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How Canon's latest flash system operates with EOS cameras
By Syl Arena
Canon's introduction of the Speedlite 600EX-RT flashgun and the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT in early 2012 brought a wide range of new features to the world of Canon flash photography. Many of these new features are available to users of all EOS digital cameras, whilst a few functions are available only on cameras introduced from 2012 onwards: thus far the EOS-1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 650D, EOS 6D and the new EOS M mirrorless camera. After examining the new Speedlite features that are available for all EOS digital cameras, I will take a detailed look at the features that become available only when the new Speedlite system is used with the newest generation of EOS cameras.
Identical layout for Speedlite and Transmitter controls
The menu and button layout of the Speedlite 600EX-RT flashgun and the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT are identical. Learning the operation of one device means that you will know how to operate the other. The only marked difference between the Speedlite and the Transmitter is that the 600EX-RT provides control of radio or optical slaves, whereas the ST-E3-RT unit only provides control of radio slaves.
Illuminated dot matrix LCD panel
For the first time, Canon has incorporated a dot matrix panel (172x104 dots) in Speedlite units. Whereas previous generations of Speedlites had static icons that were either on or off, this new LCD creates icons and letters 'on-the-fly'. This provides the opportunity to have interactive menus and contextual button functions. Additionally, there are three colours to the LCD backlight: green and orange (which can be customised for master/slave usage), and red (which appears as a warning when the thermal circuits are activated).
Interactive menus and contextual buttons
With previous generations of Speedlites it was necessary to assign multiple functions to single buttons. This often meant that the specific button needed for a desired setting wasn't immediately apparent. With the new dot matrix LCD panel, it's now possible to have button functions that change depending upon the Speedlite mode (E-TTL, Manual, Multi, Automatic External or Manual External). Additionally, cycling through the menu button (always the rightmost button) reveals the purpose of each button within a specific shooting mode. The synergy of the dot matrix LCD, the interactive menus, and the contextual button functions enables novices to learn how to use a Speedlite much more rapidly than with previous models.
Larger Mode button
The Mode button has been separated from the four buttons below the LCD and made significantly larger. The operation of the Mode button provides further evidence of the benefit of the new interactive menu system. When the Speedlite is not in Wireless mode, pressing Mode repeatedly cycles through E-TTL, Manual, Multi, Automatic External and Manual External. When enabled as a radio master, the Mode button cycles through E-TTL, Manual, Multi and the new Group mode. When enabled as an optical master, the Mode button cycles through E-TTL, Manual and Multi.
On-camera control via camera LCD
Canon introduced the on-camera access to the entire Speedlite menu with the introduction of the Speedlite 580EX II flashgun in 2007. Operating the Speedlite through the on-camera menu provides more intuitive control as the menu options may be read in any of the many languages present on Canon EOS cameras. Both the 600EX-RT and the ST-E3-RT units can be controlled via the LCD on all 2007 or newer EOS cameras. Look for 'Flash control' on cameras with pop-up flashes and 'External Speedlite control' on cameras without a pop-up flash. As is discussed in more detail later in this article, with the 2012 camera models, Canon has introduced a Quick View Flash menu scheme that provides even more intuitive control.
2.4GHz radio control
Canon has created the first-ever Speedlite system with two-way radio control built into the units. When compared to the optical (aka: infrared) system used in the previous generations of Speedlites, radio provides greater range – up to 30 metres in congested environments and 100 metres plus in environments without radio interference. Radio also eliminates the line-of-sight requirement, meaning that 600EX-RT flashguns can be used as slaves in many situations that would not work with Speedlites previously, such as the placement of Speedlites inside of softboxes, like the Westcott Apollo, or the placement of Speedlites outside the room to create the effect of real sunlight coming in through a window.
Additionally, this is a two-way radio system, meaning that the slaves communicate with the master. So, if you are shooting multiple slaves and have the beep on the master activated, then the master will not beep until all of the slaves have checked in as recycled. Radio also enables Linked Shooting and remote firing, which will be discussed shortly.
Dedicated wireless button
Fans of the original Speedlite 580EX flashgun embraced the use of a lever to switch the Speedlite into wireless mode as a master or slave. With the introduction of the Speedlite 580EX II, this lever was removed to facilitate weather sealing and the wireless control was linked to the Zoom button, which obscured the access to the wireless system for many novice shooters. Conveniently, on the 600EX-RT, Canon has created a dedicated wireless button that enables direct activation of the Speedlite as a master or slave in either radio or optical mode. If one only uses wireless in radio or optical mode, this button can be customised to go directly in/out of radio or optical via Personal Function (P.Fn) 06.
Expanded channels, Channel Scan and 10,000 wireless IDs
The addition of radio wireless expands the channel selection from the four found in optical wireless to 15. However, some of these 15 channels may be more congested than others as 2.4 GHz is also the same bit of the electromagnetic spectrum where microwave ovens, Bluetooth devices and many wireless routers operate.
To find the optimal channel on a radio master, the Channel Scanner (found on Menu 3) will reveal which of the 15 channels have the least interference at a particular location. Once a suitable channel is selected, the master and slave Speedlites must also be on the same wireless ID. Even if there is only one clear channel, the availability of 10,000 unique wireless IDs means that virtually any number of Canon photographers can operate their radio slaves on the same channel without interference.
The Link light confirms that the master and slave(s) are set to the same channel and wireless ID. When the Link light glows red, the master is not communicating with any slaves. When the Link light glows green, the master is communicating with a slave. A green Link light on a slave indicates that it is communicating with a master. An orange Link light indicates that another sub-master is also is use.
