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It's official: Karl Lagerfeld has switched up his world-renowned aesthetic for the first time in two decades.
The mastermind at the helm of Chanel and Fendi may be famous for his penchant for motorcycle-inspired gloves, a peppered white ponytail, and tinted sunnies, but the fashion mogul surprised the front row with a new accessory earlier this week.
Yes, Lagerfeld debuted a (surprisingly) untamed beard at the Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2018 show as he grabbed a seat beside the likes of Robert Pattinson and Bella Hadid.
And it was close friend and journalist Suzy Menkes who alerted the fashion world to his transformation as she joked: "So KARL has an exciting new facial accessory. But TRAGICALLY I cannot copy it…"
But his look has divided the internet, as fashion followers took to Twitter to debate his latest accessory:
I've just saw Karl Lagerfeld w/ beard, am I the only one who's freakin out?
— XimenaDcs (@ximedcs) January 21, 2018
Karl Lagerfeld is sporting a beard that makes me worry , he looks so much older with it #Chanel
— Bustelo Babe☕ (@LaDolceAbdel) January 21, 2018
OMG. Karl Lagerfeld has succumbed to the beard craze, he's now sporting a beard as snow colored as his hair. #PFW
— George (@GML07) January 20, 2018
We've reached Peak Beard with Karl Lagerfeld. There's nowhere else to go. Good day to you. pic.twitter.com/Jpgw9fyyVe
— Holly Roberts (@hollydroberts) January 20, 2018
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— pharrell's junebug (@angelAmyV) January 21, 2018
One thing is for certain. Boys, the beard is back and more on trend than ever before.
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CONNECTIONS™ Conferences focus on digital content, networked devices, home systems, and consumer electronics
New white paper features Parks Associates research and highlights event topics
International research firm Parks Associates released a new white paper today, The Future of Networked Devices and Digital Content, which tracks developments and areas of growth for the digital living industries in anticipation of upcoming CONNECTIONS™ events.
The paper addresses the core topics Communications & Entertainment Services, New Media and Digital Content, Home Systems, and Consumer Electronics. These topics will be under discussion at the next two CONNECTIONS™ events:
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit
Nice, France
March 31
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase
Santa Clara, California
June 2 -4
"The concept of the network has expanded worldwide to include entertainment services, mobile devices, and control scenarios in addition to its traditional, practical applications," said Kurt Scherf, vice president, principal analyst, Parks Associates. "Already 20% of U.S. broadband households want widgets on their TVs, which would give them access to dynamic, personalized content such as news, sports, weather, and traffic. This blending of the online and entertainment worlds, with companies like Intel and Yahoo at the forefront, will be a significant area of discussion at CONNECTIONS™ in 2009."
The CONNECTIONS™ white paper notes that increased competition and the commoditization of voice and bandwidth are pushing providers toward advanced services including fixed -mobile convergence (FMC). They will rely on femtocells to realize their FMC strategies, which will boost the number of these devices shipped worldwide to 100 million in 2013.
In addition, carriers and manufacturers have the opportunity to craft new customer support services as part of bundling and product design. U.S. remote tech support service for consumers was a $650 million market in 2008, and this service area will only expand.
"New services create new challenges in getting products to interact and share content," Scherf said. "Companies are under pressure to push as much content to as many screens as possible, so multimedia networking will be another hot topic at CONNECTIONS™. The CONNECTIONS™ Showcase is the perfect location for players in this arena to display and promote the performance of their multimedia solutions such as LiquidHD, wireless HDMI, and DLNA -based technologies."
For over a decade, CONNECTIONS™ has been the site for discussions on networking standards, including multiple sessions devoted to wireless and powerline control technologies. Parks Associates forecasts five million smart meters installed in the U.S. by 2012, ensuring home controls will again be an important area of discussion and display in 2009.
The Future of Networked Devices and Digital Content is available as a free download on the CONNECTIONS™ websites www.connectionsconference.com and www.connectionseurope.com. The deadline to submit to be considered a speaker for either event is Friday, January 23, 2009. For more information, contact Parks Associates at firstname.lastname@example.com, 972 -490 -1113.
About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research -driven executive conference and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year, delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer electronics, broadband and value -added services, and home systems.
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Build a Poem is a top pick amongst the kiddos in my academic skills groups (K-2). With a growing collection of poems, I had to find a solution for organizing and storing the poems and word cards. Here is a look at what I have found to work best, along with a FREEBIE for you to use when organizing your centers.
To assure I'd have enough room as I continue building my collection, I purchased a large 3" binder. The page protectors, recycled from old binders hiding in the back of my cabinet, are used to store the poems.
Based on a lesson learned; I now put each poem's word cards in a zip-loc before placing them in the page protector. Otherwise, if the binder is accidently carried upside-down, the word cards can spill everywhere. Not fun! This way, if they do fall out, they are still kept together in the zip-loc baggy. :)
There are several ways you can store the poems, such as alphabetical, themes, or by focus skills. Personally, I like storing mine by seasonal order. (Back to school, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and so on.)
When I'm ready to change the pocket chart center, I simply open my binder and take out the poem and word cards. Using clothespins, I hang the poem at the top of the pocket chart, then mix up the word cards at the bottom.
Using this binder has helped me organize my Build a Poem pocket chart centers. Now, I can quickly find poems, see which ones are able to be personalized, and grab the word cards; it's everything I need for this class favorite!
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What are you doing on New Year's Eve? For many parents, we know that babysitters are in high demand so watching the Times Square ball drop on t.v. might be more common for most of us than dressing up and hitting the town for champagne toasts. But celebrating the New Year is certainly worthy of some exciting plans for all, and thanks to the City of Austin, you're in for an awesome, family-friendly free night of fun on Saturday, Dec. 31. Austin's New Year (ANY) is an annual alcohol-free celebration with a variety of art, food trucks and live music. The event begins at 3 p.m. at Vic Mathias Shores (formerly known as Auditorium Shores) with a fireworks finale at 10 p.m.!
This exciting event will include three stages, 15 local & regional bands, food trucks, kid's activities, and multiple art installations.
The music schedule runs from 3 – 10 p.m. with the Lake Stage showcasing: Shinyribs, Ray Wyllie Hubbard; and The Peterson Brothers. You'll also want to jump around with a CAPYAC dance party headlining at the Oak stage as well as Harvest Thieves bringing Americana and Folk-Rock; and Roxy Roca, an Austin-based, six-piece, southern soul band.
Capping off the evening, you can count on the traditional fireworks finale that starts at 10 p.m.
