perfect character/without faults. I almost thought Katniss was a 'Mary Sue' before I realized, she does have faults. Such as still making mistakes during the game, not knowing much about wound care, squeamishness about blood and her temper. She was kind of an Itch that starts with a B to Peeta at certain points.
Which brings me to my next point, Peeta. My first reaction to him was "Peeta, really? Packing on the puns there, huh?" (Peeta, Pita, get it?), being the baker's son and all, I think that name was given on purpose. I first pictured him as a more pudgy kind of guy, and I have to admit, I didn't like him at first. But he eventually grew on me, with his crush on Katniss, the way he risked being beaten for her. Although, it frustrated me that he seemed so frail and fragile during the game, even though he was wounded. Clouded and oblivious to a crush and not knowing the dangers around him. Besides my own frustrations about him, I still loved him as a character, even though it felt like he couldn't do things for himself.
And what about Gale, you ask? Gale. Well, Gale is a toughie. But basically, my beef with him is that I didn't really care for him. He didn't appear much in the book, even though Katniss dwelled on him throughout her interactions with Peeta, (which kind of irked me because she can't accept the fact that she favors Gale more than Peeta), there wasn't enough of him in it, or true heartfelt back story to make me feel anything for him like I feel with Peeta. (Yes! I have emotional connections with fictional characters, okay?) I still accept him as important, because he played a large role in Katniss's life.
Besides my emotional frustrations over the characters (I'm not done yet talking about them) the plot overall was solid. The author, Suzanne Collins says her inspiration to write The Hunger Games came when she was surfing channels on television and saw people competing on a reality show on one and footage from an invasion of Iraq, she says these two blended together and that's where she got the idea of the games. This idea is amazing and powerful, the way she wrote it was perfect and made me feel an emotional connection with each character, feeling as if I was going through the twists and turns of the Hunger Games itself. Each chapter pulled you in further and further, making you want to know more about this futuristic world.
Overall, this book, while not fit for everyone, is a great read regardless of tastes. I would recommend it, purely for the sake of this good book, breaking the light and fluffy romance boundaries of YA fiction.
Click Here for my review of Catching Fire!
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Mental fitness
A free interactive presentation developed for high school students to demonstrate the benefits of keeping mentally fit.
We all know the benefits of keeping physically fit, but what about our mental fitness?
In this free 30 minute interactive presentation, high school students will:
- learn the importance of mental fitness
- be shown practical ways to build their mental strength, flexibility and endurance
- take part in activities that can help improve overall wellbeing and resilience
Suitable for high school aged students.
Presentations are delivered free of charge.
- Fees apply to cover travel and resource costs for in-person presentations and donations are appreciated.
- To enquire about a presentation, please complete the online booking form. We require a minimum of 4 weeks' notice.
- Please note, in-person mental fitness presentations are currently only available in NSW. Webinars are available for all Australian locations and run on AEST.


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About Café do Brasil
"The place to savor authentic and scrumptious regional dishes and stellar caipirinhas." In the heart of Midtown, OKC.
I wanted to create a restaurant that tasted and felt like Brasil: colorful, happy, and loud in many ways, so I hung colorful Brasilian folk art over the bright yellow and green walls which represent the colors of our flags, turned up the music and packed the menu with the foods that would reminded me of my home country and give everyone the same experience: exquisite oils, fragrant and exotic peppers, rich black beans, crafting dishes such as Feijoada, Caldeirada de Pirarucu, Picanha, Baiao De Dois, Bo-Bo De Frutas, and many others… And that's how it's been ever since we opened. Not that we haven't changed. We change all the time, adding new authentic flavors to our menus, developing new relationships with the our vendors who provide us with everything in order to bring an experience to your table. But at the end of the day, no matter how inventive our techniques or our ingredients are, my message is intricate and pungent: leave the comfort zone and propose a new gastronomic experience, delivering the most authentic flavors of Brazilian Cuisine.
Ana Davis
The Chef
Café do Brasil was founded in 1994, by Ana Davis and her brother Mario Paixao under the name "More than Muffins" and was previously located in the Victoria Building. In 1998 Mario decided to step out of the restaurant business, leaving Ana as a sole-proprietor. She rapidly changed the direction of More than Muffins, by changing the name to Café do Brasil and introducing some of her native cuisine, which was greatly accepted by the guests.
In 2005 Ana & her husband, Larry Davis, a prominent immigration attorney in the city decided to expand the business and move to our current location at 440 N.W. 11th , opening in Nov. 2005 with an authentic and exquisite Brazilian Menu.
Ana travels to Brazil once a year to visit and work under different chefs in many regions within Brazil, to learn and update her culinary skills. She is very involved in the daily activities of the restaurant, making sure that all operations meet her high standards. She was born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
As an outcome of numerous newspaper and T.V reviews, Café do Brasil has acquired a very reputable presence in the market. It has been chosen as the "Best Latin Restaurant of OKC" from 2009- 2016, Best Brunch in Town, Best Patio and Best Roof Top Bar.
In 2006, Ana teamed up for "The Cuisine of the Americas" with Rick Bayless (One of the most respectable chefs in the U.S) for a fundraiser at the restaurant for KCSC a local public radio station.
In 2007 Ana was nominated by the Journal Record as one of its "A woman of the Year" due to all her contribution and dedication to the community.
Remarkable apprentices:
2005 – Alcyr de Souza – Chef/Owner – "The Grill from Ipanema" – Washington DC
2009 – Natacha Fink –Chef/Owner- "Espirito Santa" – Rio de Janeiro
2012 – Alex Atala, – Chef/Owner – "D.O.M" (The 9th best restaurant in the world to learn about the newest and most innovating ingredients in Brasil) – Sao Paulo
2015 – Rodrigo Oliveira – Chef/Owner "Mocoto" – Sao Paulo
2018 – Leo Paixao – Chef/Owner "Glouton" – Belo Horizonte


