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About Us
Barbara Jaques, Certified Coach, BBS, Dip. Mgt., IANLP Trainer, mBIT Coach
Barbara grew up in Northland, originally from the little city of lights that is Kaiwaka, and has invested over half her career working in Whangarei.
Under the umbrella of BJ Projects she is dedicated to 'lighting up minds to transform the world' and helping you unlock your potential through coaching, supervision and training by:
- Discovering your strengths and skills to develop confidence;
- Building enriching relationship one conversation at a time;
- Supporting you in your journey for change;
- Challenging unhelpful beliefs and patterns to help you shift your perception and develop new thinking patterns.
Why use Barbara as your coach or trainer?
As a perpetual learner, she is passionate about keeping her own light shining within. She loves sharing her learnings and this means that you'll get the help you need to get what you want. Would you like to improve your relationships at home or work? Achieve better results at work? Extend yourself beyond your current boundaries? Get your business on track for success? Barbara can help you to achieve the success you want.
With big chunks of experience in the recruitment, administration and general management fields and many hours of coaching and supervision delivery in a variety of industries, she values integrity and is highly professional in her approach. She is committed to walking her talk and supporting you to be true to your values while still getting what you need.
Her valuable combination of skills have successfully contributed to improvements in private and public sector organsations in the areas of management, administration and human resources. Combined with her skills in the field of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming - the study of success), she has the ability to help you understand how you think (and others think - especially the ones that drive you nuts!), and how your thinking and communication can impact on the outcomes you get both at home and at work. (And just how easy it is to change if you choose to).
Her responsibilities have included managing teams, all aspects of managing individuals from engagement to restructuring and down-sizing, developing, implementing and monitoring systems and processes in the operational, management, HR and administrative areas. Her responsibilities now include working for herself (not an easy feat), as well as ensuring that she meets her client commitments.
She holds a Bachelor of Business Studies majoring in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations (2006).
She's a Master Practitioner of NLP (certification 2007), a Trainer certified by the International Association of NLP (2015), a licensed Transforming Communications Instructor, a Certified Coach (ICI), an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and an Approved Supervisor with the NZ Association of NLP.
Her unique combination of skills and experience provides a firm foundation upon which she skillfully listens, encourages, supports and challenges individuals (just like you), in a personal and/or a work environment. If you'd like to move beyond your current thinking patterns to achieve the outcomes that you never dreamed you were capable of, and ultimately getting the 'wins' that you seek in your life, get in touch by clicking here.
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- National Certificate in Adult Education & Training L5 - 2017
- ICF (International Coach Federation) Accredited Coach abiding by the ICF Code of Ethics - 2016
- LAB (Language and Behaviour) Profile Practitioner - 2015
- NLP Trainer IANLP (International Association for NLP) - 2015
- mBIT Coach – Multiple Brain Integration Techniques - 2013
- Coach—ICI - 2011
- Transforming Communication Instructor Certification - 2010
- Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming - Sydney 2007
- Bachelor of Business Studies – Human Resource Management & Employment Relations - Massey 2006
- NZ Institute of Management Diploma - Northland Polytechnic 1991
- Human Resource Institute of NZ (HRINZ)
- NZANLP (NZ Association of NLP)
- Northland Chamber of Commerce
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Elizabeth Arnott
Almonds and Apricots Anti-Oxidant Snack
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When I lived in London, I lived in an area close to a mini-urban-village where many Greek and Turkish people live. I used to love going shopping there, to buy fresh fruit and vegetables from shops that were overflowing onto the street, and brought life and colour to the often dark and grey London streets. It was from one of these friendly shopkeepers that I learned the value of dried apricots combined with almonds. He recommended that everyone should eat a small handful of both every day, and I have followed his advice ever since.
I always keep dried apricots and almonds in stock. They come in so handy for a quick snack, and are wonderful ingredients to add to breakfast or for an after-dinner treat. I never travel without my little bag of apricots and almonds. You never know whether you are going to find suitable food when you are away from home, and these little gems will keep you satisfied and energised until you reach a healthy-eating safe harbour!
Since I became so involved with the detox maintenance lifestyle, and have investigated so many health issues connected with food, I decided it was time to check out whether the advice to eat apricots and almonds all those years ago is still worth following.
I am very gratified to find that it is still great advice.
contain vitamins A, B, C, thiamine, calcium, carbohydrates, protein and phosphorus. They also contain high amounts of carotenoids and other antioxidant phytonutrients. Their beta-carotene content makes them especially rich in antioxidant vitamin A, which is essential for the immune system and eye health.
(Most dried apricots are treated with sulphur to preserve their colour and flavour, so if you find brown-looking dried apricots they are probably untreated, and would be the healthier choice. Unfortunately where I live in Mérida, Yucatán, I have not yet found untreated apricots, but I am ever hopeful.)
is actually the seed of the fruit of the almond tree, which is by happy circumstance related to the apricot tree. Whole almonds with their skins provide optimal nutritive benefits. The flavonoids found in almond skins combined with the rich amounts of vitamin E contained in the almond seeds gives more than twice the antioxidant benefits than either the skins or the seeds when taken separately. Almonds are also an excellent source of manganese, and also have magnesium, copper and vitamin B2.
Make your own almond milk, and use the remaining almond meal instead of flour in many recipes.
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Make your own almond butter, and use it in lots of different ways - add a tablespoonful to a smoothie; make a banana sandwich by spreading almond butter between two halves of a banana; add a little to hot vegetables instead of (heaven forbid!) cow's milk butter; stir into goat's yogurt; make a dip with almond butter, herbs and soft goat's cheese...... the list is endless - and of course you can use it in any recipe that calls for peanut butter
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One word of caution. Be careful with portion sizes. One dried apricot is a fraction of the size of a fresh one, but they each have the same calorific value, so one or twp dried apricots is plenty - and keep the portion of nuts down to a small handful.
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Arthritis Foundation Expands Annual Juvenile Arthritis Conference to Two Locations
Phoenix and Philadelphia sites of 32nd annual conference for kids & family
ATLANTA, July 11, 2016 – Kicking off during Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, the Arthritis Foundation is hosting two Juvenile Arthritis Conferences over the next five weeks. Almost 2,000 children and family members – a record attendance number – will gather in Phoenix, July 14–17, and Philadelphia, Aug. 11–14, to learn more about coping with their disease and meet other families who share their journey.
Arthritis afflicts nearly 300,000 children in the United States – and July is the month devoted to raising awareness for their cause. Each year, the Arthritis Foundation hosts the Juvenile Arthritis Conference for these children and families to join together and support one another while they work to overcome their everyday challenges. The conference provides attending children and their family members with the opportunity to make lasting friendships while participating in both educational sessions and fun activities throughout the event.
This year's conference, themed "Stronger than Arthritis," will feature a number of events for participants, including:
- Opening night dinner themed State Night, allowing attendees to show their hometown spirit by wearing a state shirt or favorite sports team gear
- A meet and greet with actress Grace Bannon, best known for her recurring role in the hit television series "The Middle," who was diagnosed with JA at the age of 15
- Programming tracks for children, young adults and parents, including breakout sessions, reflection time and parent networking opportunities
- Presentations from rheumatologists, researchers, arthritis advocates and inspirational speakers
- The presentation of the 2016 JA Awards of Excellence, recognizing outstanding leaders in the categories of youth, parent, health care professional and physician
The Arthritis Foundation offers life-changing programs, support and resources that are tailored to the unique needs and challenges of children and families with arthritis and rheumatic diseases. The conference is designed to provide a place where families are understood, can make connections and leave knowing that they have an entire community fighting for them.
"We are proud to host the 32nd JA Conference, bringing together children and their families who are affected with this disease together. The conference has positively impacted tens of thousands of lives since 1984," said Ann Palmer, Arthritis Foundation president and CEO. "Our hope is that those attending are fueled with even greater courage and passion to conquer JA and other childhood rheumatic diseases. By coming together, we are one step closer to a cure."
The conference is made possible by the contribution of generous sponsors including Abbvie, Novartis, Amgen, Genentech and Medac Pharma. Additional information on juvenile arthritis and this year's conference is available at http://www.kidsgetarthritistoo.org/.
About the Arthritis Foundation:
The Arthritis Foundation is the Champion of Yes. Leading the fight for the arthritis community, the Foundation helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to optimal care, advancements in science and community connections. The Arthritis Foundation's goal is to chart a winning course, guiding families in developing personalized plans for living a full life – and making each day another stride toward a cure. The Foundation also publishes Arthritis Today, the award-winning magazine that reaches 4million readers.


