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text: Punk rocker, poet, and novelist Billy Childish's body of work documents and explores his struggles coming to terms with addiction, abuse, and a childhood spent in a dysfunctional family. In his paintings of erupting volcanoes, pastoral scenes, and portraits of musicians and mountaineers, ominous skies and shadowy figures seem to swirl across the canvas in an Expressionistic manner and emotional intensity, recalling the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch. A self-professed outsider of the contemporary art world and advocate for amateurism, Childish is credited as a co-founder of Stuckism with Charles Thomson in 1999. Because he has been associated with St. Martins School of Art classmate and friend YBA Peter Doig, as well as Tracey Emin, Childish has been considered a YBA, however the artist has resolutely asserted his independent status.

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Labradorite is a member of the feldspar family of minerals.
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Self Catering in Devon - Combe Martin
Booking through:
Phone booking on 01244 352 197
Sleeps a maximum of: 4
Pricing From: £285.00
Sleeping four people in two bedrooms, this lovely detached barn conversion is on a working hill farm, 2.5 miles from Combe Martin.
The Byre is a stylish and attractive barn conversion, set close to the Exmoor National Park, on a working arable farm just over 2 miles from Combe Martin. There are two lovely bedrooms a double and a twin and a family bathroom. Downstairs is a fitted kitchen, and a sitting room with dining area and woodburning stove.
Outside, wonderful views can be enjoyed from the garden and terrace area, ideal for alfresco dining. There is off road parking for one car. With the coast at Combe Martin just 2.
5 miles away, and the delights of Exmoor on the doorstep, The Byre makes a quality and comfortable retreat throughout the year.
We stayed here for a week with a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old. The setting is absolutely stunning, surrounded by unspoilt countryside. The owners, Mike and Nicola were wonderfully welcoming and friendly. Nothing was too much trouble for them. They showed the children the lambs in the barn, let us name their new chickens and gave us fresh eggs! The location is superb - a great base to explore the local area (Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Linton/Linmouth etc) and Mike and Nicola gave lots of great tips too. The cottage is perfectly appointed and child-friendly (including cot, stair gate, high chair). The children adored the stay here and we did too - peaceful and relaxing. (Only point to note is that access is down a long bumpy track, so best not arrive in a Ferrari if you were planning to..!)
Joanna B
The Byre was spacious and cosy, with a good sized kitchen. Remote and beautiful views down the valley were spectacular. A great base to explore North Devon area.Really enjoyed our time there.
Mrs Croston
The beauty of the views at this property were excellent and we had a very warm welcome from the owners.
Mr Watson
Peace and tranquillity, amazing rural setting, looking across the valley. Helpful and friendly owners. We had a great week, thank you.
Mrs Duval
In a stunning location, so peaceful and with beautiful views. The Byre is a cosy and welcoming cottage with everything you need. There was lots to do in the local area for adults and children and we had a lovely stay.
Mrs Johnson
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Linen provided
Towels provided
Washing Machine
Single Beds
Double Beds
Twin Beds
Full oil central heating, additional heating from woodburning stove in sitting room
Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer in owner'
s farmhouse available at extra cost, colour TV with Freeview, DVD
Fuel, power and starter pack for woodburner included in rent
Bed linen and towels included in rent
Off road parking for two cars
Enclosed lawned rear garden with terrace, furniture and BBQ
Sorry, no pets and no smoking
Shop and pub 2 1/2 miles
Changeover Day
Get an Ordnance Survey map covering the Combe Martin area.
Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
Arlington, St James Church - 3.2 miles (Historic Church)
Arlington Court - 3.2 miles (Historic House)
Parracombe, St Petrock's Church - 3.6 miles (Historic Church)
Chambercombe Manor - 5.3 miles (Historic House)
Marwood Hill - 6.7 miles (Garden)
Marwood, St Michael's Church - 6.7 miles (Historic Church)
Brendon, St Brendan's Church - 8.7 miles (Historic Church)
Braunton, St Brannock's Church - 9.5 miles (Historic Church)
Swimbridge, St James Church - 9.7 miles (Historic Church)
Castle Hill Gardens - 11.2 miles (Garden)
Nearest Alternative Cottages
Combe Martin, Devon
Sleeps: 6
Stay from: £391.00 - 2947.00
Parracombe, Devon
Sleeps: 6
Stay from: £400.00 - 840.00
Parrcombe, Devon
Sleeps: 4
Stay from: £350.00 - 720.00
Details of facilities are believed correct at time of publication, but may be subject to change by the cottage proprietor. Up-to-the-minute facility listings will be always presented during the booking process for your approval.
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At a time when the concern over personal data is at odds with the urge to share our lives via social media, Dictionary.com announced its selection for the Word of the Year: Privacy.
With the rapid rise of Facebook and Twitter, where users routinely and instantly share intimate particulars or upload personal photographs, "privacy" became much less private. But a series of recent events that have led to a shift in social behavior have prompted a deeper look at the meaning of the word.
Privacy is defined as "the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life and affairs." The distinction between private and public goes back to ancient Rome when privatus and publicus were juxtaposed terms that distinguished what belonged to the state (publicus) from what belonged to the individual (privatus).
"The meaning of privacy is evolving, and just about any discussion of the subject is bound to elicit strong opinions," said Michele Turner, CEO of Dictionary.com. "As everything from smart phones, wearables, and even smart refrigerators monitor our activities, the distinction between what's private and what's public has changed more than ever. Perhaps the current definition may need to be revised to address our freedom from intrusion by anyone, from governments to corporations to individuals. As we've considered how to update the definition of privacy, it became clear that it stands as the single word that had the biggest impact in 2013."
The word "privacy" beat out such timely terms as "sequester," "shutdown," and "share," as well as neologisms such as "cronut," "Obamacare," and "3D printing," to become the Word of the Year.
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Dictionary.com, LLC, the world's leading digital dictionary, helps people get smarter anytime, anywhere. Dictionary.com, an IAC (NASDAQ; IACI) company, offers its 65 million monthly users reliable access to millions of definitions, synonyms, spelling, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations from its properties at Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com, as well as through its suite of more than 24 apps across every major platform. For more information, please visit www.dictionary.com.
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Utagawa Toyoharu
(Japan 1735 – 1814)
Portrait of a standing courtesan
- Other titles:
- Portrait of a standing courtesan (Tayû)
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Toyoharu was the founder of the Utagawa school, a school of 'ukiyo-e' that was to dominate the late 1700s into the 1800s. As with many 'ukiyo-e' masters, biographical details on him are scant. He produced many prints, pioneering the use of perspective in his landscape prints. In the 1780s he turned to paintings of courtesans of which this is an extraordinary example. The subject is a high-class courtesan, yet its unusual scale would indicate it was created for a special patron or teahouse proprietor who avidly admired the girl. She is sumptuously dressed in between-season robes, boldly decorated with the classic pairing of phoenix and dragon. The distinctive hairdo with its wide side flanges and many combs and ornamental hairpins dates the work to the 1780s, when such hairstyles were the vogue.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.252.
