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Feeling Defeated And Entrapped Is Linked To Anxiety And Depression
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This is the conclusion of research being presented at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology in York by Alys Griffiths and colleagues from Manchester and Leicester Universities.
Alys set up a study where people from economically deprived areas, over half of whom were experiencing levels of defeat and entrapment that were clinically relevant, completed measures of defeat, entrapment, depression and anxiety on two occasions 12 months apart. Her analysis of the results showed that people's levels of feelings of entrapment and defeat at the start of the study predicted changes in anxiety and depression a year later. Targeting these feelings and the causes for them could be crucial in improving mental health in people from poorer areas. Alys says: "People in socioeconomic deprivation are more likely to feel trapped in a no-win situation and develop mental health problems. This study is the first to demonstrate that defeat and entrapment are risk factors for common mental health problems within the general population. Our results suggest that screening for defeat and entrapment may help with early identification of people who may be at risk of developing mental health problems.
British Psychological Society (BPS) (2013, December 5). Feeling defeated, entrapped is linked to anxiety, depression. ScienceDaily.
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Tablet computers, like the iPad, have become indispensable tools at trade shows and events. The challenge is integrating them into your exhibit securely, attractively, and affordably. The innovative MOD-211 insert option is available for most counters, kiosks, and workstations.
The tablet mounts below the counter top using thumbscrews, and the base is CNC cut for power and data cables. The tablet computer is surrounded by a lip which prevents anyone from casually removing it. In short . . . it's attractive, secure, and an inexpensive addition to most counters or workstations.
Your first step is to identify what features you need. Do you need internal storage? How about graphics? Do you want laminate, aluminum, or fabric surfaces?
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In addition, all the counters and pedestals are organized:
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The simple fact is that most counters and pedestals ship with exhibits. As a result, they may fit in the same case, crate, or tub as the display, but, we never know until you select your display. If we included the case, then it wouldn't reflect realistic prices in most situations.
We do list the ship case options, so you know whether it will fit in a portable case(s) or if it requires a crate.
Give us a call or send us an email if you have any questions. We want you to understand all your options.
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- "She is indeed most wondrous fair. Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red, red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose."
- ―Maleficent
Princess Aurora is the protagonist of Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. She is the daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah.
She is the third official Disney Princess, and the last to be developed by Walt Disney.
Official descriptions
Disney Princess
- Aurora is gentle and loving, and is raised by three fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. She lives in the forest, where she meets the Prince, her one true love.
- Princess Aurora is a curious and thoughtful child who develops a bond with nature that rivals only Maleficent's. But as she grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy.
The original design for Aurora has developed by Tom Oreb, who based figure of Aurora on Audrey Hepburn's thin frame and graceful demeanor. Later, Marc Davis worked on sketches of Oreb, improving the appearance and clothing of the heroine so that they were combined with angular forms of background images.
Marc Davis' wife, Alice, designed some of Aurora's costumes.[2] According to the designer, this was her first job at the Walt Disney Studios, during which she became Marc's wife in 1956.
As with other Disney films, an actress was hired as a live-action model, as a guide for the animators. Helene Stanley became the model for the heroine.[3] She had previously worked on this post, fulfilling the role of Cinderella.
Aurora is kind, elegant, and sophisticated, as well as a hopeless romantic. At first, she is seen as a slightly naive and carefree young woman as a result of being sheltered for most of her life. Aurora is very loyal to her "aunts" and usually obeys their rules respectfully, although she may disagree with them. Since she was raised not to talk to strangers, Aurora was naturally startled and apprehensive when the handsome Prince Phillip appeared in the forest. However, she was drawn to him before remembering her aunts' rule about not talking to strangers. Aurora then compromised in agreeing to talk to him by arranging to meet him at her cottage, under the supervision of her aunts. In later media, she is shown to have matured and become more self-assured, proactive, independent and confident in her opinions and abilities. Though it can arguably be said that as a character, she is very difficult to pin down, due to her short appearance in the movie, at least awake, that is.
Physical appearance
Aurora is a young woman, magically blessed with wavy waist-length golden hair like sunshine, violet eyes, a tall and slender figure, and lips that shame the red rose. Her complexion is fair and flawless, and unlike Snow White or Cinderella, her face is less rounded and more refined, giving her an appearance of maturity rather than youth despite being only sixteen.
As a peasant, she wears a gray calf-length half-circle skirt with a funny-looking white petticoat, a black bodice over a light gray blouse with long sleeves and goes barefoot. She also has a black headband and carries a purple shawl.
As her princess self, she wears a pink or blue ball gown with a petal overskirt, a neatly-laced white petticoat, and long triangular sleeves. During the original film, Aurora's gown is blue as seen when Flora and Merryweather fight for the colors of her gown either in pink or blue even at the end of the film where Aurora dances with Prince Phillip in a ballroom dance. But in later appearances and merchandise, Aurora's gown is depicted as pink.
In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, Aurora was given a magic wand from Merryweather to use, and Aurora was able to wield its magical powers such as making two stacks of papers pick themselves up, transforming her nightgown into a ballgown with a dazzling necklace, matching earrings, and a jeweled tiara. She summoned chickens and cows and temporarily turned a man into a duck. Later in the story, Aurora fixed her problems and gave away the cows to peasants. At the end of the story, she returned the wand to Merryweather.
In the original film, despite Aurora having been enchanted by Maleficent, a powerful sorceress, Aurora's willpower combined with shouts from the fairies temporarily gave her the strength to regain control of herself for a few seconds.
Sleeping Beauty
Aurora's parents named her after the Roman goddess of the dawn because she filled their lives with the sunshine. Soon after she was born, she was presented to the kingdom at a christening, where she was betrothed to Prince Phillip, the son of King Stefan's good friend King Hubert. Also invited were the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, who bestow blessings on the newborn princess. Flora and Fauna give the infant princess the gifts of beauty and song, respectively. However, before Merryweather has the opportunity to give her gift, the evil fairy Maleficent arrives. Angered because she wasn't invited to the ceremony, Maleficent puts a curse on baby Aurora. According to Maleficent, before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. Maleficent disappears, leaving everyone in shock and horrified. Merryweather, though unable to lift the curse, could soften it. Instead of death, she would remedy the situation by placing Aurora into an enchanted sleep, only to be awakened by true love's kiss if this was to happen.
Still fearful for the princess' safety, the three good fairies agree to hide the princess as a peasant for 16 years, until the danger has passed. They take the baby to a cottage in the forest and raise her, disguising themselves as her mortal aunts and renaming her Briar Rose.
On Aurora's sixteenth birthday, her "aunts" send her out into the forest, so that they can prepare her birthday party in secret. While Aurora was out, she dreams of meeting a handsome prince, while singing "Once Upon a Dream". At first, she was singing with her forest friends. But she soon meets Prince Phillip, who had followed her melodic voice. Not knowing who Phillip was, or of their betrothal, she believes him to be a stranger and attempts to leave. However, she dances with him for a bit and ends up falling in love. When he asked for her name, she then left, realizing she wasn't allowed to give her name to strangers. She does, however, tell him where she lives and asks him to meet her there that night.
At home, Briar Rose comes home to a splendid birthday party. She tells her aunts about the young man that she met but was confused when they are not happy for her. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather reveal Briar Rose's true identity as Princess Aurora, as well as the fact that she was betrothed. The fairies sadly explain that she can never see the young man again, not knowing that he was actually her betrothed. Heartbroken, Aurora breaks into tears as she heads upstairs to weep on her bed.