Music Lineup:
— Lake Stage (in order of appearance):
- Migrant Kids
- Tameca Jones
- The Peterson Brothers
- Ray Wylie Hubbard
- Shinyribs
— Oak Stage (in order of appearance):
- Wache – Colombian Roots
- Jackie Venson
- Roxy Roca
- Harvest Thieves
— Community Stage 1/Community Stage 2 (in order of appearance):
- Glenn Rexach Group
- Wand'ring Minstrels
- Band Aid School Of Music
- Groundwork Music
- Indrajit Banerjee
- Agni Dance
- Paula Maya
- River City Pops
- Wendy Colonna
- SaulPaul
- Kalu And The Electric Joint
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For more info & updates, you can visit the ANY website as well as their Facebook page.
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The Governing Body of NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) today approved plans for a brand new health facility in Heanor at their meeting at Oakland Village, Swadlincote.
The Governing Body reviewed the outcome of the 90 day consultation on Heanor health services and accepted the recommendation to proceed with the option that had overwhelming support from local people.
The existing Memorial Hospital will now be demolished, the Wilmot Street Health Centre will eventually close and a brand new facility will be built on the current Hospital site. The new centre will provide services that meet the health requirements of the population. This building will include all existing services with the exception of inpatient beds along with a range of new services which are required to support the health of local people.
NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group launched a 90 day consultation on 11 July following the discovery of asbestos at Heanor Memorial Hospital in September 2013. However, the CCG needed to look at the role of other health services as part of its wider responsibility for the health of all residents in the area. These include services based at Wilmot Street Health Centre, those provided in the wider community and those provided in people's homes.
Andy Layzell, Chief Officer at NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG, said:
"We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to give us their views on health services in Heanor during the public consultation. We have looked at all the views given to us during the consultation period and I'm very pleased to report that over 90% of people who responded said they supported our proposal.
"Our attention now very quickly moves to the next stages of the project. We expect that if everything goes to plan, we should expect to have a new health facility opened in Heanor in early 2017 and have a fully developed demolition and construction plan which will meet this deadline.
"We have said from the start that any new building would take around two years to build once a decision about how to proceed was made. Proposals still need to be finalised for how the services will fit into a new building and we will work with local people to make sure the design is both fitting for the town and practical in allowing services to stay flexible in the future.
"The NHS has to follow a formal process to appoint main contractors, such as quantity surveyors, architects and construction teams and we currently expect demolition work can start in April 2015. We will now be working with Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust to develop a demolition and construction plan to meet this timescale.
"Local people can be assured that this is the quickest this can happen to ensure we follow proper tendering and planning processes. Clearly we could not proceed with these elements of the project until the consultation had finished and a decision had been made, but some preliminary steps have been taken and we will hit the ground running."
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Title: The Viking's Forbidden Pleasure
Author: Jennie Brumley
Publisher: Ravenous Romance
Sub-Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: 171 pages
Heat Rating: Erotic
Rating: 4 Cups
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Always the dutiful daughter, Elly Harding knows the only way to protect her father is to sacrifice her own happiness and marry a man she can never love, but when an unexpected honeymoon gift presents her with the opportunity to explore the darker desires this proper young woman has always repressed, how can she possibly give up what could be her last chance for sexual freedom…and love?
Once a Viking warrior, Haakon Arikson never lacked for women in his bed...until he insulted the wrong one. For almost a millennium he has been cursed to walk alone, living an odd half-life as a stallion by day and a man by night. Tired and lonely he craves oblivion, but the only way to end his curse is to kill the one girl who makes him feel more alive than any other has for centuries.
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Haakon Arikson has been cursed for eternity to walk the earth as a horse by day and by night turn back to man. The only way to break the curse is by killing Elly Harding, the last decedent of the woman who cursed him. However, Haakon never expected to fall in love with the plain Elly and has found he can't kill her.
This was an interesting read. I've never read a tale about a hero who not only has to kill the heroine but also turns into a horse. They embark on a passionate affair and with every moment they spend together with him as a horse and a man the love grows between them. The sex scenes are not only hot and well written but also show the trust growing between them.
The Viking's Forbidden Pleasure has a few twists and turns along the way and a really great ending. A very good read.
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Urdu Literacy in Just 3 Months
In just THREE months, this literacy program enables a person to:
- Read an Urdu newspaper
- Write a letter in Urdu language
- Do everyday math
Only TWO hours a day for ninety days makes it possible for an absolutely non-literate person to read and write Urdu successfully as well as acquire mathematical skills required for basic selling or purchasing.
This 180-hour long Urdu literacy program is the fastest and the most effective in the world. Individuals who spend more than two hours a day can complete the program even earlier.
Following resource materials are available for this program:
- Baseline assessment
- Monthly assessments
- End of the program assessment
- Teachers guide in printed format
- Teachers guide in audio format
- Teachers guide in video format
- 'Completion of Training' certificate for the individuals trained by us to teach this program
- 'Completion of Literacy Program' certificate for the learners
- Soft copies of fliers, handouts and banners that you can use to promote this program
This program is the only scientifically designed Urdu literacy program. Its salient features include:
- Letter sounds are introduced through phonetic method
- Initial reading development through lower case letters
- Based on graded vocabulary
- Introduction, Identification Practice and Review (IIPR) is used to develop reading and writing skills
- On completing the program the learner achieves grade five level competency of Urdu language
People who benefit from this program include:
- Industrial workers
- Non literate mothers of school going children
- Farm workers
- Laborers
- Madrasa students enrolled in Hifz or Alim programs
- Students of formal schools who need extra help to meet basic reading and writing skills
- Manual staff in a home or office
- Dropped out students who would like to restart their educational journey
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Is anyone really going to ask this question? Absolutely! In today's world, a chiropractor website is no longer a novelty but a necessity - needed to grow and promote your business. At ChiroMatrix, we teach you the fundamentals of the internet and make it easy to understand. A website lets your patients research your services effortlessly! It builds credibility for your practice, staff and Doctors. It allows efficient distribution of new patient forms, it automatically communicates and informs your patients, and much more!
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As shown by our hundreds of referrals, ChiroMatrix is the web company of choice for chiropractors and multidisciplinary practices. Many clients of ours have worked with other companies, local designers, and have tried designing their own websites in the past. They have found that it required much more time and money and did not compare to features that ChiroMatrix offers. With your ChiroMatrix website, there is no compromise. Our dynamic content, design, animated exercises, exclusive chiropractor web tools, value pricing, and premier customer support put ChiroMatrix in a tier above other chiropractor website providers.
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Pick of the Day is a special-edition 1964 Ford Thunderbird
Hollywood celebrity memorabilia sale featured personal items from the 'screen goddess' that garnered astronomical bids
Owned and driven for years by the iconic Hollywood star, the car could be bid multiple times higher than the auction's estimate
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Car is being sold because owner lost its indoor storage spot
This is the sixth vehicle in the 30-day Countdown to Barrett-Jackson's 47th annual Scottsdale auction.
