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To design fun STEM-inspired clothing that inspires, educates, and empowers girls!
Not enough is being done to promote STEM subjects to young girls. As a result, women are underrepresented in STEM jobs. Although 47% of all U.S. jobs are filled by women, only 24% of women hold jobs in STEM. Although 57% of bachelors degrees are awarded to women, only 18% of computer science degrees are held by women.
Why is there a gender gap? Lack of exposure to female role models in STEM, reported low self-confidence in science and mathematics abilities, and a long-standing perception that STEM subjects are for boys are all contributing factors to this.
Hello Bezlo is here to show everyone that STEM can be fun, creative, and fascinating…and that it can bring about endless opportunities! By designing beautiful and educational STEM-inspired fashion, and by featuring positive female role models in STEM, we aim to empower young girls to nurture and celebrate their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
These statistics are overwhelming. We are going to change this!
Read more about the Hello Bezlo mission.
Clodagh Connell – Dublin/London
Irish children's nurse turned Fashion founder. Mom to one baby Bezlo Girl.
Background and story
Inspired by my niece to create a brand that breaks free from tradition, I came up with an idea to develop a clothing range that genuinely empowers girls and teaches them about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). These are subjects that have always been traditionally targeted to boys, not girls. There is a noticeable lack of women in STEM and I truly believe that if girls were encouraged to embrace STEM from a young age, as boys are, we would see the gender gap lessen.
I can say this quite confidently as I am a classic example of a "girly-girl" who grew up missing out on the wonderful world of STEM! I only discovered coding in my twenties. I love learning how websites are built and am fascinated with how technology can merge with fashion. I often wonder if I was exposed to STEM in school if I would have become a fashion technology designer or a computer scientist…who knows?! But I am here to make sure girls who like fashion and creative subjects are not boxed as "girly-girls". Us girly-girls can and will be much more!
You can follow me on Twitter at helloclodagh and check out my website helloclodagh.com.
Ivana Lee – New York, NY
Mathematics Education Specialist x Fashion Cofounder.
Background and story
Growing up, I would have described myself as a complete "Bezlo Girl". I was into dolls, video games, princesses, superheroes, and robots. I had always done well in school, but when I reached high school, I struggled a lot with math. After failing a math class, I challenged myself to work hard and get good grades. I ended up studying math in college and am now completely obsessed with it! I am on a mission to share my love of math with the world and to show everyone how fun it can be! Hello Bezlo's mission of inspiring young girls to be interested in STEM subjects is near and dear to my heart, as I remember how discouraged I once felt about my mathematics abilities when I was younger. As a Hello Bezlo cofounder, I am so excited to be working with Clodagh on creating more educational designs, content, and products for Bezlo Girls all over the world!
You can follow me on Instagram at mathematicalmodels, and check out my blog at www.mathematicalmodels.org/blog!
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text: February 14, 2013 ::Henley:: My Little Valentine February 14, 2013/ Mere Once again the hubs came through with some amazing pictures of our little one. We went to the park last week and captured some great pictures of our little Valentine. Enjoy. I love how many great shots he always gets! Happy Valentine's Day! Mere :-)

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Season Of Change
"... it's just a succession of changes, so soft and comfortable that we hardly notice the progress." - Charles Dickens
I'm enjoying the slow seasonal changes that are happening in the northeast this year. Usually the fall seems to pass so quickly.
As nature makes it's progression from summer into fall, I'm making some "soft and comfortable" changes in my art also... both in my color palette and my techniques. My studio is getting a little rearranging also.
I hope you are enjoying your current season, wherever you are!


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Imagine this: You wake up, you know that you are not at home but you feel close to it. You take your first step out of the house, breathe in the air and take a look around. Everything seems familiar but also new at the same time. There are buildings you've seen before, roads you've taken before but something is different. Is it yourself or the city that changed?
In my case, it was both. This week I was visitng Dublin and the European Headquarters of LinkedIn, invited by the lovely and inspiring DACH-Team - thanks again guys and gals for the great time!
Coming home
I have a past with Dublin. I've taken a semester abroad during my B.A. in 2012 in the heart of Dublin at DBS for a few months. I wanted to experience this city first hand. I love the English language, I love music, I loved meat (at that time) and I was curious how different a life can be within the EU. I was not dissapointed. Even in 2012 I was amazed at how young the city felt, with all those international people, students from all over the world and the brilliant landscape and a whole lot of tech companies all gathered in this tax heaven of Europe.
Now, four years later I visited this city again, albeit short but in the end all those memories came back to me and I was suprised at how far the city had come and how much change is going on right now.
There is so much to discover in the streets and the people are great. The spirit of the city is fresher and more vivid than I remember it to be.
Looking back now, the city changed as much as I did over the last four years.
The Isle of Tech-Giants
Have you been to Dublin lately? Do you know what companies are there? It is simply amazing how many tech companies are having an office there or even their European HQ. Probably every company you can name, be it Microsoft, LinkedIn, Apple, Amazon, Facebook or Google. All of them are there. It's the Silicon Valley of Europe.
The map below is a bit outdated but I like the art style and to give you an impression, you can find it at: http://www.visitdublin.com/dublin-technology-scene-illustrated-map/ :
But it's not only that, sure those companies come to Dublin but they also attract and bring people from all around the world to come work for them there. Especially within Europe. So, I strongly advise, if you don't want to move to SF for your next big tech-gig, take a look at Dublin, you will probably find your luck there.
Looking at the recruiting market and the fast-paced growth sprint of the companies there, it is overwhelming. Considering the newest developments in UK regarding Brexit, Dublin might become the new go-to city of the future, although the UK was a strong ally... I won't go into detail here, but if you are interested, I found a short and insightful article about exactly this topic: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-29/brexit-just-made-dublin-look-even-more-attractive-for-tech
When you look around, a similar strong position may be found in Berlin. Germany is still one of the most attractive markets for business and talents across the globe. Berlin has a decent and ever growing start-up scene, so we have to keep that in mind.
But we shouldn't stay with the status quo, considering the next few years, Dublin has the potential and talent basis to really flourish and change the course of Europe.
One of my wishes for Germany is to finally increase in speed and embrace new concepts a lot faster. It is not my goal to just move to SF and be happy while having every technology available to me on day one. I want to see that happening in front of my own doorstep. And we will get there. Just as other concepts such as McDonald's or Starbucks, not to mention Coca Cola have shown us in the past. It is possible, we got the technology, we just have to shift to a more agile society. But while writing this, I fear it will take a few more years. We need to think about it though, if we want to stay competitive, we have to act like it.
What are you waiting for?
You should take a weekend-trip to Dublin and see the city and its people for yourself. I know that I sound like a travel agent, but after all that is happening lately, seeing a city taking the right step towards its future is just this, beautiful.
Dublin, I salute you and hope to see you again.
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Jonah Hex Directed by: Jimmy Hayward Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox Rating: NR Release Date: June 18, 2010
MY THOUGHTS: Well, summertime's coming and that, of course, means another comic book movie to tide us over till Nolan's third Batman project in 2012. One of the big numbers this summer is Jonah Hex and after seeing the trailer, it isn't hard to see why. Everyone knows the formula for your basic comic book character (tragic backstory + quest for vengeance = most comic book heroes) and this movie is certainly no different. In fact, they get all of that out of the way within the first 30 seconds. What's left to see is where they go AFTER the origin. Jonah Hex, the character at least, is pretty beloved by most comic book fans so Hayward's got his hands full with this adaptation. Of course, it doesn't matter that much, he's got a pretty much guaranteed hit on his hands judging from the trailer. Just make sure you've got plenty of guns and Megan Fox's heaving bosom and you're pretty much set. That's not me knocking it. I mean, it looks entertaining enough to warrant a visit to the theater, but I'd be willing to bet, it pretty much draws the line at fun and entertaining and doesn't approach "classic," so I say go ahead and enjoy the trailer for what it is.


