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|3 Document Structure
3.1 The XForms Namespace
3.2 XForms Core Attribute Collections
3.2.1 Common Attributes
3.2.2 Linking Attributes
3.2.3 Single-Node Binding Attributes
3.2.4 Node-Set Binding Attributes
3.2.5 Model Item Property Attributes
3.3 The XForms Core Module
3.3.1 The model Element
3.3.2 The instance Element
3.3.3 The submission Element
3.3.4 The bind Element
3.4 The XForms MustUnderstand Module
3.5 The XForms Extension Module
3.5.1 The extension Element
XForms 1.0 is an application of XML [XML 1.0] and has been designed for use within other XML vocabularies—in particular within a future version of XHTML [XHTML 1.0]. XForms always requires such a host language. This chapter discusses the structure of XForms that allow XForms to be used with other document types.
The XForms namespace has the URI:
http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms/cr. Any future Working
Drafts are expected to use a different identifier, though a final
identifier will be allocated before XForms becomes a W3C
XForms Processors must use the XML namespaces mechanism [XML Names] to recognize elements and attributes from this namespace.
The Common Attribute Collection applies to every element in the XForms namespace.
Foreign attributes are allowed on all XForms elements.
A host language must include an attribute of type
xsd:ID on each XForms element.
The Linking Attributes Collection applies to XForms elements include a link to a remote resource.
src attribute assigns a URI to be automatically
Since linking attribute URIs are defined in terms of the XML
Schema datatype
xsd:anyURI, the same
internationalization benefits and whitespace cautions apply as
discussed in [XML Schema part
All linking attributes behave as an [XLink 1.0] link between the element containing the linking attributes and the remote resource indicated, with an actuate value of "onLoad" and a show value of "embed". Behavior of relative URIs in links is determined by the host language, although [XML Base] processing is strongly recommended.
The XForms Working Group is tracking with the HTML Working Group on a method of describing link structures.
The following attributes define a binding between a form control or an action and an instance data node defined by an XPath expression.
Binding expression
interpreted as XPath. This attribute has no meaning when a
bind attribute is present.
XForms Model selector. Specifies the
ID of an
XForms Model to be associated with this binding element. This
attribute has no meaning for the current binding element when a
bind attribute is present. Rules for determining the
context XForms Model are located at 7.3 Evaluation Context.
Reference to a
bind element.
One of
ref or
bind is required. When
bind is used, the node is determined by the referenced
It is an exception (4.5.1 The
xforms-binding-exception Event) if the XForms Processor
encounters a
IDREF value that
refers to an
ID not on a
model element,
or a
IDREF value that refers to an
ID not on a
bind element.
First-node rule: When a Single-Node Binding attribute selects a node-set of size > 1, the first node in the node-set is used.
The following attributes define a binding between a form control or an action and a node-set defined by the XPath expression.
Binding expression
interpreted as XPath. This attribute has no meaning when a
bind attribute is present.
XForms Model selector. Specifies the
ID of an
XForms Model to be associated with this binding element. This
attribute has no meaning for the current binding element when a
bind attribute is present. Rules for determining the
context XForms Model are located at 7.3 Evaluation Context.
Reference to a
bind element.
One of
nodeset or
bind is required.
bind is used, the node-set is determined by the
It is an exception (4.5.1 The
xforms-binding-exception Event) if the XForms Processor
encounters a
model IDREF value that refers to an id
not on a
model element, or a
bind IDREF
value that refers to an
id not on a
This collection contains one attribute for each model item property as defined in 6.1 Model Item Property Definitions.
The XForms Core Module defines the major structural elements of XForms, intended for inclusion in a containing document. The elements and attributes included in this module are:
|Minimal Content Model
|Common, Events, functions (QNameList), schema (list of xsd:anyURI)
|(instance|xsd:schema| submission|bind|Action)*
|Common, Linking
|Common, ref (binding-expression), bind (xsd:IDREF), action (xsd:anyURI), method ("post"|"get"|"put"|"form-data-post"|"urlencoded-post"|qname-but-not-ncname), version (xsd:NMTOKEN), indent (xsd:boolean), encoding (xsd:string), omit-xml-declaration (xsd:boolean), standalone (xsd:boolean), cdata-section-elements (QNameList), replace ("all"|"instance"|"none"|qname-but-not-ncname), separator (';' | '&')
|Common, Model Item Properties, nodeset (model-binding-expression)
Elements defined in the XForms Actions module, when that module
is included, are also allowed in the content model of
model and
submission, as shown above.
Within the containing document, these structural elements are typically not rendered.
The XForms Processor must ignore any foreign-namespaced attributes that are unrecognized, and must process unrecognized foreign-namespaced elements according to the 3.4 The XForms MustUnderstand Module rules.
Note that the presence of foreign namespaced elements is subject to the definition of the containing document profile.
This element represents a form definition and is used as a
container for elements that define the XForms Model. No restriction
is placed on how many
model elements may exist within
a containing document.
Common Attributes: Common, Events
Attributes from XML Events are allowed on this element to facilitate creating observers. This element is not an XForms Action, has no predefined behavior event-based behavior.
Special Attributes:
Optional space-separated list of XPath extension functions (represented by QNames) used by this XForms Model. It is an error to use an undeclared extension function.
Optional link to a list of XML Schema documents that should be
processed along with this instance data. The XML Schemas may be
another element referenced by a URI fragment, such as
"#myschema". The XForms Processor must process all
Schemas listed on this attribute. Within each XForms Model, there
is a limit of one Schema per namespace declaration, including
inline and linked Schemas.
The Working Group requests implementation feedback on this technique of locating XML Schemas required for form processing.
None recorded.
This example shows a simple usage of
model, with
the XForms namespace defaulted:
<model id="Person" schema="MySchema.xsd"> <instance src="http://example.com/cgi-bin/get-instance" /> ... </model>
This optional element contains or references initial instance data.
Common Attributes: Common
Special Attributes:
Optional link to externally defined initial instance data. If the link traversal fails, it is treated as an exception (4.5.2 The xforms-link-exception Event).
If both an attribute and inline content are provided, the linked version takes precedence as described at 4.2.1 The xforms-model-construct Event.
The content of the
instance element is arbitrary
XML in any namespace. The content of this element is treated as
opaque data, used to create an XPath data model consisting of
various nodes. Authors must ensure that proper namespace
declarations are used for content within the
As currently specified, the instance data is disconnected from the containing document, so that changes to the instance data are not automatically reflected in the containing document. We request implementation feedback on this choice, covering scenarios such as an SVG graph that is updated by values coming from a form.
We also seek feedback on self-referential cases where the instance data and the containing document are one and the same. We plan to use feedback and best practices on these issues to make any needed adjustments to XForms 1.0.
None recorded.
This element encodes how, where, and what to submit.
This element represents declarative instructions on what to submit, and how.
Common Attributes: Common
Special Attributes:
Optional selector binding expression enabling submission of a portion of the instance data. The selected node, and all descendants, are selected for submission.
Required destination URI for submitting instance data.
Required attribute specifying the protocol to be used to transmit the serialized instance data. There is no default value.
Optional attribute specifying the
version of XML to
be serialized.
Optional attribute specifying whether the serializer should add extra whitespace nodes for readability.
Optional attribute specifying an encoding for serialization.
Optional attribute specifying whether to omit the XML declaration on the serialized instance data.
Optional attribute specifying whether to include a standalone declaration in the serialized XML.
Optional attribute specifying element names to be serialized with CDATAsections.
Optional attribute specifying how the information returned after submit should be applied. In the absence of this attribute, "all" is assumed.
Optional attribute specifying the separator character between name/value pairs in urlencoding. The default value is ';'.
The following attributes correspond (in spelling, processing,
and default values) to attributes on the
element of [XSLT 1.0], with the
exception of using
xsd:boolean to replace
The following XSLT attributes have no counterpart in XForms:
Elements defined in the XForms Actions module, when that module
is included, are also allowed in the content model of
bind selects a node-set selected from the
instance data with a model binding
expression in the
nodeset attribute. Other
attributes on element
bind encode model item
properties to be applied to each node in the node-set. When
bind has an attribute of type
xsd:ID, the
bind then associates that identifier with the selected
Common Attributes: Common, Model Item Properties
Special Attributes:
A model binding
expression that selects the set of nodes on which this
bind operates, as defined in 7.4.1 Model
Binding Expressions.
When additional nodes are added through action
insert, the newly added nodes are included in any
node-sets matched by binding expressions—see action
insert in 9.3.5
The insert Element.
See 7.3 Evaluation Context for details on how binding affects the evaluation context.
