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Career changes happen. Job transfers happen. Whether you requested it or not, there might be a point in your career when you need to move for work. The idea of picking up and moving can feel stressful and overwhelming, especially if you have a family coming with you. When it's time to move, you have some options, you can either list it, sell it on your own, or hold on to it.
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The time you spend waiting for the closing to occur is costing you as well. Ask any real estate flipper, and they will tell you that the longer you own a house, the more it is costing you. While your house sits on the MLS, you will continue to be responsible for the taxes, insurance, utilities and maintenance costs. If you need to sell within a specific timeframe, you might want to steer clear of getting stuck in a binding listing agreement.
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Listing works great for some properties and situations. However, for others, it is a complete waste of time and money. After you factor in the costs and the time spent, the amount you receive could actually less than had you sod it directly. Run the numbers for your situation to discover which selling method is right for you!
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If you have one home in Westfield and another somewhere else, carrying both mortgages can be difficult. It can be difficult to obtain a second mortgage when you already have one on your Westfield house. Coming up with the additional cash while you are waiting for the first home to sell can be very stressful on you and your family.
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Alzheimer's is still a disease that is routinely diagnosed only after death and autopsy. Then, it is easy to recognize the disease's cardinal features: a shrunken brain dotted with amyloid plaques interspersed among neurons containing tangled fibrils, which may also contain inclusions similar to those found in the brains of Parkinson's patients. These irrefutable histological markers of Alzheimer's have led the majority of researchers to conclude that amyloid plaques are the pathogenic entity of the disease. But there is still no smoking gun that definitively singles out the plaques as the causative agent. Amyloid is the scientific equivalent of a culprit assumed guilty until proven innocent. Although many pharmaceutical companies vigorously took aim at amyloid, so far there is no unequivocal evidence that clearing plaques in Alzheimer's disease results in cognitive improvement,[1. C. Holmes et al., "Long-term effects of Aß42 immunisation in Alzheimer's disease:...
Back in the 1980s, when the amyloid-plaque hypothesis was gaining in popularity, results from our group and from others suggesting that the immune system was playing a major role in the disease were not taken seriously. But today, a new crop of investigators is looking at Alzheimer's pathogenesis with fresh eyes and finding that neuronal stress and the consequent overexpression of proinflammatory proteins are the likely instigators of neuropathological changes, including both plaque and tangle formation. The idea that amyloid plaques are more likely to be a response to the disease, rather than its initiator, is gaining acceptance.
From Down syndrome to Alzheimer's
My involvement with Alzheimer's research began somewhat accidentally in 1983 when I attended a seminar on the disease given by Roger Rosenberg at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. At the time, I was studying the differentiation of neurons in the developing cerebellum, using a systemic immune disease—the graft-versus-host response—that could be induced, and a few days later "cured." The immune response would temporarily halt neuronal development, allowing me to manipulate specific developmental events in each of the cerebellar cell types.[2. W.S. Griffin et al., "Manipulation of brain DNA synthesis is achieved by using a systemic immunological disease," PNAS,79:4783-85, 1982.] Back then, prominent immunologists believed that the immune system and the CNS were completely independent of each other, but my observations of the developing rat brain convinced me that there was a connection. So when Rosenberg displayed silver-stained sections from the brains of Alzheimer's patients showing immune-like cells scattered among the plaques, I couldn't help but wonder why no one had thought to look at the role of inflammation in this disease. His slides clearly showed enlarged, activated microglia and astrocytes lying among the neurons and amyloid plaques.
Although at the time researchers believed that microglia were a type of brain cell, it would later be shown that they in fact came from the same stock—hematopoietic stem cells—as peripheral immune cells, and were essentially the immune cells of the brain. But back in 1983, all we knew was that they resembled macrophages, the peripheral immune cells that engulf pathogens and secrete the cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1), activating multiple immune functions of T helper cells. By then we knew, too, that the overexpression of IL-1 in arthritis led to progressive joint deterioration. I wondered whether microglia in the brain might also overexpress IL-1 in Alzheimer's patients and lead to neuronal deterioration.
What if damaged or stressed neurons were activating microglia to release excessive amounts of IL-1, which in turn activated astrocytes (analogous to macrophage IL-1 activation of T helper cells) and caused them to release S100, a soluble astrocyte inflammatory cytokine that might also aid in neuronal repair? I tested this idea by measuring tissue levels and cellular expression of IL-1 and S100 in brains of patients who had succumbed to Alzheimer's disease and in the brains of disease-free individuals. Indeed, we could see activated glia as well as measure profuse overexpression of IL-1 and S100. It was the first time that the inflammatory cytokines IL-1 and S100 were associated with Alzheimer's disease.
My hypothesis was that in early stages, the disease progressed via self-propagating neuronal injury or stress driven by glial activation and cytokine release. Because we had no way of detecting and analyzing early-stage Alzheimer's, I needed a model that would mimic early-onset Alzheimer's. For this I turned to Down syndrome. Several investigators had mapped the ß-amyloid precursor protein (ßAPP) that forms plaques to chromosome 21, which occurs in triplicate form in Down syndrome. Henry Wisniewski, at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, reported that people with Down syndrome exhibited the clinical and pathological features of Alzheimer's by early middle age.[3. K.E. Wisniewski et al., "Alzheimer's disease in Down's syndrome: clinicopathologic studies," Neurology, 35:957-61, 1985.] And Rachael Neve at Harvard Medical School and her colleagues saw that rather than the 1.5-times increase in ßAPP expected from the presence of triplicate gene copies, the expression of this protein was eight times higher than normal.
When we stained for IL-1 and S100 in Down syndrome brain slices, we saw that many microglia and astrocytes were activated and overexpressing IL-1 and S100 in Down fetuses and newborns, years before plaques were present—supporting the idea that cytokine release was a result of neuronal stress, in this case from the excess expression of ßAPP. These studies provided the first evidence of a meaningful immune response in the human brain. The fact that the response was related to a neurological disease convinced me that overexpressed cytokines might act as driving forces in Alzheimer's. Later, Steve Barger at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine showed that neuronal stress is associated with increased release of a secreted fragment of ßAPP, called sAPP, which induces microglial activation and the release of IL-1.[4. S.W. Barger, A.D. Harmon, "Microglial activation by Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein and modulation by apolipoprotein E," Nature, 388:878-81, 1997.]
I couldn't help but wonder why no one had thought to look at the role of inflammation in Alzheimer's disease.