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Videohive AE CS3 - Professional Design Template V03 After Effects Project
HD 1920x1080 | Adobe After Effects CS3 CS4 CS5 | 15 mb
There and back again with this Professional Design Template project V3.These template series are meant for an easy editing, and suits any kind of business field.
As always usefull because many of the elements you get in this file, will be added to your stock library for use on other projects. Of course not for resell…
Native resolution is HD 1080 (1920×1080). Showcase runs for 48 sec.
In this one we have a stylish broadcast design, Everything was created in AE, so fully editable from animation to colors, text, Shapes, length, anything you want to change, you can.
The main screen emulates a complete Sequence showcase which includes animated text headlines, Video/image place Holders, Client reference sections, Services description, Intro and ending company title sequence.
Important note : Movies & Soundtrack shown in the preview file are not included. For any customisation please email me directly.
Zip file contains : Project file : AE CS3 project & Well documented User guide -
Extras : Graphic PNG elements
Project is well organized with Precomposed elements, & Layer source folder .
Well detailed instructions are included as a USER GUIDE with a nice Tips & Tricks section Added. Well known Cycore Fx is required other than this, No additional plug-in is necessary, only After Effects CS3 basic presets.


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What are the benefits of a Creditreform membership?
Creditreform members can use all of the Creditreform Group's services, including those of its subsidiaries. In doing so, you benefit from 130 years' experience in creditor protection and Creditreform's influential, 125,000-strong member community. A regional Verein Creditreform membership will specifically offer you the following advantages on site:
- Access to the world's largest online database on corporate Germany with 3.6 million entries and a total of 22 million registered companies across Europe.
- Access to the services of all of Creditreform's international companies
- Optional cost-free exchange of payment experiences via the Debitorenregister Deutschland (DRD) debtors' register. The evaluations usefully supplement the professional solvency checks of your customers.
- Electronic sharing of information on business customers' and consumers' open receivables: Creditreform members across Germany benefit from your supplied information, and you benefit reciprocally from theirs.
- Possibility of a company certification with CrefoZert (subject to fulfillment of the necessary conditions)
- Comprehensive training program and reduced-cost seminars from the Creditreform Academy on topics such as: cash management, insolvency early warning, balance sheet analysis, telephone debt collection, overseas debt collection.
- Regular cost-free industry and economic analyses.
- Cost-free delivery of Creditreform's monthly journal with useful, up-to-date business and tax information.


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Peter Steppach
Peter has lived his life in Little Rock, graduating from Central High. His career profile always included the creative arts which he applied while training in cosmetology. Hair became his focus, and he never failed to continue that education when possible.
In 2000, he ventured to Paris and Great Britain to study with Jo Hansford, the legendary European color specialist. While in London, he observed the early trends in vibrant hued highlighting, helping him be on the 'cutting edge' of color when he returned home.
After serving clientele at some of the leading salons duringthe 90's, Peter opened Breathe in 2002. He spends his sparetime relaxing with his two daughters on the lake or traveling.
Dennis Harris
Dennis' repertoire includes all aspects of the cosmetology world. Dennis' talent not only include hair color and cutting, but extends into makeup application, multicultural hair, and stage hair and makeup for pageantry. He plays a large role in the Miss Arkansas and Miss America pageants. We are proud to have Dennis as part of our family. He came to Breathe Salon after attending Lees school of Cosmetology. Dennis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix college. Come see Dennis for any and all of your beauty needs. He is a true master of his trade


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We all know that dogs can be exceptionally cute, sometimes even painfully so.
But when you come across pooches that are able to play that cuteness card to extremes, well us humans just melt in their paws.
Take this selection of cheeky pups for instance. Not satisfied with looking simply gorgeous on their own, they decide to take their blankets and roll themselves up inside in order to play with our heart strings.
If you can make it to the end of the short clip with put your toes curling up and feeling angry at the off the charts cuteness level, you're certainly stronger than us.