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Author Terra Whiteman is giving away, not one, but two eBook copies of the first and second book in her Antithesis series! That's The Antithesis book one and The Antithesis book 2a for two lucky winners!
This is a story about God and the Devil, but not how you were taught to believe.This is also a story about love and hate, and the suffering both can bring.
This is about rights and wrongs, and all of the spaces in between.
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Sources: Epstein may not be GM for Cubs
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein will be headed to the Cubs any day now, but not necessarily as general manager.
Epstein is actively looking to hire a GM, a move that would enable him to serve the Cubs as president of baseball operations, according to major league sources.
The change in job description would qualify as a promotion for Epstein. It also would allow him to be less involved in the day-to-day grind that wears down many GMs.
Padres general manager Jed Hoyer, who is under contract through 2013 with a club option for '14, is one of Epstein's targets, SI.com reported on Tuesday.
It is unclear if Hoyer would want to join Epstein or if the Padres would allow Hoyer to depart. One possible complication: The Padres might want compensation from the Cubs for Hoyer at a time when the Cubs are negotiating compensation with the Red Sox for Epstein.
Still, the Padres have a ready-made replacement for Hoyer in place — Josh Byrnes, their vice president of baseball operations.
Padres lead owner Jeff Moorad, who previously had a similar role with the Diamondbacks, hired Byrnes to be the D-backs' GM in 2005, and was instrumental in bringing Byrnes to San Diego.
Byrnes also has drawn mention as a possible assistant or GM for Epstein with the Cubs. Epstein, meanwhile, is exploring other GM candidates while awaiting completion of the compensation deal between the Cubs and Red Sox, sources say.
Epstein, 37, has been the Red Sox's GM since Nov. 25, 2002. John Henry, the team's principal owner, said in a recent interview with WEEI radio that "there is a certain shelf life in these jobs" and that Epstein was "not going to be the general manager forever."
Henry was referring to the Red Sox, but the Cubs could be offering Epstein greater authority over baseball operations while also creating for him more of a wide-ranging role.
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TALK Rubric (Shrum & Glisan)The first rubric is a TALK rubric. It's a really short rubric that makes it easy for you to quickly give students some feedback on their TL usage in class. The letters stand for...
A = Accuracy: Is Target Language use correct (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar)? (I love that TL use and accuracy are separated!!)
Depending on class size, it's doubtful you'd get to all of them in one lesson. Honestly, I think trying to hit every student in each activity would be too stressful for you as the teacher any way. Pick a few students and give them feedback, then during the next day/activity pick some other students.
I don't even plan on using these as a grade. It's really more of a means for me to get an idea of how students are doing and to give them immediate feedback. You just give each student back their strip and that's it! They can see how well they're doing in the areas we're focusing on and where they need to work on.
It's a great rubric for beginning learners and earlier in the unit. I hope this will train students to keep an eye on how much German they're actually using in class. If you're interested in a typed version, click here.
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The other rubric they provided as a "Scored Discussion" rubric. It's a little more detailed than the TALK rubric and could be used for an actual grade in addition to being a means of feedback. On the left hand side it describes the lower end of what students might be doing. On the right hand side is the upper end. Basically, it moves from basic skills to where we want students to be. In the middle is room to give students a grade in each category on a 1-5 scale.
What's great about it is it's so succinct. Students get descriptions of both ends of the spectrum, but you don't need to put specific examples in for each point value. Students see what a 1 and a 5 look like, and they understand that a 3 is between those two extremes. I hope that it will give students something to strive for and help them focus on the areas they struggle most in. If you'd like a typed version, click here.
I'm hopeful that these rubrics will make it easier for me to give students feedback on a regular basis. It'd be great if they could use these to improve their confidence in speaking.
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Dividend Aristocrats: Time to Buy Becton, Dickinson and Company?
It's been shown that investing in dividend stocks out performs investing in non-paying dividend stocks, so it's probably not surprising to learn that the companies with the best history of paying dividends, known as dividend aristocrats, are in vogue.
These aristocrats post an enviable track record of increasing their annual dividend payout for at least 25 consecutive years. It's a select group, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's time to buy.
So let's look at Becton, Dickinson and Company , a dividend aristocrat that's boosted its dividend for 42 consecutive years, and see whether now is a good time to add it to portfolios.
A stable and growing business
Becton, Dickinson and Company is far from a newcomer -- the company dates back to 1897 -- and it's far from a one-trick pony -- the company makes and sells medical devices, instruments, and reagents through three business segments: BD Medical, BD Diagnostics, and BD Biosciences.
The company's BD Medical unit sells needles, syringes, and other products used by healthcare providers and consumers to deliver medication, such as insulin for diabetics. BD Diagnostics sells products that help providers collect samples for testing, including blood testing for infectious disease. And BD Biosciences sells items that are used in drug development, such as cell analysis tools and diagnostic assays.
Global demand tied to aging populations and developing economies has helped sales climb steadily across those businesses, propelling Becton's revenue from $6.75 billion in 2009 to more than $8 billion last year.
Growth, at a price
But that sales growth hasn't come cheap. The company's debt-to-capitalization ratio has jumped from 26.8% to 43.1% (long-term debt has more than doubled in the past five years) and the company's gross margin has sagged, slipping from 52.7% to 51.8%.
Increased debt repayments (the company's interest payments have grown from $9 million to $98 million) and margin pressure have created headwinds for earnings that are partially being offset by stock repurchases. Over the past five years, the number of outstanding shares has fallen from 246.8 million to 199.2 million shares. But even with the help of a shrinking share count, Becton's EPS has grown only 2.8% since 2009, which is far slower than net income, which is up 4.9%, and sales, which have climbed 19.4%.
Fool-worthy thoughts
Becton is aware that it needs to do a better job of dropping sales growth to the bottom line. It's ReLoCo cost-cutting program saved the company $50 million in its medical surgical business, prompting Becton to roll out the program companywide. That could help kick-start bottom-line growth.
If so, dividend investors should benefit as demand rises for Becton's needles, syringes, and systems. Next-generation infusible drugs targeting diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune diseases are coming to market; industry watcher IMS Health projects that spending on specialty medicine will grow from $171 billion in 2012 to between $230 billion and $240 billion in 2017. If that projection proves true, then the rising use of these specialty medicines should give Becton plenty of firepower to keep increasing its dividend. Having said that, there's not a lot of incentive to jump into Becton, Dickinson and Company's shares instead of other high-paying aristocrats. Its 1.88% dividend yield handily trails other large-cap, dividend-paying companies, including Coca-Cola and AT&T , and that means I'm content to remain on the sidelines and wait for a better time to buy.
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Venezuela plans to sell at least two Citgo Petroleum Corp. refineries in the United States and has begun receiving offers from interested buyers, the oil minister said.
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez did not specify which of Citgo's eight refineries in the United States he was referring to in his comments, reported Monday in the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal.
He made clear, however, that selling the refineries doesn't mean Venezuela is looking to sell the entirety of its Citgo assets, which also include about 13,000 service stations across the United States.
"It's two refineries in particular that we are looking to sell and we're taking offers," Ramirez was quoted as saying in his interview Sunday on the Venezuelan channel Televen. He also heads the state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., which owns Citgo.