By carefully mapping the density of plaques, we discerned a pattern showing that early plaques, those that are dispersed rather than dense, are surrounded by a multitude of microglia and astrocytes expressing IL-1 and S100, while later stage dense plaques had fewer activated glia, suggesting that neuroinflammation important role early in the disease, and could, in fact, be a driving factor.[5. W.S. Griffin et al., "Interleukin-1 expression in different plaque types in Alzheimer's disease: significance in plaque evolution," J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 54:276-81, 1995.]
While reports from other labs showed that microglia produce IL-1 for activation of astrocytes and that S100 is essential for neuronal development and repair, few journal editors shared my view that IL-1 and S100 act as drivers of Alzheimer's disease progression. Although our work was begun in 1984, it wasn't published until 1989, when I met Dmitry Goldgaber, who was working at NIH with Carleton Gajdusek on sequencing and mapping the gene for ßAPP. I met Dmitry at a meeting where I was reporting our findings about Alzheimer's and Down syndrome. To my surprise, he came to the meeting to report that IL-1 induces synthesis of ßAPP in cord blood vessel cells. This was a great stroke of luck for both of us. His results offered molecular evidence of a connection between IL-1 and Alzheimer's pathogenesis, which supported my findings about both Alzheimer's and Down, and our results gave his work a somewhat deeper meaning: if this cytokine was activating the production of ßAPP in cord blood, it could be behaving similarly in the brain. Together our studies added credence to the idea that neuronal stress and excess inflammatory cytokine production is a driving force in neurodegeneration and genesis of amyloid plaques. We published our papers back-to-back in 1989.[6. D. Goldgaber et al., "Interleukin 1 regulates synthesis of amyloid beta-protein precursor mRNA in human endothelial cells," PNAS, 86:7606-10, 1989.],[7. W.S. Griffin et al., "Brain interleukin 1 and S-100 immunoreactivity are elevated in Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease," PNAS, 86:7611-15, 1989.]
Tying the tangles together
Though I had fully expected to return to my work on neuronal development, our proposition that inflammatory cytokines were involved in—and probably driving—neurodegeneration met with such vigorous criticism that I decided to devote more time to the topic.
We followed up our initial studies by examining all of the Alzheimer's-related events for a connection to IL-1. Toward this, we examined the tau protein and the Parkinson's-associated a-synuclein (responsible for producing Lewy bodies in that disease), both of which were most definitively linked to Alzheimer's by Virginia Lee and John Trojanowski at the University of Pennsylvania. Tau is a protein that normally stabilizes microtubules, but when it is excessively phosphorylated at multiple sites, it forms the neurofibrillary tangles associated with Alzheimer's. The normal function of a-synuclein, the precursor protein of Lewy bodies in Parkinson's, is still unclear.
To study the involvement of IL-1 in tau phosphorylation, we implanted slow-release IL-1-containing pellets in the brains of rats and found a twofold increase in tissue levels of tau mRNA compared to rats implanted with untreated pellets. But since tau itself does not form neurofibrillary tangles, we measured tissue and cellular levels of the hyperphosphorylated form of tau and found it was elevated by threefold in brains with IL-1 containing pellets. To our surprise, we found that brains with IL-1 pellets also had elevated levels of the mRNA of a phosphorylating kinase protein MAPK p38. In the rats with an untreated pellet, there was no increase in tau phosphorylation, signifying the necessity of MAPK p38 activity for tau phosphorylation. When we stained brain sections from Alzheimer's patients, we also saw abundant MAPK p38 in the same neurons that had high levels of hyperphosphorylated tau protein.[8. Y.Li et al., "Interleukin-1 mediates pathological effects of microglia on tau phosphorylation and on synaptophysin synthesis in cortical neurons through a p38-MAPK pathway," J Neurosci, 23:1605-11, 2003.] Now we could say that IL-1 was driving both the production of tau protein, and its hyperphosphorylation, via IL-1 induction of a specific kinase: MAPK p38.
To investigate whether IL-1 might play a role in Lewy body pathology seen in Alzheimer's, we tested the role of IL-1 in a-synuclein fiber production using three methods: in tissue culture, in IL-1-pellet implanted rat brains, and in brain slices from Alzheimer's patients. All three methods gave the same results, showing that IL-1 overexpression was associated with increased production of a-synuclein.[9. W.S. Griffin et al., "Interleukin-1 mediates Alzheimer and Lewy body pathologies," J Neuroinflammation, 16;3:5, 2006.]
George Siggins and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute had reported that high levels of IL-1 might reduce learning and neurotransmission, so we examined the possibility that IL-1 might contribute to the memory deficits in Alzheimer's via decreasing the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, a decrease often seen in Alzheimer's patients. We found that IL-1 elevated the levels of acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that degrades acetylcholine. This acetylcholine-metabolizing enzyme is, in fact, the principal target of Alzheimer drugs.[10. Y.Li et al., "Neuronal-glial interactions mediated by interleukin-1 enhance neuronal acetylcholinesterase activity and mRNA expression," J Neurosci, 20:149-55, 2000.]
To more clearly define how IL-1 inflammatory pathways were triggered by neuronal damage, we studied initiators such as aging, head trauma, epilepsy, and HIV/AIDS. Indeed, aging and each of these other conditions put those affected at an increased risk for the development of Alzheimer's, and all are characterized by increased IL-1 production that is associated with further neuronal damage.
I began to think about IL-1 and inflammation as part of a cytokine feedback cycle, with the initiating insult coming from a variety of sources: genetic predisposition (e.g., inheritance of APOE e4 allele or alleles), repeated injury (head trauma or epilepsy), or infection (HIV), and the wear and tear of time. Although inflammatory mechanisms probably help to clear damaged cells in limited situations, in the long term, chronic microglial activation and elevation of IL-1 becomes cyclical, leading to more neuronal damage and death and, as a consequence, more microglial activation. And this is followed by the production of ßAPP, more microglial activation, further production of hyperphosphorylated tau and ßAPP, favoring formation of neurofibrillary tangles, beta amyloid plaques, and Lewy bodies.
