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3 ways we don't treat our men right and how to change
In honor of Father's Day, I have put together my 1st Vlog to celebrate men and explore 3 areas often unfairly expected of men and how we can change that!! Joining me in this discussion is Gina Greblo, founder of Easy Updo® Extensions.
Watch the video for more details and some fun snaps of the Kyttanen family! I've also shared a brief summary below.
Happiness Drug
What is it?
- Expecting happiness to come from our men and other external sources.
- We our in control of our own happiness.
What can we do differently?
- Take responsibility for what makes you shine and stop expecting the men in our lives to fulfill what we are accountable for.
Role Confusion
What is it?
- Culture moving away from past generations expectations of traditional household roles
- Men and women are sharing more responsibilities; changing diapers, doing the laundry, cooking dinner, etc.
- Women expect so much: be a man but help with chores and don't forget to be sexy too!
- CONFUSION kicks in
What can we do to change it?
- Give positive praise
- Pick the right time to talk about things that frustrate you
- Acknowledge that their role is tough too
- Let go more - surrender and don't try to control everything
Provider Drive
What is it?
- Men feel a strong desire to provide for the family! This may go into overdrive especially after you have a child together
- Perhaps men are really cave men (LOL) - providing is natural and has happened for years!
- One key source of their happiness is being able to provide for their family
How can we support this ?
- Acknowledge the value of their drive and their desire to provide for the family
- Tell them you need them and why
the bottom line:
it is all about acknowledgement and communication
- Know what makes you happy and communicate that to your partner
- Ask what makes them happy
- Tell each other more often how you need each other and why
- Both of us have challenges and we need to support one another
What do you think? Leave your comments!
I love hearing from you. This is our perspective and perhaps you can shed light on other things we didn't think of. Thanks for reading and sharing!


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TRIVIA: How much money does the average American spend on Christmas gifts and treats? Scroll to the bottom of the post to find the answer!
My daughter is just getting old enough to really appreciate Christmas.
It's really exciting- Santa finally means something, she's getting involved in decorating and making cookies, and she's really looking forward to Christmas day.
That being said, I've realized that with her age comes a new challenge for me. I've always heard it said (and I strongly believe this) that you can't spoil a baby. They cry for what they need, and adults fill their needs. Done.
But as children get older, moms and dads have to think a little more. We have to get more intentional in our daily interactions with our children.
Parenting becomes more than just filling their needs.
So I've started to ask myself this question- "How do I give my little girl an amazing, magical Christmas… without spoiling her rotten?"
Of course, I don't have all the answers… So I've been conducting a poll of moms that I trust and respect. This list of 11 great ideas to avoid spoiling your kids came from women much wiser than me.
I hope their advice helps you like it helped me!
What do you do to avoid spoiling your children at Christmas each year? Comment below!
1)Giving As Well As Getting
Even the youngest children can give at Christmas.
Helping a child learn to share love and joy teaches them what Christmas is really for. Here's a few ideas to get your child involved in giving:
- Donate old toys to a hospital, homeless shelter, a church, or to needy families.
- Allow each child to make something to give to their siblings, for their parents, or for neighbors.
- Make treats and bring them to friends and neighbors.
- Give each child $1-5 to spend at the Dollar Store for siblings, a friend, teachers, church leaders, or neighbors.
- Leave food, clothes, toys, and household items for needy families– without them knowing who left them! It's great for children to learn to give even without any recognition.
- Sing carols to the elderly at retirement homes or to sick children in the hospital.
- Participate in 25 acts of kindness, one each day of December until Christmas Day.
- Help mom and dad in Christmas preparations.
2)Give Experiences
Who says gifts have to be things??
I've heard some awesome non-item presents that brought amazing memories. Some even taught valuable skills for long-term benefit!
- Give classes or lessons to learn a new skill. Someone in your family could learn:
- how to cook,
- how to play a musical instrument,
- how to play a sport,
- sewing,
- canning,
- gardening,
- blogging,
- parenting,
- birthing class,
- etc. Give the gift of knowledge!
- Give a family vacation. This could be a trip to Hawaii, tickets to Disneyland or Six Flags, a cruise, or go see the Grand Canyon!
- Give a new experience. Try snorkeling, snowmobiling, participate in an escape room, or a science kit- something you've never done before!
- Give supplies needed to try a new skill. This could be charcoal or acrylic paint to try a new medium, or a scrapbook, or a sewing machine, or track cleats, or football pads.
- Give something that the family can do together every day. Maybe a board game, or a card game, or a trampoline, or soccer goals, or Corn-hole, or camping gear.
3) Limit Filler Gifts
I had no idea how many "filler gifts" I buy every year.
Filler Gifts are the things that don't really matter… they are just extras to fill a stocking up to the brim. They aren't really necessary, and they are the quickest things to be forgotten after the holiday is over.
Who needs them?
Save your pennies. Instead of buying filler gifts, use the money somewhere useful.
You could:
- get your child one more meaningful gift,
- donate the money to a charity,
- use it to help a neighbor who can't afford much this year,
- use it for a fun family experience,
- or just save it for a rainy day.
4) Family Gift
If you want to treat your kids to something fun… but expensive… like a trampoline, or a basketball hoop, or a ping pong table, go for it!
But there are problems with gifting large presents to just one person. If you give one person a big expensive gift,then you'd have to get something big for each person, and that gets expensive and overwhelming fast.
Instead, make it a gift to the whole family! Something everyone can use and love!!
More Great Reads:
Mamma's Turkey Tips for Beginners (Like Me)
Gifts For Kids (Ages 0-18) That Will Meet Their Developmental Needs
When Life Is On A Parent's Side- Taking Advantage of Natural Consequences
5) Something To Do, Something To Read, Something You Want, Something You Need
This is an awesome rhyme that organizes types of presents into categories.
I hadn't really thought about it before, but there are tons of categories of gifts you could get a person. Something they wear, something they create, something they eat…
There are lots of variations of this, but the concept is the same.
It's a great help to moms and dads to remember that presents can be more than just the "something you want" category. By purchasing gifts in many categories, you fill many needs and still fill some wants.
6) Add The Wow Factor
Remember Christmases from your childhood?
What are your favorite memories?
For me, I can only remember one or two actual gifts. Most of my memories are of the special things my parents did to make Christmas exciting!
- I remember the Christmas countdowns that built excitement and suspense for the big day!
- I remember making cookies and writing notes to Santa.
- I remember hearing jingle bells outside and wondering if it was Santa Claus!
- I remember decorating the tree, hanging stockings, putting lights on the house, and creating an ambiance of Christmas.
- I remember making ornaments and crafts. I was so proud to see them hanging on the tree.
- I remember going to the forest to choose the perfect tree to bring home. It was a lot of hiking in the snow, but we loved every second of it!
- I remember sledding and building snowmen on Christmas. Then dad would always start a snowball fight.
- I remember the books we read and the movies we watched every year– like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman.
- I remember acting out the Nativity scene every Christmas eve.
- I remember the big meals with family and lots, lots, lots of treats!
I guess the point is that Christmas gifts can be more than just things.