- Place of origin
- Period
- Japan: Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615–1868
- Year
- 1780s
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and colour on silk
- Dimensions
- 161.5 x 84.2 cm image; 274.0 x 105.5 x 117.5 cm scroll
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Tôto Utagawa Toyoharu zu-shi [painted by Utagawa Toyoharu of the Eastern Capital (Edo)]" [and two artist's seals]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by Kenneth Myer 1990
- Accession number
- 104.1990


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Firms See 'Green' in Natural-Gas Production
Environmental Concerns Over Drilling Drive Producers to Seek Alternative Technology, Creating Business Opportunities
Natural-gas producers are searching for more environmentally friendly ways to get the increasingly popular fuel out of the ground.
Big players such as Devon Energy Corp., Southwestern Energy Co. and Newfield Exploration Co. are experimenting with ways to recycle waste water, use nontoxic chemicals for drilling and eliminate the need for some chemicals altogether. Companies that offer such technology —including long-standing oil-service giants like Halliburton Co. as well as new competitors, one of which is backed by former...


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"In Love With Fitness" is a place to start, learn and improve your wellbeing through exercising, healthy nutrition and wellness coaching.
Our goal is to make your transition to a healthy and fit lifestyle an easy yet thoughtful process. We really want you to learn the Whys and Hows of staying in shape regardless of the life challenges you are facing. The knowledge makes you powerful and enables you to continue living healthy on your own terms! And this is a lot more sustainable than blindly following someone's best selling miracle fat burning workout or nutrition plan.
Although these are probably good plans and great ways to kick start your fitness journey, what are you going to do when it's over? Will you keep eating the same meals? Will you continue with the same exercise routine? Hmmm… you probably will for a while until you get bored, tired or see no progress. "In Love with Fitness" is here to help you organize yourself and provide you with the tools necessary for transitioning into fitter, healthier and happier you!
The main focus of "In Love with Fitness" approach is to bring all three components of fitness lifestyle together:
- Fitness
- Healthy Nutrition
- Wellness Coaching
These three components are essential to your success no matter how small or big your goals are.
"In Love with Fitness" believes in:
- Systematic approach to fitness lifestyle (fitness, healthy nutrition, wellness coaching)
- Step-by-step change
- Realistic goals attainable by an average person
- Health benefits of being fit before esthetic goals
"In Love with Fitness" is for:
- Active women with busy schedule
- Beginners who don't know where to start and what to do to improve their health and fitness level
- Women who aren't new to exercising and healthy eating but don't do it consistently or see no results
- Women looking for budget friendly guidance to workout plans, healthy nutrition and wellness coaching.


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Since the first homeowners moved into Lewisville's Castle Hills community in 1998, more than 12,000 people have decided to call the master planned community home, and it is about 60 percent built-out today.
Located off State Highway 121 and Farm-to-Market Road 544, Castle Hills is 60 percent residential and has single-family houses ranging from about $300,000 to $1.5 million and more.
Developer Bright Realty is enticing a different demographic with their next stage of work at Castle Hills with a $75-million project called Discovery at The Realm. These 4,000 luxury rental apartments are being built with young professionals in mind.
Tim McNutt, Executive VP of Multifamily Development at Bright Realty and a Castle Hills resident himself, said these apartments are part of the strategy to develop Castle Hills in stages.
"The long-term plan was to establish the single-family housing, then to develop the remaining commercial properties," McNutt said. "Along with the commercial [real estate], we wanted to expand the demographic and this will broaden our appeal to a whole new market."
Bright Realty broke ground in December on Discovery at The Realm, which will include high-end, three podium-style buildings (underground parking with four stories of apartments above) on over 20 acres of land located south of Windhaven Parkway at Castle Hills Drive. The first units will be available in April 2016, with all phase one units completed by October 2016. Jump to read more!


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Starting World Class Start-Ups among the Youths – How Stanford Grooms 'Rockstar' Entrepreneurs
From multibillion dollar investments to young start-ups, Michael had the opportunity to connect with Stanford University's next wave of emerging youth entrepreneurs, all crediting their business success towards the supportive environment and culture embedded within the curriculum of the acclaimed university.
The special Web Panel which featured students from Stanford University, whom are already in the midst of running their own internet start-ups shed some light, from the youth's perspective on how ideas were launched into real start-ups and how funding was raised from ground up in this exciting, yet mind provoking discussion. The panel included founders from financial portals to blog sites to social networking applications – All whom have made quite a few success stories around the Valley themselves.
Key lessons shared by the panel revolved around conceptualizing their initial ideas and business models, to gathering the right talents to work with them with minimal to no compensation, to attracting investors' funds to bringing their start-ups global. What really caught our Malaysian delegate's attention was the fact that all of them started with minimal to no capital and they had to convince the best skilled talents to work with them to launch their start-ups, by sharing their vision and impact that the business will make in the near future.
'According to the session, you will be amazed on how you can attract the brightest talents in university to be part of your team, simply by having a clear vision and some strategies on how the start-up would grow in the next few years. You have to share your vision and rope people in with your passion. From this panel, I realized – Not everything or everyone are up for money, especially during the start-up phase in university,' says Michael.
On gathering a talented team to launch the business and bring it to success, the panel recommended that as students who aspire to be entrepreneurs, they could seek consultation from their lecturers and professors in university to provide them with the knowledge, networks and tools to launch their start-ups. Surrounding themselves with a group of peers who have started their own businesses before is also very useful, in terms of exchanging experiences in spearheading enterprises. Lastly, the panelists attributed much of their successes in business is due to a supportive environment, embedded within Stanford University and Silicon Valley.
'Incubation programmes like the Y-Combinator not only provides a space for young entrepreneurs to launch their start-ups, but moreover, they too provide their incubates with learning programmes – featuring renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors to major networking events for market expansion to access to client databases and referrals, to venture pitching nights over dinner. The experience was simply priceless,' adds Michael who had the first hand experience with such a programme line-up during the Stanford Summit.
Going Global, the Silicon Valley Experience
From investors to young entrepreneurs to global entrepreneurs, the Stanford Summit exposed its 40 participants to fellow investors and entrepreneurs based in Silicon Valley, responsible for bringing in foreign start-ups into the Valley, and how they have prospered while leveraging on the uniqueness of the Valley.
One of the venture-capitalist firm, specializing in bringing Indian technological start-ups into Silicon Valley commented that start-ups being physically in the Valley adds a lot of credibility towards their products and services, being offered to overseas markets. They also credited the environment where start-ups in Silicon Valley are helpful towards one and another, and often share expertise, mentoring and networks among themselves.
On a separate note, another venture-capitalist firm, focusing on bringing Silicon Valley start-ups outside of the valley to penetrate international markets, remarked that investors are always looking for proven concepts overseas, which can be implemented and is profitable for the local USA market or the larger Asian markets in general. It was also noted that investors in the valley value a company based on its capacity to grow market share outside of its home base and to think 'Global' to take more of its products and services overseas.
Lastly, a technology start-up incubator cum investor firm also advised entrepreneurs to be more proactive in getting involved with global business communities like TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur network), the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) and more to extend their reaches to other markets via their global database and to learn from people who have done it.
'The most valuable lesson that I learned from this as well, would have to be a very interesting point made by one of the speaker – No one can replicate Silicon Valley. It has been our culture to spur start-ups since we started many years ago. You cannot replicate culture. You can learn from our best practices and create you own, unique Silicon Valley in your country,' says Michael who shared briefly with the panel about Cyberjaya being Malaysia's own Silicon Valley to stimulate technology entrepreneurship.