Certain elements, such as
extension or foreign
namespaced elements defined in a host language might be
critical to the operation of a particular form. To indicate this,
the MustUnderstand module defines a single attribute that can be
used on any element.
|Minimal Content Model
|xforms:mustUnderstand (xsd:boolean)
It is a fatal error if an element is marked
mustUnderstand="true", and the XForms processor does
not have an implementation available for processing the
There are many different ways a host language might include XForms. One approach uses only well-formed processing, disregarding validation. Another case uses strict validation, for example XHTML 1.0, in which only predefined elements are allowed. Another common approach is to allow unregulated content in a few selected places. A host language that chooses this option can use the Extension module.
|Minimal Content Model
Optional element
extension is a container for
application-specific extension elements from any namespace other
than the XForms namespace. This specification does not define the
processing of this element.
Common Attributes: Common
For example, RDF metadata could be attached to an individual form control as follows:
<input ref="dataset/user/email" id="email-input"> <label>Enter your email address</label> <extension> <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="#email-input"> <my:addressBook>personal</my:addressBook> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF> </extension> </input>
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|Sighting Report
|Occurred : 6/8/2013 20:00 (Entered as : 06/08/2013 20:00)
Reported: 6/9/2013 9:23:37 PM 21:23
Posted: 7/3/2013
Location: Ephrata, PA
Shape: Sphere
Duration:15 minutes
|I saw 5 red orbs travel up over the horizon, and disappear in the same area.
I saw two red orbs flying in the sky to the left of me. I pulled over and they had disappeared, but three more were now behind me to the left. A fourth, and a fifth came over the horizon. I watched until they all disappeared in the same spot. I have HD video of the event.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD))

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Today I went to a baby shower so I started my day by whipping out some easy handmade baby gifts. My latest go-to gift is these curvy burp clothes. These are my favorite-shaped burp cloth because they lay over your … Continue reading
Category Archives: Handmade
New Etsy Store
Guess what, I opened at Etsy store! It's called The Creative Erb and features a few of the handmade decor and designs from many of my parties and events. Life's been busy–way too busy–and sadly I haven't blogged as much … Continue reading
Handmade 30th Birthday Party
My husband only had a few (yet very specific) requests for his 30th Birthday–that we host the party in our home and that pies were served instead of cake. Being the crafty wife that I am, I set out to … Continue reading
Handmade Halloween Treats
I decided at the last second that I didn't want to give out just candy to my loved little ones for Halloween, and took on the challenge of crafting some handmade gifts over night. I decided I couldn't mess up too much on plush monsters so I headed to Joann's for some fuzzy fabric.
I drew a monster shape on piece of paper as a pattern. I cut two pieces of plush fabric and found some felt for the eyes. Two oblong circles in each black and white did the trick. The best part is that the messier, the better with these monsters. Before sewing the two main pieces of fabric together, I ironed my felt shapes to the monster using fusing web. Next, I recalled some embroidering stiches from my grandmother's lessons and used them to add some quick details. I think these monsters look better with fewer embroidered details, but do think the tiny knot that adds a gleam to the eyeballs adds a lot.
Once finishing the embroidery details, I sewed my monster, right sides facing together, leaving a 3-inch opening on one side. I stuffed with polyfill and a few tablespoons of lavendar I had leftover from my flax seed pillows. I handstiched the side closed and wallah, Halloween monsters for the little ones!
We wanted to get something special for the boys across the street. So besides their favorite candy and pop, I also bought dollar stocking caps from Walmart and embellished them by hand. I created a design on my computer, then transfered the pattern to a plastic sheet. I cut out the shapes from the plastic sheet, leaving me with a stencil. Next, I watered down some white acrylic paint and used a foam brush to roughly paint directly on the cap (don't forget a piece of cardboard to keep the paint from soaking through!). It took about 30 minutes to dry (faster with the help of my hair dryer, as recommended on the bottle to set the paint). I cut shapes out of white felt that already had fusing on the back, peeled off the paper backing, and hand-stiched some details. Then I ironed the patch to the hat on top of the painted graphic, giving it a screen-printed feel straight from the ads.
My nephew Beau went as a pea pod.
He lit up when he saw his monster, then spent the next five minutes trying to eat it.
My niece Annabelle looked very sweet this year in a butterfly/fairy costume.
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Handmade pins with coffee cup charms.
Work uniforms can be a drag. But you just got to get creative with the details… I made these by making a flower from green, white, and black fabric. I added black lace and rhinestones to spice it up. I designed coffee-themed charms in Illustrator and printed it on Shrinky-Dink plastic–that stuff is awesome!
Starbucks pins feature a coffee cup charm that says "Stay Strong"
Crocheted Beer Cozies
I have a secret, and it's one that could be detrimental to my marriage…but I'm spilling it anyway! This fall, my husband took up a new hobby and spent many hidden weekends making something for my birthday. I had no clue what he was making, but grew very curious as the weekends went by. My guess would have been something like woodworking or metal-smithing, interests I've heard him mention before. But as time went on, I knew it must be something small because his hiding spaces weren't very big. I also knew that it must not require much equipment because it was a project that he was taking to other's houses and easily working upon. I was completely baffled until the big day came.
The morning of my birthday, he could barely wait to give me his present. I was shocked when he pulled a little bag out from behind the couch. I reached in to pull out the object to find a crocheted scarf!!! It seriously took me over 15 minutes to believe that he had made it. My husband? Crocheting? I thought it sounded impossible. To think of all the hours he had spent learning how, and not to mention the teasing he endured from friends! My mother-in-law told me that one night she walked in and found him drinking beer and watching football while crocheting. When questioning him about the odd combination he said that he felt the need to "butch up."
Teasing aside, he's moved on to crocheting beer bottle cozies, which I then help him finish off with handmade appliques that feature witty sayings. They were a huge hit at Christmas! Now he's made a few for my Etsy store for Valentine's Day. What an awesome handmade gift for Valentine's Day – made by him, for him! Inspired by his wife's creative hobbies, my husband now has a way to be apart of my crafting time. I'm really proud that I have a husband who is compassionate and humble enough to learn a new skill that lets him express his love for me. Now we'll see if that love's still there after he finds out I spilled his secret!
"Love Me" Valentines Day Banner Garland
I've been crafting. To see how-to instructions, visit this previous post. To buy it, visit my Etsy store. Happy crafting!
Handmade Holiday Picks on Etsy
Here are some festive items that caught my eye on Etsy…
From left to right:
- Crimson and Chartreuse Fingerless Gloves – mickieandbetty
- Fabric Bookmark – GreenBeeGoods
- Festive Flower Brooch – HappilyMade
- Christmas Pearl & Satin Necklace – SewKnotSimple
- Sweet Leaves, Christmas Joy Fabric Branches – JaneJoss
- Strands of Vert – Poppy Clothing Creations
- Splat Green Bamboo with Red Wall Clock – Pilot Design
- Little Soft Trees Vignette – Lola Nova
- Roses Are Red Green Damask Mary Janes – Gracious May
- Handstamped Holiday Hemp Pillow – NestaHome
- Fresh Holly Soap – Intentions
- Cranberry Cowl Neckwarmer – Crazy Jane Knits
- Holly Berry Brooch – Sneal
- Orbs of Glisten Bulbs – GlissKnits
- Berry Branch Glass Pebble Magnets – Daisy Mae Designs
How to Make Felt Banner Garlands for the Holidays
I spent the afternoon crafting felt banner garlands for our Etsy store. They are so fun! I'd like to make a few for each season. But today's were for Thanksgiving, as I had a custom order for a gal who wanted to hang hers above the children's table at her Thanksgiving meal. I've also thought of making one to hang above my computer monitor at work or as gifts–the possibilities are endless! Making a felt garland is super easy and is a great way to use up scrap fabrics.
Here's what you need:
- Felt: I buy mine by the yard off a bolt. I keep a natural color and heather gray on hand.
- Fabric: Pick three to five colors that go well together. Or, use up some of your scrap pieces.
- Double-sided fusible interfacing: I use Pellon. Anything that will let you fuse two pieces of fabric together without sewing works well.
- Scissors or a rotary cutter
- Twine or ribbon
- Font/Typeface: If you aren't comfortable free-handing your letters, consider pulling up a favorite font and typing your chosen word. I'm able to freehand just fine when staring at a typeface in front of me, but otherwise you can print the letters in reverse, cut them out, and trace them.
Each letter will include three layers of felt/fabric. Start by choosing a word. I recommend keeping it short for the first project! Maybe 3-6 letters long. I gave some tips above for helping you draw the letters, so if you chose one of those methods then be sure to have that part ready to go. Also, consider the final length–do you have a specific spot in your house in mind? If so, keep that measurement in consideration. Next choose your fabrics – this is the fun part! Make sure they serve as a good background to the felt color you chose. Once you have all these decisions made and materials gathered, then heat up your iron because you're ready to begin!
Materials for Felt Garland Banners
How to assemble the garland:
Cut out the felt circles. These will be the biggest and will go on the bottom layer. I usually grab something circle in shape around me, trace it, and cut a couple layers of felt out at a time. Mine are normally 3″ to 3.5″, depending on big I'd like the final garland to be. The circles don't have to be perfect, as oblong shapes can add to the handmade charm. I find it easier to cut out the circles using scissors.