The Houston-based Citgo says it supplies 8 percent to 10 percent of gasoline consumed in the United States and has about 4,000 employees.
"We will continue with Citgo and we will keep our presence in the U.S. market, which is one of our top markets," Ramirez said. "What is clear is there are at least two refineries there that don't interest us at all because they produce systematic losses, because they don't refine our oil."
He said some offers had been received from companies and that these were being considered confidentially.
Ramirez and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have repeatedly argued that Venezuela's various contracts with refineries in the United States produce losses for Venezuela and constitute a subsidy for the U.S. economy.
The Chavez government has made it clear it intends to review all Citgo assets and may sell part.
Chavez said last month that Venezuela was searching for partners to share in the Citgo business because it had not been lucrative enough for his country under current agreements.
"We want to sell part of Citgo and keep perhaps 60 percent, 50, 40, depending on the partners we find," Chavez said during a March 29 summit.
Chavez has said he wants to diversify the client list for Venezuela's oil, and in recent months he has struck a series of energy accords with neighboring countries, as well as China and Spain.
Chavez, a vehement critic of U.S. President George W. Bush's policies, has pledged to keep selling oil to the United States, Venezuela's top client, but has warned the U.S. government that any attack against Venezuela would lead to an immediate halt in oil sales.
Relations have grown tense as the U.S. government has expressed concerns about the health of democracy under the populist former paratrooper, a close ally of Fidel Castro. But officials in Washington have denied any attempt to act against Chavez.
Venezuela is the world's fifth largest oil exporter and a top crude supplier to the United States.
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It's hard to know if yoga is here to stay or here but soon to go away. It's been big before — George Harrison probably was the first purveyor of 'yoga chic' –
but then it was replaced by reading The Camel Toe Report or aerobics or taebo or the George Foreman Grill or whatever the fitness flavor of the month happens to be. I don't even know if it's an exercise, meditation or just a branded look. In LA it's for Westside women grappling with the crippling combination of free-time and affluenza and the men (usually 3 per class during 'business hours') who prey on them.
I have known lots of people from India and none of them do Yoga… they seem far more interested in their Blackberry and cell phone dangling in a most uncool manner from their belts. Now that Madonna is a British Kaballah follower rather than a shanti-chanting yogi perhaps it will start to fade. Personally, I think the stretching and time to think is great, but I don't want sanctimony or hallmark-calibre cliche spirituality delivered to me by a high school dropout.


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With the debate over marriage equality heating up over the recent statements by Chick-fil-A and others, people 0n both sides of the issue have become emotional, and understandably so. There is a danger, however, in becoming entrenched in your position without realizing the real cost of your decisions and support. Especially for those staunchly opposed to marriage equality, I think it's easy to other-ize the LGBTQI community and make them into some caricature of anti-traditional values and degradation. It's easy to forget that there are real people behind the pleas for equality and tolerance. There are real children who face bullies everyday simply because of the people they are.
As a rather sobering and sad example of this, I saw this letter from a father to his son who had apparently just come out to him on The Huffington Post. The title of the article calls the letter "shocking," and it certainly is, but I think this is probably more common than we all hope. The letter has several particularly upsetting phrases:
"I hope your telephone call was not to receive my blessing for the degrading of your lifestyle. I have fond memories of our times together, but that is all in the past."
"You made your choice though wrong it may be. God did not intend for this unnatural lifestyle. If you choose not to attend my funeral, my friends and family will understand."
"Have a good birthday and good life. No present exchanges will be accepted.
Goodbye, Dad"
The young person who just had his own father voluntarily check out of his life is more than just an angry pro-LGBTQI slogan. He's more than just the "other." He's a real person, just like you and me.
I think this is a crucial point to remember, especially if you disagree with marriage equality. It's easy to be an armchair philosopher or armchair politician, but it's necessary to remember that the people's lives your support is affecting are our family. They are our siblings, parents, uncles, aunts, and our friends.
More than the literal cost of hateful homophobia, like the gay-bashing that still goes on, simply arguing that certain people should not have the same rights as others has a substantial effect on real people.
The heart-breaking letter:
In stark contrast and in conversation with this saddening letter is a letter written to a "hypothetically gay son," by John Kinnear. Disappointed by the letter above and with his wife pregnant, he wanted to know what he would write if he were in the same position. It reads like this:
"Dear hypothetically gay son,
You're gay. Obviously you already know that, because you told us at the dinner table last night. I apologize for the awkward silence afterwards, but I was chewing. It was like when we're at a restaurant and the waiter comes up mid-bite and asks how the meal is, only in this metaphor you are the waiter, and instead of asking me about my meal, you said you were gay. I don't know why I needed to explain that. I think I needed to find a funny way to repeat the fact that you're gay… because that is what it sounds like in my head right now: "My son is gay. My son is gay. My son is gay."
Let me be perfectly clear: I love you. I will always love you. Since being gay is part of who you are, I love that you're gay. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the idea. If you sensed any sadness in my silence last night, it was because I was surprised that I was surprised. Ideally, I would have already known. Since you were an embryo, my intent has always been to really know you for who you are and not who I expect you to be. And yet, I was taken by surprise at last night's dinner. Have I said "surprise" enough in this paragraph? One more time: Surprise!
OK. Let's get a few things straight about how things are going to be.
- Our home is a place of safety and love. The world has dealt you a difficult card. While LGBT people are becoming more accepted, it is still a difficult path to walk. You're going to experience hate and anger and misunderstandings about who you are out in the world. That will not happen here. You need to know with every fiber of who you are that when you walk in the front door of your home, you are safe, and you are loved. Your mother is in complete agreement with me on this.
- I am still, as always, your biggest defender. Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're any less capable of taking care of and defending yourself. That said, if you need me to stand next to you or in front of you, write letters, sign petitions, advocate, or anything else, I am here. I would go to war for you.
- If you're going to have boys over, you now need to leave your bedroom door open. Sorry, kiddo. Them's the breaks. I couldn't have girls in my room with the door shut, so you don't get to have boys.
- You and I are going to revisit that talk we had about safe sex. I know it's going to be awkward for both of us, but it is important. I need to do some research first, so let's give it a few weeks. If you have questions or concerns before then, let me know.
That's enough for now. Feel free to view this letter as a contract. If I ever fail to meet any of the commitments made herein, pull it out and hold me to account. I'll end with this: You are not broken. You are whole, and beautiful. You are capable and compassionate. You and your sister are the best things I have ever done with my life, and I couldn't be prouder of the people you've become.
P.S. Thanks to a few key Supreme Court decisions and the Marriage Equality Act of 2020, you're legally able to get married. When I was your age, that was just an idea. Pretty cool, huh?"


