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Offering all the benefits of a traditional dynamic monitor arm—with none of the shortcomings—the M2 redefines high-performance monitor arms. Current-generation monitor arms utilize a bulky, failure-prone gas cylinder to support the weight of the monitor. The M2 instead uses an innovative mechanical spring to achieve exceptional performance and durability in a lightweight, ultra-thin design.
Supports 95% of monitors in use today (up to 20 pounds)
Interchangeable mounting options attach to a variety of work surfaces
Integrated cable management hides cables within the arm
Removable 180° stop protects walls and panels
Arm reach: 20"
Height adjustment range: 10"
Weight: 5.7 pounds
Warranty: 15-year 24/7
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9 - 12" Straight Link/12" Straight Link
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B - 8" Straight Link/12" Straight Link
C - Single 12" Straight Link
Standard - 100mm x 100mm or 75mm x 75mm
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We work hard to ensure that our environmental philosophy is reflected in each product we create. With our Design for Environment protocol, our designers and engineers examine the environmental impact of every choice made throughout the design process—from initial concept through final production.
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Recycled content: 14% post-consumer, 13% pre-consumer
Made predominantly of steel and aluminum, which are highly recyclable
Lightweight design minimizes resources used in shipping
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2. How much weight can the M2 support?
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Push Notifications
Web Medium Solutions is excited to offer push notifications to our mobile applications!
Increase engagement by sending messages to your users even when your app isn't running. Both Apple Push and Android Cloud Messaging are supported.
We offer a custom web page that allows you to log into and manage your own push notifications or we can manage it on your behalf, it's all up to you!

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Profit Matters is a team of high-quality bookkeepers, accountants and CFOs working to make sure your financial statements are accurate at the end of every month. We are big believers that good data in, equals good data out. We can offer you a bookkeeper, accountant, or CFO team depending on your business needs. We leverage robotic bookkeeping tools, AI and automation technology to ensure accuracy. Profit Matters is based in Plano Texas (suburb of Dallas Fort Worth).
We assign an account manager to your company that you will work with exclusively. That account manager has an entire team of people working for them to accomplish all of your goals and meet your expectations. Before we start working together, we will go through a checklist, scope of work, and your agreement to make sure both of us have set proper expectations. You will know exactly what you are getting from us each month.
The Profit Matters team will setup a communication tool called Teamwork. This allows you to have one point of contact in one place. There is no more need for your company to use multiple technology platforms. Here you can securely upload your documents to folders, send messages, make requests, and chat. Each month, we will gather the necessary information to complete your work on Teamwork. If we are missing anything or have additional questions, our team will make a request. We are happy to assist any way we can. You will receive reports by the 10th business day of each month so that you know our work is done.
In the interim, feel free to ask our team for additional help, reports, budgets, etc at an hourly rate. You can add al la carte services to your monthly subscription.
Our bookkeepers and accountants are highly educated accounting professionals. We strive to be the very best. If we have any questions, we will be sure to ask you. We take pride in understanding and applying accounting principles.
Likewise, if you see something you don't understand, you can ask us questions any time. Our team is on standby as your accounting concierge.
The accuracy of your financial statements is our number one priority. We are constantly investing in training, process improvements, technology and tool using robotic process automation, machine learning, and AI.
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Our team of skilled accountants review your data to ensure accuracy and assist with any accounting needs or challenges. If we are unsure of where a transaction goes, we'll put it in a different category and contact you for confirmation.
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Antibiotic Report
Soco's Ulmo Honey - essentially an organic honey.
This is a report regarding the analysis of Soco's Ulmo Honey. It shows no trace of any pesticides or antibiotics. This means that essentially, our Soco Honey (Ulmo honey) is organic - we just don't have the IMF Organic certification yet (we are working on it...)
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Dynamic Splint Defined
A dynamic splint is a bilateral spring loaded tensioning device that helps to increase joint range of motion by applying a low-load prolonged-duration stretch. When used in combination with traditional physical therapy, the dynamic splint can reduce recovery time and maximize the overall range of motion for a joint. Pioneered by Dynasplint Systems, Inc. in 1981, our dynamic splints have helped over 250,000 people recover from limited range of motion caused by injury, trauma, surgery or disease.


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Lariese originated out of one family's desire to find natural cures to ongoing allergies. Upon discovering how much toxin-free skincare contributed to their family's overall health, Lariese was born with a vision to share this newfound wellbeing with the world.
Lariese has two product collections that appeal to those interested in holistic wellness. The first includes products for face, hair and body, many of which embrace the wide-reaching health benefits of Hemp. The second is a range of gentle skin and bath products specially designed for bubs and mums-to-be, which goes under the label of Earth Mumma Organics.
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Baird Ranks No. 5 on FORTUNE's 2015 100 Best Companies to Work For
Firm's second year among the top 10
MILWAUKEE, March 5, 2015 – Baird ranks No. 5 on FORTUNE magazine's 2015 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, an annual ranking of the top U.S. workplaces based on employee feedback and workplace attributes. Baird, an employee-owned international financial services firm, has been recognized on the list for 12 consecutive years and has ranked among the Top 25 for the past seven years.
"We are incredibly honored to again be recognized as a best place to work by FORTUNE magazine," said Steve Booth, Baird President & Chief Operating Officer. "Our commitment to providing a great place to work enables us to attract and retain the best people who love what they do. Ultimately, our clients see the difference in the quality advice and service they receive."
Among the many workplace attributes that the 100 Best Companies are evaluated for, FORTUNE specifically highlighted several that it says make Baird a great place to work. According to FORTUNE: Investment advisor has $120 billion in client assets and attributes success to CEO Paul Purcell's one rule: there are "no a**holes here." Over the years roughly two dozen people have been terminated for breaking that rule.
"We have a special culture at Baird, which contributes to our great workplace environment," said Paul Purcell, Baird Chairman & CEO. "As we add new talent, we are very thorough about our process to ensure we hire top professionals who value our distinctive culture, our employee-owned business model and our commitment to clients. This has enabled us to strategically expand the depth and breadth of our capabilities."
Over the past five years, Baird has increased its employment by 29 percent while the U.S. securities industry grew by 4 percent. This growth has enabled Baird to expand its service offerings. Some recent examples include:
- In 2014, Baird acquired McAdams, Wright, Ragen, a Seattle-based private wealth management firm, adding talented Financial Advisors and six offices to its footprint in the Pacific Northwest.
- In 2013, Baird formed the Fixed Income Institutional High-Yield Team, which researches, trades and sells corporate debt securities.
With a talented team of professionals and Baird's balanced platform of five strategic businesses, the firm has achieved significant performance milestones. In 2014, Baird achieved its fifth consecutive year of record revenues, posting revenues of $1.2 billion, up 12 percent over 2013. Baird's client assets also increased to $145 billion, and the firm's operating income totaled a record $135 million, up 15 percent from 2013. As a result, Baird's return on book value – at 15.5 percent – is among the highest in the industry.
"It is no coincidence that the 100 best workplaces are also extremely profitable and successful companies," said China Gorman, CEO of Great Place to Work®. "Research by our firm definitively showcases that the best places to work outperform their competitors. There is an absolute ROI when companies invest in creating a high-trust workplace culture. Great workplaces have significantly less turnover and produce employees who have a vested interest in the company."
To read more about Baird's workplace attributes, see the Great Place to Work Institute's Great Rated! profile of Baird.
FORTUNE partners annually with Great Place to Work® to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America to identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Two-thirds of a company's survey score is based on the results of the Trust Index© Employee Survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. This survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes about management's credibility, overall job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the Culture Audit©, which includes detailed questionnaires about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs and diversity efforts.
About Baird
Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Established in 1919, Baird has more than 3,100 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. Baird has more than $145billion in client assets. Baird's principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Baird also has an operating subsidiary in Asia supporting Baird's investment banking and private equity operations. For more information, please visit rwbaird.com.