Iron on the fusible interfacing. You will need to fuse interfacing to the patterned fabric and to the letters. But, you'll want to do this before you cut out any shapes or letters.
For the patterned fabric: Allow enough patterned fabric to cut out circles slightly smaller than your felt circles. I often only cut out one or two circles from each print, so the original pieces I start with are small rectangles, around 4″ x 12″ or so.
For the felt letters: Cut out a large piece of felt, big enough to cut out all of your letters. Make sure you add some extra inches, just in case you need to redo any mistakes when drawing your letters!
Now follow the instructions on the fusible interfacing to apply it on the back of your large pieces of felt and fabric. Be sure to get the exposed adhesive side down on the back of the fabric and leave the paper on to protect your iron!
Cut out circles from your patterned fabric. I make this slightly smaller than the back felt circle, and I normally make these messy. I use the rotary tool to whip these out, making each one a little different. If you want a cleaner look, I'd recommend tracing a circle on to the back papered-adhesive, then cutting them out.
Cut out the letters for your word. This is the most challenging part of the fabric, but mine have gotten so much better with each garland. Read tips in the list of materials. The most important thing to remember is to cut and draw them to read properly from the front of the felt, not on the backside that has the interfacing paper! I can't tell you how many times I've drawn beautiful letters on the back on the interfacing paper, cut it out, then realized it read in reverse. Sometimes I make the letters on the taller side so that it hangs off the patterned fabric a bit, but be sure to keep it smaller than the bottom circle of felt.
Fuse the pieces together. Now that everything is cut out, you can assemble the pieces. Peel the protective paper off of the fusible interfacing, then layer the bottom felt circle, the patterned circle, and the letter on top of each other. You can iron all three layers at once. Once they're cool to touch, I pick at the layers to make sure I didn't miss a spot with the iron. Thank God for fusible interfacing, because I don't like sewing!
Make slits on each letter circle. In order to feed the twine/ribbon through each piece, I make tiny slits on each side of the letter circle using the rotary cutter. Don't make the slits too big or else your knots will pull through. Also, don't put it so close to the edge that it could easily tear if yanked upon. Be sure to make the slit on the top third of the circle to keep your garland from flip flopping. Sometimes, I line the letter circles up on my cutting mat, lay down a metal ruler, then make all my cuts in order to make sure they're consistent. But more often than not, I'm comfortable eyeballing it. Whichever works for you! I'm sure there's a fancier way of making holes for the ribbon/twine, maybe with grommets, but this method looks fine to me.
Cut your twine/ribbon. I fancy twine, but either will work. I assemble my garlands in two different way: by cutting individual short pieces, and knotting them to keep from slipping through the holes or by using one long strand and slipping each letter circle onto one strand. Regardless, I will loop the ends and knot the twine as a way to hang it. When using one long strand, I will wrap masking tape around the end of my twine to make it easier to feed through the tiny slits. I think they look best with little room between the letter circles, but play around first before finishing your garland. Assemble the garland and then you're finished!
If you want yours to be fancier, you could embellish the pieces between stages with embroidery, sequences, beads, buttons, etc. You could also use an icon on one of the circles. For example, one time I did a tree in replacement of a "Y". Please be sure to post a photo of your garland in the comments below so that we can see how you approached this versatile project! Happy Crafting!
Great Finds at the Hoosier Artisan Holiday Boutique
It happened. Row after row, aisle after aisle, I felt it increasing inside of me. My eyes couldn't dart fast enough, my mind couldn't process all the wonderful images. It was only a matter of minutes before I couldn't contain it any longer – I crashed from a creative overload. The Hoosier Artisan Holiday Boutique was the best handmade show I've been to in a long time. So much, that I had to take a breather half way through in order to contain my excitement. It was a first-time show organized by Megan Martin in Carmel, Ind. that featured Etsy artists from the INCrowd Team – Etsy.com's Indiana Street Team. My only regret is that we weren't organized in time to have a booth ourselves. But that wouldn't have left much time to shop any way!
Here's what I bought:
Keep Calm and Carry On Canvas – I bought a bigger canvas than pictured here, in a stripe print that I already had in my house. I also bought a brown brooch from them that looks like a circle-shaped rag rug! By Stinky Toe Designs.
Leather Poppy Brooch – I bought my pin in a khaki color to match my favorite cowboy boots. You should see the purses! By Sakura Urban Studio.
You are Beautiful Greeting Card – I bought this as a birthday card for my fabric-lovin' sister-in-law. By The Binding Bee.
Nursing Cover – Or as my husband calls it,
Other mentionables:
Butterfly Card Collage Art Print – This artist takes your old greeting cards and turns them into custom collages. My favorite was one from her wedding, featuring bright colors and snippets of messages from loved ones. By Art*iculate.
Fabric Covered Magnet Board – These are beautiful! The fabric choices are neverending. By Steel Dreaming Designs.


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When rural meets urban
When designing this farm house-like home, András Varsányi, Péter Pozsár and Norbert Vas considered some major factors: minimalist ground-plan and the integration of basic forms – yet keeping in mind that a warm and intimate atmosphere is what they want to achieve.
The client shares his time between Budapest and the country. After the long and tiring working hours of the week the family can relax in their country house located in the outskirts of Algyő. It was here, in the middle of an acacia forest that the present house was built replacing an old farm house.
The orientation of the new building is identical to that of the old one. Locating the house we thoroughly studied the spot so that the minimum number trees would be cut away. The major factors we considered when designing were a minimalist ground-plan and the integration of basic forms – yet keeping in mind that a warm and intimate atmosphere is what we want to achieve.
The shape of the cross section copies that of the traditional farm houses. The panelling is homogeneous: the roof, the walls and the pavements around the house are made of thermowood Siberian redwood with the exception of the library which appears as a white cube referring to urban architecture.
Units with different functions are located in different wings of the house. We located these units so that the spaces between them can communicate with the outer environment. There is a separate wing for the garage and the guest rooms, and there is a so called club located separately from family's direct living environment: the sitting/dining-room and the bedrooms. In the outer courtyard marked out by the club, the sitting-room and the bedrooms there is a pool and several terraces of different height.
The windows opposite one another provide a light inner space during every hour of daylight and they surprise us with an interesting view penetrating through club and sitting room.
András Varsányi


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A manager necessarily needs to keep on track of his schedule to prepare for upcoming events or meetings, make adjustments, and do essential things related to such happening. To do so, one must be aware of the 5 Best Scheduling Software.
Chaos Intellect
First on the "5 Best Scheduling Software" list is Chaos Intellect. It has excellent features to import appointments, email contacts and tasks. Data from Microsoft Access databases and Microsoft Excel files can be imported into this application without a raising sweat. Emails are automatically linked to the imported contact list, which is ideal to keep track of communication. The mentioned features also allow working with clients easier to allow the "in-contact feeling." It also synchronizes data with mobile devices such as iPhone and iPod which is an excellent feature for those who are constantly on the move. There is add-on software available to synchronize data with Palm, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. This application can also be installed on a removable medium such as a flash drive, to use the software on another computer, which is ideal for travelers.
VIP Task Manager
Second is VIP Task Manager. With this, you can create custom fields as well as to change color of priority in order to determine costs or perform other calculations of a specific task. This feature is ideal for determining costs of material and labor. It has different views of calendar and a tree view breaks down a project in detail. Importing data from Microsoft Outlook is enabled, as well as data from previously saved VIP Task Manager Professional databases. Data can be saved in the database, with exporting functions to software such as Excel and Internet Explorer (or other Web Browsers). The best task management solutions such as VIP Task Manager allows you to handle simple tasks and to streamline organizing the task flow.
Third in the "5 Best Scheduling Software" list is WorkEngine. Its timesheets are comprehensive and make it easy to keep track of how much time each person is spending on each individual task. This helps when you are working on budgeting out people's time. What we really liked about the timesheets is that there are multiple ways to add time to the timesheets. WorkEngine not only has a great feature set, but they make it really easy to use as well, as is shown in the functionality of the timesheets.
Then, we have Taskline. It is versatile as it has hotkeys that can be programmed for one-touch functionality, and the application supports a search function to find tasks, contacts or whatever you are looking for. The application also supports networked data sharing, which can greatly facilitate office integration, and we were also pleasantly surprised to find this application includes the ability to repair corrupted files. That is a feature cannot see much in other products, so it is an added bonus.
Completing the "5 Best Scheduling Software" list is Intervals. Its main design features with this scheduling software include timers that are easy-to-use, data export, one-click graphs, administration and customization. It will also track time sheets, client and user information and images. Customizable permissions, document tagging and version are some other useful design features.
Having been acquainted with these 5 Best Scheduling Software, you now surely have a choice to use for your scheduling tasks.