One mom told the story of a Christmas scavenger hunt! Her mom left her clues throughout the house that led to one special toy that was hidden. She couldn't remember what the toy was, but she remembered the scavenger hunt!
One mom told the story of various colors of string looped all over the house. Each child had one color of yarn to follow. They had to wind and climb and loop and twist to find their special Christmas surprise at the end of the string.
Experiences add to the wonder and fun of Christmas, without breaking the bank!
7) Make Gifts Special
Keep gifts special and exciting by limiting gift giving during the year to special occasions, like birthdays and holidays.
The novelty wears off if children receive gifts frequently. It's like eating a family-size bag of M&M's. It's delicious at first, but the more M&M's you eat, the more used to them you get, until eventually you've had enough M&M's and you want something different to eat.
Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy that special thing when you see it (especially if it's on sale!!!)
Some parents buy presents all year long and keep them hidden until birthdays or Christmas! This spreads out the cost- making Christmas less of a financial stress so that you can just focus on the joy of the season.
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8) Set a Dollar Limit or Limit the Number of Gifts You Purchase Per Person
Everyone loves to give and give and give.
It's so exciting to see something in the store and imagine how your child's face will light up when he sees it!!! It's almost irresistible.
Setting a reasonable limit for your family will help you keep yourself in check. It also keeps things fair between each child.
9) If You Can Help It- Don't Backpedal
Each parent has a chance while their kids are little to make Christmas a magical experience no matter if the child gets one present, ten presents, or no presents at all.
That being said, it's tough to give a child twenty presents one year and then have to cut back to fifteen- or ten, or five- the next year.
The child might not understand what changed and why. If you can help it, it's better to find a happy medium early on and stick to it.
10) Things Don't Spoil Kids, Parenting Spoils Kids
This is my favorite bit of advice that I received from these wise moms.
The gifts you buy don't have to spoil kids- as long as parents teach them the value of the things they have.
- Teach them to take care of the gifts they get.
- Teach them to be grateful.
- Teach them how blessed they are to have people who love them so much that they give them gifts.
- Teach them that those people worked very hard to get the money to buy the gifts.
- Teach them to say, "Thank You".
- Teach them to become generous themselves.
11) Don't Worry About It Too Much
Christmas is so magical for cute little kids!
And they're only young once.
So they might as well have some wonderful memories.
Of course, there's a balance. No need to break the bank or get so much that your kids are swimming in Christmas barf.
But have some fun too.
What do you do to avoid spoiling your children at Christmas each year? Comment below!
Enjoy your Christmas this year- and enjoy your sons and daughters while they are little!
Mrs. S
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Trivia Answer: The average Amercian spends $700 on Christmas gifts and treats.


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Straight from the exiting comic frontier that is South Dakota comes Marc Wagner, a graphic design student keen on making multi colored artbook/comics of the strange and bizarre. I suppose this is what happens when you spend too much time in South Dakota...
Check out his website for more psychedelia!
SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS WE ALMOST LOST FOREVER(W/A) Marc Wagner
Full color zine that plumbs the depths of our half remembered dreams.
NEW COLORS OF EYES AND LEAVES #5(W/A) Marc Wagner
Full color zine of art and design
NEW COLORS OF EYES AND LEAVES #6 & 7(W/A) Marc Wagner
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Chick-pea flour and vegetables thin tart
It's summer, it's hot and still a bit humid, the farmers market is full of beautiful and ripped tomatoes, the last asparagus and green beans. And I was craving for a thin tart with a thin and crispy dough. So I prepared a brisee dough with 2/3 of chick pea flour and 1/3 of wheat flour, olive oil and water. In a large tart dish I set the dough and add raw asparagus, green beans and diced tomatoes, and finish with eggs mixed with a little of water, salt and a lot of grinded black pepper. Then bake for 20min in the oven at 210deg. Simply delicious!


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What is the project about?
The Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) is a flagship collaborative initiative of the Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) and UNDP. Its core objective is to strengthen national capacity to manage risks related to disasters, as well as the immediate response and the recovery efforts. It is done through a comprehensive approach that focuses on all hazards, all phases of disaster management, and is involving all relevant stakeholders.
The first phase laid the foundations for institutionalizing a risk reduction framework and Phase II (CDMP II) is designed to further expand this pioneering approach. CDMP's activities include knowledge building and policy support with and through the government, as well as community level interventions to reach the most vulnerable section of the population. Communities are now integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures and are more resilient.
CDMP focuses on achieving the following objectives:
- Strong, well-managed and professional institutions capable of implementing a comprehensive range of risk reduction interventions;
- Reduced risks to rural and urban populations through raising awareness and empowering communities;
- Improved overall effectiveness and timeliness of disaster preparedness;
- Improved and broadened measures to ensure government ministries' budget include disaster provisions;
- Implemented community-level interventions to be best prepared from disaster risks from a changing climate.
What have we accomplished so far?
Building on the successes of the first phase, CDMP II generates major impacts at both policy and grassroots levels. Some highlights are presented below:
• Disaster risk reduction regulations are now included in all ministries and government departments' planning and budgeting processes. Vital policies and frameworks were developed, including the Disaster Management Act, Disaster Management Policy (Draft), Revised Standing Order on Disasters (SOD), National Plan on Disaster Management (2010-2015), Cyclone Shelter Constructions, Maintenance and Management Guidelines 2011, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Disaster Management Framework.
• The disaster and climate change vulnerability of over 3 million people (half of them are women) of 321 unions under 40 most disaster vulnerable districts have been reduced by 1,865 small and medium scale risk reduction schemes. These are selected from local Risk Reduction Action Plan (RRAP) which is prepared following participatory process like Community Risk Assessment (CRA) and/or Fast Track Risk Assessment (FTRA) in partnership with community and local government. These schemes are funded through Local Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (LDRRF) modalities of CDMP and mostly implemented by Union/Upazila Disaster Management Committees.
• Bangladesh has one of the rapidly growing urban populations in the Asia Pacific region and its new and existing urban population is highly vulnerable to the risk posed by earthquakes. CDMP financed ground breaking work to map the seismic vulnerability of nine of Bangladesh's biggest cities using the latest remote sensing and statistical analyses techniques. For the first time planners and developers in these cities have readily available data to determine the nature and scale of risk across each city and can, thus, specify the appropriate design and construction standards for future development.
• The rise of mobile phone uses open up the avenue to introduce pull protocol based early warning system which offers the valuable golden hours to be prepared well ahead of time. CDMP in partnership with Bangladesh Teleltalk Ltd. (state-owned mobile phone company), Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) introduced Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based (by dialling 10941) early warning system. This has enabled 110 million cell-phone users of the country to have direct access to receive early warnings of approaching hydro-meteorological disasters and to be prepared well ahead of time.
• Roughly 80% of Bangladesh is made up of fertile alluvial floodplains. Agriculture is a key economic sector in Bangladesh that accounts for 19.29% of the GDP and 47.5% of the labour force, this sector is highly prone to drought, flood and adverse impact of climate change. CDMP in partnership with FFWC has extended flood forecast lead time from 3 to 5 days, potentially saving the lives, livelihoods and assets of 88 million people living in four river basin areas. This has a potential to reduce 20% of crop loss in case of a severe flooding.
