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African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks
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This qualification is part of the Community Services Training Package. It addresses work primarily in residential facilities under direct or regular supervision within clearly defined organisation guidelines and service plans. It is the standard entry qualification for workers in this sector and will introduce individuals to all aspects of a carer's role including personal care, well-being and assistance with daily activities. Individuals involved in this type of work need the physical capacity to deal with personal care and must demonstrate genuine compassion and empathy towards others.
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Core: Support older people to maintain their independence; Work effectively with older people; Provide support to people living with dementia; Work effectively in the community sector; Provide support to meet personal care needs; Participate in the implementation of individualised plans; Support individual health and emotional well being; Recognise healthy body systems in a health care context; plus more. Electives: Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers; Collect technical data to support client health care plan; Advocate for clients; Provide support and care relating to loss and grief; plus more.
About EQUALS International (Aust) Pty LtdEstablished in 1991, EQUALS International Institute is a Registered Training Organisation specialising in the development of human potential. The provider designs and delivers accredited and non-accredited training for domestic and international students in areas including aged and home/community care, remedial massage and ayurveda, disability, nursing, business and management, retail, hospitality and early childhood education and care services.
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A friend lost her dog of 18 years last week so I made her this simple card. I finally got a cricut cart that has some characters on it.
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I have a friend coming from out of town, so doubt I'll get any more scrapping done this week. I am glad I got to do my phone tag this weekend...I might not have been able to do it otherwise. TFL!!


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There's nothing abstracted about Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's Party Monster, a goosey documentary about the rise and fall of club kingdoper-murderer Michael Alig its place and time are as specific as a splinter in your thumb. Trying for an Errol Morrisish freak show with a dismembered corpse at its center, Party Monster sketches out Alig's history much as a number of Voice articles have done, but with home video of Special K bakes and club flouncing. The outrageous behavior, even as it climaxes in butchery, ODs, and prison terms, seems merely idiotic now, and the movie's cheesy reenactments, video gimmicks, and spliced-in images from Blood Feast hardly help.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Ś Vatican officials toured Philadelphia on Tuesday ahead of a major Roman Catholic gathering that the cityĺs archbishop believes will include an appearance by the pope.
Archbishop Charles Chaput said heĺs ôpersonally convincedö the pontiff is coming to the World Meeting of Families in September 2015. But he stressed that nothing is certain until an official announcement from the Holy See, which wonĺt come for several months.
ôThereĺs every indication he is coming,ö Chaput said.
His remarks came after local organizers unveiled the meetingĺs theme: ôLove is our mission: The family fully alive.ö The weeklong conference, which aims to strengthen family bonds among people of all faiths, is being overseen by the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Council president Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia arrived in Philadelphia on Monday, about two months after a local delegation traveled to see him in Rome. On Tuesday morning, he saw the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall accompanied by Mayor Michael Nutter and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
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On his way into Tuesdayĺs news conference at the Independence Visitors Center, Paglia stopped to chat with some tourists who turned out to be members of a choir from Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa.
After the mayor told choir director Adam Luebke why Paglia was in town, the singers began serenading the archbishop with the Latin hymn ôUbi Caritas.ö
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Last year we stayed in Lincoln City for Thanksgiving & had a wonderful turkey dinner buffet at Surftides' "The Mist" restaurant. This year we decided to stay at Surftides for Thanksgiving because we had enjoyed the dinner so much. When we checked in, the front desk lady was raving about their new chef & how good the buffet was going to be this year. We were really looking forward to it. I asked if we were staying in one of the newer rooms & she said they were fully booked & ours was not one of the newer rooms. When we got to the room, it was nice & big & had a great view (and nice beach access without tons of stairs), but the overwhelming stench of ARMPIT was so strong I could hardly stand it. My parents were staying in the room next to us & theirs smelled like a giant armpit as well. It was a good thing I brought room spray with me, or else we wouldn't have been able to stand it. After awhile we didn't notice it AS much, but that was probably because by then we all had absorbed it & smelled like armpits ourselves. It was REALLY bad. We enjoyed the evening gas fire pits that were turned on, we enjoyed playing games in the lobby & having cookies in the evenings, and playing in the pool. But the room smell was almost unbearable. In addition, the Thanksgiving dinner was so bad, that really ruined the trip for us. The turkey was so dry, the food was lukewarm, the desserts were demolished by previous guests & not kept refilled, and the salad was from a bag. When you pay $20 for a meal & go somewhere for your special family holiday, it is very disappointing when they cut corners. None of us even had seconds. We just paid & left, very disappointed.