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Prayer of Illumination
Holy One, as we listen to your word to us this day, clothe us in your compassion and love. Dress us in your justice and righteousness. Transform us to be people of your realm, living the words we so often pray: "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Amen
Philippians 4:1-9
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
In 2003, the term "flash mob" was coined. I would say flash mobs have proliferated in the last five years. For the uninitiated, according to that font of all knowledge, Wikipedia, a flash mob is "a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and (often) seemingly pointless act for a brief time, before quickly dispersing."[i]
Perhaps the most famous flash mob happened in Ontario, Canada when 100 voices joined in a shopping mall food court to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah". Last year the US Air Force band flash mobbed visitors to the National Air and Space Museum when, beginning with a single cellist, they enthralled the crowd with a new arrangement of "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Joy to the World." I will say, though, that the term flash mob took on a whole new meaning when they rolled out the full-sized harp! The thing about flash mobs is that they appear to be spontaneous events. They are not. They are deliberately rehearsed and quite intentional!
The truth is, I enjoy a good flash mob. — And now, there apparently is a new version of this phenomenon. It is called a "Mass Mob."[ii] Every month, a group called the "Detroit Mass Mob" selects a church. The group posts its intentions on Facebook and gets the word out through word-of-mouth and other forms of social media. Then, on the appointed Sunday, hundreds of people descend on the named church. The goal of this group is to help revitalize struggling churches in Detroit city. At first it was a group of about 150. As word spread, the numbers increased. At a recent Mass Mob over 2,000 people descended on St. Florian's church to not only fill the pews, but also stuff the offering plates. "The day of the Mass mob, St. Florian's collection basket brought in more than $19,000″ – about 10 times the amount donated at a typical Mass."[iii] All this because people woke up that morning intent on being together in a community of faith -following a common purpose.
Thom Kinney, a five-time Mass Mob veteran said: "there's something special about coming to Mass with so many other people. To be in attendance when it's full, as opposed to just the sparse. There's an electricity that's amazing."[iv] All this electricity in the air because people woke up that morning intent on being together in a community of faith, following a common purpose.
To be in a community of faith is an intentional act. It requires thoughtfulness. It requires discipline. It requires resolve.
But being in a community – any community – is not easy. Among the disciplines that nourish my soul is my affiliation with Mount St. Benedict's Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania. This is a community of about 100 nuns who live together in an intentional community. The Sisters will tell you that following the disciplines of the Rule of Benedict is nothing compared to the hard work of living together in community. It only works because the Sisters come together with a common purpose: to love and serve the Lord by loving and serving one another and the community in Erie.
Anyone living in an intentional community will most likely confirm that without a common purpose binding the individuals in a spirit of unity, the whole project would fall apart.
Paul says: "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and longed for, my joy and crown, (remember your common purpose) – stand firm in the Lord…"
Paul is speaking to the community at Philippi and reminding them of their common purpose – a purpose that is bigger than any one individual member. So, when he addresses Euodia and Syntyche and admonishes them to "be of the same mind," he is not telling them to agree. He is exhorting them to be of the same mind "in the Lord."
This "appeal for unity is based on the fact that those who are in Christ should share the attitude of Christ"[v] "who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness, and being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross."[vi]
The thing that binds us – this standing firm in the Lord — this is grounded in us being citizens of God's kingdom and putting on the attitude of Christ. Which, of course, is easier said than done. But it's not impossible. It is intentional.
There are distinct qualities that mark community life when we have put on the attitude of Christ.
First, there is joy because we live with resurrection power. We have the ability and the privilege of bringing life to lifeless circumstances. We have the privilege of being light in a dark world. It is important to remember that when Paul wrote this letter he was imprisoned with capital charges hanging over his head. And yet he could exhort us to joy. It is something to remember – Something to hold on to. Rejoice in the Lord always, in all circumstances, in all places, at all times.
A second mark of the Christ-like community is gentleness. Oddly enough, this word is one of the most untranslatable Greek words in the bible. If you read several versions of the New Testament, you will find the word translated as moderation, patience, softness, and forbearance, just to name a few. The gentleness spoken of here is more than being kind or amiable. It is more than being soft or patient. The gentleness of those who stand firm in the Lord is generous. It is large and magnanimous – generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness. Unfortunately, however, our way of relating is often shaped by the harsh world we live in. It is a world of assertiveness, bluntness, and presumption. To be gentle in this world, and in this town, is not an easy task; but it is the task to which we are called if we are to stand firm in the Lord – if we are to be faithful to our common purpose.
It is a task made easier if we remember that we are what we think.
The body of evidence is without dispute. Sour dispositions create not only sick souls but also sick bodies. The opposite of this is also true. People with a positive outlook, who fill their minds with positive affirmations and concentrate on noble pursuits set the stage for healing and the wholeness that is God's design for us all. Nearly a couple of thousand years before Sigmund Freud was born Paul knew the power of good thoughts.[vii] Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there's anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Think about these things in the context of your relationships in the community of faith. Think about these things in the context of your relationships in the world. Think about these things – make them a part of who you are and your gentleness will be known to everyone and you will stand firm in the Lord.
It is easier said than done. It requires thoughtfulness. It requires discipline. It requires resolve.
But, it is not impossible. It is intentional.
[i] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
[iii] Ibid.
[iv] Ibid.
[v] Hooker, Morna D., The Letter to the Philippians, The New Interpreter's Bible, Volume XI, (Nashville: Abingdon Press) © 2000.
[vi] Philippians 2:6-8.
[vii] Maxie D. Dunnam and Lloyd J. Ogilvie, Galatians / Ephesians / Philippians / Colossians / Philemon, vol. 31, The Preacher's Commentary Series (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Inc, 1982), 307–313.


