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Thai Cave Rescue: 'We are not heroes, we just used a unique skill set'
One of the divers who helped to save 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand played down his heroics as he returned to Britain.
Rick Stanton denied he was a hero and said he was using a "very unique skill set" to "give something back to the community".
Mr Stanton and several other British divers had joined the rescue mission after the football team became trapped in an underground network in Chiang Rai province following monsoon rains.
The retired fireman, from Coventry, and his colleague, John Volanthen, from Bristol, were the first divers to reach the stranded group in the Luang Nang Non Cave.
They then launched a mission to rescue the boys and their 25-year-old coach, which concluded on Tuesday after an 18-day ordeal.
The operation claimed the life of Thai navy diver Saman Kunan, who died while replenishing oxygen canisters.
The rescue was particularly treacherous because the boys, aged 11 to 16, had to swim through tight spaces despite having no previous diving experience.
Speaking on his return to the UK, Mr Stanton said: "Are we heroes? No, we were just using a very unique skill set, which we normally use for our own interests and sometimes we are able to use that and give something back to the community.
"This was completely uncharted, unprecedented territory and nothing like this has been done. So, of course there were doubts.
"I knew that we had a good team, with good support from the Thai authorities, the caving community and rescue organisations, so we had the best we could do to make a plan work."
Mr Stanton described his relief as he and Mr Volanthen discovered that the boys were still alive - nine days after they went missing deep within the labyrinth.
"Initially, of course, excitement, relief that they were still alive. As they were coming down the slope, we were counting them until we got to 13 ... unbelievable," he said.
"We gave them a little bit of extra light, they still had light, they looked in good health.
"Then, of course, when we departed, all we could think about was how we were going to get them out.
"So there was relief, tempered with uncertainty."
Mr Stanton would not describe how his team rescued the children, saying it was "too detailed for this point in time".
"The most important thing to have was a full face mask which had been applied inside with positive pressure to enable them to breathe and to be relaxed enough so not to feel any anxiety during the process," he said.
"There was a lot of chaos but we were so task-orientated, focused, and we blanked that out and carried on with the job in hand, step by step, until we achieved success."
During a press conference at Heathrow Airport, Mr Stanton declined to answer any medical questions but said: "They were carefully handled.
"There is a lot of responsibility, that is all I am prepared to say ... There is a lot of responsibility that an experienced diver could handle."
As well as Mr Stanton, fellow divers Chris Jewell and Connor Roe, both from Somerset; Josh Bratchley, from Devon; Jim Warny, from Co Clare, Ireland; Mike Clayton, from Yorkshire; and Gary Mitchell, from Wales, returned to the UK on Friday.
Mr Jewell said: "Our role was to help transport the boys under water through the cave to bring them out.
"The diving conditions were extremely challenging, there was poor visibility and responsibility for another human being's life.
"It was a successful outcome and we played a part in an international effort."
Mr Jewell said it was very hard to judge how close it came to being a very different outcome.
"The Thai authorities took a lot of steps to divert rivers on the mountain top which we believe bought us as lot of time to get this outcome," he said.
As he left the press conference, Mr Stanton was asked if he would see the boys again.
He replied: "I will see them sometime in the future. It will be good to get closure."
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SOCHI, Russia -- Joss Christensen wanted to make his father proud of him.
Those were among the last words he said last year to his dying father, James Dale "JD" Christensen, who was fighting a congenital heart condition. And those were among the words coming from Joss Christensen not long after he stunned the men's slopestyle skiing field to win an Olympic gold medal on Thursday.
Despite his failing health, the father encouraged his son to push forward with his plans to compete in a World Cup event in New Zealand. Debbie Christensen, Joss' mother, remembered what Joss said to JD in the hospital before he left on his trip in August.
"Dad, I'm doing this for you. I want you to be proud of me,' " Debbie said.
Mother and son shared an emotional embrace near the mixed zone in the bustle of gold-medal celebration at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. In fact, the United States swept the podium as Gus Kenworthy took silver and the favorite, Nicholas Goepper got the bronze.
JD once lived in Newport Beach and graduated from Orange Coast College before moving to Park City, Utah, and starting his own painting company. Debbie said he had been suffering from the heart condition and fought it, long and hard. He passed away, at age 67, when Joss was on his way to the contest in New Zealand.
"I hope I made my father proud," Joss said. "He's been supporting me since Day One through all the injuries I've had, which I know scare parents a lot. He's always supported me and never said stop. I wish he was here and I hope he's looking down and smiling.
"I did it for him."
Said Debbie: "I think he was thinking of his father the whole time."
Mother and son were thankful she was able to witness his gold-medal performance. Chirstensen was the very last member of the slopestyle freestyle skiing team, added in late January. Trying to find reasonable flights to Russia and a hotel rooms in Sochi at the last minute was difficult for many families, but Debbie happens to be a travel agent.
"She actually didn't think she was going to come until a little under a week ago," Joss said. "She called me and she said a few of her friends helped get her a plane ticket out here and a hotel room opened up just down the way.
"It meant so much. My parents love watching me ski. They've been my biggest supporters. ... I'm glad she was able to make it. I would have been sad if this happened and she wasn't here."
JD, who had been avid sportsman in his own right, wanted his son to keep skiing and competing.
"It was just a really hard summer with ups and downs with my dad's health," Joss said. "He wasn't doing too well. I knew he wanted me to keep skiing, wanted to come into this year strong.
"Luckily I was with a bunch of close friends to help keep me company and give me support. My mom was able to get me a flight out (of New Zealand) almost instantly. I just dropped everything and went straight home. It was a really hard flight."
The afternoon at Rosa Khutor had a unreal feel for mother and son and the U.S. contingent. This was the third time the U.S. swept the podium at the Winter Games, according to the USOC. The other times: men's figure skating in 1956 at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics and men's snowboard halfpipe in 2002 at Salt Lake City.
"I can't quite believe it yet," Debbie said. "I was nervous. I couldn't breathe."