Compatibility with 'optical wireless'
The 600EX-RT is fully compatible as either a master or slave with previous generations of Canon Speedlites that operate via optical wireless*. This provides a convenient means for a Canon photographer with one or more of the previous Speedlite flash units to start incorporating the 600EX-RT into the mix. For instance, when activated as an optical master the 600EX-RT has all the functionality of a 580EX II in the same mode. Note that it is not possible for the 600EX-RT to operate simultaneously in both radio and optical wireless. It must be either in radio or optical wireless.
* Note: Canon now uses the term 'optical wireless' as it more precisely describes how the master Speedlite sends the instructions to the slave Speedlites, via an ultra-fast series of coded pre-flashes from the tube in the flash head. For many years, the term 'infrared' was casually used because the wireless Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 hid a small flash tube behind a thick panel of red plastic.
Expanded flash head zoom
The Speedlite 600EX-RT expands the range of the Auto Zoom head from the 24-105mm found on previous generations of Speedlites to 20-200mm. When in Auto Zoom the 600EX-RT will also account for the crop factor of APS-H and APS-C sensors. With the extension of the Wide Angle Panel (WAP), the flash coverage extends to 14mm (which is the same coverage provided by the WAP on previous models).
Light distribution patterns
When the Speedlite 600EX-RT flashgun is operated in 'Auto Zoom' three patterns of light distribution can be set by the user via Custom Function (C.Fn) 21. These are:
- Standard Coverage (C.Fn-21-0): the angle of coverage operates as it has on previous models. A slight bit of fall-off (vignetting) will be seen around the edges of the frame.
- Guide Number Priority (C.Fn-21-1): the Speedlite concentrates the light at the center of the frame by positioning the flash tube one step forward (i.e. with a 50mm lens, the Speedlite positions the flash tube at 70mm). This can be helpful when telephoto lenses are used. For artistic effects, the benefit is that there is greater fall-off around the edges of the frame.
- Even Coverage (C.Fn-21-2): the Speedlite spreads the light wider than normal by positioning the flash tube one step back (i.e.: with a 50mm lens, the Speedlite positions the flash tube at 35mm). This avoids vignetting entirely.
Colour temperature communication
When paired with an EOS digital camera from the EOS 30D on, the Speedlite 600EX-RT will transmit the colour temperature at which it fired to the camera so that the camera can set a precise white balance. Note that this function requires the camera to be in either Auto White Balance or Flash White Balance.
Improved contact with hotshoe
The accumulation of oil and dust on the pins of a Speedlite's foot and/or the contacts in a camera's hotshoe can interrupt the communication between camera and flash. With the 600EX-RT, Canon has incorporated a new metal foot on the Speedlite that literally moves forward and back as the locking lever is engaged. The result is that the five contact pins gently scrape the hotshoe contacts to provide a clear electronic path between camera and Speedlite.
Recycle beep
The new Speedlite and Transmitter provide a beep to indicate with the Speedlite system is recycled and ready to fire. When multiple Speedlites are used as slaves, the beep will not sound until all the slaves have checked in with the master as ready. If desired, the beep can be silenced via Custom Function 20.
Improved thermal detection and continued operation
While the use of an external battery pack will significantly improve recycle time (reductions up to 60% are typical), there is the risk that the flashtube or circuits will overheat during repeated flashes at high power. The original Speedlite 580EX provided no thermal detection. On the Speedlite 580EX II, a thermal circuit would prevent the Speedlite from firing when high temperatures were detected. On the 600EX-RT, Canon has improved the thermal detection and provided a means of continued operation at two levels:
- Level 1 – the recycle time lengthens to eight seconds, the backlight on the LCD turns to red, and two small 'heat rays' appear above the Speedlite icon on the LCD.
- Level 2 – if the temperature continues to rise through continued usage (which is required during some shoots), at Level 2 the recycle time stretches to 20 seconds, the LCD backlight blinks red, and three 'heat rays' appear above the Speedlite icon on the LCD.
Easy-to-change Custom Functions
It is no longer necessary to have the user manual in hand to navigate the Custom Function system, where settings for such features as power saving, measurement increments, etc. can be set. Previously, the Speedlite LCD only displayed the Custom Function number and the number for the option to be set. There was no description of the Custom Function or the options. Now, the interactive menu on the new dot matrix LCD enables the user to set Custom Functions easily on the 600EX-RT and ST-E3-RT. For every Custom Function, there are icons that indicate the options and words that communicate the effects of the available settings.
Personal Functions
The new Speedlite system introduces Personal Functions (P.Fns) that are specific to each model (whereas Custom Functions typically are available across several models of Speedlite). Via the P.Fn menu, the user can set options for such features as LCD backlight colour, the availability of radio and/or optical wireless, whether the flash will fire during Linked Shooting, etc. Personal Functions must be set directly via the LCD on each Speedlite or Transmitter. It is not possible to set them via the LCD on the camera when the unit is attached to the hotshoe.
On the Speedlite 600EX-RT the seven available Personal Functions are LCD panel display contrast, adjustable in five levels (P.Fn-01); LCD panel illumination colour for normal shooting, green or red (P.Fn-02); LCD panel colour illumination: Master, green or orange (P.Fn-03); LCD panel illumination colour: Slave, orange or green (P.Fn-04); colour filter auto detection, Auto or Off (P.Fn-05); wireless button toggle sequence (P.Fn-06); and flash firing during Linked Shooting, On or Off (P.Fn-07).