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(Oak Brook, Ill., June 30, 2015) Joint Commission Resources, Inc. today released the July 2015 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, featuring the article "A Population-Based Care Improvement Initiative for Patients at Risk for Delirium, Alcohol Withdrawal and Suicide Harm" by Barbara E. Lakatos, D.N.P., PCNS-BC, A.P.N. and colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. The article highlights how a hospitalwide interprofessional care redesign was conducted to provide optimal evidence-informed care for patients at risk for delirium, alcohol abuse and suicide harm (DASH).
An interprofessional group from medicine, nursing and psychiatry jointly led the effort to improve care and outcomes for patients with a DASH diagnosis. The care improvement process consisted of four phases: development of guidelines; implementation/rollout; integration into practice; and sustainability, including ongoing practice development and evaluation. As part of the process, the group developed interprofessional practice guidelines and educational resources related to DASH, and also implemented enhanced standardized screenings.
Implementation outcomes were evaluated using eight parameters—acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, implementation cost, penetration and sustainability. Patients were compared pre- and post-program implementation from 2010 through 2013. Findings showed that while the average length of hospitalization remained consistent for DASH patients, the readmission rate decreased by 9 percent—from 15.1 to 13.7 percent, approaching the hospital's overall rate of 13.3 percent.
"For the program to be considered a true success, the components of the program will need to become embedded in the clinical culture of the institution in a way that achieves sustainability of the program. Successful adoption of the DASH program by other organizations requires strategies for education and implementation aligned with existing processes and resources," concluded the authors.
The remaining articles from the July 2015 issue are as follows:
Teamwork and Communication
Nurse Knowledge ExchangePlus: Human-Centered Implementation for Spread and Sustainability
Mike Lin; Scott Heisler, RN, M.B.A.; Linda Fahey, RN, NP, M.S.N.; Juli McGinnis, RN, M.S.N.; Teri L. Whiffen, RN, M.H.A.
Kaiser Permanente implemented a new model of nursing communication at shift change in the bedside nursing report known as the Nurse Knowledge Exchange (NKE) in 2004—but noted variations in its spread and sustainability. In 2009, the Innovation Consultancy and frontline staff developed NKEplus. In January 2011, Kaiser Permanente Southern California began implementing NKEplusin 125 nursing units across 14 hospitals. Human-centered design principles were used to create shared understanding of the need for change, minimum specifications and customization by frontline staff. The mean score on the nursing behavior bundle improved from 65.9 percent in 2010 to 71.3 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Human-centered implementation appeared to help spread a new model of nursing handoffs and change the culture of professional nursing practice related to shift change.
Methods, Tools and Strategies
Redefining Overuse to Include Costs: A Decision Analysis for Computed Tomography in Minor Head Injury
Edward R. Melnick, M.D.; Joshua Keegan, M.D.; R. Andrew Taylor
A study was conducted to determine the testing threshold for head computed tomography (CT) in minor head injury in the emergency department using decision analysis with and without costs included in the analysis. Outcomes were assigned values on the basis of effectiveness (quality-adjusted life-years) and cost. The testing threshold for obtaining head CT when only effectiveness was considered was 0.039 percent versus 0.421 percent when only net monetary benefit was considered. If only effectiveness is considered, current clinical decision rules might not provide a sufficient degree of certainty to ensure identification of all patients for whom the benefits of CT outweigh its risks. These results suggest that the term overuse should be redefined to include the provision of medical services with no benefits or for which harms including cost outweigh benefits.
Process Performance Measures for Inpatient Glucose Management Programs
Susan S. Braithwaite, M.D.
In determining optimal targets for control of hyperglycemia, there is increasing recognition of the possible importance of tailoring targets to subcategories of patients rather than using specific targets according to condition. In combination with a metric related to hypoglycemia, a propitious choice of process measures related to hyperglycemia should be deployed to assess an institution's capability of achieving the outcome goals of reduction of length of stay, morbidity, and costs, and an increase of patient satisfaction.
Modeling Inpatient Glucose Management Programs on Hospital Infection Control Programs: An Infrastructural Model of Excellence
Nestoras Mathioudakis, M.D.; Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.; Sara E. Cosgrove, M.D., M.S.; Daniel Hager, M.H.A.; Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., M.H.S.
Given the dramatic success of infection control programs, it might be advantageous to apply the scientific and organizational methodology that formed the basis of these programs to more broadly reduce other types of preventable harm. Inpatient glucose management programs should achieve three goals—(1) eliminate preventable harm from hypo- and hyperglycemia ("dysglycemia"), (2) optimize patient outcomes and experience, and (3) eliminate waste in health care.
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What Is that Home Improvement Really Costing You?
The value of home improvements has two primary considerations:
- the tangible dollar value that is added to your home compared to costs
- the intangible value of your enjoyment of the improvement
Most homeowners focus primarily on the costs, and whether they are adding dollar for dollar value to their home for resale. Those are legitimate concerns. Let's break them down…
The tangible costs of a project have many components to consider:
- The first advice to seek is from a Realtor you know and trust. Ask them for some free advice. You want to know what is the likely increase in value you can expect from a project based on what "comparables" are available. You also want their professional opinion about how the buyers in your market are likely to value the improvement. Lastly, you want recommendations about builders you should talk with.
- The next step is to talk with at least two builders/remodelers. Ask them to meet at your home. Describe what you are thinking about doing. Ask for suggests they have and for an estimate of what it is likely to cost. Also ask if they do design work, or do you need an architect?
- Here are some general considerations to think about:
- usefulness of the improvements to a future buyer will effect the value
- if the house is older consider replacing electric wiring and plumbing
- make sure everything is done professionally, even if done by the homeowner
- badly done home improvements can actually detract from the home's value
- Lastly, be very careful about re-purposing a bedroom. It should be able to be re-converted back to a bedroom later. The number of bedrooms has a large impact on the value of a home.
The intangible value of your enjoyment is very important. Try to put a dollar amount on your enjoyment value. What benefits will you and your family gain? How long do you anticipate living in your home? What is your enjoyment worth to you in dollars?
Now you're in a position to add to the tangible cost estimates you have. Add to the tangible costs the dollar value you place on your enjoyment of the benefits. Then compare that total improvement value to what your Realtor has estimated you can get back at resale. You're now ready to make a decision whether or not to make the improvements.
Information courtesy of Chester County Realtor Scott Darling.


