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How to Furnish Your Office to Enable Activity-Based Working
Activity-based working, where employees are not assigned a particular workstation but instead can choose from a variety of different places to work within the office, is fast becoming the norm for many modern offices. This is due to the concept's multiple benefits,+ which include:
- Enhancing employee wellbeing and satisfaction
- Increased motivation
- The ability to accommodate a large workforce without expanding offices
- Increased flexibility to encourage collaboration and conversations
In order to implement a successful transition to activity-based working, businesses need to get the basics right and one of these is installing the correct office furniture.
How activity-based working (ABW) differs from hotdesking
Hotdesking simply refers to the same workstation being used by multiple employees at different times of the day or week.
ABW takes this further by offering different styles of work areas to employees depending on the task they need to complete. Typical ABW areas may include private booths, collaborative areas, areas to relax and play, as well as traditional desks and chairs.
The key difference between the two is that ABW is designed to enhance the experience your employees have whilst at work by giving employees a choice of where and how they work. Another advantage of AWB over hotdesking is that the variety of workspace on offer can help to reduce wasted space from empty desks.
Choosing the right furniture for successful activity-based working
Furniture used in an activity-based working office needs to be flexible to accommodate the changing needs of your employees throughout the day. The basics you should consider investing in are:
- Traditional workstations – this might seem counterintuitive to an activity-based office, however, there are times when employees will want to work at a desk and chair to complete certain tasks. Invest in robust office chairs and desks as they will get a lot of use from multiple different people.
- Furniture that offers quiet spaces to work – this could be dedicated booths where people can take phone calls or have private one-to-ones or something as simple as high backed acoustic seats to help minimise noise transfer.
- Collaborative furniture – soft seating areas can be used for team collaborations or informal meetings with clients, depending on what employees need them for throughout the day. Technology can be integrated into these areas to make setting up for meetings hassle-free.
Collaborative areas can also include large tables that allow employees work on offline ideas together. If the furniture can be agile enough to be moved and reconfigured then this will give employees ultimate flexibility when arranging how they want to work.
- Conference furniture – this will still have a place in your office if you're used to having formal meetings with clients, more prescribed collaboration sessions and traditional board meetings. Choose conference tables with integrated power modules and screens to enable meetings to take place instantly.
- Furniture for social spaces in the office – benches, cafeteria style tables and chairs, sofas, high tables and bar stools can all be used to create social spaces that encourage people to eat, meet and relax together.
Ensuring the furniture is light enough to be moved and can be mixed and matched will give employees the power to use the areas how they want to. This is what the designers at Dale Office Interiors specified for Visualsoft's office refit, using furniture from social space specialists Frövi to give Visualsoft's employees ultimate control over their workspace layout.
Other types of furniture to facilitate activity-based working
- Stacking chairs – these can be used for impromptu meetings, to seat visitors or for when employees need extra chairs for collaborative projects.
- Lockable storage space – if employees don't have a dedicated workstation then they will need somewhere to keep their personal belongings, and lockers are an ideal solution.
- Writable walls – whether it's a whiteboard, blackboard, glass wall or any wall, employees will benefit from having somewhere to share ideas in collaborative areas or for somewhere to brainstorm in more private areas.
- Places and equipment for play – playing games in the workplace can increase productivity and reduce stress, and they also offer the ideal opportunity for teambuilding. Play at work can range from video games and board games to table tennis, table football or air hockey, placed in a room dedicated to play or integrated into the main area of the office.
- Plants and natural features – though technically not furniture, introducing nature into the office can have a positive impact on employees. Something as simple as positioning a work area next to a natural view could increase positivity and reduce stress. In one study, scientists introduced one plant per square metre in a particularly sparsely decorated office and "employee performance on memory retention and other basic tests improved substantially".
Integrating power and technology into office furniture
Activity-based working relies on appropriate power and technology to be installed for the concept to work. Even basic changes to how you currently work will likely mean changes to your existing power and technology set up. As part of the switch to activity-based working, consider the following:
- Reliable Wi-Fi coverage is vital across your workspace, as activity-based working encourages employees to move away from traditional networked computers and instead use laptops, mobiles and tablets in a range of different areas. Reliable Wi-Fi is particularly important for people who don't work in the office regularly, as they will need to be able to connect instantly to avoid downtime by constantly reconnecting when they are working in the office.
- Laptops and tablets will need to be accessed by staff and there should be ample power sockets for employees to charge these wherever they are in the office, to avoid being tethered in position while their equipment charges. Even better, fit wireless charging pads throughout the workplace to enable employees to charge without the hassle of wires.
- Furniture with integrated power modules allows employees to plug in where they're sat and can be integrated into desks, tables and chairs; for example, the Power Cube from Knoll is a coffee table that acts as a digital charging hub.
- Remote workers are likely to become more and more common as you switch to activity-based working and people choose to work in places other than the office. It's important that they still feel part of the team and that you eliminate any downtime spent trying to get remote workers into meetings. It maybe that you need to update your telephony system to include video conferencing facilities so employees can either easily jump on Skype or a more bespoke phone and video conferencing service.
- Bio-entry systems make flexible working much easier by enabling employees to access a building without relying on key holders. They work by allowing fingerprint access control and are an extremely secure way to enable access to a building.
Ergonomics for activity-based working
When employees are encouraged to work in areas of the office other than a desk and chair set up for their individual needs, you will need to ensure that the new workspaces are ergonomic to keep employees safe and comfortable.
Activity-based design needs to address the ergonomics of collaborative and social spaces. The following can all help to increase comfort for employees working away from a traditional office desk and chair:
- Integrated power points and wireless charging can stop employees overreaching to access laptops and tablets that are charging.
