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Make HRM a "connected" city where people want to live, work and play, said a group of business and community leaders in a recent planning session to ramp up Halifax as a world-class "Intelligent City". This vision was one of many ideas that could act as a vision to transform HRM and set priorities for action
In opening the meeting, Mayor Michael Savage stressed the importance of the program for the community: "Halifax is experiencing a great swell of optimism, buoyed up by our new shipbuilding contract, the offshore oil investment and new construction. We need to ask ourselves: what kind of city do we need to become? Cities that fail to keep up with the current in this swiftly moving century risk being left behind. And, make no mistake we are in a global competition for talent and business investment.
"Our future will be shaped more by what's between our ears than what we hold in our hands. The pay-off is in economic growth, job creation, environmental advancement, and a general elevation of our shared community." Mayor Savage pointed out that Halifax has the most widely deployed broadband network in the country, and assets like the Big Data Analytics Institute.
Paul Kent, President and CEO of the Greater Halifax Partnership, chaired the morning session, stressed that creating an Intelligent Community takes an intense level of commitment, collaboration and partnership activity: "This community needs to work in partnership through all of our public and private organizations. This approach maximizes financial leverage and enables development of initiatives with far greater breadth and scope."
"Intelligent Cities have measurably higher success with economic growth, incoming investment, employment and innovation across all social priorities compared to their neighbours," said Greg Keefe, Director of Finance and IT at HRM. "We have joined with i-CANADA on a structured 'escalator' for citizen engagement and transformation."
i-CANADA has set up an action program to accelerate HRM's progress towards becoming an Intelligent Community. "This year, three of the top seven contenders for Most Intelligent Community are Canadian cities," said i-CANADA co-founder Barry Gander. "This global designation means a lot in terms of immediate investment and employment. There is no doubt that Halifax can achieve a top international ranking - but the competition from Asia, the U.S. and Europe is fierce. The process of getting there, however, will be as rewarding for Halifax as the prize itself."
Setting communal goals
The first step in the process was to establish common goals for the community. Deb Krizmanich, CEO of Powernoodle, moderated an all-day session that sparked and funneled ideas from Halifax leaders, and created an action plan. Powernoodle uses collaboration technology to create engaged decision making. "Developing an Intelligent Community is 90% about user applications and only 10% about technology," said Ms.Krizmanich. "While such transformation is rooted in widespread access to ultra high-speed broadband connectivity, it must be stressed that this process is not about the communications network; it is about how people use the network for the advancement of their lives, businesses, education and health. We can't overlook the fact that we need a certain calibre of network - you can't build a modern city using gravel roads - but Halifax has the capacity to do that. More important is to involve people in applications that make their dreams come alive"
The session started by focussing the leaders on this question: "If you were granted three wishes for a Smart Halifax Community, what would they be?" The answers centered on technology such as free wi-fi, a wired city, a youth portal, and a better HRM web site; collaboration, including idea incubators and a mixing of age groups; and construction development projects like affordable housing.
The group generated 56 specific goals to focus on to achieve these wishes, which were consolidated and put into these priorities:
· - Implement free wifi in key business hubs across HRM, on transit and homes by 2017;
· - By 2017, implement taskforce & programs that increase the technology literate/competent workforce by 50%;
· - Put digital infrastructure in place by 2017 to support a wired city; and
· - Make all municipal data available via Open Government, with a 1000% increase in data captured and forums for engagement.
- To make these goals real, it was agreed that the critical success factors were:
· - Bold and direct vision developed by key stakeholders, supported by key stakeholders and championed by the mayor;
· - To identify and execute a focused list of visible and impactful initiatives that demonstrate the value of smarter technology;
· - Collaboration/communication between private, public and academic sectors; and
· - Achieve a common understanding amongst stakeholders of the definition of a "smart community" for Halifax.
HRM Mayor Michael Savage is one of the 60 leaders on an i-CANADA Governors Council that is Chaired by The Honourable David Alward, Premier of New Brunswick. "Halifax has many strong assets," said Mayor Savage, "including smart people, flexible and advanced business, and first-class universities. This gives us competitive advantages and a compelling quality of life. What we need to do is bring these assets together -- especially our leadership -- in order to attain global recognition."
In the i-CANADA process, a series of steps will move the communities of HRM along the evolution, including creation of a governance model, engagement program, survey of network users, vision-and-prioritization, technology assessment, rural assessment, financial plan, and start of construction. The next steps will include goal-setting for the most important sectors in Halifax, and a survey of the community's view of its strengths and weaknesses.
"We are looking forward to mobilizing along this tested path to become a key foundation in a new nation of Intelligent Communities - communities large and small, central and remote, all enjoying the economic development, job growth and social prosperity now available in the world's leading Intelligent Communities," stated Mr. Keefe.
For further information please contact:
Barry Gander
Co-Founder, i-CANADA
EVP Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA)