The fairies bring the upset Aurora back to her father's castle and take her to a room where they conjure a crown and place it on her head to help her realize her royal identity. However, a heartbroken Aurora begins to cry and the fairies decide to leave her alone to grieve. While they are gone, Maleficent enchants the princess and leads her up an abandoned tower staircase. At the top floor of the empty room, Maleficent conjures a spinning wheel. The fairies realize the danger and frantically run up the stairs to stop Aurora, but before they can, Maleficent forces the girl to prick her finger, invoking the curse. The fairies arrive, but run into Maleficent, who mocks their efforts to stop her, reveals the fallen princess, who has been cursed, and vanishes.
The fairies place Aurora, now in an enchanted slumber, upon a bed at the top of the highest tower. While putting everyone else in the castle to sleep, the fairies discover that Phillip had been the man that Aurora met after overhearing King Hubert speak of the prince meeting a peasant girl. So the fairies go to the cottage to get Phillip, but are prompted to go to Forbidden Mountain, Maleficent's domain, after discovering that Maleficent has captured the prince. They rescue Phillip from the dungeon and arm him with the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue, then have to fend off Maleficent's minions and finally exit the Forbidden Mountain and head for Stefan's castle, but Maleficent tries to prevent further entrance by assaulting him with her magic, though Phillip hacked through the spells with effort. Angered at this, Maleficent suddenly appears in their way and transforms into a dragon. After defeating the dragon with help from the fairies, Phillip enters the castle and walks up the staircase to the tower room where Aurora was still sleeping. He gives her a kiss, true love's kiss, which finally awakens Aurora and breaks the curse. Aurora smiles after she realizes that her betrothed and her love are the same people.
The pair goes down to meet Aurora's parents and Phillip's father, and Aurora kisses King Hubert on his cheek before sharing a dance with Phillip. While the couple dance, Flora and Merryweather reignite their rivalry on their respective colors as the two bickering fairies relentlessly change the color on her dress with their magic. Aurora's dress keeps changing colors as she and Phillip continue dancing and share another kiss, with the final words in the book, below the illustration of the couple romantically kissing (and the color of Aurora's dress still changing from blue to pink) "and they lived happily ever after".
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Princess Aurora appears in the first Sleeping Beauty story, "Keys to the Kingdom", since the original film, this time as the main protagonist. In the story, Prince Phillip, King Hubert, King Stefan and Queen Leah go off for a Royal Conference for two days. During this time Princess Aurora, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are in charge of the Kingdom until they return. Throughout the segment, Aurora attempts to rely on staying calm during hectic situations but this proves to be a challenge. Later on, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather leave the castle to return Hubert's forgotten speech. Before she left, Merryweather allowed Aurora to use her magic wand during harsh times. Aurora initially thought of this as an easy way to avoid a hassle, ignoring her original vow to stay calm. Soon enough, the magic causes more trouble than before having her result to her previous plans which prevail. Aurora succeeds and when the others return, they enjoy a banquet she prepared. It was implied in this story that Aurora's favorite color was pink seeing how she only wore her pink princess dress for this entire story and she changed the color of her nightgown pink right before she went to bed.
Mary Costa, the original voice of Aurora, was not fond of this story and felt that it did not work.[4]
Sofia the First
Aurora appears in the Christmas Special "Holiday in Enchancia". She is the first Disney Princess to not sing on the show, instead, she only gives Sofia some good advice.
When King Roland goes missing, Sofia and her family go out into the cold blizzard snow to find him, but as a result, they get lost, too.
When Sofia's amulet starts to glow, she wanders off to a spot where she can be alone and finds Aurora. Aurora tells Sofia she can always count on her animal friends to help her through tough times, before disappearing.
Cameos and other appearances
A modernized Aurora can be seen walking down a street in Oliver and Company, shortly after Oliver, Dodger, Rita, Francis, Tito, and Einstein finish singing "Streets of Gold" but before they raid the Foxworth limousine resulting in Oliver being found and adopted by Jenny, who was riding inside.
Aurora makes numerous cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse. In her notable appearance in the episode "House of Genius", Aurora and Phillip were waiting to be welcomed by Donald but as he slept on the job she commented: "And they call me Sleeping Beauty!". In "Ask Von Drake", during Ludwig Von Drake's song, Aurora slept at her time having Ludwig leave an alarm clock by her side. In "Jiminy Cricket", she was advised by Jiminy to use a sewing machine as opposed to a spinning wheel. She also appears in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse and briefly in Mickey's House of Villains.
Aurora was also one of the many heroines set to appear in the abandoned short, Princess Academy. In one piece of concept art, her silhouette can be seen dancing alongside Belle and Megara, whilst another shows her on a boat, listening to a story being told by Alice's sister.
Live-action appearances
Once Upon a Time
Aurora appears in the second, third, and fourth seasons of the ABC television series Once Upon a Time. She is portrayed by Sarah Bolger.
It was revealed that her mother Briar Rose was afflicted with the same curse by Maleficent years before, making her the second "Sleeping Beauty".
Aurora was born to King Stefan and Queen Briar Rose. From her parents, she knows Maleficent once cursed her mother into an eternal sleep before her father awakened her with true love's kiss. Years later she is betrothed to Prince Phillip (portrayed by Julian Morris). But before they could marry, while happily brushing her hair one night, Maleficent approaches her. The sorceress admits she has thought about killing Briar Rose and King Stefan, but that it would be much better to allow them to live and see what she will do to their daughter. Aurora tries running, but Maleficent catches her by the arm. The princess attempts to intimidate her rival with the prospects of true love's kiss, which will break any curse. Instead, Maleficent reveals she has an equally as satisfying curse for Phillip that will turn him into a monster thus keep him from saving Aurora. As the girl is shouting in mid-protest, Maleficent pierces her with the sleeping curse, rendering her asleep almost instantly beginning her slumber before the casting of the Dark Curse. The palace in which she slumbered was untouched by the curse.
While she slumbered, Phillip and Mulan (portrayed by Jamie Chung) journeyed to find her. They were frozen for 28 years while the Curse was in effect but were able to resume their search after Emma Swan weakened the Curse in Storybrooke. Aurora was awakened by Phillip with True Love's Kiss but soon after Phillip was marked by a creature called a Wraith. He hides it from Aurora and Mulan.
When he goes to sacrifice himself Aurora and Mulan follow him. It is there Aurora discovers Mulan has feelings for Phillip too. But he has his soul sucked out of him by the Wraith and is killed. Aurora and Mulan carry his body back to Aurora's palace where Mulan explains the dark curse to Aurora. They hear a sound and find Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard underneath some rubble. Aurora, thinking that they were responsible for the Wraith's appearance, takes them to a safe haven as prisoners. When Emma and Mary Margaret were thrown into the pit they were eventually brought to the leader who turns out to be Sir Lancelot (portrayed by Sinqua Wells). Aurora expresses her distrust in him to Mulan. She also holds Emma and Snow White responsible for Phillip being gone and wants revenge but Mulan warns her against this. But when her back is turned, Aurora grasps a knife tightly in her hands.
Mulan accompanies Emma and Mary Margaret on their journey to find their way back to Storybrooke but Aurora secretly follows them. When Mary Margaret is alone Aurora seizes the opportunity and holds her and knife-point and holds her responsible for Phillip's death. But Mary Margaret easily overcomes her and pins Aurora to the ground stating that what happened to Phillip was not her fault and that she knows what it is like to lose someone she cared about. Mulan and Emma return to see what is going on. Emma is furious Aurora tried to kill her mother, but Mulan says she will deal with Aurora on her own terms. Later, Mulan is seen telling Aurora to keep up and that it is her own fault for being cold as she should have stayed on the island. Emma takes pity on Aurora and gives her her jacket to keep her warm. At the castle, Aurora and Mulan keep guard at the gate. Later, Aurora agrees to help Mary Margaret and Emma with trying to find another way home as it will give her a chance to channel her anger.
