text:
Reality Bites provides the best coverage of current affairs and political issues related to Halifax and City Council anywhere in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Oh, and we bring the snark, too. Contact email@example.com to send a tip.
Hundreds of Haligonians gathered at Grand Parade Square on Friday to mourn the destruction caused by climate change and request government action.
"The planet is in crisis, there is no planet B and unless we take that seriously then our home is gone," said David Walmark, an attendee of the rally. "Everybody can do their own little bit individually but it's not going to be enough, it has to be Halifax speaking."
The Interfaith Gathering and Climate Action Rally marked the beginning of the K'jipuktuk Halifax week of Climate Action, inspired by Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future. This gathering was designed to honour the victims of climate change with a moment of silence and hear from faith leaders and climate change activists about the state of the climate crisis. It also aimed to educate attendees on how they can make a difference.
"If everyone shows that they care about the climate then we can make it, we can change the laws, we can change the system," said Willa Fisher, 17-year-old climate activist from Citadel High School and one of the organizers of SchoolStrike4Climate HFX. "All this response means we are winning, that we can do this."
Working in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion, Our Time Halifax, Climate Strike Canada and more, each day there will be a series of events following the rally designed to generate climate change awareness. Events range from the Youth National Die-In to Veg Fest and will end with a General Strike on Friday, September 27.
"With this event, we want to scare the shit out of the establishment. People say this is an interesting event—well it's not just an interesting event, it's an existential crisis," said Richard Zurawski, HRM District 12 councillor and chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee for HRM. "When was the last time you had a big ol' glass of oil? Or chowed down on some coal? Or took a good deep breath of natural gas? Because that's what is supplanting through big businesses across the HRM."
One of the main themes the interfaith gathering and climate action rally sought to promote was the importance of unity. Bringing together leaders of various faiths, it encouraged all people to unite under one cause and stand up for everything being affected. Representing the Anglican church, reverend Tory Byrne both spoke at and attended the rally because she is worried about the state of god's creation: "This creation is a creation for all people," said Byrne. "We need to raise awareness, not only to make people aware but to make people commit to actions that aren't always comfortable but give life to all."
"Climate is life. If we ignore our climate then we don't have anything," said Joan Smith, a water walker for the Mi'kmaq nation. Smith believes that there needs to be an emphasis on the importance of water within the climate change fight. "Water is also life. Without water, we don't have a climate, we don't have land, we don't have animals, we have nothing," said Smith, "An elder told me once that we need to step up to the plate and I think that's what's happening now."
With Canada's federal election on the horizon, the climate crisis has been a popular subject of debate. After Elections Canada's decision to declare human-made climate change as partisan, the environment has become a hot topic as citizens wait to see whether Canada is going to vote for the climate.
"I've lived in multiple places across Canada and I've seen effects of climate change from all over," said Lindsay Eagleson, a rally attendee. "We need government and we need individuals to fight for a planet that we can all actually live on."
Deborah Ross, another climate striker, agrees with that sentiment. "The time is now. We don't have much time left to act for climate justice and to reverse the effects of climate," said Ross, "We owe it to our children to protect their futures."
One company in Halifax is already working to counteract pollution in the environment by reducing the number of personal-use vehicles in HRM.
"We need to show that we are together on this and that there is a huge movement to get people's attention. This is a crucial moment," said Pamela Cooley, the founder of Carshare Atlantic, who was at the rally. "I think it's important that with everything we do we consider the environment and the future of the world."
Events are happening all week in the city, culminating in the Strike for Climate next Friday, September 27.
An infinite future of changes to Halifax and Dartmouth's streetscapes and planning zones got their first big seal of approval this week. After months—really years…decades even—of back and forth on big ideas and tiny details, Package A of the city's Centre Plan was unanimously passed by regional council this week.
The plan aims to streamline and strengthen the rules and by-laws around the physical buildings that make up city life in HRM's centre, as well as simplify some
of the processes around who gets a say in further development decisions, and gives the city a concrete start on the "what do we do about housing affordability" question. It covers the land of peninsular Halifax and across the bridges between the harbour and the Circ.
Councillor Sam Austin called it a "huge, huge step forward," in agreeing on where growth should go, what form it will take, and eliminating one-off arguments over site-specific developments. He said if anything, it should give citizens and developers a more consistent expectation of what's to come in your area.
At a public hearing on Tuesday, for over two hours local residents and developers spoke to councillors about the plan. Many were developers or developer-adjacent asking for site-specific changes to the plan. Some were previous planners who were just there to say, "great work, folks," and a few residents who were disappointed in the way the changes would affect their own or neighbouring streets.
After clarification and debate from councillors, a large number of the site-specific requests were shelved in amendments to be revisited in Package B—which also includes decisions around parks and open spaces among other things.
Then staff held their breath as councillors went back and forth on a few more contentious items.
The first of which was the plan's plan for affordable housing or as mayor Mike described it, "the big nut." The city has moved forward with a density bonusing program, which will let developers construct a building bigger than the now set rules around size as long as they pay a "density bonus" AKA cash money into a fund earmarked for affordable housing initiatives—permission to colour outside the lines in exchange for funds that will likely be directed to housing-related non-profits and organizations. Staff has six months to figure out what exactly that looks like.
Density bonusing won out over not inclusionary zoning—which would have put set rules around which kind and how many units (read: affordable units) must be included in a development in certain areas—after the province decided to give density bonusing the green light and red-light the latter.
At the public hearing, developer Peter Polley said opting for density bonusing over inclusive zoning was like encouraging non-profits to open grocery stores, instead of working with grocery stores to help with food affordability, calling the density bonusing too restrictive.
Developers asked staff to reconsider charging the density bonus—applied to any proposed development exceeding 2,000 square metres of floor area (an NHL sized hockey rink is about 1,500 square metres) at the early permit stage in the building process. Staff said they had looked into it but there was no spot in the process after the initial permit issuing where they could hold developers on the hook for the money.
Some councillors argued that charging this fee upfront would result in increased rents, minimizing affordability.
Staff have maintained throughout the process that a goal of the plan is to increase the housing supply. General economics tells us that increased supply—as long as it's not accompanied by even higher increases in demand—should keep prices down. Vacancy rates hit their lowest point in 2018 at 1.6 percent and word on the street is they're even lower right now. (In The Coast's recent Renter's Survey, 43 percent of the over 500 respondents said their rent is going up in the next year.)
Councillors Matt Whitman, David Hendsbee, Russel Walker, Stephen Adams and Tim Outhit voted against the chunk of the Centre Plan that was separated from the big vote, which called for a reorganization of the sub-committees that got to make decisions about which buildings went where and what they were like. Outhit said he hit the wrong button and meant to vote yes. Hendsbee, who asked for this bit to be separated from the main vote argued that this would strengthen the rural-urban divide on council.
The plan, with its goal of simplification, will mean no more as-you-go public hearings for big buildings as we know the process now. Their permission is baked into the new rules—or can be achieved by paying into the density bonusing purse—to dig down and build up. But Package B is still to come and up for debate, so Halifax as we know it could stick around for a couple of more years yet.
At this week's board of police comissioners meeting Halifax police chief Dan Kinsella said HRP is keeping its plan from June 2019 to purge all data and metadata regarding street checks in December 2020.
In March 2019 the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and Scot Wortley released their report on street checks which reported on racial bias in the street check practice finding that Black men are six times more likely to be stopped by police than white men in Halifax, among other things.
Action on the report's 76 recommendations are dependent on four main pillars, first being the province and the department of justice, second being an inquiry into the legality of street checks from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Halifax's board of police commissioners and finally the HRP and Halifax RCMP.
Kinsella says the decision to retain metadata only until December 2020 is in part because of the risk of it being a large data set.
"If we take information out names, gender, dates, of birth, ages…all those kind of things…and the data set is still very large, there are individuals around who could potentially rebuild the data set, which could lead to identification and potential privacy issues down the road."
He says with the questions raised by Wortley, ensuring they ask what the data is being kept for and how long it's kept for led to the determination that "there is no real value to us keeping it beyond December 2020."
The report recommends that if the province goes forward with regulation, a research committee should be convened to discuss best practices around data collection.
But in a regulation scenario the Wortley report also says "for ongoing research and evaluation purposes, all historical, pre-regulation street check data should be de-identified and retained," adding that "historical street check dataset will further assist researchers in their examination of the relationship between race, gender, age and police surveillance activities." Wortley suggests that should provide go-ahead with regulation of street checks, the historical data will assist in the evaluation of said regulation.
At the meeting commissioner and chair Natalie Borden also brought a motion asking for HRP to look into data collection on police stops in an attempt to keep the street check file moving forward. Police stops are distinct from street checks but often included in the umbrella of opportunity for racial bias in policing. This piece, like many of the Wortley report recommendations are dependent the upcoming Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission consideration of the legality of street checks, which Borden says should be on the agenda at next month's Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
Borden also updated the board of police commissioners on the status of the province's working group, saying they are doing some restructuring and reconsidering—read: soul searching—what the mission of the group is as the province moves towards regulation.
City councillor and commissioner Lindell Smith also brought forward a motion that at the next meeting HRP and the RCMP walk the commissioners through the process for sexual assault reporting and investigations, in light of a recent CBC article by Maggie Rahr, telling the story of the mishandling of Carrie Low's sexual assault by Halifax Regional Police.
Ruck yeah! The Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation announced the full reinstatement of rugby in Nova Scotia high schools after numerous conversations, a vote over player safety and proper training for coaches.
With the start of a new school year, Nova Scotia high school students were wondering if they would have the chance to hit the field this season after the unexpected cancellation of rugby back in May. The decision to cancel the sport was made by the NSSAF after the injury of a student during a game last season. The news came as a shock to both players and Rugby Nova Scotia.
In reaction to the cancellation, over the past summer representatives from Rugby Nova Scotia, the Department of Education and Early Child Development and the NSSAF researched and created a list of recommendations for the sport in the upcoming season. The recommendations focus on various topics like player safety, minimizing contact, and proper training for staff and coaches in the sport. One change limits tackling to from the waist down only. Coaches will also receive concussion training before the start of the season.
Recommendations were then presented back to the NSSAF's board of governors, and a motion was carried to reinstate rugby. "We are obviously extremely happy with the decision by the NSSAF," states RNS president Geno Carew in a press release. "We were pleased to be involved in the creation of the recommendations and we look forward to continuing a positive relationship moving forward."
Jack Hanratty, provincial coach for Rugby Nova Scotia, says in a statement he has seen the benefits of the sport with students. "We have seen the benefit of rugby in junior high schools for a number of years in specific regions but having the sport officially recognized by the NSSAF is a great way for student athletes to learn the great fundamental movement and evasion skills before playing the contact game in high school."
Allen Vansen, the CEO of Rugby Canada, congratulated Rugby Nova Scotia in a statement on the reinstatement of the sport in the province, and for its guarantee to ensure safety among students who participate in the sport: "Rugby Canada commends Rugby Nova Scotia for their continued commitment to offering quality training opportunities for coaches and referees, and initiatives which raise awareness of game welfare. We are thrilled to see such a positive outcome, and will continue to work closely with Rugby Nova Scotia to ensure that opportunities to participate in rugby are done so in a safe and inclusive environment."
The Nova Scotia high school rugby season will begin in February 2020 with a shortened season, so students take part in fewer games.
The National Citizens Alliance of Canada returned to Halifax as part of a pre-election tour Thursday September 12 at Cornwallis Park. NCA leader Stephen Garvey is running for MP in the Cumberland-Colchester riding in Nova Scotia.
Close to 100 counter-demonstrators organized by Halifax Against Hate showed up early to disrupt the event. More than a dozen police arrived with two police vechiles and eventually brought a barricade to separate the NCA leader from chanting counter-demonstrators with noisemakers, bubble blowers, snacks, pamphlets and signs.
Garvey said the chosen location was symbolic to him. "This is where the Cornwallis statue has been removed," he said. "Let's get that statue back up." Otherwise, Garvey didn't mention the statue in his election platform or make any promise to return it, if elected.
Garvey said his party supports "all Canadians" as long as they're not refugees or new immigrants.
Counter demonstrators chanted in reply, "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here."
Garvey said the counter-demo was "ridiculous," "unnecessary" and "nonsense" but at the same time, he respects their right to protest.
During his campaign tour Garvey made headlines for harassing politician Gurratan Singh, brother to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, at MuslimFest in Toronto last week. Singh was applauded for withstanding the anti-Mulsim attack even though he himself is not Muslim. The NCA was also met by counter-demonstrators in Charlottetown on Wednesday.
Laura Krabappel says she went to the counter-demo to make it clear that hate speech isn't welcome in Halifax.
"We have free speech and they have free speech," she said but "there has to be a limit."
Krabappel says in her view, the NCA platform is violent. If enacted, their policies would target ethnic minorities and immigrants. "If you get down to it, they want to directly harm people. They want to legislate violence against these certain groups of people," meaning Muslims, 2SLGBTQ and non-white immigrants. "Is this free speech or is it hate speech?"
Khadija Abawajy was on her way back from celebrating her birthday with friends when they passed through Cornwallis Park.
"I have always felt safe here in Halifax as a Muslim," she says but "walking by the NCA protest made me feel unsafe."
Abawajy was born and raised in Halifax but when she realized what was going on she was suddenly terrified. "The fact that this group is in Halifax, walking amongst people, trying to further their political agenda is scary," she says.
A list of platform positions are detailed in a comparative breakdown Garvey posted on social media. NCA proposes an immediate moratorium on all immigration into Canada, severe limits on global trade, a full recall of current MPs, 10 amendments to the Charter of Rights, a reduction in foreign aid by a whopping 75 percent and a declaration that climate change is a hoax.
There are only three NCA candidates running in Nova Scotia: Darlene Lynn LeBlanc in Cape Breton—Canso, Patrick Pearle in King's—Hants and Garvey. The NCA only has candidates running in 11 of Canada's 338 electoral districts.
Candidates for the Halifax riding met at the Spatz Theatre on Thursday for the first debate of the federal election campaign since the writ dropped—official Canadian politics slang for the kick-off of a federal election campaign—on Wednesday September 10. Jo-Ann Roberts of the Green Party, Christine Saulnier of the NDP, Bruce Holland for the Conservative party and Andy Fillmore of the Liberals answered questions about women's rights and equality posed by organizations like YWCA Halifax, the Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax, Nova Scotia League for equal opportunities and more.
Over 150 people—mostly women—showed up to hear what they had to say about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, gender-based violence, women and poverty and rights for migrant women.
As a debate on women's issues, it's little surprise that the two candidates who identify as women got the most positive responses from the audience. Able to quip from personal experience and not rely on "things they learned from their sisters," while being in the luxurious position of being able to say how much better things could be than they are now, they spoke passionately about why what matters to women should matter in parliament. (If only more men had shown up in the audience to hear what the candidates had to say.)
On gender-based violence, Holland spoke of multi-year funding to give organizations the ability to do better future planning, and Fillmore said, "the time has come to take this seriously."
Roberts stressed the importance of support for trans students and spoke of the countless women who have gone to the police and not been believed.
Saulnier spoke of her experience working for Adsum for Women and Children, saying women of colour or those with disabilities are "facing…just…disgracefully high rates of sexual assault. We need a government that's going to stand up and say enough."
On poverty, Roberts spoke of the Green Party's plan for a universal basic income, saying "poverty is a lack of cash, not a lack of character."
Saulnier says her work producing the annual child and family poverty report card for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives for the last ten years "has been a depressing thing to do every year."
Fillmore spoke of the $22 billion Opportunity for All funding for poverty reduction that's been invested since 2015.
On the MMIWG report Holland, the Conservative candidate said "We would implement all the recommendations in the report," though his party leader, Andrew Scheer, has already disputed the inquiry's use of the word genocide. The Conservative platform has still not been released, so what they actually promise to do or not do is unknown. (On the 2015 campaign trail, the Conservative party leader Stephen Harper said there wasn't need for a national inquiry.)
Fillmore said, "There is no relationship more important to Canada than its relationship with Indigenous peoples in Canada." Fillmore said their official platform will be announced soon.
On safety and rights for migrant women, both Roberts and Saulnier spoke of eliminating the Safe third country agreement which says those seeking asylum in Canada via the US, can't do so.
Fillmore mentioned that the bilateral agreement between the province and the federal government on housing was only finalized in August—much later than many other provinces—so that's been a large hold up on housing projects in Halifax.
Saulnier criticized the national housing strategy as being "built in the bubble of Ottawa for maybe Ontario and Quebec but is not fitting so well in our community."
Questions from the audience covered childcare and abortion. All candidates agreed childcare is super expensive, expressed different ways of making it better. And all candidates spoke against any "reopening of the abortion debate" in parliament. Holland said the debate has been settled among his party.
To applauds, Saulnier said about the debate of women's rights: "There isn't one," adding, "This is fundamental and essential to our bodily autonomy and integrity. And it is ours. Hands off."
In their closing remarks, candidates rounded up their promises with a neat little bow, calling for action and change and asking for support.
Roberts, summed things up in her closing remarks saying "Women can make their voices heard in Ottawa. Just send more women to Ottawa."
Batten down the hatches, stock the pantry and hold on to your hats. While Haligonians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, which will likely be a category 1 storm by the time it hits the shores of Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, the province's surfers are keeping an eye on swell reports.
"Hurricanes bring the big waves," says musician and surfer Rich Aucoin. He joined many surfers along the province's southern coast on Friday morning to make the most of the coming storm, before it touches down at full strength on Saturday, where the clean waves will give way to a "messy, violent looking ocean."
As of Friday afternoon, the wind had already changed, so surfers will have to wait until at least Sunday morning for the good waves—which Aucoin says could be twice as tall as him at their highest.
Environment and Climate Change Canada's warning preparedness meteorologist Bob Robichaud, warns that they do expect some very high waves, "but those conditions can be extremely dangerous."
He adds that Nova Scotians will feel the storm's high winds on Saturday morning, and the worst of the storm is expected to hit overnight on Saturday.
"We're looking at a fairly nasty, late afternoon over much of the southern Maritimes," Robichaud says.
The strong winds on Saturday will keep the surfers out of the water, and also mean many other things in the city will be shut down.
Halifax Transit has suspended bus and ferry service from noon on Saturday until at least noon on Sunday. (This means all shows for Halifax Fringe Festival are cancelled on Saturday, too.)
Halifax Regional Municipality is also asking residents on the south shore to "consider other accommodations" during the hurricane. Saying the waves could reach heights of 15-metres—surely high enough to knock your sailboat out of the water.
But Robichaud says the storm is luckily going to be coming to land at low tide, for at least the Eastern Shore area, which should help mitigate some of the potential damage.
Robichaud expects a lot of the damage to be fallen and uprooted trees and Nova Scotia Power is mobilizing extra staff—who, please remember, aren't to blame for the outages, Emera Inc. is—to deal with the damage and outages.
Lots of events around the city have been postponed and cancelled, even Parks Canada has closed Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site for the weekend. Essentially, everything is closed and you should just stay home.
The provincial government says Nova Scotians should have enough supplies to last at least 72 hours from the storm's arrival—so hopefully you have enough peanut butter to carry you over until Tuesday at noon. (If you've left your supply gathering until the last minute, read this.)
Almost two years after asking staff to figure out what Halifax can do to make the city more electric-car friendly, HRM's environment and sustainability standing committee will see what's being proposed.
The report, which will be discussed by the committee and then passed forward to regional council as presented or with specific amendments on Thursday, lays out a plan to continue the city's "if we build it, they will come" approach to environmentally friendly city life.
As of 2018, there were only 170 electric vehicles on the roads here in Nova Scotia, but more than 41,000 across Canada. The plan focuses on ways to increase that use over the next five to 10 years.
The price of electric vehicles is higher than traditional cars, but as prices fall, it has been predicted they will even out with traditional cars by late 2020—when considering the money and fuel costs saved when driving an electric vehicle.
The strategy for electric cars will align with the city's HalifACT 2050 plan which aims to reduce emissions—almost one quarter of which currently come from transportation.
The move, says committee chair and councillor Richard Zurawski, is "an obvious one."