Attached are some statistics about Foreign Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and their Contributions;
• 52% of start-ups in Silicon Valley are founded by international people – People born abroad
• As of 2005, 25.3% of international people founded businesses and move the economy of America
• Indians founded more companies than other ethnic groups combined in the world
• 12.8% US global patents have Chinese authors – Indian and Chinese have founded the most patents in America
Source: International Sharing Panel @ Stanford Summit 2010


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Wealth potential is a mindset and not the amount of money in the bank. True wealth is just a point of view. Money comes from our mindset and our thoughts. If we think "We have to work hard for money", it will certainly be hard to generate money. If you say "It is not possible for you to be rich", it will probably be true for you. Your points of view can directly sabotage your wealth potential.
The power of your beliefs, points of view and attitudes may not be easy to be measured, but there is value and power in being aware of your points of view, your beliefs and how you express yourself. Our points of view can sabotage our wealth potential. Most poor people have financial difficulties not because of the amount of money they earn - but because of their points of view, beliefs, attitudes and actions.
So, to develop wealth potential and financial capacity, first and foremost you must become acutely aware of your beliefs, thoughts and actions as well as being careful in choosing points of view and attitudes to adopt as your own and whose advice should you listen to.


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Canadian Policy
This Privacy Policy governs Fluent Home Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Fluent, "we", "us" and similar terms as used throughout this Privacy Policy refer to Fluent Home Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Fluent may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please visit www.myfluenthome.com or write to 7319 104 ST NW Edmonton, AB T6E 4B9 Attn: Privacy Officer, for the most up to date version of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy establishes rules to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information collected by Fluent Home Ltd. (the "Company") in the course of business, in compliance with federal and provincial privacy laws including the Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA BC).
This Privacy Policy applies to all individuals whose personal information the Company collects, uses or discloses in the course of providing services, including the services provided on our website. This includes individuals who are clients to the Company. It is our policy to only disclose your personal information as required or authorized by law or as otherwise set out in this policy.
We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time as industry practice, the law, and our procedures in this area may change from time to time. We will post the current version of this policy at: www.myfluenthome.com
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "personal information" means information about an identifiable individual, but does not include a person's name, title, business address or telephone number, as an employee of an organization. Where this Privacy Policy states that a list of items is "including", the lists so described are meant to be examples and not exhaustive or exclusive.
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information that is collected, used or disclosed by the Company. The Company has designated a Privacy Officer to be accountable for the operation of this Privacy Policy. Individuals may question or report any privacy concerns, breaches, violations or compliance issues to the Company's Privacy Officer at the address indicated below.
If the policies and procedures outlined in this document do not address a specific situation, individuals are advised to contact the Company's Privacy Officer for guidance or clarification.
The Company collects and uses only the personal information that we need for providing services and operating our business. Generally, the Company collects the following personal information from individuals for the various purposes set out below:
- name
- email address
- address
- invoices
- preferences
- video and audio collected, accessed or streamed via services offered by the Company
- payment history
- financial information
- credit card number
- bank information
- comments
- position data, location information accessed or collected through GPS services offered by the Company.
In serving your needs, it is important to have accurate information about you. We collect your personal information to:
- Establish your identity
- Understand your needs for, and determine your suitability for, products and services
- Provide services to you and process payments for your account
- Provide the video surveillance services offered by the Company
- Provide the GPS services offered by the Company
- Process credit applications
- Manage the Company's business and operations, including customer relationships and matters
- Meet legal and regulatory requirements
- Better understand an individual's interests in our products and services
- Deliver, develop, enhance or improve products and services
- Provide warranties for products and services
- Enforce our legal relationship with you
- As is necessary in contemplation of a business transaction, and
- Protect you and us from error and fraud, including verifying your identity to: •Establish your alarm account profile
- Validate an alarm
- Service your security system
- Respond to your requests
- Communicate with you concerning your account
- Notify you of Company and third party new products and services, special offers, Company events and general industry information
- Adhere to applicable legal requirements
We normally collect information directly from our clients. We may collect your information from other persons with your consent or as authorized by law. Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we identify the purposes for which we are collecting the information. We do not provide this notification when personal information is volunteered for an obvious purpose. If we wish to use or disclose your information for a new purpose not included in this policy, we will notify you and seek your consent, unless such disclosure is allowed without consent under the law.
Each time you visit our web pages, such as www.myfluenthome.com, we gather the date, time, browser type, name of the visitor's Internet service provider, the site that referred the visitor to us, any pages that are requested, the navigation history and IP address of the visitor. The foregoing information does not generally contain anything that can identify users personally. If you object to this gathering of information, you should not use or access our web pages. We use this information for our internal security audit log, trend analysis and system administration, and to gather broad demographic information about our user base for aggregate use. This information may be shared with third parties in order to provide services to us or to analyze, store or aggregate the information.
Each time you provide any personal information such as your name, address, telephone number or other identifying information to us through our web pages, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of this personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We treat and safeguard personal information collected through our web pages the same way as personal information that we collect through other means, such as customer contracts.
Our web pages may employ the use of "cookies". A "cookie" is a small line of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can track how and when you use a site, and which site you visited immediately before. A cookie does not damage your system and identifies your browser, not you personally. We use cookies to identify which areas of our network you have visited, so the next time you visit those pages may be readily accessible. If you do not wish to receive a cookie, please set the options in your web browser accordingly. Although such changes to your web browser may provide you with enhanced anonymity, they make it very difficult to offer you customized services.
To the extent that our web sites contain links to other sites, the owners of those sites are responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other sites. We do not endorse and will not be responsible for the privacy practices on third party websites.
Ordinarily we ask for consent to collect, use or disclose personal information, except in specific circumstances where collection, use or disclosure without consent is authorized or required by law. We may assume your consent in cases where you volunteer information for an obvious purpose.
You may withdraw consent to the use and disclosure of personal information at any time, unless the personal information is necessary for us to fulfil our reasonable business or legal obligations. We will respect your decision, but we may not be able to provide you with certain products and services if we do not have the necessary personal information.
The purpose for collecting personal information is set out in this policy. Any necessary consent shall be obtained before personal information is collected, used or disclosed.
We ask for your express consent for some purposes and may not be able to provide certain services if you are unwilling to provide consent to the collection, use or disclosure of certain personal information. Where express consent is needed, we will normally ask clients to provide their consent orally (in person, by telephone), in writing (by signing a consent form), or electronically (by clicking a button).
In cases that do not involve sensitive personal information, we may rely on "opt-out" consent.
The amount and type of personal information collected by the Company shall be limited to what is necessary to fulfill the identified purpose. Personal information shall only be used or disclosed for the purposes for which it is collected. Exceptions may be made with the consent of the individual or if authorized or required by law.
Personal information collected by the Company or on behalf of the Company will be sent to the Company's head office in Edmonton and will be subject to the laws of Canada. We also send and store personal information in our offices in the United States. Where personal information is stored or processed outside of Canada, it is subject to the laws of that foreign jurisdiction, and may be accessible to that jurisdiction's governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies.