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I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone that came out last night for our Pickle+Etsy Event! I was just thrilled with all the new and familiar faces I saw. The store was hopping and full of Christmas cheer. Luckily it was quiet for the last hour and I was able to shop at all the amazing Etsy booths. I have to admit that I took care of three people on my list PLUS me!
Now for the moment you have all been waiting for...the winner of the $80 set of copic markers is Mari-Lynn Dupuis!!!! The draw was a part of last night's festivities plus those of you who completed our copic survey. If you missed last night's event, don't worry....there will be another one at some point in the new year!
New Product is Here!
The new Basic Grey lines and Stampingbella stamps are sitting on my counter as I type this. Did you know that Basic Grey now has scrapbook layout kits? Like the card kits, they are so fun to make and don't require much thinking (which is always a good thing after a long day). =)


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Reunion Tower in Dallas will ring in the new year with a spectacular fireworks display.
A team of seven pyrotechnicians was placing 4,000 fireworks on the tower Thursday, including along the legs, the observation deck and the upper and lower rooftops.
"Most of the shots are one single shot per tube, some of them are sparkling devices and mines and crackling devices," explained Denis O'Regan, with Melrose Pyrotechnics.
The eight-minute show, which will begin at the base and count "up" the tower to midnight, will be timed to Reunion Tower's iconic LED light display.
"We would say we're going to have this many scenes during those minutes of the show, and we will be accentuating these colors," said O'Regan.
Fireworks typically fly off the top of the tower on Texas-OU weekend, but Reunion Tower's first New Year's Eve display will be much more impressive.
"That's going to be really amazing," said Christina Castanon, of Carrollton, who was visiting the observation deck. "I think it's going to be an awesome way to really put the city on the spotlight."
Reunion Tower's general manager worked for 20 years at Seattle's Space Needle, which also rings in the new year with fireworks and was eager to bring the West Coast tradition to Dallas.
"It's the icon of Dallas, Reunion Tower is, and people love it," said general manager Dusti Groskreutz. "And quite honestly, because Big D New Year's Eve didn't happen last year and it wasn't planning to happen this year, so I thought this was a great opportunity."
Many of the roads near Reunion Tower will be closed, along with the Reunion Tower Lawn, but anywhere with a clear line of sight to the tower will be a great place to watch.
For more New Year's Eve celebrations across North Texas, visit The Dallas Morning News' GuideLive.


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You don't find players much more driven at the age of 16 than 'Young Gun' Milly Hine, and throughout this polo season, Milly proved she's one to beat. "I have been very fortunate to have had a such a successful year so far. I started off the season in Argentina during Easter, playing a 16-goal tournament with Hilario Ulloa (10), Juan Martin Zubia (6), and my brother Ned Hine (0). Playing alongside Hilario was incredible as he provided me with so much wisdom and advice throughout the games. Despite many tough matches we made it through to the final, although narrowly losing by a goal."
This polo season, Milly had the opportunity to compete in many tournaments, including the Holden White Cup at Cowdray Park Polo Club, where Milly and her team 'BHC' commenced through to the knock out rounds and progressed through to the final where they took home the trophy.
Milly is currently playing in the Cottington Cup at Guards Polo Club where she is substituting for Park Place in the 16 goal tournament and will soon be playing alongside Nina Clarkin in the Guards Ladies' Charity Polo in support of Breast Cancer Haven.
"I really enjoy having a good relationship with my teammates on and off the field, but most importantly I love the camaraderie that comes with any team sport and especially the close connection one has within polo and a team of four."
When asked if she could relive any moment on the field, Milly replied, "So far I would love to relive the whole experience of playing the Archie David final this year. Winning the final with Shalimar was such an amazing experience and being awarded Most Valuable Player topped off that experience. Hearing the crowd cheering when the team scores a goal and hearing the final bell when your team is on top is just an incredible feeling." The passion and enjoyment that Milly exudes is what makes her an ideal brand ambassador for Hurlingham Polo 1875.
1. Do you have any tricks or skills that you may have learnt from watching great players such as Adolfo Cambiaso or Rodrido Andrade? / Are there any players that have inspired you growing up?
Two players, which particularly inspired me growing up and still do to this day, are Facundo Pieres and his older brother Gonza. They are both extremely talented players on the field as well as being so lovely and genuinely kind off the field. On top of this they always display the highest level of sportsmanship and fair play, which I admire enormously.
2. If your time weren't taken up with perusing polo and becoming an up and coming star in the game, what would you be doing instead?
I enjoy a wide range of sports and used to be very passionate about eventing. Up until I turned 10yrs old I spent most of my time focused on eventing and show jumping and then I caught the "polo bug" so if my spare time wasn't consumed with polo I would have loved to continue with my eventing.
3. In terms of everyday fashion, what would you say is most important to you: style or comfort?
For me it depends on the occasion – I like to align style and comfort as much as I can because although it is important to look stylish or well dressed it is more important to me to be comfortable while trying to achieve a good/tasteful style!
4. Do you have a lucky colour you like to wear on field?
I don't have a lucky colour as such, but I love to play in bright, bold colours as I feel that it gives me a lift of confidence.
5. What's one thing on your bucket list?
To play, and even better, win the British Open Gold Cup and the Queens cup here in England. One can't achieve much higher than this in the UK other than t represent one's Country. That would be the next on my list!!
6. What is your favourite piece to wear from the HP1875 range?
In terms of a favourite piece from any of the collections I really like the new HP Active Wear jumpers. I have the HP Active Quarter Zip Mid Layer in Grey / Orange that I wear as a unisex jumper (even though it's a men's it fits really well in a smaller size!).


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Someone I don't even know randomly sent this to me on LinkedIn as a congratulations on my new career.
Clinging to this promise has gotten me through one of the toughest seasons of my life, and this is confirmation the Lord has been listening to my prayers. I am grateful for my struggles. I am grateful for my trials, because they give me the strength to bounce back so much quicker than before. I am grateful for life. I am grateful for happiness, and the discovery that the outcome of my life is solely my choice. Nobody else's. Mine. I am grateful that I'm choosing life, and life in abundance.