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Jerusalem housing guide
At the Immigrant Appeals Bureau of the Municipal Absorption Authority, among other things, one can obtain assistance and information regarding housing:
Violetta Kleinman - Coordinator, Office of referral 02-6234365
More information about housing can be found on the Ministry of Absorption site
Once you find an apartment, before you sign the lease you should find out the following important things:
Contact: Violetta Kleinman - Coordinator, Office of referral 02-6234365
The municipal tax is imposed on holders of buildings and land, by virtue of the law. The charge is made once a year and refers to the period between January 1 to December 31 of the same year. According to the stipulations of the law, the obligation to pay municipal tax applies on the 1st of January every year (unless the city council determines otherwise).
Payment beyond 30 days from the said date will bear interest and linkage differentials according to the Law of Local Authorities (interest and linkage differentials for compulsory payments), 1980.
About property tax reductions for new immigrants
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Bringing Home the Gold: SIX New Performance WORLD RECORDS!
This year's Summer Olympics, scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, gives outstanding athletes from around the world the opportunity to represent their countries in grueling competitions spanning soccer, swimming, track and field, gymnastics and cycling events, to name a few. Athletes prepare for the games through years of intensive training regimens. Thousands of onlookers attend to cheer on their favorite teams and watch these world-class professionals battle it out. The top athlete in each category receives the coveted gold medal on behalf of his or her country.
In the server world, we hold our own version of the Olympics: competitions in individual performance benchmarks, as defined by the SPEC, TPC and SAP standards bodies.
I'm delighted to announce that the Lenovo System x3650 M5 two-socket, 2U rack server—enhanced with the latest Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors—has come home with six gold medals: the world's number-one performance results in six different categories! In a nutshell, the Lenovo x3650 M5 servers deliver faster performance than any competitor across virtualization, database, HPC, and high frequency trading workloads.
Below is a quick run-down of Lenovo's recent world records and their associated benchmarks and workloads.
- World record for x86 two-processor virtualized workloads – This top, two-processor server score, based on the SPECvirt_sc*2013 benchmark, demonstrates the Lenovo System x3650 M5 rack server's stellar performance for data center server consolidation in virtualization environments. This includes business-critical workloads such as virtualized SMP application server virtual machines (VMs) and SMP database VMs, plus dynamic workload levels across many workload types and VM instances. Read the news blurb to learn more.
- Overall world record for server and storage performance per watt for all virtualized workloads – Based on the SPECvirt_sc2013_PPW benchmark, this top score represents Lenovo's total system environment energy efficiency, with performance per watt in virtualized environments. The Lenovo System x3650 M5 scored the highest performance per combined power consumption (of server and storage) of all x86 servers in the industry. Lenovo achieved an impressive result by using all internal storage and no SAN storage. By not using SAN storage, we consumed less power. Read the news blurb to learn more.
- Overall world record for server performance per watt for all virtualized workloads – Based on the SPECvirt_sc2013_ServerPPW benchmark, this number-one result represents Lenovo's performance per watt for servers only and demonstrates Lenovo's dominance of server energy efficiency in virtualized environments. Read the news blurb to learn more.
- World record for two-processor database and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads – Based on the TPC-E benchmark, the Lenovo System x3650 M5 result is the best two-processor performance in the industry, 30 percent faster—and with 9 percent better price/performance—than the Fujitsu® PRIMERGY™ RX2540 M1. The TPC-E benchmark is designed to enable you to objectively measure and compare the performance and price of various OLTP and database systems. Read the news blurb to learn more.
- Leadership performance in high-throughput workloads such as high-performance computing – This leadership score is based on the SPECfp_rate_base2006 benchmark, which is ideal for measuring multi-threaded compute-intensive applications, such as high-performance computing workloads. Read the news blurb to learn more.
- Leadership performance in high-speed computing workloads such as high-frequency trading – This leadership score is based on the SPECfp_base2006 benchmark, which measures single-threaded, compute-intensive applications, such as high-speed trading and other financial industry workloads. Read the news blurb to learn more.
If you want world-class performance to dial up your workloads and industry-leading reliability to maximize your data center uptime, go for the gold: Choose Lenovo System x3650 M5 servers.
View our webcast and visit our announcements page to learn more about our new and enhanced server offerings.
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The Eduniversal World Conference is an opportunity to be inspired by the world wide academic achievements of various institutions over a span of four days. These four days offer an opportunity to network and combine various ideas, to brainstorm, and connect with the best academic institutions in the world. We will be honoring the best business universities at this conference and their ranking is based upon our world wide ranking system. This system is committed to improving international education and constantly exploring how progression can continue. This year we look forward to bringing our mission to Bangkok, Thaïland and having our best conference yet. The growth that schools experience and the insight that they gain from the Eduniversal conference is always amazing to see; and we would love for you to be a part of this week in Bangkok and benefit first hand from all the opportunities that this experience has to offer.
In our fast-moving world, it's easy to forget the importance of being in a live face-to-face setting with others from the higher education community.
Being active in your field can bring many benefits. We narrowed them down to 3 main reasons why you should attend the Eduniversal World Convention.
Our participants are leaders; professionals and decision makers in the field of higher education; and executive representatives and directors from the Masters and MBA programs included in the Eduniversal Official Selection. Join them; mix and mingle; form new positive, strong relationships; and strengthen existing ones. Collaborate, engage and discover competitive advantages that will enhance your and your institution's success. The Convention is the place where great things can happen!


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Product Identification
For most of our years in business one of our main focuses has been on the production of various product identification pieces. Hang tags, labels, product inserts, header cards are among the most common.
Quality products need a quality representation - especially in the hand of the buyer. We strive to make each printed piece reflect the quality that is to be found in the product it is designed to describe.
Below is a list of the more common items we produce on a regular basis for products distributed locally as well as worldwide.
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As I promised last week – some happy images for a happy and productive week.
If last monday we had a travelling journey, this time I choose some paintings that fill me up with joy everytime I see them. Enjoy!
Clicking on the images will take you to the source websites that I used. Kudos to them!
Because I know that some of you might be interested in painting but you don't quite know where to start from, here are three awesome painting tutorials:
I hope you liked this week's selection!


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Team Cannabis
Join us as we walk together to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic while working to beat back the stigma of cannabis prohibition.
Why You Should Support Our Effort
Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has partnered with community leaders and local
businesses to raise millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS programs and services in the Bay Area.
The medical cannabis movement was forged in the fire of the AIDS crisis.
The cannabis industry stands united in the shared spirit of service and compassion
for the member-patients of our community.
Last year, Team Cannabis was comprised of over 160 walkers from 19 cannabis
organizations, and generated over $60,000 in direct donations and team sponsorships.
To date, Team Cannabis has raised over $150,000,
one of the highest donating groups to the Walk!
This year, we walk to resist threats to both the AIDS and cannabis communities
evoked by the new administration. We walk in response to oppressors in D.C.
who want to turn back the clock to the dark days of ignorance and repression.
We will not let them succeed.
We need you to join us in making Team Cannabis the number one donor to the
San Francisco AIDS Walk. Your support will ensure this is the first AIDS-free generation
in our lifetime, and send a loud and proud message to Washington.
Join us on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park.
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Please join Team Cannabis at our upcoming events. All are FREE to attend!
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Sign up to walk with Team Cannabis on July 16, 2017 in Golden Gate Park!
Use this form to join our Team Cannabis and make a pledge or donation. It is quick and very easy. Your tax-deductible donation goes directly to SF AIDS Walk.
Our Team
Team Cannabis is what happens when the Bay Area's
medical cannabis community comes together for a great cause.
Our community is made up of medical cannabis providers, patients, their families,
friends, and supporters. We welcome all new allies and partners as we work to make our world
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Help us build our team for 2017! Stay tuned to this page for Team Cannabis sponsorship opportunities as we move closer to the walk.
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Where's the tofu is a question local vegetarians might be asking after a key manufacturing business in Middletown is temporarily shut down.
Owners from the small tofu plant, called The Bridge, are cleaning up after a van plunged through the front of the building on Sunday night, narrowly missing a worker inside, the Middletown Patch reports. The company ships 6,000 pounds of tofu each week.