Kenworthy has known Joss since they were about 12 years old in Park City, jumping the trampoline and the hitting water ramps together. They were friends right away and pushed each other at each level.
"Joss Christensen is such an incredible guy, not even as just a skier but more so as a person," Kenworthy said. "He's awesome. His dad passed away and I know that was really hard for him. ...
"He's just skied beautifully this year. It's so awesome. I'm happy I got to watch him today, seeing him put down both of his runs. I think he definitely deserved the gold and I couldn't be prouder."
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Heineken Cup holders Leinster had the perfect warm-up for next week's quarter-final when they defeated Munster 18-9 in a Pro 12 derby at Thomond Park last night.
But even as they close in on a thrilling end to their season, Leinster are already planning ahead and will replace one Kiwi prop with another for next season, though the new model will come equipped with an Irish passport.
Michael Bent, currently with the Hurricanes Super 15 squad who lost at home to the Cheetahs yesterday, will arrive in Dublin over the summer to replace Nathan White, who is headed for Connacht at the end of the season.
Bent's arrival will give Leinster at least three senior and Ireland-qualified players to select from at tighthead: Mike Ross, Jamie Hagan, and Bent, who can play both sides of the scrum, as well as Tadhg Furlong who is coming through from the Ireland under 20 side, and Jack O'Connell who is in the Academy.
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Inheritance and succession are two important themes of this week's Torah portion.
As Moses prepares to divide the Land between the different tribes and families of Israel he is petitioned by the daughters of Zelophehad to embrace a more egalitarian model of inheritance law. Their father has died and left behind no male heirs and, not wanting their "father's name to be lost," plea for "a hereditary holding among their father's kinsmen". At this time it was common for property to be transferred exclusively from father to son which makes the introduction of this new law, uttered by God no less, all the more special. Inheritance relates to more than just property though and can also be the passing on of characteristics, values and pride from one generation to the next.
Just a couple of paragraphs later we learn that Joshua, son of Nun, is to succeed Moses as leader of the Jewish people as they journey into the Land of Israel. At this point in the narrative it is difficult not to feel a little sad for Moses – a man who has lived in servitude of God and dedicated his entire being to helping the Jewish people grow and flourish – and now whose time as leader begins to come to an end. However, we celebrate the appointment of Joshua and the knowledge that the Israelites will continue to develop and prosper to even greater heights under his guidance. Like inheritance, succession is about the coming or passing of one person or thing to another. Perhaps this is why they are mentioned so closely together in our Torah portion.
Inheritance and succession can bring about mixed emotions; Sadness that someone or something great has come to an end but also joy for the great moments passed and enjoyed together and the exciting potential that the future holds.
As my time as Head of Education at Alyth comes to an end I am thankful for the great experiences we have shared together and all that I have learnt during my time here and know that this community will continue to go from strength to strength. I look forward to continuing my relationship with the Alyth and my wife, Robin and my daughter, Aviva, join me in wishing you and your family L'CHAYIM TOVIM U'L'SHALOM -"a good life and peace!"
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For by the grace given to me I ask every one of you not to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you. For we have many parts in one body, but these parts do not all have the same function. In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in the Messiah and individual parts connected to each other. We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith. If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others. If it is encouraging, devote yourself to encouraging others. If it is sharing, share generously. If it is leading, lead enthusiastically. If it is helping, help cheerfully.
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Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 28th, Apr. 2015 Under News
If you've been keeping track of Valve Software's new Steam Workshop changes and the introduction of paid mods for video games, you'll no doubt be familiar with how quickly the whole plan unravelled. The Steam community started petitions and was up in a general uproar over the feature while some developers like Tripwire Interactive specifically stated in its EULA terms for Killing Floor 2 that all mods would have to be free.
Bethesda Softworks, one of the first developers to sign up for the new paid mods system with Skyrim and which released a lengthy blog post discussing the decision, has now confirmed that paid mods are going away. In an update on its blog, Bethesda said that, "After discussion with Valve, and listening to our community, paid mods are being removed from Steam Workshop. Even though we had the best intentions, the feedback has been clear – this is not a feature you want. Your support means everything to us, and we hear you."
The developer was aware that its methods weren't perfect but it wanted to see how it would ultimately work out. Rejection from the community is obviously enough of a deciding factor in that case.
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Perhaps the most controversial, most hated, and most essential truth of Christianity is where salvation is found- Solus Christus, it is found in Christ alone. This doctrine flies in the face of humanism that says we don't need a savior, it horrifically contradicts evolutionary or supremacist thinking that says some are just born better than others and it blasphemes man made religions that preach salvation is a result of hard work.
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
My last blog dealt with the foundation of what we, as Christians, must agree on- Sola Scriptura. We established that the Bible is our only sufficient and infallible source of truth. When we unify on the source of truth the rest falls into place. Last time we addressed that the Bible gives us full knowledge of salvation, where is it then that salvation is found? Solus Christus, in Christ alone.
"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:12
"Salvation" is an interesting and loaded topic, why do we need to be saved? What do we need to be saved from? These are fundamental questions every Christian should be able to answer. The reality is that we are prone to think we're good, but we think that because we compare ourselves to other fallen sinners rather than God's standard of good.
"Since nothing appears within us or around us that is not tainted with very great impurity, so long as we keep our mind within the confines of human pollution, anything which is in some small degree less defiled delights us as if it were most pure just as an eye, to which nothing but black had been previously presented, deems an object of a whitish, or even of a brownish hue, to be perfectly white." – John Calvin.
Since Adam, we are born sinners and our proclivity is towards sin rather than God- the Westminster Confession of Faith defines sin as "Any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God." Culturally, we tend to think of sin on a personal level rather than on a divine level- meaning we (even unbelievers) have an easy time understanding that murder is sin because it hurts someone. What we fail to see however is that God is holy, and all sin is primarily against Him. God created us to bear his image to all of creation so when we murder we are effectively saying "God murders", when we commit adultery we are saying "God is unfaithful" and so on. Every act of sin is a lie about God and rebellion and treason against the ruler of the universe. That ruler is just, and every crime we commit against him is justly punishable by death and God's holy wrath.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3:23
We deserve hell for our sins. God's justice demands sin be paid for. Do we need to be saved from sin? Yes. Do we need to be saved from Satan? Yes. Do we need to be saved from ourselves? Yes. But most truly and most ultimately what we need to be saved from is the just wrath of God. Fortunately for a sinner like me, this is where the bad news ends.