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Immunologist Ruth Arnon and her long-time collaborator Michael Sela made unprecedented breakthroughs when they developed the first synthetic antigen and the first drug approved for treating multiple sclerosis, Copaxone. Arnon was inspired to become a scientist by her father, engineer and mathematician Alexander Rosenberg. She entered Hebrew University at age fifteen, doing her military service during summers while continuing her studies. After earning her MSc in 1955, she served two years as an officer in the IDF, then began working on her doctorate at Israel's Weitzmann Institute of Science under Michael Sela in 1957. Over the following decades, she collaborated with Sela on numerous projects, culminating in the creation of Copaxone, which significantly reduces the frequency of MS relapses. Arnon also invented a synthetic, nasally administered flu vaccine, and has published over four hundred articles, chapters, and books on immunology and biochemistry. Meanwhile, she earned promotions from head of Weitzmann's department of chemical immunology from 1975–1978 to deputy president from 1988–1993 and vice president for international scientific relations from 1995–1997. As of 2015 she is the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology. In 2001 she won the Israel Prize for medicine.
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With university tuition fees rising to a maximum of £9,000 a year from 2012, UK students are increasingly exploring their options for studying overseas. With some degrees in Scandinavia still free to EU students and with scholarships available elsewhere to tempt the academically gifted, now is a good time to begin looking at the alternatives.The Open Doors report by the US Institute for International Education found that a record 8,861 UK students studied in US universities in 2009/10, marking a 1.8 per cent increase from the previous year. A little under half of all UK students heading to the US are studying at undergraduate level, while a third take postgraduate degrees.
Next term, Erica Leishman from Manchester will fly out to begin a Bachelors degree in digital arts at the University of Oregon.I always wanted to study in America, because I've got dual citizenship and family there. I think that the range of subjects on offer is a lot more exciting than in the UK. In my first semester I'm going to be studying French, tragedy in literature, art, kickboxing and drama,says Leishman. US universities teach a general first year that allows for a wide breadth of study. Students taking liberal arts degrees only have to choose their major subject in the third year. This has advantages over the UK system, where subject specialism does not allow for easy changes of direction. Leishman's degree will last four years, in which time she will take a mix of arts and science as well as her major, optional languages and sports. Each module contributes credits towards her final degree.
The University of Oregon is run by the state, which means local students pay lower fees. Leishman found she qualified for an out of state grant to help offset annual tuition fees of around $20,000 (£12,200). Although high, many American institutions offer generous scholarships. Well endowed by their alumni networks and with a tradition of gifting money, many private universities seek to attract the most academically gifted UK students with full or half-cost scholarships, particularly at private universities and the elite Ivy League institutions, such as Harvard, Wharton, Yale and Stanford. You'll need to be quick, because they tend to have early deadlines. There may also be scholarships attached to specific subjects, says Leishman, who receives a $7,000 (£4,200) a year from such a programme.
UK students should also apply early for their visa through the US embassy. Since Leishman has dual nationality she was able to apply as a non-resident and was even eligible for a US government loan. There is no equivalent to Ucas in the US, so students must apply directly to universities.Ruth Kinsey, who graduated in May with a magna cum laude honours degree in German and history from Vanderbilt University Nashville, was in the sixth form of Wycombe Abbey school when the dean of Vanderbilt's school of arts and sciences came to give a talk.After a holiday visit to several US universities the summer before she applied, Kinsey narrowed her shortlist to two, Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt, which won her over by awarding her four scholarships to pay all her tuition, accommodation and living expenses. In the course of a four-year degree, Kinsey received just over $200,000 (£122,300) in scholarships.It is very unlikely Ruth would have been offered a place to study history at an English university as she had studied all science A-levels at school. With the American system, she didn't have to specialise immediately. Vanderbilt gave her the chance to change academic direction, says her mother, Sue Kinsey.My husband and I pay her air fares and medical insurance but, as we are both teachers, without a full scholarship there's no way we could have afforded to subsidise her, she says.
Like all UK students wanting to study in the US, Kinsey had to take a scholastic aptitude test (SAT), a standard for university admission based on mathematics, critical reading and writing. She scored over 800.I started to major in history in my third year and in the final year I submitted a 60-page research paper. My topic was the history of the Jesuit mission to the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota,says Kinsey.Her time at Nashville will be memorable for another reason. While on the course, Kinsey met her future husband, Alex. They got married on 30 July at a church in Nashville.Alex and I are now living in Madison Wisconsin and I've just started a new job at the Gordon Flesch Company as an executive assistant,she says.
The Fulbright Commission offers scholarships to encourage talented international students to study in some of the best US universities. According to the Fulbright Commission, the top five US universities receiving UK students are Harvard University, New York University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California. A Fulbright award can cover the full tuition costs or even half the costs of a degree at an Ivy League university.Studying environmental stewardship as part of the Fulbright Summer Institute hosted by Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff, Anna Dominey from London was part of a small group of students from the UK to join a six-week international study programme that would give students a taste of the US campus experience.
Dominey, who went to Lady Margaret School in Parson's Green, holds offers from Oxford University and St Andrews to read theology.I heard about Fulbright through the Social Mobility Foundation, a charity that supports students from lower-income backgrounds. I was eligible through receiving an education maintenance allowance and having a strong academic track record. I wanted to apply, because I have always wanted to explore somewhere far from home, she says.Dominey would consider applying to a US university, possibly to do a postgraduate degree.From what I have seen, universities in the US have as much, if not more, to offer as UK institutions. There is so much to explore and experience, and the differences in culture add new dimensions to one's area of study,she says.Thanks to the Bologna Process, which created a European higher education area, it is now easier for UK students to study as undergraduates in Europe, and three-year degrees are widely adopted as standard. Those taught in English, with high academic standards and competitive fees, are attracting keen interest.
Joint degrees including a language encourage students to spend a year of their degree being taught at a European institution. The University of Bristol, for example, offers several law degrees, including law with French or German, and a four-year Bachelors degree in law, one year of which is spent at a European university. Law students at the University of Glasgow spend a year out at a university in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal or Spain.However, European university fees are roughly equivalent to, and in some cases higher than, tuition fees in the UK. With the pound at such a weak position against the euro, UK students are likely to suffer from higher fees and a higher cost of living in some parts of the Continent than they otherwise might. But other European countries have clung on to their tradition of offering free university education. In Sweden, Finland and a small number of German federal states, undergraduate degrees are free. UK students enjoy the same rights as other EU citizens to a free higher education in these countries and most of the degrees are taught in English. Finland's University of Tampere and the Lund and Linköping universities in Sweden have an international reputation for health and social sciences, while the University of Bayreuth and the University of Kassel in Germany specialise in ecology and renewable energy. It is best to check with German institutions to see what fees are payable.
The downside of studying in Finland is that the winters are severe and the cost of monthly living expenses is estimated by the Scholarships for Development website at €700 (£610) a month. Outside the university campus, English is not widely understood and the language can be a hard one to learn.You are unlikely to have this problem in Sweden, where fluency in English is almost universal. Over the past decade, the numbers of foreign students studying in Sweden has more than tripled, totalling 36,000 in 2008/09. Tuition fees have been introduced for all non-EU students, but there are no plans yet to extend charging.The University of Lund is Sweden's largest and best-known institution. Around 50 programmes are taught in English, ranging from international human rights law to sustainable urban design. Excellence is required in all areas of activity as Lund ranks as one of Europe's leading institutions of higher education. There are about 35,000 undergraduates at Lund and the large student population contributes to an active cultural life, with a wide range of activities and entertainment available.
European universities offer generous contact time and, in some cases, career opportunities that would not be available in the UK.At Grenoble, there are more taught hours. We attend class on Saturdays and the lessons are in three-hour blocks, not the 40-minute slots you find in the UK, says Mark Thomas, associate dean of Grenoble Ecole de Management.Academics, however, point to the UK's reputation and long track record in delivering high-quality degrees. They say that it is not the number of taught hours that count but the quality of teaching and academic research.The number of UK undergraduates studying in Europe is rising. There is no centralised data, but leading European universities are reporting average numbers of UK students at around 5 per cent.We have 30 to 40 UK students each year and 75 different nationalities, says Patrice Houdayer, vice-president of EM Lyon university.
The European Commission's Erasmus programme provides funding to UK students to spend time at European universities as part of their degree studies. Developing a more international outlook is imperative for students in the 21st century and there is little doubt that EU-funded projects such as Erasmus, under which students spend part of their degree at a European institution, have encouraged better international understanding.Eight per cent more UK students were heading to Europe in 2009/10 and a further increase is expected this year, says David Hibler, the Erasmus programme manager at the British Council.