The strategy will cost $60,000-$75,000 to develop, and will look at priority actions, capital investments, lifecycle costs, estimated savings and emission reductions. It proposes $600,000 for public infrastructure and $200,000 in fleet (vehicles owned and operated by the city) conversion over the next one to two years. It could see charging infrastructure of varying quality installed across HRM, and options around making new developments totally set up for charging cars, sort-of set up for charging cars, or somewhere in between. (The more complete, the higher the cost.)
There are currently no provincial or federal subsidies for personal electric vehicles, something Zurawski says is essential for an update of these changes.
"We've consistently offloaded climate change on the individual," he says, adding that without government subsidies, it's difficult for people to get ahead of the curve with environmentally conscious—and often expensive—changes which "we all recognize we have to make."
Young people have been speaking out for their rights. Many are wise beyond their years. Without the blinkers of ideology, workaday priorities and ingrained values, they can see clearly what's happening. They've had to step up for their own futures because too few of their elders are willing to accept that rampant consumerism has been an illusory quest for happiness at the expense of the planet's life-support systems.
"We have learned that if we don't start acting for our future, nobody else will make the first move," a Guardian article signed by 46 young people, including 16-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg, said.
Kids understand that their well-being, safety and lives depend on a healthy planet, with clean air, good water, nutritious food and a stable climate. And many are skilled at distinguishing truth from lies.
But while tens of thousands are marching in streets worldwide—for the #FridaysForFuture youth climate strikes that Thunberg started and more—they don't always see much evidence that adults with the power to make change are listening.
"We're feeling the burden of it, so it makes sense that I would care the most," 15-year-old Lily Gardner of Lexington, Kentucky, told the Guardian. "But I think it's really difficult to get politicians and legislators to take our voices seriously, especially because they believe that we do not have any voting power."
What if we gave them that power?
A cheeky movement to lower Canada's voting age from 18 to eight might sound...out there. But I'm not seeing much evidence that adults are any better at making political decisions than young people. So many grown-ups are electing politicians who don't even accept climate science, let alone the need to treat climate disruption as an emergency. Many governments and politicians around the world seem more beholden to the fading fossil fuel industry than the people they're supposed to represent.
"Politicians have known about climate change for decades," Thunberg and her fellow youth wrote. "They have willingly handed over their responsibility for our future to profiteers whose search for quick cash threatens our very existence."
This is not hyperbole. Every reputable scientist in every climate-related discipline, from oceanography to atmospheric physics, is saying we have little time—not much more than a decade, if that—to turn things around, to keep from pumping so many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere that they can't be re-absorbed or broken down before Earth heats beyond its ability to support human life.
Every legitimate scientific academy and institution in the world agrees. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has worked with scientists and researchers worldwide to regularly compile and summarize the research and evidence to share with government leaders and policy-makers. There's no shortage of solutions. Many are being deployed and new ones are being developed all the time, but not quickly enough. The only thing holding us back is lack of political will.
Yet many grown-ups are willing to risk that all these scientists and their research are wrong—even though we'd still end up with cleaner air, water and soil and healthier people if we took their advice and it turned out they all somehow missed something. Those who are gambling away our youth's future often support politicians who are likewise willing to bet against impossible odds.
Young people may not always make the best or most informed decisions, but given that their futures are at stake and they understand that change is possible and necessary, I can't imagine they would make worse decisions than their elders.
As adults, we must do all we can to support our youngers.
The Friday youth walkouts are expanding to a Global Climate Strike on September 20, kick-starting a week of activities that people of all ages are invited to join, and culminating in another strike on September 27. We should encourage our kids and grandkids to take part and get out there ourselves. Let the children speak, and listen to them.
We should also make sure to take our election responsibilities seriously, asking candidates about their climate plans and voting for those who are committed to a cleaner, safer, brighter tomorrow.
Should we let the kids vote? As the 18to8 campaign says, "Let the future decide the future."
BC is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in BC, that seems like good news. But while the program includes some habitat protection, the province is also approving logging in habitat the owl needs to survive.
It's a major flaw in government-led conservation efforts. Stories of captive breeding programs that lead to successful animal re-introduction are happy, but they're often born out of sad stories about the animals' plight.
Captive breeding programs are last-ditch efforts to save animals after humans have degraded or destroyed their habitat to the point where it's difficult for them to survive. In almost every case, experts and regulators are aware of the species' decline and the reasons behind it, but calls for habitat conservation go unheeded, or efforts are inadequate to ensure the animals can continue.
Species don't disappear overnight. Activities that degrade and destroy habitat are allowed to continue until a species is driven to a point where it can no longer function in the wild and needs human help.
Conservation would work better if land-use management regimes focused on maintaining habitat wildlife needs to survive before it's too late. Instead, we wait until tipping points have been passed and then scramble to capture animals for breeding.
When humans handle wildlife over generations, animals can become semi-domesticated and lose intergenerational knowledge about survival in nature.
Captive breeding itself is often controversial, riddled with risks. When humans handle wildlife over generations, animals can become semi-domesticated and lose intergenerational knowledge about survival in nature. Once they're re-introduced into the wild, many don't make it.
The odds of captured predators such as tigers and wolves surviving freedom are only 33 percent, according to recent research, and studies show captive-bred animals are more likely to interact and mate with other captive-bred animals and lose their ability to communicate with wild peers. Another study concluded captive-bred animals may develop behavioural changes such as "decrease in predator avoidance, decrease in foraging abilities, increase in sleeping patterns, decrease in overall activity, and some problems in social behaviours."
The intergenerational effects are biological as well as cultural. One study showed captive breeding can result in genetic changes between captive and wild lineages, and confinement can make animals more susceptible to disease outbreaks. (A tragic lion-breeding program resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen "struck by a mysterious disease aggravated by inbreeding and a weakened gene pool.")
The main issue is the risk of releasing captive-bred wildlife into degraded habitat that couldn't support it in the first place. Most examples of successful endangered species recovery involve animals facing threats other than habitat loss. Eagles were declining because of DDT contamination until it was banned. Condors were being poisoned by lead in the bodies of the carrion they ate until lead shot was limited.
Some programs pair captive breeding with habitat restoration, such as one run by the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC, which takes an active approach to protecting and enhancing burrowing owl habitat through stewardship programs with landowners and First Nations. The burrowing owl is listed as endangered by the federal government, which says populations in Canada declined by 90 percent from 1990 to 2000 and a further 643 percent between 2005 and 2015. The grasslands it and many other species depend on have been all but wiped out by agriculture and development.
As with the spotted owl case and others, most captive breeding programs omit or fail to adequately address the crucial habitat part of the recovery equation. Boreal woodland caribou are being penned in Alberta and British Columbia while status quo oil and gas and logging operations continue to fragment their forest habitat. The provinces are also killing predators such as wolves and competitors such as barred owls as part of recovery initiatives for caribou and spotted owls—a stopgap solution.
Unless captive breeding programs are combined with meaningful habitat protection and restoration initiatives, efforts will be more about show than success.
For the sake of animals taken from the wild, and for staff and volunteers who spend countless hours nurturing wildlife from birth to releasable ages, we must demand that governments work to repair destroyed and fragmented habitat driving many species to the brink.
John Perkins has filed a lawsuit against Atlantic Gold Corporation and
the RCMP after his hasty caught-on-video arrest at a public information session on mining in Sherbrooke this past May.
The information meeting was hosted by Atlantic Gold, whose plans to construct three gold mines in Nova Scotia put them at the forefront of this province's new frontier in gold mining.
Two months after the incident Perkins told The Coast, "my physical injuries are pretty much healed. My emotional, cognitive injuries are still an issue" He says he can't bring himself to watch the video of the incident, which has been viewed over 11,000 times.
Perkins, the founder of Sustainable Nova Scotia, says in a press release that he is standing up "to counter the chilling affect the arrest could have on public discourse about the environment: 'I feel strongly that it is my duty to hold them accountable for the injuries and harm they have done to me and to do what I can to stop this from happening again. I have done this because I do not want people to think that corporations are legally permitted to make false accusations against members of the public in order to have them arrested and removed from public meetings,.'"
In the world of Nova Scotia gold mining, as one government department spends millions to clean up polluted sites from previous gold rushes, another department's involved in making the next gold rush happen. Globally, the price of gold is on the rise, and last week hit the highest it's been since 2013. Good news for those set to profit off the mining industry, bad news for the rest of us as gold's value "tends to rise at times of geopolitical uncertainty."
Climate science deniers are becoming desperate as their numbers diminish in the face of incontrovertible evidence that human-caused global warming is putting our future at risk. Although most people with basic education, common sense and a lack of financial interest in the fossil fuel industry accept what scientists worldwide have proven through decades of research, some media outlets continue to publish inconsistent, incoherent opinions of people who reject climate science.
Over the past few weeks, Canada's Postmedia chain has run columns denying or downplaying the seriousness of climate change, by Fraser Institute senior fellow Ross McKitrick, defeated politician Joe Oliver and fossil fuel executive and Fraser Institute board member Gwyn Morgan, who is also former chair of scandal-plagued SNC-Lavalin.
McKitrick, an economist, has also signed the Cornwall Alliance Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming, which says, in part, "We believe Earth and its ecosystems—created by God's intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence—are robust, resilient, self-regulating and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth's climate system is no exception." Other prominent deniers, including Roy Spencer and David Legates, have also signed.
South of the border, the Heartland Institute, a leading US denial organization with ties to Canadian organizations such as the misnamed International Climate Science Coalition, still holds its annual denial-fest. But even that organization is feeling hard times in the face of evidence—similar to the proof that made it walk back its previous support for the tobacco industry to the point that its members now admit smoking is bad but defend vaping and other "smokeless" tobacco industry products.
Heartland's 13th International Conference on Climate Change—held at the Washington, D.C., Trump International Hotel—was down from three days to one. It once attracted more than 50 sponsors, but this year drew just 16—and one was fake. Fossil fuel companies have also cut funding, realizing denial is not an effective way to gain social licence. Attendance was limited to a couple hundred mostly older white men.
As usual, the conference speakers' reasons for denying climate science were all over the map.
Some simply rejected all evidence. According to British eccentric Christopher Monckton, who has no scientific credentials, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes are decreasing; sea levels are falling, not rising; and rising carbon dioxide emissions are improving life on Earth!
Others argued that Carbon Dioxide levels aren't rising, while some claimed the planet is cooling. In other words, the arguments were mostly easily debunked, contradictory nonsense in service of the most profitable and polluting industry in human history.
You'd think Heartland would be riding high under a government that shares its anti-science views. But even holding the conference in a Trump hotel blocks from the White House didn't gain it the profile organizers would have liked. Tom Harris, a discredited Canadian fossil fuel promoter who works with Heartland and the International Climate Science Coalition, penned a sad article with fellow denier, Heartland "science director" and convicted criminal Jay Lehr, crying, "no one from the Trump administration will be in attendance," which, they whined, is "a huge loss since ICCC-13 will reveal that neither science nor economics back up the climate scare."
Lehr, a groundwater hydrologist by training, also worked for The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, an organization founded by Phillip Morris and by PR firm APCO Worldwide to cast doubt on the scientific evidence regarding harms caused by tobacco. Harris also worked for APCO Worldwide.
It's getting harder for anyone to deny the reality staring us in the face. Those who continue to spread doubt and confusion about climate science are starting to look even more ridiculous with their many conflicting, insubstantial arguments.
Even some prominent deniers have come around. Political consultant Frank Luntz—who once advised the US government to cast doubt on scientific certainty around climate change and to use the term "climate change" rather than "global warming" because it sounds less scary—now says, "I was wrong in 2001." In recent testimony before the US Senate, Luntz said, "Rising sea levels, melting ice caps, tornadoes and hurricanes more ferocious than ever. It is happening."
Yes, it is happening. And it's time for deniers to accept evidence and reason or get the hell out of the way.
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David SuzukiFoundation Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington.
Proposed changes to transit fares for kids, adults and seniors were approved by the transportation standing committe this week.
If things go ahead according to schedule, adult fares for Halifax Transit will go up from $2.50 to $2.75 on September 30—an increase that was approved during the 2019/2020 budget process.
The extra quarter will fund increased wages, more expensive fuel and service increases like new routes from the Moving Forward Together Plan.
Staff supported the increase by comparing Halifax Transit's fares to other similar cities in the country, and the fare here was one of the lowest. To make up for the fact that wages in this region are also much lower than those in other parts of the country, staff say they looked at fares in other parts of Atlantic Canada, where Halifax Transit fares were relatively similar.
Councillor Sam Austin says if you look at "where inflation is, in some ways, it's not really an increase at all."
Staff recommend changing passenger classifications, removing the student classification, redefining youth and increasing the age where children can ride free from under 4 to twelve.
Councillor Waye Mason put forward an ammendment to give a bit more thought to the implications of staff's final classification change, removing the senior fare category.
Marc Santilli, manager of technical services for Halifax Transit, says part of the reasoning behind removing the senior category was census data that showed populations over 65 were now doing better economically than they were in the 2001 census. He adds that since it's early in the process, the city hadn't done any actual consultation with seniors yet.
Mason hopes his amendment will allow the other changes to go forward while doing further research into the effect of changing or removing the senior fare. "The first thing is to determine who our riders are and then determine what their needs are," he says, making sure seniors who don't fall below the current low-income qualifications, but still by other measures would be considered low-income and benefit from the lower fares, are considered.
Robert Young, a low-income senior, says, "I would expect a big pushback from seniors on this issue." He uses transit often—when not riding his bike, which he'd ridden to the meeting to see what committee members had to say—and while he says he doesn't have a problem with the 25-cent fare increase, he also says that the free rides for seniors on Tuesdays, outside of rush hour, aren't very beneficial. The free Tuesday rides for seniors won't see any change.
The committee also approved the recommendation to look into charging for parking at the Halifax Transit Park and Rides, specifically those at the Woodside Ferry Terminal, which sees increased parking from NSCC Waterfront students who park there instead of paying for parking at the school.
And while a utopic end goal of the Moving Forward Together Plan could be to have entirely free transit, Mason says there's "about 35 million reasons" Halifax Transit couldn't adequately make that change, as fares currently generate $33.68 million according to the staff report, so taxes would have to increase to make up for the revenue loss.
The approved recommendations with Mason's amendment will go to regional council in a few weeks for further discussion before any final decisions are made.
The Coast sits down with Martha Paynter to talk about abortion on the big screen. From drawn-out, dramatic representations to quick and empowering montages—set to "Silent Night"—Paynter shares her thoughts on seven noteworthy examples of abortion on TV and in the movies.
"How many billion labours and births have we seen on screen? There are 100,000 abortions a year in this country. So, we absolutely need to have these representations to normalize this aspect of reproductive health care," says Paynter. "But misinformation is a really big problem in health care. The danger of misinformation, of incorrect portrayals is that people will be afraid, and not even seek the health care they need."
"So, Penny has to have an abortion, but not everything is shown. It's just shown that she basically ended up butchered, and needed help.
That was early exposure. Dirty Dancing was pre-Morgentaler decision in Canada. It just shows that if you do not have safe access to abortion, people will use other means. Dirty Dancing was a really important movie, and a cult favourite watched by I can't even imagine how many people, how many times. Everybody's seen Dirty Dancing more than once.
I know in her research prior to all the changes in PEI, Colleen MacQuarrie was involved in a research team that did hear about women in PEI using illegal and self-harming means to get abortions. So we know it happens."
"In 1989, immediately after the Morgentaler decision, Degrassi High was an incredibly popular show. And that does show realistically what people faced going into a clinic [at the time]. The intimidation and scare tactics, lies, violence that people face. In in the late '80s, early '90s, that was a time of a lot of lawsuits raised, a lot of Morgentaler's work was happening at that time. And there was very aggressive anti-abortion protesting, including the firebombing of [Morgentaler's Toronto Abortion] clinic in 1992. It was an intense time in the history of abortion access in Canada. And that clip on Degrassi shows very realistically what people would face.
So here in Nova Scotia, our only abortion clinic is within a hospital. It's a locked unit, you can't get into it. It's several stories up. And we do abortions every day of the week. And so we don't really have protesters that come. You don't know what somebody is going into the QE2 for. Having services within a hospital anonymizes people and makes it a lot safer in that sense.
The other thing that's interesting about that, is that the twins…weren't pro-choice people. And Heather gave her sister a really hard time. What Spike says [when asked for advice from Heather] is beautiful, and a really important message that everybody should hear: That what's right for me is not necessarily right for somebody else. And it is it's not up to me to determine what somebody else does. And it's pretty basic, but it's really profound. And I like that Heather supported her sister at the end."
"It's just very straightforward. And that's the reality. Yes, a lot of abortion patients are young people who haven't quite figured out how to manage their reproduction and end up with an unplanned pregnancy. But it also happens to professionals. It also happens to people who already have a bunch of children. It happens to all kinds of people.
In 2011, this had to be shown terms of…she had to have an extraordinarily valuable career and be this force who contributes so much to society as a brilliant surgeon. And that makes it justifiable. And almost 10 years later, I think we are at a point where you can just not want it.
Christina's abortion [is] very medical, very anaesthetized, very sterilized. They make it seem like it's a big operation. That's not the reality at our abortion clinics. And it's not the reality in a lot of places where abortion is a procedure. A surgical abortion isn't always done an operating theatre with full sterile fields."
[Right now in Canada], it's mostly an issue about eligibility. Do people have access to the things they need to have access to, in order to be eligible for medical abortion? Are people aware of their bodies enough that they catch that they're pregnant? And depending on the circumstance you might need a little bit more time off work. Because the surgical abortion is done in 15 minutes, whereas a medical abortion can take a couple of days."
"The only thing [that's different] about this one is that she struggles to find the money. [The difference in Canada is] that only at a few places, as reported recently by the Globe and Mail, would you ever have to find the money [for an abortion]. You should not have to pay for it anywhere. But then it just depicts it as a positive experience in her life. And she makes the right decision for herself and she's well-received. And that's the reality. For most people. This is a pretty straightforward decision.
We don't talk enough about how every single one of us knows someone who's had an abortion. We also saw when her mom tells her that she's had an abortion, you know, a third of women have an abortion. So that means a third of our mothers have had an abortion. It just does a really good job of normalizing it."
"It's the same with Grey's Anatomy in that a lot of people saw it. It's very similar: It's by Shonda Rhimes, it's a woman of colour. It's important that it's not just white women who are represented having abortions. It's an extremely professional, has-her-stuff-together woman. But also, the actual procedure isn't given much airtime... Just think about that. When we only give a minute of airtime to a really positive decision for someone, that's censoring the reality of how normal and generally positive this decision and health care experience is for people, right?"
"It is the best. I love how they covered how the pharmacist didn't educate Annie about how Plan B doesn't work if you're over 175 pounds. So the show is doing some sexual health education right there.
And then in the actual abortion, the physician was very realistic, she's freezing the cervix, and she starts the dilation, opening up the cervix. She's talking her way through it and explains 'I'm two-thirds of the way done the procedure.'
And I loved her friend was at her side but unfortunately, that's not how things work at our clinic here. Friends and family have to wait in the waiting room. But there is a nurse at your side, holding your hand and just supporting you, and I just loved how it was so supportive, and realistic, and kind.
And then afterwards, Annie is able to say, 'Oh, I made that decision about my body. And I'm going to make some good decisions about my life. And I'm not going to let people treat me badly.' This show recognizes that this is not a horrible part of people's lives. It's the time that they can take some control and can direct their future. And that's not bad."
NCA proposes an immediate, indefinite moratorium on immigration (I.e. an indefinite ban without a clear…
National Citizens Alliance supports a limited number of refugee and immigrants. Please correct your article…
This whole paragraph is a bold faced lie shame on you!!! If you get down…
We have these exact bananas growing in our yard in south Carolina are they edible…
It seems to me that Dr. Suzuki has spiraled into negativity and personal attacks in…
Thanks James, I'd never considered the use of finger-wagging as an alternative energy source until…
You all want to play captain planet, but you reveal your true colors when vegans…