The "square-bird" four-seater models that replaced Ford's iconic Thunderbird roadsters are considered the original "personal luxury" cars.
Barrett-Jackson auctioned off in Scottsdale the impeccable silver-gray 1956 Ford Thunderbird that the legendary Frank Sinatra drove around Palm Springs, California, when he was not off with the rest of the Rat Pack.


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ARLINGTON -- Maybe next time CC Carpet & Flooring Design will shoot a little lower with its Grand Slam Payout. Maybe their insurance company will demand it.
In theory, selecting Josh Hamilton was probably a good way to drum up some business. He hadn't hit a grand slam since 2008, but had hit plenty of homers to lure in customers.
Hamilton, though, still has a few months on his reign as American League MVP, and he hits in the middle of a Texas Rangers lineup that has produced some of the best offensive numbers in the game.
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Hamilton hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run fourth inning Wednesday, and Derek Holland allowed one run in seven innings as the Rangers walloped Cleveland for a second straight game, this time 9-1.
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"CC Carpeting," Hamilton said. "The situation doesn't come that often, so when it does you can't help but think about it. I'm in the business of giving back. It's cool."
The victory allowed the Rangers to maintain a three-game lead over the Angels in the AL West entering the series finale tonight against the Indians. The Angels are idle today, ahead of seven straight road games against Baltimore and Toronto.
The grand slam, Hamilton's first since May 27, 2008, at Tampa Bay, provides a refund for CC Carpet customers who had purchased flooring or countertops since Aug. 29.
Owner Steve Fitzgerald didn't know the exact number of customers who will be getting money returned to them, but he estimated that the promotion had created more than $500,000 in sales.
"I'm excited. I'm great," said Fitzgerald, who had secured an insurance policy before offering the promotion. "I wish he could have waited until the last game of the season so more people could have gotten it."
The Rangers finally punched through against David Huff in the fourth after seeing left fielder Shelley Duncan make leaping catches on three straight batters at the wall in the first and second innings.
Hamilton, though, started the fourth with a walk and scored as Michael Young followed with a double. Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer two batters later, and Huff looked to be out of the inning when Ian Kinsler sent a grounder to third.
Lonnie Chisenhall, though, muffed the play to load the bases, Elvis Andrus followed with an infield single, and Hamilton delivered an opposite-field drive just over the left-field wall for an 8-0 lead.
Duncan jumped, but somehow was unable to scale the 14-foot wall. Hamilton initially just assumed that Duncan would make another great catch.
"Why wouldn't I?" Hamilton said.
Said Young, who was robbed by Duncan to start the second: "I've never seen that before. Three almost identical plays in a row. But great plays. You've got to give credit where credit is due."
Holland, who leads baseball in average run support, improved to 14-5 behind a seventh straight game for the offense with at least 12 hits. He tossed four scoreless innings to open his 30th start of the year before surrendering a solo homer to start the fifth after the Rangers' big inning.
"The big thing is I can't think like that when I go out there, like, oh they're going to get me 20 runs," said Holland, who threw 107 pitches.
"I've got to go out there and pitch no matter what. I can't sit there and worry how many runs they're going to score, I've got to make sure I shut down the other team and keep the momentum on our side."
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R&D Department Equipped by Elabo
Elabo has planned and installed the test workstations for the R & D Department at Möhlenhoff Wärmetechnik GmbH in Salzgitter, Germany.
Möhlenhoff supplies a wide range of products for use in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning sector, such as electronic comfort controls for individual rooms, under-floor convectors or high-grade cover grilles. Special emphasis is placed on in-house product development. The size of the R&D Department was therefore expanded to 600 square metres by investing millions of Euros in a new building housing offices, manufacturing and warehousing facilities. In addition, new furniture and equipment was acquired.
Right at the consultation stage, Elabo scored points for providing timely and comprehensive customer support. The floor layout incorporates several test workstations and the 6 HU superstructure units are equipped with a central safety and switching unit, an emergency OFF switch, AC power supply, adjustable AC power supply and two rack mounts - all these features permit the various operations and functions to be carried out and at the same time reflect the wishes of the employees. The side cabinets for spare parts were also precisely matched to requirements, for example by providing six cabinets with sheet steel drawers 42 cm wide, or by using other types of cabinets.
The tiltable 3,000-lux light and the patented Elabo cable management system ensure additional ergonomic comfort. The brightly, uniformly and intensively illuminated working surface and the quickly and simply modified cable routing make work easier to perform. In addition to consultation service, these factors and other product details persuaded Möhlendorff to change its supplier in this case.


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Alex Flores, a Mexican producer, has worked with Shoreline Entertainment in various capacities since 2002 and is now Director of Latino Content at Shoreline Entertainment.
The key projects on which Alex has collaborated with Morris and Shoreline are "Tiempo Real", directed by Fabrizio Prada, winner of the Guinness World Record for the longest movie shot in just one take, "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School" (Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei and John Goodman) in the raising of film finance, and "The
Fifth Patient" directed by Amir Mann, a Mexico-Israel co-production starring Isaach de Bankole, Mary Sheldon, Nick Chindlund and Peter Bogdanovich.
Alex is also a lead producer on the first U.S.-Mexico co-produced animation feature film "El Americano", starring Edward James Olmos, Rico Rodriguez, Lisa Kudrow, Paul Rodriguez, Eric Estrada, Cheech Marin, Adal Ramones, Kate del Castillo, Aleks Syntek and Gabriel Iglesias. "El Americano" was released theatrically in Mexico in January 2016 and is now selling around the world.
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Lang Baumann Paints The Streets of Vercorin/
A beautiful encounter between the traditional world and contemporary art. The streets of Vercorin, a small ski town in Switzerland, were painted by design legends Lang Baumann.
Vercorin was hosting a fair in the town and wanted to bring in a design team to create something outrageous. They called on Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, the creative duo that make up the Lang Baumann to transform their streets. The painted streets were intended to be a powerful juxtaposition against the old world feel of the charming town, and the design team succeeded at that!
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When Ryan Emmons decided to launch Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water in 2012, he was only 22 years old. He had been vacationing in Hawaii with his family for several years in a row and was always attracted to the Waiakea Springs because of the delicious water that these springs provided.
Today, the company is quickly taking over the bottled water industry. According to Ladisco, Waiakea Water can be purchased in thousands of stores across the United States and demand is so extraordinarily high that Emmons is launching a new manufacturing facility in Hawaii.