• 17 universities comprises of both public and private and 11 training institutes including Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) introduced certificate, diploma, honours and masters course in disaster management with support from CDMP. About 700 participants in total enrol to these courses in each course calendar.
• CDMP has financed more than 300 individual pieces of research, operational guidelines, training manuals and related knowledge products concerning DRR and CCA. These products have supported the paradigm shift of disaster management practices in the country and contributed to the ongoing professionalization of government officials and NGO workers. CDMP facilitated the establishment of the Department of Disaster Management's e-library http://www.dmic.org.bd/e-library, in order to make this unique body of knowledge more widely available to practitioners both in country and internationally.
• CDMP supported Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence in training and development of 26,465 urban community volunteers. These volunteers have successfully took part in search and rescue operation of fire, landslide and building collapse incidents including catastrophic Rana Plaza (April 24, 2013) rescue operation. CDMP also supported Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) to expand their operation in South-West coast of Bangladesh through training and development of 6,540 volunteers. CPP played the fore front role during tropical storm Mahasen (2013) response that successfully evacuated 1.1 million people to safe shelters.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut BARN, -0.88% said Wednesday that sales in the three months to Nov. 30 rose 1.5% to 1.45 billion Swiss francs ($1.4 billion). Sales were severely impacted by adverse currency translation effects, the firm said, and rose 6.3% in local currency terms. Sales volumes rose 7.2% to 362,973 tonnes. "After a volume contraction of the global chocolate market by more than 2% in the past fiscal year in the wake of the worldwide economic crisis, we believe the decline has bottomed out and expect the global chocolate market to remain flat in volume terms in 2010," the firm said.
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Let's start with the inevitable question asked of any young professional in Dayton: Why Dayton?
I grew up here. After college, I left for a few years and lived overseas and in another state. I missed my family. I missed sitting in front of my favorite painting in The Dayton Art Institute and watching Dayton Contemporary Dance Company at the Victoria Theatre. I came back.
That, more or less, used to be my answer to the "Why Dayton?" question. But after four years of working in the arts here and three years volunteering with UpDayton, my answer has evolved.
In my first year at Culture Works, I met a pair of fellow young Daytonians who were starting a theatre company, The Playground. They'd been living in Chicago for a while, and they, too, were working on their answer to "Why Dayton?" The responses they'd come up with were, in a nutshell, "Dayton has what we need" (people who love the arts) and "We have what Dayton needs" (a new, Millennial voice in theatre). A few months later, I saw their first show, The Breakfast Club, at Rosewood Arts Centre. My ticket to get in was a detention slip. At the end of the show, the audience exited the theatre by running down a hallway, past rows of lockers, while speakers overhead blasted "Don't You (Forget About Me)." It was an immersive theatre experience unlike any I'd had before, and it was created by a group of twenty-somethings. Later, the theatre co-founders invited me to dinner. I asked them what was next. They asked me what I wanted out of life and dared me to write a play.
This conversation was representative of so many I found myself having with young Daytonians: Assertive, intimate, optimistic, challenging, generous. No room for excuses, only ideas and plans. And eventually, this determination to manifest, this refusal to waste time on "why nots" that could be better spent on "hows" and "with whoms," became my newer, revised answer to "Why Dayton?"
I have to think that much of the reason for Dayton's burgeoning "will do" attitude is the fact that we are a community made up of so many artists (Culture Works' 11 grantee organizations alone list 1,500 in their ranks). Artists are always testing the meaning of "impossible." Artists are always asking us to take a second look, give a second thought. And artists, though they shouldn't have to, know how to make big things happen with little more than belief and determination. Look anywhere in Dayton and you'll see art and artists showing us where we can go as a community and leading us there. A few examples that come to mind:
Mosaic artist Jes McMillan, whose Perseverance Memorial project asks us to approach addiction with empathy and challenges us to transform Dayton from the Opioid Capital of America to America's Capital of Healing
Activist Bryan Stewart, whose Project Rebound calls us to engage young people through two powerful modes of human connection—sports and art—by revitalizing a basketball court with new equipment, programming, and public art, creating both a gathering space and a new cultural interest point.
Photographer Tom Gilliam, whose InstaMeets and @DaytonGram invite us to explore our city, discover its beauty—even in its disrepair—and inspire us to care about the future of our historic spaces.
Reggie Henderson, Leroy Bean, and TJ Cartwright, whose Build the Block initiative is working to restore pride of place through the revitalization of public art in West Dayton.
This past week, Dayton was put on the national stage, and now a great many more people than usual are looking at those of us who live here and asking, "Why Dayton?" I don't intend to deny or ignore our problems, our tragedies, or our failings. I don't intend to deny or ignore the historic and systemic reasons behind many of them. But as someone who continues to believe in this city, as someone who continues to love it, as someone who is intimately familiar—thanks to the people I've listed above and so many others—with all that is right and good in our community, I do intend to continue answering that question with pride and conviction.
And I believe that if we're going to provide a compelling answer as a community—and create the growth and transformation to back it up—we're going to need more art and more artists. The arts advocate in me wants to tell you about the economic argument for this—our region's nonprofit arts and culture industry supports 9,000 jobs and makes a $214 million impact each year—but the arts lover in me wants to say this: The arts are uniquely positioned to share stories and shape them, to change both perceptions and reality.
When The Mural Machine puts art on a blank city wall, they compel would-be vandals to move on, and they invite would-be strangers into conversation. When Dayton Gay Men's Chorus takes the stage together, they show our LGBTQ youth—young people who are disproportionately at risk of suicide—that if you keep going there's a whole community of people waiting to sing with you. When choreographer Crystal Michelle Perkins brought her work "The Descent of this Water: Rain" to RiverScape in 2015, she invited audience members and passersby to engage with a piece informed, in part, by rivers' roles in both the Great Migration and in persistent segregation. When the choreography ended and the dancers stepped back, community members stepped in and danced together.
Whether you're an artist or not, you can be part of creating a new Dayton—one defined by ingenuity and healing and connection. If you're not a natural storyteller and can't find the words to express something that must be said, go to a Story Slam, a Dayton Poetry Slam, a gallery talk. Listen. Take notes. Share what you learn. If you don't have the artistic skills to create beauty in a corner of a neighborhood that needs it, volunteer to help clean up a site for someone who can. Put on your gardening gloves. Grab a garbage bag. Get to work.
Instead of "Why Dayton?" I have a better question for you: What Dayton will you help create?
Karen Maner is a nonfiction writer and arts administrator from Dayton, Ohio. She has served on UpDayton's board since 2016 and as the co-chair of the Discover Dayton team since 2017.


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Teens and tweens will scream with fright (and delight) at these scary Halloween attractions in the Seattle area. And if you've got younger kids, never fear. Most all of these attractions include a less-scary or unscary option for the younger set.
Want event more Halloween fun? Check out our Halloween page.