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Skip to comments.Michael Medved Telling the Truth About Filthy Perverted AIDS infected Murderer NOW!
Posted on 11/11/2004 12:26:25 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
Michael Medved is spending this hour discussing the TRUTH about the sick pedophile Arafat and how DISGUSTING it is that so many world leaders are praising that filthy murdering terrorist turd today.
It's refreshing to hear someone who has paid attention to history recount the many sick and maniacal acts of that disgusting lying terrorist.
I"d strongly bet that Arafat had AIDS, but guesses aren't proof.
URL Please. Not all of us have access to radios and have to audio stream.
Remember when that AIDS infected murderer donated his filthy blood after 9/11?
Which could be a reason for Arafat going to France to die. No cause of death is reported or required there.
Rush Limbaugh mentioned today that France does not require cause of death to be listed on the death certificate.
I wonder why he went to France...
Unfortunately, since he died in FRANCE, we may never hear any medical officials admit the TRUTH about this pig. But that just shows how much more the French love their terrorist heroes than they do the truth. They'd rather look like a bunch of incompetent morons who can't diagnose a disease after doing extensive tests, than possible embarrass this "leader of peace."
His wife is a French citizen.
Donating filthy blood for victims of WTC terrorist attack.
tells more about the probability of AIDs
not a guess...well known but afraid to be told..i would sky-write above the west bank and gaza--oh the arab shame
I despise that old terrorist as much as anybody but without an official diagnosis or autopsy, I don't think we can assume he died of AIDS.
Until real info develops, I think we should just be relieved that he's dead.
How convenient, someone dies and the police/medical workers/family etc. don't have to be informed of the cause of death.
From an earlier thread, thought you might like the read.
Suspicions grow that Arafat is dying of AIDS
By israelinsider staff November 6, 2004
Former White House speechwriter David Frum has joined the growing chorus of pundits, medical experts, and intelligence operatives who claim Yasser Arafat is likely suffering from AIDS.
Frum, a key figure in Republican politics and the man who coined the terms "axis of evil," writes in National Review Online that Arafat's undisclosed illness is well-known, but has been kept under wraps by the mainstream media.
"Speaking of media bias, here's a question you won't hear in our big papers or on network TV: Does Yasser Arafat have AIDS?" asks Frum, who also writes for the National Post.
"We know he has a blood disease that is depressing his immune system. We know that he has suddenly dropped considerable weight -- possibly as much as one-third of all his body weight. We know that he is suffering intermittent mental dysfunction. What does this sound like?"
Earlier, John Loftus told John Batchelor on ABC radio on October 26 that Arafat is dying from AIDS. Loftus said the CIA has known this about Arafat for quite awhile and that as a result the US has encouraged Sharon not to take Arafat out because the US has known Arafat was about done. It was deemed better to have Arafat discredited as a homosexual.
Although homosexuality is rife in the Arab world, it is at least officially considered a sin and a crime, and regarded--especially in fundamentalist circles--as a mark of great shame and depravity.
Intelligence on "the tiger" romping with bodyguards
Frum pointed to KGB evidence linking Arafat to homosexual activities, citing a 1987 book by Lt.-Gen. Ion Pacepa, the deputy chief of Romania's intelligence service under Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
In his memoirs "Red Horizons," Pacepa relates a conversation in 1978 with Constantin Munteaunu, a general assigned to teach Arafat and the PLO techniques to deceive the West into granting the organization recognition.
"I just called the microphone monitoring center to ask about the 'Fedayee,'" Arafat's code name, explained Munteaunu. "After the meeting with the Comrade, he went directly to the guest house and had dinner. At this very moment, the 'Fedayee' is in his bedroom making love to his bodyguard. The one I knew was his latest lover. He's playing tiger again. The officer monitoring his microphones connected me live with the bedroom, and the squawling almost broke my eardrums. Arafat was roaring like a tiger, and his lover yelping like a hyena."
Munteaunu continued: "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man." Munteaunu, wrote Pacepa, spent months pulling together secret reports from Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian intelligence agencies as well as Romanian files.
"I used to think I knew just about everything there was to know about Rahman al-Qudwa," Arafat's real name, "about the construction engineer who made a fortune in Kuwait, about the passionate collector of racing cars, about Abu Amman," Arafat's nom de guerre, "and about my friend Yasser, with all his hysterics," explained Munteaunu, handing Pacepa his final report on the PLO leader. "But I've got to admit that I didn't really know anything about him."