What makes this company so unique is its devotion to social responsibility. The water itself is extremely sustainable. High levels of local rainfall allow the water to be replenished every 30 days.
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That's why he teamed up with Pump Aid, the organization responsible for providing clean water to impoverished regions across the world.
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When Emmons launched the product, he wanted to make it as environmentally friendly as possible. Bottled water companies had been receiving a lot of criticism from environmentalists for their impact on the planet. The tremendous amount of plastic bottles discarded daily was clogging up landfills.
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Last Saturday, Microsoft Canada hosted an incredible event called EnergizeIT in Toronto (AKA, Accordion City). Approximately 1500 people showed up to this event, which featured tracks for designers, developers, IT professionals, and many others. We've already received a ton of feedback through the blogosphere:
- Thank you for coming to EnergizeIT
- EnergizeIT in Toronto was Awesome!
- EnergizeIT was Energizing!
- The REAL Truth about EnergizeIT 2007!
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For EnergizeIT, I was responsible for running the developer track. As track owner, I wanted to provide you with a good understanding of what's coming from Microsoft in regards to Web-related technologies and tools. That stated, I decided that the best way to do this was to show you some of the things we're working on; specifically, Visual Studio 2008, ASP.NET "Futures", ASP.NET AJAX, and Silverlight. Seeing how many people were attending the developer track, I think we hit the right topics.
As track owner, I wanted to have some of the best and brightest folks from Toronto to provide their knowledge and insight. I was able to get Barry Gervin, Kate Gregory, Donald Ho, and Scott Howlett to join me on-stage to talk to the developers at this event. I think they did a wonderful job! (Thanks, guys!) I hope you were able to get a sense of how exciting the next few years will be for Web developers.
So, what's next? Well, stay tuned. My colleagues (Christian Beauclair and Jean-Luc David) are incredibly excited about what we have planned. If you have something in mind or a suggestion about what you'd like to see us talk about in the next few months, submit a comment to let us know! We're always listening.
As promised, here is a list of resources that we highlighted during the developer track at EnergizeIT:
- ASP.NET - www.asp.net
- ASP.NET AJAX - ajax.asp.net
- Microsoft Silverlight - www.silverlight.net
- OurFaves - www.ourfaves.com
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Thanks for stopping by from The Romance Reviews 4th Anniversary Party. Scroll down to read about A Debt Paid in Marriage, my March Harlequin Historical and to find the answer to my trivia question. Good luck!
"Lee takes readers on an uncomplicated, but sexy romp...as Laura takes drastic measures to save her business." - RT Book Reviews A Debt Paid in Marriage
Laura Townsend's plan to reclaim her family's merchandise backfires when she creeps into moneylender Philip Rathbone's house and threatens him with a pistol, only to find him reclining naked in his bath!
The last thing she expects is to see this guarded widower on her doorstep a couple of days later armed with a very surprising proposal. A marriage of convenience may be Laura's chance to reclaim her future, but she won't settle for anything less than true passion.
Can she hope to find it in Philip's arms?
Excerpt from A Debt Paid in Marriage
London—spring 1817
'Miss Marston, please meet my intended, Miss Townsend,' Mr Rathbone intervened, the stiff mask of business descending over Philip's face and covering the faint hint of emotion Laura had caught. 'Miss Marston is Thomas's nurse.'
'Oh, Miss Townsend, it's a pleasure to meet you.' Mrs Marston's smile was more surprised than relieved. Laura suspected she'd encounter many similar reactions in the days to come. 'Mr Rathbone, Thomas awoke crying and nothing I do will calm him. You always have such a way with him. I thought you might come to the nursery for a moment.'
'Yes, I will.' He started for the door, then paused. 'Miss Townsend, come and meet the gentleman who is part of our arrangement.'
His command given, he didn't wait for her. Mrs Marston wasn't at all surprised by the abruptness and followed her employer out of the room.
Laura walked behind them, the cries of a very young child growing louder as they stepped into the hallway. Mr Rathbone and Mrs Marston made steady strides for the door at the far end, but Laura's progress was slower. When she at last reached the room, the sight inside amazed her. Mr Rathbone stood with the small child in his arms, a little face pressed against his coat, the tears soaking into the wool. One chubby hand clutched his lapel, wrinkling the perfectly pressed crease.
'What's wrong, Thomas? Did you have a bad dream?' Mr Rathbone's steady voice filled the quiet as he shifted back and forth on the toes of his boots. 'You have nothing to worry about. I'm here.'
His deep voice conjured up memories of her father holding her and wiping away her tears after a nightmare. It seemed like such a long time since she'd felt so safe and loved. His words curled around her insides, soothing her as they did the boy until she wanted to lay her head on Mr Rathbone's shoulder and cry away all her frustrations and fears from the past year.
'He has such a way with the boy,' Mrs Marston murmured from beside her.
'Yes, he does.'Whatever reasons she'd had for wanting to wait a month for the wedding disappeared. Too many things might happen in four weeks. He could change his mind and Laura didn't want to go back to the stinking Seven Dials and the cold, lonely desperation which crept like the damp through those wretched rooms. Even if she never knew the same affection he showed his son, just being in the presence of such love eased the hopelessness and despair she'd suffered for far too long. She didn't want to lose that.


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Facebook is delivering new tools for charity fundraising websites, for marking you safe throughout a crisis and for aiding others – or requesting for help – after a natural calamity.
Facebook, the social media network made the declarations Thursday in New York at its Social Good Forum, a first-of-its-kind occasion it hopes to repeat in impending years. The business has some dozens of facebook developer who work on its comparatively new "social good" crew generating tools for users to assist their friends or the sphere about them.
"The attitude of everything we do at Facebook is that our communal can teach us what we want to do," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video frolicked at the gathering. "And our job is to learn as fast as we can and retain on getting better and better."
User power?
A tool named "Safety Check" lets Facebook users streak themselves harmless through a crisis, whether that's a normal disaster, bombing or somewhat else. When somebody marks themselves safe, their friends are mechanically notified that they have been accounted for.
Initially, FB triggered the tool in areas where disaster hit. Now, Facebook says it will halt its own starts, giving it off to users as a replacement for. How? Once a lot of individuals are posting about an occurrence, they might get a notice to let friends know they are OK, using safety check. If they do, they can request other friends to do the similar thing, and so on.
Disaster aid
Start early next year, a tool called "community help" will let users offer and obtain shelter, food or other kinds of help through crises. Individuals have already been doing this on Facebook and Twitter by using hashtags such as #PorteOuverte after last year's spells in Paris that left 130 individuals dead.
Then it was quite difficult to pair up. The new piece aims to modernize this. Individuals will be competent to select groups to get or deliver help with, such as water and food, transportation, baby items or lodging. When they do, they can use Facebook Messenger to place the details.