text:
You've got (effective) mail, says NZ Post study
Direct mail doesn't tend to get the same level of attention that other 'sexier' channels like online or TV get. But according to the ASA ad spend figures for 2012, it's on the rise, with addressed mail up 16 percent to $58 million. So why the increase? And is it effective? NZ Post and Key Research attempted to find out.
StopPress is part of ICG. We work with clients like Woolworths New Zealand, All Good, Huffer, Liquorland, Resene, Citta Design, TVNZ, Spark and FCB on their event activations, in-store, in-office or out-of-home signage, content creation and vehicle wraps.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - How will the Browns handle the Kareem Hunt suspension?
And what's the book on Dwayne Haskins and Kyler Murray in the draft?
Mark Schwab analyzes with draft analyst Matt Waldman of Rookie Scouting Portfolio.
Also Mark chats with U of Akron shooting star Andre Gross, one of the best local athletes you haven't heard about.
Copyright 2019 WOIO. All rights reserved.


text:
After returning from an 8 month absence from Tommy John Surgery, Yankees SS Didi Gregorious looked like he hadn't missed a beat. Gregorious went 2-4 hitting 2 hard singles in his first two at bats. He struck out in his final plate appearance to end the game, but felt good about his return.
"Something I always looked forward to," Gregorius said of his return, in which he went 2-for-4 with a strikeout. "I felt at home as soon as I came back. It was a really good day even though we didn't get the W. It's a good start.''
Despite a solid 2019 debut from Didi, the Yankees struggled to get much offense going as rookie pitcher Zach Plesac pitched 7 solid innings with 5 strikeouts and 2 runs allowed. It was the first win of his rookie career.
The game broke open in the 6th inning as Indians 1b, Carlos Santana hit his 12th blast of the season to right center off Domingo German whose recent struggles continued.
"I tried to expand the zone with a change-up down and in for a double play,'' German said of the pitch to Santana. "I left it high and he took advantage of it.''
In his past three starts, German is 1-2 with an 8.79 ERA and the previous All-Star talk is withering away. German seems to be struggling with location and will need to get back to form with Luis Severino not expected to be back until after the All-Star break.
With the Indians up 5-2, closer Brad Hand recorded his 19th save after he struck out the Yankees final three batters including Gregorious to end the game. His 19th save is tied with Shane Greene (DET) for most in the American League.
The Yankees will have to improve on both sides as C.C Sabathia continues to look for the 250th win of his career in Cleveland. He takes the mound against Adam Plutko (1-1) 6.35 ERA. The first pitch is scheduled later today at 4:05PM and you can catch all the action right here on 640 The Hurricane.