"I was getting ready to go to bed when there was a collision between a car and truck. the truck was halfway wedged in [the building]," Bridge driver John Brush told the Middletown Patch. He lives in an apartment in a house in back of the building.
Ironically, a carpet cleaning van that caused the mess.
Eight people were working in the building at the time and one employee had just moved walked away when the van came crashing through the front door.
"I'm certainly shocked in terms of someone being nearly killed," Brush told the Web site. "The business is totally disrupted for who knows how long."
Some equipment was damaged and the building needs to be repaired. Police are still looking into the crash, which involved four passengers who were taken to area hospitals to be checked out and have since been released.
The business has been making artisan-quality tofu for more than 30 years.
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Chocolate Swirl Brownies
Makes 8" x 8" pan
Line an 8x8 pan (or similar sized pan) with parchment paper.
Mix until smooth: (in a mixer works best)
1 egg
1/2 cup (4 oz/112.5 g) cream cheese
1/2 cup 100% pumpkin puree (use canned or make your own!)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt:
4 oz (~ 3/4 cup) dark chocolate (over 70% is best)
1/2 cup butter
Mix in:
3/4 cup brown sugar
Add in:
2 eggs
Fold in: (flour can be left out for more dense/rich brownies!)
1/2 cup Kristin's Gluten-Free Flour Mix OR 1/2 cup flour/flour mix of your choice
Spread 2/3 of the chocolate brownie batter in prepared pan. Spread the pumpkin batter on top. Top with dollops of brownie batter. Swirl with a knife.
Bake at 325F 30-35 minutes (depending on the size of your pan), until the brownies are just set in the centre. I just shake the pan a little bit to see if it still jiggles a lot. Once it doesn't really jiggle anymore, they're done! These should have just a tiny bit of browning starting to happen around the edges when they're finished.
Let cool completely in pan OR let cool in pan a bit, then you can remove the brownies (using the parchment paper to pick it all up) and put it on a cooling rack if you want to help them cool faster. Cut into squares of whatever size you desire and enjoy!


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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Reviews (PlayStation 2)
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Critic ReviewsMobyRanks are listed below. You can read here for more information about MobyRank.
TTGamer (Mar 29, 2007)
Vice City Stories really shows that the GTA engine is getting a little old but it also provides a huge amount of fan service. It's also retailing for a lower price point than usual which makes it an even harder to ignore game. It may be getting a bit old but GTA still remains the most prominent and playable sandbox game on the PS2.
GotNext (Apr 03, 2007)
With all the hoopla surrounding the newest, next-generation version of the GTA series, it's almost (but not quite) a little disappointing to have Vice City Stories be the game of the franchise to take the last bow on the PS2. Considering the numbers of hours I have logged in the streets of Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas, perhaps I would have preferred to have the PSP version be the final memory of the game. However, once you get by the lagging visuals, the compelling characters, superb music, varying mission types, searing wit, and supreme challenge will likely suck you right back in. If nothing else, it's still GTA, and makes for a nice six-month diversion until October, when IV drops and likely changes the world – again.
1UP (Jun 12, 2007)
As ever, there are some issues with the combat system -- but this doesn't outweigh the overall quality, or the fact that you are getting one hell of a lot of game for a penny shy of 20 bucks.
IC-Games (Mar 07, 2007)
The biggest negative you can level at GTA: Vice City Stories is that there is nothing overly new to the series – this is more of the same, however enjoyable that material might be. Of course, for these big ringing changes we are all going to have to wait for Grand Theft Auto IV. For now, and more importantly for PS2 owners, GTA: Vice City Stories might be more of what we love, but at least love is still the operative word here. And love it you should.
Game Over Online (Mar 16, 2007)
Vice City Stories on the PS2 is a great return trip to the seediest of cities, but a short one at that. The fact that the game itself is a port over from a handheld will hamper the experience for some, but the nice $20 price tag more than makes up for it. The experience is a great deal more entertaining than the previous effort (Liberty City Stories), so if you enjoyed Vice City for the PS2 and don't own a PSP, go ahead and pick this one up. GTA IV is on its way and is likely to set the franchise on its ear, so this will serve as a nice "reminiscence" of where we have been before we leap into the future and plunder yet another city.
Games Master (Apr, 2007)
If you're willing to weather the game's niggles with a bit of patience, you're still in for a typically wicked time in Vice City. But if you're brand new to GTA you should instead plump for San Andreas, which you should also be able to pick up for a budget price these days, and is the absolute pinnacle of the series so far. And, if you really are a newcomer to the world of GTA, we've got a question for you - what was life on Mars like, exactly?
Futuregamez.net (Mar 20, 2007)
GTA: Vice City Stories was a great game on the PSP and is equally enjoyable on the PS2. While we have lost the multi-player modes the PS2 benefits from improved graphics and better controls. Definitely worth consideration.
GameZone (Mar 15, 2007)
While dated graphics and an overall air of familiarity may turn off some, the sheer amount of fun activities coupled with the budget price make for a heartily recommended adventure.
Game Vortex (2007)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories may not be the best out there, but it is still GTA, and since its only twenty bucks, its almost more worth it to buy the game than to rent it.
UOL Jogos (Mar 20, 2007)
"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" manteve, para o bem e para o mal, praticamente todos os elementos do antecessor. Por um lado, isso significa garantia de qualidade, mas por outro, falta novidades para recomendar a quem já jogou o anterior. As perdas, como uma história pouco inspirada - e o enredo é grande parte da experiência da franquia -, parecem superiores à melhoria técnica e um leve aumento de volume de jogo. A boa notícia é que, assim como o antecessor, essa edição com cara de caça-níquel tem, ao menos, um preço econômico, de US$ 20, bem mais em conta que a versão para PSP.
videogamer.com (Aug 03, 2007)
Vice City Stories is an impressive PSP game but a less impressive PlayStation 2 title. It's not a great port but with another PS2-only GTA being highly unlikely, fans yet to enter the PSP market should find a highly enjoyable game. The fact that it can be bought for less than £20 also makes it somewhat of a bargain.
TotalVideoGames (TVG) (Sep 03, 2007)
There is an overriding feeling that the series does really need to move on. Admittedly, the PS2 is never going to be home to revolutionary ideas at this stage, but even at a budget-price you have to ask yourself whether the appeal of the story and returning to Vice City is worth stepping back in time to a game that's the equivalent of a straight-to-DVD release.
NZGamer (Mar 22, 2007)
With the release of Grand Theft Auto IV penciled in for the end of 2007, the goodfellas at Rockstar games have thrown their fans a bone. While there may be a case for cynicism, with Rockstar simply moving the PSP title across to the PlayStation 2, adding nothing and dropping the game's multiplayer functionality, the truth is it still works. It's still as fun, uncouth and smart as all the Grand Theft Auto games before it and, hopefully, the few more yet to come.
AceGamez (2007)
There are some things I don't like about Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories - mainly the graphics, which look absolutely abysmal on my nice sized HDTV - and the multiplayer modes from the PSP version are also missing, meaning that the Vice City Stories PS2 reiteration is actually worse off than its smaller sibling. With that said however, the PS2 version is cheap and cheerful, it's a lot easier to control than the PSP version and for those people who loved Vice City and want an excuse to go back, well, Stories is your reason. With a new soundtrack and a new main character, with plenty of charm to be found in the new story and loads of things to do in the way of missions, side earners and businesses to take over, a budget gamer can't go wrong with Vice City Stories for the PS2.
Boomtown (Apr 24, 2007)
Overall, Vice City Stories, while blatantly an attempt to cash-in on the series as much as possible before the fourth instalment hits, is actually rather good fun, and delivers in the ways a GTA presumably should do. Sure, while being my first experience with the series, it certainly left a lasting impression, and didn't disappoint. It's expansive, fun, challenging and most of the time, plain hilarious. Yet, concurrently, it's also in dire need of a makeover and the combat system could do with a refined dusting. Still, for what its worth, it'll no doubt appease GTA aficionados and/or raving lunatics until the fourth game arrives.
Console Obsession (2007)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is another sequel in the series that has recycled much from the previous games, and depending on whom you may be this is either a very good thing or a very bad thing. Somehow, we're still very much enjoying the series, although perhaps a reinvention is overdue, and we certainly hope to see some of the key gameplay mechanics tidied up in the not so distant future. GTA IV?