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The Flower Salesman – Dortmund, Germany
The Flower Salesman – Dortmund, Germany
Fares was a 10 year old flower salesman and a facet of Beirut. He used to sell flowers in Hamra Street and although I did not know him as well as others, I remember him and his distinctive smile from the few times I bought flowers from him. Unfortunately, Fares passed away while back in his hometown of Hassakah in Syria in an airstrike.
I decided to paint him on a building in Dortmund (Germany) during the Huna/K festival, so that he can keep on spreading his positive vibe, and charming pedestrians to buy flowers from him. I think I also wanted to say that people who flee their houses in Syria have a good reason to do so. Fares was not an add-on to Beirut, he was an integral part of it; during his stay in Syria he was not safe.
I regret not painting him during his life.
Thank you for everyone that made this possible and helped: the kids from Anne Frank school, Zukunftsakademie NRW, Fadi, Guy, Don, Ahmed, Lukas and of course Hussein Baydoun for taking the picture of Fares on which I based the mural.


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Before you start implementing a strategy you should take an inventor of your marketing assets. This public relations audit evaluates current practices and matches them up with best practices. It will then suggest areas, based on your business objective, as to where to improve.
From this audit, a plan will develop, complete with brand values, an elevator speech, key words and key messages.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Wednesday, the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office formally filed charges against former LSU wide receiver, Drake Davis, 23, after he allegedly beat his girlfriend in August and September of 2018.
Davis is charged with battery of a dating partner with strangulation, which is a felony, and second degree battery.
- Judge: Drake Davis released from jail under certain conditions
- Former LSU WR Drake Davis charged with porn involving juveniles
- Suspended LSU WR Drake Davis in jail with no bond after new battery accusations
- Judge orders suspended LSU WR Drake Davis to have curfew, must follow other rules
- Ex-girlfriend of LSU's Drake Davis changes statement regarding domestic violence incident
In August of 2018, the victim came forward, saying Davis had attacked her on four occasions during their relationship, dating back to as early as May of 2017. The victim said they had been dating since January of 2017 and broke up in early August of 2018.
The victim says the incidents happened in May of 2017 at Davis' home, in April of 2018 at her apartment on LSU's campus, in Davis' vehicle, and in June of 2018, again at the victim's apartment. In one of these incidents, the victim sustained a fractured rib.
The victim also provided police with text messages from Davis in which he had threatened her, saying "I might kill you."
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"The Americans" has a deep and discerning sense of irony, which is probably a prerequisite for a series about Soviet spies posing as suburban parents in Reagan-era America. Season 3 of this espionage drama begins on Wednesday on FX, and it may be the most provocative one yet.
Government officials sit around a table in a secure room, grim-faced as they stare at a video. A hostage is kneeling on the ground, hands bound, head bowed, surrounded by Islamic militants who hold a rifle at his head. Their leader speaks to the camera; when his rant is finished, one of the men fires a bullet through the prisoner's head.
It could be State Department analysts studying the latest video by militants from the Islamic State, but instead these are Russian diplomats at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, in late 1982; the Islamic extremists are Afghan rebels; and the hostage is a captured Russian.
That kind of thing, and worse, happened to civilians and soldiers during Russia's long, bloody war in Afghanistan, but this particular scene, and video, seem to have been inspired by the more recent footage of James Foley's execution by Islamic State militants.
The Afghan rebels were the enemy of our enemy back then, but they didn't stay friendly for long. The United States not so secretly provided weapons, including Stinger missiles, to groups fighting Communist rule. But the country was supporting Islamic extremists who would go on to turn against the United States and provide shelter to the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks. Some of the more extreme militants are now beheading hostages on camera.
The United States, like Russia, has waged an unwinnable war in Afghanistan, and that lends some poignancy — or at least plausibility — to the lost cause the show's heroes risk their lives to defend. "The Americans" uses all the benefits of hindsight to make the Cold War seem immediate and relevant.
Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) and his wife, Elizabeth (Keri Russell), are still undercover and deep into the espionage business after too many close calls, and they are busier than ever trying to find out who at the C.I.A. is in charge of supplying weapons to the mujahedeen. In their eyes, their friends and colleagues are being slaughtered in Afghanistan with help from the Reagan administration.
They believe in their mission, but their marriage, always in flux, is once again strained. The K.G.B. wants to recruit their American-born daughter, the 14-year-old Paige (Holly Taylor), who has no idea that her typical American parents are not really travel agents but undercover Soviet agents whose marriage was arranged by Moscow. Philip is appalled at the idea, but Elizabeth, who is tougher and more doctrinaire at heart, thinks Paige might have a calling. There's just one problem with that: Paige has joined a Christian youth group and wants to be baptized.
Their neighbor, Stan (Noah Emmerich), is an F.B.I. agent with secrets of his own, including an affair with a pretty Soviet Embassy employee, who was caught and sent back to Moscow as a traitor. Stan wants to help win her release, but he also wants to win back his estranged wife, who joined the EST self-empowerment movement and left Stan for a new boyfriend. But Stan is also very busy trying to babysit for a Soviet defector as well as hunt down the Soviet moles who keep escaping capture — he has no idea they live right next door.
The tradecraft on "The Americans" is a lot more sophisticated than real-life espionage seems to be nowadays. The show was inspired by the 2010 arrest of a ring of actual Russian sleeper agents, who had lived for years as ordinary Americans, but didn't do much intelligence work besides keeping up with American newspapers. And unlike the Jenningses, Russians keep getting caught. On Monday, the American government announced criminal charges against three Russians in New York City — a banker, a trade representative and a diplomat — who are accused of conspiring to gather economic intelligence, including information about American sanctions against Russia.
The spy work on "The Americans" may stretch credulity — so many disguises, so many assassinations, so many chases, so little paperwork — but the characters always ring true.
"The Americans" is an unusually clever, subtle drama that uses the conventions of a Cold War thriller to paint a portrait of a complicated, evolving but not unhappy marriage. It's not a comedy, but there are hints of black humor behind all the subterfuge. There are no real villains or heroes on this series. Mostly, the misguided lead the misled; action devolves into misadventure; and every season gets more complicated, and is all the better for it.