text:
DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY | June 15, 2015
Shot during the National Geographic Your Shot Meetup. I had a great time and learned a ton from an incredible group of instructors and editors.
DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY | June 15, 2015
Shot during the National Geographic Your Shot Meetup. I had a great time and learned a ton from an incredible group of instructors and editors.
A routine eye exam resulted in dilated pupils and blurry vision for a few hours yesterday. I'm quite proud to say I have 20/20 vision, so not being able to see clearly is always an alien sensation for me. As an excercise, I decided to shoot a few images to illustrate how it felt.
I think my biggest takeaway from this exercise was that it forced me to re-focus (bam!) on some of the basics of composition - if you can't really see your subject, you have to pull back and compose the scene based on abstract attributes, like light and dark, color, and where the blobs of light are.
Anyway, it was a fun little exericise, but I'm always glad to return to clarity.
Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY
Ghostface Killah at Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
Brooklyn, NY June 2007
January, Brooklyn NY
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
I braved the 20º weather in Prospect Park last weekend, all for the sake of a few photos, because that's how I roll.
The extended period of below-freezing temperatures meant that lake was frozen solid - enough so that a few souls more daring than I ventured out on the ice (that is not how I roll).
According to my Nike+ Fuel Band, I've been pretty inactive for... well, the whole month of December. In a quest to end the month (and the year) on a strong note, I decided to go on what turned into a rather epic photo walk.
I started in Prospect Park, worked my way through Windsor Terrace and Park Slope, then headed towards the infamous Gowanus Canal (I hear it has gonorrhea). I then made my way over to Cobble Hill, and finally finished up in Downtown Brooklyn, where I hopped on the Q train and headed back home.
It took about 3 hours, and got me to within a few points of my daily Fuel Point goal. Here's to an active 2013.
A wind-blown sign at the Parkside Ave. entrance to Prospect Park.
A young boy watches some street ball being played at the courts in the Parade Grounds at Prospect Park.
Images from Downtown Brooklyn and Christopher Columbus Park.
A montage of images shot with iPhone 4 and edited with Luminance App in the Prospect Park South neighborhood in Brooklyn.
I was doing one of my usual rambling walks in Prospect Park yesterday afternoon - despite the fact that I don't usually have a goal or destination, these walks make me feel like I'm actually doing something with my weekend.
I happened to make eye contact and smile at the woman selling icees by one of the entrances to Prospect Park. She returned my smile, and despite the fact that I'm usually really shy about asking to photograph strangers, that is exactly what I found myself doing.
I learned a couple of things from this exchange - one was that photographing strangers isn't that scary. In fact, when I showed her the shot I had made on the back of my camera, she told me that she thought the photo was "muy linda", and seemed really happy - which was very rewarding to me. I also learned that while I'm still a huge fan of the candid, unposed stuff that the hardcore street photographers do, a posed portrait of a stranger is also very satisfying.
HELLO BROOKLYN is an ongoing photo essay I started about a year ago. In it, I attempt to depict a serene, nighttime Brooklyn - hopefully, something other than the usual image of the Borough of Kings. Check it out here.