1. Georgetown Morgue Haunted House, Seattle
Held in a morgue that claims to be the site of "the most horrifying unsolved crime in Seattle history," the scare starts before you walk in to this popular haunted house. See the video on the website for a taste of the terror.
Location: 5000 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle
Dates: Oct. 5–7, 11–14, 18–21 and 25–31, plus Nov. 1–3.
Price: $24 per person. Express VIP tickets, combos and group discounts available online.
Ages: Recommended for ages 12 and older.
Less scary fun: Kids' Day — with the lights on — is Saturday, Oct. 13, 1–4 p.m. Kids are free with a three-item food bank donation; adults $5.
2. Nightmare on 9, Snohomish
This haunt takes place in the former Snohomish Slaughter and Rendering Plant, where a former owner met a gruesome death. 'Nuff said.
Location: 9010 Marsh Rd., Snohomish
Dates: Oct. 6, 12–14, 18–21, 25–31.
Price: $20/person. VIP Speed Line tickets, combo and group discounts available. Buy online.
Ages: Recommended for ages 12 and over.
3. Nightmare at Beaver Lake, Sammamish
Follow a 3/4 mile-long wooded trail with scary volunteers to the largest indoor/outdoor haunted house in the Seattle area. Families with younger kids should check out the Family Scare, which runs from 7–7:45 p.m. The scares increase in intensity for the rest of the night. Scream for a good cause: 100 percent of profits donated to charity.
Location: 2656 244th Ave. S.E., Sammamish
Dates: Oct. 12–14, 19–21, 26–28 and 30–31; Friday and Saturday, 7–11 p.m.; Sunday (plus Oct. 30–31), 7–10 p.m. (rain or shine).
Tickets: $12 Family Scare 7–7:45 p.m.; $20 Full Scare 8 p.m.–close. Add a fast pass for $10 extra to skip to the head of the line. Buy online. Bring a non-perishable food donation to receive $1 off.
Ages: Recommended for children ages 10 and older at parents' discretion. Scares intensify after 8 p.m.
4. Carleton Farm Frights, Lake Stevens
This farm has four haunts to choose from: Zombie Paintball, Haunted Swamp, Zombie Farm and a no-haunt Dark Maze.
Location: 630 Sunnyside Blvd. S.E., Lake Stevens
Dates: Oct. 5–6, 12–13, 19–20, 26–28 and 31 (imited hours Halloween night). Haunting starts at dark.
Tickets: A range of prices between $14–$53 per person, depending on which haunts you choose. Packages and group discounts available. Buy online.
Ages: Recommended for ages 12 and over for haunts and 8 and over for Zombie Paintball.
Unscary fun: Go to the "unhaunted" Dark Maze; bring your flashlight, sturdy shoes and bravery.
5. Maris Farms Haunted Woods, Buckley
This 35-minute journey through the corn and into the creepy, haunted woods is full of heart-stopping thrills. Flashlights are not allowed on this haunted walk.
Location: 25001 Sumner Buckley Hwy., Buckley
Dates: Oct. 5–6, 12–14, 19–21, 26–28.
Tickets: Haunted Woods general admission $35. Flashlight Maze $16 Buy online. Discounts available.
Ages: Ages 10 and older.
Unscary fun: A nighttime corn maze; flashlight required.
6. Stalker Farms, Snohomish
Stocker Farms turns into the creepy "Stalker" Farms at night! Accept the Double Dare and walk through both the Blood Rot and Abra-kadaver haunts. Tip: Watch out for Chuck the Butcher.
Location: 8705 Marsh Road, Snohomish
Dates: Oct. 6, 12–14, 19–21, 25–28, 31.
Tickets: Prices start at $19.95 per person. Buy online. Purchase tickets online for discounted price. Special discount weekends on website.
Ages: Recommended for ages 13 and older.
Unscary fun: No-scare hero night corn maze ($19.95). No Chuck.
7. Fright Fest at Wild Waves, Federal Way
The water rides are closed, but 25-plus amusement park rides are open in the dark and Wild Waves is packed with scary (and not-so-scary) fun. For thrill seekers, there are two haunted houses and a spooky trail walk.
Location: 36201 Enchanted Parkway S., Federal Way
Dates: Sept. 28–30, Oct. 5–7, 12–14, 19–21 and 26–28.
Tickets: Single-night admission starts at $14.99 for kids four feet tall and under and $25.99 for youth and adults. Get a VIP bundle for $52.99. Tickets discounted when purchased online.
Unscary fun: For ages 12 and under, Booville offers lots of non-scary activities, including inflatables, crafts, face painting and balloon animals.
Bonus: The Haunted Forest of Maple Valley, Maple Valley
This haunted woods attraction is dark and spooky in the evenings — recommended for ages 10 and older only — but it also offers a Family Walk that promises "more light, less fright" for all ages. Read our review at the link.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2013 and updated for 2018.


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Growing Wellness...Overcoming Obstacles
Contact: Thomas Hottman
Valerie Franklin, Outpatient Care Management program coordinator at Sky Lakes Medical Center, said the medical center and it's partners are expanding the Living Well program, which aims to help patients manage their chronic health conditions.
The Living Well Program - a free program in Klamath Falls dedicated to teaching skills to self-manage chronic conditions - continues to expand it's services through community collaboration and recent grant funding. The grant funds may provide additional promotional educational materials, facilitator licensing for classes in Spanish and help toward establishing a new Pain Management course for participants to learn how to deal with pain outside of using medication.
With Klamath County commissioners approving the grant funds, the Living Well Program will continue to grow especially after hiring a Sky Lakes Medical Center Outpatient Care Management program coordinator, Valerie Franklin, to help develop the program.
"The grant allowed us to move forward with a program coordinator and then it also allowed us to get a lot of training through the search institutes to come together as a group and make some decisions for our community and how we want to present these programs in a very organized fashion," Franklin told the Herald and News.
A portion of the funds will also go towards financial management, a health equity coordinator and a Cascade Health Alliance intern.
Curbing chronic conditions
The Living Well Program is a six-week workshop giving participants tools for living with chronic health conditions. Since 2015, community organizations have collaborated to bring the program, developed by Stanford University, to Klamath Falls.
Those organizations include Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath County Public Health, Klamath Tribal Health, Klamath and Lake Counties Council on Aging, Oregon State University Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center, the Klamath Basin Senior Center, ATRIO Health Plans, Quality Improvement Organization, HealthInSight, the Department of Human Services Aging and People with Disabilities, Cascade Health Alliance and SPOKES.
"You push all the borders out of the way because you have this one particular purpose which is to serve the community with these lprograms," Franklin said, "and we all come together with the same purpose."
Finding unity
However, the program didn't always have so many contributing community organizations.
The program started in 2006, headed by OSU Extension Office associate professor and program coordinator Patty Case.
Case said in 2011 the program was put on hold after difficulty in finding sustainable participation. Then in 2015, after health care reforms spurred interest in preventative care, the nationally known program for self management gained momentum resulting in the partnership between different entities in Klamath Falls.