Pacepa wrote: "The report was indeed an incredible account of fanaticism, of devotion to his cause, of tangled oriental political maneuvers, of lies, of embezzled PLO funds deposited in Swiss banks, and of homosexual relationships, beginning with his teacher when he was a teen-ager and ending with his current bodyguards. After reading the report, I felt a compulsion to take a shower whenever I had been kissed by Arafat, or even just shaken his hand."
"If true, Arafat would have a great deal to conceal from his people and his murderously anti-homosexual supporters in the Islamic world," writes Frum, suggesting that Arafat was airlifted to France for medical treatment because he "could trust the French to protect his intimate secret."
The medical evidence adds up
Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath Monday said that all types of cancer had been ruled out, and the latest news is that French doctors have ruled out poisoning.
Medical observers note that a low blood platelet count is a sign of a weakened immune system, and indeed last week there were reports of a complete collapse of Arafat's immune system. Other than the ruled-out cancer, the low count could be attributed to bleeding ulcers, colitis, liver disease, lupus, or HIV. It is believed that ulcers and colitis have already been ruled out.
Arafat has lost a considerable amount of body weight. Hopital d'Instruction des Armees de Percy, southwest of Paris, is known to have some of France's best HIV/AIDS doctors. Other medical experts note that Arafat's activities in recent weeks and months suggest the dementia that accompanies late-stage AIDS.
Medical authorities not connected directly to his case are suggesting that he may have HIV/AIDS. One doctor reported to an Israel Insider source that his suspicions have been growing for more than a year.
"I began to see tell tale signs of kaposis sarcoma. His Parkinsonian tremor was more than just a Parkinsonian tremor and he was also showing signs of weakness. The rumor about homosexuality/bisexuality has been around for decades. So I put two and two together when they started talking about his health over a year ago. The talk of a mysterious illness in this day and age should be a tip-off. He has some of the best physicians in the world attending to him. He can be diagnosed clinically, without perfoming any tests. All the doctors surrounding him know what he has. All this cloak and dagger about tests is a ruse. They understand the implications of divulging that he has HIV. If I were Suha I would be getting a little concerned."
If Arafat has AIDS, that would also explain Suha's reticence to allow the release of significant information about Arafat's condition, and the almost ludicrously tight-lipped reports of the French hospital spokesman, and the refusal of anyone connected with Arafat to hold a press conference in recent days.
Michael had a guest on the other day, Victor Mordechai, who said Arafat was a homosexual who had AIDS and everyone on the inside knew it.
I proud of our President and White House for the statement they put out about Arafat's death. It was carefully worded, but in its neutrality and lack of praise it spoke volumes. Good for us, I'm glad we didn't grovel at the feet of this pathetic murderer's worshipping cabal.
AMEN to that. Thank you, President Bush, for not showing any kind of honor to this filthy pile of trash. POWELL had BETTER NOT go to the funeral of this long dead turd.
I don't doubt it, but Mordechai is an obviously Jewish last name, and it's going to take non-Jewish doctors to tell the truth. And even then, the Palestinians won't believe it.
AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS. Why don't you want to believe it? The guy was a pervert and the Hugarians have video of his perversion. You may NEVER hear it admitted by Old Media or the UN or the EU because they wouldn't want to tarnish the name of their favorite statesman.
I mean Romanians, not Hungarians.
Whatever happened to his donated blood anyway? I hope it wasn't used on a WTC survivor.
Oh, I'm willing to believe he was a pervert but even perverts can die of things other than AIDS. I'm just saying, "Let's wait and see". Besides, the big news is that he IS dead. Who cares how?
I love Medved, he says what the MSM pukes will not....the truth!!
What will Jimmy Carter's response be when Osama dies....will he also praise Osama.
The reason I care at all is because I detest this French/PLO conspiracy to hush up the truth about Arafat so that none of his Muslim followers should be disuaded from worshipping him. The fact that he was having homosexual sex won't be well received by the terrorists.
I was wondering, after reading Carter's comments, what he would have said about Hitler.
Nobel Peace Prize? Whole new meaning.
Jack Cafferty went off on Arafat this AM on CNN so much that Soledad and her other host were stunned and silent iun response.
It's the cheeze.
If he died of AIDS, his followers will care.
Homosexuality will brings calls of disgrace, shame, and disgust upon his head among the Arab world. To have a revered 'leader' shown to have died of this disease, well, there is a reason why they are desperate to cover up the cause of death. It could impact the allegiance to carrying out Arafat's will.
I wonder if they'll release it.