In neuroinflammation we had a viable suspect—and a potential therapeutic target—which everyone seemed to be ignoring. A 1994 report by John Breitner at Johns Hopkins showed that among genetically predisposed identical twin pairs who did not show same-age Alzheimer's onset, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by one of the twins was associated with a several-year delay in the onset of Alzheimer's.[11. J.C. Breitner et al.,"Inverse association of anti-inflammatory treatments and Alzheimer's disease: initial results of a co-twin control study," Neurology, 44:227-32, 1994.] This was not an isolated study; several years later, a Dutch study comparing a large group of Alzheimer's patients who were taking NSAIDs for other ailments to those who were not showed a reduced risk or delayed onset of Alzheimer's disease—as calculated by the overall risk for the disease per year of life—of almost one-half. Then in a 2008 report from the Department of Veterans Affairs on 50,000 Alzheimer's patients and 200,000 control patients, researchers showed that those who took ibuprofen for as long as five years had a reduced Alzheimer's risk of almost one-half.[12. S.C. Vlad et al., "Protective effects of NSAIDs on the development of Alzheimer disease," Neurology, 70:1672-77, 2008.] A more direct approach in a clinical trial (ADAPT) of NSAIDs, including naproxen and celecoxib, was stopped after about 24 months because of drug safety concerns. However, observations that continued for two more years revealed a protective effect of one of the drugs, naproxen, when started before the onset of symptoms and taken for more than two years.[13. J.C. Breitner et al., "Extended results of the Alzheimer's disease anti-inflammatory prevention trial," Alzheimers Dement, 7:402-11, 2011.]
Much progress has been made since the days when researchers believed that meaningful immune responses had no place in the central nervous system, certainly not in pathogenesis. In 2004, based on the increasing level of interest in the role of inflammation in neural diseases, my long-standing collaborator, Robert E. Mrak, now at the University of Toledo, and I established the BMC online publication, Journal of Neuroinflammation, as editors-in-chief. The journal provides a source of high-quality, peer-reviewed articles and encourages creative research in the fascinating field of neuroinflammation.
W. Sue T. Griffin is Professor and Vice Chairman for Research in the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Director of Research at the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock.
This article is adapted from an upcoming review in F1000 Medicine Reports. It will be available for citation at f1000.com/reports (open access).


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As a supervisor for a hospital cafeteria, Loralie makes sure that the cafeteria has plenty of healthy choices. But until recently, she didn't take advantage of the healthy choices for her own meals.
Loralie's eating habits had caused her to gain weight, and her blood pressure was high. "I had given up, just given up," she says. "In fact, I had reached a point at my life where I figured, 'I'm in my 50s. This is just who I am. This is where I'm going to be.' And so I had accepted it."
She says all that changed after she ended up in the emergency room several times with very high blood pressure. "I just was going to have to take some drastic steps," she recalls, "I was getting scared, just getting scared at how I felt."
That led her to change her eating habits to get to a healthy weight and lower her blood pressure. She lost more than 40 pounds, and her blood pressure is now under control.
Even though Loralie was motivated to change her eating habits, the changes didn't happen overnight. "I've made some gradual changes. I did one or two things at a time."
The first change she made was to start drinking water instead of soda pop. Next, Loralie says, "I started trying to eat a little bit for breakfast. That was a fairly simple change to make."
Loralie found that each change she made motivated her to make another. "I think that, anytime, even if you just make little changes, the benefits spur you on to do more. You don't start out trying to change your whole life."
Although she wanted to eat healthier foods, Loralie knew that she did not want to go on a diet. "One of the things that makes you resent healthy eating is depriving yourself of things that are tasty and yummy."
To avoid feeling deprived, Loralie still eats her favorite foods, including chocolate. But now she eats smaller portions. She has found that she doesn't have to have a large serving to feel satisfied. "Just to have a bite of dark chocolate makes me happy."
Loralie has also learned to pay more attention to portion sizes when she goes out to eat. In the past, she would finish everything she ordered. But now, "I always take home at least half of my meal."
Loralie found motivation and support in watching her son and several of her coworkers change their eating habits. She says that seeing other people succeed helped convince her that she could do it too. "It does help to have partners and buddies that are going through this."
She encourages others to keep trying, even if they've struggled before. "I think that it's never too late."
Loralie's story reflects her experiences as told in an interview. The photograph is not of Loralie, to protect her privacy.
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The requirements of and demands on a venue vary hugely depending on the discipline, competition level, number of athletes and horses anticipated, how many spectators are expected and many other factors. The first consideration is whether the Field of Play (arena, cross country course, endurance course etc) can be provided to the specification required by the respective discipline (see below). Arenas and other areas must be available for training and warm-up. Again these should meet the minimum requirements specified for each discipline, but most importantly must consider how many athletes and horses will be attending the event. The venue should ideally be designed to minimise distances between training and warm-up areas and the field of play. This will make the running of competitions and managing the flow of competitors much easier. There should be dedicated horse routes between stabling (if provided), training and warm-up arenas and the field of play, ensuring separation from and therefore the safety of pedestrians/spectators.
All competitions require some type of facility for judges and other officials to work from. These spaces are generally discipline specific but include judges boxes adjacent to jumping arenas, judges huts on the field of play around dressage arenas, control rooms for eventing cross country and driving marathon tests and judges chairs for reining. All such requirements are specified in the relevant discipline's FEI Rules.
Other horse related facilities are required including stabling, veterinary and horse inspection spaces. These are referred to in further detail below. There will also need to be good access to, and parking on site for horse lorries and trailers.
If spectators are expected to attend then consideration will need to be given to transport to/from the venue, car parking, seating or other facilities from which they will watch competition, as well as hospitality, catering and toilets. Larger events may include trade/retail villages, entertainment areas and children's education and fun zones. In planning the layout for a venue there should be clear separation between 'front of house' areas (for spectators) and 'back of house' operations (stabling, training areas, general site management and logistics zones). There must also be clear and quick routes established around the venue for emergency vehicles.
Finally if press / media are expected to attend the event a space should be provided for them to work in. Further information is available in the Media Operations section.
Venues may be existing in which case the general layout is probably already established. Alternatively venues may be temporary (eg. fields, exhibition centre etc) in which case there may be more flexibility in how the venue is laid out. In any case, as referred to on several occasions above, it is most important to consider the locations of the key components of the venue, their relationship with each other ('front of house' versus 'back of house') and the flows around the different areas for each client group - Athletes, Horses, Officials, Media, Spectators etc. Clear signage is an important element of achieving good flows around the venue.
If an Organiser is looking for a new venue and has some flexibility and options available then some important considerations include:
- Proximity of sufficient and good quality accommodation / hotels (Athletes, Officials, Spectators etc)
- Ease of access by road for horse transport, venue construction vehicles and general logistics
- In case of events with large number of spectators multiple access roads and venue entry points to minimise likelihood of congestion
Sport Requirements
The core sport related requirements by discipline can be found using the links below (eg. field of play, training facilities, equipment etc.).