Yet Another Review Site (YARS) (Apr 16, 2007)
All in all this is a fantastic game, possible the best in the GTA franchise. The missions are more fleshed out than in Liberty City stories, but not as long winded as San Andreas, just right for portable play. The story is entertaining and atmospheric. The game always looks and feels just right. It is just a good, fun game that keeps you coming back time and time again. Is it good enough to keep us happy until GTA 4? Well it will have to be! It is a shame that the multiplayer has been removed and a new game would have been nicer. It is quite a step away from San Andreas, not as big or as involving, but if you don't have it on the PSP it is well worth it!
Defunct Games (May 04, 2007)
The good news is that people who don't own the PSP will now have a chance to experience a brand new Grand Theft Auto game, even if it is set in a location they are likely already familiar with. While the story isn't nearly as good as the rest of the games in the series and it will likely feel like a step backwards for those who loved San Andreas, Vice City Stories may be able to stamp down your excitement for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV for at least a few hours. At $20 it's hard to pass up, but if you're one of the many that already own the game for the PSP then there's no reason for you to buy this game again. For me I think I'm going to stick with the portable version.
Fragland.net (Apr 05, 2007)
The story is really weak for a GTA, but hey, it's a budget game, what did you expect? Of course, there's the fact that it's just an add-on. The only nice thing in the story are the familiar characters and the psycho idiots who walk around Vice City. It's a shame Vic Vance is such a worthless character. In other news, the game has an allround been there, done that feel. Been there graphics, done that gameplay. Let's just remember it was nice to have been there again and do that again.
Game Informer Magazine (May, 2007)
Right or wrong, I have a different standard for PS2 games than those I play on the PSP. The wide variety of excellent titles available on the PS2 combine better control options and graphical muscle to allow for a gaming experience that is a step above its handheld cousin. For that reason, it's a little hard for me to smile and nod when a game for the PSP receives what amounts to a direct port to the larger home console. While Vice City Stories has all the requisite ingredients to be a smash hit, (the most important of which is the name Grand Theft Auto in the title), the game itself falls below expectations.
Jolt (UK) (Apr 05, 2007)
Vice City fans might have fun with the game for a while, returning to familiar haunts one last time, but ultimately Vice City Stories is a great handheld game through and through, and this PS2 port does little more than emphasise the difference between the formats. There's still nothing like racing past the beaches on a motorbike, synth-pop blasting out from the radio, but enough is enough. GTA IV can't come soon enough.
4Players.de (Mar 12, 2007)
War Vice City Stories auf PSP eine mittelschwere Enttäuschung auf hohem Niveau, muss man bei der PS2-Umsetzung den letzten Teil streichen: Die Technik kratzt mittlerweile hart an der Augenschmerz-Grenze, ein PSP-Game ohne sinnvolle Optimierung auf PS2-Größe aufzublasen ist einfach keine gute Idee. Der Mehrspielermodus wird schmerzlich vermisst, aber am schlimmsten ist, dass sich VCS gerade auf der PS2 verdammt viel, größtenteils hausgemachter Konkurrenz ausgesetzt sieht - und den Kürzeren zieht. Man merkt dem Spiel deutlich an, dass es für den Handheld entwickelt wurde, und da gehört es auch hin. Klar macht das Cruisen durch Vice City auch auf der PS2 viel Spaß, die Figuren sind abgefahren, das Missionsdesign ist kreativ. Doch sollte man sich die Fassung eigentlich nur gönnen, wenn man unbedingt neues GTA-Futter braucht - im Zweifelsfall sollte man lieber zu San Andreas greifen.
Meristation (Mar 07, 2007)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PlayStation 2)Regresar a las calles de Vice City en PlayStation 2, tras su salida original en la plataforma cinco años atrás, era algo que realmente se echaba en falta, no sabemos si por deleitar nuestros oídos con clásicos musicales de los años 80 al subirnos a cualquier vehículo, poder adquirir bienes inmobiliarios para poder aumentar nuestro imperio todo ello a través de gestas delictivas o volver a respirar el aire 'kitsch' que desprende esta ciudad, eso si con nuevos personajes y trama argumental gracias al buen hacer de los chicos de Rockstar Games.
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) (Mar 13, 2007)
A good game will always be a good game, and whilst Vice City Stories may only be a small upgrade from the handheld original, it's a city we were happy to visit again. We recommend you do the same.
Giery.eu (Mar 17, 2007)
Wszystko, co napisałem powyżej, brzmi nieźle – lepsza grafika i całkiem sporo zmian względem oryginalnego Vice City. Do tego świetna ścieżka dźwiękowa i naprawdę mocarny klimat Miami lat '80. Nie należy jednak zapominać, że mamy do czynienia z grą na PS2, a VCS widzieliśmy już kilka miesięcy temu na PSP. To, co zachwycało na przenośnej konsoli, na stacjonarnej nie musi malować się już w tak jaskrawo różowych barwach. Czy więc warto zainteresować się Vice City Stories na PlayStation2? Sytuacja, jaka ma miejsce, jest podobna do tej z Liberty City Stories na PS2. Jeżeli posiadasz i przeszedłeś grę już na PSP, daruj sobie – dostajemy przecież dokładnie to samo, tylko okrojone o tryby multi.
IGN (Mar 06, 2007)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is essentially more of the same, for better or for worse. It's a nice leap over what we saw in Liberty City Stories, but it still feels "safe" by many standards. The story is certainly sub-par and there are problems with close combat while armed with a firearm or when attacked in groups, but it still has all of the elements that makes every Grand Theft Auto game great. It's funny, doesn't take itself seriously, the gameplay mechanics are mostly great fun and the world is a fantastic place to screw around in. Sadly though, while the game stood tall on the PSP, its PlayStation 2 port seems weak in comparison when you look at the other options on the system.
Cheat Code Central (2007)
Ultimately, Vice City Stories is a fun distraction for fans of GTA and a decent game to tide players over until Grand Theft Auto IV. Although the game feels like GTA Lite in many respects, it still is a GTA game, with GTA humor and gameplay infused into it and it's hard to beat the $20 price tag. Just don't pick up Vice City Stories expecting anything new.
Gamer 2.0 (Apr 13, 2007)
When all is said and done Vice City Stories offers a great take on the Grand Theft Auto series and fans will no doubt be impressed by the amount of content. However the lack of multiplayer that was so proudly distributed on the PSP is long gone on the PS2 version and players who already played the previous version will see no reason to pick up this title as well, as it offers nothing new in terms of actual gameplay. But hey, it is only $20 bucks, so there is nothing better to hold you over till GTA IV releases in October if you are in the need for a quick GTA fix than.
GameSpot (Mar 08, 2007)
For those of you who already bought Vice City Stories on the PSP, the PS2 version doesn't offer any additional content (and, in fact, removes content in the form of the PSP game's multiplayer mode), so there's no reason to even consider this release. If you skipped Vice City Stories the first time around, just know that this, much like Liberty City Stories, scratches the same basic itch that the other GTA games do, but not as satisfactorily. The storytelling is some of the weakest of any GTA game, and the game engine isn't nearly as impressive as it once was. Still, for $20, those who just want to experience the gaudy delights of Vice City one more time won't be doing themselves wrong by checking this one out.
Softpedia (Mar 13, 2007)
When will we ever get rid of rotating pickups? GTA seems to be plagued with the art of creating sequels that are rather expansion packs, bringing only new games modes and taking out other features that we loved in the previous installments. It will be hard to make all the gamers happy, but since the name "Grand Theft Auto" sells anytime anyplace, where's the challenge of making a better game? This title is a mediocre one, a little aperitif to the most awaited game of the year: GTA IV.
Eurogamer.de (Mar 07, 2007)
Überragendes wurde dafür wieder bei der Musikauswahl und bei der Atmosphäre geschaffen. Trotz altbackener Grafik wird man vom Spiel förmlich aufgesaugt und erst bei Spielende wieder ausgespuckt. Auch in Sachen Umfang wird der interessierte Spieler nicht enttäuscht und bekommt genug Abwechslung für etliche Stunden geboten. Letztendlich muss also abgewogen werden, aber viel falsch machen können alle geneigten Nicht-PSP-Besitzer beim Budgetpreis von rund 30 Euro eigentlich nicht.
GameDaily (Mar 15, 2007)
It seems that Rockstar Games wanted to give the PS2 one last hurrah, as the GTA franchise moves to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year. With that being said, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories sounds like a small "yay" instead of a big, bellowing cheer.. Fans, however, should dig it.