Your information will only be used by the Company for the purposes outlined above under "Why Do We Collect Personal Information from You?". We will not disclose your personal information to any third party, except as set out below.Third Party Services
Our service providers/subsidiaries in Canada and the United States collect, use or disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
- data storage services
- marketing services including the notification of new products and services special offers, some customer support services
- alarm monitoring and notification services to us to support our customer base.
Whenever we engage a third party service provider to do work for us, we confirm that its privacy and security standards meet our requirements.Transactions
We may be involved, from time to time, in transactions to sell parts of our business or assets or merge with other businesses. Since our customer information may be part of such transactions, we may use or disclose this information to other parties involved in the transaction. In such cases, the information that is shared is limited to what is necessary to accomplish the transaction, and we take appropriate steps to protect the information from improper use or disclosure, in accordance with the requirements of PIPEDA, PIPA, and PIPA BC.Legal Requirements
There are exceptions where we may collect, use or disclose personal information without consent when required or permitted by law. From time to time, we may be compelled by legal action to release information (e.g., statutory reporting obligation, search warrant, court order, bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings etc.). In certain circumstances, we may also be permitted by law to collect, use or disclose information without the consent of the individual concerned. For example, we may disclose personal information without consent if it is to be used in an emergency that threatens the life, health or security of the individual, or when collecting unpaid amounts owed or owing to us, to other businesses in order to investigate a breach of an agreement or a contravention (or anticipated contravention) of a federal or provincial law where it is reasonable to expect that obtaining the consent from the individual for the disclosure would compromise the investigation. For the purposes of detecting or suppressing fraud we may also disclose personal information without consent to a government institution or to the individual's next of kin or authorized representative if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the individual has been the victim of "financial abuse," and where it is reasonable to expect that obtaining the consent from the individual for the disclosure would compromise the ability to prevent or investigate the abuse. We may also make limited disclosure of personal information to an organization or government institution without the individual's consent in order to reduce the risk or mitigate the harm resulting from a breach.
Upon request received by the Company in writing, individuals shall be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of their personal information records and shall be given access to that information. Requests to access personal information held by the Company should be directed to the Company's Privacy Officer.
Requests must be made in writing or by e-mail. Individuals may be required to verify their identity in order to access their personal information. Any such documentation provided shall be used for verification purposes only.
A fee for reasonable costs incurred may be charged when responding to more complex requests. The individual will be informed of the applicable fee.
The Company will be as specific as possible when describing third parties to whom it has disclosed personal information about an individual. When it is not possible to provide a list of the organizations to which it has actually disclosed information, the Company will provide a list of organizations to which it is likely to have disclosed information.
Individuals are permitted either to view the original record, or to request a copy, subject to limitations as permitted or required by law. To preserve the integrity of the record and ensure that documents are not removed from the Company, individuals wishing to view an original record will do so at the Company's head office and under the supervision of designated the Company personnel.
The Company will only refuse access to information about you in those circumstances permitted or required by applicable privacy legislation.
In the event that the Company refuses to provide access to information, it will provide you with the reasons for its refusal upon request. Exceptions may include information that contains references to or opinions of other individuals, information that cannot be disclosed for legal, security or commercial proprietary reasons, or information that is subject to solicitor-client or litigation privilege. The Company will respond to your requests for access in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.
Personal information shall be kept as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.
Individuals have the right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the personal information that is maintained by the Company and have it amended as appropriate.
Individuals seeking a correction or amendment to their personal information should direct their requests in writing to the Company's Privacy Officer.
If the individual is not satisfied with the results of the request, the Company shall internally document the issue, and provide a response. The existence of the unresolved challenge will be transmitted to third parties, as appropriate.
Personal information will be retained only as long as necessary and will be disposed of in a manner that is appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. We render client personal information non-identifying, or destroy records containing personal information once the information is no longer needed. We use appropriate security measures when destroying client personal information, including shredding paper records and permanently deleting electronic records.
Personal information will be protected by security safeguards, appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information.
We will notify the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, the Federal Privacy Commissioner and any other privacy commissioners as required by law, without delay, of a security breach affecting personal information if it creates a real risk of significant harm to individuals. We will provide you with suggested steps that you may take to protect yourself in such a situation.
Inquiries or complaints concerning compliance with this Privacy Policy should be addressed, in writing, to the Company's Privacy Officer.
If you are not satisfied with the response from our Privacy Officer after making a complaint, you may have recourse to additional remedies under applicable privacy legislation. For further information, please contact the Federal Privacy Commissioner or your provincial Privacy Commissioner, as applicable.
If you have a question or concern about any collection, use or disclosure of personal information by the Company, or would like to request access to your own personal information, please contact: email@example.com October 2015
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Fluent Home, LLC d/b/a Fluent ("we", "us", "our", or "Fluent") has created this privacy policy in respect to the information that we collect from any source, including those that reference this link and policy specifically. In order to render outstanding service to our customer base, we have outlined and explained our privacy policy in a manner that is easily understood and intuitive.
We utilize cookies and third-party software services on our website in order to analyze usage which gives us valuable insight pertaining to the content of our website—what we should remove and what we should keep; what is engaging; what helps our site visitors; and, how Fluent can improve performance. Certain pages may ask for personal information which identifies you to our company. This information is entirely "opt in" only. You are not required to offer this information. The information you do choose to submit to us is guarded and protected with our banking-level encryption algorithms to ensure its protection. Your information is not sold or given to unrelated third parties which are not related to the security industry or the support thereof.
If required by law, we may disclose some of your information to government or authoritative parties. Our privacy policy is outlined below. Please contact our privacy officer should you have any questions or concerns regarding the use of your information by sending an email to email@example.com.
Fluent collects a variety of information from you. Information is collected when you complete one of our forms, when you subscribe to our newsletters, when you participate in our surveys, when you register on our website, or when you engage in any other voluntary communication between yourself and fluent, etc.
There will be occasions on which you will provide information on our website including but not limited to your name, telephone number, email address, mailing address, credit card information, IP address, content you post and submit in your resume or CV, etc. By way of example, this information might be provided when you are ordering materials or when you are registering on our website. Disclosing this information is not required to visit our website. You may visit our website, speak on the phone, and meet with our representatives, anonymously. All information we may collect is given on a voluntary basis by you. There are two types of information collected on this site: anonymous information and personally identifiable information ("PII"). Other information may be collected over the phone, in meetings, or by other methods.
Anonymous Information. We collect certain anonymous data regarding the usage of the website. This information does not personally identify you. We gather it to improve the performance of the Site. The anonymous data we collect may include information such as the type of browser you are using, IP address, the pages you view, and the length of your visit to the Site. This information may be attached to internal profiles. Should you offer your personally identifiable information voluntarily, we may attach your anonymous information to your profile.
Personally Identifiable Information. We may ask you to provide personally identifiable information, which may include your name, address, telephone number, fax number, company name, and e-mail address. We may also ask you for relevant details about the product or service that interests you, that you currently have installed, that you may want to have installed at a future date, and other information Fluent deems applicable to the proper care and handling of your account. These details may include whether the location is a business or residence, whether the site is pre-wired for security, and the square footage. This information can be gathered when you send us an e-mail or when you complete the specific web page request form. We also may collect personally identifiable information from you when you provide it to us during telephone calls, face to face meetings, or during the initiation of agreements with paperwork. In all such cases you choose whether to provide us with the personally identifiable information, but certain portions of the Site may not be available to you or we may not be able to respond to your inquiry effectively if you do not provide the PII requested.