text: He can't have too many enemies at the same time." While Ford expressed concern over Trump's posturing in the Middle East, he said that the president's disdain for business as usual in Washington could be his – and the world's – saving grace. His skepticism was later confirmed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which stated in a recent report that there were no traces of chemical weapons found in samples they took from the town. "So this combined with the fact that he has family links with Israel, pushes him in the direction of being an Iran hawk. One is this so-called isolationism, or nativism, the other is his narcissism. "But I'm not sure his heart is in it. Yet, the real threat of escalation comes from the potential of another "Douma-like situation," the ex-envoy said, referring to April's alleged gas attack in a besieged rebel stronghold in Eastern Ghouta, which resulted in US-led airstrikes against the Syrian government's military and scientific facilities. The only time he's really free is in the middle of the night at 3 AM when he can tweet and nobody can stop him, or when he's in a summit. "There's two keys to understanding Trump. The real potential flashpoint is a return to a Douma-like situation," Ford said. Now this is scary, and if he gets dragged down that path, we may be in for a very bumpy ride indeed. These are the times when he can be Donald. Speaking on RT's political show CrossTalk with Peter Lavelle, Ford warned that Syria watchers were too focused on a potential crisis in the Golan Heights (Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and a source of numerous tensions between Damascus and Tel Aviv). It's not the Golan. I sense that it's opportunistic and dictated by his standing domestically in the US. We were talking in those terms. "Especially when they keep advisors out of the chamber. I think Donald should be more Donald if anything." He's got the security state on his back, he's got almost everybody on his back. "I don't think the Americans have much to negotiate with in Syria. He cannot afford also to have the Israel lobby on his back," Ford noted. And his narcissism in a way is his redeeming feature, because it makes him depart from the orthodox Washington consensus," Ford said. "We're in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint. "He's like a Gulliver who's pinned down by the Washington consensus, by this myriad of little advisors around him. "Remember in April, we were close to World War 3. The threat of "another Douma" is especially worrying because with fewer and fewer cards to play in Syria, Washington may be looking for any excuse to directly intervene in the all-but-over conflict. chemical attack chemical weapons Douma false flag Iran Israel Jewish Imperialism Jewish influence Middle East neocons Syria Syria conflict Trump US foreign policy warThere is a real risk that the West could use another alleged chemical attack to justify actions in Syria which could spark a dangerous crisis, former UK ambassador to Syria Peter Ford told RT. "Trump has already got a lot of enemies back home. The boots on the ground are very limited in numbers, effectively they're just a tripwire," Ford said. The first Western journalist to reach Douma, Robert Fisk, filed a report which raised serious doubts about the veracity of the claims made by the Western-backed White Helmets, who provided videos and photographs allegedly showing the aftermath of the gas attack. And the same scenario could be reproduced at any moment, but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the siege of Idlib, which is some months down the track. "But it's perfectly foreseeable that the same conditions will be produced, and I believe there will be another fake chemical attack, which will trigger a really dangerous crisis." Notably, the US-led missile attack on Syria was conducted without waiting for a formal investigation to determine if chemical weapons had actually been used – and if so, who was to blame. That only leaves the north, the Idlib area which is dominated, in terms of external support, by Turkey, not the US." The former diplomat also noted that Trump's preoccupation with Iran seems to be geared towards making the Israelis happy, and that it's not clear whether or not he'd actually go through with a military attack on Iran. "The pro-US forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up. However, samples from two sites tested positive for chlorine, but the concentration and source of the chlorine has yet to be determined. One-on-one.


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While it recognises that 'technology can be a wonderful thing', the guidance says that 'too much time sitting down or using mobile devices can get in the way of important, healthy activities'.
However, similar to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the chief medical officers (CMOs) argue that there is currently 'insufficient robust scientific evidence on the impact of screen time to support specific guidelines on optimal amounts of screen use.' They recommend further research be carried out in this area.
The guidance, which is based on research by University College London into screen-based activities and the mental health of children and young people, advises the following to parents:
It also recommends the technology industry establish a voluntary code of conduct addressing how they safeguard children and young people on their sites.
Both Sally Goddard Blythe, author and international director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology, and the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), welcomed the CMO's guidance.
Ms Goddard Blythe said, 'While a recent report by the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee flagged a lack of high-quality research into the effects of screen time on young people, much of the research focuses on what is happening during screen time not on what screen time prevents.
'When children are occupied with electronic games, they are neither physically nor socially active. Screen play is very different from real play in terms of physical interaction, imagination and creativity.'
Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the RSPH, said, 'In the absence of more robust scientific evidence into the long-term effects of screen-based activities on young people, this advice is a vital step in the right direction towards the establishment of much needed clearer guidance for parents - guidance they are crying out for in order to protect their children in a wild west digital world.
'It cannot be stressed enough that further research must be prioritised as a matter of urgency to improve our understanding of the relationship between screen-use, and in particular social media use, on our young people's mental health and well-being.'
RSPH and the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media and Young People's Mental Health and Well-Being, will soon be publishing a report with proposed guidance for industry and users in how to enhance the positive impacts of social media.


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Power Point is dead, but leading an interactive whiteboard conversation can be daunting for many sales reps. A playbook approach can take the mystery out of whiteboarding by giving sales reps a flexible step-by-step roadmap.
Powerpoint is dead. Now we hear that all the time, and the reality is professional presentations are probably not going away, but in a lot of settings they just don't work now. They're boring. They don't connect. They don't lead to a dialogue. But what are the alternatives?
One alternative that's gained a lot of momentum in recent years is whiteboarding - solving problems with a picture, using a model to leave the dialog, and it works. Whether you're an outside salesperson, you're going to be there in person with a customer, or you're an inside sales person doing a whiteboard over the web.
For most salespeople whiteboarding is a foreign concept. They've never done it before. For many of them they've never seen it done well, and it makes them nervous. It makes them scared of how would I get up there in front of a customer and not have slides? Not have a presentation, something I've memorized, and lead this interactive whiteboard conversation?
So where do you start? We see many Product and Marketing organizations start with the content. They create a myriad of whiteboards, and never slow down to think through what's the best way to package the whiteboard so they're absorbable to the field? How do we deliver the content in a way that sales will be able to master it? How do we a drive adoption the field so that salespeople are actually using it everyday to lead customer conversations?
Sometimes it's helpful to start with the end in mind, and the end state is salespeople that when they go into that whiteboard conversation, they know exactly what to draw, and they know what to say, and they know what to ask, and they know how to make the transitions, and they know how to pivot during the conversation and make it interactive.
One concept that's helpful is the concept of a playbook, a digital sales conversation guide for the whiteboard. A playbook can take the mystery out of whiteboarding for a salesperson. A salesperson who's never done it before, and they're a little bit nervous, or a little bit scared, and turning that whiteboard into a storyboard that gives them the step-by-step. Here's how you're going to lead that conversation. Here's what you're going to say at each step. Here's what you're going to draw. Here's what you're going to ask. And make it very repeatable, and give them that flexible roadmap.
We have created literally hundreds of whiteboards and associated tools for our clients. We'd be happy to share examples of playbooks and whiteboards for inside salespeople and whiteboards for outside sales people, and give you some fresh insights for your journey.


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We are going to be having a new therapist joining us in the early summer. Julia Haywood who lives in Clifton will be basing herself here when she qualifies. She will be offering a number of treatments including Indian head massage, reflexology and Swedish body massage. A full list of treatments and prices will be published on our website nearer the time.


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Lorraine Marie Varela addresses the question "What can be done in the face of the evil of ISIS?" in her book "Love in the Face of ISIS". She introduces seven prayer strategies that we can use to effect God's power in the midst of violence in the Middle East caused at the hands of ISIS.