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It is 5:30 p.m. You've just walked in the door with four grocery bags and two hungry children…at dinnertime. You hand each child a tiny snack, look at tonight's menu, realize it's not possible…and yet less than half an hour later you have a tasty meal on the table that your children actually eat and like.
That was me, tonight, thanks to eMeals. I've attempted (and failed at) meal planning in the past, having an approach much like the spontaneous Melanie in the Middle. Unfortunately, the pour-a-glass-of-wine-and-wing-it approach doesn't work when my small children need dinner around 5:30 p.m. and I get home with them at 5:15.
Despite some posts that indicate the contrary, I don't just throw frozen stuff into the microwave for them. First of all, they generally hate that stuff, even if it is organic and such. Second, I like to cook and want to make them (and us!) tasty meals.
Here's a problem: I live in a wonderful neighborhood full of small children just the same ages as my children, and sometimes late in the afternoon, I'd rather my kids be outside playing with friends than indoors while I'm making dinner. Or we get home and see all their friends outside, across the street, and go over to play instead of going inside so I can cook dinner. It's a trade-off, for sure, but I'd really rather they be outside, even if we end up in nightly dinner hell.
Anyway, I recently signed onto eMeals. eMeals is a meal-planning service that sends you a weekly menu, with recipes and shopping lists. The great thing about eMeals is they have several different meal plans: Classic, Clean Eating (what we do), Natural and Organic, Gluten Free, Paleo, Mediterranean, Simple Gourmet, Low Fat, and so on. You can also plug in the grocery store you normally shop at, and they can match a meal plan to the store. In addition, you can indicate whether you want meals for 1-2 people or 3-6 people. Our first week, I'd signed us up for 3-6 people. Way too much food for us (2 adults, 2 kids). This week, I'm shifting to the 1-2 person plan.
We get the Clean Eating meal plan. It's sent to me on Wednesday, but I didn't manage to print out the most recent one until the weekend. I spent a little time going over it. The plan includes seven meals plus side dishes. I knew we'd have leftovers one night and might want to use up a freezer meal another night. So I crossed off two meals that I thought my family would be less interested in.
Then I went through the included grocery list, crossing off any items that we already had or that we wouldn't need (items for the meals I'd crossed off). The list and a pen went into some reusable grocery bags.
However, being our spontaneous selves, we ended up going apple-picking instead of grocery shopping. You know how it goes!
Tuesday I picked up Max from school, zoomed over to the grocery store, got everything on the list, wove through traffic to go get Ben, and got home. Naturally, all the neighbor kids were outside, so outstayed we…until 5:30, when we finally got in the door.
5:30, remember, is dinnertime.
Did I panic? Actually, for a second I did. Then I went to my menu. Tonight was supposed to be Juicy Chicken Sliders, with a side of Parmesan Oven Fries. "Kid-Friendly," it was noted. But the total time: 50 minutes. Too long! Pot roast? Nope — that's a slow-cooker meal. Roasted Chicken: a 50-minute cook time. Penne? I'm sick of pasta — last week we went off our plan a little, in an attempt to clean out the cupboards, and ate a lot of pasta.
Taco Salad: "Super Fast," it said. OK!
One problem: It called for ground round. Our ground beef was all frozen. But I had just brought home chicken breasts for the sliders that we wouldn't be having tonight! I scanned the recipe and decided to go for it.
Taco Salad
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced (I completely forgot to add the garlic!)
3/4 lb ground round (or sliced boneless, skinless chicken breast; fish or tofu would also be good!)
½ teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper
4 cups whole-grain tortilla chips
5 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
2 tablespoons low-fat plain Greek yogurt
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add garlic, ground round (or chicken), chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Cook 8 minutes or until beef (or chicken) is browned, stirring occasionally. Divide tortilla chips evenly among 2 plates; top with lettuce, ground beef mixture, Corn Salsa (see below) and yogurt.
Corn Salsa
3/4 cup frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
2 plum tomatoes, chopped (I used grape tomatoes instead)
1 small jalapeño, minced (I omitted this on purpose)
1 clove garlic, minced (forgot again! sprinkled garlic powder [not garlic salt] on instead]
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Combine corn, tomatoes, jalapeño, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; chill until ready to serve. (I also threw some leftover edamame into the corn salsa, because why not?)
To serve it, I put things in separate piles on the kids' plates, because they are ages three and five, and sometimes it is best if things don't touch each other. They ate the chicken and asked for more. Then Max noticed how my plate was one big mixed-up salad, and he wanted his that way. So of course then Ben wanted his that way, too. So we all ended up with these big mixed-up taco salads on our plates, and Max loved it. Ben preferred to fly his alien spaceship tomato-and-cucumber combo. But he did eat all his chicken and some of the corn salsa.
What's awesome is that we had a great new meal (I never make taco salad!!) on the table fast, and we all enjoyed it. Plus, thanks to the grocery list and the quick shopping trip, I now have the ingredients in my fridge for the rest of this week's meals, and now I know how long the others will take, so I can plan those nights.
Want to try it? Here's a discount code for 15% off DINNER15. Considering that the plan is pretty inexpensive even without the code, and the grocery savings are nice, and the knowing what's for dinner is priceless, the extra 15% off is icing on the cake! Click the link (image) below to sign up!
Disclosure: I am a member of the eMeals blogger network program and am also in the eMeals affiliate program. I was not compensated for this post, and all opinions are mine.


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Friday, January 6, 2012
Competition of Japanese art of archery!!
This can be an additional information of Coming of Age Day. On 15th January, at Sanju-Sangen-Do, from 9am, there is a competition of Japanese art of archery by people who are coming of age this year. About 2000 people from all over Japan come and aim at targets 60meter away. As you can see from the picture, they are really cool in colorful costume thinking only to hit a target.
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12.59 AM: 10 minutes since I have been staring at blank screen…
1.06 AM: 17 minutes since I have been staring at an almost blank screen…
1.09 AM: Can't think of anything to write!
1.13 AM: Coffee or Red Bull?
1.15 AM: Hot white chocolate Mocha it is!
1.16 AM: SHIT! #$%$! No milk!So, No coffee! To hell with Red Bull, too! Just plain H2O it is!
2.00 AM: Just deleted half a page of trashy stuff that made no sense at all.
2.07 AM: Should read something, will stimulate some ideas! New Yorker/Harper's/David Sedaris?
2.23 AM: Article on misuse of cognitive enhancer drugs in colleges is too long…i think some of the kids in my TA class might have been on Addrell or Ritalin or whatever…always seemed under too much stress, poor kids.
2.26 AM: Feeling hungry
2.35 AM: Hash browns are the greatest thing on earth!
2.43 AM: Phaon was a mythical ferryman…, who hid among the lettuces… (reading Dictionary of mythology and religion)….lettuce! Ha ha…subway should be open 24 hrs.
2.XX AM(not sure!): Need to Pee!
3.03 AM: What the hell! A group of people, on road outside just disappeared, when I blinked…..I am hallucinating. Sleep deprivation. No, if I can analyze that I am hallucinating or not, then I am not hallucinating….whatever!
3.15 AM: Should go to sleep! Have a meeting tomorrow…Gudnite!
3.17 AM: Brush teeth. Pee or Not Pee?
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Solimar Systems to Exhibit Latest Document Workflow Solutions at 2019 Document Strategy ForumApril 17, 2019
Peer-driven customer communication conference to focus on content, communication, and strategy.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — April 17, 2019 — Solimar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of customer communications delivery solutions, today announced that the company is exhibiting at the 2019 Document Strategy Forum, DSF'19, May 7-9, 2019, in Anaheim, California.
Solimar® will demonstrate its Chemistry™ platform and how the solution increases mailroom productivity and efficiency, manages reusable content, enables digital billing, and efficiently enhances documents.
"The Document Strategy Forum explores the strategic challenges in customer communication," said Mary Ann Rowan, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Solimar Systems. "The peer-driven DSF19 conference offers attendees the opportunity to network with customers, partners and industry colleagues and provides a unique menu of timely and stimulating educational, technical and strategic sessions for participants ."
Visit Solimar Systems during DSF'19 at booth #309; to book a 1::1 meeting in advance, please call +1.619.849.2800 or email the Solimar team.
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With thousands of clients worldwide, including 70% of the Fortune 100, Solimar has integral, proven IT solutions that have benefited print and data centers for more than 25 years.
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Because the ROI of customer marketing often comes much further down the line, many B2B marketing teams struggle to measure the success of their customer marketing campaigns.
But ROI isn't the only indicator of customer marketing success. When you take an account-based approach to customer marketing, your marketing and customer success teams will focus on customer satisfaction, expanding your reach to more key contacts at your customer accounts, and driving more revenue from existing customers.
Use this guide to understanding the key performance indicators (KPIs) you should really be using to measure the success of your account-based customer marketing campaigns.
Customer Marketing Success Metrics for Subscription-Based B2B Companies
First things first: you'll need to get together with your customer success team. If your marketing and customer success teams haven't traditionally worked side-by-side, it's time to make a change.
Chances are, both your customer success and marketing teams are already tracking metrics that focus on customer accounts. It's time to get on the same page and work together to focus on the same KPIs.
Customer marketing success metrics for account-based marketing include:
Product Usage by Account
This KPI, which primarily applies to SaaS companies, can be measured in a few different ways. You should measure both the level of engagement users have with your product and the number of engaged users.
In most cases, of course, the more your product is being used, the better. Increased product adoption measured by the number of active users per account is also a useful metric to track. Think about it like this: if you only have one or two end users at each customer account, what will happen if those individuals change roles or leave the organization? You'll have to sell your product to the same company all over again, either literally or figuratively.
Churn Rate
You can calculate your churn rate in terms of both revenue and number of customer accounts. Evergage explains how to calculate both types of churn in this blog post.
While an annual churn rate of 7% or under is acceptable for most B2B companies, best-in-class SaaS providers actually have net negative churn — meaning they're generating enough revenue from new customers, rejoined customers, and expansions to offset attrition.
Renewal Rate
The flipside of churn rate is renewal rate, which you can measure in terms customer retention rate and dollar retention rate.
Customer Rejoins
Customer rejoins — also referred to as reactivations, win-backs, and a number of other terms — are an important way to measure the success of your business. It's easier to win back old customers than to acquire new ones, so it only makes sense to put resources into turning churned customers backinto customers and measuring how successful your efforts are.
No doubt your sales team is already measuring your MRR (monthly recurring revenue) and ARR (annual recurring revenue). But do your marketing and customer success teams feel responsible for those numbers? They should. With account-based marketing, every team is held accountable for revenue, so everyone on your sales, marketing, and customer success teams should understand these metrics and how they contribute to them.
Studies show that many B2B companies are miscalculating their monthly and annual recurring revenue numbers. This explanation from ProfitWell is a great resource to help you accurately measure your MRR and ARR.
ACV (average contract value) measures how much the average customer pays you per contract period — usually 12 months. One goal of customer marketing, of course, is to increase the ACV of your current customer accounts.
Referrals are a customer marketer's secret weapon. According to Edelman, 84% of B2B companies begin the buying process with a referral. You should measure the number and percentage of new customers that are influenced in part by a customer referral.
Positive Reviews
Track the number or percentage of positive reviews on platforms like G2Crowd, the Salesforce AppExchange, and industry-specific review sites. You can enlist your customer success team to encourage customer reviews, or you can leverage client advocacy software to drive reviews.
Engagement with Content
Content engagement can be measured in two ways: the number of accounts engaging with marketing content and the number of individuals per account that are engaging. If these numbers are low, either you're not creating the right content for your clients or you're not doing a good job distributing that content.
Engagement with Ads
If you're running digital ad campaigns targeted at specific customer accounts, you'll want to track the levels of engagement with your ads on a per-account basis. This is especially important when you're running a cross-sell, upsell, or renewal campaign using online advertisements.
Support Tickets
If your support team uses a help desk ticketing system, you should be tracking the number and type of support tickets that come in and how quickly they're being resolved. Not only will this highlight the efficiency of your support team, it will also provide you with insight into what your customers are struggling with and what topics you should create additional content around.
In addition, tracking support tickets at the account level will allow you to see which customers require the most help and resources and therefore determine what types of accounts may not be a great fit for your product.
Customer Marketing KPIs to Wow Your C-Suite
All of the above metrics are important for your marketing and customer success teams to track, but your executive team probably doesn't need to hear how many new reviews your product gets on a weekly basis.
Instead, you should focus on KPIs that really move the needle in terms of revenue. These include:
- Increased MRR/ARR
- Decreased churn
- Increased marketing influence on renewals, upsells, and expansions
- Increased deals from referrals
If you can prove that your customer marketing efforts are contributing to improvements in these four metrics, you're golden.
Qualitative Results Matter for Customer Marketing, Too!
As data-driven marketers, we know the importance of setting goals, measuring success, and optimizing our efforts to drive more results. But it's important to remember that not all success can be measured in dollars or numbers.
Some of the most important measures of customer marketing success are qualitative. How do your customers feel about your product or services? How can you improve, and what's working that you should double down on? Technology makes it easy to solicit customer feedback via email and qualitative surveys.
And while it may sound obvious, don't be afraid to pick up your phone and actually call your customers. Ask them candidly what they like or dislike about your solution, your content, and your customer service. Oftentimes, you can learn a lot more in a five-minute phone call than you can from survey answers that someone shot off during a boring meeting.
As we touched on above, you should also look at support tickets to identify areas for improvement on both an aggregate and the account level.
Customer Marketing KPIs Checklist
- Product Usage by Account
- Churn Rate
- Renewal Rate
- Customer Rejoins
- Referrals
- Positive Reviews
- Engagement with Content
- Engagement with Ads
- Support Tickets
When you use these account-based metrics to report on your customer marketing initiatives, you'll be able to better track the effectiveness of your campaigns and tactics at an account level to demonstrate that you're creating a positive customer experience and driving revenue for your organization.