text:
Follow Us On:
My Account
Our Services
Homework Help
Cost of Goods Sold
Creative Accounting Assignment Help
Current Assets
Current Liabilities Assignment Help
Depreciation Assignment Help
Accounting Assignment Help
Cost Accounting Assignment Help
Balance Sheet Assignment Help
Bond Assignment Help
Cash Basis Assignment Help
Cash Flow Statement Assignment Help
Common Stock Assignment Help
Comprehensive Income Assignment Help
Economics Assignment Help
Consumer Behaviour Assignment Help
Banking Assignment Help
Anglo Saxon Economy Assignment Help
Finance Assignment Help
Financial Accounting Assignment Help
Financial Reports Assignment Help
Financial Statement Assignment Help
Interest Rate Assignment Help
Insurance Coverage Assignment Help
Management Assignment Help
Help with Assignment
Contact Us
Recent Questions
Live Chat
Recent Questions
Question #41780
Recent Question/Assignment
Assessment 2: Group project
Complete the details of your group in this section below.
Groups of about four people will be formed in the Week 2 tutorial. Each group will be required to develop a plan for successful launch of a new FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Good) in the Australian market. Students will submit hard copies before the formal presentation in week 11. Presentation must include full reference list. Students are required to defend their chosen strategies in the 20-minute-long presentation. The presentation should also include an A1 size poster to communicate the marketing mix to the audience. It is important that groups conduct research to identify the target market and develop appropriate marketing mix for the new product.
Your presentation will be assessed through applications of theory, and creativity. Application of theory is being assessed through the development of a sound strategies and justification of developed strategies. Creativity will be measured based on how innovative the product idea is and how innovative marketing strategies are aligned with product and target market characteristics.
You are required to cover the flowing components for the presentation:
• Provide a background of the industry/chosen product category.
• Analyse the current market situation (competitive environment, target market) conducting situation analysis (SWOT) – present real facts and figures based on research.
• Choose a new product in the market (or develop your own) to be targeted to a group of consumers. The "newness" of a product should be viewed from the targeted segment's perspective.
• Analyse profile of the selected market justifying the need of the product in line with the profile of the group.
• Demonstrate how relevant micro- and macro-environmental forces might impact on the demand potential for the new product.
• Give an outline of the marketing strategies (4Ps: Product, Promotion, Price, Place/distribution) to be implemented for the new product in achieving your marketing objective(s).
• Demonstrate why you consider suggested marketing strategies using the marketing mix for your new product are effective justifying your arguments.
• Provide a summary and conclusion at the end of the presentation.
• Include a full reference list
Note: Keep a copy of all your work in the event the original is lost. Copy all material so that each team member has a copy.
In the event that a group member does not submit their contribution, you are still expected to submit the complete project on the due date and it will be marked accordingly. No extensions will be granted because of problems between group members.
Note: If you are having issues in working collegially as a group, please contact your tutor. Advising them of group issues as you hand your report in is not an ideal
Note: This assessment is due in week 11 and carries a 25% weighting. Presentation length is 20 minutes.
This is a group assessment. Assume that you are a marketing executive in a company and you are required to develop a plan for successful launch of a new FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Good) in the Australian market. The following are the few steps of a Marketing plan. Fill up the empty boxes with marketing plans for your chosen product.
Question Explanation Our strategy
Vision statement The vision statement briefly outlines your future plan for the business. It should state clearly what your overall goals for the business are. To keep it brief you may prefer to use dot points in your summary.
Goals/objectives What are your short and long term goals? What activities will you undertake to meet them?
The Market
Question Explanation Our strategy
Target market Who are you selling to? Why would they buy your products/services over others?
This answer should briefly summarise your answers under the main Market section.
Marketing strategy (4Ps: Product, Promotion, Price, Place/distribution) Outline of the marketing strategies (4Ps: Product, Promotion, Price, Place/distribution)
How do you plan to enter the market? How do you intend to attract customers? How and why will this work?
This answer should briefly summarise your answers under the main Market section.
S.W.O.T. analysis
Question Explanation Our strategy
S.W.O.T. analysis table List each of your businesses Strengths.
S.W.O.T. activity sheet List each of your businesses Weaknesses.
S.W.O.T. activity sheet List each of your businesses opportunities.
S.W.O.T. activity sheet List each of your businesses threats.
Your competitors: Students need to do a quick research online to find information on their competitors.
Question Explanation Our strategy
Your competitors How do you rate against your competitors? How can your business improve on what they offer?
Competitor details table List at least 5 competitors in the table. For each competitor enter:
• Competitor: Competitor name.
• Established date: When were they established?
• Size: Number of staff and/or turnover.
• Market share (%): Estimated percentage of market share.
• Value to customers: Unique value to customers. Why they would do business with your competitor? For example: convenience, quality, price or service?
• Strengths: What are your competitor's main strengths?
• Weaknesses: What are your competitor's main weaknesses?
Looking for answers ?
Recent Questions
Type: Individual assessment, A ReportWord Limit - 2000 to 2500 words, not including a cover page, reference and appendixTask Details (see the subject outline)1. Describe one (1) social responsibility and...
School of EngineeringEngineering EntrepreneurshipTrimester 2-2019Assignment 3: Business Plan and PitchingAssignment topic:Develop a business plan for your entrepreneurship engineering idea and pitch it...
Macroeconomics Assignment Semester 2, 2019Business Economics BUECO5903Prepared by Alex Millmow (Course Coordinator)Checked by Anita Doraisami (Moderator)Instructions for Candidates:1. Choose any five (5)...
BUMGT5980 - Managerial Decision MakingAssessment Task 4 – Decision Making ApplicationDue date: Week 12 (or on the date advised by the course teacher)Word limit: 1,500 words excluding reference list and...
BUMGT5980 - Managerial Decision MakingAssessment Task 4 – Decision Making ApplicationDue date: Week 12 (or on the date advised by the course teacher)Word limit: 1,500 words excluding reference list and...
NEF6001Research Project Part AResearch ProposalResearch Title:Trimester: 2 / 2019Student Name:Supervisor Name:Total Mark= 20%Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION 3RESEARCH PROJECT BACKGROUND (Literature review)...
Virtual Network (20 Marks)Steps to be followed:Install the hypervisor Virtual BoxInstall two different Operating System in a hypervisor Ubuntu and Windows.After installing the two operating system on the...
Show All Questions