Commanders of the attack were Luttif Afif ("Issa"), a Palestinian militant born in Nazareth. Issa's mother, ironically, was Jewish; his father was a wealthy Christian Arab businessman, and he had three other brothers, all of whom were in Black September and two of whom were in Israeli jails. And "Tony" (Yasuf Nazzal), a committed fedayeen. Foot soldies all came from refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, and especially Jordan, and all came from poor families. Most of them, were motivated by a determination to see members of their families released from Israeli jails. The remaining six were selected for the operation: Afif Abmed Hamid, Khalid Jawad, Ahmed Chic Thaa, nineteen-year-old Mohammed Safady, Adnan AI-Gashey (twenty-seven years old), and his nineteen-year old nephew Jamal Al-Gashey. The Munich massacre was orchestrated by two terrorists who answered directly to Yasser Arafat. Ali Hassan Salameh and Abu Daoud.
Perhaps if we send a few hundred emails about the AIDS theory to ABC news they will feel "obligated" to report on it.
Ho, Lord, my tin foil hat is getting screwed on tight now when I think of the theories that Princess Di was offed in France for a similar reason...
Michael Medved is answering the question now. He says Old Media doesn't want to report what the "undisclosed illness" is because they don't like to make homosexuals look bad. I believe the videos of Arafat with young boys is what made sure he wouldn't be buried in Jerusalem.
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Medved did killer work this last hour, particularly his wrap-up where he dropped every hint possible that Arafat dropped dead of complications relating to AIDS.
He is awesome and probably our best spokesman and debater. His interviews are a pleasure to listen to. Most telling today was that caller in the last 20 mins or so who tried so hard to sound open minded and rational, but just could not admit to Israel's right to exist. Medved dissected him with precision, which he always does.
He's a treasure for our side - I listen daily on the net since he is not on the air here in Las Vegas!
That this mass-murdering terrorist was allowed to die a natural death is appalling, and one more example of the moral bankruptcy of Old Europe and the United Nations.
Please. Israeli or American technicians would have tossed it in the trash.
I just watched the Honest Reporting film link. I wonder if Carter has.
I'll skip dinner tonight now.
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Kobe scores 33 in Lakers' latest win over Wolves
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LOS ANGELES — Starting with Kobe Bryant's soaring dunk over Nikola Pekovic on their second possession, the Los Angeles Lakers jumped to a big lead against a woeful opponent and never fumbled it away while moving to the brink of a .500 record.
After the Lakers' tumultuous season, such simple achievements qualify as serious progress toward a playoff spot.
Bryant scored 33 points and Antawn Jamison added 17 in the Lakers' 21st consecutive victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-94 on Thursday night.
The Lakers (29-30) have won 12 of 17 and five of seven while moving within two games of Houston for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with their longest stretch of solid play this year. They're getting steady leadership from Bryant, who has reasserted himself as a scorer after working as a setup man for several weeks.
"I've been in attack mode since the break. It's go time," Bryant said. "We're getting a little closer, and we're starting to get in more of a striking distance where you start watching (the playoff race)."
Bryant and Jodie Meeks each hit four of Los Angeles' 16 3-pointers, and Meeks finished with 16 points. Bryant had 22 points in a strong first half for the Lakers, focused on scoring while the Timberwolves overcompensated defensively for the low-post absence of Andrei Kirilenko, who has a strained right calf, and Pekovic, who left early with an abdominal strain.
Frequently guarded by Los Angeles native Derrick Williams, Bryant catalyzed a solid all-around game by the Lakers, who finally appeared to become a cohesive team in February. Bryant and Steve Nash sat out the fourth quarter for the Lakers, who will have a chance to get back to .500 for the first time since Dec. 28 when they host Atlanta on Sunday night.
"We've had enough time together where we've turned a corner and we're making improvement instead of continually taking steps back," said Nash, who had 10 points and seven assists. "I think that improvement has been a long time coming, but it's only the beginning. We really need to continue to improve."
J.J. Barea scored 20 points and Luke Ridnour added 19 for the short-handed Timberwolves, who have lost four straight and 20 of 24. Ricky Rubio had 13 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds, but thanks to its latest injury woes, Minnesota never threated to get its first road win over the Lakers since Dec. 2, 2005.
"It's been horrendous. I've never seen anything like this," Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman said. "And it's not just getting injuries, but when the guys do start trickling back, they haven't played together, so we've got no rhythm as a team. We're just trying to fit people in. It's been really frustrating, but I give our guys credit. They're still trying to fight through it. After a while, it gets really old, but the schedule doesn't stop. You've got to keep playing."
Los Angeles' mastery of Minnesota is the NBA's longest active winning streak in any matchup. The Lakers never trailed the undermanned Wolves in the latest meeting, cruising to their 13th straight home win over Minnesota.