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Outside of Nia Jax, there was just one surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble and that was recent Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Jarrett. It was Jarrett's first Royal Rumble appearance in 20 years and he was the second entrant in the match following Elias.
The appearance was as much of a surprise to the WWE Universe as it was to Jarrett himself. He joined the WINCLY podcast here on Wrestling Inc. where he told Nick Hausman how his Royal Rumble appearance came about.
"I got the call and I said, 'What's the game plan? Where are we headed,'" stated Jarrett. "They said 'Double J.'
"You're talking about the original Double J? I've had a couple of evolutions Jeff Jarrett in 1986 in Tennessee to WWF to WCW to TNA to AAA and a few places in between to New Japan and Bullet Club and all of that. So, I said if I'm doing Double J, I've got to go all the way."
Part of going all the way with Double J is Jarrett bringing back his old attire he used in the late 90s. Jarrett said that was no problem as he keeps most of his old gear.
"I'm a pack rat," said Jarrett. "There's only a couple pairs of tights I've worn throughout my career that I don't have. I save everything. Last year at the Hall of Fame, I had to go to the warehouse and get that stuff because they requested it to put it out at Axxess."
Jarrett then said that after getting his tights for Royal Rumble, he and his family then figured out where he had last worn that pair.
"Those are the tights that I wore at WrestleMania 11 me vs. Razor Ramon.... Those were the tights, so 24 years later Nick, I dug them up and put those same tights on."
Jarrett's appearance at Royal Rumble wasn't something in the works for weeks, at least not from Jarrett's point of view. He says he found out about it just days before the event.
"I didn't have much time to prepare," stated Jarrett. "But they told me, 'Hey, don't worry about a hat. We've got the hat and it's working.'
"So, I kid you not, that is the original blinking hat. So 24 years later, they put a new set of Duracells in there that is the original hat with the original tights, just my body is 20 years older."
It was a magical night for Jarrett who, not only got to step into his old attire, but also got to step into the ring with a Superstar who has a similar character to him - Elias.
"Stepping out Sunday in Chase Field, and that reaction and the surprise factor, and obviously Elias what better No. 1 if I'm gonna be No. 2," Jarrett said of being the second entrant into the Rumble.
"So, there was some magic made those last two nights. I'll definitely say that."
You can listen to Jeff's full, exclusive WINCLY interview in the embedded player below. In it he opens up further about his current unfinished business with Elias, teaming with Road Dogg again, his WWE in-ring goals and more. You can check out past episodes of the WINCLY here.
Subscribe to the WINCLY on our Wrestling Inc. Audio channel on iTunes or Google Play. Listen to the show via Spotify here or through TuneIn here.


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During the mission, various tips are given to the player in order to defeat the zombie fleets quickly. The legendary weapons increase the damage rate on the zombie groups. There are different maps in this such as The Prison, Terminus and many more. You can fight these zombies at different locations which help in increasing your combat ability and experience. The Android version required to play this game V4.1 and above and requires 330MB of your device storage.
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- Walker Wonderland:- The new event has started will last for one month. During this time you can earn various tokens and exclusive rewards.
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Police issue appeal over missing Norfolk man
PUBLISHED: 17:53 20 January 2019
Concern is growing for the safety of a Norfolk man who has gone missing.
Nicholas Bush, 32, of Kenninghall Road, Bressingham, was last seen at his home address around 11pm on Saturday (January 19) night.
He is described as being white, of a medium build, around 5ft 6 inches tall, and with short dark brown hair.
Officers are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Mr Bush and are urging anyone who may have seen him, or know of his whereabouts, to get in touch with them.
Police have issued a picture of Mr Bush in a bid to help with the missing persons appeal.
Anyone with any information about Mr Bush or where he might be should contact Norfolk Police on 101 quoting CAD 118 of 20 January.