Current events in our nation and the world indicate that the only solution is prayer. We have two choices: we can live our lives in fear as we see more and more violence, or we can pray for supernatural intervention and the transformation of evil to good and live our lives in peace knowing that God has everything under His control.
Varela teaches us how to pray for the Middle East asking for God's presence to be revealed, His armies, His provision, His healing and peace. Each chapter shares testimonies of God's faithfulness and supernatural intervention. She has included "Pauses for Prayer" at different intervals throughout the book and at the end of each chapter. These prayers are excellent guides to follow in getting us started in praying for the Middle East and the threat of ISIS.
Click here to purchase from Amazon.com
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Chosen, a division of Baker Publishing Group, as part of their Book Review Blogger Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."


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Phyllis Mills Wyeth died this past January 14 at her home in Chadds Ford, Pa., with her husband Jamie by her side. Obituaries published following her death rightly celebrated her as a philanthropist who generously supported the arts and environmental causes and who advocated for the rights of handicapped and disabled people. But for the community of St. George, where she was a seasonal resident, Wyeth's most memorable and honored contribution will be her very concrete impact on the lives of our youth through Herring Gut Learning Center.
Founded by Wyeth in 1997 as Marshall Point Sea Farm, Herring Gut embodies Wyeth's conviction that a fishing community in today's world will not survive the effects of changing conditions unless its youth become knowledgeable about, and well-grounded in, the technologies, science and economics of aquaculture. Coincidentally, she realized some important truths about education.
In the beginning, the kind of educational program Wyeth sought for St. George students was termed "alternative education," something reserved for students at risk of failing academically. Jim Masterson, the original director of the St. George Alternative Education program worked closely with Wyeth on developing the Herring Gut model. "In the years I knew Phyllis she tried her best to truly provide a wonderful experiential education to those 'at-risk' students," Masterson says, adding parenthetically, "Of course Phyllis was Phyllis—strong-willed and mischievous with a good sense of humor—you definitely didn't get in her way or talk her out of much. She was a hoot."
Over the years, as the Herring Gut project's curricula and reach expanded, it and other programs like it began to shift educators' thinking even more profoundly. "Phyllis Wyeth believed that all students can learn, that students learn best by doing, and that place and community should ground, shape, and inspire curriculum," says Mike Felton, the superintendent of the St. George School. "Ms. Wyeth's vision shaped Herring Gut Learning Center and forced educators to rethink how we approach teaching and learning. Rather than ask students to conform to a traditional classroom and curriculum, change the classroom and curriculum to engage, challenge, and inspire students. Let learning take root in the community's shore and soil, its history and traditions. Let students work with their hands, build and create, take responsibility for their learning and share that learning with the community."
Jaden Petersdorf, from 2013 to 2016 a student in the St. George alternative education program, is only one of many former Herring Gut students who continue to value their involvement at Herring Gut. "I was lucky to be able to go to Herring Gut," he says today. But as Peter Harris, the chair of Herring Gut's Board of Trustees notes, Wyeth wanted Herring Gut to be more than a lucky opportunity. "Phyllis was a true visionary. She didn't just have a farsighted idea, she made it come true for hundreds of kids here. I loved watching how excited she was when a 7th or 8th grader told her what they had learned."—JW
(Thanks to Sonja Schmanska for her help in preparing this tribute to Phyllis Wyeth.)


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Now that autumn is here we are once more entering the premises of our "Temple of Art" as we humbly call our rehearsal hall it`s high time to welcome our new ensemble members. The week of the new groups in Zornitsa presented us with some 50 new boys and girls.
The first to enter the Temple were the boys accounting for more than 30 new men (the largest newcomers group the ensemble`s had for the last 10 years). Right after the initial exercises the boys were split into two groups – beginners and advanced levels according to the men`s capabilities. We are proud to note that the first group consisting of people that had danced on stage in a variety of other dance companies halved the routine of one of the most influential male dances – the Thracian youth (Trakiiska mladost). The second group started with the basics and danced a simpler combination of dance moves in the end.
The next day, on Wednesday, we welcomed the new girls who were more than 15, considering we were only hiring men. After the initial exercises the new women started with the routine of the temperament "Female shopski dance" (Zhenski shopski tanc) and almost finished it by the end of the rehearsal.
Meet our new dancers or come join them in the Zornitsa dance hall. The Men`s rehearsals are every Tuesday and Thursday the Women`s rehearsals – every Wednesday and Friday. You are also most welcomed on our General rehearsal on Monday. See you soon!


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In an increasingly competitive world, it is essential for employees to stay relevant and for organisations to retain their best talent. Investing in people through learning programmes is one of the best ways of achieving these two goals while helping to develop, lead and manage your organisation.
However, with tighter training budgets, it is crucial that any training and development effort determine the most effective, relevant approach that will deliver immediate on-the-job impact. To achieve this:
Be certain about the essential skills and knowledge your employees need;
Assess what their current skill and knowledge levels are;
Ensure the right environment exists so that employees can apply what they learn on the job;
View learning not as a one-time event, but as an ongoing process that needs to be supported and facilitated; and
Measure the impact of the learning programme on employees and on their performance.
Do not be old school
Give your employees the learning options they demand. Offering learning via a range of delivery options, is essential to achieving learning programme goals.
Too often, organisations only look at course content, timing and cost. Research has shown that learning preferences, generational influences and culture have a tremendous effect on how well a learner absorbs and applies information.
In Asia, forward-thinking employers are increasingly using a blended learning approach. This means delivering learning in a variety of ways that are appropriate, as well as according to students' preferences.
A blended learning programme could include an action-learning workshop using real-life case studies, independent e-learning, traditional instructor-led classroom training, on-demand reference tools, webinars, podcasts and more.
These approaches focus more on ensuring that the right learning takes place, rather than on content, cost and timing, while helping to ensure a greater learning impact for the individual and the organisation.
Blended learning contrasts with the type of organisational learning events most commonly seen in Asia today — commodity training focused on obtaining credentials. Credential training is a good starting point, but focuses exclusively on learning content, rather than on-the-job application.
Blended learning also delivers a range of cost savings and flexibility benefits by reducing travel, keeping people on the job and extending the learning from a few days to a few weeks. This helps learners to retain and practise what they learn while still having access to instructors and fellow students to solve problems.
The vast majority of strong learning evaluation programmes are based on the Kirkpatrick Model, which identifies four levels of learning evaluation:
Reaction: To what degree do participants react favourably to the training event?
Learning: To what degree do participants acquire the intended learning from the training event?
Behaviour: To what degree do participants apply what they learnt on the job?
Results: To what degree do desired outcomes occur as a result of the training event and subsequent reinforcement?
Unfortunately, most training event assessments focus on the wrong things — did participants like the instructors, the food, the room and the presentation of the course materials, all of which, has little to do with "what did you learn" and "how will you use it on the job".
Asking questions that assess knowledge gained and its usefulness on the job is essential to effective evaluation as shown by the Kirkpatrick Model.
The assessments should take place not at the end of the last day of the course, but a couple of days afterwards. They should then be repeated in 30 to 90 days to see if participants' immediate assumptions about the value and impact of the learning were accurate.
Continuous learning
One of the great things about blended learning is that it offers a wide range of possibilities to support continuous, informal learning across the enterprise.