Gamernode (Mar 13, 2007)
If you're dying for a new GTA game, then VCS is worth picking up for a mere $20. But be aware that this is just more of the same GTA that we've played for years, with nothing much new in the way of gameplay elements.
TotalPlayStation (Mar 20, 2007)
A crap port of a great game is still a crap port. The good game part helps, yes, but when everything about the way the game plays on the PS2 feels like a rush job, it doesn't really instill a feeling of satisfaction -- if if the game is only $20.
GameCell UK (2007)
Still a cracking game and a must play for fans of the series, GTA Vice City Stories shows that in 2007 the PS2 can still hack it (just), but also reveals that GTA IV needs a radical rethink regarding some vital gameplay issues and maybe some more thought regarding the game's overall structure and aims. This much freedom might not be a bad thing, but sometimes a game needs an aim too, and aiming definitely isn't VCS's strong point.
Daily Game (Mar 31, 2007)
Really, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories isn't that awful of a game; in fact, it'll whittle away your time if you can put up with the flaws of this port. There's a lot of gameplay to be had here, as anyone who has played the game on PlayStation Portable already knows. Too bad it just isn't as fun on PlayStation 2.
Gamer Within (Apr 13, 2007)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is, at its heart, a cheap port for making more money. It is fun in the way that all Grand Theft Auto games are fun; the open and free-roaming aspect is still there, and still good. The missions are getting stale, the combat is mostly painful, and this is a tad on the easy side. Compared to all the GTA games out at what should be budget prices, this one is a lemon. It is leagues behind the others in at least some aspects, and the graphics are pretty damn terrible. If you're a first time GTA player, get San Andreas or something like it - they're better. If you're in need of a quick GTA fix, give it a shot, but don't be expecting anything wonderful. It is fun, but it is very flawed.
Jeuxvideo.com (Mar 09, 2007)
La saga GTA continue avec un épisode un tout petit moins prenant que le précédent. Vu le petit prix, on pardonnera facilement les quelques défauts techniques, mais plus difficilement le scénario moins travaillé. Quoi qu'il en soit, avec son gameplay si caractéristique, Vice City Stories devrait satisfaire les nombreux fans de la série.
Computer Bild Spiele (Apr 04, 2007)
So kennt man die GTA-Serie: Eine unterhaltsame, ironische, aber nicht immer ganz stimmige Gangster-Geschichte, die dem Spieler große Freiheiten bei seinen Erkundungszügen durch Vice City lässt. Dabei ist es wieder einmal hervorragend gelungen, die schrille Atmospähre der 80er Jahre einzufangen, wie man sie auch aus TV-Serien wie "Miami Vice" kennt: Coole Klamotten, poppige Mucke aus dem Autoradio und jede Menge lässige Sprüche - in Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln. Leider wird die ansonsten filmreife Atmospähre durch einige technische Schwächen gestört. So kommt das Spielgeschehen in actionreichen Szenen wie Verfolgungsjagden regelmäßig ins Ruckeln und Hochhäuser erscheinen schon mal wie von Geisterhand am gar nicht so weit entfernten Horizont. Einige frische Spielideen hätten dem jünsten GTA-Teil auch ganz gut zu Gesicht gestanden, der sich somit nur ein "befriedigendes" Testurteil sichern kann.
G4 TV: X-Play (Apr 11, 2007)
In the end, however, this is clearly a port in the wrong direction. The PSP visuals that looked great on the small screen now look terrible, and visual glitches and shortcomings flood the screen. The price is right for fans, but this likely isn't the series' PS2 swan song that fans were hoping for.
Bordersdown (Aug, 2007)
As lacklustre as Vice City Stories is, there's no denying that it effectively replicates the core genius of the GTA series in a way no other sandbox action title can. Presumably the last GTA on the PS2, you'll leave it thinking that it was a missed opportunity rather than a poor experience.
Eurogamer.net (UK) (Mar 09, 2007)
Put in context, there's no doubt that Vice City Stories is the weakest in the series to date: Vice City was never the most exciting and varied environment to explore the first time around; simply throwing dozens of uninspired missions at us and an unexciting empire building element into the pot doesn't make up for that. It might be cheap, and it might have more content than Liberty City Stories, and it has gaming audio to die for, but, on balance, Rockstar has milked the flaccid teat of its cash cow to the limit. There are occasional flashes of genius buried under the mountain of samey content in here, but for the most part, Vice City Stories is the kind of release that can only please the shareholders. GTA fans deserve more than this. Luckily, there's not long to wait for a real sequel to banish the memories of this opportunistic filler offering.
Gamer.nl (Mar 27, 2007)
GTA: Vice City Stories is en blijft een spel dat voor de PSP ontwikkeld werd en dat merk je ook tijdens het spelen van de PS2-versie. Grafisch ziet het er allemaal een heel stuk minder uit dan dat we op dit moment gewoon zijn, de gameplay is solide maar vertoont ondertussen wat ouderdomsverschijnselen en het weglaten van een multiplayerfunctie kunnen we Rockstar maar moeilijk vergeven. Ben je echter een diehard GTA-fan én heb je Vice City Stories bovendien nog niet voor je PSP in huis gehaald dan is de aanschaf van deze titel enigszins verdedigbaar.
Gaming Age (May 08, 2007)
If you didn't get a chance to play it on the PSP and haven't had your fill of Miami in the 1980s, Vice City Stories is only $20 and should more than quench your thirst for more GTA. But it's also got all the quirky baggage of the other GTA games � control issues, mediocre graphics and, this time, a story that falls short of the bar set by others in the series. It also doesn't include the multiplayer modes found on the PSP version, but there are helicopters. Life as a drug dealer is full of tradeoffs.
Armchair Empire, The (Jun 26, 2007)
The saving grace of Vice City Stories is that it's only $20US. At that price, it's hard to complain that you're barely getting more than a neutered expansion pack. But just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's really worth revisiting unless you desperately need something to hold you over until GTA4. Just pop in one of the old games – or any one of their numerous clones from the past few years – and it'll probably be more worthwhile.
Gamestyle (2007)
Gamestyle only hopes that Rockstar can return GTA to its former glories when the fourth instalment arrives. The odd moments of joy don't warrant sitting through the rest of the tedium and broken mechanics for. This cash cow has been well and truly milked.


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Tips for Beginning Your Novel or Short Story
Many people have asked me over the years about how to start a novel or short story. These inquiries
range from "How do I start my book?" to "I'm writing a science fiction novel and have a wonderful plot
but I don't like my beginning, what should I do?" to the eternal, "UHHHH???? HELP????"
I compiled a list of suggestions for my friend when he asked me about this, and wanted to share them
here with all of you for future reference. These are simply tips and things to consider, so pick and
choose as you will. Good luck!
**A good beginning and ending are equally important. One will make someone read your story/book
and one will make them remember it. Because of that, most stories have "bookends." Bookends can be
a similar theme, or even a recurring word or phrase. What we learned at the beginning can be echoed
at the end. If you plan to end your story with your hero having to reluctantly shoot a child because it
has been possessed by a murderous spirit (as I did in a short sci-fi story for an anthology), we need to
start off seeing that the hero doesn't want to shoot anyone. Or that he does, whatever. Your ending will
have a bigger impact if the beginning somehow echoes to it.
**A first sentence/scene should be something you can reasonably remember and describe to someone
else, if possible. Think of your favorite opening scenes from books and movies. I bet you can remember
them and explain them pretty easily. "Dude, this guy is in the desert in just his underwear and he's got
dead guys in his meth-lab van!" for instance. It can be a funny memorable ending, a scary memorable
opening, whatever. But it should be something you can explain somewhat easily. Check out these great
book beginnings: Fight Club, Neverwhere
**Sex and violence only mean something to us when we know who is experiencing the sex and violence,
which is why they're not generally a good place to start unless for humorous reasons. Starting a book
with, "Josie slathered Alex's torso in red jam and was licking it from his belly button at approximately the
same moment Alex realized he'd slept with nine women in the last three days and, though it would be
hard to admit to his mates, he was dead sick of it," is humorous, and we already wonder why Alex has
slept with so many women. This rule can be broken in creative ways, though, and in fact, it's a great
one to break. Just don't expect us to feel romantic about someone we haven't met yet if you open on
two people having sex. And don't expect us to feel sorry for a murder victim if we don't know them yet.