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Bar Style Coupler Lifting Fixture$828.39The Bar Style Coupler Handling forklift fixture is used to remove, install, and handle freight car couplers.
- The pin design allows the coupler to be accessed from any position on the ground. The coupler does not have to be upright for handling.
- The design also allows the rotation necessary to install and remove 304 style rotary couplers.
- Chains are provided to secure the handling fixture to the forklift, and to secure the coupler to the handling fixture.
Winks Multi Table$4,889.41The Winks Multi Table is a double tine forklift attachment that is used for taking out and installing draft gear assemblies and EOC's.
- The head on the front of the fixture has multiple sets of holes for different cradles to hold a draft gear assembly or an EOC.
- This head rotates to allow for easier positioning.
- Two sliding support arms slide which run on a track to hold the carrier plate during these removals or installations. One of these support arms has a square base so that it can be rotated 90 degrees to fit up into the sill. The support arms can be raised by adding extension pegs to their risers.
Aluminum Side Access Work Platform$3,340.82
This platform provides a sturdy work surface for working on the side of locomotives.
- The platform conects to the hand rail using a quick release pin
- It has a drop down extension that faces the locomotive.
- Both legs of the platform have adjustable bases so they can be set the height needed.
- The dimensions of the platform are 21″ W x 49″ D x 40″ H.
- There are many different configurations of this platform with gates, lifting chains, etc. Please contact us at 402-253-2772 for more information on configurations other than the standard side work platform.
Center Plate Wear Liner Stand$467.49
- This stand is designed to store all sizes of center plate wear liners.
- Includes holes in the base for permanent mounting to the floor if required.
- The stand has a rated capacity of 500 pounds. It has a 15″ diameter base, and the overall height is 48″.
Locomotive Gasket Rack$1,456.83This rack can be used to store any combination of the gaskets normally used for locomotive repairs.
- The pegboard design allows the use of custom configurations of hooks or shelving to meet your requirements.
- Includes mounting tabs to secure the rack to the wall or floor.
- The top of the rack is covered with Plexiglas to keep dirt and debris off the gaskets.
- Overall pegboard dimensions are 8' X 8'. Overall rack dimensions are 8'-6" X 8'-6".
Hopper Gate Drive Insert Installation Tool$149.03
Use this tool to drive the repair insert into the capstan drive on covered hopper car outlet gates. The tool is equipped with a guard to provide hand protection during use. Provides a positive grip on the insert to simplify installation.
Air Brake Valve Stud Installation Tool$89.86This tool is used to install the 5/8"-11 air brake valve studs in the pipe bracket.– The tool hex size is 15/16", which is the same size as the socket or wrenchused to install for stud nuts.– The internal thrust bearing allows the tool to be easily removed from thestud after it is tightened in the pipe bracket.
Lubricated Pad Channel Scraper$159.95This new tool is used to clean the residue out of the locomotive flange lubricator tracks.
- One end of the tool has a knife type blade to remove caked-on lubrication material.
- The other end of the tool has a hook type blade to scrape the loose lubrication material out of the track.
- The handle is knurled on both ends to non-slip gripping surface while using the tool.
Aluminum Push-Pull Truck Mover$592.05
This tool is for removing and installing truck assemblies under freight cars by hand. The end of the tool is inserted into the casting hole on the end of the side frame with the handle in a vertical position. Then, the tool handle is turned to a horizontal position, locking it into the side frame. This allows the user to push or pull the truck assembly.
CSX Padlock Lockout$33.75
This padlock lockout device is used to provide extra measure of protection for Mechanical Department personnel working on line of road. It is designed to fit over an applied switch lock to prevent access. This will ensure that the switch lock cannot be removed if Mechanical personnel are still working on a protected track.
Norfolk Southern Padlock Lockout$28.18
This padlock lockout device is used to provide extra measure of protection for Mechanical Department personnel working on line of road. It is designed to fit over an applied switch lock to prevent access. This will ensure that the switch lock cannot be removed if Mechanical personnel are still working on a protected track.
Aluminum Locomotive Step$479.41The Aluminum Portable Locomotive Step is designed to slip over the bottom step of any locomotive located over exposed or elevated rail.
- It reduces the distance the mechanic has to step to access the locomotive to a manageable twelve inches.
- Aggressive bar grating and abrasive matting provide a non-slip step surface.
- The aluminum alloy construction provides a high-strength device that weighs less than nine pounds.
Locomotive ACE Starter Valve Compressor$349.92This tool is designed to compress the ACE Locomotive Starter Motor Valve to remove the circlip and perform seal replacement.
- It allows the valve to remain on the locomotive while repairs are completed.
- May be used with any 3/8" drive ratchet.
- The push rod uses an acme type thread for faster operation.
Locomotive Coupler Lifter With Clevis$742.65This lifter is designed to remove or install couplers using the large C-Frames normally used for locomotive component repair.
- It is specifically designed to easily attach to the C-Frame without modification.
- The fixture includes a pin locking assembly to keep the coupler in place on the fixture during handling.
Four Wheel Heavy Material Transport Cart$1,153.77
Use our new three-wheeled Heavy Duty Transport Cart to move Air Brake Valves, Coupler Knuckles, or other heavy repair components. The three wheel design eliminates the need to tip the cart back for transport. The wide, flat free tires allow the cart to be moved across shop floors without worry of being caught in the gap between the rail and the floor. A drop-down bail is included to keep material in place during transport. The step-in design allows the operator to get close to the cart shelf for material placement.