Aurora discovers Captain Hook beneath a pile of bodies, and Hook attempts to deceive the four of them by stating he survived Cora's attack on the camp by hiding under some dead bodies. Emma is not buying his story and pulls a knife on Hook's throat, stating that she wants the truth and she can tell when a person is lying. She then ties Hook to a tree and whistles for the ogres and begins to walk away. Aurora believes that he may be telling the truth, but then Hook reveals his true identity as a shocked Mary Margaret pulls his hook out of his satchel. He states that he was working with Cora, but will now join forces with Emma and her team. He leads them to a giant beanstalk stretching up into the sky, Aurora lagging behind, stating that there is a magical compass at the top, but first they must deal with the giant. At the beanstalk, Aurora volunteers to go up, as she says she has no one left to her in this world but is overridden when Emma says she will go up instead.
After Emma departs, Mulan suggests that the remaining three women split time taking watch. Mary Margaret volunteers to watch first, but Aurora refuses to sleep, saying she is having nightmares since her sleeping curse. Mary Margaret reassures her, saying the dreams will go away in time as she, too, also dealt with the after-effects of the sleeping curse. Later, Aurora wakes up screaming from a nightmare, and Mary Margaret comforts her as Mulan looks on. Aurora describes her dream, in which she is in a windowless door-less room with blood red curtains and flames. Another person, a man, is looking at her from across the room, and she is scared. Mary Margaret comforts her and coaxes her back to sleep. When Mulan moves to cut down the beanstalk, Aurora asks why. Though Mulan was acting on Emma's orders, Mary Margaret tackles her to the ground to stop her from cutting it.
After Emma jumps down from the beanstalk, Aurora wonders where Hook is, and Emma replies that he is being temporarily watched and that the group has a ten-hour head start, so they should take advantage of it. It is later revealed that she and Henry Mills, Emma's son, are experiencing the same nightmare. Aurora is seen sleeping when Emma and Mary Margaret pass by. We see her in her nightmare screaming and becoming engulfed by the flames when Henry reappears with the necklace given to him by Mr. Gold and puts out the flames. He tells her his name is Henry and she shouldn't be afraid. She is awakened by Mary Margaret and explains to her and Emma that there was a little boy in her dream, and his name was Henry. She's later captured by Cora, who tries to use her to get what she wants by revealing that Phillip's soul is in another world.
She refuses to help Cora and is knocked out cold, but Hook releases her and it's revealed he took her heart which Cora uses to manipulate Aurora. Cora and Hook then imprison her and the others in an enchanted dungeon. After the spell on the dungeon is broken, Aurora voluntarily stays behind because she knows that she cannot be trusted since Cora has control of her heart. When Hook and Cora are about to escape to Storybrooke in a portal, they attacked by Snow White, Emma and Mulan. At one point during the battle Cora vanishes and Aurora's heart almost falls into the portal, but Hook saves it because he feels that it is not right for a girl to lose her heart especially to him. Mulan then returns to Aurora and puts her heart back in her body. The two of them then resume their quest to save Phillip.
She appears in the season finale where she, a revived Phillip and Mulan find Neal washed off the coast in the Enchanted Forest. They take him back to the palace and tend to his injuries. Upon awakening, she asks who he is, to which the man responds with his name, Neal. Hastily, Aurora rushes over to bring water to him while Neal wonders where this is. She says him he is in their kingdom, and further questioning prompts Prince Phillip to tell Neal they are in the Enchanted Forest. Shocked, Neal murmurs he is back, which causes Aurora to think he's a native of this land, but Mulan points out his clothes are foreign and similar to Emma and Mary Margaret's. At the mention of Emma's name, Neal realizes they are acquainted with her as well, and tries to explain he needs to save Emma from harm. In attempting to move from the beer, Neal struggles to sit up as his wound is not yet completely healed, but despite that, he is set on finding out if Emma and Henry are alright. Aurora queries if Neal is Henry's father, and goes on to fill him in on how she once met Henry in the Netherworld. She mentions having harnessed the power to walk the dream world and find others like her, and it's possible to find Henry. Neal asks if she can find Emma to let her know he is alive.
Assuming a laying spot on the beer, Aurora attempts to find with Emma or Henry in the dream world. A moment later, Aurora awakens to notify Neal she was unable to make contact. However, Neal recalls his father always had plans and could have left something behind if he ever came back to the Enchanted Forest. He has hopes of finding such an item and using it to get to Emma and Henry by traveling to his father's castle. Prince Phillip raises the question of who his father is, and Neal admits it's Rumplestiltskin. While Aurora and Prince Phillip stay behind, Mulan and Neal head off towards the castle, wishing the two luck in their endeavors.
When Mulan is offered to join Robin Hood's band, she stopped by Aurora's to share the great news, but before Aurora shares a great news of her own: she and Phillip are expecting their first child. After the two are happy to hear both of their respective revelation, Mulan and Aurora exchange happy tearful hugs and say goodbye.
Sometime later, everyone who was sent to Storybrooke by the Dark Curse return to the Enchanted Forest and Aurora and Phillip greets them. However, after welcoming everyone back the two of them realize that they must tell Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West that Storybrooke's residents have returned. If they do not give her this information, she will take their child. However, Aurora and Phillip broke their deal with a revelation to Regina, Belle, Snow White and Charming on the primal goal of the witch on Snow White's baby. Angry, the Wicked Witch transforms them into flying monkeys.
After the Wicked Witch was defeated Leroy revealed that Aurora and Phillip became human again and Aurora is later seen in Storybrooke at the event where Snow White and Prince Charming name their new child. Some time later, Aurora gives birth to a son who is also given the name Phillip. She goes to parenting classes with Snow White and it revealed that she is still trying to understand the ways of the modern world.
Aurora appears in the feature film as Maleficent's secret rival and good friend, portrayed by actress Elle Fanning while Angelina Jolie's daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt portrays her as a 5-year old. Out of all other little girls, Vivienne was the only child that wasn't afraid of her own mother in costume since the other kids in casting would run away in fear of Angelina's appearance.
As an infant, she was out of vengeance cursed by Maleficent that before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on the spindle of a Spinning Wheel and fall into an eternal slumber like death. To keep her safe she was taken into hiding.
Over the next sixteen years, she comes across Maleficent many times as she grows up and comes to believe the wicked fairy is her fairy godmother. Aurora was nicknamed "Beastie" by Maleficent in their first interaction. She is secretly cared for by Maleficent and Diaval since the Pixies are incapable of doing so. Even as a toddler she has no fear of being near Maleficent at all, especially when she hugs her and lets her pick her up.
When Aurora is fifteen, Maleficent brings her to the Moors and two eventually develop a mother-daughter relationship but remains unaware that the fairy she claims to be her Fairy Godmother is the one who had cursed her as an infant. She wishes to stay in the Moors with Maleficent but after learning the truth of her past and Maleficent's identity from the Pixies, she angrily returns to her father. Unfortunately, she was not supposed to return until the day after her sixteenth birthday, and as the sun begins to set, the curse calls to her and follows a whispering voice to the dungeons where all the spinning wheels in the kingdom were burnt. She approaches one spinning wheel that repairs itself and she slowly reaches out for the spindle. She pricks her finger and falls into her eternal deathlike slumber.
Maleficent brings Phillip to her, the prince she met in the forest, hoping his brief meeting with her will be enough to break the spell but unfortunately it does not. So sad and ashamed of what her hatred has brought upon her dearest friend, she gives her a motherly goodbye kiss on the forehead and just before she can walk away a miracle happens: Aurora wakes up happy to see her Fairy Godmother. Maleficent's close and intense motherly love for Aurora was enough to break the curse.