- Jumping - FEI Jumping Rules (Art 201)
- Dressage - FEI Dressage Rules (Art 411)
- Para Dressage - FEI Para Dressage Rules (Art 8407)
- Eventing - FEI Eventing Rules (Art 535 - warm-up & exercise areas, Annex B - cross country, Arts 542 & 550 - for dressage and jumping see also FEI Dressage (Art 429) and Jumping (Art 201) Rules); further guidance on eventing venue requirements and layout can be found in the FEI Eventing Memorandum
- Vaulting - FEI Vaulting Rules (Art 715)
- Endurance - FEI Endurance Rules (Arts 813, 814, 816, 818 & 819)
- Driving/Para Driving - FEI Driving Rules (Art 950 - dressage, Art 960-961 - marathon, Art 972 - cones)
It is compulsory to provide stabling facilities at events taking place over two days or more. Details regarding stabling requirements at FEI events are in the FEI Veterinary Regulations (Arts 1008 & 1019). This includes information on technical specifications, feed and bedding requirements and security. Key considerations include:
- Size - min. 3m x 3m (20% at 4m x 3m)
- 'High quality and well constructed' – safety is primary consideration
- Cleaned/disinfected prior to arrival of horses
- Good ventilation, lighting & water (with good pressure at all times)
- Systems and spaces for muck collection and regular disposal
- Wash-down areas with adequate water supplies with good pressure
- Fire precautions, procedures and plenty of 'no smoking' signs
- Security (not required CDI 1*/2*) – FEI Veterinary Regulations Art 1008.13
- Treatment and isolation stables (see Veterinary Facilities below)
- Sample collection stables (see Equine Anti-Doping & Controlled Medication Programme)
Horse Inspections
FEI rules require formal checks to be carried out on all horses before and during competitions. Specific areas and facilities must be available for these Horse Inspections. The minimum requirements are detailed in the FEI Veterinary Regulations (Art 1011). Key points include:
- 30m strip for horses to be inspected at walk/trot
- Firm, level, non-slip & clean surface
- Area for collecting/stewarding Horses prior to inspection
- Adjacent 'Holding Box' area for further evaluation (similar surface to main horse inspection strip)
Veterinary Facilities
Although every FEI international event must have emergency veterinary care in place, the level of veterinary facilities necessary will vary depending on the competition type, level, duration and other factors. The minimum requirements are detailed in the FEI Veterinary Regulations (Ch 2, part I) and cover aspects such as treatment stables, anti-doping sample collection facilities, isolation stables and equipment necessary for emergency and other treatments. The primary requirements include:
- Min. 2 treatment stables (FEI Veterinary Regulations Art 1059 re permitted treatments at events)
- Min. 2 isolation stables away from main stables
- Area for Horse examination on arrival (adequate space to minimise contact between horses, covered area for checking passports)
- Office for Veterinary Services Manager/FEI Veterinary Delegate
- Equine referral clinic nearby with diagnostic imaging and surgical facilities pre-notified & on standby to receive sick or injured Horse
Offices & Meeting Rooms
A number of offices and meeting rooms are important for the efficient running of events. This should include:
- Main Organising Committee office
- Show office - primary point of interaction between Organising Committee and athletes, should be centrally situated and easily accessible, recommended to consist of front of house / reception area and a back office
- Stable managers office
- Offices/meeting areas for FEI Officials – Ground Jury, Veterinary Delegate, FEI Stewards etc
Further Advice
Key FEI Officials (Chief Stewards, Technical Delegates, Veterinary Delegates, Ground Jury Presidents etc) will be able to provide further advice on venue and equipment requirements. These Officials will ultimately sign-off the suitability and readiness of the venue prior to competition. Furthermore the relevant FEI department are also able to answer any questions from Organisers and can be contacted here.
Any questions?
If you have any questions regarding organising FEI competitions or would like further advice not available through this guide please contact your National Federation or the relevant FEI department here.


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The Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) recommends nine steps you should take to develop an employee handbook of your own. But don't create your handbook in a vacuum. Always include your human resources department (if you have one) and seek advice specific to your business from your legal counsel. Your employee handbook is a vital document for your business, so it's important to be thorough.
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Then take a look around and identify common practices that occur regularly in your workplace (e.g. dress codes, requesting vacation time, etc.). If you don't have a policy for these procedures or practices, you'll need to write one.
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- Time off: Include information on paid time off and paid holidays, as well as sick leave, bereavement leave, information on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), attendance policies and more. Make sure you also communicate the proper process employees need to follow when requesting time off.
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- Performance expectations: Include your policies when it comes to professional development and performance evaluations. You also will need to include information on your procedures when an employee violates any of your company policies. This can entail disciplinary measures, conflict resolution, grounds for immediate termination and more.
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Write short summaries of all the policies and procedures that you identified in Steps 1 and 2. Make sure they're easy to read. After all, if they're hard for you to understand as the author, it will be even harder for your employees to grasp.
Step 4: Write your handbook
Insert your summary statements into the appropriate sections of your outline.
Step 5: Review your work.
After you've assembled your handbook, take the time to thoroughly review everything to ensure it's correct and easy to understand. Verify that nothing is missing or needs to be updated. It also may help to send it to another team member or project team if you're working on it as a group.
Step 6: Send it off for legal review.
Your legal counsel should always review your work to ensure it includes the right information and doesn't make any kind of contractual statements or agreements.
Step 7: Determine how you're going to publish your handbook.
After legal counsel gives your employee handbook its seal of approval, find a provider who can help you format and publish it. This is true regardless of whether you choose to create a digital or printed copy of your guide (see more information in Step 8).
Bear in mind that this may be an added expense, so make sure you gain quotes from a few suppliers to determine who you like best – and what you can afford. Always make sure you review a final copy of your handbook before the vendor publishes the final version.
Step 8: Distribute it.
You've published your handbook – congratulations! Now you need to deliver it to your employees and find a way to work it into your new employee onboarding process moving forward. If you have a place to publish your handbook digitally – such as a company intranet site or shared cloud server – by all means do so! However, you will need to have hard copies for employees who don't have access to a computer or the internet. Some employees also may just prefer to have a hard copy on hand, so make sure you can accommodate them.
When you distribute your employee handbook, you'll need to gain signatures from your staff that they've received a copy and read it. Save those forms in each of your employees' individual personnel files.
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An employee handbook isn't a one-and-done endeavor. You should think of it as a living, breathing document. Because as employment laws or company policies change, so too will your handbook. Make a schedule to ensure you're reviewing it consistently – whether it's every other year, annually or twice a year. This will ensure that the information is current, appropriate and legally sound.