Whether it is delivering learning content via apps or social media, or providing on-demand reference tools, learning is moving out of the classroom and being assimilated as part of the job itself, which leads to perhaps the most important learning opportunity of all — coaching.
Coaching and mentoring are old ideas that are even more relevant today. Whether it is a formal action-learning coaching event or simply creating a culture of one-on-one coaching in the organisation, coaching positively influences business results while also improving employee engagement.
From learning apps to instructor-led learning and a strong coaching culture, a balanced approach of all the tools and methods will deliver the greatest learning impact today.
This in turn helps organisations maintain their competitive edge as well as retain talent. And that, accompanied by an effective assessment and evaluation effort, will ensure senior management support for a strong, ongoing learning programme.


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On Sunday July 14th at Hallowtree Scout Camp....
How far can you throw a welly boot? Can you keep an egg on a spoon? Which leader will win the leaders race?
Find out at the District Sports Day!
The fun starts at 2.30pm on the Wendy Hut field. Everyone is welcome to watch, so bring your deckchairs. We will be having a parents race!
Please can Beavers wear their Beaver sweatshirts and their scraf. They will also need to wear trainers and a drink.
We will be holding a picnic aftewards, so bring your picnic hamper.
We will be having a sports day practise on Thursday 11th July.


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The Washington Post reports, "Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members — planning to stage what they described as their largest rally in decades to 'take America back'— clashed with counterprotesters in the streets and a car plowed into crowds, leaving one person dead and 19 others injured." Additionally, "two state police officers died when their helicopter crashed at the outskirts of town," The Washington Post adds. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster told NBC's "Meet the Press" what our fake puppet president should have, namely, "Of course, it was terrorism." Meanwhile fake puppet president Trump blamed "many sides," as if there are two sides to racist hate other than decency and evil cowardice, but that's him, the Great Extremist Lunatic. While this is American made hate, and no one should get the impression TRUMPISTAN WATCH thinks otherwise, you can bet that like the red bourgeoisie before them, the trash in the Kremlin had real French champagne on hand to celebrate the racist violence in Charlottesville. Remember: Russia, like Trump, loves Nazis, white supremacists, and violence. Anyone who can help to divide and conquer, whether the real Russian traitor trash Trump in the White House, the most dangerous white nationalist of them all, or those who took to the streets on Saturday in Charlottesville. So who died? Heather Heyer. According to the Huffington Post, her mother, Susan Bro, "Heather was not about hate, Heather was about stopping hatred," adding, "Heather was about bringing an end to injustice." Therefore, let's not forget where the neo-Nazis and white nationalists live: in the white nationalist Whites Only Haus. Time for Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, Stephen Miller, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, their cheerleader Kellyanne Conway and of course Twitler himself to go. Meanwhile images of a young black man, Deandre Harris, being beaten with poles straight out of Trump's "make American great again" 1950s fantasia went viral. Harris survived to give an interview to The Root. More champagne in the Kremlin over images that echo staples of Cold War anti-American propaganda. Real Americans resist! And remember: those who are silent or offering up false equivalencies now would have done the same then. The amount of casual racism you hear as a white person in America is extraordinary; black folks and other minorities get a much different flavor in form. Stand up to it as TRUMPISTAN WATCH always heard my folks do when confronted with it.
From The Washington Post, NBC News, CNN, Huffington Post and The Root.
POLITICO reports, "The Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use to disrupt the U.S. political system". For once we can all say, "Thanks Obama," sarcastically like we really mean it. According to POLITICO, "As early as 2014, the administration received a report that quoted a well-connected Russian source as saying that the Kremlin was building a disinformation arm". Note, "The report, according to an official familiar with it, included a quote from the Russian source telling U.S. officials in Moscow, 'You have no idea how extensive these networks are in Europe … and in the U.S., Russia has penetrated media organizations, lobbying firms, political parties, governments and militaries in all of these places,'" POLITICO adds. Now we have a much better idea as there is a puppet president in the White House embroiled in scandal and media talking heads on the far right and left are pumping Russia's agenda into our ears. POLITICO reports it spoke with "more than a dozen current and former officials from across the national security spectrum, including intelligence agencies, the State Department and the Pentagon," and, "Almost all said they were aware of Russia's aggressive cyberespionage and disinformation campaigns — especially after the dramatic Russian attempt to hack Ukrainian elections in 2014 – but felt that either the White House or key agencies were unwilling to act forcefully to counter the Russian actions." And naturally as is customary in Washington when everyone fails, there is finger pointing galore as "Officials outside the White House blamed micromanagement by the National Security Council for the lack of a more forceful response, while a former NSC official says any failure to act forcefully against Russia was because of concerns by the State Department and, less frequently, the Defense Department about potential retaliation by Moscow," POLITICO reports. Oh boy. Let's just say everyone failed to different degrees and now we are living a dystopian nightmare of foreign occupation and domestic racists empowered by a compromised extremist in the White House, you know six of one and half dozen of the other.
From POLITICO.
The New York Times reports special counsel Robert Mueller "is in talks with the West Wing about interviewing current and former senior administration officials, including the recently ousted White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus". According to The New York Times, "Mr. Mueller has asked the White House about specific meetings, who attended them and whether there are any notes, transcripts or documents about them". The New York Times adds, "Among the matters Mr. Mueller wants to ask the officials about is President Trump's decision in May to fire the F.B.I. Director, James B. Comey". While The New York Times reports, "No interviews have been scheduled," it is worth noting, "he took the aggressive step of executing a search warrant at the Alexandria, Va., home of Paul J. Manafort, Mr. Trump's former campaign chairman." Legal experts suggest the move is to put pressure on Manafort; Trump never believed Priebus would be fully loyal to him. Remember the first rule of Washington: everyone seeks to cover his or her own ass first.
From The New York Times.
CNN reports, "The Senate Judiciary Committee is calling on the White House to provide new details about President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's security clearance application". CNN notes, "The committee, led by Republican Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, sent a letter in June to the White House and the FBI asking for a detailed list of questions about Kushner's security clearance form". However, "Kushner's outside attorney sent the panel a letter, but the White House has not yet responded to the panel's queries despite a July 6 deadline". According to CNN, "The committee's spokesman, George Hartmann, told CNN Friday that the response from Kushner's attorney does not satisfy the panel's request for information from the White House." CNN adds, "In the letter from the Senate judiciary committee, the leaders asked for information about the status of the security clearance, including the dates when 'major decisions' about the form were made. The panel also asks whether Trump or any White House official intervened during the background check process on Kushner's behalf. Moreover, the committee leaders also ask the White House and FBI to produce key sections of the SF-86 form, including Kushner's answers about whether he had any 'continuing contact' with a foreign national or offered any advice or support to a foreign government official and his list of all contacts he had with a foreign official over the past seven years." The Senators are also extremely curious about Kushner's contacts with Vnesheconombank CEO Sergey Gorkov and former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
From CNN.