While some of the following functions can be achieved through other means on the camera or Speedlite, the full convenience of their benefits are realised only when the new Speedlite system is paired with Canon EOS cameras released from 2012 onwards. The 2012 cameras include the EOS-1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 650D, EOS 6D and the EOS M.
Flash Quick View menu on camera LCD
With the 2012 cameras Canon has improved this system through the inclusion of a Flash Quick View menu. Now, all the Speedlite menu items are accessed via a single screen, which also enables the user to scan all Speedlite settings quickly. Note that cameras with touch-screen control, such as the EOS 650D and the EOS M, provide full Speedlite control by tapping directly on the touch-screen, which is faster and more intuitive for many users.
AF-assist beam compatible with 61-point AF systems
Canon autofocus technology took a significant step forward with the introduction of a 61-point, high-density recticular AF system on the EOS-1D X and the EOS 5D Mark III. The 600EX-RT provides an AF-assist beam that covers all 61 AF-points on 28mm or longer lenses. The 61-point AF system and the coverage provided by the AF-assist beam now make accurate focusing in very dim light a reality.
* Note: if you wish to use the 600EX-RT for its AF-assist beam only, select 'Flash firing – disable' on the camera's LCD.
Group (Gr) Mode
For advanced shooters, Canon's new Group (Gr) Mode provides significant features in four areas:
1 – Five slave groups (A, B, C, D and E) are now available. Outside of Group mode, there are only three groups. The availability of two additional groups, when used with other Group Mode features, enables much wider creative opportunities.
2 – Groups may be turned on/off individually. This provides an easy way to make test shots with only the light of a specific slave group.
3 – The shooting mode for each group may be set individually in E-TTL, Manual or External Auto. For instance, it is now possible to illuminate a moving subject with Speedlites firing in E-TTL while having the background lit with Speedlites firing in Manual or Automatic External.
4 – For E-TTL groups in Group Mode, flash exposure compensation (FEC) is applied individually to each E-TTL group. Many photographers will find this to be a much more intuitive control system than the A:B ratio scheme used by previous generations of Speedlites.
To access the Group Mode, you must have either a Speedlite 600EX-RT or a Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT activated as a radio master and you must have it connected to the hotshoe of a 2012, or newer, camera model. Control can be provided via the Speedlite or Transmitter LCDs or via the LCD on the camera.
* Note: on pre-2012 cameras, such as the EOS 5D Mark II and the EOS 7D, Group Mode will appear as an option when the Speedlite 600EX-RT or Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT units are activated as a radio master. However, when the shutter is fired the system reverts to E-TTL.
Remote Release from a slave 600EX-RT or ST-E3-RT
A 600EX-RT or ST-E3-RT may be used as a remote trigger to activate the shutter on a camera connected to a Speedlite serving as a radio master. For 2012 cameras, the communication passes directly through the hotshoe of the camera with the master Speedlite. For pre-2012 cameras, the SR-N3 Release Cable must be used to connect the master Speedlite or Transmitter to the camera's N3 remote control terminal. It's not necessary for the unit serving as a trigger unit to be connected to a camera as the release is achieved by pressing the REL button in Menu 2 of the radio slave unit. This enables you to handhold the remote trigger after placing the camera in a remote position.
* Note: Remote Release will fire only one camera at a time. When there are two or more master Speedlites, remote release will fire the camera connected to the master with the green Link light. The other master Speedlites will have an orange Link light to indicate their sub-master status.
Linked Shooting
Linked Shooting is similar to Remote Release except that the shutter activation happens from the camera with the master Speedlite attached. Also, up to 15 additional cameras may be triggered via Linked Shooting, whereas Remote Release only activates one camera. Slaved cameras may have either a 600EX-RT or an ST-E3-RT in the hotshoe.
The EOS cameras released in 2012, and future new EOS camera models, will communicate directly through the hotshoe. For pre-2012 cameras, the ST-N3 Release Cable must used to connect the Speedlite/Transmitter to the camera's N3 remote control terminal.
To activate Linked Shooting, the 600EX-RT must be in non-wireless mode. Then, the wireless system button is pressed and held down until 'Linked Shot' appears on the LCD. The unit will default into a linked slave. To activate it as the linked master, press the wireless system button again. To exit Linked Shooting, press the wireless system button one more time.
Colour filter (gel) adjusts camera white balance
The 600EX-RT is supplied with a snap-on colour filter (gel) holder and two amber-coloured filters. The function of the filters is to shift the neutral white of the electronic flash to a warmer colour cast of incandescent lights. The lighter of the two filters is intended to be used in mixed lighting when both daylight and tungsten sources are present. The darker of the two filters is intended to be used in tungsten-only environments. Sensors on the bottom of the flash head have the ability to determine which to the two Canon-supplied filters are in use. On 2012, or newer, camera models the white balance will be adjusted automatically when the camera's white balance is set to Auto or Flash. For pre-2012 camera models, the white balance must be set to 'Flash'.
* Note: When the filter holder is used with commercially available 75x75mm (3x3") filters, P.Fn-05 (colour filter auto detection) should be set to 'OFF' on the 600EX-RT, and the camera's white balance should be dialled in manually.
Sync speed and High-Speed Sync (HSS)
Canon has indicated that for pre-2012 EOS cameras, the flash sync speed is depreciated by one stop – meaning that on an EOS 7D the 600EX-RT syncs at a maximum speed of 1/125sec and on an EOS 5D Mark II the 600EX-RT syncs at a maximum speed of 1/100sec. However, you should note that this sync speed depreciation is only the case when shooting in radio wireless. Likewise, Canon has indicated that for pre-2012 cameras High-Speed Sync is not possible with radio transmission.