The Lakers haven't lost to Minnesota since March 6, 2007.
Starting with Bryant's poster-worthy slam over Pekovic, the fifth-leading scorer in NBA history played the entire half with particular fire. Los Angeles' veteran legs appeared rejuvenated by two days off, and the Lakers took a 10-point halftime lead on nearly 53 percent shooting with eight 3-pointers.
"Man, it's tough. I don't think anybody in here has ever lost like this before," Williams said. "I mean, we've had only nine or 10 players all season, and it takes a toll on you every single night — especially against the Lakers, who have a couple of guys that come off the bench who could start on a lot of teams in the NBA."
Barea kept Minnesota close with 13 points on a series of strong drives to the hoop, but the Wolves' lack of inside depth was obvious. Rubio also responded well to his benching late in Tuesday's overtime loss at Phoenix.
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Skip to comments.Victoria's Secret model Kylie Bisutti quits over religious beliefs
Posted on 02/10/2012 2:02:36 AM PST by SMGFan
Being a Victoria's Secret model can offer fame and fortune beyond a woman's wildest dreams. But this wasn't enough for Kylie Bisutti, who decided to stop modeling for the lingerie maker because it didn't match with her religious beliefs.
Bisutti tells "Good Morning America" she turned down the work because, "I just became so convicted of honoring the Lord and my body and wanting to be a role model for other women out there who look up to me."
The 21-year-old won the gig after beating out 10,000 others in a Victoria's Secret Model search in 2009.
Bisutti adds that a conversation with her 8-year-old cousin helped motivate her to make this decision.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.zap2it.com ...
I wonder if religious beliefs can cause one to stop putting blog excerpts under "News." :-)
We found a girl for Tebow. . . . . . .
We found a girl for Tebow. . . .
Hey! Great idea. They should meet.
He needs to avoid skanks like that Katy Perry.
She's already married.
Uh, sorry, no dice...the reason she is quitting is because she feels her body is for the HUSBAND's eyes only. Too bad, though, really.
I am sure there are plenty of great girls out there for Tebow. -—Although Bisutti continues her career in the entertainment business,[3] she did not work with Victoria's Secret after the show. She later said lingerie modeling conflicted with her Christian values: "My body should only be for my husband and it's just a sacred thing."
" Too bad, though, really. "
I'm sure her husband disagrees!
"We found a girl for Tebow. . . . "
She's already married.
Very true.
Next time I will do further research. . . . . . .
Girls like that are really hard to find in this fallen country any more...good for her.
Hint to J. C. Penney's...here's a lady that would be a good representative for your company.
"Girls like that are really hard to find in this fallen country any more...good for her."
There are lots of girls....we don't think of beauty pageant contestants as typical freepers but they often express some very conservative views.
Is homeland security going to be watching her as a possible domestic terrorist?
"Next time I will do further research. . . . . . . "
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JC Penny has gone full fag... no way that evil company will hire her.
Aw, heck! She's already married?
Sounded like an ideal girl for Tebow.
lol... hey mr crabby patty...
isnt that the babe from the last Transformers movie??
WOW!! Good going, Kylie!!
Yes, the deep experienced wisdom of 8 year olds is often underrated and frequently confused with "ignorance" and "naivety"
Just so we know who we're talking about here...
Man did this guy find a keeper!
I guess breast implants weren't against her religion.
Yes, the deep experienced wisdom of 8 year olds is often underrated and frequently confused with "ignorance" and "naivety"
Not sure I get your point. What if the conversation was along the lines of, "Isn't it wrong to take off your clothes in public?" In cases like that, I'd take the wisdom of an 8-year-old over the "experience" of many adults any day. The very young can have a straightforwardness and eye for truth on moral issues. They are, as Dickens put it, "fresh from God."
Or, maybe what happened is an 8-year-old cousin (on a different tear!) had said to her, "When I grow up, I want to take off my clothes for money, just like you." That would be an "Uh-oh!" moment for a Christian model, wouldn't it? In either case, I wouldn't discount the source for being 8. Their lack of worldly pretension actually gives them more credibility than adults on certain issues.
Well, I thought it was pretty plain, and if you didn't get it, then I really don't think any further explanation on my part will help. Think about it for a bit, and I'll give you this hint. When was the last time you asked an 8 year old for advice?
Is she also for wearing burrkas on the beach?
Hideous breast implants, too.
problem is she has left that behind her. Religious faith is like any growth. She made her decision and those who are stuck in the past lusts of the flesh neither respect her new birth—nor her faith because of their own lack of faith.Just so we know who we are talking about here.