Charity help
Mark had started letting charity fundraising websites raise money straight through its platform. At the time, consumers could select from 100 US nonprofits. Currently, that number is 750,000 and rising. People can also add donation buttons to their Facebook Live videos to increase money – but only for real charities, not a dream break.


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text: [deli.ci.us bookmarks] 11.29.08 Author mediachef Post 11.29.2008 Tags bookmarks, deli.ci.us Public Art: Astonishing Ideas! | 3D Models, Website Templates and Illustrations blog | Templates.com And this blog post is devoted to astonishing and creative pieces of public art. Here you will see interactive towers, gigantic sculptures, surrealistic statues, painted houses, stone, rubber and wooden sculptured figures, original bus stops and even carpets made of flowers. You will visit the annual exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture in the beautiful Chatsworth garden in Derbyshire, Bruno Art and Sculpture Garden in Australia and many other beautiful places that can boast of the matchless masterpieces. LAist: LAist Interview: Jessica Lawless and Sarah Ross of the Audacity of Desperation On election night Sarah Kanouse will broadcast election coverage remixes recorded during the Unconvention in Minneapolis. That was one of the places Exchange Rate also had a project. And of course, election returns will be projected in the gallery. If you come, bring food, drink and a handheld radio from your emergency kit- which we obviously all have living in LA. Artopia In truth, one can breeze right through the Guggenheim's "theanyspacewhatever" show (to Jan. 7). With few exceptions, pauses for thought will not interrupt your descent down the ramps. So it should take a very short line to match actual viewing time. But no such luck. WRO 09: Expanded City The Expanded City extends the concept of expanded media: The city becomes a metaphor for shared space for exchange and communication, expanding and diversifying through new technologies. Jacarand/*_ platform of Arts, Sciences & Politics: 48 degreeeees- Public Art Ecology 48 degrees is a massively ambitious project that examines the teetering ecology of Delhi through the prism of contemporary art interventions in public spaces, all within a rickshaw-ride of the centre of Delhi as a way of drawing its citizens into the debate about warming. The 25 artists exhibiting in eight public spaces include Anwar Kanwar, Andrej Zdravic, Ashok Sukumaran & Shaina Anand, Asim Waqif, Atul Bhalla, Chrysanne Stathacos, Ichi Ikeda, Haubitz + Zoche, Tomas Saraceno, Learning Site, Mary Miss and Desire Machine. San Jose City Council approves plan for giant mural at airport – San Jose Mercury News The 76,000-plus-square-foot mural will wrap around the eastern facade of the airport's new rental car garage, which is due to be completed next year. The piece's preliminary concept, which will be designed by German artist Christian Moeller, involves a high-resolution bitmap photograph that depicts waving human hands, gesturing welcome, farewell, hello and goodbye. Design Observer / Andrew Blauvelt Is there an overarching philosophy that can connect projects from such diverse fields as architecture, graphic and product design? Or are we beyond such pronouncements? Should we even expect such grand narratives anymore? Mediaarchitecture -a Media augmented architectural surfaces – HFT Stuttgart Medien und Raum focused on the architectural integration of state of the art media technology. The two projects presented Concrete LED Facade by Angela Renz and Dominik Kommerell and Lochblech LED Fa/Bade by Ute Schweinle, Melek G/oler and Andrea Fackler are prototypes resulting from this studio. Both projects were conducted as scientific research projects where conditions and materials were tested and documented and the prototypes are a result of the research. Look for artistic surprises in the streets – Doug MacCash – Times-Picayune – NOLA.com But Prospect 1 isn't the only public art game in town. The Arts Council of New Orleans has begun installing 21 "Art in Public Places" projects by New Orleans artists, paid for by a $750,000 post-Katrina grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, a New York art philanthropy. Let's hope they're all as fine as the first two. public art is brussels serves as a connector – Welcome to Planetpinkngreen Although on the outside this public art piece, designed by Arne Quinze, (and installed in the city of Brussels, Belgium,) may look like simple wood sticks joined together, there is much more depth. Miami Nightlife Events Examiner: Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 Information Art Projects. This year Art Projects sector features eight public art projects by international artists. For the first time, most of Art Projects will be presented in a single site: Lummus Park, on Ocean Drive between 10th and 14th Street; one will be on view at Island Gardens, 888 MacArthur Causeway, Miami. Displayed in the public spaces of Miami Beach, the sector places art in the urban context and encourages participation by the general public. Most of the eight works are site-specific and commissioned for Art Basel Miami Beach – including works by Olaf Breuning, Cooper, Dora Garc/<>a, Thomas Houseago, Tadashi Kawamata, Jiri Kovanda and Ana Linnemann at Lummus Park. Occupying a huge site at Island Gardens, Ai Weiwei's one 100 blue shimmering bubbles will be spread over an area of 600 square meters (6666 square feet). New Orleans CityBusiness — The Business Newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans Prospect 1 also hopes to raise local awareness of contemporary art, something difficult to do among a wary and skeptical public, said Mary Len Costa, director of the Arts Council of New Orleans. "The traditional way in which art is presented is in a museum, and sometimes people aren't ready to go to a museum, Costa said. So that's where public art comes in. We're putting art in the public's line of vision from one end of the city to the other, making it accessible so there will be some sort of reaction and dialogue that will come out of the art, even if they don't understand it." Big Box & Beyond: Today's Temples of Consumption Don't Have To Be Tomorrow's Ruins. What's in Store? – washingtonpost.com This report comes to you courtesy of Julia Christensen, a 32-year-old artist whose book, "Big Box Reuse," is being published this month by MIT Press. Its news is that those who gaze at the big-box stores of Rockville Pike or Manassas and fail to see future cathedrals, museums or artists' communities have no sense of history. Or imagination. This lesson looms because we're going to have to figure out what to do with a whole lot of big boxes, and soon. There are thousands of them — vast prairies of Targets and Bed Bath & Beyonds and Costcos and Home Depots. Wal-Mart alone has 4,224 in the United States, more than half of them Supercenters into which, on average, you could comfortably fit four NFL football fields. Near Future Laboratory -a Blog Archive -a Eliasson Let's talk about public art (Hans Ulrich Obrist + Olufar Eliasson). When you show in a gallery, you're quite concerned with what came before and what will follow in the gallery program because there's certain overlap in ideology. So if the shows before and after yours are nonsense, then your show takes on that agenda, whether you like it or not. The case is different with public art because, like architecture, it has been extensively compromised. But I see a great potential for art in public space because theres always the possibilit that people might not rrealize that it's art. It's as simple as that. People might enter a plaza and think a piece is something functional or something they don't understand, but it's there. And that intrigues me ,Aei the fact that such pieces are not immediately recognizable as art. The Ericson Edition: "Holding the water for us to see it": New artist-designed outdoor drinking fountains in Minneapolis. Minneapolis City Council approved $500,000 last January for the construction of 10 new public drinking fountains, each designed by different Minnesota artists. Invigorate the Common Well, a trilogy of performances being staged over a two-year period at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre (HOBT), inspired the project. Sandy Spieler, artistic director of HOBT, writes in a public letter that the show began as a meditation upon a broken drinking fountain in the lobby of the group's Avalon Theater. It is a sad shrine, she writes, to widespread neglect of the value of water. The Ericson Edition: Muraling Nicollet Avenue This is going to be one of the largest creations of public art in Minneapolis's history, said Mark Hinds, executive director of the Lyndale Neighborhood Association, about the Walldogs mural project planned for this summer. It's a different kind of public art ,Aei the use of volunteers, the style of it. We think the quality is top-notch. Rhizome In an article from Wired Magazine last week, political consultant Ralph Benko described the success of Obama's campaign as largely due to a "peer-to-peer, bottom-up, open source kind of ethos." Projects in your exhibition, such as Rebranding Acts by Wooloo Productions and I Approve This Message from the Unconvention, fall in line with that kind of practice. And why can't art be public, free and legal all at once? – A&E Milwaukee's free art shelter is a project arranged by UWM students Jacob Flom and April Heding who anticipate showing the city that urban art thrives just as much as the work in galleries while questioning public art stereotypes. Database City: notes/linkbombing | serial consign Visualization is a narrative medium. The crowd is a social and cultural object. Visualization can be realized as soft architecture. Art Fag City -a FL: Tom Moody: Krauss: 20 Year Life For Critics An excerpt from a larger interview quoted on Tom Moody's blog: Rosalind Krauss: I think most critics have about twenty years when they are out there on the barricades and have a kind of intuitive connection to new work. I no longer have an intuitive connection to very very new work, and I believe that it should be younger artists and younger critics who deal with that work.


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As a rock n' roll guy, I have a hard time copping to liking fluffy pop stuff. But I must admit I always kinda liked this song. It's too bad that Teena Marie has passed, apparently of natural causes. Godspeed Teena.
As a rock n' roll guy, I have a hard time copping to liking fluffy pop stuff. But I must admit I always kinda liked this song. It's too bad that Teena Marie has passed, apparently of natural causes. Godspeed Teena.
During recent conversations I've been in online regarding pirating copyrighted music — mostly through free file-sharing software — I've learned that younger music fans do not see unauthorized free downloading of songs as stealing. They justify it several ways: 1) some artists put out their albums free online and then use they tours to make money (which is dumb since you can make royalties long after you are nursing home and wheelchair bound); 2) the music industry is behind the times and we're just "forcing them to change their antiquated business model"; 3) you older folks used to make mixed tapes of song. We're just doing the same thing digitally. Of course, that ignores that the guy that made the mixed tape bought both the blank tapes and the cd's from which songs were borrowed and copied to tape. One tape was made especially for a girlfriend. We didn't have 4000 guys come over and burn the CD or songs from it.
Perhaps I'm straying far afield. The idea is that the mindset of the younger — teen, early 20-something — fan has changed dramatically. They readily, almostly gladly, declare that "the album is dead." Downloading is great because people don't listen to albums anymore. We just go out and find the songs we like and mash them all together in whatever for or fashion is suitable at the moment.
"Nobody listens to albums anymore. We just listen to individual songs." That statement, made by one of the piracy defenders, really jumped out at me. I grew up in the day of the album. After the Beatles, pop artists and rockers were expected to put out an album full of good material, with 2 or 3 strong singles to boot. A great album, even if it wasn't a concept album, was tied together nicely with some kind of common movement or even a loose theme. With some notable recent exceptions — Gorillaz Plastic Beach — albums only exist to contain a lot of songs. Their utility seems less obvious, particularly since only the hits tend to have any value.
I've been asking, "How did we get to this point?" The Beatles made the album a work of art and thereafter the album was the standard. It was like that until the late 90's, at least. If a band didn't have a decent album to put out, its career would die in the water. Lack of album material lead to an endless stream of one-hit-wonders. "How did we stray back to the pre-Beatles days when only the song — or 2 or 3 — mattered? To answer that, I came up with a crazy theory that is a bit chicken-and-egg.
Shuffling — The earliest CD players had shuffle functions so that you no longer had to listen to an album in sequential order. You could mix up the songs with the press of a button, a feat not easily completed with a phonograph or cassette player. Single disc CD players soon became 100 disc carousel players. You could store over a thousand songs in your multi-disc player and put them on shuffle. That was the precursor to the digital music player with shuffle functions.
Short attention spans — Kids won't admit it, but their constantly moving minds won't permit them 47:30 necessary to listen, start-to-finish, to some great old classic rock album. Oh, some of the young whippersnappers today like classic rock…but only in one song bites. Everything's been given to them in sound bites. Why shouldn't music only be in short bursts? One Beatles or Stones song is enough for now. It's time to move on to Kings of Leon or Jay-Z.
If you have a short attention span, why would you try to fall in love with an album cover to cover? Just get your hands on the song that your friend played for you, download it, and move onto the next fresh track.
Because kids these days don't listen to albums, I theorize that "artists" no longer try to make them. It's as if we've come full circle. In the early rock early, especially just before the Beatles broke in England and the States, pop artists made records full of filler, 10 crappy songs to justify selling a 12 inch platter for 2 songs. Singles, of course, were what most kids bought, but record companies push long players to squeeze more money out of the kids.
Albums still exist today, but they're full of filler. They're made for old farts (like me) that still see that albums are the measure of a band's talent. To me, if you can't put together 12 solid songs, I'm probably not interested in the 1 or 2 groovy tunes you've managed to get on the radio. People like me buy CD's, but we are select in what we get. They're also made to sell to the little kids that don't know better and who haven't figured out that only 2 songs are worth listening to. Those little kids don't use their own money for music; it comes from the old farts still buying albums.


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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Dudognon Napoleon Cognac
A few months ago, I tried the K&L exclusive Dudognon Napoleon II Cognac. Now, I'll try one from Astor: the Dudognon Napoleon Cognac is a 15 year old.
Dudognon Napoleon, 42% abv (Astor $65)
The nose is light with a malty quality, like an Irish Whiskey. The palate has a similar grassy and grainy quality which fades to malt in the finish.