"The program for self-management, for equipping people to become their own self-managers...that model keeps popping up as an important piece in a menu of options for people with chronic conditions," Case said. The Klamath Falls program has two workshops: Living Well with Chronic Conditions and Living Well with Diabetes. About 91 percent of participants felt confident in making a plan with goals to control their diabetes, according to a 2015 Diabetes workshop community data report.
"There is a definite need for this in this community," Franklin said. "We have a lot of chronic disease in Klamath Falls."
Staying away from the ER
In Oregon, Living Well programs have contributed to 553 avoided emergency room visits — saving $634,980 in health care expenses, according to a 2015 Oregon's Living Well with Chronic Conditions program impact report.
"One of the benefits of this program is that it teaches tools to help them better self manage some of the daily ongoing issues that they experience with the chronic conditions," Franklin said.
One of the key components to the self management programs is creating an action plan. The action plan can be as simple as getting a consistent medication plan in place, to walking to get the mail every day, Franklin said.
She added that when people finish the six weeks they often feel empowered, more in control of their own health and they've gained skills to work with physicians as well as to make daily choices that are better for their overall health.
"The grant has been instrumental in helping us really solidify (our) direction and also to formulate a promotional program that would be focused on the sustainability aspect of this," Franklin said. "We're hoping to get master trainers in our area, so that will be helping us to continue to do ongoing training to bring in new peer facilitators so the program can continue to grow."


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Saudi Electricity approves $199m cash dividends for 2018
RIYADH, March 13, 2019
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has announced plans to distribute cash dividends worth SR749.3 million ($199.3 million) to its shareholders for the fiscal year 2018 following recommendation from the company's board of directors.
Announcing the board decision, SEC said the dividends represent seven per cent of the share par value (70 halala per share).
All the shareholders who are registered in the company's share register in Securities Depository Center Company (Edaa) at the end of the second trading day following the General Assembly Meeting, are eligible for the dividend, stated the company in its filing to Saudi bourse Tadawul.
SEC had for fiscal year 2018 reported a net profit, after zakat and tax, of SR1.76 billion, down 74.6 per cent compared to SR6.9 billion the previous year.-TradeArabia News Service


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This Dounounba is a cultural, community celebration held at Leimert Park and it is an event for the whole family! It will take place during the Leimert Park Artwalk.
Place: Leimert Park Art Walk (4343 Leimert Blvd)
Time: 2pm-??
Donations will be collected during the event for the drummers and organizers


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John O. Brennan
Distinguished Fellow For Global SecuritY AND FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ALUM
John O. Brennan comes to the Center on National Security after 33 years of government service. He served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. Before becoming Director, Mr. Brennan served at the White House for four years as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.
Mr. Brennan began his service in government at the CIA, where he worked from 1980 to 2005. He spent most of his early career in the Agency's main analytic arm, the Directorate of Analysis, specializing in the Near East and South Asia before directing counterterrorism analysis in the early 1990s. In 1994 and 1995 he was the Agency's intelligence briefer to President Bill Clinton. After an assignment as a Chief of Station in the Middle East, Mr. Brennan served from 1999 to 2001 as Chief of Staff to George Tenet, who was the Director of Central Intelligence. Mr. Brennan next worked as Deputy Executive Director of the CIA until 2003, when he began leading a multi-agency effort to establish the National Counterterrorism Center. In 2004, he became the Center's Interim Director.
Mr. Brennan graduated from Fordham University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Tricia Bacon
Tricia Bacon is an Assistant Professor at American University's School of Public Affairs. She is the author of Why Terrorist Organizations Form International Alliances to be published with University of Pennsylvania Press in May 2018. Prior to her employment at American University, Dr. Bacon worked on counterterrorism for over ten years at the Department of State, including in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Counterterrorism, and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Her work on counterterrorism in the intelligence community received numerous accolades, and she conducted research and analysis on counterterrorism in South Asia, North Africa, East Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Dr. Bacon is a non-resident fellow with George Washington University's Program on Extremism. She is also a senior fellow at Fordham University's Center on National Security. She earned her PhD in International Relations at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on terrorist and insurgent groups' behavior and decision-making, U.S. counterterrorism policy, and the role of intelligence in national security decision-making. She has published articles on terrorist group alliances, terrorist leadership, terrorist safe havens, and other related topics.
Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, author, documentary producer and vice president at New America where he directs the International Security and Fellows programs; a professor of practice at Arizona State University; a fellow at Fordham University's Center on National Security and CNN's national security analyst. He has held teaching positions at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Peter Bergen is the author of United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists.
John Berger
Senior Fellow
John Berger has been involved in international publishing for three decades – first with Wolters Kluwer and then with Cambridge University Press. He has worked with authors from around the world publishing books on issues related to rule of law, human rights, humanitarian law, war and peace, transitional justice, international criminal law, global governance, national security, and counterterrorism. He is graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Don Borelli
Don Borelli is the Chief Operations Officer at The Soufan Group and a 25-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he held high-profile leadership positions, including Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). As the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York JTTF, Mr. Borelli also served as the New York International Terrorism Program Manager, where he was responsible for developing strategies to combat the terrorism threat to New York. Mr. Borelli oversaw hundreds of international terrorism investigations, including all extraterritorial investigations in Europe, Canada, and Africa.
Andrew Dalack
lEGAL FELLOW
Andrew Dalack is a Legal Fellow at the Center on National Security where he advises and contributes to various projects concerning federal terrorism prosecutions. In 2010, he graduated from the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts with Distinction and Honors in Near East Studies, and subsequently obtained his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from Michigan Law School in 2014. Andrew has written about the constitutionality of extreme pre-trial detention in terrorism cases and has been a public defender at both the trial and appellate levels. He is currently an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Southern District of New York.
Joshua L. Dratel
lEGAL FELLOW
Joshua L. Dratel is a New York-based lawyer. Mr. Dratel has been involved in some of the past three decades' most important cases involving national security, terrorism, international law, and civil liberties. Mr. Dratel is co-editor with Karen J. Greenberg of the prize-winning The Torture Papers: The Legal Road to Abu Ghraib (2005), and The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror (2008). He is a past President of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2005), as well as Co-Chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Thomas A. Durkin
Thomas A. Durkin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he serves as Co-Founder and Co-Director of its National Security and Civil Rights Program. Mr. Durkin has represented a considerable number of defendants in material support cases throughout the country, including United States v. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, No. 14 CR 564, and United States v. Daoud, 755 F.3d 479 (7th Cir., 2014); and presently has cases pending in the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of Indiana, the Northern District of Ohio, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the District of Maryland. He was also a member of the ACLU's John Adams Project which provided civilian defense counsel in the first iteration of the 9/11 conspiracy case in the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay. Mr. Durkin is a recipient of the 2007 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award from the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago's Bill of Rights in Action Award for his work in preserving the Constitution in the representation of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Barton Gellman
Barton Gellman is author of the bestselling Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and Lecturer and Author in Residence at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School.In 2013 and 2014, after receiving a cache of classified documents from Edward Snowden, Gellman returned to The Washington Post to write about the National Security Agency disclosures. He had left the paper to in 2010 after tours covering diplomacy, the Middle East, the Pentagon and legal affairs. Gellman led teams that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the NSA stories and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series on Vice President Cheney. He was a member of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. Other professional honors include two George Polk Awards, two Overseas Press Club awards and Harvard's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Donald Glascoff
Donald Glascoff is a documentary film maker and retired attorney. He has produced three full-length documentaries, including the 2007 Academy Award winning "Taxi To The Dark Side," on which he was the Executive Producer. The major theme of his work is the preservation of human rights and individual liberties. Prior to his film career, Don was a partner and co-chairman of the oldest Wall Street law firm, Cadwalader. He also served as Chairman of the Park Avenue Bank and on the Boards of Renco Metals and Magnesium Corporation of America. Don is the Founder and was Chairman of Oxford University's Programme in Public Interest Law and Policy. In addition to his film career, Don continues to be an active real estate investor. He served the United States Government as a Captain in the Army and Deputy General Council of The Department of Housing and Urban Development. He is a graduate of Yale College and Cornell Law School.