On the 2012, or newer, EOS camera models the native sync speeds of the cameras are fully supported by the 600EX-RT and the ST-E3-RT flash units. The native sync speeds of the cameras are 1/250sec on the EOS-1D X, 1/200sec on the EOS 5D Mark III, EOS M and EOS 650D and 1/180sec on the EOS 6D. Additionally the use of High-Speed Sync in radio wireless is fully supported.
Biografie: Syl Arena
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Photographer Syl Arena became fascinated with photography at the age of eight when an aunt gave him a Box Brownie camera. He later studied at the Brooks Institute of Photography, before earning a BFA in photography at the University of Arizona. Today Syl Arena shoots the people, lifestyles and products of central California for advertising, editorial and corporate clients. He runs a regular blog, PixSylated.com, and in 2009 founded the Paso Robles Workshops. An expert in flash, his best-selling book 'Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites' is now on its third edition.


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Froman: Balance needed on deal
The United States still hopes to finish the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks by the end of this year but won't settle for a bad deal to meet that deadline, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Tuesday.
"The leaders have set the objective of completing negotiations this year. That's an ambitious objective, and certainly we're going to let the substance of the negotiation determine ultimately the deadline," Froman said at the launch event for POLITICO Pro Trade.
He added that a ministerial-level meeting in Singapore in December will be an important opportunity for top trade officials do "real work" on tough remaining issues in the negotiations. But he stopped short of predicting an agreement would come out of the Dec 7-9 meeting.
Froman conceded that ultimately not all demands will be met in the trade deal.
"We don't have the luxury of being able to maintain an all-or-nothing approach," Froman said. He added later, "Our goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes we can for U.S. interests."
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A number of sensitive domestic industries, including the apparel, footwear, sugar and dairy sectors, want to be guaranteed a certain degree of protection in the Pacific trade deal. However, those industries are economically significant to certain TPP member countries, which are pushing the United States to further open its sensitive sectors to greater market access.
Vietnam wants the trade deal to cement its position as a global leader in apparel and footwear exports. New Zealand is the top exporter of dairy goods and accounts for one-third of the world's dairy trade. Australia wants to crack open the U.S. sugar market, which it was denied in an earlier bilateral free-trade agreement with the United States.
Froman said the United States is trying to ensure access to medicines for developing countries while also protecting the intellectual property of drug makers through the rules of the Pacific deal.
Negotiators on Monday wrapped up meetings in Tokyo where they discussed outstanding intellectual property issues in the deal, including the controversial issues surrounding pharmaceutical patent protections.
"Our goal is to strike that balance, it's a balance the Congress itself has spoken on," Froman said, referring to a May 10, 2007 agreement that House Democrats struck with the George W. Bush administration. That agreement recognized that developing countries deserved more flexibility when it came to complying with intellectual property protections in a trade deal.
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Froman said he is working diligently to educate lawmakers on the importance of Trade Promotion Authority legislation, which is key to getting the TPP and other trade deals through Congress.
But he downplayed the suggestion the administration was handicapped in the negotiation because it does not yet have the legislation, which would allow the White House to submit the Pacific trade deal to Congress for a straight up-or-down vote without any amendments.
"I think our trading partners know, and the president has made clear, we want to get this deal done and we'll do what it takes to get it through Congress. Obviously TPA is a critical tool," Froman said.
Congress last passed trade promotion legislation in 2002, clearing the way for the Republican administration of President Bush to negotiate trade deals with more than a dozen countries.
Froman said a lot of the effort has involved educating members on "what TPA is and isn't." It is not a move to take power away from Congress on trade matters, but rather it's an opportunity for Congress to let the administration know what it wants in a trade deal, he said.
"It's a process that Congress has gone through ever since 1974," Froman said, adding that he has urged a number of lawmakers who have not previously voted on the measure to wait until an actual bill is introduced before making up their minds whether to oppose or support it.
However, months of technical talks between Democratic and Republican staff on the committees of jurisdiction in Congress still have not produced a bill, even though both Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) set a goal of passing trade promotion authority this year.
Not having that authority could complicate efforts to seal a deal. Countries are less prone to make politically difficult concessions if the United States can't guarantee that Congress in the end won't amend the agreement, trade experts say.
"If we're going to move a trade agreement at all, trade promotion authority has to be part of that. The bottom line is, the president is going to need it." National Association of Manufacturers President Jay Timmons said during a panel discussion following the Froman interview.
"No one is going to negotiate with this country if they think they are going to have to negotiate with 535 negotiators that can't even pass a budget," Timmons said.
Senate Republicans tried to pass a trade promotion authority bill two years ago, but they were blocked by Senate Democrats who said the time was not yet right to take to up the measure. Some Republicans complain the White House is not doing enough to build support for legislation among congressional Democrats, a charge that Froman has previously rejected.
Timmons stressed that Congress needs to get around this issue. "The administration is committed to it, companies in this country are committed to it," he said.

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Sodexo in China
No one can dispute the phenomenal pace and scale of change in China over the last 30 years. The country's ongoing social and economic transformation has led to new aspirations for the Chinese population, and the emergence of wellbeing and lifestyle make up an important part of this new landscape. Along with inevitable new challenges, this transformation has also brought opportunities, like the chance for Sodexo to position itself in China as a leader in the Quality of Life Services market.