This is an odd bird and much different from the Napoleon II that I tasted previously. It tastes much more like a light whiskey than a Cognac. Tasting blind, I would have guessed it was a blended Irish Whiskey or maybe even a Scotch grain whiskey. It's an odd profile for Cognac and not one I prefer.
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Religious studies unit 1 religion and citizenship
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Terminology for religion and relationships.
Adultery - to have an affair with someone other than your husband or wife.
Age of consent - is the age at which a person is considered old enough to be able to decide to have sex, according to the law.
Celibacy - not having sexual relations.
Chastity - keeping oneself sexually pure e.g. Waiting until Marriage before having sex.
Commitment - the act of making a promise or pledge. (Or) it's the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause.
Contraception - precautions taken to prevent pregnancy and to protect against sexually transmitted infections.
Contract - a binding formal agreement between two sides,
Covenant - an agreement based on promises between two sides ; often linked to religion, so includes an agreement before and with god.
Heterosexuality - being physically attracted to the opposite sex.
Homosexuality - being physically attracted to the same sex.
Responsibility - a duty ; a legal or moral obligation; we have to do.
Christianity's attitudes to sexual matters.
Christianity's attitudes to sexual matters:
Christianity's attitudes towards adultery:
1) Most Christians believe that only married couples should have sex and only with each other and that chastity is a virtue.
2) The bible states "Do not commit adultery"
Christianity's attitudes towards sex before marriage:
1) Most Christians believe that chastity is a virtue.
2) Most Christians believe that only married couples should have sex and only with each other and that chastity is a virtue.
3)The Roman Catholic Church teaches that only married couples should have sex.
4) sex before marriage is called fornication and is a sin the same goes for masturbation because it can't lead to pregnancy.
5) Some Christians tolerate sex before marriage in a relationship that's leading to marriage, seeing it as an expression of love.
Christianity's attitudes towards celibacy:
1)There is a celibate tradition in Christianity monastic life and priest hood.
Christianity's attitudes towards contraception:
1) The Roman Catholic Church teaches that within every sexual act there should be a chance of pregnancy.
2) Using contraception is against catholic teachings because it cancels out the chance of pregnancy.
3) The use of contraception is encouraged by Christians stressing the need for responsible parent hood e.g. Only having as many kids as you can look after.
Christianity's attitudes towards homosexuality:
1) Homosexuality is thought to be un natural and can't lead to pregnancy and is also a sin and wrong. ( teachings from Roman Catholic Church ) .
Christianity's quotes for sexual matters.
1) "That which god has joined together, let not man divide" - this means stay together and also do not attempt to break up a marriage.
2) "Do not commit adultery" - do not enter into a sexual relationship when married.
3) Every sexual act should have the possibility of create new life - do not use artificial means of contraception such as the pill and condoms.
Islam's attitudes to sexual matters.
Islam's attitudes towards celibacy:
1)Islam doesn't agree with not choosing to marry or with monastic lifestyles.
2) It is a religious duty to marry and have children.
Islam's attitudes towards chastity:
1) Every person should observe chastity before and during marriage.
2) It is a religious duty to marry and have children.
Islam's attitudes towards sex before marriage:
1) Only married couples can have sex and only with each other.
2) The Qur'an sets out specific punishments for those who have sex before marriage, commit adultery, or have homosexual relationships. - it calls these people fornicators.
Islam's attitudes towards contraception:
1) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) spoke of sex as being special within a marriage and said that it was a source of pleasure that could provide the blessing of children from god if the couple so wished - this means contraception is allowed.
2) Prophet Muhammad ( PBHU ) also said that couples should only have as many children as they can properly look after - contraception is encouraged.
Islam's attitudes towards adultery:
1)The Quran specifically states "Do not commit adultery it is shameful and an evil way to act."
Islam's attitudes to homosexuality:
1) The Qur'an sets out specific punishments for those who have sex before marriage, commit adultery, or have homosexual relationships. - it calls these people fornicators.
2) It's also haram to have homosexual relationships.
Islam's quotes to sexual matters.
1) "Do not commit adultery. It is shameful and an evil way to act"
Marriage and the family terminology
Cohabitation: living together as if married. The couple have no marriage certificate. Not everyone feels the need to go through a ceremony.
Civil marriage registration: It's done at a registry office and may include promises but isn't religious.
Civil partnership: it's the legal marriage of same sex couples. This means in law they're treated as if married they have all of the legal protections that married couples are entitled to.
Marriage: marriage is the joining of two people as a legal couple. Done religiously, it is done before god for god's blessing (covenant).
Divorce: the legal process of ending a marriage.
Christian marriage ceremony. (Roman catholic cerem
1) The couple will come to church to be united in marriage by the priest.
2) He greets them before the congregation.
3) The priest then reads a homily - a speech about marriage and what Christian marriage is about.
4) The priest then asks three set questions to the bride and groom - to make sure they understand the responsibilities of marriage.
5) The couple then make vows to each other.
6) The priest then accepts their decision it's at this point he says "What god has joined together, let no man put asunder."
7) The rings are blessed and exchanged.
8) The priest blesses the marriage.
9) The couple sign the marriage certificate (this is the civil part of the ceremony).
Christianity's attitudes to divorce
1) For Roman Catholics, divorce is always wrong.
2) Marriage is a sacrament that cannot be broken.
3) Promises are made to god and these promises are binding.
4) For most other Christians divorce is discouraged but accepted as a last resort.
5) It's sometimes the lesser of two evils and a necessary evil.
Christianity's quotes to divorce
1) "That which god has joined together, let not man divide."
2) God hates divorce - Old Testament
3) "Whoever divorces... then marries another it is as if he has committed adultery" - Jesus.
4) Forgiveness and love - Jesus,
Islam's attitudes to divorce
1) it's seen as the absolute last resort.
2) A Muslim couple and their families are expected to work hard to fix any problems.
3) A lot of work has to have gone into the marriage to try to make it work.
Islam's quotes on divorce.
1) "Marry and do not divorce; the throne of Allah shakes due to divorce" - divorce is really disapproved of.
2)"of all legal things the one Allah most hates is divorce" - Qur'an
Christianity's quotes on family
1) "honour your mother and father" - respect your parents
2) "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of The Lord." - treat your children with respect.
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The latest Westpac Business Growth Monitor has been released, measuring the confidence of more than 500 SMEs (with less than $5m turnover) on the economy, their plans to grow, intentions to create jobs, and need for funding.
The results showed noticeable differences in outlook between industries, particularly primary sector vs. tourism and construction.
Westpac's SME Lead Damian Sharkey spoke to Duncan Garner on RadioLive Drive Time to talk through the findings.
Listen to the audio of the interview, or read the transcription below.