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So what explains the LSD drought? The best explanation is a bust, a really big bust. The DEA claims it reduced the LSD supply by "95 percent" with two arrests in rural Kansas in November 2000. Clyde Apperson and William Leonard Pickard were charged with and eventually convicted of possession and conspiracy to distribute LSD. According to court testimony, the DEA seized the largest operable LSD laboratory in agency history, as well as 91 pounds of LSD and precursor compounds for the potential manufacture of nearly 27 pounds more. If you define a dose of LSD as 100 micrograms, Apperson and Pickard had around 400 million hits in stock. At the more common dosage level of 20 micrograms, the two were sitting on 2 billion hits. Apperson got 30 years in prison, and Pickard got two life sentences. The Kansas bust marked the third time in four years that the DEA had arrested Apperson and Pickard on LSD lab charges.
The LSD market took an earlier blow in 1995, when Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia died and the band stopped touring. For 30 years, Dead tours were essential in keeping many LSD users and dealers connected, a correlation confirmed by the DEA in a divisional field assessment from the mid-'90s. The spring following Garcia's death (the season the MTF surveys are administered), annual LSD use among 12th-graders peaked at 8.8 percent and began their slide. Phish picked up part of the Dead's fan base—and presumably vestiges of the LSD delivery system. At the end of 2000, Phish stopped touring as well, and perhaps not coincidentally, the MTF numbers for LSD began to plummet.
Where have all the acid-eaters gone? MTF records a stable interest in "hallucinogens other than LSD"—the hallucinogen usually being psychoactive mushrooms—since the 2000 decline of acid. DAWN shows the same trend under the "miscellaneous hallucinogens" category. (Over the same period, use of both ecstasy and methamphetamine dropped in the MTF survey.) In other words, the decline in LSD use doesn't look like a demand-side phenomena: The cultural hunger for a substance that lets you hold affordable conversations with God, watch walls melt, breathe colors, and explore your psyche remains unsated.
When declining supply intersects with unchanged demand, an increase in price usually occurs—this seems to be the case with LSD. While the DEA does not release price information for LSD, many acid aficionados say its once-steady price of $5 a hit now ranges as high as $20, and that's when the drug is available. Another market change: In 1995, one could easily purchase several sheets of 100 hits at selected rock concerts, but buying more than 10 doses at a time today is difficult.
Historically, illicit LSD production has been dominated by just a few operators, so if Apperson and Pickard were the United States' major LSD suppliers, taking them down may well have caused this major disruption. They won't be easily replaced. Synthesizing LSD is much more difficult than brewing methamphetamine, PCP, or even ecstasy. Also, LSD manufacture demands precision chemistry and difficult-to-obtain precursor chemicals that these other drugs don't.
How permanent is the acid drought? The history of drug prohibition indicates that the government can upset supply and demand at the margins. It can drive one drug into scarcity only to see users substitute it with another. But it never eliminates the market for drugs altogether. As the drug war enters its second century, LSD appears to be in retreat. But never bet against a comeback
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Fresh from last weekend's humping at Exeter, Rotherham looked to home advantage to return to winning ways and welcomed back their first choice front row to the starting line-up.
In contrast, Otley were shorn of another 3 key players with Mike McComish, Tom Denton and Kyle Dench - arguably the stand-out players from the 2 previous matches - both being withdrawn in order to rest knocks.
With Ian Shuttleworth, Robin Kitching and Steve Parsons out with injuries, the ubiquitous Xavier Andre and Danny Smith started on the wings with Peter Wackett at full-back. Loan prop Adam Hopcroft made his 2nd appearance at tight-head with Kris Fullman also out with injury. Dan Hyde returned to lead the side from the back-row albeit at No.8 rather than his preferred position at openside.
Full match report to follow.
Rotherham: Hunt, Feley, Buckley, Briers, Claessons, Whitehead (c), West, Corsar, Conroy, Prescott, Challinor, Hayter, Burrows, Du Plessis, Skurr
Otley: Wackett; Andre, Burrell (Buchanan 20), Mooney (Greendale 44), Smith; Rhodes, McCormack (Brown 60); Trethewey (Wederell 65), Kay (Steele 60), Hopcroft, Parr, Williams (Craig 65), Baldwin, Rowan (Bland 60), Hyde (c)
Referee: Rowan Kitt (RFU)
Rotherham 42
Tries: Skurr (2), Claessons, Briers, Whitehead, Hunt
Cons: West (2), Whitehead
Pens: West (2)
Otley 13
Tries: Rowan
Cons: Rhodes
Pens: Rhodes (2)
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Hustle Castle Cheats – Learn how to get unlimited Diamonds
Hustle Castle is an entertaining online game that can be enjoyed on IOS as well as Android gadgets. In this game, you need to spend time in building your castle, training monsters, fighting with enemy monsters, and rescuing the princess. So, get ready for some fun-time!
The premium currency is Diamonds, which can be acquired by spending real cash. If you want to earn limited amount of Diamonds in the game then you can unlock Chests and acquire them or just use the Hustle Castle Cheats. Completing various achievements or quests will also make you earn Diamonds. However, if you want to earn Diamonds in huge amounts instantly then use Hustle Castle Hack.
Equipment play a pivotal role in the game as it can make or break your army. The kind of equipment that you provide to your army force will enhance the stat boosts and traits. So, you should always use the finest equipment available in the game. Moreover, you should equip your army as per their type of character. For instance; Tanks will require high health/armor clothing whereas Ranged Units will prefer high damage clothing. As you are forever going to be in the battlefield, you should even keep some equipment as back-up, in case you need a particular gear to clear the campaign.
There are innumerable types of weapons accessible in the game and the ones that you use will make a lot of difference in the battlefield. For each type of character, you should use a different weapon, which will depend on several aspects. As you keep progressing, you will come across some powerful Legendary Weapons. Acquiring them is not easy in the beginning of the game. You need to rank high in the ticket Arena Tournament and earn a Bonus Chest. When you unlock the Bonus Chest, you will be able to get a Legendary Weapon. Some examples of Legendary Weapons are Deadly Lightning Equipment, Fire of Madness Necklace, Supreme Sovereign Outfit, Sovereign Mace, etc.
How Mating Works?
A woman can get pregnant only once each day and during her pregnancy, she can fight and work as usual. Men can mate with innumerable number of women each day. You should assign the task of mating to your highest Star men so that they produce high-rated characters. There are chances of low Star rating characters to produce high rated characters, but the possibility is low. To produce a 5-star rated character each time, you need to follow the below-mentioned tips:
- Select the highest Star character from your team and place him in a living room. His job is to mate several women in a day.
- You can follow the previous step as soon as you unlock a new living room.
- Start sending women one by one to the living room; beginning with the highest rated ones. Your objective should be to keep producing babies until the slots for residents get filled up.
- As soon as the slots for residents are filled, you need to begin with the selection process. Separate the residents on the basis of their Stars. Remove all residents that are below three Stars. Then, remove all men from the castle so that you have only women left that can be sent for mating to the living room.
By following the aforesaid tips, you will notice that the numbers of 5-star characters in your team is increasing steadily.
In the start of the game you will get 2,500 Gold, which is the primary currency. The first room that you should build is the Fighter Training Room by spending 1,000 Gold. Remember that you can skip the building timer so that you construct the room instantly and not wait for ten minutes. The next building that you should construct is the Dining Halls and Treasury by spending Gold.
As you have already completed the amount of Gold that you had in your account, you should concentrate on training your Heroes so that they can fight well in the battlefield and earn Gold for you. Fighting with enemies is one of the quickest ways to earn Gold. In the start, the battles are very easy to win and you can quickly earn 400-500 Gold. The earned Gold can further be used to train and upgrade your heroes.
If you have collected a good amount of Gold, then you should spend it for upgrading your Throne to Level 3. For this upgrade, you will require 10,000 Gold. This will let you unlock more number of Heroes so that you battle easily, and several rooms that can be built for enhancing your resources. The vital rooms that you will unlock at this time are the Living Room and Hospital. New rooms will add up to your castle and make you grow quickly in the game. As mentioned above, the Living Room will be helpful for mating, whereas the Hospital will be useful in restoring the health of your Heroes. The easiest way to get gold is by using Hustle Castle cheats.
When you battle regularly with enemies, you earn Chests as rewards. Chests are filled with several goodies that can be acquired by unlocking them. Some of the items that you will get in a Chest are powerful weapons, strong armor, etc. You should instantly equip your Heroes with powerful weapons so that they fight better in the battlefield. The old gear that the heroes previously had can be used for the workers who are not fighting. These weapons can keep the workers protected and safe at the time when castle raid occurs.
Side Quests:
There are several side quests that you can complete for earning rewards. Innumerable invasions will make their home in previous levels. Whenever you have free time, you can go back to the preceding level to kill these monsters. Defeating the invasions will let you earn additional rewards.
Moreover, you will come across several enemies that will show up randomly throughout the map. Also known as other players' castles, they have varied levels of difficulty. When you destroy these enemies, you earn good amount of rewards.
To conclude, Hustle Castle is a fun, casual, mobile game. As you are now aware of its vital aspects and that you have an ability to use Hustle Castle Cheats, you will definitely succeed in the game! Have fun!