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I love seeing how others deal with fabric scraps!
What does the fashion industry do with their TONS of scraps?
I love seeing how others deal with fabric scraps!
What does the fashion industry do with their TONS of scraps?
Posted in fabric design, sewing, Uncategorized
Tagged fabric scraps, Fabscrap, sewcanshe.com, sewing
See this dress? Does it look easy to sew/make?
Every day in the shop a few people walk in and ask about sewing lessons. We get phone calls every day asking the same. I always like to get to know them, what their goals are, whether or not they have a sewing machine and we talk about their experience with mother, grandmother or aunts who may have sewn. Most students enjoy the conversation and can't wait to dive into sewing. They realize that learning to sew is a process that takes time.
About once or twice a month someone walks in and asks to learn to sew because they have one thing they want to make. And they want to make it by next week. And all they have is a photo on their cell phone. This ambitious project is usually (but not always) something made from lycra and lace and very stretchy. Definitely not something a beginner will tackle in their first lesson.
When I tell these ambitious potential students about the learning curve involved in sewing, that they must learn how a sewing machine operates, how to thread it, and how to sew a straight line before they make their first item – a simple project like a pillow or tote bag – some decide they do not have the patience for all that. Some become intrigued and decide to undertake a series of classes regardless of the time it takes to learn. Sewing is not for everyone.
Five Things You Need to Know if You Want to Learn to Sew:
1. Take sewing classes. Sewing may or may not be something you enjoy. Start simple, and if you enjoy the process think about buying a machine.
2. Do not rush to buy a machine. I know several people who decided they were going to learn to sew and bought a machine that just sits in their closet. They did not enjoy sewing as much as they had hoped. Before you purchase a sewing machine, ask your friends that sew what type machine they use. Test out different brands of machines when you take lessons. Choose a machine that you are comfortable using. Never order a machine online unless you are familiar with the brand name and model and have some experience with that type machine. You may luck out and find one for sale on Craigslist or an estate sale. The more you know about how a machine operates and how to use it the more qualified you are to purchase your machine.
3. Gather the proper and necessary tools and have a box or tote to store them all in. Basic supplies can be purchased at reasonable prices. What do you need? Good shears in two or three sizes; thread in various colors; seam ripper; measuring tape; seam gauge or small ruler; iron and ironing board; straight pins; disappearing or erasable fabric marking pen/pencils; safety pins; sewing clips; thimble; hand-sewing needles; pincushion. There are many other supplies to consider later on.
4. Learn to do basic hand-sewing. Sewing on buttons, hemming a skirt, mending a pair of pants – all this will build your hand-sewing skills. All machine sewing involves hand-sewing in the finish work. YouTube has wonderful tutorials in just about any area of sewing.
5. Go easy on yourself. Take your time in learning to read and understand a pattern. Choose patterns for beginners or purchase a beginner sewing book that includes patterns.
Sewing is mostly a solitary process, but it doesn't have to be. To really enjoy sewing, find a sewing community where you can learn tips and tricks of long-time sewists and quilters. Sewists love to gather and share projects and ideas. Sew social!
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Posted in creative process, Hand sewing, New Orleans, quilting, sewing, Uncategorized
Tagged classes, hand sewing, sewing, sewing patterns
This is one of my paternal grandmother's quilts, and it is over 100 years old. My Mammau. She was from Bayou La Fourche, Des Allmandes and Jacoby, Louisiana. I have no idea what happened to her other quilts but I am very pleased that this one was put in my care, moved from house to house, lovingly packed each time. The colors are still lovely, vivid and clear. The fabrics appear to be clothing remnants, flour sacks and such. The star patterns are not all the same design.
The backing is also interesting – I have not been able to identify what the textiles are. Loosely woven work clothing perhaps, faded whites and blues, and the batting layer is still intact and very thick. The entire quilt is quite heavy, large and of course it's all hand-stitched. My Mammau taught me to sew on her 1918 Singer treadle machine.
I would love to try and duplicate her patterns in this quilt but the thought of all those little pieces gives me a headache. Ok, I love to quilt – just not with pieces this small. So how do I reconcile my love of quilts and quilting and my aversion to tiny piecing? Because I know how quilting and sewing can enhance a life, and even change one's emotional perspective. It's all about creativity and community.
Therefore, I want to join with Scott Fortunoff of Blank Quilting Company in starting the "Sewing Revolution of 2018". In his most recent blog, he said the following:
If you say it more and more, people will believe it and they may venture to jump in. And in Scott's words: "We cannot allow this great art to wither away and become a lost art" when it is so easy to embrace. "What is going to be your contribution to the Sewing Revolution?" Let's do this and let's have fun doing it.
Sew………. are you with me?
Posted in quilting, textile art
Tagged Blank Quilting, hand-stitching, Louisiana, New Orleans, onetimeinnola, quilting, Scott Fortunoff, sewing
A couple of months ago, my husband R. was diagnosed with Metastatic Carcinoma of Unknown Primary. At first we are numb. Walking around staring at each other, trying not to get teary-eyed, but doing it anyway. Now, a few weeks down the road on this new journey, we've moved into another phase. Not acceptance. It's something else for me. R. has an "attitude of gratitude", and I'm into some other twilight zone of feeling I have not quite owned up to. I'm dealing with this new circumstance as I deal with most others.
I'm making things, keeping my hands moving. Yes, I'm escaping in a sense. Sometimes escape and denial is necessary to get you through. I'm making tiny houses. What is a house but a place where a soul resides. Little doorways. When I'm stitching, I do not have to think so much about the fact that my husband will gradually disappear from this life. But all these thoughts jump back into my stitches. I pray for him to not have pain. I try not to think about how lonely I will be in the future in this house.
I try not to think a whole lot about what I'm doing and my mind can wander off down the endless avenues of my brain. Every stitch a prayer. Going down one way I think of the beauty of the fall season here in New Orleans, which is the cooler temps. Then my thoughts take off another way and wonder about that hurricane that is forming and heading our way.
But with each stitch, each pull of this deep purple thread tightening that little doorway, I am thinking of what these cancer cells are doing to my husband day by day. And that I can do nothing to stop them, nothing to stitch those cancer cells up in a little box and burn them – and my scissors cannot cut off their threads of multiplication. It's going to be a long journey. Over time, about twenty minutes into my little house, my brain settles into the rhythm of my stitching, and I am once again in a meditation zone. I'm not in charge. And every stitch is a prayer.
Posted in cancer, creativity, depression, healing, life-writing, memoir, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer, creativity, family, gratitude, hand-stitching, New Orleans, sewing
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The Frannie Baby dress by Children's Corner has to be one of the cutest baby and toddler dresses ever designed. Summertime COOL! Make it and let Kate monogram it for you! And, we have a workshop coming up!
Get your hands in some dye paste! Make your own stamps and print your own fabric. 2-day workshop the weekend of May 20.
Calling all knitters! Bring friends! Help us make "knitted knockers" for breast cancer survivors who need prostheses, 3rd Sundays.
Rigid Heddle Loom Workshop – includes Schacht 15″ loom! Rebecca Ott is instructor. 2 Sessions, begins June 4.
Still a few spaces remaining …
week of June 19 (Session 1)
We're with you every step of the way.
The team at Uptown Needle & CraftWorks thanks you for supporting our funky little shop.
Emma, Robert, Kate, Hannah, Kit, Meredith, Jennifer, Rebecca and Grace (our shop dog) hope to see you soon and very soon.
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Tagged classes, creativity, embroidery, New Orleans, sewing, workshops
Those of us who are creatives often feel as if there are fireworks going off in our heads. In a good way. Most of the time. I am happiest when I'm brainstorming ideas – and when I'm looking at options for a make – will this embroidered quilt square work with this color fabric? Will this hippo softie be cute made from this print? What type classes will I offer two women from Chicago who want a creative couple of days in The Big Easy?
Planning is not my strongest skill but it is becoming one of my most necessary. That's when I use those "fireworks" to my advantage. Either by hand or on my laptop, I jot down all those thoughts (well, perhaps not ALL) that shoot out from those synapses and opposing sides of my brain. Of course these words and shorthand descriptions make no sense to anyone else, but to me it is likened to catching fireflies and putting them in a jar to be let loose after I've gathered them all together.
Only after I've gathered the fireflies can I proceed to a creative process of making something on my TO DO list, otherwise the lights may go out and the ideas may not make it back across the brain screen.
How do you "gather your fireflies" (or fireworks!)?
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Can you believe we have been here for over six months? Time has flown by! Now that we are growing up a little, and we've hired 2 wonderful makers to help us part-time, I wanted to take time to introduce them to you. I asked them both the same 5 questions. We are fortunate to have them spend some time with us, and we hope you find Mollie and Abi as entertaining and talented as we do.
First up is Mollie Wartelle:
What would you like for us to know about you? I'm an artist, reader, traveller, nature lover. One day I want to be an archivist or a curator–maybe of textiles or old films. I have six houseplants. I'm obsessed with my dog; I wish I could take her everywhere I go.
What are your favorite creative things to do? Weaving, crocheting, pottery, paper-making, dyeing. Anything messy and kind of free form. I like natural and recycled materials: wool roving, clay, scrap paper, vegetable dyes.
What is your most favorite thing about our shop? The variety of people that come in and their projects. I love helping people find the right material for a project! There's also something really special about working in such a brightly colored, multi-textured place. When I get home, I'm still inspired by the patterns and colors in the shop.
What is one weird but true fact about yourself? I have four pairs of clogs in various heel heights. I think there's a secret clog cult, because I always end up having a lot in common with other people who wear them.
What kinds of things do you hope to do at Uptown Needle & CraftWorks? Contribute to a community of creatives. Exchange skills and ideas with others. Empower children and adults to create more freely. Learn the names of lots of obscure fabrics and colors.
Next, meet Abigail Wynn Wilson
What would you like for us to know about you? I started sewing in high school Home Economics and totally fell in love. I took every class they offered, all on quilting, then Independent Study and assistant teaching. I just couldn't get enough! I bought my own sewing machine my first year of college and immediately began sewing clothes, trial and error style. I'm the queen of seam ripping, especially when I learned I could take apart old clothes to use as patterns and/or "upcycled fabric." I also became an avid thrift shopper, altering too-big, too-torn and too-ugly into totally new clothes! I started to fix items from thrift stores for other students: my seamstress business was born! It's a joy for me to help people develop their style by making their clothes fit just right, plus I love that people come to me with style ideas and inspiration that I can help make reality! Clothes are so important to me because it's our second skin, it creates confidence and helps us express our personalities, but there's no reason to break the bank for a great outfit!
What are your favorite creative things to do? Sewing is my first love, but I also like to write stories and poems. I often cut up magazines to make mood boards and colorful collages; it's the best crafty therapy because you actually can't make mistakes pasting paper, plus I always have happy ah-ha moments when I mentally let go and just make, in creativity and in life!
What is your most favorite thing about our shop? I absolutely adore the funky-fabulous dolls that Mollie and Jennifer create, they are so unique and uplifting! I'm also in love with our fabric selection. I've been to so many fabric stores in my life and I've never seen such an impressive selection of playful patterns and bold prints. It's a potential project wonderland in here!
What is one weird but true fact about yourself? I moved to New Orleans.
What kinds of things do you hope to do at Uptown Needle & CraftWorks? I want to sew sweet things with all the fabulous fabric! I've always wanted to learn to knit! Right now I'm imagining some fun new projects like slip on slippers and zipper bags that could become fun beginner classes! I just want to encourage New Orleans to get crafty and creative; expand your individual style with your own two hands (and a sewing machine!). Just being inside Uptown Needle & CraftWorks fills me with excited, creative energy; there is no limit to what kind of wonderful things can come from that!
Come see us! Peace Be,
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If you live in:
Calderdale and you're under 19 or you're aged 16 to 24 with special educational needs and/or disabilities
Our careers advisers can help you with:
- your career and job search, including apprenticeships and training
- benefits advice and will support you to get other help you need, especially if you're in difficult circumstances
- finding and dealing with other agencies, for example health or housing.
As well as offering advice and support, our advisers can help you find training, including from basic Entry Level 1 to GCSE Level 2, if you live in the:
- Dewsbury, Batley, Cleckheaton, Colne Valley, Holme Valley and Huddersfield area
- Halifax, Todmorden and Calder Valley area
- You can also search on the national government site for a traineeship
Not ready or not sure? Contact your nearest centre - see below - to find out about other available training
Kirklees and you're aged 15 to 25
Our careers advisers are working with the Works Better* employment programme to help you to:
- Explore training and career opportunities
- Learn new skills
- Learn how to sell yourself
- Build your confidence
- Create a CV
- Find local apprenticeships
- Understand what skills employers are looking for
For more information about the WorksBetter employment programme T: 01484 213858
* Works Better 15-25 is part funded through the European Social Fund is delivered in partnership with C&K Careers across the Kirklees district. It pulls together two projects aimed at supporting young people, these are the Leeds City Region Employment Hub, managed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Youth Engagement and Progression Programme, managed by the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
Our Statement of Service a promise to all who use our services (93kb PDF)
Project Challenge
Find out what Seanna and Kieron think about their time at Project Challenge.
Listen to Lorna explaining to Jemma what is involved or read it (67kb PDF).
Need to contact us?
Your C&K Careers adviser can help and advise you – get in touch.
- Ring 01484 242000 and ask for your careers adviser by name or press '0' to speak to someone who can help
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Experience living in a quiet seaside community, with nearby luxury amenities. 33 km from Vancouver Airport and easy distance to Richmond, BC; build your dream home on the water! Minutes from the Bald Eagle Golf Club and newly upgraded Point Roberts Marina, Seabright Farm has building sites and designs for open floor plans, large windows, and outdoor living areas.
|New Value: $687,500
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Helena Kennedy, QC: 'I was always told not to rock the boat'
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws has spent her career fighting for women's rights, civil rights and constitutional reform. Magnus Linklater meets her
Ask Helena Kennedy, QC, to name the most important contribution she has made during a lifetime's experience of the law, and she answers immediately: championing the cause of women failed by the system. Her early days as a young lawyer convinced her of a simple proposition — "the law fails women". Whether it was inequality in the legal profession or facing the courts, she was determined to challenge the attitudes of the day that held women back.
"It used to be the case in the 1970s that some chambers just didn't employ women," she recalls. "Then the sex discrimination act came in and they would say, 'Well, we've got one now, so we've done enough.' It took a long time getting over that, as well…