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This is not the first instance when NDTV has had to face ire of twitter users in particular, however this will rankle the most, a coup d'etat of sorts has gone sour due to twitterati unleashing their fire power against their favourite leader and government. Ndtv's nose has been rubbed in dirt right proper.
Signing a MOU with BJP lead union government ,would have given NDTV and it venom spewing brigade more than enough ammonuition to target the GOI and its supporters.
Alas that did not come to pass, India is transforming. Government has been transformed. Popular sentiment is not easy to ignore for a popularly elected government. MOU was withdrawn with a " figleaf of flawed MOU"
Lets revert back to the earlier episodes when NDTV was at the receiving end in April 2013 following tweets tell the story of what transpired then.
This was followed by another attempt of NDTV being thwarted by twitter
that is when this channel attempted to piggy back on M/S Newslaundry, Mr Modi withdrew at the N th hour and the show failed.
Following tweets are a testimony to that episode.
On a personal note I am very fortunate to have received special mention from our Prime Minister in 2015 when I had suffered a stroke, country of 1.20billion people, no tweet sent to Prime minister yet the
Prime Minister found time to tweet to me & wish me a speedy recovery, this should have converted me into a deaf dumb and blind supporter of our Prime Minister, No it did not do that, millions of us toiled hard to ensure we installed a government and Prime Minister who would meet our aspiration, we voted, we canvassed, cajoled, convinced and converted others into voting for Mr. Modi, others of BJP who won were collateral victories our focus was only on Mr. Modi.
We are ardent supporters, trenchant critics as well no coin is single sided. Commendation & condemnation walk hand in hand. Unlike other NaMo supporters are vocal, focused & clear headed.
The MoU may have been rescinded, we still need to know what were the compulsion & merits on the basis which it was signed, who in the union cabinet is driving such misadventures. We will remain vigilante to ensure such fiascos die instantaneously.
In conclusion. We are only concerned with Prime Minister Modi because we toiled to install him and continue to make NaMo feel the burden of popular support. Captain gets the applause and the brickbats.


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Jet Solutions' yearly tradition of offering its Flexjet 25 jet card members something special during the holiday season continues in 2011, this time with a trip to a renowned seaside resort at the southern end of the Baja peninsula.
Jet Solutions, a Part 135 on-demand air carrier using Bombardier aircraft, this year is including a four-day excursion to the Las Ventanas resort in Los Cabos, Mexico.
The card, which starts at $137,000 for 25h in a Learjet 40XR, gives customers hourly access to a fleet of Flexjet aircraft, including the Learjet 60, Challenger 300 and Challenger 604 for a period of 355 days. Flexjet is the fractional arm of Bombardier.
Included in the "Baja adventure" offer is an evening with famed adventurer Geoffrey Kent, as is a golf outing with PGA Champion Mark Calcavecchia, says Jet Solutions. The offer is available through 31 January.
First introduced in 2006, Jet Solutions Flexjet 25 programme has offered holiday adventure packages since 2008. Last year's event included a trip to Napa, California, complete with a private cooking class by a famous chef.


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The Northwest Kidney Centers, with this full page ad in the Seattle Times (on page A5 today) is celebrating Scrib's achievement and honoring the physician who's insights and understanding of dialysis echoed through all the Annual Dialysis Conference sessions that I attended. His most noteworthy achievement happened 50 years ago, tomorrow.
March 9th, 1960 was a Wednesday, the second Wednesday of the month. On that day Scribner began what today we realize was the first chronic hemodialysis treatment. That treatment lasted over 70 hours. Clyde Shields dialyzed the entire day on what would have been World Kidney Day in 1960, the second Thursday of March. The whole day. That was the first World Kidney Day.
The first World Kidney Day was March 10, 1960. The day Clyde Shields dialyzed all day. The day, I imagine, Scribner first understood that ongoing dialysis might really work.


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On the following Monday at breakfast Val said to Holly: Listen to this!
"I think I can do you a good turn. I have some information that concerns your 'Sleeping Dove' colt and your stable generally, worth a great deal more than the fifty pounds which I hope you may feel inclined to pay for it. Are you coming up to town this week-end? If so, can I see you at the Brummell? Or I could come to Green Street if you prefer it. It's really rather vital.
"Sincerely yours,
"That fellow again!"
"Pay no attention, Val."
"I don't know," said Val, glumly. "Some gang or other are taking altogether too much interest in the colt. Greenwater's very uneasy. I'd better get to the bottom of it, if I can."
"Consult your uncle, then, first. He's still at your mother's."
Val made a wry face.
"Yes," said Holly, "but he'll know what you can do and what you can't. You really mustn't deal single-handed with people like that."
"All right, then. There's hanky-panky in the wind, I'm sure. Somebody knew all about the colt at Ascot."
He took the morning train and arrived at his mother's at lunch time. She and Annette were lunching-out, but Soames, who was lunching-in, crossed a cold hand with his nephew's.
"Have you still got that young man and his wife staying with you?"
"Yes," said Val.
"Isn't he ever going to do anything?"
On being told that Jon was about to do something, Soames grunted.
"Farm — in England? What's he want to do that for? He'll only throw his money away. Much better go back to America, or some other new country. Why doesn't he try South Africa? His half-brother died out there."
"He won't leave England again, Uncle Soames — seems to have developed quite a feeling for the old country."
Soames masticated.
"Amateurs," he said, "all the young Forsytes. How much has he got a year?"
"The same as Holly and her half-sister — only about two thousand, so long as his mother's alive."
Soames looked into his wineglass and took from it an infinitesimal piece of cork. His mother! She was in Paris again, he was told. SHE must have three thousand a year, now, at least. He remembered when she had nothing but a beggarly fifty pounds a year, and that fifty pounds too much, putting the thought of independence into her head. In Paris again! The Bois de Boulogne, that Green Niobe — all drinking water, he remembered it still, and the scene between them, there . . . .
"What have YOU come up for?" he said to Val.
"This, Uncle Soames."
Soames fixed on his nose the glasses he had just begun to need for reading purposes, read the letter, and returned it to his nephew.
"I've known impudence in my time, but this chap —!"
"What do you recommend me to do?"
"Pitch it into the waste-paper basket."
Val shook his head.
"Stainford dropped in on me one day at Wansdon. I told him nothing; but you remember we couldn't get more than fours at Ascot, and it was Rondavel's first outing. And now the colt's sick just before Goodwood; there's a screw loose somewhere."
"What do you think of doing, then?"
"I thought I'd see him, and that perhaps you'd like to be present, to keep me from making a fool of myself."
"There's something in that," said Soames. "This fellow's the coolest ruffian I ever came across."
"He's pedigree stock, Uncle Soames. Blood will tell."
"H'm!" muttered Soames. "Well, have him here, if you must see him, but clear the room first and tell Smither to put away the umbrellas."
Having seen Fleur and his grandson off to the sea that morning, he felt flat, especially as, since her departure, he had gathered from the map of Sussex that she would be quite near to Wansdon and the young man who was always now at the back of his thoughts. The notion of a return match with "this ruffian" Stainford, was, therefore, in the nature of a distraction. And, as soon as the messenger was gone, he took a chair whence he could see the street. On second thoughts he had not spoken about the umbrellas — it was not quite dignified; but he had counted them. The day was warm and rainy, and, through the open window of that ground-floor dining-room, the air of Green Street came in, wetted and a little charged with the scent of servants' dinners.
"Here he is," he said, suddenly, "languid beggar!"
Val crossed from the sideboard and stood behind his Uncle's chair. Soames moved uneasily. This fellow and his nephew had been at College together, and had — goodness knew what other vices in common.
"By Jove!" he heard Val mutter: "He does look ill."
The "languid beggar" wore the same dark suit and hat, and the same slow elegance that Soames had first noted on him; a raised eyebrow and the half-lidded eyes despised as ever the bitter crow's-footed exhaustion on his face. And that indefinable look of a damned soul, lost to all but its contempt for emotion, awakened within Soames, just as it had before, the queerest little quirk of sympathy.
"He'd better have a drink," he said.
Val moved back to the sideboard.
They heard the bell, voices in the hall; then Smither appeared, red, breathless, deprecatory.
"Will you see that gentleman, sir, who took the you know what, sir?"
"Show him in, Smither."
Val turned towards the door. Soames remained seated.
The "languid beggar" entered, nodded to Val, and raised his eyebrows at Soames, who said:
"How d'you do, Mr. Stainford?"
"Mr. Forsyte, I think?"
"Whisky or brandy, Stainford?"
"Brandy, thanks."
"Smoke, won't you? You wanted to see me. My uncle here is my solicitor."
Soames saw Stainford smile. It was as if he had said: "Really! How wonderful these people are!" He lighted the proffered cigar, and there was silence.
"Well?" said Val, at last.