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Vidor police department adds K-9 officer to team
The Vidor Police Department (VPD) is adding an officer to its ranks, and plans to sniff out a name soon for the new K-9 officer, Chief Rod Carroll reports.
According to a news release, the newest addition to the VPD team is a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois. The K-9 unit is being trained for narcotics, tracking and handler protection, states the department, and is expected to start patrolling with Officer Ethan Mansfield in February 2018.
"The K-9 is another tool that is being utilized to better protect our community," Carroll stated.
The new officer does not yet have a name, VPD reports. The department is planning to hold a contest to name the K-9 officer.


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Getting out of your comfort zone
Resources for K-5 NGSS
- Paul Andersen's site (and his visit to our school) were incredibly helpful. Paul has created an entire video series around the standards and is a good starting place for learning about how the standards are organized.
- Rubicon has started offering free webinars on NGSS. I used to think of Rubicon as simply a curriculum mapping resource, yet they seem to have really expanded their PD opportunities and the recorded webinars work especially well for us in the Pacific.
- Speaking of Rubicon, since we are capturing these units in Atlas, we had to decide what went where in our template. We decided on the following alignment:
Standards & Benchmarks = Performance ExpectationsDisciplinary Core Ideas = ContentCross-Cutting Concepts = Understandings
Science & Engineering Practices = Skills
4. Finally, I'm a "big picture" learner who has to see some sort of graphic or organizational layout of a concept in order to really get my head around it. I searched online profusely, but could never find a layout of the standards in a way that made sense to me. I finally ended up printing out the standards and organizing them on a wall in my office by grade level and areas of Life Science, Earth & Space Science, Physical Science, and Engineering & Technology Standards. (I really wish I had taken a photo of the wall!) That eventually morphed into grid you see below, organized by Topics. The Topics combine standards that fit well together into a learning experience. Each hyperlink goes directly to the NGSS website's 1-page write up of that particular topic. Here's a PDF of the grid: NGSSStandardsArrangedbyTopics.
Ch-ch-ch-changes (an announcement)
As many of you know, I have spent the past nine years working as a consultant for McREL International. This wasn't something I ever thought I would do when I first went into the teaching profession. (I'm not even sure I knew it was an option.) Yet for most of the past decade, I have enjoyed every aspect of this amazing job. I've had opportunities to learn from our talented researchers and consultants, to travel the US and the world, and to reconnect with my love of writing by co-authoring five books and numerous articles. I have reveled in this role more than I ever imagined and am grateful for the many mentors and friends I have met while doing so.
A few months ago, however, I started to feel the need to shake things up. I wasn't exactly sure why or how. Maybe it was because I had lived in Denver for almost 16 years, which was never really the plan. Maybe I was starting to feel disconnected from the day-to-day vibrancy of working in a school and seeing learning in action on a daily basis. Maybe I realized that my career was half over and I hadn't yet fulfilled a lifelong dream of living abroad.
Whatever the impetus, a series of conversations and events led to reconnecting with some of the wonderful people at the American School in Japan. One conversation led to another and as a result…
I will be moving to Tokyo (with husband and kitty in tow) this summer where I will take on the position of Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning for ASIJ. While the prospect of leaving a city I love, my McREL family, and a job that I adore is bittersweet, I am SO EXCITED to begin this new chapter in our lives and to embrace all the challenges and joys that living in a different country will bring. Most of all, I am honored to join this amazing community of educators.
I hope to chronicle my travels, learning, and experiences on this blog and via my Twitter account (@erhubbell). I hope you will join me in the conversation.
My working definition of Creativity
What is your definition of creativity? Innovation?
I started typing out my working definition and this is what I came up with. I'd love to hear yours.
- has to have impact on how we solve a problem, comprehend a concept, define entertainment or beauty, or live our daily lives
- is likely to be made up of previously conceived ideas, but put together in entirely new ways
- is not boring; humans will intuitively recognize a creative piece as engaging even if they don't particularly like it
- will sometimes be dismissed or ridiculed by those who hold firmly to a particular standard set in the past
- a creative work can become aligned to a particular place or period in history as it helped to define movements that were happening during that place and time
The power of social learning: Can working with peers improve outcomes? (McREL Blog)
This was posted on McREL's blog, but thought I would cross-link it here.
Corporal punishment in American schools in 2013
It happened as we were conducting practice walkthroughs during principal training. I was working with a group of administrators on gathering formative data on teacher instructional practices and, as we were making our way down the hallway, I overheard one principal say to another, "…after that smart @$$ comment, I turned to [name] and just said, 'Whup 'im.'"
I let out a half-laugh as I turned to him, not sure whether to be aghast or amused at the absurdity of joking about spanking a student. The moment I saw his face, however, I realized that he wasn't joking. I'm sure several emotions were evident in my expression as the realization of what he was saying sunk in – disbelief, disgust, horror. Mentally recoiling, I managed to create space between us as we continued walking, giving one of the other principals a chance to come up alongside me and whisper, somewhat apologetically, "Corporal punishment is still legal in Texas."
I have memories of classmates being called to the office for punishment that can only be categorized as child abuse, but I had naively assumed that those brutish practices had been discontinued in the '80s. How wrong I was.
I recently told a co-worker this story and she, like me, found it difficult to fathom that this form of punishment was still legal. She forwarded data from The Center for Effective Discipline on frequency of corporal punishment by state (and those that have banned such practices). I'll let the data speak for itself. I am especially dismayed to see that Colorado, my adopted home of 15 years that I consider to be such a role model for healthy living and innovative ideas, still hasn't banned corporal punishment.
I'd love to hear your thoughts. Is corporal punishment still legal in your state? Is it still a part of your school's culture? How frequently is this happening in your world?