Her husband would love that!
I think the point that SamuraiScot is trying to make is that sometimes, you indeed can get advice, from 8 year olds...maybe not advice but their comments can make you think...
Case in point my son is 8, one day while driving along with him, some old guy did something or the other wrong and I honked at him and went on... my son commented he was just a poor old man why did you honk at him...which gave me pause to reflect on what I had done... and he was correct... he was just an old guy and I could have been more forgiving.
So don't discount the wisdom of 8 year olds in some cases.
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Summer Fruit Mousse
|Mixed fruits
|1 Pound, hulled (Available In Summer, Such As Blackcurrants, Strawberries And Raspberries)
|1 Tablespoon
|Superfine sugar
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), firmly packed
|3 Teaspoon, dissolved in 7 tablespoons warm water
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|7 Tablespoon
|Heavy cream
|2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
|Egg whites
|Whipped cream
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Adjust Quantity As Needed To Decorate)
1 Layer the fruit in a 2.25 litre/4 pint (10 cup) casserole.
2 Add the water and cover with a lid or plastic wrap, pierced. Microwave on full power for 5 minutes, and immediately stir in the sugar so that it dissolves.
3 Sieve the fruit and fold in the prepared gelatine. Cover and set aside in a refrigerator for 40 minutes.
4 Half whip the cream and fold it into the fruit mixture. Whip the egg whites in a clean bowl until they stand in peaks. Fold into the fruit mixture, using a metal spoon.
5 Pour into sundae dishes and chill to set. Decorate with whipped cream, if required.
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Calories 1658 Calories from Fat 879
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 99 g152.5%
Saturated Fat 63.4 g316.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 384.9 mg128.3%
Sodium 224.9 mg9.4%
Total Carbohydrates 162 g54.2%
Dietary Fiber 6 g24%
Sugars 146.1 g
Protein 25 g50.9%
Vitamin A 77% Vitamin C 181.6%
Calcium 24.7% Iron 1.5%
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The world of business-to-business data is full of confusing acronyms and jargon.
For the uninitiated, data purchasing can be a minefield and if you buy the wrong list you can end up with a failed campaign and wasted marketing budget. The jargon doesn't help. Here's our pocket translation guide to help make sure that your direct marketing campaigns succeed and deliver increased sales.
This is the governing body for direct marketing. The DMA ensures that all members comply to best practice guidelines and the rules and regulations of gathering, storing and selling data. You should only ever purchase from data companies who are registered DMA members. Offers that are too good to be true usually are just that. A million records for £50 on eBay is the data equivalent of "a bloke down the pub" and could end up costing you a hundred times that in fines for data misuse – leave well alone and stick to the straight and narrow with the DMA.
These are the Suppression services;
TPS — Telephone Preference Service
MPS — Mailing Preference Service
CTPS — Corporate Preference Service
Anyone who has registered with any of the above suppression services is off-limits as far as direct marketing is concerned. Aside from the fact it is against the law and will cost you thousands in fines (TPS), why bother wasting time and money trying to hook up with someone who is just not interested? It is damaging to your brand and your budget. Keep your self-respect, keep your money in your pocket and make sure all data you buy is screened against the relevant suppression files. This is standard for DMA members, so you shouldn't need to worry – unless you speak to that bloke in the pub of course...
Data is usually sold on a lease. This means that the data owner leases you the data rather than sells you the data outright. Outright purchases are usually very expensive as data owners, understandably, want to protect the investment they have put into gathering, storing and maintaining the data. If they lease you the data then they retain ownership and you have to comply with the rules of the lease. There are two types of data licence; single-use and multiple-use for 12 months. These are fairly self-explanatory. With single-use you can only communicate with that business or contact, once. With multi-use, you can communicate with them as many times as you want within the 12-month period, depending on the precise terms of the license.
"How will anyone know I am using data when I shouldn't be?"
The answer is data seeds. Every data file purchased has between one and three dummy records. These dummy records are called data seeds and they are there to monitor activity to that record. If you send an email, it's recorded. If you send 20 emails, they are also recorded. If you use the data without a licence, the seed reports will highlight this mis-use and you will be charged. But if you comply with the rules you will be fine.
Now we are getting to the nitty-gritty of actually selecting your data. SIC Codes are Standard Industry Codes. Every business is given an SIC code according to what they do. You want to sell knives? Then the SIC for butchers is a good place to start. A good data salesperson should also advise you on other industries you could target that you might not have considered. For example; restaurants, catering colleges, specialist kitchenware shops and department stores.