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Our "Family is Still Family" campaign is the first of its kind. On TV, in person, and by print, API families have a variety of resources that offer the powerful message that family is still family, love is still love. Read more about the work that we're doing through LGBT and Asian ethnic news. Share these articles using the hashtags #FamilyIsStillFamily, #FamilyPride, #AAPI, and #Pride!
"The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is gearing up for their first Midwest television ad launch of "Family is Still Family," a series of multilingual public service announcements that will air on Chicago ethnic media television networks from Feb. 14 to Feb. 28.
Co-produced by the Asian Pride Project, the PSAs spotlight stories of Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) parents and their LGBTQ children as they take a stand to declare their unconditional love and support. Each PSA ends with a universal message: "After all, family is still family, and love is still love."
"Our history-making campaign includes a first-of-their-kind series of multilingual television ads featuring API parents who love and accept their LGBT children. We have also scheduled workshops in a dozen cities across the country for Asian parents of LGBT kids. These workshops will provide culturally receptive peer-support for parents and their children. They will be in Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, Seattle, Newark NJ, Boston, Orange County CA, and San Diego.
"NQAPIA's new Asian Family Acceptance Campaign includes a landmark series of emotionally-moving television ads, entitled "Family Is Still Family," plus a series of in-person workshops around the country, presented by API parents of LGBT children. The ads will run for the first time on major international Asian television networks in the U.S. during June for LGBT Pride Month.
A special May 17 news conference in New York City will unveil these powerful television ads and introduce API and LGBT parents and children who will share their stories of heartbreak and triumph.
API LGBT youth face unique obstacles to coming out, including the fear of shaming and dishonoring their parents and ancestors. These cultural obstacles often lead to self-loathing, depression and suicide. NQAPIA's revolutionary multilingual "Family Is Still Family" advertising campaign removes the specter of shame, silence and guilt by having parents open the closet door for their kids, offering unconditional love and acceptance. These life-affirming messages are presented in English, Chinese ( Mandarin and Cantonese dialects ), Hindi, Korean, Japanese Vietnamese and Tagalog."
"Some Asian families are choosing their LGBT children over centuries of inculcated cultural tradition. The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) has launched an historic Family Acceptance Campaign "designed to bridge the cultural divide that prevents Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (API) children from coming out to their parents. In contrast to the western dynamic, API parents are now opening the closet door for their children."
The new campaign was announced at a May 17 news conference in New York where NQAPIA unveiled a series of emotionally-moving television ads entitled "Family Is Still Family." The life-affirming public service announcements presented in English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese dialects), Hindi, Korean, Japanese Vietnamese and Tagalog will run on major international Asian TV networks in the U.S. during June for LGBT Pride month."
"Launching in New York City on Tuesday, the NQAPIA's Asian Family Acceptance Campaign includes TV adverts, centring on the tagline 'Family Is Still Family', which will air on major Asian networks including SinoVision (Chinese), Television Korea 24, and StarTV (South Asian). The multilingual campaign has been translated into English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Tagalog.
Speaking about the challenges that face LGBT children in the Asian community, Magpantay said: 'For generations, a culture of Old World shame and misinformation has kept our Asian American LGBT community in the closet. Tradition told us that coming out would bring shame to our parents and dishonor to ancestors."


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Sometimes a hotel is just a roof and a door; you check in, head up, flop, snooze, awaken, shower, check out and that's all, folks. This is true even for some luxury hotels. You barely remember some of 'em.
But we checked into the Hilton Fashion District at 152 West 26th Street with a spare beat-up suitcase full of clothes, personal items and bric-a-brac, along with the usual traveling items one shleps.
It just so happened we needed a box, a big fat roll of tape, a pair of scissors and a magic marker to send these items, retrieved from a Philadelphia storage unit – don't ask – back to Casa Da Luxe out West.
We also noted we were in Chelsea in Manhattan, where, at some hotels, if they could charge you wearing down the mirror by looking into it, they would.
But first things first. We don't know how these guys knew we were coming or if every guest gets a bottle of wine, a tray of fruit and chocolate and a nice note from management, but it sure was welcome.
The room wasn't large, but neither were our needs; we were only in for one night. We noshed, sipped, brushed teeth, washed face and passed out.
We did get up once to use the facilities and were tempted to do some kind of disco-dance past the wall in the above photo, but kept it light.
Woke the next morning, bought a fat box from Staples, returned to the Hilton and borrowed scissors, tape and a magic marker from the front desk, one at a time.
They never acted as though what we were asking was inconvenient, nor did they seem overly concerned with whether or not we'd skip out with their office supplies. You have to like joints who are loose about stuff like that, yes?
20 minutes later, our package was neatly taped, labeled and ready to go, as were we. We threw the beat-up suitcase in the trash, returned the supplies, threw a little lettuce around in thanks, and off with us.
There are many, many hotels in Chelsea; pick the Hilton Fashion District if you want warm, friendly service against New York's mean streets.
And tell 'me Da Luxe sent ya.


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small post earrings
small post earrings
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Post earrings with three small interlocking chain links in a row. These earrings are available in sterling silver and 18-carat gold plated sterling silver.
These earrings are part of the Essentials // Micro Monumental collection.
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Reba announces New England shows
Reba McEntire, the leading lady of Country music, will bring her hits to New England this summer for shows in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
Reba will play the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Friday, August 20. Tickets for the show, which are priced at $40 and $60, are now on sale through Ticketmaster. From there, she'll travel north to Gilford, New Hampshire for a show at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion. Tickets for that show range in price from $34 to $89 and go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. through the venue's box office.
McEntire is touring in support of her latest release, Keep On Loving You. The album, her 29th studio effort and first since 2003's Room to Breathe, was debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 after its release last summer. The album has been powered by the success of its second single, "Consider Me Gone," which has become the longest-running #1 single of the singer's career.


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Big Boss Good and Bad task is creating barriers between the contestants. The strong contenders and good friends Tejaswi and Tanish had a verbal clash while performing the task last night.
There is a Big Boss live telecast i.e morning masala and midnight masala. In today's' morning masala live streaming everyone in the Good team of the house are upset with the contestants who are on the Bad side.
As per the video, it seems like Tejaswi, Geetha, Bhanu and others team players had a physical combat in order to win the task. Deepthi, Tanish and Nandini and others have badly injured in the task.
Meanwhile, Geetha had an argument with Captain Kaushal over a bathroom usage. Geetha,Amit, and Samrat discuss their strategies in winning the task. Geetha says no one should feel guilty of what had been done.
Let's see what happened in the show? why they had a combat and what Geetha guilty is speaking about not being guilty? we shall see in the upcoming episode.


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Chickens form strong family ties. A mother hen begins bonding with her chicks before they are even born. She will turn her eggs as many as five times an hour and softly cluck to her unborn chicks, who will chirp back to her and to one another. After they are hatched, the devoted mother dotes over her brood, teaching them what to eat, how to drink, where to roost, and how to avoid enemies. Male chickens (called roosters) are most famous for greeting each sunrise with loud crows, often acting as alarm clocks for farmers.
The practice of cock fighting, though illegal, is a tradition going back several centuries, and thus difficult to stamp out. Cock fights, like other illegal animal fights, take place surreptitiously. Cock fights usually result in the death of one, if not both roosters. Handlers place two roosters in a pit. These roosters, armed with sharp steel projections called gaffs, then proceed to peck and maim one another with their beaks and with the weapons that have been imposed upon them. The pit allows roosters no opportunity to escape. Although they have been bred to fight, the animals often become tired, incapable, and suffer severe injuries.
The average consumer may not be aware of the suffering of billions of birds raised for meat and egg production in the United States each year. Billions of "broiler" chickens and "egg" chickens, and millions turkeys, are killed for food each year. In addition, millions of birds die as a result of disease, injury and during transportation. Egg-laying hens in the United States number more than 459 million. Of these millions of birds, 97% are confined to "battery" cages, tiny cages roughly 16 by 18 inches wide. Five or 6 birds are crammed into each cage, and the cages are stacked in tall tiers. As many as 50,000 to 125,000 battery hens, in sheds with minimal light, strain to produce 250 eggs per year, ten times the number of eggs they would produce in the wild.


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Are you an insider?
Business leaders are finally realizing that their most powerful assets are not their buildings, bank accounts, or even their technologies.
It's their relationships with their audiences.
Relationships are about intention and attitude; shared interests, experimentation and growth.
But conventional wisdom resists attempts to develop a business concept, a "brand," around an attitude.
"We need a defensible position. We need to own a space in the customer's mind."
Unfortunately, that's why more than half of the businesses on the Fortune 500 list when I was in college are no longer in business.
They stuck to their knitting while their audiences moved on.
New and improved products and services will continue to appear at a mind-numbing rate.
You'll never keep up as an outsider; by watching and reacting.
The future is about being an insider.
It's about co-creating value with–and for–a passionate subculture of like-minded people.
It's time to go deep and discover their hopes, dreams and concerns.
And lead them to new experiences and new possibilities, for their benefit and for yours.