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The Benefits of Character Education
During a time when school violence and bullying have become so prevalent, it's important now more than ever that we teach our kids more than just literacy and math skills. That's where character education comes into the picture. Character education is about teaching our children values and setting a moral foundation for them that they will carry with them throughout their lives. Fairness, honesty trustworthiness, perseverance, compassion, generosity, responsibility, respect, and citizenship are the main pillars of character education.
When we teach our children these core values in school at an early age, the benefits are plentiful. Below are some of the many benefits that character education provides:
- Higher academic achievements: In a research study done by a Rutgers professor, the results showed that schools that focused on developing the moral character of their students proved to be more academically successful than those that did not.
- Improved attendance: When a child learns how to be responsible, he will understand that going to school is one of his responsibilities. Not only does responsibility improve attendance, but it also helps them understand the importance of showing up to class and turning in work on time.
- Fewer disciplinary issues: The focus on respect makes children value not only themselves but also their peers and their teachers. Respectful students take their assignments more seriously because they respect their own skills and abilities, as well as the teacher who gave them the assignment.
- Reduced violence: When children are taught the concepts of fairness, compassion, and respect at an early age, they will use words instead of fists to solve their problems. This creates a learning environment of peace and harmony rather than tension and violence.
- A feeling of safety: Both children and their parents have reported feeling safer knowing that they are attending schools where the other students also value the same character traits, such as compassion, respect, and trustworthiness.
Character Education at Prep Academy
Our curriculum at Prep Academy is designed to ensure the development of the whole child – intellectually, socially, developmentally and emotionally. Through age-appropriate activities and real-world scenarios, we help our students develop positive character traits such as self-worth, responsibility, self-confidence, and compassion. All of our teachers lead by example and serve as caring and nurturing role models for their students.


text: Two ambitious entrepreneurs who grew up in Dubai together shared the idea of starting a creative design and fit-out company that was different to everything else in Dubai. As different as a Blue Camel…and so, the company was born. Blue Camel operates from a designer's philosophy. It understands how to turn design dreams into practical reality, combining passion with industry knowledge. Clients love the Blue Camel difference – a one-stop shop for design and fit-out.


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British Designer Thomas Heatherwick's Buildings and Work are on Show in London
From the new London bus to the humble beach cafe, British designer Thomas Heatherwick's work is everywhere. And now it is the subject of a new exhibition: Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.
Heatherwick started his practice, Heatherwick Studio, in 1994 and from the start was interested in looking at the relationship between architectural design and craftsmanship. His work defies definition, with projects that include furniture, engineering, sculpture and urban planning.These spinning stools were nominated in 2011 for a Design Award. Called Spun, and made out of moulded plastic, they look like sculpture but are a comfortable and functional chair.
The show is jammed into too small a space which makes it frustrating and hard to follow. It is supposed to look like his studio but there is so much work on view in the form of models, prototypes, films, and photos that it all becomes a jumble. However, his playfulness and ingenuity shine through. As in this wonderful canopy at the entrance to the museum, made out of traffic cones.
The new Routemaster bus in London was designed by Heatherwick Studios. The new curvy, highly styled bus is just about on the road now: there is one #38 bus making its way around a part of London.
The Seed Cathedral for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 has to be one of his most remarkable works. It is a rounded cube made of 60,000 Perspex rods, each embedded with a seed from Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank. It floated with the wind, as each rod moves.
This rolling bridge is a little pedestrian bridge behind an office building. It has to fold up to allow a boat in and out. The Rolling Bridge "opens by slowly and smoothly curling until it transforms from a conventional, straight bridge, into a circular sculpture which sits on the bank of the canal".
The gallery guide to the exhibit is a wonderful example of Heatherwick's sense of fun. It was created with the same engineers who made the rolling bridge, and is a DIY machine that delivers the recycled paper guide to patrons by their cranking the handle until the pink cut line comes up.