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With a great deal of dramatic license, dedicated to the Great Bird of the Galaxy, Gene Roddenberry.
The dunes glowed white beneath an unrelenting sun and reminded the pilot the oasis on the horizon was a B-movie device. For him there would be no cool grasses, no desert flowers, and the water would probably be poisoned. If he were writing this little drama—and if he survived, he would—the mayday call would have gone through, and the search planes would be on the way.
He looked back at the cracked shell of the plane's fuselage, at the row of graves, which the desert would erase in the next sand storm, at the survivors sheltered beneath the wings, and finally the column of black smoke rising from where he'd set strips of rubber from the tires on fire. That had to be visible for miles. At least, that's what he'd told the passengers. His duty as captain was to keep spirits up, even in the face of futility.
The worst part of this? His wife. Ever since Pan Am had hired him, she'd nagged at him to get a safer job. Flying planes was something he'd wanted to do since he was a kid, and thanks to the U.S. Army and World War II, he got to fulfill that childhood dream. For him, though, planes were as close to space as he could get, considering spaceships and rockets were still the stuff of fiction. When he was in the cockpit at the controls it wasn't a Constellation he flew but a starship. The airports he departed from and arrived at were spaceports, full of alien life.
If… When he got home, "I told you so" would be the first words from his wife's mouth, and right now he accepted her prescience as his reality. And he'd have to fulfill his part of the bargain. He'd promised if he'd ever had an accident, he'd accept the job his father kept waiting for him back in L.A. Being a cop had to be safer than airline pilot, right?
The sun glinted off something metal in the sky, and the drone of engines met his ears. His passengers cheered as the rescue plane began to circle the crash site. The plane he had christened Spaceship Galileo would also be subsumed by the desert, but he and six survivors would go home. Someday, he'd write that story, too.


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"Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back at me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me. But if he stopped using lady-scented body wash and switched to Old Spice he could smell like he's me." Does this sound familiar? That's the power of fantastic branding. When Old Spice rebranded with their "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" campaign they increased sales by 125% and stood out among all other body wash products available.
But branding doesn't just mean you stand out from the competition; good branding means your target market believes there is no competition. For this to happen, your target market needs to know:
- Who are you?
- Why should they care?
Branding can provide key answers to those questions. Many people think that branding is merely a name, a logo, a tagline. But it is so much more. A great brand is distinct, relevant, and consistent, and above all else, memorable.
That's what we're going to talk about here. We're going to go through the why-what-how-when-where of branding and discuss how you can leverage your brand to impact your bottom line.
Great branding is priceless – but why? Why do companies spend fortunes developing, protecting, expanding, and engendering brand loyalty? Because it provides a steady stream of prospective customers – a customer who loves your brand is more likely to purchase from you than from a competitor without even knowing the product in question.
As the marketplace becomes cluttered with dozens of companies producing similar products, companies look for ways to connect emotionally with customers and stand out. People fall in love with brands, trust them, believe in their superiority to all others. Connecting emotionally is imperative.
For me, I really love Restoration Hardware and I'm always revisiting their store to see what's new. I encourage you to think about the brands you love, and this might help you connect better with your customers.
Branding is developing and aligning the expectations of a brand with the customer's experience, creating the impression that the brand has certain qualities or characteristics that make it special or unique. A brand is therefore one of the most valuable elements in advertising, as it demonstrates what the company is able to offer in the marketplace.
The art of creating and maintaining a brand is called brand management. Orientation of the whole organization towards its brand is called brand orientation, which is developed in response to customer needs and wants.
At eBoost, we use Alina Wheeler's method from "Designing Brand Identity," a disciplined process used to build awareness and customer loyalty:
1. Conduct customer research:
Make a concerted and organized effort to gather information about your most valuable customers – the foundation to any great marketing strategy. At eBoost, this is Persona Development – creating customer archetypes that represent hundreds of people boiled down to their needs, wants and demands. (See webinar "Marketing Personas: What, Why and How.)
2. Clarify strategy:
Identify the most important elements of your brand as it relates to your customers, your competitors, and your company. At eBoost, we have developed a "Brand Brief" template to succinctly illustrate these elements on one page. This brand brief allows every level of a company to work off of the same information.
3. Design identity: make something that meets the 5 criteria
What does the brand look like? What colors are used? What images? What does the packaging look like? Brand identity is creating a design that fits with your brand's personality and speaks to the emotion you want to invoke in your customers. Brand identity includes the logo, packaging, website … all elements to the company.
An easy way to design your brand's identity is to crowdsource the logo to 99Designs or CrowdSpring – depending on budget and time. This will allow you to choose from many different logo options from designers, as they will each interpret the brand a little differently.
When judging your brand's identity, evaluate it against the following 5 criteria:
- Distinct
- Relevant
- Memorable
- Extendable to other mediums (print, web, TV, mobile, etc.)
- Depth of concept (how the design illustrates the qualities that are important to the brand and the company)
4. Create touchpoints:
At this step in the process, you know who your customers are, what your strategy is, and what your brand looks like. Now, you need to decide how you will deliver your brand to your customers.
The channels through which you can communicate include:
- Web
- Radio
- Mobile
- In-person
However, flooding all of these mediums with your brand messaging could be a waste of time and money. If you are allocating resources to print ads in magazines but your target market is only active online you will obviously not reach them. A key part of customer research and Persona Development is learning where your consumers are engaged. Reaching them is key to building brand awareness and customer loyalty.
5. Manage assets:
Finally, you must track how your customers are responding and measure how your brand is performing. Conversions – whether it is brand awareness in the form of Facebook likes or customer loyalty in the form of a growing email list – must be tracked so that you know if you are improving or not.
For one, you can audit how well the brand performs among the target customers via fivesecondtest.com (assuming the client has the budget to allow testing). Or, you can ask 5 people to help out who fit your persona type – give them each $5 Starbucks cards and for $25 you'll get great, useful feedback.
So now we've gone through the why-what-how portion. For "when," there are six times to apply new branding:
1. New company, new product
2. Name change
When your name no longer fits the company and the industry you are in, it is time to rebrand to ensure that no customers are misled and that no conflict arises from the confusion.
3. Revitalize the brand
If the brand has gotten stale it needs to be updated – Old Spice had gotten stale. It was an old fogey brand, your dad's cologne in a white bottle. The younger generations had moved on to Axe, Polo, Ralph Lauren. Old Spice introduced "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" to revitalize the brand.
4. Revitalize a brand identity
Does the logo, website, or packaging need to be updated? For more than 135 years, the leaping deer has been a symbol of John Deere products. But the first logos of 1876 and 1912 would not resonate with today's consumers. John Deere has had to update their identity and simplify their design, finally arriving at the identity we recognize in 2000.
Coca Cola and Pepsi, too, have worked on their identities, but always in keeping with their customer's expectations of the brand and the experiences that create an emotional connection.
5. Create an integrated system
Present a consistent brand to customers across all mediums. In both the online and offline worlds, customers need to hear the same message and have the same experience with your brand in every interaction they have with you. If a customer sees your TV ad and is told A, then sees an ad in the magazine and is told B, then speaks with a salesperson at your store or online and is told C, the customer will be left feeling confused and your brand's worth will be diminished in their eyes.
6. When companies merge
When two companies merge it can be difficult to manage the separate identities. Build a new brand from the union that sends a clear message to your consumers that 1 + 1 = more than 2 and that you are better together than you were apart.
Remember step 4 of Alina Wheeler's "Designing Brand Identity" method of creating touchpoints? Let's quickly touch on that most important point of: you must communicate your brand to your customers where they will receive the message. In other words, don't use radio if your customer only engages online; don't use social media advertising if your customers are inactive on social networks.
And remember: brand consistency across all mediums, both online and offline!