My Account. In order to access some of the services on our Site, you are asked to provide additional personal information regarding your customer account with Fluent. This additional information may include existing account numbers, payment or credit card details, service preferences and so forth. We will use this information only to support your customer relationship with Fluent. This includes responding to your requests, customizing your experience on the Site, communicating with you about your account, and providing your choices about how to view and manage the products and services that you receive from Fluent.
There are certain purposes for which we may use the information we collect from you:
First, we may use the information in a manner that will allow us to improve your experience using our website as well as our products and services. The information you provide will assist our company in being more responsive to your needs.
Second, we will use your information in an attempt to enhance the quality of our website and the service we render to you. It is our goal to regularly maintain and develop our website based in part on the information that is provided by you and our other loyal customers.
Third, we will use this information to enhance the quality of our customer service. Your information assists our organization with providing better and more comprehensive responses to our customer service requests.
Fourth, we will use this information to assist in the processing of transactions.
There are certain things your personal information will absolutely not be used for. Your personal information absolutely will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
Your personal information may be used for the purpose of contest administration, promotions, surveys or other site features.
Your personal information may be used for the purpose of sending periodic emails. The email address you provide for order processing will be used exclusively for the purpose of sending you information and updates pertaining to your Account. Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the conclusion of each email.
As an organization, we have implemented numerous security measures to safeguard your personal information against accidental or unlawful loss, alteration, unlawful disclosure, access or other forms of unlawful processing at all times, including when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible exclusively by those individuals who have been entrusted with special access rights to such systems who are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information.
Once a transaction is completed, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be maintained for more than 60 days.
You are responsible for the privacy and confidentiality of your username and password. Should unauthorized use of either username or password occur, you are obliged to contact Fluent immediately.
The transmission of data over the internet, by its very nature, requires the use of systems and services under the immediate control of third parties. As a result, Fluent actively works to prevent any violation of the security protocols it has in place, but cannot ensure the complete security of such systems.
We do use cookies. Cookies are small files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser (if you allow them) that enables the sites or service providers' systems to recognize your browser then capture and remember certain information to improve your experience.
We use cookies to assist us in remembering and processing the items in your shopping cart, understanding and saving your preferences for future visits, keeping track of advertisements and compiling aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we may offer improved site experiences and tools in the future.
Use of Web Beacons. Web beacons are tiny graphics embedded on a website that allow the website to transfer or collect information through a graphic image request. These web beacons allow us or third parties retained by us to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party. We may use web beacons to collect information about your web browsing activities to help us determine if a particular webpage on the Site has been visited, and, if so, how many times. This information permits us or third-party software we utilize to measure the overall effectiveness of our online content, and to customize the services offered to our site's users.
We use log files to store the data that is collected through web beacons. Fluent also uses third-party web beacons to help manage our internal advertising. These web beacons are provided by our ad management partners, namely, Google Analytics. These files enable Google Analytics to recognize a unique cookie on your web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our web site. For more information about Google Analytics, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to www.google-analytics.com.
Certain web browsers contain a privacy feature that you can enable that will inform web sites you visit that you do not want to be tracked for purposes like behavioral advertising. It is important to note that this "Do Not Track" (or "DNT") feature does not prevent or prohibit web sites from tracking you. Instead, the "Do Not Track" technology only requests that a web application disable its tracking or cross-site user tracking of your web browsing activities. Fluent itself does not track users for purposes that would be relevant to a DNT opt-out signal or request.
However, Fluent does use third-party ad management and analytics companies such as Google Analytics and HubSpot. Fluent does not and cannot control the tracking and privacy practices of such third parties. For information about their privacy practices and handling of DNT signals, please visit their web sites at www.google.com/analytics/ and www.hubspot.com
We provide you with our assurance that we will not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. However, please be advised that this does not include those trusted third parties who assist our organization with the operation of our website, conducting our business, or providing service to you, provided that these trusted third parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe in good faith that the release of this information is necessary and appropriate to comply with the law, to enforce our website policies, or to protect our own rights or the rights of others, or the property or safety of ourselves or others. Additionally, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
As we develop and expand our business, we may transfer any information we have about you in connection with a possible merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or part of Fluent or as part of a corporate reorganization or stock sale or other change in corporate control.
As noted above, we have relationships with third-party services and software to perform tracking and other similar functions for the Site and our advertisements, and to assist us in providing you with customer services. These third parties may collect information about those who use our Site. Fluent reserves the right to include and offer, at our exclusive discretion, third-party products or services on our website. Please be advised that these third-party sites have their own separate and independent privacy policies. As such, we have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third parties or their sites. However, we do seek to protect the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these third-party websites.
Fluent seeks to be in compliance with the pertinent privacy laws and regulations including but not limited to the California Online Privacy Protection Act. In compliance with these laws and regulations, we will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
Consistent with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our website may make any changes to their personal information at any time by logging into their control panel and going to the 'Edit Profile' page.
We understand, and respect the importance of protecting children's privacy. Fluent is strictly committed to adhering to and remaining in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). Fluents site, covered by this policy, is not designed for or intentionally targeted at children 13 years of age or younger. As an organization, we do not intentionally collect or maintain any information from anyone under the age of thirteen as required under COPPA, and, in fact, we do not intentionally collect or maintain information from anyone under the age of eighteen. Our website, products and services are all directed to individuals who are a minimum of eighteen years of age or older.
Your use of our company website constitutes your consent to our online privacy policy.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Any modifications to our privacy policy will be posted on this page, and we will notify visitors on our home page that our privacy policy has changed. We encourage you to frequently review the Privacy Policy to see whether there have been any modifications.
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy policy, please contact us using the contact information below.
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How to Change Mac Snow Leopard's Network Preferences
If you run your Mac on a network, you need to be able to control your network preferences. Snow Leopard lets you change settings for an Ethernet network, your modem, FireWire, and Airport on the Network group panel that you access via System Preferences.
Change Ethernet network settings
When you select Ethernet from the Services list, the Status pane shows your connection information. Because most networks have a DHCP server to provide automatic settings, you probably don't have to change anything; Snow Leopard does a good job at making introductions automatic between your Mac and both a local network and the Internet.
The tabs on the Advanced sheet include
TCP/IP: These settings are provided either automatically (by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]) or manually (by using settings provided by your network administrator).
DNS: The settings here specify the DNS servers and search domains used by your ISP.
WINS: WINS is a name server required for computers running NetBIOS and likely only those computers running a version of Windows older than Windows 2000.
802.1X: This tab controls which wireless networking security protocols you may need to connect to a third-party wireless base station or access point. Click the Add Configuration button (with our friend the plus sign) to create a new wireless connection configuration, including your username, password, and the protocols that need to be used.
Proxies: Network proxy servers are used as part of a firewall configuration to help keep your network secure. Entering the wrong settings often causes you to lose Internet functionality.