For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8
In his goodness and grace, Jesus, the second person of the trinity, put on human flesh, lived a sinless life and absorbed the full wrath of God on behalf of those who believe. Martin Luther called this "the great exchange"- when we believe in Christ, his sinless life is credited to us and in exchange, our sin is placed or expiated onto him.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21
Our sin was expiated onto Jesus, and then propitiated by Jesus- meaning God's wrath towards the believer was satisfied or emptied out onto Jesus so that no more wrath remains for we who are in Christ, our sin debt has been paid in full.
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17
This is the essence of the Gospel and this is why Jesus is the only savior- our options are justice or grace. Either we pay the debt our sins incur or Jesus pays our debt, either we face the wrath of God we have earned or Jesus settles that wrath on our behalf. Buddha didn't face the wrath of God on your behalf, Muhammad didn't pay for your sins, Oprah didn't die for you, only Jesus did. Repent, turn from your sins, and put your faith in the finished work of Christ alone.
On this we must agree, we who are saved are saved by Christ alone. Solus Christus.


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Charlie Day helps SNL deliver its best episode since the season premiere
A few weeks off-air seems to have done good for the crew at Saturday Night Live. Not since this season's premiere with host Alec Baldwin has the show delivered such a competent episode. Last night's effort found underdog Charlie Day — co-star of FX's ensemble cult hit, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia — as the show's host. And gosh darn it, he did well– better than any other host this season– excluding Baldwin. Sure, Day uses yelling as a crutch too often, but other than that, it was a pleasure to see him onscreen. So, let's get to the specifics, shall we?
Fred Armisen does a solid job as the ghost of Muammar Gaddafi in this week's cold opening. In three minutes the writers of SNL were able to hit most every aspect of the dictator's life and death with great humor. Check it out.
Dude. Did anyone else have an incredible sense of hope and joy by the end of Charlie Day's monologue—like this episode of SNL was going to buck the show's trend of being pathetically average to terrible? Day came out stronger in his monologue than any other host this season. And as much as I love Danny DeVito is monologue drop-in only deterred from Day's outstanding performance.
We all knew a Kim Kardashian sketch had to happen this week. In case you just came out of a coma, Kim divorced her husband Kris Humphries after 72 days of marriage a few days ago. And SNL's take on it left me wanting nothing. This was a nearly perfectly-executed sketch that lampoons the Kardashian family so hard and in a mean-spirited way, which is exactly what they deserve. Well done, SNL.
I have a psychotic hatred for Dr. Oz. So perhaps Bill Hader and Charlie Day didn't have to do much to please me during this sketch. But I think even if I didn't want to punch Dr. Oz in the balls I would've enjoyed the way they stick it up that pretentious dickhole's ass. It seemed like Day knew the sketch better Hader, as you can see the former actor staring off into the distance a few too many times. As was the case in his monologue, Day exhibits complete confidence and excellent timing in this sketch. Beware the dead rectum.
Though it drags on a bit too long, this take on the current Greek financial crisis comes off competently, with Jason Sudeikis playing Zeus looking to his underling gods for a solution. Who knew adult contemporary musician Yanni was a god? He is.
Why does it seem every sketch show in every era needs a bit that features a black guy who doles out retro-era advice about fucking? In this one, the host of the fake sex advice show is Cee-Lo Green. It's all pretty pointless and boring, at best.
In this parody commercial, we meet the Kings of Catchphrase Comedy— again. Can you pick out all the subtle and not-so-subtle references to real-life comedians? I'm thinking there's at least a Dane Cook, a Whitney Cummings, a Demetri Martin (if he wasn't smart and soft-spoken) and an Anjelah Johnson in there. Skip this if you want. It wasn't stellar.
Hey, let's watch some Weekend Update highlights.
More Weekend Update highlights. Kristen Wiig's character Judy Grimes is a powerful tool for the veteran sketch player to show off her wordplay prowess. It's shame, however, that it's not funny and totally fucking annoying. Is it me, or is Wiig failing a lot this season?
How many times have you watched the coverage of a seemingly-intoxicated Gov. Rick Perry attempt to give a speech in New Hampshire last week? If you watched it only once, you're really missing out on a lot of joy. Well, Bill Hader and the crew at SNL have their own take on it. It's nothing groundbreaking but it's darn funny. Hooray!
Shadow is a movie star dolphin and Charlie Day plays the star of Because of one Dolphin, a horrible movie that Morgan Freeman should be in. But Day has some problems executing the emotional climax of the movie. Check it out.
In the final sketch, Day plays a stereotypical veteran detective— the ones you always see on television. He embodies every cliché but the twist is that he never watches television—or does he? This is just straight-up silly. I like it.
If you're keeping track of my SNL Win-Loss record, I'm counting this as a win. That makes the show's record this season: 2-2-1. But what did you guys think? Am I right? Am I wrong? Am I crazy? Sound off in the comments section!


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At Care Dental, we've built your dental practice on three pillars – Care for Team, Care for Patients and Care for Community. In partnership with the Central Okanagan Family Hub, the CareKids program brings to life our Care for Community pillar in the most rewarding of ways. Working closely with The Hub, every month Care Dental provides no cost dental examination and treatment for a little mouth in need, age 16 or younger. If you or someone you know would like to apply to be one of our 'CareKids', please contact Christine Hawkins, Family Services Manager at christine @ kcr.ca for an application. That's just one of the ways we are showing that when it comes to Care – we walk the talk – and love doing it.