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That now doesn't appear likely. Indeed, speaking to The Seattle Times, Ballmer effectively denied these rumours while putting down those aforementioned cheap rivals: "I think most people would tell you that the iPad is not a superexpensive device," he said. "(When) people offer cheaper, they do less. They look less good, they're chintzier, they're cheaper."
Ballmer then addressed the Kindle Fire directly, saying "If you say to somebody, would you use one of the 7-inch tablets, would somebody ever use a Kindle (Kindle Fire, $199) to do their homework? The answer is no; you never would. It's just not a good enough product. It doesn't mean you might not read a book on it…"
So how much will the Surface range retail for? Ballmer didn't say directly, but he did drop hints of a "sweet spot" for PC devices of between $300 and $800. Given his earlier dismissal of the cheaper end of that scale (and downplaying of the iPad's perceived premium price), we'd hazard a guess that the Surface RT will be pitched at around the $400 to $500 mark.
Yep, we're probably talking iPad prices – potentially a little cheaper.
The Surface represents a rare foray for Microsoft into the computer hardware field. It will come in two basic flavours – a full-powered Pro version that will run on and Intel processor and run full Windows 8, just like a laptop, and a stripped-back Windows 8 RT model that will sport similar hardware to existing tablets and a more restricted ecosystem.
We should see the Surface released alongside Windows 8 on October 26 – at least in the basic RT guise.


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Qatari – Mauritanian Higher Joint Committee Meets
Doha, February 27 (QNA) – The Qatari-Mauritanian Joint Higher Committee here on Sunday held its first session, chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Dr. Moulay Ould Mohamed Laghdaf. Earlier, HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister held talks with the Mauritanian Premier on ties relations between the two brotherly countries and ways of bolstering them in various fields and reviewed a number of regional and international issues of common interest. Then, the two sides signed the minutes of the first session of the Joint Higher Committee, where it was signed for the Qatar by HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani, and for Mauritania by HE Dr. Moulay Ould Mohamed Laghdaf.
After that a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania including a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of social affairs, an agreement on cooperation in the field of education, training and scientific research as well as an agreement for cooperation and news exchange in addition to a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a hotel in Mauritania capital, Nouakchott were signed .
The agreements and memoranda of understanding were signed for the Qatari side by HE Minister of Social Affairs and Acting Minister of Labour Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Humaidi, HE Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council (SEC) Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud and HE Director General of the Qatar News Agency (QNA) Sheikh Jabor bin Yousuf bin Jassim Al Thani , as well as Eng. Mohammed bin Ali Al Hadfa, representing the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment. On the Mauritanian side, the MoUs and agreements were signed by Minister of Social Affairs, childhood and family Moulaty Mint Al Mukhtar , Minister of Economic Affairs and Development Sidi Ould Tah , and Minister of Housing Ismail Ould Cheikh Ould Libdeh Cydia. Later, HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister hosted a luncheon in honour of Mauritanian Premier and the accompanying delegation.
Source : qnaol.net
IMF: Mauritania witnessing an economic recovery with 5.5 % growth
27 /09/ 2010
An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Mr. Boileau Loko visited Nouakchott from September 15 to 26, 2010 to conduct discussions regarding the first review of the 2010–12 three-year program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). During the visit, the mission held discussions with several members of the government. In addition, the mission met with a number of economic and financial policymakers, representatives of the banking community, universities, trade unions, civil society, and the diplomatic corps. At the end of its visit, the mission issued the following statement:
"The data available point to a recovery in economic activity. Real non-oil GDP growth is expected to be around 5.5 percent in 2010, driven essentially by agriculture, the extractive industries (iron, copper, and gold), and the building and public works (BTP) sector. At end-June 2010, the inflation rate stood at 6.7 percent year-on-year owing to the rise in energy and food prices on the world market. Higher prices of the country's main export products should help bring the current account deficit back down to below 10 percent of GDP.
"Implementation of the government's ECF-supported economic and financial program has been broadly satisfactory, thus fostering the restoration of macroeconomic stability. The first half of 2010 saw a marked increase in revenue resulting from a combination of robust collection efforts and an upturn in economic activity. Operating expenditure has been contained, but the low rate of capital expenditure execution has persisted. At end-June 2010, official foreign exchange reserves amounted to 210.6 million US dollars, that is, equivalent to 2.1 months of imports. The mission also took note of progress made in implementing structural reforms that lay the foundation for achieving higher, sustained levels of growth conducive to reducing poverty.
"The mission welcomes the convergence of views with the authorities on the need to accelerate fiscal consolidation efforts as well as to deepen ongoing reforms in public financial management, public enterprises, the civil service, and the monetary sector. The mission and the authorities also agreed that strengthening social policies and putting in place social safety nets as well as improving the business climate are necessary steps for promoting development and improving the wellbeing of the Mauritanian people.
"In that regard, the authorities and the mission reached understandings, ad referendum, on the objectives to be achieved in 2011 under the ESF, which remain in line with the program negotiated for the period 2010-2012. These objectives consist in achieving real non-oil GDP growth of 5.5 percent, containing inflation at 5 percent, raising foreign exchange reserves to 2.7 months of imports, and consolidating the basic fiscal balance surplus achieved in 2010.
The mission takes the opportunity to thank the authorities for their welcome, availability, and hospitality as well as for the good conditions under which the work took place."
Source: globalarabnetwork.com
Mauritanie:China invests $100 million in Mauritania fishing
Poly Technologies Inc's deal with Nouakchott includes construction of fish factory, building fishing boats.
NOUAKCHOTT – China's Poly Technologies Inc is to invest 100 million dollars (around 73 million euros) in Mauritania's key fishing industry, the official AMI news agency reported Monday.
The announcement, including of the construction of a fish factory able to produce 44,000 tonnes of food a year, comes after the company signed an agreement with Mauritania's fisheries ministry.
The agreement also provides for building fishing boats and developing "value added" fish products.
AMI said the move would create 2,500 direct jobs and allow Mauritania "to have a highly qualified workforce in transforming fish products, in naval construction, machine maintenance and management."
Fishing is a key part of the economy of Mauritania, most of which is desert.
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