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A-level results 2009
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Responding to the release of this year's A-level results, which show that the number of students receiving A grades has increased for the 27th consecutive year, Dr Wendy Piatt, Director General of The Russell Group of 20 leading research intensive universities, said:
"A level students will rightly be congratulated for all their hard work and achievements this year.
"Although there will be a struggle for university places through Clearing, Russell Group universities are ensuring timely advice and information is available for candidates who may have missed out on their grade offers.
"Competition for places at Russell Group universities has always been tough. This is because students see their degrees as intellectually challenging as well as the basis for getting top jobs after graduating. The introduction of fees has done nothing to change this; indeed the intense competition for places this year has demolished the persistent myth that tuition fees would put students off higher education.
"Despite the scaremongering about debt, demand has never been greater. Students clearly realise that a degree on the whole is still a good investment and that they can access financial support from both the Government and universities.
"However access to increased funds for our universities remains a pressing priority. If university places continue to be rationed because of a lack of funding then this week's scenes will be repeated in future years and many students capable of benefiting from higher education will miss out."
Notes to editors
Subject and university choices can be crucial to maximising a young person's life chances so students must have access to quality information, advice and guidance. For example:
- Research undertaken by the Centre for Economics of Education has identified an average wage premium of nearly 10% (9.4%) for a graduate from a Russell Group university compared to a graduate from a modern university. This statistic comes from an OLS linear estimation technique, which controls for individual characteristics including A-level scores, parental background, the school the individual attended among other factors affecting wages. "Does it pay to attend a prestigious university?" Arnaud Chevalier and Gavan Conlon, March 2003, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (table 5 for the 1995 cohort, page 29).
- Studies by Anna Vignoles and Peter Dolton have found that "individuals who have mathematics A Level earn between 7% and 11% more than otherwise similar individuals who do not take mathematics beyond the age of 16.
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Few places in the world offer such pristine landscapes where glaciers meet the oceans, wild animals roam freely unafraid of people, and endless forests stretch as far as the eye can see. Alaska has a lot going for it, and I am glad I finally decided to check it out. A couple of my friends, Larisa and I started planning our trip earlier this year. Sometimes, when going to other parks, things are certain - go here, go there, hike this trail, hike that tail. Easy. Planning for Alaska was a whole different kind of beast.
Alaska has eight national parks, scattered across a landmass the size of eastern continental US. Transportation and amenities in Alaska are generally expensive compared to other destinations in the lower 48. Visiting as many different places as possible is usually in most people's interest. After long deliberation and many days of research, we all agreed on three core places to visit: Kenai Fjords, Denali and Katmai National Parks over the course of ten days.


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We can finally see the whole thing because she was extubated today (her ventilator tube was removed)!!! She was put on a Si-PAP machine (similar to CPAP) which pushes air into her nose, it essentially acts as a ventilator but it's not invasive. Our Neonatologist warned us that even though she's going off the ventilator, she still may have to be put back on if she doesn't tolerate the Si-PAP machine. So far she's doing great, she is being weaned down on her O2 and is learning to take her own breaths. We are thrilled that she's doing well and will keep praying that she can stay off the ventilator and move onto the next step which would be a nasal cannulas. God is truly answering our prayers!!
Eden is recovering well from her surgery, she is still not feeling great but she is being weaned down on her O2 levels. Her feedings were re-started today and she tolerated our touch quite well. Please pray that Eden will be right behind Reagan and will be able to get off her ventilator very soon.


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Right now, I'm about a quarter of an inch away from collapse. It's been a long day at the end of a long week at the end of a busy couple of weeks. Today was mission trip fundraiser garage sale day. I was up at church from about 6:45am* until about 5. After that, aside from doing laundry, showering and eating, I mowed the lawn and ran a couple of errands. So, yeah, I'm beat. But the sale went well, despite the chilly weather in the morning. Don't know full numbers, but over $3500. And, based on the stuff that we had and what sold and when and at what percentage of the price at which it was marked, is a pretty good number. It's more than I was expecting. I think we'll be down a bit from last year, but we made a good bit of money and it will significantly help a lot of us with our fundraising for the mission trips. I worked 20 hours over the course of this week. I don't know what that will translate into in terms of dollars, but it will be significant. Going into the sale, about 40% of the cost of my trip had been raised. After today, that number will be higher. Whoo-hoo! And I managed to spend only $12 and came home with significantly less stuff than I took, which is always the goal.
Other interesting stuff this week: I went to see The Music Man up at Temple Christian school last night. Ian, one of my kids, is in it playing a character who's name I can't remember right now but might be Marcellas (I think that's at least close. He's the ex-con man who lives in River City before Prof. Hill shows up). It was a good show and I always enjoy the chance to see my kids in stuff like that.
I got to have dinner with Mike, Bobby and Naomi and the Zinks; friends from school and church on Thursday evening. The affiliations overlap in some weird ways, but it all works out and, as always, it was a very enjoyable evening. Plus, it's hard to go wrong at Mellow Mushroom pizza.
Wednesday morning I got to fly a real airplane with wings and a propeller and everything. This was a part of a class that I was taking at work. The course if taught by the US Navy Test Pilot School out of Pax River, Maryland. They've brought the instructors down to Fort Worth a number of times which has allowed more Lockheed engineers to go through it. It's an introduction to aircraft handling qualities with an emphasis on how the different aircraft modes of motion (you know, things like the Dutch Roll and Phugoid modes**) are tested and evaluated during flight test. The first week of the course was academics and a bit of time in the simulator. The second week allowed each student to plan a flight, go through a brief, fly the flight with the instructor pilot, write a daily report and have that report critiqued. The flight, of course, was the highlight of the whole experience. It was about 90 minutes long and took place in a Bonanza 33C aircraft which is a four seat, propeller driven aircraft that is acrobatic rated. We didn't fly any acrobatic maneuvers. That just provided an extra margin of safety in case any of the students got a little aggressive on the controls. With the exception of take-off and landing, each student flew the plan for a majority of the flight. This was my first time to ever have the controls of an aircraft and I will say that it was pretty cool. I still have no desire to obtain a private pilot's license (which makes my mom happy), but I can easily see why others do. I also reinforced the fact that I just don't pull g's well. Women are supposed to be able to, on average, pull more g's than men. I don't quite understand why, probably due to having stronger lower body muscles overall. But, that doesn't hold true for me. We hit 2.25g on a pull-up and I decided I had enough. I wanted to make sure my breakfast stayed where it was and that I was able to enjoy the rest of the flight. I also had a bit of trouble with the landing. It was a very windy day and between the natural tendencies of the aircraft, the extra movement due to the winds and the fact that it was pretty warm, I was very, very happy when we got on the ground. I managed not to revisit my oatmeal, but it was touchy for a bit there. And, overall, it was a very cool experience.
And, if I have any hope of staying awake through church tomorrow, let alone waking up from my Sunday afternoon nap in time for small group, I really need to go to bed. 'Night.
*An hour when very few people should even be awake on a weekend.
**No, I didn't make those up. Look them up on Wikipedia.