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WADE KELLER PODCAST - Royal Rumble preview with Sam Roberts
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After the NXT brand wrapped up their Florida tour on Saturday, the only WWE show on Sunday is the Smackdown brand in California.
The Raw brand is off this weekend. The crew has Raw TV Monday in Los Angeles prior to a trip to South America.
Smackdown is in California Sunday through Tuesday with…
- WWE World Hvt. champion A.J. Styles
- John Cena
- Dean Ambrose
- Randy Orton
- Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan
- IC champion The Miz (w/Maryse)
- SD tag champions Rhyno & Heath Slater
- SD Women's champion Becky Lynch
- Baron Corbin, Apollo Crews, Kane
- American Alpha, The Usos
- Natalya
WWE Smackdown
- Saturday, Oct. 1: Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center
- Sunday, Oct. 2: Ontario, Calif.
- Monday, Oct. 3: Palm Springs, Calif.
- Tuesday, Oct. 4: SD TV Live in San Diego, Calif.
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All gardens have areas which just aren't working, it could be a horticultural issue such as pests or diseases, soil, moisture or light problems.
We offer a consultancy service to analyse and solve these problems.
Our primary concern on a Horticultural Site Visit is the overall health and vitality of your plants.
We're looking at how well they're doing in their current position in the garden, how their neighbours are affecting them and whether they're suffering from any pest and disease problems.
In some cases, we may take away plant samples for further investigation or soil samples for analysis. Where necessary we will refer you to specific experts such as Arborists.
A Horticultural Report offers recommendations for work to be carried out in the garden. The recommendations will cover pruning and renovation of overgrown and neglected shrubs and trees, pest and disease problems and treatments and the relocation or removal of plants not thriving in their current situation or causing problems for their neighbours.
The report can be used independently by yourself or we can be contracted to carry out the works.
In many cases a staged approach is required to work within pest and disease cycles and pruning seasons.
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Feeling: ENLIGHTENED, INTRIGUED, IN AWE
A few things of note that are rather random, have no relevance to each other and don't fit within any other post.
1. Ever wondered exactly why Hinduism bears so much respect for cows, considering them so sacred that the people don't ever eat beef? Me either. But Eva was interested and she asked Kapil, and I'm so glad I was there to hear the answer. Paraphrased by Pop as follows:
The cow is revered as the source of food and of life. As a cow produces milk, therefore feeds, the people link it to being a nurturing mother. Many other cultures interpret this as Hindus worshipping the cow, but it is incorrect; it is far more applicable to state the cow is taboo and impermissible to harm, rather than is seen as sacred. So it's not actually so much a case of "holy cow".
2. I no longer bat an eyelid at the use of the word "anus". I had no idea how integral the term was in yoga. I felt like it came up multiple times a day during the course, be it in philosophy, physical practice or teaching methodology. My first week I always gave a little start and a sniggery titter whenever the anus was mentioned, or its interchangeable term, "perineum" (not quite as humorous). But by the time I left it rolled off my tongue (the word, not an actual arse hole).
3. Something that really buzzed me out; you'd be walking along a street taking in the sights and smells. The rickety rickashaws, the tumbledown structures, the wandering animals, then all of a sudden there'd be a pristine Suzuki Swift. It happened All. The. Time. Like there were an abundance of SS's swanning around Rishikesh. Usually white. Seems a rather unexpected choice of common car, no?
4. Signage everywhere – Rishikesh, Delhi, Agra – is so faded and dated. Like it looks like it hasn't been replaced since the 70s. I don't get why. Expense? Cost of labour? Attachment? It honestly looks like every single shop has closed down and been abandoned if just accounting for the placards. Even the more flush businesses keep the dim, discoloured signs announcing their names. Only Western chains, namely McDs, Dominoes and Subway, have their paint pristine and unpeeling. Must follow up.
5. I am fascinated by the ways in which Indians live their lives, and they in turn are intrigued by how I live mine. I ask every driver/guide/hotel worker that gives me the time of day about their families and such.
My driver for the next few days, Prahalad, was astounded I am almost 24 with no boyfriend, and that Deb and Hank haven't started scouting through suitable options. My transferer from the airport yesterday, Bahg Singh, was absolutely flabbergasted when I said my older brother and his girlfriend lived together unwed. "Wow!" He said, eyes rounded in wonder. "That's madness." Isn't it incredible? "Normal" is so relative.
My tour guide today, Debagni, said now she's 25 and hasn't found a fella, her parents have taken it into their hands. I can't imagine D&H hustling me a hubby.
6. I was so unbelievably touched. Upon leaving the ashram I managed to hustle each of the boys on their own and press a small baksheesh (tip) in their hand. When I got to Govind, he tried to give it back, protesting that I was a young traveller and it was a significant sum. (Bless him. It was about $15). When I stipulated he take it he eventually agreed, but made me promise that if I needed it back I would tell him and he would refund.
What a generous, caring and kind hearted soul.
7. I'm in awe of the hospitality here. Everyone you meet is interested in you. I've been invited to countless family homes and given contact details should I get into any bother. "My cousin brother will help you," "If you ever come to Mumbai, get in touch," "Email me and we can have a chai". I always feel so welcomed, so warm.
I feel terrible admitting this, but I was always a tad dismissive of Indian people. But everyone I've encountered so far (bar the bastard man who sold me my phone charger adaptor) has had a heart of gold. (Am I in a country milling with millions of Aunty Nina's?).
8. I've been trying to think of a way to sign off to show just how cool I am with the anus area, but (there we go!) there hasn't been an opening (and again).
Going up to my room to bum around. (Sorry, stopping).


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Registered Manager, Domiciliary Care
Sector: Social Care
Consultant: Vincent Lagos
Salary: £32000 - £38000
Job Status: Permanent / Full Time
Registered Manager, Domiciliary Care
Hammersmith, London
£32,000 – £38,000
We are looking for a few dedicated and highly driven Domiciliary Care Manager's to manage a number of Homecare Services in London. This is a prosperous and rapidly growing company so room for progression will not be far away – Regional Manager being the next milestone in your career.
- To ensure the provision of high quality care services to vulnerable people living in their own home
To manage and deploy teams of Care Workers who provide care and support to vulnerable adults
To ensure consistent application of the company's policies, procedures and approved practice and to promote the aims of the company
To ensure that all service users undergo suitable initial assessments including care needs assessment and health and safety risk assessments as required under the Fundamental Standards
To ensure all statutory obligations are fully met
To meet and exceed all financial/growth targets
- Sound knowledge of CQC and Care Standards
Respect for people suffering from a range of medical conditions with different backgrounds and beliefs to your own strong commitment to non-discriminatory care practice
Experience preferably in a domiciliary background however an overall residential background is accepted
What to expect:
- Generous Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
A wide variety of training and development opportunities
Flexible working options
Possible bonus structure
Commitment to Career Progression
This job is advertised by Vincent Lagos Colombel; if you are interested in this position please click and apply now.
Please feel free to contact Vincent on 07520 634 851 or at [email protected]


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CareFusion report "CareFusion (NYSE:CFN), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of its ChloraPrep® 1 mL applicator, the newest addition to the ChloraPrep line of preoperative skin preparation products.
ChloraPrep 1 mL provides clinicians with a preferred applicator design and the same formulation as all other ChloraPrep applicators but in a new 1 mL size. The new size is ideal for procedures with an application area approximately 2.5 inches by 2.5 inches or smaller."
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Other intravenous and vascular access resources that may be of interest (External links – IVTEAM has no responsibility for content).
- Guide for intravenous chemotherapy and associated vascular access devices from Macmillan.
- CancerUK IV chemotherapy information.


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Best island to visit in Hawaii
If you're looking for the best island to visit in Hawaii, you're in the right place! There are actually 137 officially recognized islands in Hawaii. Don't worry, you don't have 137 to choose from. There are eight major islands in Hawaii although one is uninhabited, and one is privately owned. There are six islands that you can visit and four are considered the primary islands for tourism.


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Lots of blood, flying motorbikes, time travel and telekinetic children. Frankly, what more do you need from a film? Looper is a far cry from The Time Traveller's Wife with time travel going underground and being used as a method for disposing of bodies from the future.
Set in 2044's America, we see Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) going about his Looper business before coming across himself, also called Joe…coincidence, from 30 years in the future, who has been sent back to be killed by him but he doesn't kill his future self because his future self knocks him out (Go Brucey!) and runs away to find a child to kill him because he's trying to kill him in the future. Confused? Yep, so was I.
Despite the endless killing, creepy children and a rugged looking Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper's message is one of love and the lengths you will go to to protect those around you, whether it be your child, parent or partner and how your priorities may change throughout your life. I was gripped from the beginning and for the first time in a long while, I was anxious for most of the 118 minutes. It took me at least an hour to finish my pint for goodness sake. Gripping stuff.
Bruce Willis (Joe from the future) is his usual, brilliant John McClane with a hint of compassion, comedy and gritty determination as he avenges his future wife's death from the past. Don't worry, you'll understand when you see it, I promise.
The future me promised you that by the way so don't blame me if you don't understand it, I haven't promised that yet. Ahem.
With a gripping twist to the end, which I worked out half way through but hey ho, Looper will keep you entertained until the very last moment and possibly make you never want to have children. Despite them being very cute in between terrifyingly murderous tele-kinetic episodes.
Emily Blunt is also in it, wielding a shot gun, which is A-OK with me.