Once you have decided on what industries or SIC codes to target and applied any other criteria such as business size or location; your data advisor will go away and get a data count for you. This is the total number of records that match your criteria, your "data pot" so to speak. From this pot you can decide on how many records you need for your campaign. In some cases the number of records will be less than you expected, in which case you can expand your criteria by targeting additional industries, for example, or by extending the geographical boundaries. Again, a good data broker will be able to advise on the best way to increase the data pot numbers while maintaining the campaign focus.
John Keating is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and director at Databroker.
Powerful design enables you to connect with your ideal clients. It'll help you attract, engage and seduce them into buying from you or working with you, and of course, it's a wider thing than just design. It's about your powerful design fitting into a powerful brand strategy.
How can you be sure, when you're working with a design agency, that they're going to provide you with powerful design and not just good design?
What is the difference that makes the difference?
Powerful design requires an in-depth understanding of your business, your objectives and your customers. Run a mile from anyone who asks you what colours you want or to sketch out how you'd like something to look.
Powerful design takes time. Coming up with creative concepts that will really connect with your audience and unlock something within them doesn't happen in a matter of moments. It's going to take time to develop those concepts and produce polished artwork.
Powerful design uses colour psychology to unlock your goals, values and message and also use it to authentically communicate with your ideal clients. There's more to colour psychology than simply knowing that blue is calming and red can be aggressive. Colour psychology enables us to help our clients communicate coherently, authentically and with clarity.
Powerful design is creative. When we create powerful design we think outside the box. A business that works with large corporates should have a website that is bland and safe, right? Wrong! A designer must tap into a client's brand values and company ethos to create a site that firmly differentiates their company from their competitors and enables them to connect with their customers. Oh, and win a whole pile more business.
Powerful design sweats the small stuff. Often the difference that makes the difference is the attention to detail. When you look through a powerfully designed website, it's not just the homepage that looks lovely — that strong design runs throughout the site and reassures and engages.
Powerful design will cost you more than good design. You need to find a really good agency – one that has a firm understanding of not just how to layout a page, but typography, design trends and colour psychology. They'll probably be very serious about investing in their team, which means that their hourly rate will reflect that. They won't be the cheapest, but they will give you the best results.
Fiona Humberstone is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and runs her own creative consultancy.
Back in February I wrote about the growing fashion to buy up multiple keyword-rich domains — like "big-grey-widgets.com", "small-grey-widgets.com" etc — in the hope of gaining higher rankings on Google. There was some evidence that this type of domain could indeed rank well, without requiring many inbound links. At the time, though, I cautioned against this approach. Google has a history of acting against such practices by de-emphasising the spammy element and wiping out any benefit gained. Since then, we have seen it do just that with links on article sites.
Now it seems that the big G may indeed be preparing to act against spam in domain names. In March of this year, Google spokesman Matt Cutts slipped the news into one of his popular YouTube videos. You can watch the whole video here.
So if you are one of those who bought up a raft of keyword-enhanced domains, now is the time to prepare for their disappearance. If you've being considering doing it, don't bother.
This recurring pattern of action and reaction by website owners and Google does raise an interesting question. What will happen when every ranking factor that could be spammed, has been spammed, and Google has de-emphasised all of them? Theoretically we should end up pretty much back where we started, except that the whole web will be stuffed with spam.
It's always tempting to look for the magic bullet that will fire you onto the top page of Google, and the potential rewards are obvious. Forty percent of external traffic to websites comes from search (source: Outbrain), and in the UK over ninety percent of that comes from Google. But to build a sustainable online business with rankings that will stand the test of time, you need to provide good quality site content that is useful to your customers; and invest in building a network of links from good quality and relevant sites.
Anything else is vapour.
Bruce Townsend is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and online marketing specialist at SellerDeck.
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When we received a particularly vile piece of feedback via our feedback button, I have to admit that my smile did fall for a moment… well, about the time it takes to eat a chocolate brownie actually.
And, then I saw a tweet from a lawyer who is doing great things in social media, saying how he had received some vicious feedback in a LinkedIn discussion.
It put me in mind of Seth Godin's excellent advice on dealing with trolls in which he says:
Lots of things about work are hard. Dealing with trolls is one of them. Trolls are critics who gain perverse pleasure in relentlessly tearing you and your ideas down. Here's the thing(s):
1. Trolls will always be trolling
2. Critics rarely create
3. They live in a tiny echo chamber, ignored by everyone except the trolled and the other trolls
4. Professionals (that's you) get paid to ignore them. It's part of your job.
"Can't please everyone," isn't just an aphorism, it's the secret of being remarkable.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between trolls and genuine and constructive feedback. We do, occasionally, get negative feedback (I know, I admit it… we're human). Usually this is really useful, and gratefully received. We can always improve — and that is exactly why we have a feedback button on our website. But, when it is vicious and unhelpful you need to find the strength to hit delete and carry on.