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1. The price is for a Pair (2 pcs) Peugeot Expert 2007+ wheel spacers, the normal price does not include the extended wheel bolts. All BL Series spacers require extended wheel bolts. According to your actual needs, these will be ordered separately. For a better shopping experience, it is important to measure the fender gap and confirm thickness before purchasing.
2. We recommend do some measurement of the vehicle hub height and inner wheel bevel. How to measure? Failure to follow the measurement guidelines may cause damage to wheel spacers, wheels, and mounting hardware. Making sure that the axle, spacers, and wheel are perfectly fit. Our friendly customer service will help you to solve any question.
1. What's the data of my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
The data of Peugeot Expert wheel spacers is Bolt Pattern (PCD):5×108, Center Bore (CB):65.1, Thread: M12x1.25. These items are also compatible with vehicles in the same bolt pattern, center bore diameter, and thread size as Peugeot Expert 2007+, such as Peugeot 3008 wheel spacers, Peugeot Partner 2018+ wheel spacers, Peugeot Traveller wheel spacers… For details, please check Are these wheel spacers compatible with my vehicle.
2. Are Peugeot Expert wheel spacers safe?
Generally, wheel spacers are made of steel or aluminum. They are just the automobile accessories installed between the assembly hub and wheel. As long as you use high-quality Peugeot Expert wheel spacers and install them properly, they are safe. Take the Peugeot Expert 5×108 wheel spacers as an example, we use forged AL7075-T6 material (tensile strength ≥572Mpa), modern CNC machining by 0.02mm tolerance. All of our products have got more than 50 SGS TUV authoritative test reports. Compared with those cheap casting wheel spacers, BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers are safer, higher performance, and more professional in design. We believe more professional production offers more value for customers. For details, please check Are Wheel Spacers Good or Bad.
3. Will BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers cause vibration?
In fact, the wheel spacers just increase the track of the left and right wheels. When the wheelbase increases, the grip will also increase. BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers are designed to make a snug connection between the wheel and vehicle hub, reducing high-speed vibration and ensuring safer driving. Compared with ordinary hub centric wheel spacers, BONOSS uses the multi-stage hub centric design and precision 0.02mm CNC machining, which effectively guarantees the safety and reliability of the wheel spacers' quality and provides higher stability. The multi-stage hub-centric can make the spacers more closely fitted to the wheel hub, greatly reduce the vibration of high-speed caused by the inaccurate hub centric, For details, please check Why do You Need Wheel Spacers with Hub Centric Rings.
4. What are the benefits of the "Lightweight Plus" design of BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers?
The "Lightweight Plus" of wheel spacers means that the hollow design is further optimized on the basis of the traditional wheel spacers. It is an effective design that can effectively reduce weight and energy consumption, improves handling while ensuring safety and reliability. Compared with the previous generation product, the weight is reduced by 20%, the reducing unsprung weight helps the vehicle suspension system work more effectively. The overall acceleration of the vehicle and the overall comfort of the handling performance is better, and the driving is safer. BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers provide higher performance, more additional functions, fast customized service, and friendly service while maintaining a more friendly price, which is your best choice.
5. What are BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers made of?
BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers for Peugeot Expert are made of high-grade 7075-T6 aluminum alloy. They are formed by withstanding continuous strong pressure that improves the strength of the wheel spacers. And the aluminum alloy has many excellent characteristics, such as high strength, wear-resistance, impact resistance, and high-temperature resistance, performs good mechanical properties: Tensile Strength≥572Mpa, Yield Strength≥503Mpa, and Failure Elongation≈11%. Compared with ordinary AL7075 materials, the tensile strength and yield strength are about five times higher. BONOSS insists on producing professional forged wheel spacers, which are safer, more professional. For details, please check How to Choose Safe Wheel Spacers.
6. What's the performance of the BONOSS forged grade 12.9 extended wheel bolts on Peugeot Expert wheel spacers? What's the special meaning of BONOSS engraved?
BONOSS forged grade 12.9 extended wheel bolts are made by the forging process which brings excellent mechanical and physical properties. Each of them is engraved with "B", which means that these are manufactured by BONOSS own factory, the quality is guaranteed. They have achieved ISO standard grade 12.9, tensile strength≥1,282Mpa, ultimate tensile load≥152,000N, hardness (HV)≥395, NSS≥500H, two million times limited life range test without damage… They are strong enough to use in daily driving, off-road, and other scenes. The head of the extended wheel bolt has a 12 petal shape, this design is proof of the Super Forging Process (the petal-shaped can only be manufactured by a large tonnage machine for forging at one time.). For those wheel bolts that are only marked in metric units without branding, BONOSS wheel bolts are safer and more reliable. For details, please check How to Improve Wheel Spacer Safety.
7. Can I customize Peugeot Expert wheel spacers only in 3 days?
BONOSS owns an independent OEM factory, so that custom wheel spacers can be completed only in 1-3 days. OEM/ODM is available. If you're looking for an unusual thickness or bolt pattern conversion to fit custom wheels that won't work with standard wheel spacers, look no further than BONOSS custom-made wheel spacers for your Peugeot Expert. BONOSS offers non-normal thickness customized service, a minimum of 0.1″ (3mm) thick, a maximum of 6.4″ (160mm) thick are available. There are a large amount options with our customized PCD conversion wheel adapters, etc. 5×108 to 5×114.3 adapters, 5×108 to 5×120 adapters, 5 lug to 6 lug adapters, and thread sizes, thicknesses, and bolt patterns are customized to your exact request on wheel adapters. For details, please check BONOSS Custom Wheel Spacers Service.
8. Do you have any SGS TÜV test reports of Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
SGS and TÜV Rheinland as the world's famous testing service companies, standing for safety and quality. To earn customers' trust, which is also our confidence in product quality. BONOSS has fully passed over 66 ISO standard SGS, TÜV authoritative tests, and all achieved excellent scores.BONOSS forged grade 12.9 extended wheel bolts have passed the SGS 2,000,000 times limited life range test without damage, tensile strength≥1,282Mpa, ultimate tensile load≥152,000N, hardness (HV)≥395, NSS≥500H… By these authoritative test reports, BONOSS truly achieves the quality and professionalism expressed in the form of data and truly guarantees safety. We believe high standard quality management, together with authoritative certification reports is the best way to meet customer and regulatory requirements. For details, please check BONOSS Wheel Spacers Quality Certificated.