**Think in terms of tone and pacing. If you're going to have very little dialogue in your project, you
might not want to start with dialogue. If you're going to have a slow, intense story, you will want to start
off that way. If you're going to have a story full of sarcastic asides, you'll want to start that way. People
want to know that when they start reading Bridget Jones' Diary, it's not going to go all Game of Thrones
halfway through. (Unless the plucky heroine is transported directly to a castle full of swarthy, desperate
heroes who are looking for some action. Robb Stark makes almost anything acceptable+)
+This is my personal opinion, of course, but if you don't agree, I suggest you go look at a picture of
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ISLAMABAD, May 10 (APP): Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal Tuesday said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a national project and no part of the country would be ignored in this gigantic project.
"It is not a project for a single province but a national project and
will be completed in phases from 2014 to 2030 while no province can be ignored in the project," he said while responding to a point of order of Haji Shah Gee Gul Afridi in the National Assembly about no scheme for FATA in $46 billion CPEC project.
The minister said the present government believed in uniform development and not oblivious to the problems of people of FATA.


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Craughwell 10 Mile Results.Written by Edel Kavanagh
The Craughwell 10 Mile is over for another year, 300 people ran this years race on an exciting new route, weather conditions were tough, rain and wind throughout!
This year we are pleased to say local woman from Loughrea Laura Shaughnessy won in a time of 57.59. John Whiriskey from South Galway AC was 1st male home in a time of 58.52 while Craughwell AC Tom Prendergast was 4th home overall in a time of 59.08.
A great day for Craughwell senior club,we would like to thank the many people that made this event such a success.
Revive Active, Mary Porter PA, the use of the community hall, Motorcyclists Alan Porter, Marshall's, Jody's for coffee cups, Super Value Ballyragget, GAA, Aldi for the fruit, Clada minerals for water, RSA for high viz, Super Value Loughrea, all the bakers and helpers. We couldn't have done it without you.
The results are here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/Craughwell10_2017.pdf
See you all next year!


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Pupil numbers a Newtown Campus mean that all individuals are well known and well supported. We are acutely aware that despite being a close knit school community it's the individuals within it that matter and will drive the difference. Each pupil has their own skill set and as such can be positively supported with regard to their unique ability and preferred learning style.
Pupils enjoy a friendly and productive learning environment; peer support is a strong feature both within and across all year groups.
'Focus School Newtown Campus is a good school, where all pupils make at least good progress in their learning and achieve good standards in their work.'
'Pupils display good self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence. They are aware of the need to take responsibility of their own behaviour and behave very well in class and around the school. They also showed respect for and interest in other cultures.'
'Pupils are well cared for, like and trust their teachers, have someone they can go to if they have a problem and feel safe in the school.'
School Inspection Service 2014
As a school we have a priority to listen to the voices of our pupils. An active School Council, led by our Head Prefects, comprises representatives from each year group, meeting regularly to discuss and recommend action to improve the school. Our Junior and Senior School Council's work collaboratively where they can.


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Construction is under way on a tunnel that's expected to provide a safer way for Marin County drivers to get into San Francisco from the Golden Gate Bridge.
The $116 million Battery Tunnel began construction Wednesday along with an elevated 1,340-foot-long viaduct to take drivers into city.
One tunnel is slated to open on Labor Day 2011 with five lanes that will handle both northbound and southbound traffic, until a second tunnel is built.
The current route between the bridge and downtown San Francisco, Doyle Drive, has been found to be seismically unsafe. The 1.5-mile southern approach to bridge was built in 1936.
The state Department of Transportation has since spent $35 million to strengthen Doyle Drive. But bridge officials say it still could be vulnerable in a large earthquake.


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Just published: Biosphere Reserves of Chile — Laboratory for Sustainability
The book Reservas de la Biosfera de Chile — Laboratorios para la Sustentabilidad (Biosphere Reserves of Chile — Laboratory for Sustainability) is the result of three years of joint work between Chilean scientists from the Institute of Geography at the Catholic University of Chile and Austrian scientists from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. This close collaboration allowed the scientists to gather information about biosphere reserves in both countries and learn from each other's experiences.
The concept of this book was inspired by a white paper on Austrian biosphere reserves, Leben in Vielfalt (Life in Diversity), which included the participation of notable European scientists and protected area managers. This publication on Chilean biosphere reserve aims not only to stimulate research and improve the management of biosphere reserves, but also to motivate interest among the Chilean population about the uniqueness of the ecosystems and human livelihoods in biosphere reserves. The book presents each of the biosphere reserves in Chile through informational texts and images, providing descriptions of their natural and cultural heritage.
The book is dedicated to Pedro Araya Rosas, who held the position of National Focal Point in Chile for UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme, as Head of the Department of Zoning and Planning in the Management of Protected Areas Corporation (CONAF), and who was a tireless promoter of the biosphere reserve concept in Chile.


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10 Steps of Sales Compensation Planning
Guest Article by Bob Malandruccolo
The first step is defining the Sales Compensation Philosophy. It is developed by the Steering Committee and the philosophy guides the Design Team during the design process.
Step 2 is determining which Eligible Roles are included for sales compensation treatment.
Step 3 is selecting the Total Target Pay Level for each sales role. This represents the mid-point pay level for target performance.
Step 4 is determining what the Pay Mix should be for each sales role. Pay mix is the ratio between base salary and incentive pay at target performance.
Step 5 is choosing the amount of Upside of incentive pay for high performers.
Step 6 is selecting Weights & Measures that are linked to incentives for the plan.
Step 7 is determining whether the plan should be based on Commission or Bonus or both.
Step 8 is defining the Structure Details of the plan including threshold and excellence levels and the payout curve.
Step 9 is choosing the Frequency of Payouts for each measure.
And finally, Step 10 is determining the Administrative Details included in the plan.
In my opinion, what is the #1 overlooked step in sales compensation design? My experience shows that Step #1 is often overlooked. Some Steering Committees cannot decide on the philosophy and ask the Design Team to figure it out. Another issue is starting at steps 6 and 7. A recent client asked me to sit in on a Design Team session. The Design Team had already completed Role Design, so they were ready for sales compensation design. My role during the Design Team session was to observe until they would ask me for assistance. Well, the Design Team started with measures and thresholds and payout curves. The members had different opinions, but they could not agree on anything. After 90 minutes, they finally asked me to break the ties. So I asked the Design Team to articulate the sales compensation philosophy. There was silence. Finally, someone said that there is no philosophy. I knew the executive sponsor of the project was the CEO, so I asked if we could get the CEO to come into the room and describe his philosophy. Fortunately, he was available, and he was able to articulate it.
Bob Malandruccolo is the founder and principal owner of Sales Force Effectiveness Consulting. With over twenty-five years of practical business, management and consulting experience in sales and marketing, Bob has worked with a broad range of clients from Fortune 100 corporations to small, closely-held firms with special emphasis on sales and marketing process implementation. He has worked closely with his clients through hundreds of successful engagements and implementations across multiple industries (manufacturing, engineering, distribution, software, healthcare insurance, medical products, healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, retail, information handling, media).Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bob_Malandruccolo


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Situated at the foot of the hill and mere steps away from the Theatre Workshop, Le bon Bock proudly proclaims itself to be the oldest restaurant in Montmartre. And indeed, it's possible to imagine that very little has changed since its 1879 construction, as everything from the chandeliers to gas lamps and wooden beams resonates with a feeling of authenticity. Le bon Boc's cuisine is as traditional as its decor, revisiting classic French dishes presented in an unpretentious, time-honoured manner. Through both its cuisine and general ambience, this unique restaurant offers a look back at the days when Montmartre was synonymous with bohemian, artsy types – indeed, one can just picture Toulouse Lautrec enjoying some absinthe in one of its cosy corners.


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Security tightened up with a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service after its servers ended up leveraged to host and distribute remote access Trojans (RATs), researchers said.
Discord, the free VoIP service, is popular mainly among gaming communities, because it is simple and multiplatform. The service allows users to quickly create groups so gamers can communicate over VoIP — chat and voice — during a game.
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Researchers created servers there, and some users created groups where knowledge ended up shared and exchanged.
Discord attracted hackers who set up servers and invited people to join. Some attackers created servers used as a black market for the distribution of malware or stolen data, Symantec researchers said in a blog post.
The service's chat feature allows users to post messages and links, as well as to embed pictures and videos, and even upload attachments. Some gamers use the chat channels as documentation boards, since the chat app allows members to upload most types of files.