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There and back again: A SRTRC Education worker's tale...
Cat Hutchinson reflects on her first month with SRtRC
What has my first month working for Show Racism the Red Card as an Education Worker been like? ...Where on Earth do you begin to tell a story that has changed your life?
Yes, it's understandable that one might suggest this is a rather dramatic statement to start with, how much can really happen in 4 weeks? But the truth is the last month has changed not only my understanding of the subject of racism, my appreciation for the imperative and amazing work that is done by the charity but also my outlook, opinions and feelings about myself and this ever-changing world that we live in.
It seems only right to start at the beginning. While working as a Primary Teacher I was told on numerous occasions that I should be proud of the work I was doing and celebrating the contributions and influences I was having on the children I worked with. Yes, I should feel proud and on some days I did. Yes, I should celebrate the contributions and influence I was able to have on the children...and some days I did, but it always felt that something was missing. So often what felt like a million concrete boulders got in the way of this sense of pride and accomplishment and I began to lose sight of these positive things; feeling like I was in an everlasting battle with myself and the powers that be. A battle where on one hand I was doing everything I could to make it possible for the children to achieve the expected academic levels and test scores that were deemed appropriate by someone who had never met these children and had no real concept of the challenges they faced every single day and on the other hand trying to support them in finding out who they were, what and how they felt about things and finding some time and space to allow them to indentify a place for themselves within this mad world. The latter was the real reason I went into teaching and unfortunately I was never able to really feel like I'd made the difference I hoped to in my more optimistic early days of teacher training.
That being said, however challenging this is and was for me, it is not an impossible task and I have many close friends who are teaching and are a real inspiration to me because they somehow manage to achieve this every single day, often at the expense of their own lives, health and on occasions sanity. I knew I loved to work with young people and I didn't want to move away from that but I also watched as the demands on young people became ever more challenging and I felt utterly helpless watching this happen. With the developments and ever-growing popularity of the internet, social media and often unrealistic expectations placed on young people's natural ability and knowledge of how to use them it would be fair to wonder if the very things that were created to assist our society in becoming more informed, gaining a greater understanding of the world and allowing us to connect to any other human in any other part of the world aren't actually the very tools being used to create a misunderstanding of the world, a detachment from our fellow man and a platform for celebrating our own ignorance.
It has become easier to keep up to date with the life and events of someone you have never met who has access to social media, than a close friend or family member who has no interest in using a social networking site. This makes me uncomfortable, but I can't deny that I am as guilty as the next person for occasions where I'm glued to my phone while trying to carry on a conversation with the person sat a few feet away from me. I know firsthand that I don't really have any real idea what we talked about and that person was unlikely to consider themselves truly listened to. I too have not been a particularly wonderful example to young people at times. So I started to look into what I could do instead. I wanted to teach, I come from a family of teachers; it's in my blood. But I wanted to teach young people to learn about themselves, why they do what they do, feel what they feel and think what they think? And challenge them to truly understand the affect they have on both their community and within society. No easy task! It was in sharing this desire with friends and family that I was pointed in the direction of a job advertisement for the role of Education Worker with Show Racism the Red Card.
I had heard of the work that was being done by the charity and knew it had been my hope for a long time to be working for a charity doing something that really mattered. After thinking it was highly unlikely that I would ever be a suitable candidate I almost didn't bother looking at the job description but on a lunch break in an empty staffroom I thought I'd take a look and see what I would be missing. As I read through the document I knew this was my job. The opportunity to work with young people, a chance to deal with issues of equality; something I have felt strongly about for as long as I can remember and my opportunity to make that difference I never felt I was quite achieving. Being of a more modest disposition and on occasions simply lacking in confidence I had no real expectations of even being invited for an interview, but alas I completed my application and was invited along to interview and asked to give a short presentation. I decided to use what I know and tap into my teaching skills to show how I would create a new workshop for primary aged children based on racism...not an easy thing to explain in 5 minutes! And already I fell at the first hurdle and nervously chattered on aware that time was ticking away and I would never be able to stick to my allotted 5 minutes but so eager to discuss all the new ideas that were flooding into my head at that moment; where had they been before when I could have calmly ordered them and practiced my wording in front of the mirror, getting my timing down to a near perfect 5 minutes (give or take a few seconds). Even so I was invited to interview and the rest is history. I got the job! Unbelievable! I bounced home calling as many people as possible and feeling so proud to tell anyone who would listen that I would be working for Show Racism the Red Card.
Very quickly I found that I was suddenly feeling like a small fish in an eternal pond. It would seem you can never know enough about racism and I felt like I had barely scratched the surface. Having always considered myself someone who was relatively up to date and knowledgeable about prejudice and racism I was suddenly part of a world where politics and inequality were being discussed and challenged every minute, it is at the core of everyone here. This is an overwhelmingly informative and inspirational environment where you can feel a buzzing electricity in the air, full of information and questions but what struck me more than anything is that these people care unconditionally about people. I felt immediately at home and within a matter of hours of being in the office I was sharing experiences, knowledge and opinions and in turn being listened to, valued and accepted. It wasn't until I started reading my large pile of books, annual reports and teacher packs that I truly understood the necessity of supporting the personal journey of each person as they delve deeper and develop a more informed understanding of just how bad the problem of inequality and acceptance in the world actually is.
It was also alarming to suddenly find I was questioning everything I thought I knew about myself. Suddenly I was no longer sure of my identity, at what point does my mother's mixed heritage become too 'diluted' for me to call myself mixed heritage too? There is no colour chart to help you identify as a particular description, and even if there was I know my family wouldn't adhere to it anyway. What does culture have to do with racism? Do I even know how to define culture? And how have I been so unaware of the prejudice towards Gypsy and Traveller communities? Have I ever even met a Traveller? How would I know? The realisation that you really don't know much about something you thought you knew quite a bit about is a terrifying moment, but strangely enough I also felt liberated.
After a period of guilt that I hadn't gone off and found these things out already I came to the conclusion that I may not have ever had a reason to go and research them. There are things I don't know but I never knew that I didn't know them...so why would I question it? Suddenly it clicked that I was going through the same journey as I was going to be taking the young people on. All these questions have been consuming my mind and I am lucky enough to have the support, the means and the opportunity to research, ask questions and trust my sources, but do they? Talk about a lightning bolt moment. I immediately felt myself let go of the embarrassment that I didn't know how to describe the skin colour of certain people in the world; the fear that others might find out how unsure I was of significant dates in history; and the overwhelming feeling that I would never be able to deliver a 2 hour workshop with so much information in it and still make it interesting, interactive and even fun for young people. All of this was gone (or at least significantly reduced) and I was ready to start my journey; to learn, experience, question and debate and never look back. To say that my views have changed would not necessarily be accurate, instead they have expanded, exploded and been completely regenerated – I am now able to use my previous knowledge and add to it what I have accumulated so far, making links and asking more questions as I learn, but my core values have not changed. I still feel strongly about the issues I felt strongly about before but now I am in a far more powerful position, I have the beginnings of a vast and varied knowledge and with that the growing confidence that I can trust my instincts in being challenged and passing on information. I also have clear and very high expectations of myself and the workshops I deliver based on the level of work I have observed in my fellow Education Workers and Campaign team.
After a couple of weeks of observing a number of workshops I couldn't deny that I was itching to start delivering and leading the discussions the young people were having around our material and activities. I was used to standing in front of a class and not worried about the facilitator role but seeing some of the difficult and challenging questions that were asked within the sessions and being so shocked by some of the anger and misinformation that was regularly displayed by often very young people I was a little lacking in confidence. I questioned whether I really had enough knowledge to accurately answer queries or challenge the assumptions and views of the young people. But I had a go and very quickly realised that I had essentially been a sponge during the weeks of reading and in depth conversation with my colleagues and I was sharing information I hadn't even realised I had stored away. The thrill of empowering young people and giving them the inclination and desire to start asking questions and considering their own world view has been exactly what I was missing; the piece of the puzzle I just couldn't seem to find.
As I deliver more and more workshops I am building in confidence and knowledge and my eyes are opened wider and wider to the barriers that have been put in place to try and stop, discourage or distract young people from considering why they think a certain way and who is pulling the strings ensuring they see certain misleading and often dangerous information. However, when during workshops they have been asked if the newspapers are always telling us the truth it has been refreshing to see that these young people are not always taken in by the lies and manipulation that they are faced with each day. But we take it a step further. During the SRTRC workshops we challenge the young people to consider how this information has formed and played a part in their thoughts and actions on a daily basis, even if they are confident that they aren't taken in by it. It is fascinating to observe as they suddenly discover that they have had such little control over the opinions and views that have been formed in their minds and the question of why they fear certain people, dislike others and look down on some starts to be answered. With this can often come feelings of guilt, frustration and an overwhelming sense of what I have started to refer to as 'mind blowingness'.
Just as I was supported in my journey it is so important that the young people we work with feel supported as they start to question their identity with a deeper understanding, and that is what they do. I can't help but think at the end of every workshop how amazing it would be if the parents and carers, brothers and sisters, neighbours and friends of those young people had only been able to access this information, be asked those same questions and start their very own journey alongside so that we can start to see a greater change in tolerance and acceptance within our country. We are all aware of living in particularly turbulent times politically and socially and it is certainly fair to say that the sense of hostility and fear has increased with the campaigning and results of the EU referendum, nobody seems to know what we are facing but it is clear within our conversations with young people that a lot of mixed messages are being passed on and people are feeling angry without even knowing why. It is no surprise. I feel angry. Frustrated. And lately often ready for a fight but I have learned over the years that the hardest but most worthwhile and powerful tool we have is unity. We cannot fight anything alone. We cannot accept the challenge and start afresh if we do not unite and we cannot expect change to occur if we don't unite with our young people and ask them to help us in creating that change. My conclusion both to this reflection and within every workshop I deliver is the handing over of responsibility. This is on all of us. Every single one of us can be part of the problem, but we also have the choice to be part of the solution and this choice is what it is all about. We can change things if we choose to, we can unite if we choose to and we can stop racism if we choose to, but we all must choose to.
And so the journey continues. Who knows what the future holds for our country, for Show Racism the Red Card and for me, but what a month of growth, development, tears, frustration and absolute enlightenment it has been and I am certainly feeling stronger and more empowered to continue the fight against racism. I am determined to unlock that feeling in the young people I work with to allow the message of peace to spread faster and brighter than the message of hate. It may at times seem bleak but when has anything worth doing been easy? I for one am up for the challenge...but that's a story for my second month as an Education Worker for Show Racism the Red Card.