In 2013, twenty-three members representing community agencies, child, and family development, education and healthcare, struck a steering committee on a quest to open a "one-stop shop" family support centre in the Central Okanagan. The collaborative integrated community service delivery model connects families to community services that promote healthy development that fosters resiliency and life-long learning.
This dream became a reality when the United Way of the Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen and the BC Provincial Office of The Early Years provided the core funding for this project. Through a partnership with Central Okanagan Public School, space was provided at Pearson Elementry to host the Hub services. The Hub officially opened their doors with a unique ribbon-joining ceremony, rather than a ribbon-cutting, at their grand opening on September 23, 2016.


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Four teams remain. In the West the San Jose Sharks were the last team to advance after going to the wire against the Colorado Avalanche in a series that was tighter than a four man knife fight in a commuter flight bathroom. The east saw the first team advance with a first year coach behind the bench of the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Saint Louis Blues advanced on the back of their rookie goaltender and their across the board depth. Jordan Binnington won't get a chance to struggle early in the Western Conference Finals like he did at times against the Dallas Stars. The Boston Bruins had a barn fight with the Columbus Blue Jackets who like the Avalanche are on the rise. In that round, the Boston Bruins smothered Cam Atkinson, and managed to score enough when Seth Jones was on the ice to possibly get in the head of Bobrovsky and exhaust the BlueJackets.
We'll have to wait unil Thursday evening for the Western Conference Finals to open, but waiting is nothing new for these teams and their fanbases. Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks have never won a Stanley Cup. Jumbo has skated in the 1566 regular season and 173 playoff games. We might have seen the best of 1st overall pick in 1997 just this year. His playoff assault this year has been his most complete, and his most controlled and the whole team has rise with him. Martin Jones who was looking way up at mediocre in the regular season for individual statistics improved from a deplorable .896 sv% over the year, to a still subpar but at least reliable .908 through two rounds. Hertl, LaBanc, and more contributed to a greatly entertaining series.
Facing them on Thursday night will be a team with a more than five decade existence that has yet to win the only thing that matters. The Saint Louis Blues will return to the conference finals against the team that eliminated them the last time they were there. Jordan Binnington will get the easy headlines, and deserves them. But the roster is a stud stable. Alex Pietrangelo is one of the best blueliners in the league, and no one ever talks about him. Ryan O'Reilly is a Selke award finalist, but defense is far from the only component of his game. ROR can dish the puck, throw the body, and score as well. He's a complete player. Taresenko is arguably the best know player on the roster, fantasy hockey players, and highlight reel afficianodos know this gifted goal scorer well.
Jordan Staal and Justin Williams are well known to long time NHL observers. Both have won the Stanley Cup before, and each would like to take it home one more time. The rest of the Bunch of Jerks, occasionally known as the Carolina Hurricanes, are not yet fully into the limelight. Dougie Hamilton was embattled in the first round after footage of him leaping out of the path of Alex Ovechkin propped up sports shows for a week, and has had stops in Calgary and Boston in his career. Sebastian Aho is a slick, superbly skilled forward who can dish, deke, or stash with equal adroitness. Justin Faulk though is the hidden gem of this roster. He's the centerpiece of the team's blueline and it is a defense that within another year or two will likely be on equal footing with defenses like Minnesota, Winnipeg, and Columbus.
For the Boston Bruins, they have most recently won the Stanley Cup, but only four players to take part in that series remain. Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand, the resurgent two time playoff scoring leader David Krejci, and of course Patrice Bergeron, again a Selke finalist, and again performing when most needed. The most interesting part of this team isn't the top of the roster, it's the bottom. Sean "Second Season" Kuraly has been a special terror to the Toronto Maple Leafs two years in a row. Matt Grzelcyk and Brandon Carlo have both enjoyed very successful playoff runs in the quiet way defensive defensemen do.
Who is winning these series?
Out west the San Jose Sharks seem to have all the statistical advantages; the better powerplay, penalty kill, and goals for. But they are also more reliant on the powerplay for offense, and dead even in 5 on 5 goals for with the Saint Louis Blues who have had the better goaltending, and I think have a bit more speed at center.
The Carolina Hurricanes will enter round three better at 5 on 5, and with a slightly hotter goaltender, assuming McElhinney stays in the crease. The Boston Bruins have better special teams, are better at center and faceoffs, and have overall better goaltending. If the Bruins play physically, and on the line taking Aho, Hamilton, and some of the first time in the post season players out of their game it could be a short season.
Picks: Blues in the West, Boston in the East.
The team with the better goaltending overall generally wins in the post season and that's who I picked as much as for the intangibles.


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Castille's client is recruiting an IT Security Analyst accountable for maintaining a secured enterprise environment to safeguard the company's sensitive information in line with regulatory necessities and recognised information security principles.
Job description:
- Contributing in the upgrades of IT security platforms and new execution of IT security solutions;
- Accurately monitoring and analysing logs, events, and other data sources to aid in the determination of suspicious activities and prospective threats while inducing proactive risk mitigation approaches in line with industry best practices.
- Providing support services within the established service management procedures and SLA.
- Developing the IT Security operations policies, providing input during systems architecture reviews and producing documentation covering the company's IT Security posture;
- Assisting in the implementation of patches and firmware upgrades on IT security equipment with a low-risk approach.
- Maintaining the Configuration Management Database for the IT security equipment efficiently but comprehensively and precisely.
- Executing periodic vulnerability and penetration tests on the company's IT assets and the collection of the associate findings and recommendations report and the resulting follow ups on the agreed remedial actions;
- Researching IT Security technologies in order to provide insight and input, aligned with the guidelines, security protocols and established standards, while compiling technical requirements and the review of blue prints;
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- IT technologies such as firewalls, network access control, IDS/IPS, operating systems (both Windows and Linux), IP Protocols, endpoint security and related system tools
- Familiarity with ISO 27001 standards
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You are a beacon.
A shining star.
Illuminating my path.
Guiding me home.
I bask in the soft glow.
Warmth radiates.
In your presence all is still.
A peace washes over me.
Cleansed from the inside out.
All my struggles are gone.
My pain disappears.