As they try to flee the castle, Maleficent gets captured by Stefan's guards, Aurora tries to save her but she is overpowered and told to run. She finds her way to a room where she finds Maleficent's fairy wings and they're still alive. She manages to free them and they emerge with Maleficent, giving back her ability to fly once again. She allowed Maleficent to kill her deranged father once and for all.
In the last scene, Aurora is crowned Queen of both the human and fairy kingdoms and is reunited with Prince Phillip who both smile at each other as her fairy godmother Maleficent leaves to enjoy flying once again with Diaval. The narrator of the film concludes the tale by revealing that she is, in fact, an elderly Aurora retelling the whole story.
Printed media
Maleficent's Revenge
In this story, Aurora plays more of a heroic role. As the plot follows, Maleficent returns from the deathly Underworld and seeks revenge on Aurora and Phillip in midst of the royal couple's first wedding anniversary. The evil fairy does so by cursing the kingdom, turning everyone, with the exception of Aurora herself, into stone. To save her subjects and loved ones, Aurora travels to the Forbidden Mountains and offers her life in exchange for the kingdom. Maleficent agrees, placing Aurora in a sleep-like death, and freeing the citizens of the kingdom, as promised. After his revival, Phillip rushes off to rescue Aurora, battling and eventually defeating Maleficent in the process. With true love's kiss, Aurora's eternal sleeping spell is broken once again, and peace and order are restored.
Kilala Princess
In the manga series Kilala Princess, Aurora is celebrating her 17th birthday when princesses Kilala and Sylphy and prince Rei enter her world to find a magical gem. Kilala is mistaken for a maid due to her appearance and is forced to work. Aurora finds Kilala on the balcony and comforts her. She has been told that Kilala is in love with Rei, and tells her of her own story with Prince Phillip and what kept her love strong. The witch, Maleficent, emerges to curse Aurora with slumber once more, but Kilala shields the princess from harm, sacrificing herself in the process. Rei kisses Kilala and, through the kiss of true love, breaks the spell and defeats Maleficent permanently. Aurora then gives Kilala a rose quartz, depicting the importance of being faithful to her dreams if she wants them to come true.
She is last seen witnessing Kilala receive her own special gem: an emerald.
Video games
Kingdom Hearts series
In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Aurora's backstory is more or less the same as it was in the film. By the time Terra arrives at the Enchanted Dominion, Aurora has already been placed in a deep slumber under the influence of the curse laid by Maleficent. When Terra reaches the tower and meets Maleficent, she uses the darkness in his heart to temporarily take control of his body and forces him to take Aurora's heart. Her heart was kept in Maleficent's castle until Ventus comes to retrieve it with the three fairies. Although her heart returned, the curse is not broken. Prince Phillip eventually escapes with Aqua's aid and reaches the tower where he kisses Aurora and breaks the spell.
During the ending credits, she and Prince Phillip are seen dancing in the audience chamber of the castle, just like at the end of the movie.
In Kingdom Hearts, she is known to be a Princess of Heart and is among the seven to be captured by Riku and Maleficent. She plays a small but important role in the story. She is placed in another deep sleep with the other princesses until Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy rescue them and Aurora tell them about Ansem. She and the other princesses help open the keyhole and along with the other princesses she gives Sora the power of fire. Later, she tells Sora further information about Maleficent. Afterward, she returns to her home.
Her name is part of the password to enter Tron's world, in Kingdom Hearts II.
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
Aurora appears in the game as a meet-and-greet character outside the Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boutique in Fantasyland. She assigns a few tasks to the player, including helping her prepare a party for the Good Fairies and searching for bird songs. She also participates in the Mickey's Soundsational Parade and Princess Fantasy Faire mini-games.
Disney Parks
Princess Aurora is a meetable character at Disney parks around the world. She is usually at Fantasy Faire in Disneyland Park or in stage shows that include a princess scene. If it is not her and Prince Phillip, it is Belle and Beast or Ariel and Eric.
Aurora has her own spell card known as "Aurora's Rose Petals" in the attraction Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom.
Aurora also appears on the princess themed float in Mickey's Soundsational Parade as well as in Jubilation!, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade and Flights of Fantasy Parade.
For meet-and-greets, Aurora can be found at the Magic Kingdom's Princess Fairytale Hall. In Epcot, She can often be found in the France Pavilion.
Aurora is also present for the Fantasylands of both Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Aurora also makes meet-and-greet appearances aboard the Disney Magic.
She and Phillip can also be seen dancing during the "I See the Light," segment of Disney Dreams! at Disneyland Paris.
Princess Aurora appears during the Princess Melody, but not in every showing. Aurora also reappears riding Steamboat Willie at the top with other Disney Princesses and many other Disney characters.
Dream Along with Mickey
Aurora appeared dancing with Cinderella, Snow White and their princes. Aurora assists Cinderella and Snow White in making Minnie dreams come true as being a princess. She reappeared at the end and celebrate with other Disney characters the defeat of Maleficent and her minions Captain Hook and Mr. Smee.
Disney Princess
Aurora did not receive many changes in her late 2012 redesign. Her bangs no longer sport the distinctive curl in the front and are now combed and curled more to the side like a typical hair parting. Her tiara is no longer as pointy, and the rubies that used to be studded in it have been replaced with pink rose quartz. The white shoulders of her dress are now more refined and streamlined, and no longer as sharp and pointed-looking. The entire dress itself is now decorated with swirly designs of climbing flowers and vines. This reworking of Aurora's look is carried over to the Disney Parks. She also has a more sparkly and glittery redesign for her other blue gown.
In her early redesigns, she had a long sash beneath her hips instead of the triangular cutouts, but in the current redesign, the cutouts remained in her dress.
Palace Pets
Aurora's Palace Pets are Beauty, Bloom, Nuzzles, Fern, Macaron and Ash.
Differences from the source material
Princess Aurora is based on the fairy tale "La Belle Au Bois Dormant" by Charles Perrault, but there are many differences:
- The princess is apparently never named in the original fairy tale.
- Seven fairies found in the realm are invited to be the princess' godmothers at the christening and bestow their gifts at the banquet back at the castle.
- The uninvited eighth fairy (who was long supposed to be dead or enchanted) declares that the princess will prick her hand on a spindle and die from it.
- The seventh fairy undoes the result of her aged kinswoman's gift that the princess will fall into a profound slumber that will last a hundred years and be awoken by a king's son.
- Nevertheless, the king forbids, on pain of death, that spindles and spinning wheels be kept in the house.
- It is one day after the 15th or 16th years that the princess pricks her hand from the spindle.
- It is on the floor of the tower that the princess swoons onto after taking hold of the old serving woman's spindle and is later placed upon a gold and silver embroidered bed in the castle's finest apartment.
- The seventh fairy is summoned and casts a spell of sleep over the castle, except the king and queen who sadly depart.
- Her magic also brings forth a forest of trees big and small with interlacing brambles and thorns that shield the castle (the towers are still seen but from a distance) and to safeguard the princess.
- After a hundred years, a king's son who was from another family awakens the sleeping princess (though he only kneels by her side).
- The castle awakens and the prince and princess are married in the castle chapel.
- After being secretly married, the princess bore two children: a girl, L'Aurore (Dawn in English; Aurora in Latin) and a boy, Le Jour (Day).
- The prince had a mother who hated the princess. The mother was an ogress who loved to eat small children. She sent the young Queen and the children to a house secluded in the woods and directed her cook to cook the three of them. The cook was humane and told the mother that a goat was the young girl, a sheep was the young boy.
- After finding out that the cook had lied and the princess and her children were safe, the ogress prepared a tub to cook them in. After the prince caught his mother, she threw herself into the tub and was fully consumed, and everyone else lived happily ever after.