- Encouraging employees to move more can help prevent them from sitting for too long in one place.
- Fit furniture that has been ergonomically designed in every area of the office including the social spaces.
You can find out more about making ergonomics work in activity-based work environments by reading our in depth page Integrating Ergonomics in Activity-Based Office Design.
To light an activity-based workplace well, you will need to think beyond the usual fluorescent strip lights found in offices and invest in more dynamic lighting suitable for a range of different workspaces. Where possible, utilising natural light is the best way to light an office interior as it can save money on lighting costs and can increase productivity by up to 40% and creativity by 15%.
Lighting control systems help to make the most of the natural light available by supporting natural light levels with artificial lighting, rather than flooding it out. Lighting systems can also make it easy to zone different areas, for example if you need to dim the lights in just one area of the office for a presentation. They can also help to save money by turning on only when people are using areas such as toilets or corridors, thanks to presence detection features.
You can find more tips to help you get the lighting levels right in your office with our feature 5 Tips for Better Office Lighting.
What next?
If you need any help in choosing the right furniture for your office to enhance activity-based working, an experienced office design company will be able to go through your options and help you choose what's best for your needs.
Give the experts at Dale Office Interiors a call today on 0114 233 1115 or contact us here.
FAQs on modern office furniture
What is modern office furniture?
Modern office furniture is designed to meet the varied needs of contemporary offices, meaning it is far removed from the simple 'desk and chair' set-up seen in the cubicles of previous decades.
Modern office furniture includes:
- Social furniture that encourages interactions between team members — long tables and benches, sofas and social pods.
- Individual pods for quiet time and privacy — high-backed seats or 'phone booth' style seating with acoustic properties, often coming in modular styles so they can be combined for larger gatherings.
- Meeting pods for small gatherings — standalone pods can be put into larger offices to accommodate small meetings or to be used for training rooms.
- Cafe and canteen furniture — bistro seating, diner booths, bars and bar stools are all now commonplace in a modern office.
- Ergonomic desks and chairs — ergonomic workstations ensure your team will be comfortable and safe at work. However, it's important to note that ergonomics should be considered in every area of the office.
For inspiration, the website Office Snapshots has extensive examples of how modern office furniture is being utilised in offices around the globe in creative and stylish ways.
What's the best way to arrange office furniture at work?
Using an experienced office design company will help you make the best use of the space you have available in your workplace. As a basic guide, there should be space designated for the following activities:
- Desk work
- Meetings
- Social areas
- Food prep area/kitchen
- Storage space
These areas can be 'zoned' using furniture, lighting and décor. Each space should be easily accessible and have enough room to allow people to use the spaces comfortably.
Specialist furniture is available to help you create the desired zones, including acoustic furniture for making phone calls, standalone office pods for private meetings and collaborative furniture.
What is modular office furniture?
Modular office furniture comprises individual pieces of furniture that are fitted together to create a complete workstation. The advantage of this type of furniture is that it can be assembled to fit requirements at individual workstations as well as social areas.
Modular office furniture can usually be customised to fit most office layouts or designs. As well as being easy to install, it is also easy to deconstruct and move.
Elements include:
- Cubicle walls
- Desks that have space for other components to be attached –
- drawers
- side panels
- shelves
- Extendable cabinets
- Modular collaborative furniture such as sofas
There are companies that specialise in modular furniture such as Herman Miller and Urban Office. A specialist office design company will help you select the best modular furniture for your office, whether you're looking to create private work areas, spacious collaborative areas or both.
Should office furniture match?
This is very much down to style. A wholly matching office does have a clean, crisp look. However, it's not necessary to get hung up making sure every fixture is to the correct specification. Successful office design often follows a theme that is tailored to a company's brand:
- Vice offices in Toronto — The ultra-cool media company's offices are furnished with industrial-style office desks, chairs and stools in black metal and dark wood, mixed with plush lounge chairs and steel coffee tables in collaborative areas. Although the furniture doesn't match identically, it all follows a theme that fits the company's brand. You can read more about this recent office refit here.
- Google offices London — Google has featured heavily in design magazines in recent years because of its quirky, almost surreal, office designs. The design of its London offices relies heavily on zoning so although the furniture doesn't match across the office, it fits perfectly with each zone and reflects Google's brand as a whole. You can view images of the unusually designed office here.
There are no set rules on whether office furniture should match or not but in general, it should adhere to an overall theme either across the office or in each zone.
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At some point in time, chances are good that you will experience discomfort in your shoulder. It is usually then that people are acquainted with the rotator cuff muscles and tendons. The rotator cuff plays an important role in the normal function of the shoulder, and is one of the structures which are commonly implicated in shoulder pathology.
The four muscles that comprise the rotator cuff originate on the scapulae (shoulder blade) and insert through a common tendon to the humerus (long arm bone.) This group of muscles and tendons cross a ball and socket joint commonly thought of as the shoulder joint. Above the rotator cuff is an arch comprised of bone and ligaments which help to protect the cuff from impact injury. There is a bursae in between the cuff and the arch which allows for a smooth passage of the tendon during shoulder movements.
The role of the rotator cuff muscles is to work in conjunction with other shoulder muscles to move the humerus for activity of the arm including pushing, pulling, and reaching. It also plays a role in keeping the ball centered in the socket at the shoulder joint. A healthy cuff will prevent an upward rise of the humerus (ball joint) into the protective arch.