A comfort I have never known.
You ask for nothing in return.
I breathe deeply.
As if for the very first time.
Calm resonates from my core.
In you I'm sheltered.
Finally I feel safe.
No harm will come to me.
Words need not be uttered.
You speak to my very heart.
Why have you chosen me.
My fractured soul.
I'll never understand.
In you I've been able to live again.
In you I've learned to believe.
You are my salvation.
Revealing yourself to me.
When I needed it most.
Forever grateful I am for you.
My love.
My life.
My angel.
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For Christmas I gifted myself a set of these watercolors.
I'll admit I bought them because of the colors,
not really because I wanted to use them ;)
They were calling my name though. So on Saturday I decided to sit down and try.
The last couple of times I tried watercolors I hated them. I usually paint with acrylics, and I am impatient.
But this time something different happened. I fell in love.
I still don't know what I'm doing, but I know from past experiences with my art, practice makes
perfect you better.
I was very happy with the end result.
I used a combination of watercolor and acrylic paint.
Below you can see prints of the original. They are going to be used in a special valentine project with this shop to help with this. And eventually I'll be offering them in the shop.
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
-Thomas Edison


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005 The Isoelectric Point of Proteins
In this video, I talk about the isoelectric points of the proteins inside the neuron and how that results in the proteins having a negative charge. Understanding the negative charge of proteins inside the cell is important to understanding how neurons function. In the video, I also talk about the pH inside the cell. Just as a brief reminder, the pH tells how acidic or basic a solution is. If you need more info on pH, check out what Wikipedia has to say about pH.


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As a kid, we read a lot of comic books. And we liked everything: superhero comics, monster comics, romance comics, Archie comics, Hot Rod comics, Weird War comics, underground comix, Bob Hope comics, and Wendy the Good Little Witch comics. We even read Classics Illustrated every once in a while.
Without question, the crown jewel in our "collection" was a slightly less-than-mint copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, otherwise known as the first appearance of Spider-Man. Everything we love about superhero comics can be traced back to this single issue. And (apparently) a lot of people feel the same way.
We eventually sold our copy of Amazing Fantasy and used the money to buy a floating castle and a stable of pink unicorns. But we always wondered what happened to it. Did it bring happiness to a handful of impressionable readers? Or has it been locked up in a bank vault for all these years?
With Great Power consists of 24 short stories that follow a particular copy of Amazing Fantasy as it changes hands from one owner to the next. "Like a dollar bill that travels across the country," writes Paul Castiglia, "each person who holds it has their own tale to tell."
The story cycle begins in 1962 when a 10-year-old boy buys a brand-new copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 at his friendly neighborhood drug store. Over the years, the comic is sold, given away, lost, found, stolen, and blown away by a tornado. But wherever it goes, it inevitably sparks a life-changing moment for its new owner.
The stories are told in a straightforward and simplistic manner. And each story ends with a strong and positive (and often faith-based) moral lesson inspired by Spider-Man and his famous mantra: "With great power must also come great responsibility."
Over all, we love this book's concept. Spider-Man has proven to be one of the most durable comic book creations of all time, and his origin story continues to resonate with each new generation. As such, the influence of Amazing Fantasy #15 has become huge. And this anthology surely benefits from the initial collaboration between Stan Lee and Steve Ditko sixty years ago.
Unfortunately, many of the stories in this collection are really, really bad. "The Professional Wallflower," "Blood is Thick," and "Wrong Address" are just a few of the stories that made us wince. The biggest stinker of them all, however, is titled "Legacies." Honestly, it's worst than a Green Goblin pumpkin bomb.
But, thankfully, the anthology does have some brighter moments. For example, there is one absolute gem buried somewhere in the middle of the book. "A Monster No More!!!" by Michael Ciccolini is funny and breezy and puts a clever spin on a young boy's fascination with Spider-Man. Interestingly, Ciccolini's story is mostly about Amazing (Adult) Fantasy #11 and a monster named GOOM (spelled in all-caps for maximum awesomeness). The story is so good it makes us want to sit down and read the first 14 issues of Amazing Fantasy. After all, we already know what happens in issue 15.
[With Great Power / Edited by Rick L. Phillips, Paul Castiglia, and Dan Johnson / First Printing: March 2013 / ISBN: 9781300570264]


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Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik partner of Save the Children in Indonesia is changing for the better. We've begun to build a national organisation that aims to be a strong, local, and self-sustaining voice for children in Indonesia namely Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik Tunas Cilik. To this end, Yayasan has been designated as a "Prospect Member of Save the Children" which focuses on strengthening and localizing our voice for children in strategic middle income countries. Currently Save the Children's programs in Indonesia is implemented by Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik. We work in eleven provinces, have staff of approximately 400 local professionals, and programming in Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Humanitarian Response. We are currently seeking to fill the following position:
Position: Child Rights Situational Analysis of the Waste Supply Chain in Makassar – South Sulawesi
The objective of the study is as follows:
- To identify and assess the risk of child labour, including the worst forms, in the waste materials supply chain. To include a mapping of the scavenger activities in the landfills of Makassar and identify where children are most at risk along the chain. To make this analysis, it is necessary to first undertake a supply chain analysis within Antang landfills. The entire waste supply chain including tiers 1,2, 3 etc. will be mapped, including e.g. waste pickers, collectors, traders and transporting.
- In addition to child labour, assess other vulnerabilities and child rights violations among children engaged in informal waste management work.
- Assess availability of families/households working in informal waste management to social protection schemes and alternative livelihoods opportunities and provide recommendations on how to improve access and availability to both social protection schemes and alternative livelihoods.
- Assess accessibility and availability of children working in informal waste management to skills training and non-formal education.
- Identify institutions who are working in child rights development sector in the city of Makassar including its focuses.