The Great Call of China
Since its arrival in China in 1995, Sodexo has grown with its clients, providing comprehensive Business Support, Engineering, Food and Wellness Services across various sectors from Corporate, Education, and Healthcare, to Remote Sites as well as Sports and Leisure. Whether ensuring building operations and maintenance or managing meeting rooms, Sodexo's services in China enhance business productivity and quality of life of employees.
How stress-management classes help Nokia China retain staff
Quality of Life Services have a promising future in China adds Andrew Dawson, China Facility Services Director. "China's growing middle class, combined with an approaching labor shortage means that Sodexo's services represent a very relevant value proposition for clients." Sodexo's wellness and lifestyle services include coaches to help staff lose weight, reduce stress or stop-smoking as well as providing yoga, Pilates or stress-management classes. "These lifestyle services help companies attract and retain the best talent on the market."
Nokia's China Campus in Beijing includes research and development, mobile manufacturing and logistics divisions. But after moving from the city center to an industrial park on the outskirts, staff retention had become a serious issue - one that they turned to Sodexo to address. The Group responded with a tailored and comprehensive service solution that combined a gym, beauty and hair salon, convenience stores and lifestyle seminars to enhance the quality of Nokia employees' daily life. Today, the partnership between Sodexo and Nokia China has reached a new level; in addition to Business Support, Food and Lifestyle Services, Sodexo also delivers Technical and Engineering Services to the Campus.
Benefits & Rewards Services take flight at COMAC
Sodexo has also made inroads with boosting the attractiveness of companies to their staff. "As state-owned companies face increasing competition in the labor market, Sodexo's capacity to provide them with concrete benefits and rewards for employees make us a good strategic choice," explains Frank Zhouli, General Director, Benefits & Rewards Services. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or COMAC, has been enthusiastic about adding Benefits and Rewards in the form of meal passes to the Quality of Life Services that Sodexo already provides. "While there are currently around 8,000 beneficiaries across COMAC sites, the target for 2015 is 40,000, which shows the potential demand for the type of Quality of Life Services that Sodexo delivers."
Reinforcing the strength of State-Owned Enterprises
Sodexo has been able to provide crucial support to State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) as they seek to restructure their core business and increase their competitivity. Sodexo's comprehensive services contract with state giant Baosteel is one good example of Sodexo's potential to be a valuable partner to clients. By taking up management of services, such as staff catering, Sodexo enabled the steel manufacturer to focus more on its core business. Since its start in 2004, the contract has expanded to include facilities management - everything from building and equipment operations and maintenance - to landscaping and other support services. Currently, Sodexo is the number one provider of Quality of Life Services to Chinese SOEs like Baosteel, with the sector accounting for 25 of Sodexo's business in the country.
Mentor & Mentee program fosters development of female employees
Sodexo's policy to help develop local communities and people is embodied by several training programs. One such is M&M, the Mentor and Mentee program that encourages female employees' development, boosting gender diversity at an operational management level. Ten senior leaders act as mentors to 10 female mentees, chosen for their strong performance and desire to grow in the company. Each pair defines targets for the mentee over a period of time, working together closely to track progress. The program is an opportunity for both partners: mentees get personal support from senior leaders in daily problem solving and career development. And the mentors get a chance to see beyond their own working scope, and better embrace the company culture.
While China's incredible size and population represents huge opportunity for foreign business, its relatively recent economic development means that some of its challenges still need to be managed. A shifting regulatory environment, 160 million migrant workers in need of training, and fierce competition for staff already highly trained are just some challenges that companies doing business in China need to grapple with. Luckily, Sodexo has a head start. Continuing community and employee development, a reputation for business integrity and competitive Quality of Life Services give Sodexo every chance to play a significant role in the future of China's development.


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PLEASE NOTE: The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is canceling all state testing for the 2019–20 school year. This includes the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA), the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS), the Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement (WA-AIM), and WIDA Alternate ACCESS for English learners.
Assessments are used in Seattle Public Schools to help educators and families measure how students are meeting our academic goals.
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District assessments are typically given during the school year to help teachers see progress toward College and Career Readiness Standards in subjects such as math and language arts. Teachers can use the information from these assessments to work collaboratively with their colleagues to plan lessons and provide support for individual students.
In Seattle Public Schools, teachers use different types of formative assessment. For the 2019-20 school year, students will be assessed using Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) and SBA interim assessments. The SBA interims will be required in targeted schools only. Content and grade level requirements for these interims will align with the 2019-24 Strategic Plan. Data collected from these assessments will help inform classroom instruction and remediation and/or extension activities to meet the needs of all students.
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MAP is a computer-based adaptive assessment. MAP results provide data to show student growth. This data can also be used by teachers to adapt instruction to student needs.
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The SAT is the most widely used college admission test in the country. The test can be used as a substitute graduation requirement if the student didn't meet passing scores on other assessments in ELA or math.
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The ELPA21 assessment system measures a student's language proficiency relative to the English Language Proficiency standards. Any student whose primary and/or home language is other than English is required by the state to test. Student progress is assessed every year to until they reach a level of 'proficient'.


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Higher Taxes Won't Reduce the Deficit
History shows that when Congress gets more revenue, the pols spend it.
The draft recommendations of the president's commission on deficit reduction call for closing popular tax deductions, higher gas taxes and other revenue raisers to drive tax collections up to 21% of GDP from the historical norm of about 18.5%. Another plan, proposed last week by commission member and former Congressional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin, would impose a 6.5% national sales tax on consumers.
The claim here, echoed by endless purveyors of conventional wisdom in Washington, is that these added revenues—potentially a half-trillion dollars a year—will be used to reduce the $8 trillion to $10 trillion deficits in the coming decade. If history is any guide, however, that won't happen. Instead, Congress will simply spend the money.