- Aurora's name means "sunrise" or "dawn" in Latin.
- On a related note, she is also the first Disney Princess to have a name independent of that of the movie she appeared in.
- Out of all Disney Princesses, she has least screen time, 18 minutes to be exact. During those 18 minutes, she said only 18 lines, which makes her, out of all the Disney Princesses, to have the least amount of lines. So technically, this makes the Fairies the protagonists instead of her.
- Coincidentally, Tiana has the second least screen time as a human (19 minutes).
- Her film did not originally do well at the box office nor was it ever re-released in Walt Disney's lifetime. Sleeping Beauty was also the last Princess film made in Disney's lifetime, and the fairy tale genre was not returned to until The Little Mermaid in 1989.
- However, the film developed a loyal following in later years and Aurora has gained much popularity when the Disney Princess franchise was created.
- All the Princesses' films so far were commercially successful during their initial releases, except for Aurora's, thus making her film the only one to be a commercial failure during its initial release. Aurora would, however, later on, appear in the highly successful live-action blockbuster film Maleficent.
- Aurora is also the last "traditional" Disney Princess; as these princesses in that era are more reactive. After that, the later Princesses are more "contemporary" and proactive, starting with Ariel in 1989.
- In the sequel books, she has a palomino horse named Mirette.
- Aurora's alias is Briar Rose, which is also the title of the Brothers Grimm version of the tale.
- The Brothers Grimm version of Sleeping Beauty is based on the 1634 story by Giambattista Basile called Sun, Moon, and Talia.
- The name Aurora is the daughter's name of the Sleeping Beauty in the version of Charles Perrault and is the name for the titular character in the ballet.
- Aurora is the first Disney Princess to have an official alias, Briar Rose.
- Aurora is the first Disney Princess to have both parents present during her film, followed by Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel and Merida. But Tiana's father later died in the war.
- Aurora is one of the eight Disney Princesses to be royal by birth, second after Snow White.
- Aurora remained silent in the second half of the film she originated in, even after being awoken with the kiss. She is second only to Dumbo (who didn't speak at all) to have less dialogue throughout the movie.
- Aurora's dress is constantly changed from blue to pink and back again as a running gag during her film. The constant color change is due to Flora and Merryweather's disagreement on what the color should be.
- Her real name, Aurora, which is mentioned few times in the film, is often unused or even unknown by some fans; by them, she is only called Sleeping Beauty. This is notable in the House of Mouse episode "Jiminy Cricket", Jiminy Cricket addressed Aurora with "Sleeping" and "Beauty" as her first and last names respectively, reflecting on this.
- The final scene of Sleeping Beauty with her and Prince Phillip dancing and going off into the clouds was an abandoned concept from both Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella.
- In the ballet, her father is named King Florestan the XXIVth, the Prince is named Désiré or Florimund and the evil fairy is called Carabosse. There are five fairies named Candide (Candor), Coulante, Fleur de farine (Flowing, Wheat flour), Miettes qui tombent (Falling breadcrumbs), Canari qui chante (Singing canary), and Violente (Force). The Lilac Fairy is the final and sixth good fairy and is considered the most powerful.
- Aurora's original voice actress, Mary Costa, is the only actress alive of the first three Princesses. Both Adriana Caselotti and Ilene Woods passed away.
- Strangely, in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Aurora's bed vanishes, as does Aurora herself when completing Terra's and Ventus's scenarios in her world, when she should be asleep in her bed. Though more than likely for the story of the world, it means that Aurora is awake due to Aqua helping Prince Phillip rescuing her.
- Coincidentally, Kate Higgins, the latest voice actor for Aurora, also voices Briar Beauty, the daughter of Sleeping Beauty in the Mattel webisode series Ever After High.
- Unlike most Princesses, her appearance is given more as that of a mature woman, rather than a 16-year old teenage girl.
External links
- ↑ Sleeping Beauty (Platinum Edition). [DVD audio commentary]. Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 2008.
- ↑ Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition. Perfect Picture: Making of Sleeping Beauty. A documentary, 2008
- ↑ Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition. Once Upon a Dream: Making of Sleeping Beauty. 2003
- ↑ http://www.dvdizzy.com/sleepingbeauty-interview2.html
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SCOTT PETERSON - Monday, September 12, 2011
The Bundesliga got back underway as Timmy Chandler manned the defensive flanks for Nuremburg and Daniel Williams made his debut alongside Fabian Johnson for 1899 Hoffenheim.
Mainz 05 0 - 4Hoffenheim
Fabian Johnson got the starting nod and Daniel Williams made his debut in the second half as 1899 Hoffenheim thrashed Mainz 05 on the road to pick up their third victory of the season.
Head coach Holger Stanislavski opted to start newcomer Williams on the bench, but went with Johnson in his familiar attacking midfield role. Both were surely anxious to get on the field to showcase their talents after Juergen Klinsman dropped by to observe Hoffenheim's two new Americans at practice on Friday.
The game enjoyed a lively opening 15 minutes, and although both sides saw plenty of the ball it was Hoffenheim that had the better start. Dutch striker Ryan Babel squandered a golden opportunity in the seventh minute as he was unable to beat Mainz keeper Heinz Müller after being played in by a pin-point pass from Brazilian playmaker Roberto Firmino.
In the 16th minute, it was Firmino once again in the middle of the action. Mainz defender Eugen Polanski was dispossessed by the Brazilian deep in his own half. Firmino then kept his cool, skirted past Müller and slotted home with his left foot for the 1-0 lead.
Just before the first half came to a close, Ryan Babel was dropped in the box by defender Zdenek Pospech. Babel stepped up and converted from the spot for the 2-0 halftime score line.
In the 57th minute, Stanislavski brought on Williams for striker Mlapa to solidify the defense, but it was the defensive debutant setting up Babel's second goal with a perfectly weighted pass in the 76th minute to play Babel in behind the Mainz backline. The Dutchman then outran Niko Bungert, cut past Polanski and fired a powerful right-footed shot past Müller for an insurmountable 3-0 lead.
Mainz defender Nikolce Noveski then capped off an afternoon to forget for the home squad with an own goal after attempting to deal with Firmino's cross.
The 4-0 victory was the first win ever for Hoffenheim against Mainz.
Next week Hoffenheim host VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday. After an encouraging debut for Hoffenheim, it will be interesting to see if Williams can crack the starting lineup. Hoffenheim sit in fifth place with nine points from five games.
VfB Stuttgart 3 - 0 Hannover 96
Hannover 96 captain Steve Cherundolo played 90 minutes in defense on Saturday as the Lower Saxons lost for the first time this year falling to VfB Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Stuttgart made their presence known early, keeping Hannover's dangerous counter-attack in check by getting physical and giving the guests no room to operate; Cherundolo was on the receiving end of Christian Molinaro's elbow in the seventh minute and needed treatment.
Just as he came back, the hosts took the lead with their first chance of the match. Martin Harnik crossed for Japanese striker Okazaki, who reacted quicker than the aforementioned Cherundolo, and fired the ball under the crossbar for the 1-0 lead.
Hannover needed a good 10 minutes to put the goal behind them, but save Sergio Pinto's long-distant effort in the 22nd minute the guests could not break their opponents down. Stuttgart nearly let the guests back into the game in the 35th minute, when Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz deflected Konstantin Rausch's cross that was speeding for the far 90. Only a stellar save by Stuttgart keeper Sven Ulreich prevented the own goal.
After the break it was another error by Stuttgart that nearly gave the guests an equalizer. Mexican defender Maza made a massive boot, turning over the ball to striker Lars Stindl in a dangerous spot. Stindl then laid of for his fellow striker Didier Ya Konan, but Ulreich saved the day for the home team once again, stopping the Ivorian's shot and Stindl's rebound.