Jonathan Hafetz
Jonathan Hafetz is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Center for Democracy and a professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law. Mr. Hafetz works on issues involving detention, torture, surveillance, racial and religious discrimination, and the intersection of immigration and national security law. He previously worked as a senior staff attorney in the ACLU's National Security Project, a litigation director at NYU's Brennan Center for Justice, and a John J. Gibbons fellow in Public Interest and Constitutional Law at Gibbons PC. He has written books on habeas corpus and on international criminal law and authored numerous articles for academic journals and popular publications. Mr. Hafetz served previously as the chair of the New York City Bar Association's Task Force on National Security and the Rule of Law. He is a graduate of Amherst College, Oxford University, and Yale Law School.
Jennifer Indig
Jennifer Indig is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center on National Security, where she manages projects dealing with topics such as proxy violence, domestic terrorism, and cyber security. She joins the Center with years of experience in counterterrorism, intelligence analysis, and investigations. Jennifer has served as Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Analysis at T&M Protection Resources; as Team Leader and Senior Analyst with the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Bureau; as Director of Fellowships and Special Programs at the Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law; and as Deputy Communications Director and Senior Program Associate at New America in Washington, DC. Jennifer recently completed her Term Membership with the Council on Foreign Relations. She received her Masters Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and B.A. from Colgate University.
Assaf Moghadam
Assaf Moghadam is Associate Professor and Director of the MA Program in Government at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, and Director of Academic Affairs at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). On leave from the IDC until the fall of 2019, he is currently a fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, a Senior Fellow at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, and a research affiliate at the Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Columbia University and an online instructor at the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies at UMass Lowell. He is the author of, Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation among Terrorist Groups (Columbia University Press, 2017), The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) and The Roots of Terrorism (Chelsea House, 2006). He holds a Ph.D. in international relations and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a B.A. in political science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Michel Paradis
LEGAL FELLOW AND FORDHAM LAW School ALUM
Michel Paradis currently serves as a senior attorney in the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization. In that role, he is regularly appointed to represent detainees held at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has argued numerous cases before the nation's highest courts and written scholarly publications on the subjects of international humanitarian law, terrorism, and legal theory. He received his bachelor and law degrees from Fordham and his doctorate from Oxford. He teaches courses on the law of war at Georgetown and Columbia Law Schools. He is the author of a forthcoming book on war crimes trials in the Pacific during World War II, due out from Simon & Schuster in 2018.
Robert Windrem
Robert Windrem is an investigative producer and journalist for NBC News. He has worked as a producer for NBC in varying capacities for three decades. His work has focused on issues of international security, strategic policy, intelligence and terrorism. Mr. Windrem is the winner of more than 40 national journalism awards for his work in print, television, and online journalism, including a Columbia-duPont Award; mostly for his work on international security issues.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. He is also an author, a screenwriter, and a playwright. His work has won numerous awards including: the National Magazine Award (1993, 2011) and the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism (1993), and three Emmys. His HBO series, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" (2006), was translated into twenty-four languages and won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.His most recent book is "God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State," parts of which were published in the magazine. The book has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award. His works have been featured in The New Yorker Festival, Off Broadway in various cities around the country, and various theaters around the world.


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Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student (Andrew Garfield) who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise), is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist (Meryl Streep) that may affect Arian and Ernest's fates.


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Simply Color Spacedust Quilt Top
I made this quilt top at Grannies... in January 2013. So more than a year and a half ago. The longarm at work isn't set up big enough to quilt it though, so it sat in the cupboard waiting for me to go quilt it on mom's machine. Which didn't happen. But now that I have a machine at home that IS big enough, this quilt finally got quilted.
The pictures I took last night show the quilting a little better I think. I did basically random fills fanning out from the center medallion. I actually had a lot of fun doing it.
The pattern is 'Space Dust' by Tula Pink. The fabric is Simply Color by V and Co. for Moda fabrics.
I was fairly shocked by how popular this quilt was when I posted it on instagram. In only a few hours it got more likes than any other quilt I have made. Which was surprising.
After I finished up that quilt, I quilted Rocky's Wizard of Oz quilt. He embroidered the characters and put the quilt together, then I quilted it. I had a lot of fun with it actually.
I'm not really sure what I'm going to work on next. It's been a long time since I didn't know what I was going to work on next, so I'm a bit lost. I have a whole bunch of ideas, but I'm not sure which to do. And mostly I just want to longarm, but the quilt tops I have left to quilt are... less than inspiring. (Want me to quilt your quilt? Check out my custom quilting page!)
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Wage and Hour Lawsuits are at Record Highs
By: JAMES M. REID IV, ESQ.
As you may have recently heard on the radio or seen on television, many attorneys are changing their practice area specialty to focus on bringing employee wage and hour claims. Likewise, it should come as no surprise that the number of Fair Labor Standards Act claims filed in Federal Court have increased every year over the past six years. In fact, compared to the year 2000, such claims have more than quadrupled.
What are the reasons for the drastic increase in claims?
Many employees feel cheated since unions and other advocates have created the perception that minimum wage should be set at $15.00 per hour and many state minimum wage laws are scheduled to increase in the near future;
Many employees are working in excess of 40 hours a week on a $24,000 salary that do not have exempt duties;
Technological advances have allowed certain employees to perform services outside of working hours and respond to e-mails outside of work; which many employers fail to pay for such time;
New job positions are creating a gray area as to whether the positions are truly exempt positions;
Employees are becoming more familiar with wage and hour laws; and
The Fair Labor Standards Act makes the employer liable to pay reasonable attorneys' fees if there is even a nominal wage and hour violation.
What are the most common wage and hour law violations?
Misclassifying non-exempt employees as exempt by paying a salary;
Requiring an employee to clock in and out throughout the day depending on customer need;
Paying a salary to an employee attending training for an exempt position instead of an hourly rate;
Charging employees for uniforms in an amount that would reduce pay below minimum wage; and
Failing to reimburse delivery drivers for gas and maintenance that would reduce pay below minimum wage.
What lessons have been learned?