In the late 1980s, one of us, Richard Vedder, and Lowell Gallaway of Ohio University co-authored a often-cited research paper for the congressional Joint Economic Committee (known as the $1.58 study) that found that every new dollar of new taxes led to more than one dollar of new spending by Congress. Subsequent revisions of the study over the next decade found similar results.
We've updated the research. Using standard statistical analyses that introduce variables to control for business-cycle fluctuations, wars and inflation, we found that over the entire post World War II era through 2009 each dollar of new tax revenue was associated with $1.17 of new spending. Politicians spend the money as fast as it comes in—and a little bit more.
We also looked at different time periods (e.g., 1947-2009 vs. 1959-2009), different financial data (fiscal year federal budget data, as well as calendar year National Income and Product Account data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis), different lag structures (e.g., relating taxes one year to spending change the following year to allow for the time it takes bureaucracies to spend money), different control variables, etc. The alternative models produce different estimates of the tax-spend relationship—between $1.05 and $1.81. But no matter how we configured the data and no matter what variables we examined, higher tax collections never resulted in less spending.
This is exactly the opposite of what the tax-increase lobby in Washington is preaching today. For example, Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the president's deficit reduction commission, suggested at a briefing several months ago that there will be $3 of spending cuts for every $1 of tax increases. Sound familiar? Reagan used to complain that he waited his entire presidency for the $3 of spending cuts that Congress promised for every dollar of new taxes he agreed to in 1982. The cuts never came.
We're constantly told by politicos that tax increases must be put "on the table" to get congressional Democrats—who've already approved close to $1 trillion of new spending in violation of their own budget rules over the last two years—to agree to make cuts in the unsustainable entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security.
Our research indicates this is a sucker play. After the 1990 and 1993 tax increases, federal spending continued to rise. The 1990 tax increase deal was enacted specifically to avoid automatic spending sequestrations that would have been required under the then-prevailing Gramm-Rudman budget rules.
The only era in modern times that the budget has been in balance was in the late 1990s, when Republicans were in control of Congress. Taxes were not raised, and the capital gains tax rate was cut in 1997. The growth rate of federal spending was dramatically reduced from 1995-99, and the economy roared.
We suspect that voters intuitively understand this tax and spend connection, which is why there is such hostility to broad-based tax increases. "Polls consistently find that a majority of Americans believe any new taxes will be spent by the politicians," pollster Scott Rasmussen told us recently in an interview.
The grand bargain so many in Washington yearn for—tax increases coupled with spending cuts—is a fool's errand. Our research confirms what the late economist Milton Friedman said of Congress many years ago: "Politicians will always spend every penny of tax raised and whatever else they can get away with."
Mr. Moore is senior economics writer for The Wall Street Journal editorial page. Mr. Vedder is a professor of economics at Ohio University and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
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January 31, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the Al-Wasat Islamic party, Youssef al-Koda, on Thursday joined the controversial New Dawn charter signed earlier this month in Uganda by Sudanese opposition parties and rebel groups battling Khartoum on multiple fronts.
- Youssef al-Koda, head of the Al-Wasat Islamic party, sits next to the chairman of the Sudan People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Malik Agar, at the signing ceremony in Kampala, Uganda on 31 January 2013
The document, which aggravated the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), calls for toppling the regime and preventing the exploitation of religion in politics. The latter was interpreted by the Sudanese government to mean a call for establishing a secular state.
Some of the signatories including the National Umma Party (NUP), Popular Congress Party (PCP) and Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) later distanced themselves from the charter saying they were rushed into it and expressed reservations about some of its clauses.
The Sudanese government launched a fierce media campaign against the deal and detained some of the parties' representatives who attended the signing upon their return to Khartoum. Some officials even threatened to ban and prosecute all parties that joined the agreement unless they officially dissociate themselves from it.
Al-Koda's signing ceremony was attended by the chairman of the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) Malik Agar, head of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Jibril Ibrahim and other opposition figures.
Speaking to reporters afterwards al-Koda attacked the NCP accusing it of corruption and exploiting religion to stay in power.
"[T]hey [NCP] ruled all this time as if they were mandated by Allah and not mandated by the people," he said.
"This wrong understanding had terrible implications on public funds and the party had no segregation between its pocket and the government's pocket....They wrongly thought after all this and their flawed beliefs that they were empowered by Allah," he added.
Al-Koda arrived earlier this week in Kampala to hold talks on the charter with rebel leaders who make up the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF).
The joint statement signed by al-Koda and Agar stated that citizenship should form the basis of all rights without regard to religion, race, colour, ethnicity, political or geographical affiliation.
They also emphasised the need to guarantee freedom of expression and belief under the rule of law, an independent judiciary, democracy, peaceful transfer of power and establishing a federal system of governance.
Issues in dispute are to be deferred for more discussions and preferably in the context of a constitutional conference, the statement said.
Al-Koda's move will likely provide a psychological boost to anti-NCP forces given his status as an Islamist figure. However, it may not have any material effect on the political dynamics in the country.
He had already announced this month that he is moving to the ranks of opposition wanting to overthrow the regime led by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir.
At the time Qutbi al-Mahdi, a leading NCP figure slammed al-Koda's decision saying that this makes his party a secular one in alliance with the Arab Baath and Communist parties.
But al-Koda responded to these remarks on his Facebook page saying that "the duty of reform and change" is not limited to Islamic movement or Islam as a religion.