It was not until the 79th minute that the hosts could put the game away as Stuttgart's Serbian midfielder Kuzmanovic fired in a shot from 27 yards out to beat Hannover's Ron-Robert Zieler. Just 8 minutes Stuttgart piled on the pain for the guests as Serdar Tasci knocked in Pavel Pogrebnyak's cross from short range for the final 3-0 score.
It was Hannover's first loss on the season and it will not get any easier next week as they entertain Borussia Dortmun in Hannover on Sunday.
FC Cologne 1 - 2 FC Nurnberg
Timmy Chandler assumed his starting fullback spot for Dieter Hecking, going the distance and helping Nuremberg score another win, this time against Cologne in Sunday Bundesliga action.
The action picked up in the 31st minute as Nuremberg's Markus Feulner was brought down in the box by Cologne's Brazilian defender Pedro Geromel. Belgian midfielder stepped up to the spot and beat keeper Michael Rensing for the 1-0 lead.
Just four minutes later it was a repeat performance by the players involved in the 31st as Geromel once again fouled a Nuremberger, this time tackling young Czech striker Tomas Pekhart in the area. Simmons stepped up and converted the ensuing penatly kick with ease for the 2-0 lead.
Cologne was undeterred, and pulled one back just five minutes later as Slovomir Peszko played in a nice ball to German striker Lukas Poldolski, whose hard, left-footed shot was spilled by Alexander Stephan landing at the feet of Adil Chihi, who easily tapped home making it 2-1.
Although Nuremberg was reduced to ten men after Pekhart was sent to the showers for repeated bookable offenses, Cologne could not get anything going offensively. With the straight red card shown to Miso Brecko in the 75th minute for a reckless foul on Feulner, Cologne's hopes of netting an equalizer suffered an insurmountable blow. Nuremberg killed off the game and took all three points.
The victory leaves Nuremberg in seventh place with nine points from five games. Next up for Dieter Hecking's men is a home game against resurgent Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Union Berlin 4 - 1 Ingolstadt 04
Edson Buddle started for Igolstadt against Berlin on Sunday, but was subbed off early due to injury and was unable to help as he watched his squad squander an early lead to lose in 2. Bundesliga action.
In the opening minutes of the game, Buddle collided with Berlin defender Patrick Kohlmann and had to be taken off to receive treatment. He was able to continue, and had a hand in the opening goal. After shaking off both Kohlmann and Ahmed Madouni, Buddle found fullback Moise Bambara in space on the right. Bambara then crossed for Moritz Hartmann, who was wide open in front of goal and easily tapped the ball over the line.
Shortly thereafter, Buddle was subbed off as he could not continue.
It was all down hill from there for Igolstadt. Christian Stuff outjumped his defender after a freekick in the 21st minute to equalizer with a well-placed header.
Not ten minutes later, the hoime team took the deserved lead as Berlin combined well with the ball eventually making its way to Brazilian striker Silvio, whose silky first touch put him past his defender and into space in front of goal. From there he made no mistake putting the ball into the back of the net with his right foot for the 2-1 lead.
Right after the restart, Berlin extended their lead when Torsten Matttushka took the backend of a give and go with Silvio and then deeked Igolstadt keeper Sascha Kirschstein to slide the ball over the line in the 49th minute for the 3-1 score.
Silvio then rounded out the scoring late in the game with his second goal as he took Simon Terodde's pass and curled in his right-footed shot for the 4-1 final score.
The extent and severity of Buddle's injury was not clear after the game, so it will be interesting to see if he factors into Ingolstadt's plans for next week's home game against Dresden on Friday.
SC Paderborn 0 - 0 Alemania Aachen
Matt Taylor got the start and played just under 70 minutes for Paderborn, but could not help his team grab an ellusive goal on Friday.
Paderborn had a couple of early chances, but both Taylor in the 4th minute and Nick Proschwitz in the 10th minute failed to find the target. The hosts best chance of the first half came in the 25th minute, but striker Kara could only manage to hit the post from 3 yards out, even though he was wide open.
The rattled woodwork seemed to wake up the last place guests, who finally managed to muster a couple of half chances with shots from distance in the 28th and 32nd minutes. In the 35th minute, Paderborn's defender Strohdiek lost track of Aachen striker Junglas, but his shot was expertly saved by Paderborn keeper Kruse.
In the second half, both teams pressed for a goal with Paderborn's Meha having the best shot at scoring, but his shot in the 76th minute was saved by Aachen's keeper Waterman.
Ultimately both teams were either unable to beat the oppossing keeper or were stopped by the woodwork. It was Paderborn's second goalless draw in as many games. They will try to buck the trend next week when they visit VfL Bochum on Sunday.
Babelsberg 1 - 2 Unterhaching
Amaechi Igwe was on the losing end of a frustrating encounter with Unterhaching that saw his team play well, take the lead but come up short in 3. Bundesliga play.
Babelsberg started brightly and controlled the run of play, but failed to turn their possession into goals. That all changed in the 25th minute as Kauffmann danced around a couple of defenders before calling his own number to slot past the keeper.
The goal woke up the guests, who began playing more confidently and grabbed an equalizer just ten minutes later when Stegmayer's corner was headed in by Tunjic. It was the last noteworthy action of the first half.
After the restart, the game was open and both teams had chances to take the lead. Babelsberg's offense was negated by several offsides against, while the guests relied on set pieces. In the 70th minute the guests scored again off a corner as Sternisko fired in a rebound past keeper Unger.
Babelsberg is back in action on Wednesday as they travel to Chemnitz.
Jermaine Jones did not make the gameday roster for Schalke 04 as they lost to VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 on Sunday.
Preston Zimmerman was an unused substitue for Darmstadt as they fell to Wacker Burghausen 3-2.
Ricardo Clark was named to the gameday roster but did not see any action as promotion hopefuls Eintracht Frankfurt tied Energie Cottbus 3-3, for their second tie in as many games.
Bobby Wood sat on the bench as 1860 Munich were pummeled by St. Pauli 4-1.
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Homeward Bound
This story appears in the January 1999 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
One of your best employees moves to her dream house on the lake but isn't excited about commuting downtown to your office. Is it possible to have her work from home? And while you're at it, could this arrangement work for your out-of-state tech specialist? How about those sales team members who are gone so much that their desks are a waste of space?
A growing number of companies are turning to telecommuting in hopes of retaining key employees, increasing productivity and improving efficiency. According to the Kensington Technology Group, a San Mateo, California, manufacturer of computer accessories, 8.2 million Americans telecommute regularly. And in a survey of employers released last April, Kensington found that employees report being 30 percent more productive when working from home.
Whether experimenting with a single telecommuter or launching an entire program, it's important to plan for liability issues. Many companies begin with a telecommuting agreement that addresses office arrangements, hours, responsibilities and who pays for what. This agreement should also address questions of security for company property and proprietary information; safety; and property, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation insurance. The arrangements you set up can make the difference between being liable for workers' comp on injuries in a given room during stated hours and being held responsible for anything that happens to an employee throughout his or her house 24 hours a day.
Steven C. Bahls, dean of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, teaches entrepreneurship law. Freelance writer Jane Easter Bahls specializes in business and legal topics.
Liability Concerns
No matter the size of their companies, employers interested in telecommuting need to understand and address the legal implications. Most legal issues involved with telecommuting have to do with liability and insurance. One preliminary issue, though, concerns employee status. It's tempting to reclassify employees working from home as independent contractors in order to avoid workers' comp liability and avoid having to pay benefits or comply with employment laws. "This is a huge legal minefield," warns Gil Gordon, founder and president of Gil Gordon Associates, a Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, business consulting firm that specializes in telemarketing. "A change in work location alone isn't enough to justify the independent contractor designation, and there are serious financial liabilities [involved] when this status is used incorrectly."