9. What are the benefits of the knurling design on my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
The knurling design can enhance the aesthetics of the Peugeot Expert wheel spacers by introducing an attractive pattern to the side surface. In addition to aesthetics, there are practical features. Knurling patterns can enlarge the side area so that it can contact more air, boost the heat dissipation effect, and reduce the internal stress caused by machining. That means improving the performance, strength, and durability of the Peugeot Expert wheel spacers. BONOSS aims to provide wheel spacers with more additional functions, safer, higher performance, more professional design, and better installing experience, that is why we insist on independent manufacturing and continuous optimization of the design. For details, please check Are Wheel Spacers A Good Idea.
10. How do Peugeot Expert wheel spacers affect handling?
Installing wheel spacers is a cost-effective way to increase the wheel track by pushing your wheels away from the hub. A wider track means better traction, allows you more stable turning, improving the handling of your vehicle, even driving in bad weather, it won't lose its grip. Moreover, most track racing cars will use every millimeter of wheel space available in their design for the highest performance and the best exteriors. With Peugeot Expert wheel spacers on, you can fill the gap in your fenders and get a more aggressive and powerful look. Meanwhile, BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers are accurate to 0.02mm, a more perfect fit to the wheel hub, which means that high-speed vibration is reduced, and offers a smoother driving experience. For details, please check Wheel Spacer Handling Improvement.
11. What wheel spacers do I need fit for "HRE/WORK/BBS…" wheel rims on my Peugeot Expert?
An excessive positive offset will cause the inner edge of your rims and tires to rub against the suspension components. In this case, wheel spacers can create the clearance needed to avoid friction and correct the offset by pushing away from the vehicle hub. They can also be used to change the bolt pattern and center bore diameter of your car. In this way, modified rims with different data can be installed correctly. For example, BBS wheel rims, HRE wheel rims, WORK wheel rims, OZ wheel rims, etc. BONOSS has thousands of successful cases of manufacturing spacers for aftermarket wheel rims issues. Compared to those cheap casting spacers, BONOSS forged high-grade wheel spacers are safer and more professional. For details, please check When to Use Wheel Spacers for Aftermarket Wheels.
12. Can Peugeot Expert wheel spacers clear the clearance problem after replacing the "BREMBO/AP…" brakes?
Higher-performance brake kits are often bigger than the stock parts. A wheel spacer provides the space needed for larger calipers that cannot fit in the factory wheel space. By pushing out the wheels, you can get a larger ideal gap of the brake caliper without having to rub it when installing the wheel. These items function as Brembo wheel spacers, EBC wheel spacers, AP racing wheel spacers, Endless wheel spacers, etc. And for safety and quality, purchasing from a professional manufacturer is trustable. BONOSS has thousands of successful cases of manufacturing spacers for big brakes issues. Compared to other cheap casting wheel spacers, BONOSS forged Lightweight Plus wheel spacers are safer and more professional. For details, please check When to Use Wheel Spacers for Big Brake Kit.
13. What do wheel spacers do for wide-body kits/aero kits?
The wide-body enclosure usually includes large brake calipers and large wheel hub modifications. Wheel spacers allow you to install larger wheels and larger brakes which is a great safety upgrade especially if you plan to take your widebody car onto a track. Installing wheel spacers on Peugeot Expert is one of the easiest and most cost-effective options to get low and wide as well as to get flush the fender flares. Properly filled wheel arches can really make your widebody builds look wonderful. These items function as Mansory widebody kits wheel spacers, Brabus widebody kits wheel spacers, Liberty Walk widebody kits, etc. BONOSS offers 3mm-20mm thickness wheel spacers to meet your needs. BONOSS insists on manufacturing safer and more professional wheel spacers, which is a good choice for your excellent widebody kits. For details, please check When to Use Wheel Spacers for Wide-body Kit.
14. Can BONOSS wheel spacers solve the offset problems for install other vehicles' wheels on Peugeot Expert?
In a sense, a wheel adapter is also a wheel spacer. Wheel spacers are used for clearance problems with brakes, tie rods, and other suspension components, to push the wheels outward and make the wheels more flush with the fender. Wheel adapters do all the same things as wheel spacers do. However, wheel adapters can change the bolt pattern and center bore diameter to allow you to bolt up wheels that are not made for your car. Installing wheel spacers can help you perfectly solve the problem of the wheels. To have better turning performance, smoother driving experience, and fuller appearance. For details, please check Do you need wheel spacers or wheel adapters.
15. How thick Peugeot Expert wheel spacers do I need?
Here is a simple method: use a straight edge such as a metal ruler, place the straight edge on the outermost part of the rims where the wheel comes closest to the fender (preferably the top), then, measure from the outside wheel to the straight edge. This distance is the size spacer you will need to achieve the look that flushes or nearly flushes with the fender line. Too thin, you will still have wheel/caliper interference. Too thick, and your tires will hit the fenders. Use proper size of spacers not only ensure safety but also avoid breaking your local laws and regulations. Currently, BONOSS provides 3mm-20mm thickness wheel spacers to meet your needs. For more information, please check How to Measure Wheel Spacers for My Vehicle.
16. How to install BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
The wheel spacer installation is an easy job for you. Hopefully, the instructions below can help those of you keen to install wheel spacers yourself. Please check How to Put Spacers on Wheels.
17. Where can I buy wheel spacers near me?
BONOSS will have operated stores around the world, you can find the nearest operated store through Wheel Spacers Near Me, or place an order on our official website to purchase our products.
1. How can I get my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers? How much does the shipping cost? Does it include domestic import duties?
After you place an order, BONOSS shipping department will give priority to FedEx, DHL, TNT, UPS, EMS, and other express delivery, striving to deliver the Peugeot Expert wheel spacers you ordered to you in the shortest possible time. The freight calculation is based on the shipping weight and volume, excluding tariffs! It does not include special service fees in remote areas (in rare cases, we will contact you in advance if there are any).
2. When will my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers be shipped?
Peugeot Expert Wheel spacers in stock are generally shipped within 24 -48 hours. For customize Peugeot Expert wheel spacers are generally shipped within 3 days (some special customized orders or models may take longer). Once your Peugeot Expert wheel spacers are shipped, we will provide you with the tracking number through the email you provided. Remember to check your email. If you have not received the tracking number or have other questions, please contact our customer service.
3. How long does it take to get my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
Generally, it takes 3 to 7 days for shipping. Due to aviation, weather, politics, customs clearance, and other factors, the delivery time may be a bit delayed. In this case, we will follow up the whole process to ensure that your Peugeot Expert wheel spacers can be delivered to you faster, it will not take a long time, please feel free. Hope you'll feel satisfied when receiving the BONOSS wheel spacers.