Do NOT classify your secretary as an exempt employee just because you change the position title to executive professional;
Continue to evaluate job duties since employees that used to be exempt may become non-exempt if you take certain duties away;
Pay non-exempt employees for all hours worked, even if only responding to e-mail outside of work;
Rounding time is dangerous and illegal in certain states (including Michigan); and
Communicate with your employees to address concerns before they become a lawsuit.
What can employers do?
Do NOT wait for the anticipated amendments to the FLSA in 2016; understand the permitted exemptions now by reviewing the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer & Outside Sales Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Get help from counsel to prepare detailed job descriptions and time clocking policies;
Interview employees to make sure their job descriptions are accurate;
Pay non-exempt employees overtime; and
Pay exempt employees a salary basis of at least $455 unless a permissible exception applies (such as FMLA leave).
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Justin Bieber is reading a Biblical book on marriage? Who cares? ...but what could be so powerful or unique about the message in this book that Justin Bieber held it up when the tabloids asked him about why he had been in tears? Well, funny enough, this is the book that we have been using at CrossPoint for years. No matter what you think about Bieber, we know that we all need some guidance in life. The question is: Do we have the courage to seek it out and follow through? So, like in year's past, we are going to use this book as a guide for our fall class here at CrossPoint. Remember, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR MARRIED PEOPLE! (No class Oct. 31st) CHILDCARE PROVIDED.
If you can, get "The Meaning of Marriage" book by Timothy Keller! We will be covering one chapter per week, so if you can, read the chapter before you come. If not, come anyway!
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Anecdotes From An ESL Teacher in Thailand
People often assume that life as an ESL teacher is something between the Peace Corps and Indiana Jones. This can certainly be the case when you're navigating border crossings for visa runs, but mostly life is a lot like where you came from. You go to work, you go grocery shopping and you take some time to enjoy it all.
I was inspired to write this after having a wonderfully normal day in Chiang Mai. It didn't stand out as a particularly notable day; it was perfect in its simplicity.
I finished working at my normal time, 4:00PM. The air was still warm and the breeze hugged my face as I drove home on my Honda 110. The dinner street-food carts were just getting set up and you could smell the charcoal.
I stopped my motorbike to enjoy the early evening scene – university students taking a walk, people enjoying a bowl of pre-dinner noodles, dogs waking up from their heat-induced afternoon lethargy. A woman grilling on the street offers me a glass of water and a few skewers of grilled pork.
I head out for a light jog under Thailand's big, red setting sun. Chiang Mai University (CMU) is a perfect venue for late-day activities. At the base of Doi Suthep (the famous mountain in Chiang Mai), CMU has created beautiful spaces to exercise and recreate. With a jungle-y mountain as your backdrop, passerbys are quick with a smile and a nod along these tranquil footpaths.
Chiang Mai comes alive at night with people from all walks of life. Farmers to tourists, students and gap-year kids, all show up for some food and relaxation. I end up having dinner at my favorite restaurant – a local, all Thai establishment. I'm greeted with big smiles and some lighthearted teasing from the owners. I've become a familiar face here.
It's a good feeling to be embraced by a community so foreign and far from the one I've known. I suppose there was something notable about this day – I felt at home. It's days and moments like the ones that made up this day that ESL teachers abroad hope for. Being able to experience new cultures, new people and new communities to so deeply that the divide between you and them disappears.


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Brand Equity - Assets And Liabilities
Brand equity has been defined as a set of brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand, its name, and its Brand symbol that add to or subtract from the value provided by a product or service to a firm and/or to that firm`s customers. If the brand`s name or symbol should change, some or all of the assets or liabilities could be affected and even lost, although some might be shifted to a new name and symbol. The assets and liabilities on which brand equity is based will, according to Aaker (1991), differ by context. However, they can be grouped into five categories:
1. Brand Loyalty
2. Brand Name (Awareness)
3. Perceived Quality
4. Brand Associations
5. Other Proprietary Brand Assets
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For any business, it is expensive to gain new customers and relatively inexpensive to retain existing ones, especially when the existing customers are satisfied or happy with the brand. Competitors may even be discouraged from spending resources to attract already satisfied customers. Further, higher loyalty means greater trade leverage; since customers expect the brand to be always available.
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People will often buy a familiar brand because they are comfortable with the familiarity or they assume that a brand that is familiar is probably reliable shop.gmynsh.com and of reasonable quality. When consumers feel uneasy about a product`s name, they will avoid the product - and that translates into the loss of sales. Brand names should be easy for customers to visualize, and this involves pronunciation and spelling.
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A brand will have associated with it a perception of overall quality, which is not necessarily based on knowledge of detailed specifications. The quality perception may take on somewhat different forms for different types of industries. Perceived quality means something different for Compaq or IBM than for Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Perceived quality will directly influence purchase decisions and brand loyalty, especially when a buyer is not motivated or able to conduct a detailed analysis. It can also support a premium price, which, in turn, can create gross margin that can be reinvested in brand equity. Further, perceived quality can be the basis for a brand extension. If a brand is well-regarded in one context, then the assumption will be that it will have high quality in a related context.
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The underlying value of a brand name often is based upon specific associations linked to it. The associations, for example, of the car brand Jaguar may make the experience of owning and driving one "different". If a brand is well positioned upon a key attribute in the product class (such as technological superiority), then competitors will find it hard to attack. If they attempt a frontal assault by claiming superiority via that dimension, there will be a credibility issue. They may be forced to find another, perhaps inferior, basis for competition. Thus, an association can be a barrier for competitors.
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Wildflower Marijuana changes its name to Wildflower Brands
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 30, 2018: Wildflower Marijuana Inc. (CSE: SUN) (FWB: RSP) ("Wildflower" or the "Company") announced today that it has changed its corporate name to Wildflower Brands Inc. which was approved at the Company's annual and special shareholder meeting held this month. The Company will continue to trade under the stock symbol "SUN".
"The name change is more in line with our business model and reflects our emphasis on building strong brands in the cannabis space." said William MacLean, CEO.
About Wildflower Marijuana Inc.
Wildflower is a cannabis company focused on developing and designing branded cannabis products. Wildflower sells its CBD+ products online and to retailers throughout the US and also produces and markets its THC products in regulated cannabis jurisdictions.
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How to make the most of wedding fairs
Without losing track of your original budget and ideas
When you just get engaged, you will undoubtedly be looking into wedding fairs. While you may find that some are more traditional, and others are more directed to modern bridal couples.
In this day and age, you are already influenced a lot by online services like Pinterest, so trying to keep true to your original wedding idea can be quite hard facing so many different (international) options. Going to a wedding fair will have the same effect, and can potentially blow up your list of ideas and your budget. So today, I want to help you with some general tips on how to make the most of wedding fairs, without losing track of your original budget and ideas.
Visualize your ideal wedding
Before you go to the first wedding fair, try to take your time to visualize your dream wedding day. Sit down with your partner with a hot chocolate or a cup of coffee and try to picture the day you both see. Try to make a list of some of the key points, like the people you see most clearly, the location (this can be quite general like beach or forest or mansion), and the feeling you get when thinking about your ideal wedding day.