text:
Call: 01277 227152
Click: firstname.lastname@example.com
Parent Portal
PFA Events
School Assemblies
School Trips
Sponsored Events
School Assemblies
Intermediate Reading Assembly 2019
On Tuesday 2
April, Intermediate performed their reading inspired class assembly to parents and the rest of the school.
The children worked extremely hard to learn different lines and songs, and they performed fantastically. Miss Allen was incredibly proud of their efforts. As a class, they hope to have inspired everybody to ĹDrop Everything and Readĺ more often because, as Dr. Suess once said:
ĹThe more you read, the more youĺll know, and the more you learn, the more places youĺll go.ĺ
Transition Mother's Day Assembly 2019
Children from Transition put on a Motherĺs Day Assembly with a difference to all their mums and family. The theme was 'Mummy Recruitment', expect anything! It was ôThe Generation Gameö for the mums and their children. It was very interactive and all mums needed full marks for having a sense of humour. The first part of the assembly the children told the story of Motherĺs Day and how Mary, Mother of Jesus was the ultimate mother to us all. Then the mums had to pass a series of tests set by the children: dancing, sewing, icing a biscuit, bandaging an arm and finally make a costume out of a bin liner! The children sang, spoke, and delighted everyone who came.á At the end all children gave their mums a card and pot of flowers.
Visit the
to see more photographs from this event.
Lower Two Present 'A Healthy Lifestyle' 2019
Lower Two were delighted to present their assembly to the School and parents. They took as their topic ĹA Healthy Lifestyleĺ. This gave them the opportunity to share lots of information about keeping healthy in as humorous a way as possible. The assembly concluded with the film report that the children had created during their visit to The Sky Skills Academy on Wednesday 30
January. The children really enjoyed their assembly; and judging by the laughter from they audience, they were not alone in finding the experience entertaining!
The video will take a while to load depending on the speed of your internet connection.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Safer Internet Day 2019
On Tuesday 5
the school took part in ĹSafer Internet Dayĺ the theme of which this year was ĹPermission and Consentĺ. The juniors and Transition watched and participated in an assembly by Lower 1 whilst Intermediate and the EYFS similarly took part in an assembly by Miss Allen. The childrenĺs ICT lessons this week have focused on themes for Safer Internet Day as well as them completing a variety of activities within their classroom.
Even the youngest members of our school, Pre-Reception joined in.áThe children made a poster of the gadgets they use at home and made a promise not to use the gadgets unless mummy or daddy said it was ok.á The children brought in photographs of their favourite gadgets they use at home.á The children watched Zap and Zoom and Oscar drawing on the whiteboard.á They enjoyed the assembly with Miss Allen andálearnt all about the 'Do's and Don'ts regarding the internet.
Anti-Bullying Assembly 2018
Upper One performed their class assembly on Thursday 15
November, to the rest of the school; their assembly was based on the theme Anti-Bullying with the help from Chris Tarrant on the game show ĹWho wants to be a millionaireĺ.
Visit the
to see more photographs from Anti-Bullying week.
Remembrance Day 2018
On the 9th NovemberáIntermediate performed their class assembly to parents and pupils. The topic of the assembly was Remembrance Day. They presented information about World War One, performed a cheerful war time song, ĹPack up your troublesĺ, recited the famous poem ĹIn Flanders Filedsĺ by John McCrae and sang ĹImagineĺ to highlight the need for peace in our world.
The whole school participated in a commemorative two-minute silence and created a collective piece of artwork that depicted a WW1 soldier, made from poppies.
The Children performed incredibly, considering their age and the significance of the content of the assembly. Miss Allen and staff were incredibly proud of their efforts.
Baptism 2018
Reception and Kindergarten took part in a special assembly to celebrate the Baptism of baby Mary. Every child had a part to play in this special mass. They brought in special clothes and the choir were wearing white. Their parents, Mrs Wilson and Upper two were all invited to watch the ceremony.á The children has a wonderful time singing and dancing in front of their parents.
Childrenĺs Mental Health Week March 2018
During school assembliesáwe raised awareness of Childrenĺs Mental Health.á For Childrenĺs Mental Health Week, we encouraged children to celebrate their uniqueness. When we have a positive view of ourselves it can help us to cope with lifeĺs challenges, and recognising the different qualities of others can allow us to connect with those around us ľ which is vital for our own and othersĺ well-being.
The Infant and Junior school participated in Mental Health workshops that focused on reinforcing positive thinking habits and developing resilience which can be invaluable in protecting young people from developing mental health problems. They can also help to reduce some of the symptoms for children experiencing mental health problems, and even speed their recovery in some cases. Mental health and school performance go hand in hand. When a child is in good mental health, they will generally feel confident, content and happy with high self-esteem. This will keep them focused and motivated in school and able to overcome challenges and set goals for the future.
We also ran a parent session, within this session we covered the following;
An understanding of common mental health issues and how they can affect young people
The ability to spot signs of mental ill health in young people and guide them to a place of support
Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness
Skills to support positive well-being
Tree Hugging
Mood Chart
Rusty the Hearing Dog 2017
On the 1st Februaryáa visitor called Sophie Biebuyck, came in to speak to the children about her own hearing loss and her Hearing Dog, Rusty.
Sophie lost her hearing because of an illness during adulthood. Before Sophie lost her hearing, she was a music teacher. Life then changed, and as a result Sophie was extremely sad and she faced new challenges.
This all changed when she was introduced to a charity called ĹHearing Dogsĺ and she was given a dog called Rusty. Rusty now helps Sophie get through the day, keeping her safe and alerting her to sounds that she cannot hear herself.
The children were shown what life is like for people who cannot hear, they were shown how Hearing Dogs are trained and the clever things they can do to help their owners and they got the chance to meet Rusty and give him a big stroke. Sophie also answered lots of interesting questions that the children wanted to ask.
Rusty was a very friendly dog, Sophie was very inspirational and the children learned a lot from their presentation.
Anti-Bullying Week 2017
Anti-Bullying Week is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and takes place this year from 13th - 17th November and is supported by SafeToNet. Anti-Bullying Week shines a spotlight on bullying and encourages all children, teachers and parents to take action against bullying throughout the year. The theme this year is 'All Different, All Equal' with the following aims:
empower children and young people to celebrate what makes them, and others, unique.
help children and young people understand how important it is that every child feels valued and included in school, able to be themselves, without fear of bullying.
encourage parents and carers to work with their school and talk to their children about bullying, difference and equality.
enable teachers and other childrenĺs workforce professionals to celebrate what makes us Ĺall different, all equalĺ and celebrate difference and equality.
Encouraging them to take individual and collective action to prevent bullying, creating safe environments where children can be themselves.
On Monday 13th November the school wore 'odd socks' to celebrate us all being different and unique.á In addition the children from the Infants and Juniors will be participating in a workshop run by the company Perform for Schools.á Finally all children will enjoy activities led by their class teachers linked to the anti-bullying theme.
Visit the
to see some photographs from this event.
Remembrance Day 2017
On Thursday 9th November Upper Oneáheld aáclass assembly about Remembrance Day.áThey performed an informative yet religious assembly, which raised awareness of Remembrance Sunday.á It is a day for the nation to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom. Remembrance is part of modern British life, culture and heritage. It becomes a particular feature of the public calendar each year when public, private, formal and informal Remembrance events take place throughout the UK.
Upper Two Easter Play 2017
On the final day of term Upper Two, as part of the Easter celebrations, re-enacted the Story of Easter, from the crucifixion to the resurrection. áThey spoke very eloquently and their performance gave the younger children a better understanding of this very important time in the Christian calendar.
Lower Two consider our environment 2017
Lower Twoĺs class assembly on Thursday 16
March considered the effect of human activity on the environment. They highlighted a letter from Pope Francis called ĹLaudato Si: care for our common homeĺ. áThe assembly included, 'green screen' reporting, a special sky production and clips from other member of the Lower Two cast.
Lower Two are learning to write using the features of persuasive writing; they hope to persuade you and your families to join them in 'Earth Hour'. áPlease see school newsletter for more details. Visit
to see more photographs.
Lower One Class Assembly Chocolate 2017
On 7
March, Lower One performed their class assembly on ĹChocolateĺ to the school and their parents.áá The children enjoyed sharing two poems with everybody.á The first poem was based on Lower Oneĺs first term in the junior school and the second poem stressed the importance of how delicious chocolate is!á During Literacy, Lower One used Charlie and the Chocolate factory as inspiration to improve their writing.á The children used images from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate factory to write their own setting descriptions.á The children focused on the following questions whilst completing the task: What can we see?á What can we touch? What can we taste? What can we hear? What can we smell? The children shared their descriptions during the assembly.á Lower One enjoyed explaining to the school and their parents how they have used smarties to gain a greater understanding of their topic ľ Fractions.á All the children turned into a smartie and explained their smartie maths challenge. áVisit the
to see more photographs.
Ash Wednesday 2017
On 1
March, Deacon Paul came into school and took a short service and distributed ashes to our Infant and Junior children. It was a reflective service and Deacon Paul suggested that the children remembered two things as they went on their Lenten journey towards Easter; saying a thank you prayer every night and doing something helpful at home.
Mrs. P. Wilson MBE MSc, Headteacher,
Ursuline Preparatory School,
Old Great Ropers, Great Ropers Lane,
Warley, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3HR
Copyright © 2019 Ursuline Preparatory School | Website by