"I'm sorry your 'Sleeping Dove' colt's gone amiss, Dartie."
"How did you know that?"
"Exactly! But before I tell you, d'you mind giving me fifty pounds and your word that my name's not mentioned."
Soames and his nephew stared in silence. At last Val said:
"What guarantee have I that your information's worth fifty pounds, or even five?"
"The fact that I knew your colt had gone amiss."
However ignorant of the turf, Soames could see that the fellow had scored.
"You mean you know where the leakage is?"
Stainford nodded.
"We were College pals," said Val. "What would you expect me to do if I knew that about a stable of yours?"
"My dear Dartie, there's no analogy. You're a man of means, I'm not."
Trite expressions were knocking against Soames' palate. He swallowed them. What use in talking to a chap like this!
"Fifty pounds is a lot," said Val. "Is your information of real value?"
"Yes — on my word of honour."
Soames sniffed audibly.
"If I buy this leakage from you," said Val, "can you guarantee that it won't break out, in another direction?"
"Highly improbable that two pipes will leak in your stable."
"I find it hard to believe there's one."
"Well, there is."
Soames saw his nephew move up to the table and begin counting over a roll of notes.
"Tell me what you know, first, and I'll give them to you if on the face of it your information's probable. I won't mention your name."
Soames saw the languid eyebrows lift.
"I'm not so distrustful as you, Dartie. Get rid of a boy called Sinnet — that's where your stable leaks."
"Sinnet?" said Val; "My best boy? What proof have you?"
Stainford took out a dirty piece of writing paper and held it up. Val read aloud:
"'The grey colt's amiss all right — he'll be no good for Goodwood.' All right?" he repeated: "Does that mean he engineered it?"
Stainford shrugged his shoulders.
"Can I have this bit of paper?" said Val.
"If you'll promise not to show it to him."
Val nodded and took the paper.
"Do you know his writing?" asked Soames: "All this is very fishy."
"Not yet," said Val, and to Soames' horror, put the notes into the outstretched hand. The little sigh the fellow gave was distinctly audible. Val said suddenly:
"Did you get at him the day you came down to see me?"
Stainford smiled faintly, shrugged his shoulders again and turned to the door. "Good-bye, Dartie," he said.
Soames' mouth fell open. The return match was over! The fellow had gone!
"Here!" he said. "Don't let him go like that. It's monstrous."
"Dam' funny!" said Val suddenly, and began to laugh. "Oh! dam' funny!"
"Funny!" muttered Soames. "I don't know what the world's coming to."
"Never mind, Uncle Soames. He's taken fifty of the best of me, but it was worth it. Sinnet, my best boy!"
Soames continued to mutter:
"To corrupt one of your men, and get you to pay him for it. It's the limit."
"That's what tickles me, Uncle Soames. Well, I'll go back to Wansdon now, and get rid of that young blackguard."
"I shouldn't have any scruple, if I were you, in telling him exactly how you got the knowledge."
"Well, I don't know. Stainford's on his beam ends. I'm not a moralist, but I think I'll keep my word to him."
For a moment Soames said nothing; then, with a sidelong glance at his nephew:
"Well, perhaps. But he ought to be locked up."
With those words he walked into the hall and counted the umbrellas. Their number was undiminished, and taking one of them, he went out. He felt in need of air. With the exception of that Elderson affair, he had encountered little flagrant dishonesty in his time, and that only in connection with the lower classes. One could forgive a poor devil of a tramp, or even a clerk or domestic servant. They had temptations, and no particular traditions to live up to. But what was coming to the world, if you couldn't rely on gentlemen in a simple matter like honesty! Every day one read cases, and for every one that came into Court one might be sure there were a dozen that didn't! And when you added all the hanky-panky in the City, all the dubious commissions, bribery of the police, sale of honours — though he believed that had been put a stop to — all the dicky-dealing over contracts, it was enough to make one's hair stand on end. They might sneer at the past, and no doubt there was more temptation in the present, but something simple and straightforward seemed to have perished out of life. By hook or by crook people had to get their ends, would no longer wait for their ends to come to them. Everybody was in such a hurry to make good, or rather bad! Get money at all costs-look at the quack remedies they sold and the books they published now-a-days, without caring for truth or decency or anything. And the advertisements! Good Lord!
In the gloom of these reflections he had come to Westminster. He might as well call in at South Square and see if Fleur had telephoned her arrival at the sea! In the hall eight hats of differing shape and colour lay on the coat-sarcophagus. What the deuce was going on? A sound of voices came from the dining-room, then the peculiar drone of somebody making a speech. Some meeting or other of Michael's, and the measles only just out of the house!
"What's going on here?" he said to Coaker.
"Something to do with the slums, sir. I believe; they're converting of them, I heard Mr. Mont say."
"Don't put my hat with those," said Soames; "have you had any message from your mistress?"
"Yes, sir. They had a good journey. The little dog was sick, I believe. He will have his own way."
"Well," said Soames, "I'll go up and wait in the study."
On getting there, he noticed a water-colour drawing on the bureau: a tree with large dark green leaves and globular golden fruit, against a silvery sort of background — peculiar thing, amateurish, but somehow arresting. Underneath, he recognized his daughter's handwriting:
"The Golden Apple: F.M. 1926."
Really he had no idea that she could use water-colour as well as that! She was a clever little thing! And he put the drawing up on end where he could see it better! Apple? Passion-fruit, he would have said, of an exaggerated size. Thoroughly uneatable — they had a glow like lanterns. Forbidden fruit! Eve might have given them to Adam. Was this thing symbolic? Did it fancifully reveal her thoughts? And in front of it he fell into sombre mood, which was broken by the opening of the door. Michael had entered.
"Hallo, sir!"
"Hallo!" replied Soames: "What's this thing?"
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Second time lucky for Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Setting up Biocon, Asia's largest biotechnology firm, was not a straightforward task for the woman who is now India's wealthiest businesswoman.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw chose the biotechnology sector as a fallback position after she realised at the age of 25 that India was not ready to accept a woman master brewer.
But abandoning her dream career of following in her father's footsteps did not mean she swept to success without any trouble.
"In 1978, there were very, very few women in the business world in India — we were considered very high risk from a financial security point of view," she told Reuters during an interview in London.
"It took a very long time to build the organization and company," the chairman and managing director of Biocon explained. "I had to face very many hurdles along the way."
Mazumdar-Shaw's father had been chief master brewer and managing director of United Breweries in India, and he encouraged her to supplement a degree she earned from Bangalore University with master brewer qualifications from Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now University of Ballarat in Australia.
The discrimination she faced when she tried to work in the field in India led her to transfer her skills in fermentation science to producing enzymes, and she set up a joint venture in 1978 with an Irish biotech firm in a small garage in Bangalore with an investment of $250.
Rejected by banks, Mazumdar-Shaw found a backer whose financial support helped lead the company into biopharmaceutical production. Biocon India was listed on the Indian stock market for $1.1 billion in 2004. It now operates in 75 countries and boasts global sales of $712 billion.
"Her bread-and-butter business has been the production of generic drugs, including statins or cholesterol-lowering drugs," says Vikas Pota, whose new book "India, Inc" profiles 10 top-ranked Indian entrepreneurs.
"The project of pride, however, remains oral insulin," Pota writes, referring to Mazumdar-Shaw as a drug innovator. The medicine is slated to hit the market in 2011.
Mazumdar-Shaw spoke with Reuters about her experiences climbing the career ladder in India, the global financial crisis and Biocon. Watch the video clip here:
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u r realy king of biotek
Biocon 's movement from an enzyme firm to a bio pharma company is a quantum leap, I guess the future lies in bio pharma, now that biocon is on a different traction, i was wondering how will biocon fuel its innovation growth in terms of capital requirements


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With the centenary of the First World War fast approaching, The Friends of St Mary's, Peldon, are pleased to welcome back Julian Whybra to present a lecture, entitled 'Lost on the Somme : a story of unfulfilled potential and promise.'
Between July and November 1916, 420,000 British troops perished (60,000 of these on the first day of the battle alone) and thousands upon thousands more were wounded, making the Battle of the Somme one of the costliest battles in terms of human life ever fought. Why were so many lives lost? Who were these men and what might they have become, had they lived? What might have been..?
'Much of the noblest youth and promise of England has gone untimely into the dark.'
You are invited to join the Friends in St Mary's Church Peldon on Wednesday 23rd October, starting at 7.30pm, for what will undoubtedly be a harrowing story of the devastation and tragedy of so many lives lost in the Battle of the Somme.
Tickets £8 in advance: 01206 735770 or on the door. (Not suitable for children.)


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I'm tired. I am sitting at my desk and I just feel dang tired, ya know?! I'm at a bit of an awkward spot with my job—I'll be leaving in a couple of months and I can feel myself withdrawing a bit from the relationships. This is one of the worst things about me, and I am telling you right now—I don't like to put effort into a relationship unless I know there will be some kind of pay-off.