Make sure you list the things you see most prominently. These will be the "non-negotiables", like I call them. The things that you don't want to change, no matter what. The things you cannot imagine your day without. Keep these key points in mind when strolling the wedding fair, and make sure you stop yourself each time you see something new and ask yourself if it would fit your vision.
Take your time
Take your time to stroll through the stands slowly so you can absorb the atmosphere. Take your time to really look at things and think about your ideal wedding day. Take your time to really speak to vendors.
Not sure what I mean with a wedding 'vendor'? A vendor for your wedding day, can be anyone from your florist to your photographer to your cake artist. They are the parties you will hire to make sure your day is everything you ever imagined it would be.
If you squeeze a wedding fair in between other appointments, you will not only miss half of the interesting vendors who are out there, you will also leave frizzled and completely de-energized because you had to absorb a huge amount of information in a very short amount of time.
When you take your time to really talk to the vendors who are participating, you might also find out that they are actually doing more than what they are displaying. So definitely engage with the vendors who intrigue you and make sure you ask questions on the spot.
Look for inspiration, not for potential vendors
When you visit a wedding fair with the thought that you will use this primarily to gather inspiration, you will give yourself permission to only speak to the vendors who really intrigue you. For some reason, this will alleviate the pressure you might feel that you have to get x-amount of suppliers by the end of the day which – again – will make sure you are more relaxed throughout the day.
Every little trick you can use to alleviate some pressure, will help you to stay sane and relaxed throughout your wedding day preparations. After all, this is a time you should be enjoying.
Participate in fair giveaways and promotions
At every wedding fair, you will find a few vendors who offer a special promotion which will only be valid for visitors of their booth at this particular wedding fair. You will need to give your email and personal information and in exchange, you will participate in their promotion or giveaway.
A promotion is usually a discount or additional service offered to all bridal couples who book an initial meeting with the supplier at the wedding fair. The promotion can also be limited to bridal couples who save their date on the spot.
A giveaway is a promotion limited to a certain amount of people. The wedding vendor will collect information from bridal couples and from these collections, they will select one or more winners. Wedding vendors who want to promote a service or product of great value will usually opt for the giveaway.
Please be aware that you are giving the wedding vendor your contact details by participating in a giveaway so they will contact you even if you did not win. If you do not want them to be able to contact you afterwards, don't enter the giveaway. Just know that you might potentially miss out on an amazing (free) service.
Giveaways and promotions can be very interesting if you are interested in working with someone who would normally be out of budget for you, but who now falls into your budget range through the promotion they are doing. These promotions, as mentioned above, will be limited to the day of the wedding fair and are therefore one of the primary reasons bridal couples attend these fairs.
Do your research
This brings me immediately to the next one: do your research! Make sure you check out the vendors before visiting the wedding fair so you know which ones you can skip and which ones you really need to pay attention to. Doing your research will make you more attentive to promotions from those wedding vendors who seem to be the most interesting to you.
Of course, you don't need to do a thorough investigation but a quick peek at some websites can help to get an impression of the vendors you feel most drawn to. Try to get a sense of their style and services, and if you can get a price range that's even better.
When doing research, keep in mind that you will be able to speak to these vendors in person at the wedding fair. Don't spend too much time on this and make sure it fits your schedule. If you're short on time, just skip this step and check out the different stands on the actual wedding fair.
On a small budget?
If your wedding has a limited budget, definitely take your time to go through the steps above. Researching the vendors in advance can help you see which ones will be out of range for you anyway, so you can skip them on the wedding fair day. No need for you to fall completely in love with a service you cannot really afford, right?
Also, watch out with handing over your contact information. Saying no to a service you really like once is already quite hard, but being reminded of this great offering you're missing time and again will only soften your resolve. I know I would cave after a few reminder emails. I mean, we're human after all…
A final tip I would like to give you, is not to book on the spot. If you are interested in a certain service from a certain wedding vendor, try to first complete your tour of the fair, have some lunch or have a drink in between, and discuss again with your partner whether or not you are still convinced that you both want to book this vendor. You may meet an even more interesting vendor later on, or you may start to realize that booking this particular vendor will blow up your budget too much.
When planning your wedding, it happens so often that you are swept away by the beautiful picture that is painted for you and the possibilities you have. I know it's hard, but try to take some distance during your lunch or when you take a small break, to make sure you really consider your personalities and budget. Keep in mind the key points you defined in the first step and you will be able to choose your vendors with care.
Choose a wedding fair that suits you
There are a lot of different wedding fairs. Some are more traditional while others are oriented at the modern bridal couples. Make sure you look up some vendors in advance to make sure the wedding fair suits the kind of wedding you would like to have.
Personally, I love the smaller and more personal wedding fairs. We just had one in my hometown, Antwerp, last weekend. Hereby a small sneak peak of what it looked like.
Do you have some additional tips for fellow bridal couples? Share them in the comments below.


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Investments in Wi-Fi equipment are going to be multiplied by 3 in 2017. Companies like Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei and Ruckus will be the first to benefit from this increase.
After a big growth in 2015, the Wi-Fi market is still increasing and especially the Wi-Fi public spaces market. In fact, between 2013 and 2017, $8.5 billion will be invested in Wi-Fi equipment for public spaces only. The value of the public Wi-Fi market in 2017 is estimated to be of 3 billion dollars.
While North-America is now the biggest market for Wi-Fi equipment, in 2017 the EMEA region and the Asia-Pacific region could become the biggest markets.
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Leonard Bernstein: Missa Brevis (Kyrie and Gloria)
arr. Virgil Thomson: My Shepherd Shall Supply My Need
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Joseph Haydn: Mass No. 14 in B-flat ("Harmoniemesse")
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Tami Petty, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Glassman, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass-baritone
Concert length: c. 70 minutes with no intermission
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Police have said they are "extremely concerned" for the safety and whereabouts of Amy Shorrock, 34, and her son Andrew, aged 4. They were last seen in Tameside near Manchester at Friday lunchtime.
The family of the missing pair have said they are "extremely worried" and have urged Amy to get in touch.
Chief Inspector Chris Downey, said, "We are extremely concerned about Amy and Andrew, and I would like to appeal directly to Amy to please get in touch with us to let us know you are both safe and well.
"Yours and Andrew's welfare is our priority, so please make contact with us.
"Amy's mother Deborah Shorrock wants to appeal directly to Amy to come home safely with Andrew as she is extremely worried about them. "I would also ask the public for their help – if you have seen Amy and Andrew then please call us."
Joanne Ward Shorrock, Amy's aunt, has said the family are beside themselves with worry and are urging people who may have seen them to get in contact.
She went on to say that her niece travelled to the city with her son and withdrew cash.
On Facebook, she posted, "PLEASE can anyone help. My niece Amy Shorrock has gone missing with her son. Last seen on Penny Meadow in Ashton-under-Lyne around 11am this morning.
"It's now believed that she could have gone on public transport to Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. I can't stress enough just how important it is that they are found.
"If you know anything then please contact me or the police. Thank you."
Amy is described as being 5ft 6in tall, medium build with long dark hair. She was last seen wearing a black top and carrying a blue rucksack.
Andrew has short brown hair and slim built for his age.