Duncan Garner: The findings on the latest Westpac Business Growth Monitor are out. This is an ongoing survey of around 500 small and medium sized enterprises about their intentions going forward, and basically whether or not they are going to invest in their business, what their views are of the wider economy. This concerns me of course with the dairy slump, what are businesses thinking.
Damian Sharkey, the head of all things small and medium sized at Westpac, Sharkey good to see you mate, nice to have you in the studio.
Damian Sharkey: Thanks Duncan.
DG: So what are the businesses telling you?
DS: They're telling us 3 things. First thing is that some businesses, particularly those that are attached the primary sector, are starting to hunker down a little bit. But then on the other side what we're also seeing is a bit of a 2 speed economy. So one side you got the primary sector, then on the other you're seeing construction and tourism.
DG: So when you talk about these businesses linked to the primary production sector hunkering down, they're not employing are they? I suppose the screws are going on, are they?
DS: Yeah the way to think about it is that they're looking at discretionary expenses and going line by line, that's probably what we mean by hunkering down.
The other thing is a lot of them are planning. There's a lot of external things that are happening – the Chinese downturn, there's uncertainty in Europe – so they're saying "How do I get out of it?"
SEE ALSO: The dairy downturn: How long can banks stand behind farmers?
DG: The dairy price would have knocked their confidence too, wouldn't it? Because to them it's about where they invest in the future, and I suppose they're a bit wobbly on it.
DS: The way to think about it is it's not all about primary New Zealand. You've also got to think about tourism especially. So last year I was reading there was about 3 million visitors to New Zealand, and that was up 10%.
DG: Is good, isn't it?
DS: It's very good. So if you go to places like Queenstown you hear a lot of American accents particularly.
DG: With a lot of the people and businesses that you surveyed, were they in that construction and tourism sector, and how are they feeling?
DS: That's where the 2 speed bit comes in. I was talking to a friend of mine in Wellington today who's an accountant, and he's involved in the accommodation trade and his two clients there are actually looking for more facilities, more rooms. So that industry in particular is really at capacity, looking for more people.
DG: The thing about tourism is, and you were right there was about 3.1million tourists last year, and it's growing and it's growing and it's growing. There's some speculation that it could double in the next 10 years. These businesses better get ready for that because it's coming, isn't it?
DS: That's right, and the good thing about tourism is that it means jobs in the regions. I'll give you an example. There's a business called Forgotten World Adventures, and they're based out in Taumarunui. They're very good and they're on the railway tracks that were abandoned and there's a place called Whangamomona where they took over a hotel.
DG: They're on the railway tracks aren't they, with the golf carts?
DS: That's right.
DG: You need to get me on this.
DS: Ok. Look it's very very good, and it means people in New Zealand spending, and again I think that's very good. So that's reflected in the survey when you delve into the numbers a little bit.
DG: So are these guys coming to you looking borrow more dough? Have you guys got more money for these businesses to expand?
DS: That's the interesting thing. When you look at businesses that actually do want to grow, some are self-funding, but others are looking at refreshing equipment, so they are looking for money to do that. They are also looking at ways to fund their revenue streams. So with rates being as low as they are, it is entirely possibly to do that.
DG: Hey what about construction too? You've got businesses knocking on your door there? Construction companies, builders saying hey we're expanding at a rate of knots?
DS: The reason there's confidence in that sector is that's there's a forward pipeline of work, so when we looked at the survey that industry in particular was the most confident. We are a couple years out of the peak in Christchurch, and it is heading into other areas.
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The Innovate Salone team launched its first innovation lab under Global Minimum's Innovation Laboratories (InLabs) program in Sierra Leone. Innovate Salone in partnership with the Prince of Wales School (POW) in Kingtom, Freetown and the Clinton Global Initiative, opened its doors on March 28th, 2014. Guests included staff from UNICEF, the US Embassy, the World Bank, Afcom and other organizations and corporations. The launch event consisted of a community design activity, various workshops, and closing words from the newly formed Innovation Club.
Mohamed Bangura, a previous Innovate Salone competition winner leads an electronics workshop.
The attendees, including students of POW and other youth in the community broke into groups and worked to solve traffic jam problems on Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road, two of Freetown's major commuter avenues. The participants worked in groups to come up with short-term solutions and long-term solutions to the identified challenge. Using flip chart paper, they brainstormed and shared their ideas with the larger group.
After the community design challenge, attendees took a tour of youth-led stations in the lab and participated in activities. Stations included textiles, arts, woodworking and electronics. New tools such as Makey Makey, Empathy Toys, 123D Design and numerous kits provided by SparkFun Electronics were also featured.
The enthusiasm and energy in the space reaffirmed that the lab will serve as a safe haven for innovative minds to collaborate and develop creative solutions to challenges in their communities. The lab has been up and running for three weeks and the Innovate Salone team has invited volunteers to visit and conduct various workshops. The most recent demonstration reviewed cutting-edge methods to manipulate textiles. The Innovate Salone team looks forward to establishing more workshops in the fields of electronics, filmmaking and the arts.
The InLabs program will next open at the Annie Walsh School for girls in the fall of 2014, and two other sites in the provinces in 2015. Across all our labs, there are seven learning objectives GMin aims to measure and fall into two major categories. It's critical that our youth exhibit and strengthen the following character traits in our program: persistence, curiosity, creativity and social responsibility. In addition to these traits, our youth will acquire skills related to mastering the design process, community building and understanding the interactions of complex systems. Youth demonstrate they are working toward building these traits and skills through interest-driven projects initiated in our various workshops and activities.
Global Minimum Inc. would like to thank its various partners including the Clinton Global Initiative, the MIT D-Lab, Autodesk, SparkFun Electronics, Makey Makey, Empathy Toys and the Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone).
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I have a confession. If you have a teaching blog, I have probably been stalking you for
And now, a little about me! This is me {and my class from this past year}. We were on our Ice Cream Field Trip! Yep, you read that right. Each year, after we finish our Economics Unit, we walk through town and buy some ice cream. Best field trip ever. {By the way, in case you're not sure yet, my favorite food is ice cream!}
This upcoming school year will be my fourth year teaching second grade. I love teaching second grade because my students have just the right amount of independence, are developing a love of reading, and can begin to understand my sarcasm! My previous experience includes one year of first grade and one year of a mixed age (pre-k and k) Montessori classroom {loved Montessori!!!} I have a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and a master's degree in Community Counseling. I am a licensed Professional Counselor, but currently spend all of my time teaching and haven't quite had the desire to pick up a second job yet! My next education adventure will be to go back to grad school to pick up the courses needed to become a school counselor. I am currently teetering between the two fields -- education and counseling -- I love teaching, but I also see the huge need to have effective school counselors. Can't I just do both? :)
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