That sounds AWFUL. And maybe it is! But I think its also a little bit human nature. Let me elaborate on what I mean by "payoff." I don't mean favors, or gifts, or compliments, or hard drugs, or anything like that. I guess I just mean I don't have a desire to invest unless I believe the relationship will grow and become deep enough to warrant the time and the small-talky fluffy conversations and the almost date-like pressure of the initial casual hangouts that all new friendships require.
I remember deciding at one point, during my junior year of college, that I was going to try and become friends with this girl. Before you get any ideas that I am confident, and outgoing, and awesome, let me assure you that it was a pretty easy move on my part. This girl had transferred to the university and knew not a soul but her boyfriend. We had met before, I knew she was a photographer, and she had even contacted me to ask if she could do a practice portrait session with me. She had already reached out, I was just at a place of such security relationally that I felt confident enough to reach back.
Anyways, we ended up doing a photo session that she only got like, two usable shots from because I was gabbing the whole time. During this time, we discovered we both LUVED Harry Potter—near obsession—and this led to me inviting her to come watch a showing of DH pt1 that was being shown at our school the following week.
This is where shit got weird. I don't know why or how this happened, but the whole evening felt SO like a date. I took too long deciding what to wear, I bought candy for us to eat during the movie, I got to our meeting place early so she would know I was excited about spending time with her. Cut to the movie—she didn't eat any of the candy I brought and it made me irrationally sad/insecure, I kept trying to make lame jokes, etc, etc. When the movie ended and we were saying goodbye near her car, my mind was racing with "Should I try to extend this hangout? Should I invite her to my place? Or would it be more appropriate to suggest ice cream or coffee? Should I just let it end now so we are both excited to hang out again?" and then "OH LORD do I hug her, how to I say goodbye? AHHHH!!!!"
We die laughing whenever we retell the story of our first hangout. We are great friends now, and she agrees with me—she was weirdly nervous and overly analytical that first night too. I think with any relationship (besides family, I guess, because you are too young and dumb when you first meet them to feel self-conscious) there is a period of awkwardness that you just have to fight through to reach the good parts.
The problem is that I am too lazy, when I know I won't be staying at this job (or hell, even in the city I currently live in) past August. Why subject myself to all the stress and weirdness of a new friendship? I want the easy familiarity of people I can talk to about fighting with Will, and my weird obsession with Dramione fanfiction, and how I went and saw a movie by myself last week, and know that there's not a lot I can say that will surprise them, because THEY KNOW ME.
Hmm. This post started as a semi-intentional dissection of the intricacies of starting a new friendship and has kinda devolved into whining.
Whoops! I'll be good tomorrow, promise.


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Wyoming Mule Deer Migration [VIDEO]
The way we think about nature is ever changing. In fact nature is ever changing. In Wyoming scientist thought that the mule deer didn't migrate, but the research revealed something different. In this National Geographic video, they wanted to capture just how the dear travel across the state. How the dear travel across both public and private land. How they travel across mountains, rivers, and lakes as part of their migration.


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LONDON — Comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres is this year's recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. To which I do my own version of Ellen's signature happy dance.
DeGeneres is not the first female to win the prestigious award, which has been bestowed by the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts annually for the last 15 years. Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg are all past winners. But it's always great when another woman makes it into the traditionally male pantheon of comedy.
Let me say up front that I'm not a huge fan of Ellen's day-time talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." To my taste, it's too sweet, too schmaltzy and too, well ... safe.
But I'm a huge fan of Ellen. For starters, she's funny as hell. She started out as an emcee at a local comedy club in her native New Orleans. In 1982, a video of her stand-up routine won her Showtime's "Funniest Person in America" award. In 1988, she became the first female comedian summoned to Johnny Carson's desk to chat about her performance on "The Tonight Show."
And if you've never seen the episode on the erstwhile Garry Shandling Show where Shandling – in his role as a (fictional) talk show host – tries to persuade Ellen to "come out" on his show (and then ends up sleeping with her), it's laugh-out-loud hilarious.
DeGeneres also has great acting chops. In the children's animated classic "Finding Nemo," she voiced the role of Dory, the neurotic Blue Tang fish. I don't know about you, but I'm Dory through and through. When Dory stresses out about finding Nemo, we all do. It was one of the first films to win me over to animation, largely because of her compelling performance.
Sure – it's an era in which Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Sarah Silverman have become household names – we hear a lot about this being the "age of female comedians." But as Alessandra Stanley notes in an insightful Vanity Fair feature on this topic, most of today's successful female comedians are physically attractive . They need to be, Stanley argues, to appeal to the predominantly young, predominantly male movie-going demographic that so often makes or breaks a film's popularity.
Ellen is cut in an entirely different mold. I think she's lovely to look at, but that's neither here nor there. What makes her different, in part, is that she is openly gay. One of the biggest pop culture moments of the 1990s was when her eponymous character on the hit TV series, Ellen – and the actress, Ellen – simultaneously came out both on the TV show and on the cover of Time magazine.
In a day and age where we now — according to Newsweek, anyway — have our first "gay president," it's worth remembering that Ellen was one of the people who got that ball rolling, back when it wasn't so acceptable to push gay rights, especially on television.
After DeGeneres came out on "Ellen," the show began to lose viewers. It was canceled a year later. She questioned out loud whether ABC was too fearful of the whole topic, telling ABC's Diane Sawyer: "When I'm accused of being political, I'm showing love. How is that political to teach love and acceptance?" But she was subsequently redeemed when shows such as "Will and Grace," "Glee!" and "Modern Family" all featured gay characters.
And of course – although this has absolutely nothing to do with being funny – DeGeneres has been a huge advocate for social issues. It's hard not to watch the video she did in the wake of the Tyler Clementi suicide without tearing up. More recently, she's jumped into the fray about the movie "Bully," arguing that it needs to be rated PG-13 so that it can help save lives.
So rock on, Ellen. And please keep it coming.
Delia Lloyd, a former correspondent for Politics Daily, is an American journalist based in London. She blogs about adulthood at www.realdelia.com and you can follow her on Twitter @realdelia .


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From 2002 - 2006, the DBWP administered $457,625 with the general goal to improve water quality in the Doan Brook watershed. $252,923 was provided through Federal (319) funds and $204,702 was granted from local match funds. Specific goals included the reduction of non-point source pollution through pollution prevention education, volunteer participation and implementation of stream restoration.
Partial list of key outcomes:a) Over 4,000 students participated in a Doan Brook watershed course, taught over three visits (once each season) to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and Doan Brook.
b) Volunteers stenciled thousands of storm drains within the watershed to raise awareness on pollution from stormwater runoff, and monitored the Brook for three years.
c) Several thousand residents partook in the Laudable Lawns and Home Habitats program that taught organic lawncare, wise water use, rain barrel construction, rain garden construction, composting, alternative ground covers, planting with natives and more.
d) Water quality monitoring conducted by John Carroll University resulted in the detection of pollution leaks into the sanitary sewers.
e) Three stream sites along the South Branch of the Doan Brook, totaling 1000' in length, were restored to improve riffle, runs and pool habitats as well as streambank vegetation.


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Sales enablement solutions integrate and coordinate all customer-facing digital content communications across the various geographies, industries, organizations, and personas that a selling company may be targeting as part of their sales strategy.
Digital content marketing is not a new strategy, but the prevalence of its use is seeing widespread adoption and digital content today plays a key role in the sales cycle. Digital content marketing is a popular inbound strategy supported by very effective legacy technologies like Marketing Automation, SFA, and CRM.
Content marketers are often tasked with creating sales support materials, and though this isn't new either, the combination of:
1) digital content online for lead generation
2) outdated sales support material strategies
is leaving a gap in sales rep effectiveness. Buyers are using inbound content to self-educate and to guide their own decision journey while sales reps are left with lackluster content and smarter buyers to contend with.
This is where sales enablement comes into the picture! Sales enablement provides a technology platform that facilitates and enhances the creation, distribution, and analysis of digital content for sales reps and end-of-funnel sales interactions.
The primary goals of sales enablement are:
1) the enhancement of communications effectiveness
2) a reduction of wasted processes.
These goals are primarily achieved with platform integration because the selling company can enhance the sales process without making changes to existing platform investments while at the same time, maximize the current skill set of employees within those platforms.
The core functions of sales enablement include:
Sales enablement software is a platform which allows all sales reps to access the complete database of digital content assets needed for selling purposes. Key features include:
Sales enablement allows any user to operate any device using any operating system for the purpose of making a sales call. Every content asset is accessible from this platform, and even offline, because sales calls can happen anywhere.
Every content asset can be uniquely customized by an individual sales rep. Tags and comments can be added that personalize the search function, and make finding content easy and painless.