The rotator cuff tendon can be injured from direct trauma such as a car accident or a fall onto the shoulder. It can also be injured through an overload stress such as lifting something too heavy or throwing a ball too hard. The tendon, like most other body parts will degenerate over time with repetitive use. This degeneration eventually leads to fraying and possible tearing of the tendon without any specific trauma.
Maintaining rotator cuff strength, coordination and flexibility are important for the health of the shoulder joint. After injury, cuff exercise helps to prevent secondary trauma and degeneration. Consult with your physician about specific exercise for care of the rotator cuff.
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The holiday season is just around the corner. When December arrives, we at Florida Technical College want to celebrate the spirit of the season with our friends and neighbors in a warm Christmas celebration.
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Midway Between Perigee and Apogee
Today's song is Windmills of Your Mind by Noel Harrison, released in 1968.
The typical warm dry breezes of San Diego are blowing through my home today on this sunny day. Welcome Spring!
It was a year ago that Chuck Shepherd and I started communicating on his use of my Many Moons Ago image for a music project he was working on. Now with the arrival of Spring with a Full Moon, I just had to celebrate the anniversary.
In looking at some astronomical data about the Moon, I see we are just about midway between the times when it is farthest and closest to the Earth. There is something usually to be said about taking the middle position on topics. ;-)
The song I picked today has some deep meanings for me. Circles seem to have a great influence on me. Three of my digital images convey some of my deeper feelings about them: Circles of Life; Wheel Of Fate, and, Taken In.
The Moon is often part of my digital images too. I'm much more of a night person than a day person. Besides, the Moon was mostly present in the sky when many of my important events in life took place. Many of my musical creations deal with events of the night. The digital image, Evening Adventure (shown below) is very telling. What have your evening encounters brought to fruition?
The night has not always been a friend to me at the time, but later because of it, all worked out for the better. This one started something that is still ongoing. It brought me to where I am today.
Sometimes I feel I'm still in the middle, my own midpoint of the spheres of events in life. My own version of being between Perigee and Apogee.
While my wife, Sherry has been in Chicago for the holiday weekend visiting with family, I've been busy having fun back here on the west coast. The following is what I accomplished since she left town.
Last Friday morning I gave a speech at the local Kiwanis Club of San Marcos concerning Toastmasters International and in particular, my club Twin Oaks Toastmasters. Before about 20 members, I extemporaneously spoke for about 15 minutes without uttering any Ah's or Um's. It was a great experience. Thanks Steve for inviting me to speak!
On Friday afternoon, I went to see the recently released movie, 10,000 B.C.. Although much of the accepted historical accuracy was discarded, I did find the movie an interesting story.
Friday night I created a music video, Deer Woman Moon Encounter Quicktime Music Video Snippet. It features a snippet of one of my iTunes Music Store songs, Deer Woman Moon Encounter.
Saturday morning I created two animation videos based on my Encounters of Doubt digital image (shown below). They may be found on my QuickTime Videos page:
On Saturday afternoon and evening I worked on new content category for this site. The new Leopard OS for the Mac has vastly improved the Quartz Composer application. Using it, I created the Kover Phlose iTunes Music Visualizer (snapshot shown below).
You can learn more about Quartz Composer from these two articles:
It was fun and I learned a bit with all those new creations. Having fun is part of the Mac experience.
My cousin Linda sent me a link celebrating Spring.
Katie and Lil jointly sent me a message about a site that offers a free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. Got to the Breast Cancer site and click the pink button. I did.
My friend Gary, sent me two links about a different way to use older technology:
I think the Holi Festival as celebrated in India is very cool. I love the season of Spring and those followers in India do it in style.
There are different ways to proceed on project management projects. No one discipline has a corner on the market. Here's an article about the RUP and PMBOK approaches. Also this one relating PMBOK Practices to Agile Practices. Either way, the Project Charter is very important to develop first, otherwise what are you trying to achieve?
I read about the tuition at the University of Illinois is about to be raised. When I attended there in 1968-69, my tuition was $50 a semester; my room and board $950 for the year; and my total book expenses for both semesters was about $200. Times have certainly changed in the last 40 years...
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As accidents go, this one was far overdue. I am more likely to make a mess in the kitchen than anywhere else, and I haven't had a spectacular disaster in a long time. I was carrying a loaded coffee filter toward the brewer. How it jumped out of my hand, I'll never know. Dry coffee exploded over the floor, with deep brown particles skittering everywhere. The dust buster cleaned it up within minutes. Now when I turn on the little machine for a quick pickup, residue of Dutch chocolate coffee perfumes the air around it. It was almost, ALMOST, enough to make me want to clean.
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Maybe leaving some of those little brown particles around is a new way of adding delicious scent to your kitchen! 🙂
I had a well-scented kitchen today! After starting another pot of coffee, I cleaned the floor.
Clean? Heavens no! Today I was carrying a ear of corn through the kitchen to through out for the squirrels. It slipped out of my hands and hit the floor. There were kernels everywhere! It did not make my kitchen smell better. I used a dust pan and brush. Old school.
I usually have flour explode from my mixer when I start it out to fast. Kind of like being in a snow/flour storm……lots of white everywhere.
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Recently , my friends just asked me to recommend some nice language exchange tools to help them improve their language skills by practicing with native speakers. Basically, you can find numerous self-learning tools , but it's a little bit hard to find someone to practice the language with. What can you do? So far, I've learned more than 5 languages. Personally, I am crazy about learning different languages . I think the most interesting part about learning language is to interact with people, to talk and to share the culture. Thus, I decided to write an article about some really useful tools for Language Exchange! 😁😁😁
Conversation Exchange
Conversation Exchange , I had known this website for a while but I didn't really use it until I learned spanish in Guatemala. Around that time, 4 hours spanish course per day plus home stay , I was surrounded by people who could help me with my spanish already but I still preferred to meet new friends in person and also practice spanish at the same time.