"I did not join the opposition to teach them religion or transform them from secularism to Islamic [ideology] and to start with this was not the issue, but the issue is how to rid the country from the grip of people who ruined [the nation] and hurt it in the name of Islam".
He also accused the government of prostituting Islam to extend its stay in power and questioned why the NCP's meetings with the Chinese Communist Party are considered acceptable but not his alliance with opposition.
Al-Koda is considered to be a moderate figure who has been outspoken against Salafist hardline groups.


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»Jenny Welnick and Caitlin Anderson elected as state representatives to National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)
»Portland State Campus Rec wins two National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Creative Excellence awards
»Alex Accetta, Director, of Campus Rec, elected At-Large Director for the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)
»Deborah Smith Arthur, University Studies faculty, will accept a Multnomah County Volunteer Award for the Juvenile Justice Capstone, which she has taught since 2004, at the Multnomah County Volunteer Awards April 18.
»Jordann Kerns, Student Health and Counseling, is the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2012 Young Dietitian of the Year. In addition to being a dietitian with Student Health, Kearns does relief work for Providence Hospital and is a Columbia River
»Christof Teuscher, Engineering and Computer Science faculty, has a student, Alireza Goudarzi, whose paper titled "Emergent Criticality through Adaptive Information Processing in Boolean Networks" was published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters jo
»Dacian Daescu, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, presents "Error Covariance Sensitivity and Impact Estimation with Adjoint 4D-Var" to the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, April 2-5, in Raleigh, N.C
»Harrell Fletcher, Art faculty, gives lecture for the Visiting Artists Series at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, in Nashville, Tenn., March 29.
»Juan Manuel Heredia, Architecture faculty, gives keynote titled "Invention of America and its Spatial Manifestations" at an international conference on Architecture and its Geographical Horizons, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, April 4-5. His lectu
»Karen Haley, Education faculty, presents "Figured Worlds: Connecting Student Affairs and Academic Affairs" at the 2012 annual American College Personnel Association convention in Louisville, Ky.
»Silvia Boero, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presents an essay, "Autobiography and Denunciation in the Post-Unity Polemic: Marchesa Colombi and Anna Franchi," and gives lessons at Laboratoire LLS, Université de Savoie, in Chambery, France, where
»Annabelle Dolidon, World Languages and Literatures faculty, co-authors Tu sais quoi?! Textbook for the French Conversation Class, published by Yale University Press, April 2012.
»Sherril Gelmon, Public Administration faculty, is lead author of "Building Capacity for Community-Engaged Scholarship" in the March 2012 (Volume 16) issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. She is a collaborating author on "Facult
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»Peter Veerman, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, co-authors a paper, "Asymptotic Reliability Theory of k-out-of-n Systems," for the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. Written with Torrado Robles from Spain, the paper investigates the reliabi
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The setting and the tools constitute only part of the culture of tea. As beautiful as they are on their own, they exist to serve a ritual: chanoyu, literally the making of "hot water for tea" and the drinking of tea. The opportunity to connect with nature, time, and each other—to slow down in a constrained environment designed to exist outside reality, in relative simplicity and silence—is at the heart of the experience and the culture.
During the course of the exhibition, Tom Sachs's friend and colleague in tea, Johnny Fogg, will perform tea ceremonies. The tea ceremony is an intimate experience. The teahouse can accommodate only 2 to 3 guests to take part in the tea ceremony, but the walls of the teahouse will be removed, enabling all visitors to observe the ceremony. Tea ceremony audiences are limited to 30 visitors. The performance will last 1.5 hours, with a question and answer session following the performance. Teahouse guests for each performance will be decided by lottery. If you are interested in participating in the ceremony as a guest in the teahouse, you will receive instructions on how to do so after making your reservation.
Johnny Fogg is a lifelong student of tea and tea culture and for the past 15 years he has studied in the Urasenke tradition of the Japanese Way of Tea. He collaborated with Tom Sachs on creating the experiential portion of Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony. His project Baisao Tea Room is a mobile and modular tea space that ephemerally creates the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony.
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Here's another homage to my minty madness
Okay, let's talk shampoo. Conventional haircare products entail a vicious cycle which use chemicals to strip hair "clean" and then use additional chemicals to coat hair and make it feel soft. It's kind of silly, really (and dangerous). I can't stress how important it is to use natural skin and hair care products. Every year more and more chemically laden beauty products are put on the market. Luckily companies like Obligé by Nature are here to rescue us from our unhealthy beauty regimens. Obligé by Nature is 75-95% certified organic, 100% natural (no chemicals, synthetics, parabens, sulfites, etc), vegan, and they use sustainable, Fair Trade ingredients.
So, now that your conventional, toxic shampoo has made it's way to the trash, be happy to know that your hair is going to come back to life (after detoxing via healthier, more nourishing hair washing routines). A good place to start is with Obligé's Stimulant Shampoo ($14.95) with spearmint, peppermint and wintergreen. It's smells so fresh and rejuvenating and it has a slight tingle factor (if you're into that, which I undoubtedly am). It's a mint lover's dream. This shampoo is intentionally a low lather formula and works best on normal hair. If you desire a heartier lather, shampoo twice. Their shampoo varieties include: Pur (unscented, for all hair types), Détente (calming, for normal, dry & damaged hair), Exotique (sensual, for normal and fine, delicate hair), Réveil (awakening, for normal to oily hair) and Stimulant (energizing, for normal hair).