Updated CV and application letter should be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Please fill the "subject" column of the e-mails in this format:
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by Jose Mari Chan
My idea of a perfect Christmas
Is to spend it with you
In a party
Or dinner for two
Anywhere would do
Celebrating the yuletide season
Always lights up our lives
Simple pleasures are made special too
When their shared with you
Looking through some old photographs
Faces of friends we'll always remember
Watching busy shoppers rushing about
In the cool breeze of December
Sparkling lights, all over town
Children's carols in the air
By the Christmas tree
A shower of stardust on your hair
I cant think of a better Christmas
Than my wish coming true
And my wish is you'd let me spend my whole life with you
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My idea of a perfect Christmas is to spend it with you
As I was about to board an FX yesterday morning, I stopped in my tracks as I was about to open the door.
I was looking at a gorgeous Chinese girl in the driver's seat of the FX.
Unfortunately, the FX was actually a private vehicle, and the girl was obviously not going to let me hitch a ride.
But the experience was cool while it lasted.
.:The Bushy Experience:.
Beyonce needs a trimmer. I'm not too interested about it, but I saw her wear one pair of shorts too skimpy and not wear appropriate underwear underneath. I certainly did not need to see that.
I felt a bit down yesterday because I felt rather trivialized after a very heartfelt show of good faith towards a person. Thankfully, a very good friend managed to placate me well enough, and help me feel a lot better after the whole thing. It really helped me feel better and all. It was very good to be conversing with that person, really. I miss that person a lot...
Xango is opening tomorrow. I told Joey that I wasn't likely to join anymore, and I'm glad he took it well. He did tell me that he's leaving the door open for me in the event that I decided to change my mind and join Xango, and he was fairly interested in the alternative I gave him as to why I could afford to not be in Xango.
It's not that I harbor any ill will towards the company. In my opinion, Xango is simply one of the best network marketing companies I've ever run into. They have a good product, a good system, and very reputable people running the show.
But it's just not for me.
I can't recruit people like a madman to save my life. I'm not the kind of person who would willingly gloss over the steep investment of ten thousand pesos a month to the poor person whom I might give illusions of grandeur to if I did. I'm not too great at trying to sugar-coat things, and I simply do not have the staying power to keep on looking for people to recruit all the time.
Juss, my sole successful recruit, is all that. She's good at this. She'll go a long way. All the power to her, but given the fact that I need three functioning legs to make it in Xango, having her blaze a trail for the company on her own will only take me so far.
As such, I leave network marketing to the experts. It clearly isn't my strongest suit.
.:I Wish I Could Talk About...:.
... the Magic 8-Ball.
But I'm too tired. I'll do that next time.
.:The Top Ten People I'm Most Grateful To This Year:.
I won't delve much into an intro. I just wish people wouldn't trivialize a year's worth of appreciation the way it happened recently. It kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth, after having poured out my heart over it.
5: Peppy Salita. Peppy and I have known each other for around two years already. We were classmates in Economics, where I found out for myself that I was hanging around with most of the CS block in my batch in that class. Amusingly enough, I got along with most of them, and the eternal CS connection reared its head for the second time in my life, the first being with someone I'm rather grateful to this year as well (But I won't spoil it, so enough on that.).
The funny thing is, among all the people I got along with in that class, I always thought at the time that Peppy was the serious type. He didn't seem to have too many stories to tell and seemed attentive to our (cute) teacher in class. Of course, it took quite a while for me to discover that I was far from the truth.
I think I really got to know Peppy as a good friend during fourth year, where the both of us sat in on Sacha's CS 21 classes. It got to a point where we talk there so much that Sacha's students thought I was a teaching assistant myself, which was hilarious, all things considered. We found that we had a lot of things in common: from CCG's to wrestling to being an otaku, it turned out that we really had a lot of common ground and that helped us get along quite well. Numerous gatherings at Sacha's place and the opening of Hobby Haven cemented that fact further.
Then some time around August, the both of us got interested in fire-spinning, under the tutelage of Kathy Chua. I thought I'd just mention that.
Peppy isn't the person I would turn to for advice for the most part, when I have this or that problem. In fact, I hardly talk to him about my really big problems, and if I do, I mostly do it rhetorically. Notice that my being grateful to Peppy is not mainly for what he has done this year (Of course, I do appreciate the times he took Grace home safely, as well as the times I got to hitch, and his recording RAW and Smackdown for me.), but mainly for who he is. There's a load of difference there, and I think that speaks volumes about him.
I'll leave it at that. I owe Peppy a lot for a lot of things, and I thank him for that. But most of all, I thank him for being who he is, because that sure has made life a lot more interesting.


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RCIA Leader's Manual, 2nd Edition Association for Catechumenal Ministry Barbara A. Morgan and William J. Keimig, Editors
Distributed by Liturgy Training Publications
To Order by Phone: (800) 933-1800
Orders outside U.S. & Canada: (773) 486-5630
Price: $55.95 ea. - Purchase Online
The Leader's Manual is the fruit of the hard work of various parish directors of RCIA with years of experience implementing the catechumenate in their own parishes. It explains the RCIA in-depth while simultaneously giving many practical tools to implement the RCIA with ease. Newly published in 2007, this resource is being used in at least 2,500 parishes across the United States and has been purchased by parishes in every diocese of the United States and every province in Canada.
The RCIA Leader's Manual comes with a compact disc (CD) containing many of the items in the manual in printable form such as an information-gathering form for new inquirers, parish bulletin advertisements, and sample agendas for team meetings. You will also receive the RCIA Overview Chart that folds out as well as a copy of easy reference tabs for your copy of the RCIA ritual book.
To give you a good idea of exactly what you will find in the RCIA Leader's Manual, we've provided you with the Table of Contents below.