This website can help you to find the language exchange partner based on your location or practicing all different languages online. If both you and your new language partner are interested at practicing the language together, booom, you can just start your language exchange !
I also used this website when learning Thai in Bangkok, Thailand. After some messages chit-chat with thai people , we just started our face-to-face language exchange. At that moment, I exchanged my english for their thai language. After several times practicing, we all became friends afterwards. They all said to me that it was really amusing to see a foreigner speaking thai!!!! 😳
SharedLingo – Language Exchange Chatroom
In my opinion, I reckon SharedLingo is the former version of Sharedtalk. Since I was freshman in university, I had used Sharedtalk till few months ago. Sometimes, I chatted with foreigners to know more about their culture and also practice english and french. Once in a while, just before my traveling , I could also get some special recommendations about the city from a local.Thus, when Sharedtalk stopped offering service, I felt so upset because it did accompany me for a quite long time. Most important, this website wasn't like other chatroom filled with some sexual things and all the chatter there were actually keen to practice languages, no matter writing part or oral speaking part! All in a sudden, I found a website called SharedLingo few months ago. All the web setting is just like Sharedtalk but more stylish!!! I am so thrilled ! If you suddenly want to chat with other people and also practice your language , Sharedtalk is highly recommended to you ! Let you start a cross-cultural conversation straight away! 👍
HelloTalk APP – A good helper to correct your grammar
HelloTalk language exchange App is to post something on your personal wall just like Twitter or Weibo to communicate with people around the world and also interact with people via private message. The most amazing part about this App is that there is correcting function!!!! You and other language exchange people can take turn to correct each one's sentence✔✗, be each one's teacher!!!! Improve everyone's language ability gradually ! You know what! Everyone just love to correct you sentence!!! Haha!
Meetup – A website you can find all kinds of activities around the world
Meetup is a dating website right?! Tinder website version!? -NoNoNo!!!! I bet the first reaction about hearing Meetup that you have must be almost the same when I heard it! Meetup actually is a website that you can find a club to join or an activity to attend simply based on your interests! Hearsay, this website was founded by two New Yorkers with same hobby. One day, they just said " Why can't all people who share same hobbies meet up together and do the activity together? " Thus, this website was created. All kinds of interesting activities can be found here, when I was in Sydney, Australia, once I got free time, I browsed through "Calendar "to see whether any interesting activity took place on the same day. It's definitely one of my favourite platforms to find something to do. For example, I participated in a weekly activity which was jointed by French Language Club and Spanish Language Club. The meet-up point was at a bar, once you arrived, you have to greet with people there " Hola? Bonjour?" to distinguish from the clubs. Everyone there was very good at oral speaking so it also impulsed me to study more back home then return to this activity to combat with others again! haha!!!! 😅
There are other interesting clubs as well, for example, Bitcoin club, Start- up club , Coffee Club, etc.. I also used Meetup in Bangkok, a great tool to meet some local people while you are travelling! Normally, you just need to pay the drink or food you order, perhaps a little bit money to cover the place renting. It would be written on the activity page clearly.
Above all, these are the tools I use to do language exchange.Of course, I am sure there are abundant great tools I didn't mention. Anyway, if you want to find a language exchange partner to practice the language you are learning, maybe you can try some of these tools! Share with your friends who also like to learn different languages as you do! ❤😄
❤Feel free to drop me a message if you have any questions or some stories you would like to share with me !❤


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At the New York Times, Eric Schmitt reports on our government's efforts to combat ISIS, specifically its psychology, marketing, and use of technology. The article focuses on General Michael Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East.
Trying to decipher this complex enemy — a hybrid terrorist organization and a conventional army — is such a conundrum that General Nagata assembled an unofficial brain trust outside the traditional realms of expertise within the Pentagon, State Department and intelligence agencies, in search of fresh ideas and inspiration. Business professors, for example, are examining the Islamic State's marketing and branding strategies.
Nagata comes across as deeply curious, skeptical of dismissing our enemies as small minded monsters we can destroy with sheer firepower.
During the call, General Nagata alluded to the Islamic State's sophisticated use of social media to project and amplify its propaganda, and insisted the United States needed "people born and raised in the region" to help combat the problem.
"I want to engage in a long-term conversation to understand a commonly held view of the psychological, emotional and cultural power of I.S. in terms of a diversity of audiences," the general said. "They are drawing people to them in droves. There are I.S. T-shirts and mugs."
Nagata's initiative sounds promising. What worries me, though, is the tone of the article. It suggests this kind of thinking — on intangibles, culture, and the motivations of our adversaries — is stridently innovative and out of the ordinary.
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Extremely quietly, a Maryland school district has launched the first public high school in the country dedicated to teaching homeland security.
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Chris Colin, who wrote this short article Mother Jones, says: "From all I could tell researching the piece, this doesn't mean questioning assumptions about national security and so forth — it means funneling 15-year-olds into a very profitable industry, and providing future workers for the companies that comprise it. Creepy/lousy."
Students will choose one of three specialized tracks: information and communication technology, criminal justice and law enforcement, or "homeland security science." David Volrath, executive director of secondary education for Harford County Public Schools, says the school also hopes to offer "Arabic or some other nontraditional, Third World-type language." The school's main goal is to get its grads jobs in the booming $24-billion-a-year homeland security industry. It's certainly in the right location: Northeast Maryland has become a mecca for the military-industrial complex. The Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground is the county's biggest employer, and all manner of defense contractors have set up shop nearby, including weapons maker Northrop Grumman
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201 yards. That's all that Saints QB Drew Brees needs to break the NFL's all-time passing yardage mark next Monday Night.