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I was checking my mailbox yesterday and I got a letter from Gina Dellabarca, the Show me Shorts Film Festival Director with a two tickets for the opening night on 12th November.
Yehey!. Yahoo!! Thank you.
According to Dellabarca, Show Me Shorts acknowledges the talented people who make short films by presenting awards to the best films in seven categories.
Today is launch day for Show Me Shorts in Auckland and Matakana, with Opening Night events in both places. And the nominees are:
Kodak Best Film
Paul Swadel for 'Poppy'
Jackie van Beek and Bridget Fogarty for 'Just Like the Others'
Best Student Film
Michael Humphrey for 'The Big Happiness'
Matteo Bruno for 'Kill the Alphabet'
SDGNZ Best Director
James Cunningham for 'Poppy'
Jackie van Beek for 'Just Like the Others'
NZ Writer's Guild Best Screen Play
Imogen Thomas for 'Mixed Bag'
Waine C. Paris for 'Kill the Alphabet'
Panavision Best Cinematographer
Rewa Harre for 'Coffee & Allah'
Rob Marsh for 'The Road out of Town'
StarNow.com Best Actor
Arna-Maria Winchester from 'Mixed Bag'
Zahara Abbawaaaji from 'Coffee & Allah'
SDGNZ Best Editor
Paul Swadel and James Cunnigham for 'Poppy'
Paul Maxwell for 'Aphrodite's Farm'
Special Jury Prize
James Cunningham, Stephen Fleet and Sonya Hsu-Ya Chang for animation on 'Poppy'
Rachelle Bakarich for 'Christmas Lights' – Best Documentary
So , I'm very excited about the the opening night of the festival here in Wellington next Thursday at the Paramount. Theater.
Aside from that I'll be attending the short film development workshop on November 14.
The workshops are a unique opportunity to meet experienced and up and coming filmmakers. For more information about the workshop,click here
Show Me Shorts is a film festival showcasing the best new Kiwi and Australian short filmmaking talent


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The Norwegian appeal court has 18 October sentenced four members of animal lobby group Nettverk for Dyrs Frihet to pay damages amounting to 21,000 euro to a Norwegian fur farmer. In addition the animal advocates were sentenced to pay the legal costs of 37,000 euro.
The damages are to cover blood testing of 7,500 mink the animal lobby advocates put in danger of the virus-based Aleutheans Disease by breaking in to various fur farms without taking the necessary protection measures. The farm break ins happened in 2013, and was a part of a plan to expose alleged cruelty on Norway's fur farms with sensational undercover footage.
The animal advocates had prior knowledge of a contaminated farm before breaking in to it, but while they claimed in front of the court to have been wearing protection gloves when breaking in to more farms, the very farm footage they obtained and published revealed this not to be true.
The debate over fur farming concluded earlier this year with parliament decision to support the sustainable development of Norwegian fur farming.


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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
New Photo Gallery
Here's one of my favorite photos. I took it while sea kayaking on the Mendocino Coast just outside of Fort Bragg's Noyo Bay.
This photo is in our new photo gallery which includes photos and videos of our kayaking, Mendocino Coast, wildlife, and other adventures.
I hope that you will enjoy my labor of love.
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- We'll leave from my house around 10am, have lunch in probably Concord, and expect to be back in Somerville around 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
- This is a social ride. No particular level of fitness is assumed. We will regroup at the tops of the two or three steepest hills, and ride together otherwise.
- Please come ready to ride, with tires inflated and nothing requiring immediate repair. If you haven't ridden your bike yet this season, take it out for a spin around the block beforehand to make sure it's in working order. There are several bike shops right on the route if anything breaks on the ride, and time to stop at them if need be, but I'm hoping we don't need to stop at the one that's in the first mile.
Hope to see you there!
ETA: Right, I knew I was forgetting something important. This is on my actual birthday: Saturday, May 12.


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PRIZED artwork stolen from a Birmingham park may have ended up on the rubbish tip, it emerged today.
Artist Jonathan Shaw made an impassioned plea in the Birmingham Mail for the return of the piece, which comprises a giant photograph of the Birmingham Royal Ballet performing.
The artwork, measuring 13ft by 4ft, was commissioned by Calthorpe Estates during development of the Edgbaston Mill project, in conjunction with the Midlands Arts Centre.
It was placed at the Edgbaston Road entrance to Cannon Hill Park but stolen fairly soon afterwards, just over a month ago.
A Mail reader believes she saw the piece of art left by a rubbish chute outside a block of flats.
Gwen Watkins, who lives in Wyatt Close, Edgbaston, said she noticed the photograph beside Wickets Tower.
"I am a photographer, and used to teach photography, and this piece was just beautiful.
"I had been down the road to buy a copy of the Mail and just happened to notice it by the waste disposal chutes where people can leave furniture or large boxes.
"It was so big that I wondered how anyone had it in their flat. But I thought nothing more of it - and the next day it had gone."
Gwen said she only learnt of the photo's origins, and the fact it had been stolen, after reading about the story in the Mail.
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This is our 4th annual Day of the Dead Festival in Oklahoma City that we will be hosting again in historic Plaza District on NW 16th St. We will have food trucks, Hispanic and Dia de Los Muertos influenced artisans, face painters, music, traditional dance performances, live music , kids activities, a group art show , a walking Catrina procession (parade) and more. As we continue to fine tune the planning we will add more details. This event is hosted by the local businesses for the community and is sponsored and organized by Bomb Shelter Gallery, Dig It Boutique, folk.life, and Everything Goes Dance Studio with the aid of a kind donation from the Plaza District Association
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Earlier Event: October 13LIVE on the Plaza - PlazaCon
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The next scheduled event is for a community festival in Donora Pa. The event is scheduled for August 3, 4, and 5th from 12 noon till 11 pm. Stop out for that old home down atmosphere, some good food, music , arts and crafts and Don't forget to stop by and say hello I always look forward to meeting and talking with everyone.
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Exciting news!
I am happy to announce that I have been chosen as one of 40 boundary breaking artists to exhibit in Empowerment, a show co-curated by @CreativeDebuts and @NastyWomenExhibition in collaboration with @nastywomennortheast, @nastywomenlondon, and Nasty Women in Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Brussels.
To celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March, part of the money raised from the exhibition will be donated to End Violence Against Women Coalition to protect women's rights worldwide. Come and show your support from 7pm on 8 March!
RSVP is essential via this link.