Bloomberg reports, "A handful of Democratic lawmakers have renewed their effort to get a powerful House Republican to investigate Deutsche Bank AG's loans to President Donald Trump and the bank's role in helping Russians move billions of dollars from Moscow to the west." Good! Nazis, North Korea, TRUMPISTAN WATCH will not lose focus and nor will certain patriotic members of Congress on what will bring down this puppet president: Russia! According to Bloomberg, "In a letter to Jeb Hensarling of Texas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Representative Maxine Waters of California, the committee's ranking Democrat, urged him to issue subpoenas to Deutsche Bank." Bloomberg notes Waters "wants to force the German lender to disclose its internal review of the so-called 'mirror-trading' scandal that has cost the bank more than $600 million in fines and penalties, and a separate review it conducted concerning Trump, who borrowed more than $300 million in real estate loans years before running for office." Naturally Deutsche Bank has obstructed efforts to reveal the truth about its malfeasance. As TRUMPISTAN WATCH closes in on six months fighting a fascist foreign occupation, note "This is Waters's fourth attempt to investigate Deutsche Bank." Note who every Republican obstructing this effort stands with: Trump. And note who Trump stands with: white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Russia. Great company to keep, House Republicans.
From Bloomberg.
WIRED reports in depth on the theory and practice of active measures. "A few months after taking over as Russia's chief of the general staff, [Valery] Gerasimov outlined his vision for a 21st-century style of warfare. It erased the boundary between peace and war and relied on emerging technologies to provide a level of deniability for the Russian military," WIRED reports, adding, "he outlined a coordinated and multi-pronged approach to warfare that relies on asymmetric tools to open up 'a permanently operating front through the entire territory of the enemy state.'" WIRED adds, "Only in the final stage of a conflict would uniformed military be deployed, usually 'under the guise of peacekeeping and crisis regulation,'" which is precisely what the world witnessed, and did minimal about, in Crimea. Recall, "Putin began as a KGB officer, and today nearly all of his top advisers are aging products of the Cold War: Gerasimov is in his early 60s. Putin's top foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov—Sergey Kislyak's predecessor as ambassador to the US—turned 70 in March, and the long-serving foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, is 67. The men who head the three main intelligence services are all in their early 60s and graduates of the Soviet Union's top intelligence and military academies," WIRED notes. "Putin came to power—and held onto it—during a violent and turbulent time in Russia, a period that reinforced his mentality that the West is a constant, sustained adversary in geopolitics, not a partner for peace," WIRED adds. "At the broadest level, modern Russian active measures break down into at least eight distinct types, ranging from traditional diplomacy to covert assassinations," WIRED reports. The toolbox of active measures includes: disinformation, cyber crimes, energy politics, financial crimes and assistance, violence or "wet business," kompromat or "compromising material," espionage, and diplomacy. WIRED delves a bit into each one with convincing examples. Worth the read.
From WIRED.
Reuters profiles Rosneft's billions invested in keeping Venezuela's Chavista dictatorship afloat. Reuters notes, "As Caracas struggles to contain an economic meltdown and violent street protests, Moscow is using its position as Venezuela's lender of last resort to gain more control over the OPEC nation's crude reserves, the largest in the world." You know who else used Russia as a "lender of last resort" to keep his flailing empire afloat? Trump! So let's take a look at this Reuters special report and see what great future awaits those nations with leaders who are beholden to Russia for financial sustenance. Hint: it's a pretty terrible one with a collapsing economy, sharks circling and zero dignity for the average person. Reuters reports, "Venezuela's state-owned oil firm, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has been secretly negotiating since at least early this year with Russia's biggest state-owned oil company, Rosneft (ROSN.MM) – offering ownership interests in up to nine of Venezuela's most productive petroleum projects". According to Reuters, "Rosneft has also positioned itself as a middleman in sales of Venezuelan oil to customers worldwide. Much of it ends up at refineries in the United States – despite U.S. sanctions against Russia – because it is sold through intermediaries such as oil trading firms, according to internal PDVSA trade reports seen by Reuters and a source at the firm." An opposition lawmaker, "Elias Matta, vice president of the energy commission at Venezuela's elected National Assembly," told Reuters, "Rosneft is definitely taking advantage of the situation," adding, "They know this is a weak government; that it's desperate for cash – and they're sharks." Recall, "Rosneft said this month that it has lent a total of $6 billion to PDVSA. In total, Russia and Rosneft have delivered Venezuela at least $17 billion in loans and credit lines since 2006, according to Reuters calculations". Reuters reports there was also a "$4 billion arms-for-oil deal in 2006 that cemented the bond between the governments of Chavez and Putin. Chavez, a former military officer, signed the deal himself in Moscow." What can go wrong besides everything? It's not as if Russia has ever sunk it's future and finances into a failing economic model before such as it did with the Soviet Union. As Sechin told a crowd in Spanish last October during a most Soviet-style unveiling of "a Russian-made granite statue of Chavez erected in the late president's hometown of Sabaneta," in a "speech, broadcast on Venezuelan state television," "Russia and Venezuela, together forever!"
From Reuters.
The Washington Times reports, "Infowars publisher and far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has launched a new website in order to accomplish what he called bringing 'truth back to the media.'" This is from a guy who promoted pizzagate and Sandy Hook conspiracies and is beloved by our white trash fake Russian troll president, so keep in mind his definition of truth is as flexible as Trump's claims to legitimacy of any kind, whether moral or simply as the popular vote winner. According to The Washington Times, "Mr. Jones announced the launch of NewsWars.com during Friday's broadcast of his popular radio and internet show and said on Twitter afterwards that the website would serve as 'a new media platform in the battle against fake news!'" But he already took on Megyn Kelly after he gave her an exclusive, so how will that work? Surely the Trump-loving National Enquirer, which loves alien babies and such, is not fake news to his audience of losers. Imagine sucking so much that being a white guy in America is hard and you have to justify it with a load of bullshit conspiracies. We do not have to imagine with Trump in the White House.
From The Washington Times.
Meduza profiles a volunteer project in Russia called "Last Address" that has a few things in common with Stolperstein in Germany, with some critical differences. These differences include a lack of state support to memorialize the millions of victims of Stalinism and an unwillingness of the Russian state to face its Stalinist past as mass murderers and slaughterers of innocents. According to Meduza, "Since December 2014, a project called 'Last Address' has operated in Russia, dedicated to memorializing the victims of Soviet repression. Members of this project mount memorial plaques outside homes where people were once seized by the secret police and taken to be imprisoned and shot." Meduza notes, "volunteers working with Last Address are active in cities across Russia and the former Soviet Union, studying archival materials, completing tedious paperwork, and most importantly convincing apartment owners to permit the installation of the memorial plaques outside their homes." If Russia had any dignity, this would not be the work of volunteers but embraced by the state. Russians should not require convincing, instead they should feel the necessity to acknowledge past crimes, speak openly about them, and memorialize the victims at the core of their humanity. However, Russia is relatively hopeless so there is every reason to believe there is no "never again" there, rather instead an "until next time".
From Meduza.
Reuters reports, "The silver medals Russian sprinter Tatyana Firova won at the Beijing and London Olympics are stored in a safe in her apartment near Moscow in defiance of the International Olympic Committee, which has wanted them back for months." According to Reuters, "Firova is one of six athletes who told Reuters they had yet to return Olympic medals and diplomas from the Beijing and London Games that were revoked over the last year after their samples, or those of relay teammates, tested positive for banned substances." So surprise, Russia does not just cheat elections, banking, decency, everything else, it also steals from real athletes who train for years for the privilege of competing in the Olympics. As usual, when Russia gets caught cheating, it refuses to acknowledge reality — probably just the International Olympic Committee's Russophobia. Reuters reports, "Two of these athletes said they had no intention of returning them, while three others said they would do so but were unclear how to proceed, had logistical constraints or were awaiting the outcome of an appeal. Another athlete was undecided." Right because those are not your medals, cheaters.