And chances are more than good that he will be able to achieve that remarkable feat without much resistance from their opponents the Washington Redskins, in front of a live national television audience (the NFL schedule-makers guessed exactly right) on ESPN.
Future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning holds the record of 71,940 yards, with Hall of Famer Brett Favre in 2nd place at 71,838. Brees is 3rd at the moment, with 71,740.
But all of the talk about breaking records at their expense, is something that the Redskins aren't all that thrilled about from their perspective.
In fact, their goal next Monday Night is a simple one: which is to stop Brees from getting the record, and also somehow manage to pull off the upset in front of a sold-out Superdome crowd as well.
After having a Bye Week this past week, the Redskins will have had plenty of rest before they face the Black and Gold in this contest.
And yesterday, Redskins head coach Jay Gruden told Washington, D.C. area reporters in a post practice press conference that while this long layoff could negatively affect some teams, his team will be highly motivated to play well because they'll be on Pro Football's biggest stage (other than the Super Bowl) — which is ESPN Monday Night Football.
"I think playing on Monday Night Football helps a lot," Gruden said.
"I think you should be pumped up to come out of the tunnel against the Saints on Monday night. They're (3-1) and obviously led by a Hall of Fame quarterback again."
"It's going to be a very exciting time for everybody. These young guys are going to have to step it up and the veteran guys are going to have to lead the way. But, should not have any problem whatsoever motivating the cats for Monday Night Football."
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Gruden only briefly mentioned stopping Brees, which he's well aware and has acknowledged previously will be almost impossible to do.
But pulling off the upset is certainly something they're more than capable of, given last season's unforgettable match-up between these two teams.
As Saints fans might recall:
In that contest, the Redskins led by a score of 31-16; when Brees — who completed 29 of 41 passes for 385 yards with two touchdowns and an interception — led his team back from a 15-point deficit in the final 3 minutes by connecting on TD passes of 3 yards to Josh Hill and 18 yards to Alvin Kamara in back-to-back series at the end of regulation.
In those two drives alone, Brees was 11-for-11 passing for 164 yards and had a perfect passer rating of 158.3
Photo courtesy of Michael C. Hebert
It was a stark reminder to all of those who allege that Brees is "declining", that he still has plenty left to offer despite the fact that he will turn age 40 in a little bit over 3 more months from now.
Brees might only still have another 3 to 4 years left in him, but when he can still do the things in crucial moments as he demonstrated in that contest 10 months ago, it clearly show why he's STILL one of the sport of Pro Football's greatest players.
That's something that you can be certain that every single Redskins defender will be thinking about and remembering when the ball kicks off next Monday Night.
The odds are against them stopping Brees, even though Brees has struggled against the Redskins throughout his career.
In his seven career games against the Redskins, Brees has thrown 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He has a 75.6 completion rate, his lowest against any NFL team.
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However, while stopping Brees from surpassing Peyton Manning might seem like a long shot at this point, pulling off the upset might not prove to be all that difficult of a task.
The Redskins have actually won 4 of their last 6 games against the Saints, dating back to 2006. The Redskins are (9-4) all-time in New Orleans, counting last year's wild conclusion.
And, they've already gotten one signature win against another "elite" QB just two weeks ago.
This current Redskins defense limited Packers All-Pro QB Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay to 340 yards in a 31-17 victory just over a week ago, back in Week #3 at FedEx Field.
However, it's also important to note that Rodgers, who is still a dangerous player despite being slowed by a recent knee injury, was hampered by steady rainfall as Green Bay receivers dropped passes and the Packers played sloppy football on the wet turf.
Photo courtesy of The Washington Post
Nevertheless, it was still a "W" over one of the sport's best players, which is why you had better believe that the Redskins will look to do it once again this upcoming Monday Night.
When Drew Brees steps on to the field next Monday Night, chances are more than good that he will be able to break the NFL's all-time passing yardage mark without much resistance.
But if he and the Saints want to enjoy and savor the moment, then they'll have to be certain to avoid the upset bid by a well-rested Redskins team looking to achieve its goal…
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CVB mulls Woodlands partnership with Texas Renaissance Festival
Members of The Woodlands Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors are considering a partnership with the Texas Renaissance Festival that would transport event-goers to and from local hotels as well as create a shuttle bus location in The Woodlands.
Travis Bryant, with the Texas Renaissance Festival, presented his proposal to the CVB board May 4 and noted the partnership make sense for both entities.
"We have become a major destination attraction," Bryant said. "We are interested in a partnership where The Woodlands would become our destination partner because … The Woodlands has become the largest destination location closest to the Renaissance."
In 2015, more than 600,000 people visited the festival, Bryant said. It is located in the small community of Todd Mission, north of Magnolia. Founded in 1974, the festival spans 55 acres and features international food purveyors, unique artisans, merchants and craft vendors, human-powered rides and an abundance of performers walking among the guests.
The festival runs each weekend in October and November.
As part of the partnership, Bryant said, The Woodlands would be included in all advertising for the festival and have its own landing page on the festival's website with direct links to hotels and other amenities in The Woodlands. In turn, The Woodlands CVB would be required to promote the festival, provide coordination with local hotels for event-goers to stay and the location of the shuttle bus at one of the community's park-and-ride facilities.