The benefit of a single, centrally controlled library is content that is always up to date. Sales reps don't need to worry about having the right content, because only relevant content populates the library.
Sales reps should not be creating content, but they do tailor it to a specific buyer. Sales enablement allows sales reps to compile personalized content assets for any buyer.
Perhaps the most important tool for a rep in the sales call is the playbook. Playbooks allow sales reps to consolidate the content library into folders that are tied to buyer personas. Playbooks can be controlled by both marketing and sales teams.
The advantage of using digital content is the capacity for digital sales calls. Digital sales calls are sales interactions that occur online, or virtually. Unlike traditional phone calls, sales enablement allows the sales rep to guide a conversation similar to an in-person sales presentation.
Sales enablement creates an environment that allows the sales rep to share any content asset to any buyer at any time on any platform. Breaking down the barrier of device and content accessibility, sales enablement pulls the focus away from technology restrictions and back to the sales call.
The sales call can include many actors like decision makers, gatekeepers, influencers, specialists, engineers, financial officers, lawyers, etc. Sales enablement software allows the sales rep to bring everyone into one common environment for a unified discussion. This also eliminates duplication of effort.
Not every piece of content is made for every sales rep, and additionally, seasoned sales reps may have access to more content than those who are being onboarded. Sales enablement software allows marketing teams to control distribution by geography, industry, company, user, buyer, date & time, etc.
Marketing teams know that content isn't just files and images- they are the integral pieces of a larger integrated marketing communications strategy. Sales enablement allows marketing teams to quickly tag content to data tracking metrics for instant awareness on a global frontline scale.
Sales enablement integrates cloud storage for instant library transfer. Marketing automation integrations allow for full end-to-end lead generation to close analytics while CRM integration allows content consumption to be tied to buyer personas. Finally, SFA integration allows the sales enablement software to operate within the SFA environment, further increasing efficiency.
Sales enablement provides full content awareness from the end of the sales funnel. Sales reps have automated tracking of all consumption, and CRM integration eliminates the need to manually update CRM.
When sales reps share content with buyers, the insights from those interactions become real-time data that sales reps can use to tailor future communications and enhance the buying experience.
Marketing teams and executives have real-time awareness into the global operations of their sales teams as it relates to the communications they are having. Managers can coordinate strategies that work using that real data from the frontline.
A sales enablement software solution is the final component of an integrated digital content communications strategy. Sales enablement technology streamlines customer-facing communications while aligning the interactions of sales and marketing teams for maximum communication effectiveness.
Marketers are the primary creators of content, where sales reps are the primary consumers of content as it relates to the lead nurturing-to-close process. Marketing teams with sales enablement software have a greater appreciation of the influence that their content has on the effectiveness of closing.
Organizations with a greater commitment to sales enablement are 33% more likely to often/always include sales teams in the creation of customer facing content. Those who do include the sales team are 250% more likely to share key consumption data for improved content creation. Overall, users of sales enablement software are 43% more likely to note improvements in sales and marketing alignment strategy.
Sales reps only spend approximately 35% of their week in direct selling activities (ROInnovations, 2015) with many unnecessarily investing time in content creation. Companies with sales enablement are far more likely to see marketing teams fully own content creation, with 84% of respondents indicating so (36% more than companies without sales enablement).
Digital content marketing is all about the decision journey, and companies with sales enablement see a 38% increase in content being tied to buyer persona stages. Furthermore, the feeling that digital content lacks value drops by a staggering 74%.
As content libraries grow in size, new and potentially valuable content can easily get lost in the clutter. Over half of users with a dedicated content platform found that their content is both more current and more relevant to the buyer.
Almost half of all sales reps organize their content in email attachments and/or a cloud storage system. This makes it impossible to guarantee the right content reaches the right people. Companies with sales enablement were 55% more likely to indicate that all content was fully searchable and findable.
Not every device can open every type of content and not every piece of content operates similarly on all devices. Companies with sales enablement were 63% more likely to indicate that all content types are usable by all sales reps, and 25% less likely to indicate device restrictions as a challenge.
It no longer matters what device you use, it matters what device the buyer is using. The sales rep must always be able to meet the buyer at their level. Companies with sales enablement were 40% more likely to indicate that they could share with and engage buyers through any channel using all content. There was also an overall reduction in the challenge of getting the right content in front of the right buyers.
The sales call involves more than PowerPoints and PDF's, and often requires the use of complex digital media formats like signature capture tools and custom landing pages. Sales reps want to 'WOW' the buyer and close the deal. Companies with sales enablement utilization were 58% more likely to indicate that sales reps used rich media tools to appear savvier. (Aberdeen, 2015)
Rich media apps are always delightful for the buyer, but often require multiple programs which can complicate the sales process. Sales enablement software plays all content types, including any multimedia, while also allowing the sales rep to customize the communications for a more branded experience.
The buyer's decision journey always changes, and requires continual learning and understanding. Without end-of-funnel insights, the feedback becomes anecdotal at best. Meanwhile almost 60% of sales enablement users indicated a better understanding of the buyer's journey overall.
You can't use the same tactics and sales presentations in every industry, and these insights for what works and what doesn't often comes from the sellers on the front line. Companies equipped with sales enablement are 42% more likely to indicate having accurate market and competitive knowledge.
Content consumption awareness that provides actionable insight is the reason that sales enablement software can steadily deliver strong ROI. Companies with sales enablement functions are 96% more likely to indicate strong analytics into every aspect of content consumption, like who viewed which content, when, etc. (Aberdeen, 2015)
Training and learning is more about contextually relevant material than formal classes and structured lesson plans. Sales enablement isn't just limited to sales calls, and 28% of sales enablement users indicated faster onboarding of new sales reps.
Managing the decision journey is all about getting the right information to the right buyer at the right time. Doing so in an effective manner limits wasted interactions where 33% of sales enablement users noted a shorter sales cycle as a result of their sales enablement software.
Sales enablement doesn't directly generate leads, but it does help you understand what influenced end-of-funnel interactions that led to new customers. As a result, 78% of sales and marketing teams with sales enablement felt that their content was effective for lead generation, as compared to only 49% of those without a sales enablement solution.
Marketers should be the creators of all sales content, and thus require sales insights that are effective at suggesting content creation that actually helps to close deals. It comes as no surprise then that only 21% of respondents felt their content was effective for closing, as compared to 54% of sales enablement users – that's a 157% increase! Furthermore, companies with a total commitment to sales enablement software were 32% more likely to indicate conversions rates from lead to customer as a benefit of their sales enablement software.
Our analysis of over 75,000,000 sales presentations has revealed a common 'content cliff' where material simply loses value and usage. Companies with sales enablement functions were 84% more likely to indicate that they had analytics into content usage rates (Aberdeen, 2015).
Consumption data from customer facing interactions create an abundance of possibilities once analyzed. Companies with sales enablement software were 92% more likely to indicate new product and service ideas from their sales and marketing collaboration.
Sales enablement is all about reducing workloads, automating consumption insights, maximizing selling time, and creating single-views of the customer. Companies with integration functions like those found in sales enablement were 186% more likely to indicate data quality integration for single 360-degree customer views (Aberdeen, 2015).
Sales enablement isn't only a sales tool. Equipping the sales team to perform better inherently adds value to many other areas of the business. The groups who benefit from a sales enablement investment include:
Digital content marketing is like a double-edged sword for buyers. While it has allowed buyers to be more empowered, it has also diminished the value of a sales call, and has left buyer's wanting more.
Buyers have indicated that only 24% of sales reps possess knowledge about the buyer's specific business, and even fewer felt that the sales rep could relate to the buyer's role or understand the buyer's unique issues that had to be addressed (TheSalesWay, 2014).
Sales enablement software helps sellers to understand what the buyer wants to know while empowering marketing teams to create content that buyers actually want to see. The outcome is an improved sales process, and the results speak for themselves (Aberdeen, 2015):
Marketing teams will continue to be the primary creators of digital content for sales and marketing. Though content is generally very effective for lead generation, it often fails to delight the buyer at closing. In addition, sales reps are avoiding content created by marketing.
Interestingly, both sales reps and buyers share identical issues with content created by marketing. They both feel that content is:
1) too self-serving or blatantly selling
2) lacks targeted value or is too generic
3) is overly technical
4) overhypes the product/service rather than focusing on solutions.
Sales enablement software informs marketers about the content that they should be creating by integrating the consumption data from sales calls into the marketing automation system for content creation that inherently takes into consideration the needs of the buyer. The results prove this outcome:
Sellers are managing the growth of content and empowered buyers with tools not suited for the task. Like trying to build a house without the right tools, sales reps are compensating by spending more time in non-selling activities in order to prepare for sales calls and navigate a content flood.
As of 2013, sales reps spend less than 35% of their week in direct selling activities, this is down from 47% in 1998. Sales reps openly admit to spending half of their day conducting activities such as searching marketing materials, creating presentations and other content, and searching for materials that relate to the customer (ROInnovations, 2014).