Attackers use the feature to create servers and post or upload malicious attachments to the chat, and then use it as a download site in second-stage attacks. Other actors can also post malware to a server they were invited to, researchers said.
According to Symantec, most of the malicious samples they discovered on the service include RATs such as NanoCore (Trojan.Nancrat), njRAT (Backdoor.Ratenjay), and SpyRat (W32.Spyrat), yet infostealers, Trojan Horse malware samples, and downloaders were also found being hosted on Discord. The security researchers believe the malware might have been used in drive-by downloads or social-engineering campaigns.
NanoCore, a RAT around since 2013, emerged as the most prevalent malware hosted on Discord's chat servers. Several variations of this malware have been observed early last year, and the RAT's activity has been continued constantly since then, focusing mainly on the United States, Japan, and Germany.
"The attackers behind the RATs and other malware may have distributed their threats on the service to steal sensitive information related to online gaming (credentials, items, in-game currency, and contacts) directly from the victim's computer," said Symantec's Lionel Payet in a blog post. This data can be valuable to attackers just as much as other personally identifiable information (PII), such as users' bank account details, web service credentials, contact numbers, IP addresses, and biometric information. These could all be harvested by data thieves in the process.
Discord's security team removed the malicious files from the servers' chat channels. Moreover, the service added a new virus scan feature that runs on its backend servers whenever an executable or archive file is uploaded.
To stay protected when using Discord, users should avoid downloading or running programs from people they don't know, to use the service's permission control features to regulate the server's users, and restrict users' permissions to curb abuse on the service, or grant individual permissions for better control.
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Janowiak, who is a lively, spirited 85 years old, stated that of all her work, the block
quilt piece on display at Sunrise is her favorite. It is titled "Dolores's Baby" and was installed in the reception area in October with a small ceremony in her honor.
She explained that it is called a block quilt because it is a form of quilting in which the different blocks are purchased monthly over a year's time, and the quilt took her two years to complete.
Quilting is only one of her numerous artistic skills. She has also designed and made beautiful stained glass pieces, created jewelry and made life-sized whimsical dolls, such as Raggedy Ann and Andy, ballet dancers and baby dolls. She knitted and crocheted exquisite pieces such as three-dimensional wall hangings, beautifully beaded purses and bed throws.
Not only has she created and designed hundreds of pieces in each category through the years, she has also taught classes in quilting, knitting and crocheting.
Raised as an only child, Janowiak said that at the age of 8 she realized that she was the happiest when she was making something.
"It was like an uncontrollable urge to be making something. I was sewing my own clothes in high school." Laughing, she said, "My family affectionately called it 'manic' and I think two of my granddaughters may have inherited the 'manic' gene in the family."
Married in 1951 at the age of 20, she decided she wanted to make aprons for her entire family and her new extended family, but there was one problem. She didn't have a sewing machine. She would go to her girlfriend's house and use her machine until her new husband finally bought her a Necchi machine, described as one of the most beautiful sewing machines designed in the 1950's.
― four girls and one boy ― and sewed all their clothes.
"It was a three-day process for each outfit. It was an assembly line, cutting the pattern, sewing it together, adding the finishing touches, etc. It kept me busy, but it was fun. I continued until my girls stopped wearing dresses in high school," she said.
"We found a stained glass class, and that was the beginning of my stained glass phase. I learned to make lamps and also did small and large pieces. I created the design and then made the pieces. My designs were always different. I learned the entire process of cutting the patterns, doing the leading and fitting it all together. "
Then, at the age of 50, two events changed Janowiak's life. She found the Quilter's Plus Club through a newspaper ad. At that time, it was meeting at the Flossmoor Village Hall.
At the same time, she decided to go to college at Prairie State College (PSC).
Ultimately, she graduated from PSC, went on to Governors State University (GSU), graduating with a degree in liberal arts and a minor in psychology.
"I did it one class at a time. It took me 14 years, but I made it," she said.
While she was attending college, her love of quilting blossomed, and she eventually became president of the quilter's club.
Her quilting specialty eventually boiled down to the appliqué procedure.
"It is very similar to stained glass designing as you are fitting pieces together," she said.
In what Janowiak called her "heyday," her beautiful quilts were on display at the Flossmoor Library. And about eight years ago, her daughters rented space at GSU during a fine arts exhibit where many of her pieces were on display. She also has had exhibits of her work featured at the Tall Grass Art Gallery in Park Forest.
"It was a unique experience. It took several women from our quilting club to complete it," she said.
"It is also my hope to be able to mentor people who want to get started on a project and just don't know where to start. I can help them with the first step in a thousand mile journey," she said.
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Bradley: I was playing football once, and it was just after we'd finished season one, and this guy, this defender, crunched me just… you know, tackled me quite ferociously. And it took me a while to get off the ground, and as I did he went "Where's Merlin now?" And I thought, this is where it begins.
Bradley about Colin: So I think when we kinda first met we were sort of, from completely different backgrounds didn't know about each other like "okay what's this guy about" and then I feel as though there's been a bit of a bond.
Bradley: You might have to ask him for his side of it, of the story. I'd say we get on really well. I enjoy having him around. He makes me laugh, from time to time, so that's always good to have around on set.
Bradley: "I find inspiration with Colin. We have a lot of fun working together. I've been very fortunate that we've had such a great working relationship that it's translated onto the screen. Because he's been a big part of the show, we've had to work together so much. We've had a lot of scenes to do, and it's made them enjoyable, so inspiration comes from hanging out together 'cause we have a laugh."
Bradley when he met Colin for the first time: When I first met Colin I… I couldn't understand what he was saying. It was purely because I wasn't used to his accent and, and also he's got this very… you wouldn't think when you look at him, this very dark sense of humor you don't know about it.
Bradley: "Um. Myself and Colin have spent a lot of time together the last 2 years. And yesterday, uh, Colin was practically asleep, we got into London at like 7 – i dunno, something stupid – in the morning, and we were talking to somebody and I said a joke, and the person I was talking to didn't laugh, but Colin woke up and went hahahaha. And, it's just-it's just kind of, and I, you know, I find myself knowing – I don't know, just picking on this strange wavelength that we've created, between the pair of us, and not being able to step away until, after, I go oh my god, we're a pair of weirdos."
Bradley James: It is a lot of fun to work with Colin, he is a pretty special guy
Bradley: As an actor, when you go for auditions, there are certain roles that come along and you think, I really want that one, and Prince Arthur was definitely one of those. I remember the last audition I did was this workshop where they had lots of Arthurs there, and me looking at each one thinking they weren't right for the part, because they weren't me!
Bradley James: I just started on Twitter because someone was pretending to be me, which was really annoying. The worst thing about it was that during the [football] World Cup, they predicted that Uruguay were going to win, which was ridiculous! I was like: Right, that's it, I'm getting on Twitter. Having people think that my football judgement was so poor was offensive and so I had to put the record straight. I'm now @bradleyjames on Twitter. We'll see how long that lasts before the vast amount of crazy messages I receive scares me away.
Bradley James: (About performing on stage) The idea of the audience and the cast sort of giving that energy back and forth makes it a very interactive experience because you can't really do that when you're watching something on screen because the performance's already been given, the energy levels have been set and it won't alter with regards to how the audience feels about it. When you're here, the atmosphere that theatre creates is all around you it's just something… magical.
Bradley James: (About his mother) My mum plays her cards very close to her chest, but she hasn't been able to do that very well with this show. Every time I get home, she'll go: 'Do you have the next episode for me yet?' So I guess there are a few signs of pride there.
Bradley James: (About his role of Arthur in Merlin) Generic nice guys bore me to tears! I don't see why anybody would want to see just people being nice. Arthur has so many flaws that he has to go through a series of lessons to become the man that we know he's going to become. It's still a learning game for Arthur at the moment, before he becomes the man of legend. I love the fact that audiences are about to go on that journey with me.
Bradley James: (about Arthur and Merlin's relationship) They fall out straight away when Merlin doesn't take too kindly to the way Arthur is treating a servant. Arthur tends to use brute force and ignorance to get what he wants. His privileged upbringing has an effect on his personality. When you grow up with people deferring to you it has an impact on the way you behave. But Merlin is a catalyst for a change in his behaviour. He sees in Merlin a lot more than he judges at first and it helps him realise the kind of man he could become.