That said, consider the added risks of employing telecommuters:
*Liability. Your standard business insurance policy covers normal business risks on your property, but does it extend to the homes of employees? Suppose a client visiting a homebased sales rep falls and severely injures his or her back. What if the telecommuter begins sexually harassing co-workers via e-mail? "These are the same questions [you have to address] in the workplace, but with a new twist," says employment attorney Andrew Reidy of McKenna & Cuneo LLP in Washington, DC. Reidy notes that anything employees might do wrong at the office can also occur at home. For example, telecommuters might damage a client's company by releasing confidential information, misrepresenting its products, or committing libel or slander.
"The question is whether they're doing these activities on their own time or [during working hours]," Reidy says. "That's a gray area."
- Property. Many businesses set telecommuters up with a computer, fax machine and other necessities. But who's responsible if they're damaged or stolen? Have telecommuters check their homeowners' policies to determine whether company property kept at home is covered. If it isn't, take out additional coverage on your company's business policy.
- Security. In your telecommuting agreement, require the employee to keep any company materials in the designated work area and not take confidential materials home without your or a manager's approval. Consider restricting the computer use to business purposes only so children don't breach company security while downloading Internet games.
- Workers' compensation. "Telecommuting introduces new risks to [businesses'] responsibility for employee injury," says Robert Persico, vice president for workers' compensation product management at CIGNA Property & Casualty, a risk-management service provider in Philadelphia. For instance, an employee who hurts his or her back in a break room fall would be covered by workers' comp. But what if a homebased employee falls while making lunch? Is the company responsible if they get in an accident while driving to the post office to mail a work-related package? The answers depend on the terms of the telecommuting agreement.
Then there's the fact that according to New York Internet research firm Cyber Dialogue, 49 percent of telecommuters have children under 18, some of whom might be at home during work hours. "If condoned by the employer, we're now talking about the presence of children in the workplace," Persico says. "This is totally uncharted territory in workers' compensation."
Persico advises employers to establish official hours for telecommuters, with a set lunch break. Also consider having them inform their supervisor before handling personal errands, just as they would in the office. Otherwise, your company could be liable 24 hours a day. Don't forget to check the established work area for safety and ergonomics so people don't trip over electrical cords or develop carpal tunnel syndrome while working from a tableside armchair.
In addition to addressing these issues in your agreement, be sure to select responsible telecommuters. Choose people who've demonstrated company loyalty so they're not tempted to defraud your business from the privacy of their home.
Next Step
For more information on establishing a telecommuting program, visit http://www.gilgordon.com This is the Web site for Gil Gordon Associates, a business consulting firm that specializes in telecommuting. The site includes numerous articles and a sample telecommuting agreement that may be downloaded free of charge, plus links to other telecommuting resources.
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With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I've already begun my preparations. This year I'm hosting not one but TWO Thanksgiving dinners in my home. That's a lot of turkey! I'm hoping my meals will turn out as delicious as the feasts my mom has always prepared. Both my grandmother and mother are talented cooks and bakers, so I have some big shoes to fill. Thanksgiving is truly a special holiday for us filled with wonderful traditions. Usually we watch the Macy's Thanksgiving parade and a little football. We gather together and give thanks for all of our blessings. And of course there is the food: the turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, cranberry sauce and numerous pies and treats.
This year Walmart wants to help families serve up delicious holiday meals without the worry of overspending their budget. They've rolled back their food prices and have announced that consumers can prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for as low as $20. According to their website, the scrumptious $20 feast includes the following (see http://connect.walmart.com/holidaymeals/ for complete details):
* One 12-pound Grade A turkey
* Three 11 to 15.5-ounce cans Green Giant vegetables
* Two 14-ounce cans Ocean Spray cranberry sauce
* Three 6-ounce boxes of Stove Top stuffing
* One 5-pound bag of red potatoes
* One 12-count package of Sara Lee dinner rolls
* One 22-ounce pumpkin roll cake
I've seen some great food deals advertised this week, so I'm sure that I'll be able to save quite a bit of money on my grocery bill with some frugal shopping. I'm a regular user of Walmart's Ad Match policy where they match local competitor's prices. I've also spotted quite a few coupon deals on the following websites:
Campbell's Soups and French's® French Fried Onions
Libby's Vegetables
Pillsbury/Green Giant/Progresso
By the way, after browsing Walmart's website, I noticed they have a Food & Recipe center. Who knew? After a quick search I discovered several Turkey recipes including, Apricot-Onion Roasted Turkey, Brined Hickory Turkey, and Lemon-Herb Turkey Roast. This holiday season the site will also post some great recipes from the Food Network's Melissa d'Arabians.
And don't forget those photos with Santa. Last year our local Walmart had a couple special days when Santa visited and they gave out free photos with Santa. I took my daughter and was very pleased with the results. You can bet we'll go back this year!
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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The spectacle of two individuals caught on camera calling for violence and then affiliating themselves with peaceful demonstrators in Denver has raised questions about who is behind apparent "agent provocateurs," intent on demonizing legitimate protest groups at the Democratic National Convention.
Several news outlets reported that nationally syndicated radio talk show host Alex Jones had "threatened" neo-conservative pundit Michelle Malkin during a confrontation between the two yesterday.
The same websites then claimed that people affiliated with Jones had screamed "Kill Michelle Malkin" and advocated violence against the columnist.
"Jones and his lackeys chased Michelle around the protest threatening to kill her!" claims the Gateway Pundit blog.
Other news sources, including People's Press Collective and Political Byline, re-iterated the false charge and alleged that Jones had threatened Malkin.
In reality, the You Tube video of the incident shows two young men in court jester outfits approach Jones, claim they are fans of his and then put their arms around him for a photo opportunity. They then go off camera and advocate the murder of Malkin, continuing their threats despite the best efforts of Jones' colleague Luke Rudkowski to make them cease their outburst.
Tellingly, the man in green (and Jones' "lackey" according to the reports) also shouts, "Alex Jones is a capitalist stooge."
This incident was clearly a staged set-up to fool the watching media into thinking that people affiliated with Jones were calling for violence, thus demonizing Jones himself and the rest of the peaceful protesters who were confronting Malkin.
It was "frat-boy type" instigators, notes Aaron Dykes, editor of The Jones Report, "wearing court jester hats and making inflammatory statements." Dykes further states that, after chanting for Malkin's death, these instigators asked why Alex had called for violence against Malkin.
Alex Jones nor any of his colleagues have ever called for violence against Michelle Malkin or any other individual. Confrontational protest is one thing, but assault and death threats are something that Alex Jones has vehemently denounced throughout his years of activism.
For clues about who the mysterious "court jesters" really belong to, consider the fact that members of the Re-Create 68 protest group, a self-proclaimed left-wing anarchist organization, voiced their support for right-wing Malkin throughout the confrontation with Jones, with one member, Kenneth Sanchez, at one point yelling "Michelle Malkin is a true patriot!"
According to other protest groups, Re-Create 68 is a COINTELPRO-style project designed to discredit legitimate antiwar groups by instigating violence in Denver during the DNC. According to Alex Jones, members of Re-Create 68 have habitually attempted to taunt police and provoke riots during the first few days of the convention.
Discovering the true identity and affiliation of the two individuals seen in the video calling for violence is key to preventing the wholesale demonization of legitimate protest groups as well as stopping a potential police crackdown which may come as a result of these instigators provoking riots.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Homegrown players Aaron Horton and Ben Speas scored late to lift the Columbus Crew to a 2-1 victory over Stoke City of the English Premier League in a friendly Tuesday at Crew Stadium.
Speas, who has yet to appear in an MLS game, found the game-winner just three minutes from time.