Table of Contents
Section One: Main Text
Part I: Introduction
Ch. 1. Using the Leader's Manual Ch. 2. The Church and Her Mission
Ch. 3. A Brief History of the Catechumenate
Ch. 4. Introduction to Christian Initiation: A Liturgical, Catechetical, and Pastoral Process
Part II: The Liturgical Aspect of Christian Initiation
Ch. 5. Personal Focus: Liturgy as the Prime Means of Conversion
Ch. 6. The Major Rites of the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 7. The Minor Rites of the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 8. Using the Sunday Lectionary for Mass in the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 9. Using the Liturgy of the Hours in the Catechumenal Process
Part III: The Catechetical Aspect of Christian Initiation
Ch. 10. The Foundation of the Catechetical Aspect: Understanding and Being Changed in Christ
Ch. 11. Personal Focus: The Catechist as an Agent of Conversion
Ch. 12. Recruiting, Training, and Forming Catechists
Part IV: The Pastoral Aspect of Christian Initiation
Ch. 13. The Foundation of the Pastoral Aspect: Christ-like Zeal for Souls
Ch. 14. Personal Focus: The Signs and Stages of Conversion
Ch. 15. An Overview: Pastoral Components of the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 16. The Evangelizing and Welcoming Parish
Ch. 17. The Clergy-Laity Relationship in the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 18. The RCIA Team
Ch. 19. Godparents and Sponsors
Ch. 20. Using Small Groups in the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 21. Using Pastoral Principles to Address Challenging Situations in the Catechumenal Process
Ch. 22. Canon Law Issues in the Catechumenal Process: The Sacrament of Baptism
Ch. 23. Canon Law Issues in the Catechumenal Process: The Sacrament of Matrimony
Part V: Conclusion
Ch. 24. Portrait of a New Catholic
Section Two: Appendices
The entire section of appendices of this Manual is copyable, and is also provided on CD-ROM (found in the front pocket of the Manual) to allow for unlimited printing or downloading for modification to a parish's needs. Any of the material in these seven appendices may be modified in whatever way a parish RCIA leader deems appropriate. The PDF documents on the disc are programmed to allow a user to highlight the text on-screen and move it to a hand drive, or simply to print a document with its formatting intact.
Appendix I: Items for Inquirers and Participants
- Sample Inquirer Information Cover Letter
- Adult Inquirer Information Form
- Child/Teen Inquirer Information Form
- RCIC Parents' Active Participation Form
- Current Marital Status Follow-Up Form
- Previous Marriage Information Form
- A Guideline for Writing the Story of Your Marriage for the Purpose of Seeking a Decree of Nullity
- Affidavit of Baptism
- Discernment Interview Prior to the Rite of Acceptance or the Rite of Welcoming
- Discernment Interview Prior to the Rite of Election or the Rite of the Call to Continuing Conversion
- Instructions for Letter to Request Faculties to Baptize or Confirm Adults
- Sample Letter to Request the Faculty to Confirm Baptized Catholics
- Christian Initiation Record
- Sample Personal Letter to Encourage a Person Who Has Inconsistent Attendance
- Sample Personal Letter to Encourage a Person Who Can't Currently Attend Sessions
- Sample Personal Letter to Encourage a Person to Attend Upcoming Retreats for the Rites
- Sample Personal Letter to Encourage a Person to Continue Attending After a Break
- Sample Personal Letter to Explain the Concept of "Reflection on the Word" to a Catechumen
Appendix II: Items for Godparents and Sponsors
- Interview Questions for a Potential Godparent or Sponsor
- Godparent or Sponsor Information Form
- Certificate to Serve as a Godparent or Sponsor
- Sample Letter to a Potential Godparent or Sponsor
- Sample Job Description for a Godparent or Sponsor
- Sample Outline of Godparent/Sponsor Training Session(s)
- Handout on Some Practical Suggestions for Godparents and Sponsors
Appendix III: Items for Teams
- Interview Questions for a Potential Team Member
- Evaluation Form for a Team Member
- Sample Letter to Call Together Members of an RCIA Team
- Sample Agenda for an Initial Team Meeting
- Sample Job Description for a Specific Role on the RCIA Team
- Sample Questions That Could Be Used to Evaluate the Parish RCIA Process
- Handout on Giving a Personal Testimony (Witness)
Appendix IV: Items for Advertising
- Sample Personal Letter to a Potential RCIA Inquirer
- Sample Advertisements for Newspapers, Penny Savers, and Other Secular Venues
- Sample Advertisements for a Parish Bulletin
Appendix V: Items for Bulletins
- A Walk Through the RCIA Process in the Parish Bulletin
- A Walk Through the Calendar Year in the Parish Bulletin
- Requests for Letters of Good Standing
Appendix VI: Items for Liturgies
- Prayers of the Faithful by RCIA Event
- Prayers of the Faithful by the Calendar
- Liturgy Preparation for the Combined Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens and Rite of Welcoming of Candidates
- Liturgy Preparation for the Combined Rite of Sending Catechumens and Candidates
- Liturgy Preparation for the Penitential Rite (for Baptized Candidates Only)
- Liturgy Preparation for the Scrutinies (for the Unbaptized Elect Only)
- Liturgy Preparation for the Presentation of the Creed
- Liturgy Preparation for the Presentation of the Lord's Prayer
- Liturgy Preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation (for Baptized Candidates Only)
- Liturgy Preparation for the Preparation Rites on Holy Saturday
- Liturgy Preparation for the Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil
Appendix VII: Items for Apostolic Activities and Retreats
- Suggestions for Corporal Works of Mercy That Can Be Explained and Initiated
- Suggestions for Spiritual Works of Mercy That Can Be Explained and Initiated
- Suggestions for Places to Visit as Part of a Retreat or an Independent Field Trip
- Suggestions for Different Kinds of Testimonies or Witness Talks
- Suggestions for Different Subjects for Guided Meditations
- Suggestions for Different Forms of Prayer in a Retreat Setting
- Suggestions for Other Create Retreat Elements
- Suggestions for Small Group Formats During Retreats
Section Three: Seminar Handouts
The seminar handouts are not intended to be an integrated part of the preceding two sections of the RCIA Leader's Manual. Instead, they are provided for those who take advantage of the Association for Catechumenal Ministry's (ACM) Team Training and Catechist Training Seminars, or who view them in a recorded format. These highly practical handouts are also used to complement ACM's RCIA distance-education modules (to be published soon), which are designed for those who cannot attend ACM's live seminars or who do not have access to a recorded version.