If your hair is dry, frizzy, fried and needs some serious love, I recommend their Nourishing Conditioner ($18.95) which is packed with mineral rich herbs and emollient oils. This rich conditioner smells so calming and beautiful. It contains essential oils of Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Palmarosa, Petitgrain and Lemongrass. All of these hair products are safe on color treated hair – hallelujah! ('cause my natural hair color hasn't surfaced since high school). These conditioners are available in Pur, Nourishing and Volumizing formulas.
Moving on to body care… I've always been a fan of minty body washes. In fact, Dr. Bronners Peppermint Soap is one of my all time favorite vegan skin care products on the market. I have to say though, Obligé by Nature kicks some major ass in the minty, tingly body wash department. I've been rockin' their Stimulant Body Wash and it's out of this world. It smells amazing and makes my skin feel happy. It's pH balanced and contains Rose Hip Seed Oil which repairs damaged skin and helps leave it super smooth. Love it, Love it! I hope I get around to trying all of Obligé' by Nature's products. ( I will of course keep y'all posted)
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Have any of you guys ever heard about the MGA brand?
Is there any Oblige product which is similar? I trust oblige but really need my scalp saved


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81. I'm actually working on a Tolkien fanfic... it should be completed soon.
82. It's Elrond-angst.. if anybody has cause to be angsty, he certainly does.
83. IMNSHO, nobody should be permitted to write a Tolkien fanfic who hasn't read "The Lord of the Rings" at least three times and "The Silmarillion" at least once.
84. And, no, seeing the movie 27 times does not count...
85. Favorite fanfic author : Thundera Tiger. She has quite an ear for dialogue.
86. Favorite "Lord of the Rings" characters: Samwise Gamgee, Aragorn and Gandalf
87. Favorite "Silmarillion" characters: Finrod Felagund and Fëanor. Although I admit the latter is a trifle scary !
88. I am fond of the writings of C.S. Lewis. However, I prefer his apologetic works and "Till We Have Faces" to the Narnia books.
89. I've tried reading Charles Williams, but found his writing totally bewildering.
90. I've lost count of the number of times I've read "The Everlasting Man" by G.K. Chesterton.
91. Favorite Fr. Brown story: "The Sign of the Broken Sword"
92. I'm very excited that the Oratory here is founding a National Newman Library for study and research on the Venerable.
93. It makes me worried that so few people in the U.S. realize that Christians are being persecuted in many places in the world right now.
94. Another favorite quote: "God wouldn't have given us an intellect, if He didn't want us to think straight." - Msgr. Ronald Knox.
95. I love making the Seven Churches Visit on Holy Thursday night.
96. Favorite Old Testament books : Genesis and Song of Songs
97. Favorite New Testament books: The Gospel of John, Paul's Letter to the Philippians, and the Letter of James.
98. I need to pray before the Blessed Sacrament more often.
99. I need to learn to listen.
100. My favorite passage of Scripture:
Philippians 4: 4-9
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!
5 Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.
6 Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.
7 Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
9 Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.


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Hiram College Showboat "Majestic" Memorabilia
Box 3/F Departments/Theatre: Box 27
Showboat, 1950. Donation of Lucille Scott Wallace
Theatre Arts Department -- Showboat correspondence
Theatre Arts, Showboat reports
Theatre -- Showboat clippings
Theatre -- "Happiest College in the Land" Saturday Evening Post, September 18, 1954
Theatre -- Showboat Majestic miscellaneous journal articles
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Portable Theatre Program
Show Boat Majestic journal photocopies
Northern Kentucky Heritage, Spring/Summer 2000
Country Living, July 1992
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1948 Lee, Harlene Jones
1948 McCafferty, James
1949 Henderson, Betty Jane Arnett
1949 Pearce, Robert
1950 Mitchell, W. Douglas and Judith
1950 Ripka, Nancy Hendee
1950 Wallace, Lucille Scott
1950 Witter, Ethel Morris
1952-53 Bell, Dave
1952-55 McCauley, June Eschweiler
1953-54 Hazelwood, Dave
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1953-54 Hubbard, Allison Heym
1953-58 Seelbach, Elfleda
1956-58 Thomas, Sharon Geist
Kegmer, David K.
1958 Bodenmiller, Carol Henry
1958 Carr, Charlene "Chuckie"
1981 Hiram College Archives
n.d. Jardini, Linda Price
Typescript of "Lust, Lucre & Liquor"
Showboat "Majestic"--summary of operations, 1948-58} compiled by D. McDaniel,
Showboat"Majestic"--landings, 1948-58 } "Showboat Centennials"
1 pr. black tights 4 prs. Black fishnet tights
1 brown & white checked cap miscellaneous shoelaces
1 pkg. Red garters 1 toy gun
1 roll red-white-blue satin ribbon 1 piece red & white checked ribbon
poster for "Showboat Majestic" Circus Carnival Calliope record
Donna Rae Willoweit Dietrich Collection (class of 1954)
**** personal collection of a variety of Show Boat related memorabilia
from Mrs. Dietrich's years performing on the Show Boat Majestic.
Morrow, Howard "Spud." How Good It is. La Verna, CA: H.E.R. Consultants, 1982.
Videotape: "The Ohio Story, Showboat Majestic," 10 min.
Audiocassettes: 1. Calliope Music-Dave Arnold, April 11, 1954
2. "Majestic Showboat"-Hiram College Players, August
15-16, 1954 and Calliope Music
3. Captain Reynolds et al., March/April, 1959
AMPEX magnetic tape: "Majestic Showboat"-Hiram College Players,
Cincinnati Zoo, August 15-16, 1954 and Calliope Music, 110 min.
7" reel tape (1/4") of above
See Also: M/SHO and S/SHO in photograph files.
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