The thing is, if you put yourself up to scrutiny — which is exactly what you're doing by having a website or posting a blog — then you will at some point encounter nasty people. Even bullies grow up and get jobs. If you engage heavily in social media, then I'm afraid to say that you'll find them.
If you're not expecting it, then an ugly side-swipe can really knock your confidence. Surround yourself with a group of people who you trust, and whose opinion you value. Get them to regularly feedback on whether you're doing good stuff. And, if you are, then hold your head up high and brace yourself… at some point a mean-spirited individual will try to burst your bubble. It is amazing how much nastier people feel able to be through a remote connection, and even more cruel when hiding behind the mask of anonymity.
When it does happen, tick it off as a social media right of passage and congratulate yourself at having generated an emotional reaction in someone you don't even know — that's an achievement.
Bryony Thomas is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and a marketing consultant, speaker, and author. Her first book – Watertight Marketing – is available Summer 2012.
When it comes to turning a good idea into a great business, the key issues are the ability to generate revenue and then build a team, starting with a foil, someone with the opposite set of skills to yourself.
Then, it is only about doing simple things well, by understanding your target market and consistently delivering on your promises. If you do these two simple things word of mouth will spread, and you will then find yourself selling to people outside your immediate close circle of friends.
Early stage businesses are usually developed around the reputation and personal brand of the company founder, so the next stage is to see if you can turn yourself into a key person of influence.
This is the title of a new book by Daniel Priestley, a successful entrepreneur who has built several multi-million pound businesses in events marketing and public relations. He has identified five key elements that will help you to establish your reputation in your in your chosen industry.
The first and most important part of the process is to identify not just a niche, but ideally your own micro-niche. The more specialised you are, the easier it is to establish yourself quickly in that area. So, while being an accountant in London might be a good niche, an accountant specialising in small retail businesses in London would be even better.
The outcome of this first part of the process is to define your perfect pitch, and Priestley draws on the expertise of Mike Harris, who has developed several multi-billion brands from scratch, including Internet banks Egg and First Direct.
Once you have identified your niche, the next stage is to be published. This might eventually be a book, but in the early stages you should demonstrate your thought leadership in the specialist trade press of your chosen area, using weblogs and articles.
Priestley then advises you develop information products, including CDs, DVDs or internet downloads such as eBooks. This allows you to share your ideas with more people and even earn money directly from your expertise.
The next step is to raise your profile online to be near the top of the Google search rankings. Learning how to use key platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Ecademy and Facebook will enable you to grow your personal brand online and connect yourself to other thought leaders in your chosen field.
The final element is forming the right partnerships, which can provide significant leverage if managed correctly. Priestley himself provides this expertise, gained from many years' spent developing affiliate programmes for his events business.
I was initially sceptical about this process, as my first impression was of the internet-based get-rich-quick schemes, which encourage people to leave their experience behind and pursue new and unfamiliar territory. These websites promise much but generally deliver little genuine value for most people.
But Priestley stresses that there are no short cuts; you should first carefully examine your experience in your chosen field and then take specific steps to establish your personal brand.
Priestley explains that influential people draw on the minimum of ten thousand hours that they have devoted to something they are genuinely passionate about, as recommended by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers.
This gave me much more confidence in his process, as I remembered all the eager and ambitious people who have asked me for advice on starting a business over the years. All of them had great ideas, but only a select few had the willingness to put in all the hard work required to really learn their craft.
Key Person of Influence by Daniel Priestley can be found at http://www.keypersonofinfluence.com/.
Originally published in The Financial Times. Copyright ©Mike Southon 2011. All Rights Reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission in writing. Mike Southon is the co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur and a business speaker.
Many people think that PR is about press releases, text and words — which, to a certain extent it is. However, the importance of images cannot be underestimated.
Pick up a newspaper or magazine near you and have a flick through — what catches your eye? I would guess that the stories with accompanying images are the ones that get your attention, which should be telling you that good images are essential when trying to achieve press coverage.
As PR professionals, one of the biggest problems we face is clients who don't understand the importance of images, so here some guidelines on images and how and why to use them.
Ceri-Jane Hackling is the managing director of Cerub PR.