Bradley James: (about Merlin's approach on the role of Arthur) No one is going to like him to begin with. It's a long journey for him to make to become the Arthur that is so familiar to us. Arthur's troubled past has made him a proud and emotionally repressed young man. He is a teenager encroaching on adulthood. He's grown up without a mother and he's never had an outlet for his emotions so he is keeping a lot within himself. He will be King one day. So he would not dare allow his friends to see a weaker side. He's expected to be a pillar of strength. There's a stubbornness that comes with that and as a result he is not able to sympathise with other people.
Bradley James: (about working with Anthony Head) I saw him and my jaw dropped and I said something like, 'what the hell is he doing here?' And they said, 'oh, he's playing your father,' and at that point I was just like, wow. That is pretty ridiculous. And I went over to him and said, 'if I mess up a lot of the words I'm supposed to say in the first few conversations, I'm a Buffy fan. But keep that quiet. (Laughs) So yeah, I was quite pleased to see him there on the first day. And it's been terrific working with him.
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Max Kozloff: New York Over the Top
Exhibition: September 12th – October 11th
Opening Reception and Book Signing: September 12th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Steven Kasher Gallery is thrilled to present Max Kozloff: New York Over the Top, a collection of 20 color prints drawn from over 35 years of Kozloff's New York photography. This show launches Kozloff's first photographic monograph, New York Over the Top, introduction by Marvin Heiferman (Contrasto, 2013), and coincides with the Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition Max Kozloff: Critic and Photographer, running October 5th through January 5th. Max Kozloff is a street photographer, alert to the extravagance and sorrows of life in the Big Apple, which he visualizes with idiosyncratic color.
Kozloff photographs his fellow citizens with an urban eye. He does not see them as legendary creatures, but he often makes them out to be fabulous presences, glimpsed at carnivals and festivals. He is especially enchanted with that he has called "the music of faces", a spectrum of moods at variance with the consumerism or ethnicity of circumstance. Statues, effigies, or teddy bears seem to offer internal witness to what he calls New York Over the Top.
As Marvin Heiferman writes in the introduction to the book, "Repetitive forms appear and sweep across these pictures in waves: decorative patterns created by fences and barriers; the syncopated angles of the elbows and knees of those who walk by, crowd together, or stand in place; the stripes on a pair of pants. 'Color for me,' Kozloff has explained, 'is a form of tenderness.' And so, paradoxically, while high-key chromatics spark much of this work, it is an unexpected gentleness that clings to and distinguishes these sneaky complex photographs."
Max Kozloff continues to be a prominent New York writer on photography after his tenure as Executive Editor of Artforum concluded in the 1970s. He has published three volumes of his collected essays on the medium, as well as New York: Capital of Photography and more recently, The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900. Simultaneously, and with equal zeal, he has developed a career as a practitioner of color negative street photography. Opening in October, the Art Institute of Chicago is recognizing his achievement with a retrospective that acknowledges the scope of his imagery as well as the provocations of his writing.
Max Kozloff: New York Over the Top will be on view September 12th through October 19th, 2013. Steven Kasher Gallery is located at 521 W. 23rd St., New York, NY 10011. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 AM to 6 PM.
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6 Reasons to Get Stoked for Your DTS Outreach
After three months of lecture phase, where you are learning about God's character and deepening in relationship with him, you take the plunge of going abroad for two and a half months of outreach! This is a phase where you will get to apply all that you learned, serve others, and watch lives be transformed in another culture.
So here are some of our favorite parts of outreach!
Long travel days
Just getting to your outreach location can be an adventure, you can go from plane to metro to taxi in one day! It is a great way to begin bonding and getting to know each other as an outreach team in the first 24 hours together. Travel days are amazing times to experience different forms of transportation; navigating the metro system in Greece, hailing down a tuk tuk in Thailand or winding through the streets in the back of a truck bed in Cambodia!
Learning to be flexible and spontaneous
On outreach the schedule changes… often! It's a great time to learn to be flexible with your time, energy, expectations, and choose joy in it all! You are given the opportunity to preach on the spot, go to evening events following a full day of ministry, and experience God opening new doors each day. Always be ready to try something new and fun to make it your personal DTS outreach.
Build lifelong friendships
Deep bonds form with your leaders, teammates, and those you are serving. As experiencing new situations together, a special depth and unity forms amongst you as a team. You are the only ones that will be able to understand what you have seen and heard. These individuals will forever remain in your heart!
Get God's heart and passion for those you come in contact with
On outreach, you are able to experience new cultures and gain a fresh appreciation for the diversity of this world. You are able to travel and partner with God while doing so. For many students this is the first time going abroad while doing missions! The lives you're reaching out to are being transformed and your life is as well. The lessons learned, lifestyles witnessed, and cultures experienced are things that will impact your thinking and living in powerful ways.
Share the gospel with anyone and everyone!
On outreach, you get to practice and walk out sharing the gospel with every individual and group you come across. It's a time where you get to take a leap of faith and be bold in sharing who God is. There are awkward, goofy, fun, and awesome God moments! You are able to begin forming habits of how you want life to look following outreach.


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Can mangroves survive our rising sea levels?
I've been reading a lot about mangroves recently. Having lent my support to a crowdfunding effort to replant mangroves in Madagascar, I've learned more and more about these unique forests and their ability sequester carbon and protect in-land communities from storm surges and sea level rise.
But what if the mangroves themselves fall victim to sea level rise?
A new study in the journal Nature suggests that's exactly what may happen in many parts of the Indo-Pacific region as land is lost to rising seas, and as the natural sediment flows that would normally replenish mangrove swamps and help them to keep up with sea level rise are disrupted by forest clearance and disturbance, and by inland damming. In fact, says the team of researchers led by University of Queensland ecologist Catherine Lovelock, 69% of the sites they studied showed insufficient soil sediment build up to keep up with current levels of sea level rise, and some of the sites with the lowest sediment build up and tidal range—in particular the Chao Phraya River delta in Thailand and the Mekong delta in Vietnam—could be inundated as early as 2070.Ultimately, says Lovelock and two of her co-authors Neil Saintilan and Kerrylee Rogers in an article over at The Conversation, preventing mangrove loss requires restoring natural sediment flows and, where necessary, allowing for a planned shoreline retreat that gives mangroves the ability to adapt:
Appreciation of the financial contribution of mangroves has been slowing the trend of decline. However, long-term survival will require planning that includes both the continued provision of sediment supply, and in many cases the provision of retreat pathways, to allow mangroves to respond to sea level in ways they always have.
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By Matylda Zamudio
Pittsburgh, Pa. -- The Penn State Beaver's women's soccer team fell 0-1 against Point Park.
For this week's matchup, the Lady Lions of Penn State Beaver headed to Pittsburgh this evening to face Point Park for their second game of the season. The Lady Lions lost on the road this past Saturday and are now 0-1 overall, looking to gain their first win of the season.
Despite the defeat, the Lady Lions kept the game a nail-biter, matching their opponent's intensity and aggression throughout the game and was their best effort to date. Senior Brittany Zahn, who played goalie, had a commendable performance with at least 15 saves; stats will be uploaded shortly.
The women's soccer team now stand at 0-2 overall and will travel to face West Liberty Thursday, Sept. 13. Kickoff is set at 6:00 p.m.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Matt Goebel's dramatic three-set win lifted visiting Whitworth to a 5-4 victory over Lewis & Clark in the Northwest Conference men's tennis opener for both school's on Friday night at the LC Tennis Dome.
The Pirates improved to 1-4 overall while the Pioneers dropped to 0-2.
Whitworth took two of three doubles matches. Cameron Williams and Drew Brigham ran to an 8-3 win over Kevin Ross and Daniel Hahm at #1 doubles. Goebel and John Talbot defeated Cole Pfeiffer and Ryotaro Tokura 8-5 at #3 doubles. Chris Engelman and Blake Miller fell 9-7 in a hard-fought match at #2 doubles.
Whitworth got a quick singles point from Brigham, who defeated Carter Taylor-Gee 6-0, 6-2 at #2, but L&C answered back with a point at #1 where Ross swept Williams 6-2, 6-1.
Talbot beat Pfeiffer 6-3, 6-3 at #5 singles, but the Pioneers tied the match 4-4 with close victories at #3 and #4 singles.
Geobel won the opening set 6-2 before Tokura took the second set 6-4. Goebel used a big serve in the final set to close out the match and the team victory 6-4.
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