In 2012, the Shenandoah City Council unanimously agreed to discontinue shuttle service from hotels in the city to the Texas Renaissance Festival because it was no longer a benefit to Shenandoah or local hotels. The city started providing shuttle service in 2004 through a contract with Houston-based AFC Corporate Transportation at a cost of about $40,000 per year.
Growth in the area and large venues like the Conroe independent School District Natatorium, Woodforest Bank Stadium and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion were driving most of the hotel traffic to local venues, not the festival.
CVB Board Chairman Gordy Bunch said discussion for the shuttle service and use of the park-and-ride facilities would need to be addressed by The Woodlands Township Board of Directors.
The festival, according to Bryant, has partnered with La Torretta on Lake Conroe for awhile; however, he said that only offers about 100 available beds for the festival.
"We are looking for something on a lot larger scale," said Bryant, noting it could mean hundreds, if not thousands, of room nights at hotels in The Woodlands.
Bunch said this is a good opportunity to have The Woodlands advertised in other markets around Texas, including San Antonio, Dallas and Beaumont.
"There are a lot of different points of entry for our brand to be included in this process," said Bunch, adding he likes the benefit of "being co-marketed with a very successful festival that helps build awareness of our community in a time period that is not highly utilized in the fall."
Bunch also suggested the festival offer early entry times for those who stay at hotels in The Woodlands to help provide extra incentives to draw people to the community. Bryant said that is something that could be considered. The hours of the festival are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The board took no action on the proposal but agreed to revisit the topic with Bryant at a future meeting. Bunch said the discussions would need to involve The Woodlands Township Board of Directors specifically concerning the use of the park-and-ride facilities in the community.


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The Classical Beat: The Romeros at Yardley Hall and Richard Goode at the Folly
Known as "The Royal Family of the Guitar," the Romeros gave their first concert in 1960.
The original ensemble included patriarch and founder Celedonio and sons Pepe, Angel and Celin. Although Celedonio died in 1995 and his son, Angel, left the group in 1991, Celedonio's grandsons, Celino and Lito, have joined the group and the Romeros are as strong and vibrant as ever, carrying on the great tradition of Spanish classical guitar.
The Romeros will perform Saturday at Yardley Hall in what promises to be one of the stand-out concerts of 25th anniversary season of the Performing Arts Series of Johnson County Community College.
The concert will offer a whirlwind tour of some of the finest Spanish guitar music from the late 19th century to the present day. Beloved classics such as "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz will be represented, along with other perennial favorites by Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. The group also will play pieces by Celedonio and Pepe Romero.
"We will be playing two flamenco compositions of my own for four guitars," Pepe Romero said. "One is an Arabian dance that I call 'El Sacromonte.' Sacromonte is the mountain that is directly across from the Alhambra in Granada, the last fortress of the Arabians that were in Spain. It's the mountain where flamenco originated when the Muslims and the Jewish people were thrown out of Spain."
It's extraordinary that one family can contain so much talent for one particular instrument. Pepe Romero recalls that he and his brother took to the guitar as though it were second nature.
"Our father played the guitar for us, each of us, as we were born," he said. "We all were born to the sound of the guitar, and on the night that he passed away, my father asked me to play for him, so he would leave this world and go on to the next one surrounded by the vibrations of music and the guitar."
Musical genius is not the only remarkable thing about the Romeros, but also their ability to get along. Conflict has been rare as they've toured and performed together for so many years.
"You know, it's not always peaceful, but any arguments always have solutions," Romero said. "I know for a fact that whenever we have been in an argument and we pick up our guitars and start playing, the solutions come. Music is great for that. Yes, I think everybody should take time to listen to music. It is my life's wish that people could live in harmony. It hasn't happened so far, but that doesn't mean it cannot."
8 p.m. Saturday. Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College, 12345, College Blvd., Overland Park. Preshow talk at 7 p.m. $15-$40. 913-469-4445 or www.jccc.edu/theseries.
Richard Goode
Since first presenting Richard Goode performing all of Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano sonatas on its 1987-88 season, the Friends of Chamber Music has brought the pianist back several times.
If you haven't heard any of Goode's earlier recitals, you have an opportunity to acquaint yourself with this great master of the keyboard Friday at the Folly Theater.
Goode will play what he plays so well, the music of Beethoven. In addition to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 27 and 31 and the Bagatelles, Op. 126, Goode will devote the second half of his recital to Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27 "Les adieux" is one of the most aching expressions of the composer's lonely soul. His Bagatelles, Op. 126, are shorter pieces but with a profundity of their own, while the Piano Sonata No. 31 is another masterpiece that struggles to achieve its final affirmation of life.
The Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959, was Schubert's penultimate work for piano. Like many of his other sonatas, it is a journey for the pianist and audience. To accompany an artist like Goode on his exploration of Schubert is a rare opportunity to be savored and reflected upon.
8 p.m. Friday. Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St. $15-$35. 816-561-9999 or www.chambermusic.org.
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why do treasury bonds carry a lower interest rate
When you buy a bond, either directly or through a mutual fund, you're lending money to the bond's issuer, who promises to pay you back the principal (or par value) when the loan is due (on the bond's maturity date). In the meantime, the issuer also promises to pay you periodic interest payments to compensate you for the use of your money. The rate at which the issuer pays you the bond's stated interest rate or coupon rate is generally fixed at issuance. An inverse relationship When new bonds are issued, they typically carry coupon rates at or close to the prevailing market interest rate. Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship; so when one goes up, the other goes down. The question is: How does the prevailing market interest rate affect the value of a bond you already own or a bond you want to buy from or sell to someone else? The answer lies in the concept of opportunity cost. Investors constantly compare the returns on their current investments to what they could get elsewhere in the market. As market interest rates change, a bond's coupon rate which, remember, is fixed becomes more or less attractive to investors, who are therefore willing to pay more or less for the bond itself.