Ethernet: From this pane, you can configure the settings for your Ethernet network interface card. You should not change these unless told to do so by a system administrator.
Change modem network settings
When you select Modem from the Services list, you can enter the telephone number, account name, and password provided by your ISP. If you need to make a manual change, click the Advanced button to display these tabs:
Modem: Click the Modem pop-up menu and choose the brand and model of your modem. If Mac OS X detects an internal modem, it's used by default.
DNS: These settings are the same as those in the Ethernet network settings.
WINS: Again, you're likely to never need these WINS settings.
Proxies: Some ISPs use proxy servers for their dial-up accounts to maintain security, but changing these settings willy-nilly is inviting disaster. Leave them disabled unless given specific instructions on what to set by your ISP.
PPP: Your ISP provides you with the right values to enter here.
Change FireWire and AirPort network settings
The FireWire and AirPort settings on the Advanced sheet are the same as those for Ethernet. However, three additional settings are on the AirPort status pane:
Network Name: Snow Leopard handles wireless connections automatically in most cases. If the last wireless network you joined isn't available or there are others to choose from, Snow Leopard displays a dialog asking you which available network you want to join.
Turn AirPort Off: Wireless networking is a significant drain on a laptop battery! If you're sure you're not going to use your MacBook's AirPort network, you can click this button to activate and deactivate your Mac's network hardware. Turn off AirPort if you don't need it, and your laptop will thank you.
Show AirPort Status in Menu Bar: You can immediately see the relative signal strength of your connection, switch between available wireless networks, and turn off your AirPort hardware to conserve your battery power.


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Neighborhood by design
Originally published: 12/4/03
Once envisioned as a mass of high-rise office towers, then as a shopping and entertainment zone, Sacramento's downtown railyard now has a new future: a residential neighborhood that nearly 10,000 people someday could call home.
The development group negotiating to buy the 240-acre railyard from Union Pacific unveiled plans Wednesday to build up to 4,500 condominiums, lofts and apartments on the site, which sits just north of Sacramento's existing downtown.
Offices and retail shops also would be included as a place for residents to work and shop.
Eric Levine, chief executive officer of Millennia Associates, said the group likely will sign a contract in January to buy the entire property from Union Pacific.
"The negotiations are at a very advanced stage, " he said.
Levine and other representatives of Los Angeles-based Millennia - which is chaired by celebrated architect Jon Jerde - said the elected leaders of the city of Sacramento are running out of time to decide whether they want a new basketball arena included in the plan for the yard.
Millennia expects to submit a plan for the railyard project to the city by March. If the city doesn't indicate by then whether it wants to press forward with an arena, the plan won't include it, Levine said.
"Our preference is to have certainties so we can get on with the job, " he said.
Putting an arena in the railyard would mean that more than 1,000 of the planned housing units likely would be eliminated, he added.
Mayor Heather Fargo said Millennia has never made it clear to her that the arena question had to be settled by the time the group's application is submitted in March.
She said a business task force is continuing to look at financing options for the arena and believes they will come to some conclusions before March.
"I still believe there's some advantages to setting aside a piece of land for the arena and parking, " Fargo said.
Championed by Fargo, the idea of putting a new arena for the Sacramento Kings in the railyard faltered in October when a feasibility study suggested that much of the arena's estimated $538 million cost be paid through a new surcharge on downtown restaurant and bar tabs. The idea triggered withering opposition from the downtown business community.
Millennia representatives have said repeatedly that they don't need an arena to make their development work but are willing to make space for one if the city wants it.
As it prepares to introduce its plan, Millennia will be meeting with various groups that have an interest in what happens in the railyard, from residents of neighboring Alkali Flat to representatives of the Downtown Partnership, which represents existing downtown property owners.
Levine was careful to stress that the new idea for the railyard won't compete with the shops on K Street Mall or the Downtown Plaza shopping center.
The last developer that seriously pursued acquisition of the railyard, Mills Corp., walked away after concluding that city officials didn't support its entertainment and shopping district because it would compete with K Street.
Millennia officials said they could not specify how much retail the new plan for the railyard would contain, but Levine stressed that it would consist of ground-floor shops designed to serve neighborhood residents - not retail destinations designed to draw shoppers from elsewhere.
"We're not competing with anything downtown; we're complementing what's downtown, " Levine said.
Millennia has proposed connecting downtown to the railyard by extending Fifth and Sixth streets over the railroad tracks. The streets would be lined with offices, apartments and ground-level shops.
The Downtown Partnership has yet to take a formal position on Millennia's plan, which still lacks specifics, said executive board member Wendy Hoyt. She said a task force has been set up to examine it.
"We're very excited about the possibility of additional housing anywhere downtown, including in the railyard, " she said.
Fargo predicted that the plan's emphasis on housing would make it an easier sell to the community.
The mayor said the last time she saw the Millennia plan, it included fewer than 3,000 housing units and had a more "suburban" feel. Fargo said she pushed for a more dense residential feel, including high-rise housing that would take advantage of prime views.
"I'm pleased to know they're listening to us. This is an opportunity to help provide housing not only for people who work downtown, but for people who want to live downtown."
Levine and members of his development group unveiled their plans in a 26th-floor conference room in the Wells Fargo building, which offered a panoramic view of downtown, the railyard and the Sacramento River stretching out below.
From this vantage point, the vastness of the railyard site, and its potential, were clear.
"This is possibly the largest urban infill development in America, " said Joel Ross, a partner in the project and chief financial officer of Millennia.
But the railyard is also one of the most challenging sites in the nation. Built on a former lake, it is soaked with toxic contamination. It lacks streets to connect it to downtown, and is cut off from the rest of the city by a freight and passenger rail line.
"I've worked all over the world with governments, corporations, larger-than-life entrepreneurs; this has really been the biggest challenge, " Levine said.
Millennia has been negotiating with Union Pacific for more than a year over the sale of the railyard. One major complication was the difficulty of finding insurance to guarantee that toxic chemicals left from years of building and refurbishing rail cars and locomotives would be cleaned up.
Ross said the policy is now "nearly complete." He would not reveal the amount of money the cleanup is expected to cost, or what Millennia will pay for the railyard.
"The cleanup is the financial responsibility of the railroad, and there will be an insurance policy in place to protect everybody and ensure that the cleanup takes place, " Ross said.
The Millennia partners acknowledged that huge challenges remain, including finding money to pay for streets, sewers and other infrastructure needed before development can begin.
"We're a seasoned, experienced group, " Levine said. "If we didn't feel confident we could pull all this together, we wouldn't be doing it."
Once the largest industrial complex west of the Mississippi River, the former railyard has been sitting largely idle for years. The last of the repair shop "gangs" punched out for good in 1999.
A grand plan negotiated by the city and former owner Southern Pacific in the early 1990s now is considered wildly unrealistic. It would have doubled the downtown office market with 9.6 million square feet of new space. The new federal courthouse was the only part of it ever built.
These days, housing is the buzzword in urban development, and the Millennia partners predicted that the railyard would attract national attention.
The project would emphasize Sacramento's railroad history and would feature a combined train, light-rail and bus station, still being designed by the city.
Millennia also intends to follow through on a previous commitment by Union Pacific to allow the state Department of Parks and Recreation to open a museum of railroad technology in two of the old Southern Pacific shop buildings.