text: H3-105 Happy Halloween - 5 Scary Stories Photo by Leximphoto on Unsplash Happy Halloween everyone! I hope everyone is or will have a safe and memorable holiday! This week I want to share 5 scary work stories with you! I hope you enjoy and share this episode! Cheers! Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Have you signed up for my list yet? Nothing spammy I promise, just good useful information. Email Address Subscribe Matt NelsonOctober 31, 2018 Facebook0 Twitter 0 Likes


text:
Future of Democratic Party lies in moving to the moral center
The most successful political strategy is to stand up forcefully for what is right.
The most successful political strategy is to stand up forcefully for what is right.
Trump will make this election a test of what kind of country we are and what kind of country we want to live in.
Kneeling before the flag in silent, nonviolent protest is not disrespectful to the Stars and Stripes.
Tariffs are a crude club, one that invites retaliation. Trump's use of them reveals that he sees the U.S. as weak, not strong.
It is grotesque that Trump could not bring himself to warn Putin publicly that continued interference with our elections is unacceptable.
We need judges who will ensure that those who violated their rights are held responsible.
We must take back the Congress and the statehouses and rally the democratic bodies against the usurpations of the ideological majority of the court.
The danger of a failed summit is that Trump's "war cabinet" would use a failure to goad Trump into confrontation.
The damage that is being done at home and abroad is immense, but as the old gospel song teaches, "We've come too far, we can't turn back now."
By voting, we gain power. By choosing not to vote, we surrender it. We cannot afford to do less than our best.


text:
Photo Flash: Slidell Little Theatre Presents TUCK EVERLASTING
Slidell Little Theatre opens its 57th season with Tuck Everlasting - the enchanting tale of a young girl and her discovery of the Tuck family secret. Based on the best-selling, award-winning novel by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is the story of 11-year-old Winnie Foster, a free spirit who longs for adventure. When she meets the Tucks and discovers they hold the secret to everlasting life, she must protect the secret from those who would use it for personal gain and also face an extraordinary choice: return to her own family, or join the Tucks on their never-ending journey.
Tuck Everlasting was adapted into feature films by One Pass Media in 1981 and Walt Disney Pictures in 2002. The world premiere was held at the Alliance Theater in Georgia before moving to the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. The music and lyrics are by Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen and the book by Claudia Shear.
NOCCA student, Grace Reidenauer, leads as Winnie Foster and Slidell High Student, Alijah Garner, as Jesse Tuck. Stephanie Cooke performs as Mae Tuck, Rob Reidenaur as Angus Tuck, Larry Johnson as Miles Tuck and John Giraud as the Man in the Yellow Suit. Directed by Nicholas Smith and choreographed by Amanda Lou, the show runs through September 14th. For tickets and show times visit www.slidelllittletheatre.org. See Slidell Little Theater's Facebook page for more information. Slidell Little Theater, 2024 Nellie Drive, 985-643-0556.
Grace Reidenauer as Winnie Foster and her father, Rob Reidenauer, as Angus Tuck
John Giraud (Man in the Yellow Suit)
Alijah Garner (Jesse Tuck) and Grace Reidenauer (Winnie Foster) in TreeGap Woods
John Giraud (Man in the Yellow Suit) , Aaron Turnipseed (Constable Joe) and Levi Landry (Hugo)
Grace Reidenauer (Winnie Foster) and Alijah Garner (Jesse Tuck) lead the ensemble cast


text:
November Shop Update
The November Shop Update is live at Kelly Purkey Shop so we wanted to share with you all of the kits and stamp sets in this months release.
The Main kit this month is called A Little Bit of Magic. This kit will be perfect for the holidays but also perfect for other magical adventures.
The Travelers Notebook kit is called Winter Memories. This kit was designed by Ann-marie Espinoza.
There are also two stamp sets this month, the first is call Let's Get Crafty
The second is called The Crazy Ones
There are also two alpha stamp sets, the first is called Orchard
And the second is called Sullivan Street
We hope that you enjoy this latest shop update and we will be back this week to share some inspiration from our Creative Team.


text:
Re: Andrew Morrow Black
In reply to:
Re: Black, Robert & Eliza Hanna
I have recently learned that Andrew Morrow Black is an ancestor of mine and would like to get whatever additional info you have for him. I descend from his brother James and didn't realize Andrew remarried. I would particularly like to know more about his parents and their roots as Scots-Irish.
Let me know if we can share info.
Steve Black


text:
We stand for work incorporated
Your cart is empty.
Box 5
Assorted Fluorescent
Non-slip grip zone
Chisel - 2.0-5.0mm
2 of 2 items selected
highlightershighlighterhigh lighters18680621high lighterwinc highlightersstabilo boss highlighterwinc highlighterhighlighter assortedassorted highlightershighlighter packhighlighter packswinc chisel tiphigh52457400hylightersdrawshighlightwinc chisel tip highlighter
Join our community
Disclaimer: We utilise rounding in our pricing. This may cause variances between the single price and the total price displayed.
These products are Australian Made.
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have developed the EarthSaver classification to assist our customers in identifying products that meet environmentally preferable product criteria. More>>
This item is no longer part of our in stock range and is only available while stocks last.
This product is not eligible for change of mind returns. See our Returns Policy.