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There have been a few different singing groups created in Palmer's history from the 1940's to the 1970's. This blog post highlights some of those with some information and photos!
These Choral Club photos come from a 1941 (left) and a 1949 (below) Palmer yearbook. This group was formed when the 1940 Men's and Women's Glee Clubs came together just to have a good time and to sing together. At Christmastime, they would sing carols for their fellow classmates, faculty/staff, and even the patients from the B.J. Palmer Chiropractic Clinic.
The Choral Group must have fizzled out though, because in the mid 1950's a new group was formed to sing Christmas carols again, and that it became known as the Choraliers. They were even invited to sing at a Palmer graduation, and they had regular meetings every Tuesday evening at 7pm in the Classroom building! You can see a photo of them practicing below from a 1959 yearbook as well as a book of music from the massive collection of sheet music from the Archives that they used, which was recently discovered in a closet on the Davenport campus!
To the right you can see the Choraliers were still going strong in 1961 with this group photo in the 1961 yearbook. However, in the 1962 yearbook, the only singing group pictured is the more formally titled, all male Palmer College Chorus. However, in the early to mid 1970's the main singing group was called the Singing Chiropractors, seen below.
The Singing Chiropractors was also a group of all male students and their main purpose was to "spread the voice of Chiropractic through song". They were even on local TV and traveled to a few different states as well.
Finally, in 1975, the Palmer Chorus is back, and with a new addition. The Palmer ladies give the chorus a "new spark". Although women had been part of some of the other singing groups, they were never part of the Palmer Chorus until 1975.
Visit the Archives to learn more about the different clubs Palmer had and learn what student life was like on campus in other decades!