4. Where will my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers be sent from?
BONOSS has multiple distribution centers around the world, in order to allow you to receive the items more quickly, we will give priority to the warehouse closest to your delivery address or the warehouse with the friendly shipping price. In addition, you can also buy from a local distributor, so you can get your Peugeot Expert wheel spacers faster and save shipping costs. Click here to find Who sells wheel spacers near me.
5. Can my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers can be sent to my country and location?
The BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers you purchased can be shipped to most countries and regions around the world, through FedEx / DHL / UPS / TNT / EMS and other shipping channels, you don't need to worry about it. However, a few remote carriers will charge special service fees (only in rare cases, we will contact you in advance if there are any). If you have any questions, please contact our customer service.
6. What should I do if there is a problem with the transportation of my Peugeot Expert wheel spacers?
Each product from BONOSS will carry out good packaging to ensure that there will be no scratches during the shipping. In rare cases, due to the reasons of a third party, the items may be damaged, lost, delayed, etc. during the shipping. Once this happens, or if you encounter any problems during the delivery of your Peugeot Expert wheel spacers, please contact us in time, and we will help you strive for the best benefits. Please note: In some cases, when BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers arrive at your local delivery service point, you will be fully responsible for the return or damage of the package due to your failure to clear customs or sign for receipt in time.
Thank you for choosing BONOSS Peugeot Expert Wheel Spacers. In order to provide you with a more convenient, fast, and safe payment method, BONOSS selects most of the popular international trading methods. If none of the payments below is suitable for you, please contact us for the solution. So far, BONOSS fully supports the following payments:
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We sincerely hope that our products bring a good experience and happiness to your life. The return will bring actual interest losses to each other, we do not recommend this, but we fully respect your right to return. We agree to a 100% refund for the product when the following conditions are met, but you need to bear the resulting freight and taxes.
(1) Within 30 calendar days.
(2) The product has not been used, the package is complete, and the product will not affect the second use.
(3) Customized products do not support returns.
If you have consulted our professional services before purchasing, and the product is not applicable due to our reasons, we will take the responsibility of returning the product(s). For more details, check on Terms and Conditions.
Thank you for choosing BONOSS Peugeot Expert Wheel Spacers. BONOSS has been designing and manufacturing wheel spacers since 2007. Professional production experience and excellent product quality make us confident to provide a Super Long Warranty Service up to 10 years that far exceeds the period of most brands.
BONOSS promises that if there is any quality problem with the product within 10 years, we will provide warranty service. Please Check Warranty.
Thank you for choosing BONOSS Peugeot Expert wheel spacers! We believe that you are in love with life and like to share your life, just like other Peugeot Expert owners. We hope that you are willing to share your happiness with your friends on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and other social networks telling them why you choose BONOSS, sharing the process of installing the Peugeot Expert wheel spacers, before and after comparison, and your experience after the installation. Also, the story between you and your Peugeot Expert, videos about your upgrade the wheel kits, brakes, aero kits, suspension systems…
We welcome all of you to post your story on social networks and @BONOSS(or #bonoss), or leave a message to us, we will repost on the BONOSS official website and social platforms, to share your happiness with more friends.
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The health and social care system is facing significant pressures due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Health and care information is essential to deliver care to individuals, to support health and social care services and to protect public health. Information will also be vital in researching, monitoring, tracking and managing the outbreak. In the current emergency it has become even more important to share health and care information across relevant organisations.
Existing law which allows confidential patient information to be used and shared appropriately and lawfully in a public health emergency is being used during this outbreak. Using this law the Secretary of State has required NHS Digital; NHS England and Improvement; Arms Length Bodies (such as Public Health England); local authorities; health organisations and GPs to share confidential patient information to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak. Any information used or shared during the Covid-19 outbreak will be limited to the period of the outbreak unless there is another legal basis to use the data. Further information is available on gov.uk here and some FAQs on this law are available here.
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In order to look after your health and care needs we may share your confidential patient information including health and care records with clinical and non clinical staff in other health and care providers, for example neighbouring GP practices, hospitals and NHS 111. We may also use the details we have to send public health messages to you, either by phone, text or email.
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Carpentry Handyman
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Are you ready to join a team that answers all customer calls for you, fills your schedule, and provides you with your own van? At Mr. Handyman we're growing our team of handyman professionals so we can continue to be one of the most well-respected home repair and maintenance companies in the country. We're looking for highly-skilled craftsman who can "do it all" while taking excellent care of our customers.
Mr. Handyman is known for exceptional service, quality work, and our "Done Right Promise." We stand behind this commitment because we only hire the best and work hard to take care of all our team members.
When you join the Mr. Handyman team, you get so much more than a job you get a career you can be proud of, and the support of industry-leading software and business systems.
Why You'll Want to Join Our Team
Here are just a few of the benefits you'll receive when joining the Mr. Handyman team.
- Company-supplied van with gas card
- A back office that takes care of filling your schedule, so you don't have to
- An office team that answers all calls and helps you take care of the customers
- Flexibility with hours so you can take care of life's important events
- Your own iPad and technology support for using our state-of-the-art internal system, ServiceTitan
- And so much more
Your Responsibilities as a Handyman Professional
- Completing Maintenance & Repairs - You'll be completing small to medium maintenance and repairs for home and commercial projects. The project length can range from two hours to two days.
- Making Recommendations and Managing Expectations with Customers - You'll communicate with customers to help them understand what they need to have done and manage expectations about the scope of work and costs.
- Create Life-Long Customers - Deliver a great experience that wows life-long repeat customers. You will follow the Mr. Handyman Way - a repeatable process that makes it easy to wow the customer every time.
How We'll Measure Performance
Here are some of the ways that we'll measure your performance in the role.
- Customer Satisfaction (NPS) - For every job, you will encourage customers to complete a survey for them to rate their satisfaction with the service. You'll need both a high response rate and high satisfaction rate.
- Revenue Target - Our office gets you in the door and it's your job to stay there and find additional ways to be of service to the customer.
- Effective Billing Rate - It's your responsibility to invoice appropriately, source any needed materials, and collect payment from the customer.
- Recall Percentage - We guarantee all our work for one year. The work needs to be done correctly, the first time.
What We Want From You
- Culture alignment
- Rockstars only
- Bought into the vision
- Meets our expectations, which are]
To Succeed in this Role
- You'll need to self-manage as you'll be alone often.
- You'll need to speak with customers and provide excellent customer service while asking for reviews and collecting payments.
- You'll need to have the necessary tools, including the ability to use technology.
- You'll need to document the job while following our process, the Mr. Handyman Way.
- You'll need to wear proper PPE as well as booties to protect our customer's home.
Job Requirements
These are the minimum requirements to be considered for this position.