The twenty Team Training handouts provide a comprehensive and highly detailed walk through the three aspects (liturgical, catechetical, and pastoral) of the Christian initiation process. The seventeen Catechist Training handouts break down the work of the catechist into three parts - method, content, and themes for each of the periods of the RCIA process - providing an in-depth picture of what it means to teach for conversion, and how that teaching serves the liturgical and pastoral aspects of passing on the faith.
Team Training Handouts
The Vision for Christian Initiation - Entrance into Christ
- The Modern Catechumenal Proces: A Modern Restoration of an Ancient Practice
- A Rite of Passage: A Fourth Century Easter Vigil
- Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum: The Practices of the Early Church
- The Conversion Process: Three Approaches
- Participation in God's Life: The Four Means of Entrance into Christ's Life
The Liturgical Aspect of Christian Initiation
- Liturgy: Communion with God
- Liturgy of the Word: Using a Celebration of the Word of God in a Catechetical Setting
- Liturgical Components of the Process: Gateways and Sources of Grace for Conversion
- Living the Liturgy in the Christian Initiation Process: Fostering Intimacy with Christ and the Church
The Catechetical Aspect of Christian Initiation
- Catechesis: Echoing What God Has Revealed
- Catechetical Components of the Process: Illuminating and Securing the Path of Faith
- Scripture: The Feast of the Word
- Truths of the Faith: Lights for the Path
The Pastoral Aspect of Christian Initiation
- The Challenge of Charity: Life in the Family of God
- Pastoral Components of the Process: From Initial Motivation to Firm Conviction to a Catholic Worldview
- Signs and Stages of Conversion: Coming to Conversion
- Companions on the Journey: Godparents and Sponsors
- The Clergy-Laity Relationship: A Microcosm of the Church
- The Evangelizing and Welcoming Parish: The Role of the Parish in the Christian Initiation Process
- Seven Principles Found in the Order of Christian Initiation


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Education Secretary Michael Gove is to write to schools in England to ask them to help protect girls from female genital mutilation (FGM).
Schools will receive guidance before Easter, aimed at stopping "this very serious form of child abuse".
FGM, sometimes called female circumcision, involves the cutting or cutting away of external female genital organs.
It is common in some African, Asian and Middle Eastern communities.
Official figures put the number of victims of FGM in the UK at about 66,000, but this is thought to be an underestimate.
Mr Gove made the announcement after meeting campaigners on Tuesday.
They included Bristol student Fahma Mohamed, who started a petition backed by the Guardian newspaper, asking for Mr Gove to send guidance to schools before the summer, when many girls are taken away to be cut.
The petition, signed by 234,000 people, states that 24,000 girls in the UK are currently at risk of FGM.
In a statement released last night, Mr Gove said: "I was very pleased to meet Fahma Mohamed today.
"She has been running an inspirational campaign. Fahma and her supporters have done fantastic work in raising awareness of female genital mutilation.
"It is a truly horrific crime. We must do everything we can to end it."
This will include signs to look out for that a child may have been a victim of FGM, as well as facts about the practice and a guidance that the legal safeguarding duties teachers and school staff have to children include protection from FGM.
Mr Gove added: "I thank Fahma - and other courageous public campaigners against female genital mutilation - for their efforts.
"We all want to see this very serious form of child abuse consigned to history."
FGM has been a criminal offence in the UK since 1985, but no-one in Britain has been prosecuted.
It is often carried out without anaesthetic and victims are usually aged between four and 10. Some are babies.
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When a business' brand finally reflects the integrity of its owner...
In some categories, it's easy to fall into the trap of sounding like everyone else. Expectations lead to comfortable, familiar, me-too branding. Friedmans Appliance Center had fallen into that trap. In business for almost 40 years, this family-owned appliance, bath & bed superstore in Southern California was wrapped in a brand that in no way reflected what was happening inside the wrapper: a magnetic family atmosphere, an elevated experience, and loyal, repeat customer base. Everything that made shopping there special was absent from the marketing communications. After witnessing firsthand what made Friedmans like no other, we went about the task of nudging the owners out of their comfort zone, and into trusting in change for the better.
The new brand, which dares to speak like a person and celebrates the joy of elevating one's home, met with a full-on embrace from the owners and staff. And, in the first few months post roll-out (new name, tagline, signage, trucks, print, TV, videos), they had their biggest month since the 2008 financial crisis, with a 33% increase in sales.
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It was a dramatic before and after. The linchpin to re-branding success was getting the owners to leave their old logo behind. Remember, they'd had it for over 30 years. It had the feel of the microwave oven specialty store it used to be. The familiarity of it was comfortable for them, but it was in no way reflective of the elevated experience inside. Change wasn't easy. Nonetheless, we were able to take them from 1980s into the 21st century with a focus on clean lines and a warm, welcoming pallet. All that's good, right and true in home appliance is under their roof, and it can be under yours.
The logo wasn't the only challenge. How do we showcase a huge product line while keeping the focus on experience? The website became a welcoming, guided tour through the store with clean design and sophisticated pallet that doesn't get in the way. And at each opportunity, the user is given a reason to physically come into the store. Lines like, "Witness refrigerators in their natural habitat." give a nudge and a wink, being inviting without being pushy.
It was necessary to create ongoing print that would get the prospect to see that something different is happening inside Friedmans. It was accomplished by making something different happen in the print. The Friedmans print is now as welcoming an experience as the store. Long copy, engaging headlines, storytelling, a consistent graphic look, and actual reasons to visit, And the image of the store's facade waves a flag, reminding the reader that this is more than just a big box or online shopping.
A little something extra to go with all of the holiday specials. We knew we'd be doing a lot of videos for 4th of July specials and vendor-specific offers, To balance the "sale" messages, we launched a series of interview videos with the owner, the managers, the salespeople, and even the truck drivers...We just let them talk about why they loved working there. The result is a candid, unvarnished reflection of the great people you deal with at Friedmans. We like them all.
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