Ross predicted the project will "put Sacramento on the map in this country."
"This will get enormous publicity, " he said. "It will make the city the talking point of the redevelopment world. This will make Sacramento - even more than Arnold."
The Bee's Mary Lynne Vellinga can be reached at (916) 321-1094 or mlvellinga@ sacbee.com. Staff writer Tony Bizjak contributed to this report.


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What's In Store
Lowe's launches a high-tech way to help shoppers navigate stores
Mooresville-based Lowe's is launching an augmented reality tool in some of its locations next month that loads customers' shopping lists, then guides them through the store to find each item they need.
But the tool – called Lowe's Vision – won't be available at Charlotte-area markets just yet. In a statement Thursday, the retailer said the tool will be available via mobile app at Lowe's stores in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Lynwood, Wash.
Lowe's said the tool will help customers find what they're looking for, and it will free up the time of store employees, who can instead focus on explaining home-improvement products to shoppers.
The app is powered by Google's augmented reality technology Tango, which enables motion tracking. Lowe's said it uses depth perception to guide customers through the store. The company also said the tool is "the first retail application of indoor mapping using augmented reality."
Lowe's spokeswoman Jackie Pardini Hartzell said the company does not have any immediate plans to launch the tool in stores in the Carolinas.
"Our research shows that helping make it easier for customers to find products in stores not only makes for a better shopping experience, it allows our associates to spend more time advising on home improvement projects," said Kyle Nel, executive director of Lowe's Innovation Labs.
The tool is the latest of many high-tech investments Lowe's has made. The retailer, for example, launched a 3-D printer into space last year. Lowe's also debuted a robotic sales associate called OSHBot in a San Jose, Calif., store in 2014.


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Career Pathways
A Talent Pipeline Expansion Program
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2017-2018 Cohort
Roy Agloinga
Program Officer
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Paul Bachleitner
Communications Director
Northwest Area Foundation
Elizabeth Cheung
Senior Program Officer
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Chris Crothers
Senior Program Officer
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Victoria Grasso
Cooper Foundation
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Vice President of Grants Management
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Senior Director of Programs and Grants Administration
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Director of Development
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Director, Initiatives and Partnerships
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Senior Program Officer
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Vice President, Special Projects
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Senior Program Manager
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Vice President of Grants and Community Leadership
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Chief Executive officer
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Director of Leadershi8p & Equity
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Program Director
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Vice President, Colombia Program
Laura Washington
Director of Communications
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Partner, Center for Global Philanthropy
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Senior Director, Programs & Strategy
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Chief Operating Officer
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President and CEO
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Regional Director of Government Affairs
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Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Grants Manager
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Director, Legal Services
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Director of Program Operations and Information Management
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Associate Vice President of Organizational Excellence & Impact
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Executive Director
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Director, Programs and Special Projects
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Senior Portfolio Manager
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Program Officer
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Controller/Director of Finance
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Director of Philanthropic Services
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Elven participants graduated from the 2012-2013 Career Pathways Program. The year-long leadership preparation program closed with the usual closing ceremony at the Council's Annual Conference in Chicago. Council Board Vice Chair Sherry P. Magill, of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, gave the welcome address. Carol Goss of the President of the Skillman Foundation, and Council President and CEO Vikki Spruill were featured speakers.
Lisette Islas Director of Community Organizing Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation was overwhelming chosen by her peers to represent the group at the closing ceremony. She gave a heartfelt speech centered on authenticity and finding your way inspired by her daughter. She thanked her cohort members and Pathways staff for memories made and the network of support they created.
Brandee Butler
Head of Gender Justice & Human Rights
C&A Foundation
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Vice president and Chief Philanthropy Officer
The Executive Leadership Council
Angela K. Frusciante
Knowledge Designs to Change
Lisette O. Islas
Chief Impact Officer
Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty (MAAC)
Leslie A. Ito
Executive Director
Armory Center for the Arts
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Chief Operating Officer
Foundation for MetroWest
Christopher Nanni
President & CEO
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
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Director of Philanthropy
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Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Lita Pardi
Director, Resource Deployment
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
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Executive Director
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2011-2012 Cohort
Twelve participants graduated from the 2011-12 Career Pathways Program. The year-long leadership preparation program concluded with an inspirational ceremony April 29 at the Council's Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Carol Larson and Kevin Murphy, the Council's board chair and vice chair, and Council Interim President and CEO Jeff Clarke were featured speakers.
In keeping with the tradition of selecting a class member to deliver and address at the closing ceremony, Kenneth M. Jones II, vice president for finance and administration at The Annie E. Casey Foundation, delivered the commencement address to a room full of enthusiastic supporters. Jones creatively illuminated the graduating class' journey through the lens of reality TV, introducing each of his classmates as contestants who "represent the purpose of [the Career Pathways] program, different ethnicities, backgrounds, beliefs, ages, and genders, working for the common good of philanthropy and ensuring that the word 'inclusion' should be in the fabric of every foundation." Jones also thanked the financial sponsors of the program. "For our nominators and supervisors," he concluded, "thanks for allowing us the time and space to participate in this program."
Sara A. Boyd
President & CEO
The Omaha Community Foundation
Angela Brown
Vice President, Policy and Programs
David A. Harris
President & CEO
Urban Strategies Council
Kenneth M. Jones, II
Vice President & CFO
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Earl Lui
Program Director
The California Wellness Foundation
Barbara H. Whye
Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Diversity & Inclusions Officer
Intel Foundation
Amita Nagaraja
Strategy and Program Design Consultant
Lee Christian Parker
Vice President, Private Client Associate
US Trust
Sharmila Rao Thakkar
Philanthropy & Nonprofit Consultant
SRT Advising & Consulting LLC
Darrell L. Tucci
Chief Development Officer
Desert AIDS Project
Belen Vargas
Senior Vice President
Weingart Foundation
Alandra L. Washington
Vice President of Quality & Organizational Effectiveness
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
2010-2011 Cohort
The 2010-11 Career Pathways Program successfully concluded with an inspirational ceremony at the Council's Annual Conference on April 10 in Philadelphia. Fifteen participants graduated from the year-long leadership preparation program for mid-career professionals. Carol Larson, the Council's board chair and Steve Gunderson, president and CEO were featured speakers.
Latonya Slack, senior program officer of the James Irvine Foundation, was chosen by the members of the graduating class to deliver a commencement address. She recounted the rigor of the program, leadership opportunities, and camaraderie among her program peers. "We learned that embracing diversity and hosting and holding difficult conversations also means that we share our tears and joy, our challenges as well as our accomplishments," she said. "We can celebrate and support each other and, when necessary, challenge each other to stay on task. The connections we have made professionally are key to a long and healthy career. But it's the personal connections that have made us friends, confidants, and valued colleagues."
Slack thanked to her sponsoring CEO, Jim Canales of the James Irvine Foundation, and her supervisor, Amy Dominguez-Arms, for their recognition and support of diversity in leadership. She also praised the Council's staff and the Career Pathways team for developing, creating, and nurturing the program.