text:
Content Development Engineer
Content Development Engineers participate in the creation of the content that runs on the Digital Tutor, the AI-based tutoring platform. Content Engineers play a crucial role, teamed with subject matter experts to port course material onto the AI engine. Content Engineers also develop the user-facing tools and applications that support the Digital Tutor, ranging from visualization and simulation widgets to data analysis tools.
Substantial software programming background
Solid understanding of core Java libraries
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to thrive in an intellectually challenging, ever-changing environment
Rapid and motivated self-learner
Strong analytical and problem solving skills


text:
Oregano is one of the most potent and powerful essential oils available. It has a long history of medicinal uses before it became a staple of kitchen seasonings. In aromatherapy, oregano essential oil treats the same kinds of complaints as the herb. The essential oil comes from the leaves of the oregano plant in a steam distillation process. The growing oregano plant repels ants and many insect pests, so it is a good plant to grow in your home vegetable garden.
Originally hailing from Europe and Central Asia, oregano is one of the most potent and powerful essential oils. Oregano has a beneficial effect upon the digestive and respiratory systems. In traditional health practices, oregano has been used for centuries for its cleansing and immune-boosting properties. The primary chemical components of oregano are carvacrol and thymol (both are phenols), which possess cleansing and antioxidant properties. The oregano plant is one nature's best natural antiseptics because of its high thymol content.
Oregano Essential Oil History
The word "oregano" comes from the Greek phrase, "joy of the mountains." Using oregano leaves, the Ancient Greeks made creams for treating sores and aching muscles. Ancient Greeks used oregano extensively both internally and externally to treat skin irritations and infections. The Greeks even used oregano to prevent alcoholic ales from turning sour. They also believed that cows would produce tastier meat if they grazed on fields of oregano. Traditional Chinese healers have also used oregano for generations to treat a variety of complaints.
Oregano has a very long history of use in folklore. Besides culinary and medicinal purposes, oregano was believed to hold magical properties as well. In Shakespearean times, oregano was thought to encourages good luck. It was even used in spells for happiness, tranquility, and health.
It wasn't until after the Second World War that oregano found popularity in the United States. Much of its use in the past is still how it is used today.
Oregano Essential Oil Uses Today
Oregano essential oil has antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic properties. Due to the variety of applications, Oregano holds its position as one of the elites in essential oils
A daily drop of oregano taken internally can help maintain both a healthy immune function and support a healthy respiratory function. When seasonal threats are high, oregano can be taken more frequently to boost immunity further. Oregano also supports healthy digestion by promoting the secretion of digestive juices.
- Take one or two drops daily to maintain healthy immune function.
- Take one or two drops to support healthy respiratory function and healthy digestion
- Excellent source of antioxidants
- Use as a powerful cleansing and purifying agent – put ten drops in a 16-ounce spray bottle with water for a surface cleaner.
- Put one drop in place of dried oregano in spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, or on a roast.
- Apply diluted to distressed toenails (Oregano should be diluted with dōTERRA Fractionated Coconut Oil when applying to the skin.)
Directions for Use
You can diffuse Oregano essential oil, rub it on your skin and take it internally.
- Diffusion: Use three to four drops in the diffuser of your choice.
- Internal: Dilute one drop in 4 fl. oz. of liquid. You can also place two drops in a Veggie Capsule and take with water.
- Topically: Apply one to two drops to the desired area. You may want to dilute with Fractionated Coconut Oil or other natural oil to minimize any skin sensitivity.
Due to the high phenol content, we recommend caution when inhaling or diffusing Oregano. Just one drop, possibly two, are sufficient.
As with all essential oils, please be aware of possible skin sensitivity. Keep Oregano essential oil out of the reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas. If you are pregnant, nursing, or under a doctor's care, consult your physician before using Oregano oil.


text:
Beekeeping Photo Competition: Odds & Hens Submission
Just for fun Hubs and I are submitting photos to a calendar competition. Between the two of us we keep the images flowing for Odds and Hens. I did try taking pictures once while working in the hives. This is not a smart idea – its sticky business. Having my trusty helper, second opinion and […]Read More


text:
Looking for the best landscapers in Whitton TW2?
Book our landscape gardening services today and save money, time and efforts.
Getting rid of weeds is now easier than ever before, thanks to the expert weed control which we are able to offer.
When you are in areas such as Whitton or somewhere nearby, then finding our garden spraying means that you can be sure that you are getting rid of those difficult and unwanted plants in a simple and easy manner.
We are here to offer you services such as lawn planting and garden clearance in TW2 area and beyond, just what you need when you are trying to deal with difficult garden issues. To get the best lawn care in Whitton, find out how much we can do to help you deal with weeds.
As the best gardening experts around, we know the importance of truly excellent garden landscaping.
We have worked hard to become the best landscaping professionals anywhere in Whitton and beyond and that means that when you are thinking about garden design services, we offer exactly what you need in order to make sure that you are getting the best results.
When you are in TW2 area or within and are thinking about the best way to go about hiring the right landscape gardener, there is really only one choice which makes real sense. No matter what lawn maintenance you need, we are here to help.
Throughout Whitton and beyond you can benefit from the kind of gardening which we have to offer.
Whether it is weed control and garden spraying in or garden landscaping throughout all the areas in TW2, we can make sure that you are getting the best help and the best deal on the services which really matter.
If you would like to find out more about how much our gardeners can do to help you,visit our webpage.
No matter what you need from the best gardening experts across Whitton, we are here to help.
We want to make sure that you are getting the best gardeners around, whether you need lawn mowing or weed control throughout all the areas in TW2.
We also make sure that you are saving the most amount of money on the best reliable gardening available, so if you want to find out more information about our services check out our webpage.
City Garden can make sure that you are getting the highest quality gardening services available in places such as Whitton and within.
There are no gardening experts anywhere in the area and around who can come close to matching us for expertise and low prices.
When you need the best help with your gardening, there is only one company who you need to call. From hedge trimming and pruning to landscaping in TW2 area, we can get you the best solution to all of your gardening needs. To find out more and to get a free quote, call us now on 020 3743 8239 and talk to a member of our team.
We also offer:
Other services we offer in Whitton TW2:


text:
Scientists Looking at Ways to Predict Best Roles for Working Dogs
Scientists are finding ways to identify the best dogs for different working roles by looking at their cognitive abilities in a new study.
The research, published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, says working dogs fulfill a multitude of important positions and are in high demand. But, despite that, only a few dogs are selected for training programs and about 50 percent of them will successfully complete them.
The researchers from the University of Arizona and Duke University say most previous studies look at the temperamental characteristics of successful dogs, but their research looks at their cognitive abilities.
The study used game-based tests to analyze the performance of assistance dogs in training and explosive detection dogs. Researchers found different sets of skills predicted whether a dog would be a good detection or assistance dog - for assistance dogs, social skills were important, while strong short-term memory and sensitivity to human body language were better predictors of good detection dogs.
According to a University of Arizona press release, the findings suggest cognition should be considered along with temperament and physicality when predicting working dog success.


text:
I want you to rewrite an articles -- 2
Budget $30-250 USD
I have a website for divided articles and I need someone to rewrite this kind of articles.
if you are interested in this job
53 freelancers are bidding on average $74 for this job
Hello. I have 10 years of experience in the Writing Industry and can provide you "PREMIUM QUALITY WORK" within your "GIVEN DEADLINE" with "PERFECT GRAMMAR" and "ZERO PLAGIARISM". I have 600+ "EXCELLENT REVIEWS" which More
I specialize in crafting engaging content for small to medium size businesses. Whether their purpose is to generate sales leads, provide detailed product information or even operate a full online store. I have the skil More
Hello, When it's time to rewrite a piece and make it even better than the original, you should call on me. I will refurbish it with my creativity that you would wonder if it was from the original article you gave to m More
Hi! I have gone through your project details on this web content rewriting. Can you please share the link to your website? I'm an experienced copywriter and PR expert with a drive to help other businesses succeed. Fo More
I possess exceptional research and report writing skills and experience. I have successfully completed over 3000 related projects and the responses are positively overwhelming as you can see from my reviews. In my 10 y More
Hello. I am good in your required project, I also have a huge amount of working experience of more than 7 years. To ensure please visit my profile and check customers satisfaction level. ====== https://www.freelancer.c More
Hello, I'm interested in writing a unique and properly optimized content for your website. I have a lot of experience in content writing. I make sure you're a high-quality work, unique writing and written in good Eng More
Hey, I've gone through the project description and I'll be happy to work on this. I am very much interested to work in your project with all of your requirements. I am very proficient in English Grammar and vocabulary More
Hello, I am expert in rewriting as i have great experienced in Copywriting Ghostwriting Article Writing Article Rewriting Content Writing. I have great experienced of 5 years in Article Rewriting, Article Writing, Cont More
Howdy. I am working in the field of writing since last 10 years. I have managed 5000+ papers with 100 percent result rate for my clients on different forums including; Freelancer.com. As per your instructions I can pro More
Hi. Hope you are fine, I have more than 10 years of working experience in the industry. You may visit my profile and see the level of customer satisfaction through my ratings and reviews. I can provide you 100% quality More
Hi, I hope you are having a great day. I have successfully completed a number of projects related to yours as I have a professional experience of 7 years in this field and I believe that I can do it according to your r More
1. I am an expert in writing and rewriting an article. I read your project description and I am sure that I can handle your project. 2. Also an expert in Academic writing, research reports, essays and advance essays More
Looking for content that influences, inspires and compels for someone to take action? I'm your guy. I'm a writer, blogger, content creator, email marketer, lead generator and anything else that drives engagement for yo More
I am a Professional Accountant and a writer with 6 years of experience in both. Among the areas I am more and comfortable in includes copywriting, technical writing, excel sheets, marketing, Law, Accounting, Architectu More
Good day, I'm your freelancer for web copy, & content marketing solutions. Please accept my bid for this project. I have proper knowledge of almost all niches and being a pro researcher i can research for the topic a More
I am a professional writer with good background in research. Over few years, I have written lots of content on various topics for my clients. I am highly skilled on article writing/re-writing, blog post, web content, b More