Let's look at an example. Suppose the ABC Company offers a new issue of bonds carrying a 7% coupon. This means it would pay you $70 a year in interest. After evaluating your investment alternatives, you decide this is a good deal, so you purchase a bond at its par value: $1,000. Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship What if rates go up? Now let's suppose that later that year, interest rates in general go up. If new bonds that cost $1,000 are paying an 8% coupon or $80 a year in interest buyers will be reluctant to pay the $1,000 face value for your 7% ABC Company bond. In order to sell, you'd have to offer your bond at a lower price a discount that would enable it to generate approximately 8% to the new owner. In this case, that would mean a price of about $875. What if rates fall? Similarly, if rates dropped to below your original coupon rate of 7%, your bond would be worth more than $1,000.
It would be priced at a premium, since it would be carrying a higher interest rate than what was currently available on the market. Of course, many other factors go into determining the attractiveness of a particular bond: the length of time until the bond matures, whether or not its interest is taxable, the creditworthiness of its issuer, the likelihood that the issuer will pay off debt early, and more. But the important thing to remember is that change occurs in market interest rates virtually every day. The movement of bond prices and bond yields is simply a reaction to that change. 1. This hypothetical illustration assumes a 7% coupon, $1,000 face value, and a 10-year maturity. The illustration is approximate and is not intended to represent the return of any particular bond or bond fund. Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, changes in interest rates, and general market and economic conditions.
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Breaking the cycle of delinquency: Therapy, talking, working, schooling . . . and bobbing chicken heads
Will kids like Lucas survive through the help of Youthtrack?
Ruth Turner
4:30 a.m. A glance at the watch says it's time to check on Lucas again.
Dan Call walks over to the bed, peers down at him, and writes on the paper "still sleeping soundly." Then he walks across the room and resumes his rocking on his green banana chair.
Rock, rock, rock.
It seems a little ridiculous to check on a 16-year-old boy 14 times a night, but Lucas isn't a normal 16-year-old boy. Lucas is a juvenile sex offender, and Lucas wrote a suicide note yesterday. And even with 24-hour supervision, these notes are taken seriously.
"You know, we have to observe him every 30 minutes," says Call. "But when he wakes up, he's going to have fill this same sheet out every 15 minutes."
Lucas isn't the only boy in this situation. There are many like him -- 32 in Utah, and 650 in the nation, involved with Youthtrack Inc., a national treatment and recovery program for juvenile sex offenders. All of the boys have committed sexual crimes that would be considered felonies if they weren't minors, and the boys and their parents have chosen treatment with this 5-year-old program over other, more severe punishments.
The goal of Youthtrack programs is to break the delinquency cycle of juvenile offenders and return them to their home communities as productive citizens.
These treatments include individual sessions with a therapist, group building, where they openly talk about their crimes, regular family contact, academic education, stress and anger management, and personal time to reflect, which usually includes writing in a journal. They are encouraged to talk openly about their crimes, and secrecy isn't allowed. Because secrecy is what makes them do it again.
Half of the boys live and go to school in Logan, while the other 16 go to school in Brigham City. Eight of those boys actually live in Brigham City and the other eight live in nearby Penrose. The boys are divided into these "tracks" of eight according to age and maturity, and in each of these facilities, there are youth counselors to see to this treatment and supervision.
Call works at the Penrose house, but his duties are a little different than most counselors' because he works the full-time graveyard shift. Instead of encouraging discussion, he makes sure his eight clients stay asleep. Instead of supervising behavior, he gets to sit back and enjoy the peace and quiet. But usually these nine hours of peace and quiet make for an uneventful night.
Rock, rock, rock.
"I just have to make sure they stay asleep," says Call. "And get them up in the morning, but basically we make sure they stay in bed, asleep." And sometimes that can be harder than it would seem, since some of the boys tend to wake up in the middle of the night sleepwalking or talking. But these interruptions usually provide more entertainment than work.
"Joshua woke up the other night asking, 'Are we going to Russia?'" says Call.
"We just laughed and said, 'Go back to sleep.'"
"And the program requires that they ask before they do anything," says Amber Taylor, who is an on-call counselor. "So if they have to use the bathroom during the night, we have to give them permission."
But like many graveyard jobs, the time passes slowly and it's a struggle to stay awake. The counselors are allowed to do whatever they want to pass the time, as long they stay in the main room and keep those four sets of bunk beds within sight. Two of the bunks are in the main room and can clearly be seen.
Taylor sits on the couch where she can see one of the other bunks in the adjoining room and Call sits on his banana chair, where he can rock backwards and see the other bunk.
The house is bare, almost with the appearance of a family just moving in. The only decorations are pictures the boys have drawn, and the only sign of life at night are the little plants potted in plastic cups in the kitchen windowsill. But there are comfy burnt orange and brown floral couches from the 70s to sit on, a 15-inch Quasar TV to watch, other counselors to talk to, and plenty of snacks to eat.
"There's an extremely large supply of caffeine upstairs," says Call. "But usually it ends up working against me rather than for me."
Taylor says, "I usually end up doing homework. It gives you time to get a lot of homework done."
Not to say that the nine hours of study time makes up for the lack of sleep, says Taylor. Nothing can replace sleep for Call and Taylor, who are full-time students at Utah State University, in addition to their full-time jobs at Youthtrack.
"It messes with your schedule; when you shower, when you sleep, when you eat, everything," says Taylor. "Your body never gets used to it, it's just not natural."