From Reuters.
Vice reports, "Now that he's gotten his fill of making fun of American politics with Veep, writer/director Armando Iannucci is turning his attention to Russia with The Death of Stalin, a comedy film set just after the communist leader kicks the can." This should be very funny to all the Stalin-loving shits like Putin in the Kremlin nowadays. Citing Vulture, Vice writes, "Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Rupert Friend, and Jason Isaacs all play Stalin's underlings who squabble for power after he's passed. And—given that this is 1950s Russia on the brink of collapse—they're all scared for their lives." Can't wait until Russia is forced to respond to derision and mockery of their beloved paranoid mass murderer. What fun! Laughter in the face of fear is the best medicine. Laughter in the face of Russia now is survival.
From Vice.
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HA NOI (VNS) — The Ha Noi People's Committee has revoked 2.2ha of land from delayed projects for the construction of State-owned schools.
A further 0.7ha of land of that was intended for production plants has been withdrawn to make way for schools.
The land will be used for the construction of public schools in the districts of Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Gia Lam, Cau Giay and Dong Da.
The move was made to tackle the shortage of public schools in new urban areas.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Vu Hong Khanh said the city had asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review the implementation of delayed projects to have land for public schools construction in those areas.
Inspection results showed that only 94 out of 196 plots of land had completed the work of land clearance and basic infrastructure construction, but no schools had been built.
Authorities would continue to inspect the progress of public projects as planned, he said.
The Department of Education and Training had been entrusted with reviewing the proposed construction of public schools across the city, Khanh added.
The municipal Department of Planning and Investment has been instructed to regularly check on delayed projects and report to municipal authorities on the feasibility of reclaiming land for schools or re-investment.
According to a report from the Ministry of Education and Training, the city needed roughly 7 million square metres of land to build schools. — VNS


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text: The Youth Intern Program is a summer internship for youth in Saint Paul to create a documentary that addresses a community issue. This summer, one of our youth production groups partnered with the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED) to produce a short documentary on water pollution. The youth interviewed water quality scientists as well as a community activist to learn more about this issue. Their documentary explores how everything we do impacts our water and the ripple effect that pollution can have on our world.


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Here's How Fast the Podcast Industry is Growing
Welcome to The Yard, a blog by Backyard Media that explains the podcast industry and podcast advertising.
Just how fast is the podcast industry growing? One study from 2017 attempted to answer this question in more detail than ever before. A collaboration between the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC, this study was meant to directly survey the industry's biggest players, the 20 largest advertising companies as well as podcast publishers, in order to have a more accurate view of podcast advertising revenue and estimates of revenue growth. Here are some of the study's most important findings for companies looking to get into podcast advertising.
1. Growth in podcast revenue is picking up speed
Podcast advertising revenue is growing, and its rate of growth has increased for the past few years. IAB's respondents reported $119M in revenue for 2016, and it expects 2017 to bring in $220M, an 85% year over year increase. Compare that to a 72% increase between 2016 and 2015,which saw $69M in revenue. The quarterly increases in revenue are also very steady - IAB shows that between the start of 2015 and the end of 2016, the Compound Quarterly Growth Rate was 19%.
Why is this growth so high? We talked in our last blog about the changes that the podcast industry is going through: the growing number of podcasts, the rise in listenership among the American adult population, and the professionalization of podcasts and podcast studios.
The final numbers for 2017's advertising revenue aren't out just yet - we expect them some time this spring - but because the survey is drawn from first-party data, we're confident that actual advertising totals will be within this range.
2. New technology will allow fresh ad content on older podcast episodes.
The IAB study was also one of the first we've seen that measured the rise in dynamic ad insertion technology (see our explainer on dynamic ad insertion technology here). It found that between 2015 and 2016, dynamically inserted ads went from 37% of all ad inventory to 56%.
What is dynamic ad insertion? Compared to traditional ads that are "baked in" to the audio file of the show, this technology allows publishers to remove and update ad slots in older episodes of their podcasts. As a result, ad inventory can remain up to date with fresh ads, and sponsors have the opportunity to insert ads into older episodes. For series that listeners need to consume from start to finish, like narrative nonfiction podcasts, this technology can be very powerful. We'll explain dynamic ad insertion in depth in a later blog post - this technology is still on the rise and it will no doubt lead to big changes in the industry when it's widely adopted.
3. Sponsors continue to see the value in the host-listener relationship.
Podcasts remain an outlier when it comes to digital media. IAB states that "host read ads continue to be the preferred mechanism" for ad delivery. Despite all of the changes in the industry, 60% of ads in 2016 were host read, while 40% were pre-produced. Compare that to 2015's numbers, where 63% of ads were host-read and 37% were pre-produced. For an explanation of the differences between the two types of ads, read our primer here.
This slow growth for pre-produced ads indicates that sponsors still see real value in having hosts recommend their products to listeners. We've spoken at length about this relationship and how podcast advertisers can leverage it - see this post as well as this one.
4. Sponsors are diversifying their podcast ad campaigns.
Sponsors are learning the effectiveness of other types of ad campaigns, and the IAB data for 2016 shows this.
Direct response remains dominant at 73% of all ads, with a significant minority (25%) being pure brand awareness. Interestingly, branded podcast content made its mark in 2016. We expect further diversification in the types of campaigns that sponsors choose. Even as the effectiveness of direct response ads remains high for sponsors, listeners who have above-average podcast listening want to hear sponsors differentiate themselves. This could be in collaborations with hosts or more branded podcasts - much like GE and Ebay have done in the past.
You can read our breakdown of the different types of podcast ad campaigns here.
And that's all we've got for you today! As updated information about the industry's growth comes in this spring, we'll be sure to check back in to make sense of all the data.
Make 2018 the year your company takes advantage of the power of podcast advertising. Contact us to learn more about Backyard Media's podcast partners and learn how easy it is to get started.
Backyard Media is a marketplace for podcast advertising. We connect content creators of all shapes and sizes with awesome sponsors, providing them with the resources they need to do what they do best. Everyone wins.
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Reviews & Testimonials
Allison Posner is a true musical storyteller. With a crystalline voice and a deep, intelligent approach to lyrics she has the power to take the audience (or listener) on a journey no matter what material she chooses to interpret.
Scott Coulter, director of programming at Feinstein's/54 Below and founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment
Allison brings a positive energy into all of our voice over sessions. This is equally matched by her lyrical narration and the precision of her reads. She is the kind of pro that any voice studio would be thrilled to have on their go-to list.
Ross Minichiello, Riverside Digital Productions
Allison Posner acts and sings with a crystalline clarity this is uniquely hers. Her rendition of Jocelyn in Volleygirls still fills me with delight. A consummate listener, actor, and soprano, Allison brings spark and virtuosity to every moment of rehearsal and performance.