Sales enablement software takes the leg work out of content searching and empowers sales reps with consumption data that informs about the interests and motivations of the buyer. The result is exactly what sales reps are looking for:
Corporate executives are well aware of the value that is inherent with digital content marketing. Digital content is easily tracked and is able to provide ROI figures more effectively than traditional media sources.
Consequently, proving ROI from marketing activities was the highest rated objective in Hubspot's 'State of Inbound 2014' report. Unsurprisingly then, strategic mindset, customer insights, and analytical orientation far outstripped innovation, digital expertise, creativity, and financial acumen as key desired skills of future candidates (Marketing Charts, 2014).
Sales enablement software is all about integration and putting insights into the hands of decision makers. Whether the selling company has marketing automation or not, sales enablement provides end-of-funnel insights for any size of company. Consider these findings
Sales enablement is no longer a specialized solution for multinationals. The challenge of content growth and empowered buyers is hitting every industry across the planet. Sales enablement is a proven business practice that delivers strong ROI and actionable insights.
Prior to 2013, over half of all companies under $25 million in annual revenue indicated no investment in sales enablement functions. Today that number has dropped significantly with only 10% of companies under $25 million annual revenue indicating no sales enablement investments.
Currently, as many as 83% of companies have some level of investment in sales enablement. 24% are totally invested with either a 3rd Party application such as Skura's SFX, or their own in house platform with a dedicated team of full-time maintenance staff. About half of companies are partially or mostly committed to a sales enablement solution, with the use of smaller piecemeal applications being coordinated in unison across different platforms, or an internal system with simple content management functions being maintained and upgraded.
It's worth noting that common reasons for avoiding sales enablement exist among those who do not currently have any investment in the area. While largely unfounded, these include:
Sales enablement software delivers ROI returns that outweigh the cost of a sales enablement investment. Creating a system in-house is highly technical, but vendors do exist with a variety of options available. Sales enablement is typically a solution that is scalable, meaning that you purchase per user rather than per company, thus controlling cost.
Sales enablement is a technology solution that enables users to integrate all existing platforms and leverage existing technology. Often this challenge revolves around the user's understanding of sales enablement. This solution breaks down barriers and consolidates technology with comfortable and familiar applications.
Managers require ROI and attainable value. Sales enablement is about empowering the sales & marketing team from day one with insights, accessibility, and integration for automated workflows. Sales enablement overall reduces the management burden of poor information awareness.
Sales enablement is a platform for coordinating front-line digital content sales communications. Even lagging industries are now entering the fold, and a growing content library will reveal a gap between content creation and the effective use of that content by your sellers. Sales enablement fills this gap by integrating all of your automation and CRM platforms for a closed-loop system of creation, distribution, and reporting.
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Information, Education and Communication Materials
We believe that young people need comprehensive and accurate information about SRH, HIV and AIDS. We have put together brochures on topics such as Values, Abuse and Child Protection. To read some of our pamphlets, click on the images below.
Information Materials (Brochures & Pamphlets)
Child Rights and Child Protection (Posters)
Youth Alive continues to contribute towards a safer world for children by sensitizing community members and leaders about the reality of Child abuse and their role in preventing it.
Combined with our input sessions on Child rights and abuse, YAZIM is playing its part in changing perceptions about real child participation and the importance of involving them in matters that affect them.
Click on the images to view some of the posters we have distributed in Mutare Rural and Urban District
Behaviour Change Communication - Overcoming Negative Peer Influence (Posters)
Young people are usually easily influenced by the media and what their peers are doing. As a result they may end up dropping out of school, getting pregnant or becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. Youth Alive has launched a Behaviour Change Communication strategy to help youths resist negative peer pressure. We encourage young people to be different in positive ways, to be comfortable and proud of the good values that they uphold.
Click on the images to view the variations of the 'Dare to Be Different' Poster
Behaviour Change Communication on HIV and AIDS
Behaviour Change Communication is vital in HIV prevention, as such we reinforce our message using informative pamphlets as well as banners during commemorations and awareness campaigns. Our organisation's Behaviour Change Communication strategy is closely aligned to the National Behaviour Change Strategy in HIV prevention. Click on the images to view some of the banners we use in BCC (Behaviour Change Communication)


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Tokyo, June 2, 2011 –Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services today June 2, 2011, in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs.
Details of "Welcome Back" package program offered to all registered PlayStation Network* and Qriocity account services will be announced from each region. Announcement for restoration in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as for the remaining services on Qriocity will be made as they become available.
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While the inclusion of LGBT voices in this month's World Meeting of Families and papal visit has been an ongoing source of contention, the intersection of LGBT and Catholic identities will be the primary focus of a theater production arriving in Philadelphia next week.
"Full of Grace: Journeys of LGBT Catholics" is a docudrama based on interviews with several-dozen individuals from across the country about growing up, or living as, LGBT Catholics. There will be readings of the play by 95 North Productions from Sept. 22-25 at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St.
The production runs concurrently with the World Meeting of Families, an international Catholic conference that will culminate with a visit from Pope Francis. The event has been shadowed by conflicts such as the barring of a coalition of LGBT groups from programming at a local Catholic Church and this summer's firing of a lesbian religion teacher from a Catholic elementary school.
The creators of "Full of Grace" interviewed that teacher, Margie Winters, and incorporated her story into the show.
"From the very beginning, we envisioned this as a development piece," said co-creator Robert Choiniere, a former Philadelphian. "We try to incorporate local voices wherever we take the show. When I saw what happened to Margie, I said, 'Here's a voice we don't have: the professional lay minister excluded from ministry.' We want to continue adding new voices as we go along."
Choiniere and playwright Scott Barrow conceived of the show in 2012, at the prompting of Bishop Joseph Sullivan, who convened an Ad Hoc Committee on the Pastoral Care of Gays and Lesbians and their Families at the Diocese of Brooklyn. Sullivan was killed in an automobile accident in 2013.
"We wanted to bring stories and real experiences into what had been sort of a theological, heady conversation that seemed to be distanced from actual people's experiences," Choiniere said. "So we thought that, using theater, we could gather these stories and create a space of compassion, listening and empathy."
Choiniere said there have been few opportunities for such conversations to happen within Catholic spaces.
"These conversations were just being shut down," he said. "And the role of the Church is supposed to be to allow people to listen to one another. So we wanted to listen to those stories."
Choiniere and Barrow amassed more than 30 stories, whose tellers run the gamut: from a 19-year-old college student to a 76-year-old to middle-aged folks who talk about living in New York City during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. The play includes accounts from gay priests and lesbian moms and even from the opposition, with a member of Courage, a Catholic organization that views same-sex attraction as an impediment to spirituality.
Choiniere said the feedback from their performances has largely included gratitude.
"I think people are like, this is water in the desert. There have been no places to have these open conversations, so people are very attentive," he said. "We always have a talkback after the performances and people talk about how they really connected with a certain character or were frustrated by another character. That's what we want; if everybody leaves happy and warm, we haven't done our job."
Bringing the play to Philadelphia at the time of the conference and papal visit was intentional, Choiniere said, but was not meant to stir controversy.
Many of the play's interviewees are from the Equally Blessed Coalition, whose members relayed to the "Full of Grace" creators that they were facing barriers in accessing the World Meeting of Families.
"So we said, 'If this conversation is not happening in this medium, we want to help facilitate it.' We don't want to be confrontational or in their face, but at the same time, we want to say, 'This is what we do as a Christian community: We listen to each other's experiences.'"
Listening to the voices portrayed in the play, Choiniere noted, could be a powerful teaching tool for Catholic hierarchy resistant to LGBT inclusion.
"I think it's incredibly important to see the tenacity and the faith of these people who are willing to sit in the hot spot and not leave this community and abandon their faith, but at the same time not abandon their identity. These are valuable, prophetic voices the Church needs to hear to authentically be the Church," he said.
While the play promotes LGBT inclusion in faith circles, it also allows for open discussion about spirituality within LGBT circles.
"I don't know what's more difficult: to be gay and walk into a Catholic Church or to be Catholic and walk into a gay bar. There's a lot of closeted Catholics in gay bars in Philadelphia, New York, all around the country, and they can't speak the truth about their struggle. There's no environment for them to grapple with these two pulls of their identities."
That's a struggle, Choiniere added, that has been felt by LGBT people of many faith communities.
Community-building, across all types of denominations and identities, he added, is a key mission of "Full of Grace."
"We originally thought of bringing in different religions into the play because I think if we heard stories from LGBT Muslims or LGBT Orthodox Jews, we would hear very similar things," Choiniere said. "These are themes that are universal and I think if we can develop some degree of solidarity, that's what we need. We want to reach anyone who has ever thought they were alone and show them that they're not."
For more information on "Full of Grace" or to purchase tickets, visit www.fullofgraceplay.com.