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Don Kligerman founded Fairmount Ventures to make a difference in the lives of people disenfranchised from resources. For more than 35 years, that moral imperative has driven his work in every segment of the region's nonprofit sector: education, higher education, arts and culture, environmental sustainability, youth development, community and economic development, healthcare, human services, legal services, affordable housing and advocacy. As a result, Don is one of the region's leading connectors among the nonprofit, philanthropic, business and public sectors. His expertise in strategic planning and resource development is regularly sought by nonprofits at critical junctures in need of trusted counsel. He enables executives, their boards and staff to make optimal decisions in the face of urgency, uncertainty, and opportunity by helping them discern the path that connects transformative ideas to the right people and financial resources. He is also known to tell people what they don't want to hear with grace and dignity.
Don's close working relationships with hundreds of civic leaders across the Philadelphia region is key to Fairmount's executive search practice. He knows what it takes to be an effective executive in different contexts and stages in an organization's life. His extensive network and contacts help to source candidates with the right tangible and intangible qualities for success, and then test their fit through people he knows and trusts.
Don is a frequent speaker and facilitator at workshops and retreats for nonprofit professionals and boards of directors.
- Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy & Urban Studies, Brandeis University
- Certificate, Urban Design, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Master of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
Board memberships (partial listing):
- Executive Committee, Community College of Philadelphia Foundation
- Chair, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (former)
- President, Philadelphia Parks Alliance (former)
- Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (former)
- First Person Arts (former)
- Lower Merion Conservancy (former)
- WOMEN's Way (former)
- The Reinvestment Fund (former)
Professional Experience:
- Commissioner, Department of Licenses and Inspections, Philadelphia
- Deputy Managing Director, City of Philadelphia
- Manager, Housing Rehabilitation Programs, City of Philadelphia
- Housing Director, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
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Last month's Autumn Statement brought the news of an increase in stamp duty, and it looks like the impact could be pretty severe on the buy-to-let community.
According to new research conducted by Close Brothers Asset Finance – around 1.35 million small and medium size businesses plan to expand over the coming months.
Retail is a changing landscape, with many shops now setting up online rather than on the high street, and digital marketing critical for every business. But the fundamentals are still the same.
Sorting your business insurance is one of the most important parts of setting up and running a business.
After an unseasonably mild autumn, winter is coming and temperatures are beginning to plummet across the country.
Landlords of Britain could potentially earn an extra £500m in revenue every year if they allowed tenants to decorate.
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The newest cast member of Outlander season five is here and it is none other than Adso the cat. Sam Heughan (in costume) was the one who introduced the cat who will play him. Adso is introduced in The Fiery … Continue reading
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Kyle Rees Plays John Quincy Myers in 'Outlander' Season Four
John Quincy Myers in Drums of Autumn is a self-described mountain man, and he becomes friends with the Frasers. Those that have read the book will remember a certain operation that Claire performs on him that required A LOT of … Continue reading
Tantoo Cardinal Joins the 'Outlander' Season Four Cast
A familiar face in cinema has joined the cast of season four of Outlander. Tantoo Cardinal plays Adawehi and is seen in a newly-released photo with Caitriona Balfe who plays Claire. According to Outlander Wiki, this is not a character … Continue reading
Three More Cast Members Added to 'Outlander' Season Four
Along with Billy Boyd joining season four of Outlander, there are three additional actresses entering the Outlander clan. The article by Entertainment Weekly announced all of these castings, but we already knew that Tim Downie was a part of the … Continue reading
'Lord of the Rings' Alumnus Billy Boyd Added to 'Outlander' Season Four
**Spoiler Alert: If you have not read Drums of Autumn, it is best to skip this post!*** Could my favorite film series and my favorite television series ever collide in my wildest dreams? Yes, it can as today brought the news … Continue reading
Tim Downie Joins the Cast of 'Outlander' Season Four
**Spoiler Alert: If you have not read Drums of Autumn and/or you don't want to be spoiled about season four, it is best to skip this post!*** It was discovered yesterday that actor Tim Downie has joined the cast of … Continue reading
First Footage Released from Sam Heughan & Caitriona Balfe 'Outlander' Chemistry Test
Something Outlander fans have wanted to see for a long time is the audition footage from Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe. In preparation for the release of season three to Blu-ray and DVD, one special feature is the final chemistry … Continue reading
Colin McFarlane Joins 'Outlander' Season Four as Ulysses
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Ed Speleers Cast as Stephen Bonnet for 'Outlander' Season Four
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Maria Doyle Kennedy Cast as Jocasta for 'Outlander' Season Four
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Welcome Grammy-Nominated Vocalist Carla Cook! She is a jazz singer/songwriter who sings standards beautifully -- but she doesn't stop there. Cook is willing to put a jazz spin on songs not written by traditional jazz composers. Songs that, until you hear her sing them, you'd never imagine could be interpreted as jazz.
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Earlier Event: April 21Brunch with DJ Patafunk
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Dutch Mariners on the West Coast - Part 2
The Dutch mariners… Hartog lands on the west coast…
You will recall from our last article in Have a Go News that Dirk Hartog and some members of the Een-dracht had just ventured ashore at the northern tip
of what we now know as Dirk Hartog Island.
These first steps to investigate this unknown island created history, for their footprints would be the first of any Europeans to set foot on the most western point of Terra Australis Incognita.
In many ways this discovery, like many before, was due to good for-tune rather than design. For if the Eendracht had sailed a course 10 nautical miles further to the west then it is most likely that no land would have been seen, and Hartog and his crew would simply have continued on to the East Indies.
Hartog knew that this land upon which he had set foot was as yet unrecorded on any previous maps. And so the decision he made was to leave evidence of his visit for future mariners. A pewter dinner plate was flattened and engraved onto it the details of their visit.
Translating from Dutch the words read…
1616 the 25 October is here arrived the ship Eendraght of Amsterdam the upper merchant Gil-lis Miebais of Liege, skipper Dirck Hatichs of Amsterdam. The 27 ditto set sail for Bantum the under-merchant Jan Stins, the first master Pieter Dookes van Bil. Anno 1616.
And with those words and the fixing of the plate to an oak post, which was then set firmly in a rock fissure in the cliffs above the bay where the Eendracht laid at anchor, another piece was added to the evolving story of this, the Great South Land.
After two days of exploring the island, the Eendracht pulled anchor on 27 October to continue her journey northwards to the East Indies. The course chosen kept her close to the coast so that the land could be charted. In all, 225 nautical miles was covered before the Eendracht reached what we know today as North West Cape, a point at which the coastline disappeared as it swept away to the north east.
It was now time for Hartog and his crew to call it a day on their exploration. Their primary purpose was of a commercial nature, and that meant getting on their way to the East Indies where cargo awaited their arrival.
This coastline was given the name Eendrachtsland… the name that remained in place until Abel Tasman appeared on the scene in the early 1640s.
So the Dutch story will continue in the next edition of Have a Go News.
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Innovation, Evolution and Economic Change
New Ideas in the Tradition of Galbraith
Edited by Blandine Laperche, James K. Galbraith and Dimitri Uzunidis
Chapter 9: The Corrupt Corporation: A Galbraith-Inspired Analysis
Michael Dietrich and Abhijit Sharma
Michael Dietrich and Abhijit Sharma 1. INTRODUCTION This chapter presents an analysis of corrupt corporations that builds on theoretical principles developed by J.K. Galbraith. The inspiration for the chapter is threefold. First, is the obvious presence of corrupt companies in modern economies, particularly since the 1980s. Second, are limitations and inadequacies of the usual explanation of such corruption based on regulatory failure; an argument propounded by, for example, Stiglitz (2003). A simple indicator of the inadequacy of the regulatory failure account of corruption is that millions of firms exist in the same regulatory environment, but a relatively small proportion appear corrupt. Hence, at a basic level, a complete analysis of corruption requires regulatory failure plus an analysis of the motivation of corrupt firms. This analysis of motivation leads to the third inspiration for the chapter: use and development of the framework presented by Galbraith to analyse the modern corporation. Corruption is a subject that can be studied from several different perspectives. We choose a Galbraith inspired framework to make the discussion meaningful within the context of firms (especially corporate entities). This framework can be used to provide the necessary analysis of corrupt motivation in a corporate setting, involving in particular the importance of a company's 'technostructure'. But the Galbraith framework requires reinterpretation to incorporate corruption. This development and reinterpretation is arguably necessary as witnessed by the opinion expressed by Galbraith, in a recent interview conducted by one of the authors (Dietrich 2003), that modern firms are fundamentally well run. Corrupt...
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Hi everyone! There's only a week left to get your Valentine's projects/shopping done.
The Cutting Cafe can help you with making that special card.
Regina, the owner has LOTS of Valentine card files.
Here's one I made for inspiration.
I used the Smooch Word Shaped Card. The Smooch Word Shaped Card comes with the lips and also comes with sentiments.
I cut the word and layers out with my Cricut Maker. You don't have to have a fancy cutting machine though. The Cutting Cafe also has the files in PDF form.
I cut the lips out and embossed them with a sticky embossing powder. After embossing, I added red glitter to the lips.
The heart was a Cricut file.
I had the card finished in about 20 minutes. You can't be that!
I am going to run for now. Be sure to check out The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th. You are sure to be inspired by what the rest of the Design Team makes. If you leave a comment on the 7th blog post, you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free files from The Cutting Cafe.
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Since the beginning, our business has been about recognizing and rewarding individuals for their hard work. While we love helping you reward your top employees and clients, we also feel it's important to recognize and reward members of our team. Here are a few small ways Cultivate appreciates and inspires its own employees.
Employee Anniversary Recognition
We strongly believe in recognizing the time each of our employees has put into working at Cultivate. Each year an employee has been with the company they're given an anniversary medallion for their desk that displays the number of years they've been employed. It's a conversation starter especially for new hires as it's an easy way to identify who to go to with questions! We've been fortunate to have many long-term employees who have helped us grow and strive to be our best.
Employee Spotlight
Jason Lang
Senior Business Development Manager
How long have you been with Cultivate?
"I've been with Cultivate for 6+ years now."
Where is your favorite event location?
"My two favorites were at Terranea Resort and Monarch Beach Resort both in Southern California."
What is your favorite part about working at Cultivate?
"The people for sure! We have so many great people that I thoroughly enjoy working with - it makes all the hard work worth while. There is literally not one person at Cultivate that I cannot pick up the phone and call to ask a question and have a great conversation with. Everyone is so wonderful to me. I truly care about this company and our success, and it brings me a lot of joy to see my colleagues working with the same passion to succeed. We all strive to be the best every day because we care!"
Rockstar Awards
Cultivate's Rockstar Awards are for those who have gone above and beyond to get their job done. It's not just about showing up every day and getting tasks completed, it's about truly believing in the core purpose and hurdling obstacles to make it an amazing experience for our clients. Those dedicated employees who receive a Rockstar Award are further rewarded with their choice of a gift from a specially curated mix. We want our employees to feel just as appreciated and inspired as our clients.
Why do we call it the Rockstar Award (beyond the obvious reason - we employ rockstars)? The Cultivate Diamond, of course, our favorite rock! The Cultivate Diamond not only represents our desire to be the strongest and brightest, but it also champions our mission to appreciate and inspire amazing people. In everything we do, we strive to be flawless.
Employee Spotlight
Aly Yarwood
Event Coordinator
How long have you been with Cultivate?
"I have been with with Cultivate for just under a year! I will hit one year in just a few weeks in mid December!"
Where is your favorite event location?
"Kiawah Island, SC".
What is your favorite part about working at Cultivate?
"My favorite part about working at Cultivate is getting to see an event all the way through from the beginning stages of planning to successful completion. As an event coordinator, I take over when the event is just starting to come together and the logistics are slowly coming together. I love getting to work collaboratively with a client to help make their vision of the gift experience come to life. It's especially rewarding when I get to go on-site and witness their guests talk about how cool of an experience it is and that they are just amazed that they get to select from such an amazing selection of product! My goal is always to provide a seamless experience for both the meeting planner and their guests, and the cherry on top is when a client comes to us after everything is said and done and tells us that they can't wait to work with us again!"
Annual Summer Meeting
Each summer we gather as a company to learn about industry trends, celebrate the company's successes, learn from our misses and spend time together to explore how to communicate more effectively and work together more efficiently. We believe that training paired with a focus on each team's strengths will help us not only appreciate and inspire our employees, but it will translate to a better experience for our clients. These Summer Meetings are filled with numerous fun activities and often an employee appreciation gift experience!
We're Hiring!
Looking for a company that recognizes great performance? Cultivate currently has several available positions for hire. If you're innovative, a team player, enjoy dogs in the office and loves travel one of these positions might be perfect for you. Visit our careers page to see all available positions and how to apply.


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Hi everybody! FFFC hopes you all had a wonderful time with family and friends and are gearing up to really show OUT in 2013. We have been on the hunt for some of the most exciting fitness challenges to help spice things up and keep it interesting and here is one that came directly to my inbox!
I think I am going to join this one and track my progress because I love trying new things and trying to win prizes and giveaways! If you haven't been able to tell – I LOVE TO WIN! I am a gracious winner though. LOL. Let's see if I can get some of the active members of FFFC to join me. Who's in?
This challenge is from January 1 to March 10, 2013 (interesting end date) and is hosted by MapMyRun. I am going to be reviewing various running apps and MapMyRun is one of them! This is a great way for me to check out the app AND stand to win a prize or 2 for my activity.
Learn all about this new challenge HERE! Who's in? Leave a comment below with your name so I can find you on the leaderboard if you plan to participate. Let's GO!
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