Rob Ackerman, playwright & librettist
I first heard Allison sing in 2004 when we were both in part of the Hangar Theatre Lab Company, and I was immediately a fan. She has a warm, expressive, beautiful voice, which she uses to do way more than just make a pretty sound; when Allison sings she is embodying a character, telling a story, and putting emotional heft behind each phrase. As a composer who writes music that sits, for better or worse, towards the more challenging end of the spectrum, I know to hold fast to singers like Allison with the musicality and work ethic to sing a difficult score accurately and confidently. And on top of all that, she's just a delight to spend time with.
Julia Meinwald, composer
Allison always brings an open heart into the room with her, fully engaging with the work with deep curiosity and endless joy!
Gordon Leary, lyricist & librettist
Allison is pure joy to work with and has been a frequent voiceover artist at our studios. Her versatility and ability to bring a book to life - from a heartbreaking reading of Anne Frank's diary to the children's classic Make Way for the Ducklings - is exciting to watch and be a part of.
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My name is Tony Abou Ezzi and I am a seventeen year old senior at Neuqua Valley High school. I was born with a moderate to severe hearing loss which has left me struggling in school to receive the same education (information) as everyone else. When I first started to realize what my hearing loss meant, I rejected it, just as I expect anyone would. I wore my bulky behind-the-ear hearing aids until I was eleven through the urge of my parents, until about the time when I started to feel different from everyone else. "But I want to be the same as everyone else. I want to be NORMAL," is what I would tell my parents, who would respond with supporting statements along the lines of, "Each and every person has something that is difficult to face, whether it is visible or not, it is what makes you unique". It is what makes you human, is what I tell myself.
I had a rough time through eighth and ninth grade, dealing with the transition from Junior High, to High School. By the end of my freshman year my grades were dropping far below normal. That was when I realized just how much my hearing loss was affecting my education. I would respond to questions such as, "What time is it?" with, "Oh, sure I know what you mean. Yes I think so." Creating numerous safety answers got annoying and couldn't fool anyone. I was blessed with luck when my Dad announced that we were moving, because it gave me the chance I needed to restart my life and make better decisions about wearing hearing aids, and accepting my disability. I could not erase the past, but I could change the future, so I decided to put a stop to my fear of my own disability and my choice forever changed what my life could and will be.
By the age of fourteen, I started accepting my disability, but at times I still struggle and must face hard situations. These difficult situations do anything but stop me; they give me more self determination, and boost my self-esteem and goal to succeed in life. With the help of my parents and so many others, I have developed some important strategies to deal with my hearing loss. One of these strategies is for me to become an advocate for myself, which means that it is my responsibility to seek whatever help I need from my teachers. I also discovered that I must take charge of school meetings where there are items concerning my disability that only I know, and in order to express myself I have to educate others about what services I need to be provided with, so that I will be on a more equal playing field with other students. Since becoming a student at Neuqua Valley I have learned that I must be seated at the head of the classroom where I can read the teachers lips. Recently I have received a service called CART which is a form of live captioning, in which someone types out everything that is said in a class onto a laptop. When I received CART I was shocked to see how much information I was actually missing and also the respect I received from students, because of all people they know what it is like to stand out. Instead of making me feel isolated and embarrassed as I thought CART would, although I won't deny having some of those feelings, for the most part I felt and continue to feel above everyone else because for the first time I am getting about 80%+ in my classes. CART has helped me so much in such a short time that I wish I had known about it during my earlier years. It was through the research that my parents did that I learned about it. I have also worked with a professional note taker, who could not have done a better job in making sure that I knew what was going to be on a test or quiz, and what time I would need to come into the classroom for help.
Another important service is the provision of CC (Closed Captioning) for any movies or videos shown in the classroom, except for student filmed videos. While some peers find CC annoying, others find it fascinating, and start to use it at their homes. These services worked for me, and may not work for others, but at least they are now available to those coming to high school. Through a lot of struggles and hardships, I have plowed a path and brought numerous services for students with any disability, but mostly for those with a hearing loss and I hope to see others use at least some of the services which will help them in school.
Much of my success in school I owe to my parents who have always fought by my side no matter what the challenge. I believe that it is the parents of a disabled child's responsibility to research and find out what their specific child's disability means, and how it will affect their child's performance/education and what services he/she will need. The most important thing is to provide love, support and encouragement.
In many ways, my disability has become my strength, and it has taught me things that I would have never learned otherwise. Now that I am going to College I must become an expert on everything that I have had to face throughout my education. I will have to teach my professors about my hearing loss and there will always be misunderstandings and learning curves. It is hard to say, but my advice to anyone with a hearing loss is to embrace, accept, find out how your disability effects your education and what services should be provided and then find out how to get them. The road to success and knowledge is not an easy one, no one ever said it would be, but through the burdens that you carry in life you will learn everything that there is to know about yourself and more.


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Journal Pages: Pumping on the Plane
I don't suffer from low self esteem. However, if you ask me what I am most proud of I would struggle to give you an answer. My thinking has mostly been that you get talent for free, giving it your best is just a minimal requirement, and there is usually a good bit of luck involved in whether you achieve the things you want or not.
But recently I have found myself wanting to brag. The fact is, Jacob is nearly 11 months old and still breastfed (apart from solids now, of course). Before he was born, I had set myself six months as a goal. When we discovered his neutropenia, I decided to continue to make sure his immune system got all the help it could get. I am proud of sticking it out like this, because as some of you may know, breastfeeding isn't easy. It hurts for the first two months or so, it is exhausting as you're doing all the feeds one way or another, especially during those first few months where all your baby wants to do is clusterfeed (yes this is an actual thing, google it), and it's this weird experience where your boobs and body just aren't yours. It can also be awkward and political. It shouldn't be, but even when you know sitting in a café breastfeeding your infant son is the most natural thing in the world (and secretly wish someone would come up to you to complain so you can yell at them), you're still pretty much out in public with your tits out as your baby is just not focusing.
Breastfeeding, of course, is also magical and amazing. It is one of the most empowering of experiences to be able to feed your baby with your own body. It is fantastic for your baby and their developing immune system - not just for the first six months, but for the first few years of their lives (read all about that here). It is super convenient once things start to settle down; you never have to mess around with formula or heating bottles on the go. It is a multipurpose soother - many of Jacob's issues were solved by just shoving my boob in his face. And it's so so cosy. Those quiet moments where Jacob and I are just snuggled up together are some of the most precious times in my life. Breastfeeding truly is a miracle and I am so grateful that I am able to this. But it isn't easy.
Working and trying to continue to fully breastfeed definitely isn't easy, but after a few months I do feel I've gotten the hang of it, tedious as it can get. Last month's challenge was a different ballgame, however. I went on a business trip to New York. Apart from having to miss my daily baby snuggles (and the irrational mommy guilt in the back of my mind saying I probably am emotionally scarring my child for life by going away for four days), this took quite a bit of preparation. I had to make sure I had pumped enough breast milk to last him the week (40 bags of 100 milliliter of milk equals 40 days of one extra pumping session a day). All week long, I had to set my alarm clock at night. and sneak out of meetings during the day to pump and keep up with my feeding schedule at home. Oh and then there was pumping on the plane! Is there some kind of Mile High Club for expressing moms? There should be.
But I did it. And it was fine.
Below are my journal entries from that week, including some instructions on how to pump on a plane. Enjoy.