And it extends further than your next shower or meal. It begins to affect your social life, sometimes eliminating it.
"I actually sometimes pull out a planner and schedule a time to sleep," says Call. "A girl will call for dinner and I'll have to check my planner and say, 'Oh, I can't. I'm sleeping then.'
"I get worried about my social life. It's been a long time since I've seen a movie or been out on a real date."
5:30 a.m. Call stands up to check on Lucas again, and this time he's snoring. He writes on the paper "still sleeping soundly, has begun to snore." He walks across the room and once again resumes his position.
Rock, rock, rock.
He fast forwards through the movie "Twister," perhaps hoping the time will pass as fast as the movie.
A plastic mattress cover across the room crinkles, and another boy, Kevin, turns over and says, "Amber, can I get up now?"
"Kevin, normally you don't want to get up," says Taylor. "Normally you're saying 'It's sleepy time.'"
"But I'm bored." mumbles Kevin.
"Sorry, you have at least a half hour," says Taylor, turning away from Kevin. "See? They have to ask to do anything."
In a little while, it will be time to wake the boys up for the day, which is sometimes the hardest part of the graveyard shift. The counselors are supposed to model proper behavior and communication, but when the boys don't want to get up, they want to yell, just like any normal person.
"But we don't," says Call. "All of them are different and we have to try different things."
Some of the boys respond better when asked to get out of bed, rather than told. And some will respond when Call kneels next to their bed and asks them personally.
"One that I haven't tried is singing the 'Reveille' song," says Call. "I'm just dying to."
And once these boys are out of bed, they have to do their daily physical fitness routine, take their 10-minute showers, and do their daily chores, such as cleaning the bathrooms and vacuuming, all in the hour and a half they have before school starts.
6 a.m. This time Call doesn't have to check on Lucas, but he has to wake him up. They have to wake them all up. Call takes half the clients and Taylor takes the other half, walking from bed to bed calling out morning greetings. "It's time to get up, guys," says Call.
"Good morning guys," sings Taylor.
Call kneels down and says, "Good morning, Lucas. Don't take forever now, it's time to get up."
In a tangle of bodies and limbs, they boys fall out of a bed, each in a pair of navy blue sweatpants and gray Youthtrack T-shirt, tucked in. Some immediately make their beds; some just stumble around until morning fully settles upon them. And all at once, the questions start flying.
"Can I sit in this chair, Amber?"
"May I go in the other room to get something?"
"Can I go check on my laundry?"
And while all the other boys are scurrying around, Lucas hasn't budged more than an inch. Except now he's hunched over his bed, with his head down and his eyes closed.
"Are you praying, Lucas?" asks Taylor. " 'Cause if you're not praying, you need to get up."
The 16-year-old turns his head, opens one eye halfway to look at Taylor, then Call, then the rest of the boys, and finally pushes himself up off the bed.
He's finally up.
Call and Taylor give the boys a minute to fully wake up before starting their morning fitness routine, or PT, as the program likes to call it.
"The funny thing is, I've asked people about it, and nobody really knows what it stands for," says Call. "I think.physical training.or something like that."
Regardless of the exact name, few of the boys enjoy PT, and try their hardest to do as little as they can.
"It's pretty pathetic, maybe some stretches and a couple of sit-ups," says Taylor. "But you'd think it was the most painful thing they've had to endure." "Kyle sometimes looks like he's about to die," says Call.
And it does, indeed, seem painful. With the exception of Brandon, who is leading PT this morning, the exercises coming from the boys are, at best, half-hearted. When they're doing their sit-ups, their shoulder blades don't leave the ground. When they're doing their push-ups, their arms don't move, but their heads bob like chickens to give the appearance of movement. Their jumping jacks look like Raggedy Andy, with arms and legs flailing in every direction.
"Now watch this," says Call. "This is the best part."
Brandon yells, "full body stretch!" and all at once, the boys are flat on their backs on the ground, as if they were in the Army. Apparently, lying on the ground has the ability to stretch the boys' bodies better than a personal trainer.
With PT over with, the boys head to the showers, two at a time, while Taylor takes two of the boys upstairs to make breakfast.
If it were a weekday, the boys would have to leave for school by 7:30, but because it's a Saturday, they have a little more time to relax. Saturday is the day the house is cleaned from top to bottom, and they still have their treatments and group sessions. But they also get the chance to play outside, play games, and every once in awhile, go into town with family or a counselor.
The boys seem accustomed to their lifestyle, and try to be happy. And although a year can seem like a long time, and the boys can get discouraged, they know their good behavior will pay off. Because the better their behavior is, the more privileges they receive. The boys are categorized into Level 0,1,2, and 3. Level 0 boys can't even listen to the radio in the car on the way to school, while Level 3 boys can go to bed as late as 10:45. Obedience pays off in Youthtrack.
8 a.m. Just as the boys are finishing their chores, relief walks in the door, in the form of two daytime counselors, ready to start their shift. Luckily, it's two guys, so both Taylor and Call can leave.
"If the first counselor here is a girl, then Amber gets to leave," says Call. "Because we can't have two girls here, there always has to be at least one guy."
Call says goodbye to the boys, heads up the stairs, passing through the kitchen, passing the pathetic plants in the window, and pushes open the door, blinded by the morning light. But even getting in the car, he can't quite leave the boys behind.
I think they're happy, he says. Most of them anyways. But not Lucas. He's been in the program for a couple months now, and still isn't making any progress.
"If he doesn't start to make progress, they might move him somewhere else," says Call. "I'm not sure what's going to happen to him."
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