The Crew initially went with the same lineup that beat D.C. United 1-0 last Saturday except for captain Chad Marshall, who has a sprained right ankle. Julius James started in his stead at center back.
Stoke had many of their regulars including forward Peter Crouch, midfielder Matthew Etherington and defender Robert Huth.
That familiarity paid off in the 23rd minute when Jonathan Walters gave them a 1-0 lead against the run of play. Columbus had more early chances but a season-long finishing problem continued to haunt them, leaving the door open for Stoke to show the home team how it's done. They put the ball into the net when Ryan Shotton's service from the right sideline enabled Walters to complete a near-post run with a sharp header.
While Stoke was clinical their execution, the Crew had three opportunities to score prior to that but showed why they are averaging only a game per game in MLS play through 18 games.
First, Eddie Gaven broke down the left flank in the 14th minute but an unmarked Jairo Arrieta sent a header well out of play from 15 yards. Three minutes later Gaven again sent a cross into the box but goalkeeper Asmir Begovic grabbed the bouncer just before Justin Meram went for a touch.
Finally, Chris Birchall, the Stoke on Trent, England, native who captained the Crew on this night, forced Begovic into a save with a 25-yard strike. The rebound came to Dilly Duka, but his shot was off target.
Duka had a much better try in the 38th minute with a rising 25-yarder that hit the crossbar.
The one negative on the night for the Crew was came in the 42nd minute when left back Nemanja Vukovic, who had entered in the 29th minute, appeared to suffer an Achilles injury and had to leave the match.
The Crew made massive changes to start the second half, subbing in nine players and Stoke started their liberal changes shortly after the break.
A lack of cohesion was obvious for both teams although Columbus managed to get close to scoring in the 54th minute as Aaron Schoenfeld sent a diving header spinning left of the target.
Seventeen minutes later Horton, with one league game under his belt, scored the tying goal. After continual misfires and misplays, the Crew finally found the equalizer as Emilio Rentería kept the ball from going over the end line, crossing for the oncoming youngster to make it 1-1.
They found the second 16 minutes after that. Speas scored on a strike from the top right corner of the box in the 87th minute after Rentería's pass went off the foot of Schoenfeld only to fall perfectly for the rookie.
Columbus are 10-5-1 in international friendlies. They return to MLS play Saturday at Sporting Kansas City.
Stoke continue their tour Saturday against USL Pro side Orlando City and face Sporting on Aug. 1. The Potters' first Premiership match is Aug. 18 vs. Reading.


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Google has released its Zeitgeist 2011 lists, with information on what interested Australians most in the last 12 months. Australia's fastest rising searches included the iPhone 5 — beating out the real thing, the iPhone 4S — indie 'blockbuster' video game Minecraft and songstress Adele.
Google Zeitgeist data for 2011 for Australia and globally can be found on the Google Zeitgeist Web site. Australia's fastest rising searches range from technology to world and local news, sport, and celebrities. The latest iPhone features twice at #1 and #9 under different names, and indie open-world video game Minecraft enjoyed a consistent increase in search traffic throughout the year. Other trends include the disaster caused by Australian Cyclone Yasi, the dreaded phenomenon of planking, and Chris Lilley's controversial Angry Boys series on the ABC:
Australia: Fastest Rising Searches
- 1. Iphone 5
- 2. Minecraft
- 3. Cyclone Yasi
- 4. Planking
- 5. Adele
- 6. Angry Boys
- 7. Royal Wedding
- 8. Rugby World Cup
- 9. Iphone 4s
- 10. Rebecca Black
Female singers topped the list of Australia's most-searched-for people, for different reasons. Adele was #1, fairly won for her series of popular music tracks, but #2 Rebecca Black's place came on the back of her much-debated and generally-hated Friday. Crooner Amy Winehouse hit #3 on the list with her death in July. Apple's Steve Jobs was fourth most popular, and the racing death of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli made him the fifth most searched person. Jackie Chan was a surprise entry in this top ten, thanks to untimely reports of his death on social media sites in March. Interestingly, no Australians made the list.
Australia: Fastest Rising People
- 1. Adele
- 2. Rebecca Black
- 3. Amy Winehouse
- 4. Steve Jobs
- 5. Marco Simoncelli
- 6. Nicki Minaj
- 7. Selena Gomez
- 8. Jackie Chan
- 9. Chris Brown
- 10. Michelle Bridges
A pressing musical-cum-philosophical question were answered with the top 'What Is...' question asked to Google: What is love? Australian charts for other Zeitgeist categories are not as interesting or as varied as the Fastest Rising lists, seemingly due to no specific local data being made available — for example, while it is clear that the AFL was the most-searched sport, the yearly chart shows no rises or drops in search volume.
- Sport: AFL
- News: YouTube
- Images: Justin Bieber
- Movies: Twilight: Breaking Dawn
- Food and Drink: Red velvet cupcakes
The full list of Australian charts and results can be seen on the Google Zeitgeist 2011 Web page.


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The color is rich amber. The texture is almost viscous as the liquid coats the side of the glass and ever so slowly gives up its legs to gravity.
You tip glass to nose and, hardly inhaling, you're greeted with whiffs of succulent honey and meaty nuts. You flirt with the aroma a bit, prolonging the sweet anticipation and then put spirit to tongue. First comes the mellifluous sweetness suggested by the nose, followed by nips of spicy licorice. Then you sense the slightest bite of a sharp English cheese before the sweetness returns almost as a hard candy, but much deeper than that. You marvel at the myriad flavors trapped in one sip as it makes its way across your palate and you continue to taste in contemplation after it's gone.
This is the L'or de Jean Martell, the latest expression to join the exclusive ranks of hyperpremium brandies that combine the complexities of age and region that only Cognac is capable of. They blow past the bar that XO sets. Courvoisier has its Initiale, Hennessy its Ricard Hennessy, Remy its Louis XIII. They command your attention as well as ethereal prices (in L'or's case $3,600) as the maker parades the possibilities that hundreds of years making and collecting eaux de vie suggest. You taste them and the thought occurs, "I may never drink anything else again." But your wallet contradicts your taste, even as the heralded Louis XIII is offered in a 100-milliliter format that makes it possible to experience it—once—for the price of $200 as opposed to the $3,000 you'd have to pony up for a the entire bottle.
Do not despair. Great Cognac exists on more approachable planes. Back off to the level of Hennessey Paradis ($400) or Martell Creation ($300), for instance, and you enjoy experiences that are far above even their XO designations. Neither should you think that the major houses are the only one capable of Cognac greatness. Consider Pierre Ferrand Selection des Anges that achieves finesse, complexity and sophistication for the (comparatively) modest price of $130.
Of course, if sipping (while possibly pairing with cigars) is not your intention, you can pare back pricing much more by looking into the new breed that is meant to be mixed. Such Cognacs include the spicy Courvoisier Exclusif, the floral sweet Hennessy Black and the Remy Martin 1789. All offer affordable Cognac experiences that outshine the plebian levels of VS, but are priced more in keeping with the current economy.


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Dear Lord Patel:
JTA's reporting staff is on the ground in Washington for the pro-Israel lobby's biggest event of the year, the AIPAC policy conference.
* Watch the video report on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech via satellite Monday night to thousands of delegates and nearly half the members of Congress.
* U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak later Tuesday morning just before the delegates head to Capitol Hill to lobby for tougher sanctions against Iran.
* Given Biden's penchant for verbal gaffes, we offered the vice president a little advice on what not to say.
To find out about Biden's speech and to keep on top of the news from the rest of the conference, visit JTA's politics blog. We will also be featuring extensive coverage in our free e-mailed Daily Briefing, which you can sign up for here.
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