- Live within the area
- Have 2+ years' experience as a paid handyman
- Own your own hand tools
- Be insurable for driving our vehicle
- Complete a background and driving record check
- Able to lift 50 pounds independently
- Able to safely work at heights and work overheard for extended periods of time
- Professional appearance and maintenance of company-provided vehicle
As an experienced Handyman, you have strong proficiency in at least three (3) of the following:
- Carpentry work
- Bathroom improvements
- Kitchen improvements
- Painting, both inside and out
- Drywall work, minor and major repairs
- General plumbing and electrical, where allowed by law
- Floor installation and refurbishing
- Familiar with building codes
Benefits & Pay
The pay range for this position is $20.00 to $40.00 (Commission pay structure is available as well) and is dependent on your experience as a professional handyman as well as your experience with other home repair and maintenance projects such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and drywall.
Other Benefits Include:
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Medical, dental, vision insurance
Retirement Plans (company matched)
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Remember, we're looking to hire only the best. If that's you, APPLY TODAY!
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You are applying to work for a franchise owner of Mr. Handyman, not Mr. Handyman SPV LLC or any of its affiliates. If hired, the franchise owner will be your only employer. Franchise owners are independent business owners who are solely responsible for their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchise owners. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.
Application Instructions
Please click on the link below to apply for this position. A new window will open and direct you to apply at our corporate careers page. We look forward to hearing from you!
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NEW YORK — When it comes to classical music and American culture, the fat lady hasn't just sung. Brünnhilde has packed her bags and moved to Boca Raton.
Classical music has been circling the drain for years, of course. There's little doubt as to the causes: the fingernail grip of old music in a culture that venerates the new; new classical music that, in the words of Kingsley Amis, has about as much chance of public acceptance as pedophilia; formats like opera that are extraordinarily expensive to stage; and an audience that remains overwhelmingly old and white in an America that's increasingly neither.
Don't forget the attacks on arts education, the Internet-driven democratization of cultural opinion, and the classical trappings – fancy clothes, incomprehensible program notes, an omerta-caliber code of audience silence – that never sit quite right in the homeland of popular culture.
The holiday season typically provides a much-needed transfusion. But the most recent holidays came after an autumn that The New Yorker called the art form's "most significant crisis" since the Great Recession. Looking at the trend lines, it's hard to hear anything other than a Requiem.
Let's start by following the money. In 2013, total classical album sales actually rose by 5 percent, according to Nielsen. But that's hardly a robust recovery from the 21 percent decline the previous year. And consider the relative standing of classical music. Just 2.8 percent of albums sold in 2013 were categorized as classical. By comparison, rock took 35 percent; R&B 18 percent; soundtracks 4 percent. Only jazz, at 2.3 percent, is more incidental to the business of American music.
What about the airwaves? There are only a handful of commercial classical music stations left in America. One of the last, KDB in Santa Barbara, Calif., was put up for sale in October after years of "six-figure losses."
Even public classical radio is in trouble. The number of noncommercial classical radio stations – on the air and online – has risen. But much of that growth is due to commercial stations switching to a public format. Actual listenership continues to decline.
And some public classical stations have ditched the music. One such station, WUIS in Illinois, added an online classical channel after switching the main station to talk and news. As the station's manager put it, "Classical radio is one of those things that's slowly going away." Sirius XM, the satellite and online radio provider, has nine jazz channels, 20 Latino channels, and eight Canada-themed channels – but only two traditionally classical stations. One, called Symphony Hall, has 3,500 Facebook likes. Sirius' all-Pearl Jam channel has 11,000; their D.J. Tiesto-curated channel has 89,000.
Now let's look at classical concerts. Live classical music is less commercially viable than ever. Attendance per concert has fallen, according to Robert Flanagan, an emeritus professor at Stanford. But "even if every seat were filled, the vast majority of U.S. symphony orchestras still would face significant performance deficits." Live orchestral music is essentially a charity case. A Bloomberg story on the recent wave of orchestra bankruptcies (an unheard-of phenomenon outside of the U.S., says Flanagan) notes that by 2005, orchestras got more money from donations than from ticket sales. The New York City Opera, once hailed as the "people's opera," filed for bankruptcy in October. If the "people" want opera, they've got a funny way of showing it.
Non-orchestral performances are harder to track. But Greg Sandow, a musician and writer, reports anecdotal evidence for a decline in chamber music. There's also grim data from the NEA that shows the percentage of adults who attended a classical concert (even one per year) declined from 13 percent in 1982 to 11.6 percent in 2002, and 9.3 percent in 2008. A further decline to 8.8 percent in 2012 was not considered statistically significant, though significant declines in those years occurred in the 35-44 and 45-54 age bands.
Which brings us to demographics. Sandow notes that back in 1937, the median age at orchestra concerts in Los Angeles was 28. Think of that! That was the year, by the way, that Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony's summer festival, was founded. I grew up near Tanglewood and had various summer jobs there in the 1990s. When I worked at the beer and wine stand, I almost never carded anyone.
Sandow and NEA data largely back up what I saw on Tanglewood's fabled lawns two decades ago. Between 1982 and 2002, the portion of concertgoers under 30 fell from 27 percent to 9 percent; the share over age 60 rose from 16 percent to 30 percent. In 1982 the median age of a classical concertgoer was 40; by 2008 it was 49.
If classical music was merely becoming the realm of the old – an art form that many of us might grow into appreciating – that might be manageable. But Sandow's data on the demographics of classical audiences suggest something worse. Younger fans are not converting to classical music as they age. The last generation to broadly love classical music may simply be aging, like World War I veterans, out of existence.
But are there any bright spots at all? Despite the worries over music education, instrument purchases for schools have remained fairly constant at just under one instrument for every 50 kids, each year. That's not a lot, and instruction time and quality is another question. But at least instruments are physically in the classrooms.
And it's not as though the classical music world isn't trying to address its image problems. Kudos to Groupmuse, for example, which arranges informal but high-quality live classical performances in Boston-area private homes, and markets them to a young audience ("halfway between a chamber music concert and a house party. Jam out on the air-violin if that's your thing!").
Greg Sandow also notes that America's population growth will continue to buy time for classical music. Some strong institutions, like Tanglewood, will endure – maybe even thrive – on a declining share of a growing pie.
Myself, I cling to the forlorn hope that classical music has been down for so long, it must somehow be due for a comeback.
More realistically, though, I'm hoping for Jeff Bezos to step in. He recently described Amazon as a symphony of people, software and robots. Maybe he'd like a struggling orchestra to go with his newspaper.
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