Tonya Allen
Chief Executive Officer
The Skillman Foundation
Fatima Angeles
Vice President of Programs
The California Wellness Foundation
Dale Robinson Anglin
Director, Youth and Social Services
The Cleveland Foundation
E. Thomas Brewer
Director of Finance and Administration
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Craig Drinkard
Deputy Director
Victoria Foundation
Jeffrey Malloy
Chief Operating Officer
The Heising-Simons Foundation
Jason McGill
Co-Executive Director
Arcus Foundation
Caroline J. Merenda
Director of Operations and Program Services
Debra Joy Pérez
Senior Vice President for Organizational Culture, Inclusion and Equity
Simmons University
Praveen Prasad
Financial Officer
The World Bank
Valerie Raines
Vraines Consulting
Latonya Slack
Principle & Founder
Slack Global Consulting
La June Montgomery Tabron
President and CEO
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Julie Walther
Executive Director
Compass Chicago
Heidi Williamson
Vice President for Programs and Initiatives
Berks County Community Foundation
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Today the Government again floated the idea of raising taxes to rescue our National Health Service. JULIE CUSH asks two prominent North East figures whether a £10 billion cash boost from taxpayers is the answer to NHS woes.
No - Martin Callanan, Tory Euro MP, believes throwing more cash at the NHS will not solve the crisis.
He believes the root of the problem is gross mismanagement rather than under-funding.
He said: "It is pointless ploughing large amounts of money into the NHS. This is far too simplistic and it is frankly misleading to tell the public this is the answer.
"The fact is that large amounts of money have been thrown at it in the last few years and the evidence is that the service is getting worse.
"We hear every day about people waiting for hours on trolleys or having to wait for months for operations.
"Despite a £15 billion increase in the NHS budget since 1997 there has been virtually no improvement. Waiting lists have actually gone up by 15,000 in the last quarter.
"The NHS is a huge organisation and employs thousands of people in the North East, so to get it working again properly is vital.
"What we need is to look at the way it is being managed and reform it at the very heart before increasing spending.
"I believe the way forward to get a world-class health service is to increase private investment.
"We as a party are carefully considering solutions and believe that taxes probably will have to be raised at some point, but not until the service has been reformed and we tackle the problems of mismanagement in the NHS.
"The Government has made a mess of it and this is a panic solution which has not been thought through properly."
Mr Callanan pointed to new figures which show that over 500,000 patients had to be readmitted as an emergency case within 30 days of being discharged last year.
The Conservatives say that is a 1.7 per cent rise on the previous year.
Shadow Health Secretary, Dr. Liam Fox, has said that the rise was an alarming development.
He explained that this problem stemmed, in part, from a lack of beds, both in hospitals and the care home sector, where there are 47,000 fewer than in 1997.
More than 6,000 patients at any one time were stuck in hospital, and around a third of them were stuck there for over a month
Mr Callanan said: "Effectively, there is now a waiting list to get out of hospital. The way the NHS is managed has contributed to this problem. The care home sector has been so mismanaged that there are beds blocked by patients who have nowhere else to go.
"More and more patients are waiting to get into hospital and Trusts are under enormous pressure to discharge patients as quickly as possible."
He added that more than 500,000 patients had to be readmitted over the last year, with 10 health authorities seeing increases of over 10 per cent in the numbers.
Yes - Doctor George Rae, North East British Medical Association spokesman, is in favour of raising taxes to tackle the problem of chronic underfunding in the NHS.
Dr Rae said: "In 30 years' time the NHS is going to be unrecognisable, thanks to bio-engineering and developments in genetics.
"It will no longer be a disease and treatment service but very much one based on preventing disease.
"We will be screening everybody for disorders such as cystic fibrosis and other hereditary diseases and this will be extremely expensive.
"Therefore, we must act now to raise money and I believe the fairest way is through raising public taxes.
"All other countries with a free health service fund it through public taxation or compulsory social insurance schemes.
"The very cornerstone of the NHS is that it is free to everybody and the fairest way to do this is through raising public taxes.
"This will mean that richer people will be paying more because of their higher income and the unemployed will not."
But Dr Rae doe not believe it is just a question of throwing money at the NHS to improve it. He said: "We also have to get our priorities right and decide whether it is really appropriate to provide certain things on the NHS.
"Should we really be removing tattoos or reversing vasectomies while other patients wait for cancer treatment of heart operations?"
Dr Rae is also in favour of reform to improve the NHS.
Hundreds more GPs are needed in the North East if the Government's plans to improve the NHS are to succeed.
He said that nurses will have to take over many jobs currently done by GPs, such as giving out prescriptions.
He also believes patients will have to be given shorter consultation times because of the shortage.
He said: "We have a significant shortage of GPs to deliver the modern healthcare system.
"The Government says we need about 2,000 GPs, but that is a gross underestimate. We think we need about 6,000 at least."
Dr Rae said the main problem is the 18-month dispute over GPs' contracts, which was deterring many young doctors from going into general practice.
He also believes the job should be made more flexible in a bid to attract mothers back into the profession.


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What if everything you've been taught about executive media interviews was actually making the public distrust your business leaders and spokespeople? Politicians and CEOs are some of the least trusted public figures, says a study published by Ryerson University which found that only 13 per cent of Canadians trust politicians and 22 per cent trust CEOs.
Another paper published by researchers who summarized the findings of the past 30 years of research in lie detection from New York State University and the University of San Francisco has some answers to why.
In television interviews poor preparation and bad habits can make an honest spokesperson look or sound like a liar. Simple things like pauses in speech can come off as signs of deception.
The average person performs about as well as a coin flip when attempting to detect a lie. The same can be said for people identifying when someone is telling the truth with is a problem when trying to convey a message to the public. Knowing the signs of lying, and avoiding them, can improve someone's chance of appearing honest; here are a few big ones.
1. Avoid verbal pauses and repetition.
When someone speaks normally, like when telling a story, a habitual cadence flows from a speaker. Elongated pauses or irregular interruptions in speech indicate that someone is thinking harder than normal which is an indicator of lying. Avoiding this comes down to preparation. Take time to think through more than just canned responses to facts, or talking points. Instead, craft stories that support your claims.
Another way the brain acts when processing deception is to reuse the same language. In addition to narratives, support talking points by working through multiple ways to say the same thing.
Drumming a point home with the same language over and over again shows an intentional narrowing of the facts and an unnatural thought process.
2. Feel free to move your head or hands but don't fidget irregularly.
We all talk with our hands and move our heads when we speak. Stiffening up is a physiological sign that says we're lying. Nervousness translates in many ways on camera, but it is better to move naturally than intentionally avoid movements and appear uncomfortable.
Emoting with your hands is acceptable, but shrugging or shaking your head is considered a negatively toned movement. If you aren't sure about something or disagree, just say so.
3. Be self-referential and try to avoid outbursts of anger.
The more details you can bring to a topic the more likely listeners will believe what's being said. At the same time, if you suddenly stop referring to yourself or your company and speak in abstract terms it can be viewed as evasive. This can be compounded by rash displays of anger to a question or aggressively challenging your interviewer.
Even when someone is disputing the facts at hand, answer questions politely to better persuade the audience of your points.
Talking points can be valuable, but when used as a shield they may erode a speaker's credibility.
Follow Cision Canada on Twitter to learn more tips on public speaking and in media preparation.


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