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On the morning of May 19, 2016, Pope Francis presented a homily during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. The message of this homily can be summed up as this: that employing poor working people is "exploitation" that amounts to a mortal sin. In terms that can only be described as Marxist, the Pope details the working conditions of the poor (("Pope: the rich who exploit the poor are bloodsuckers", Vatican Radio, May 19, 2016)):
We think of the here and now, the same thing happens all over the world. "I want to work." "Good, they'll make you a contract, from September to June." Without a pension, without health care… Then they suspend it, and in July and August they have to eat air. And in September, they laugh at you about it. Those who do that are true bloodsuckers, and they live by spilling the blood of the people who they make slaves of labour.
To quote the article describing the homily ((Ibid.)):
Pope Francis recalled how a young girl once told him about having found a job, working 11 hours a day for 650 euro a month, under the table. And they told her, "If that's ok with you, take it; if not, get lost. There's nothing else!" There's a line of people waiting to take the job.
Now, it is true that sweatshops and other production facilities in the third world operated by large companies and owned by relatively rich Westerners have working conditions and wages that, compared to Western standards, are quite low. As a relatively wealthy white-collar Westerner, I would not want to work in a Bangladeshi garment factory. Yet we can easily see that the garment factory is leagues ahead of other options for a Bangladeshi worker. As discussed in economist Ben Powell's book, Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy ((Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy, Ben Powell, Cambridge University Press, March 17, 2014)), and summarized in an article he wrote on the subject (("Sweatshops in Bangladesh Improve the Lives of Their Workers and Boost Growth", Ben Powell, Forbes, May 2, 2013)),
while 77 percent of Bangladeshis live on less than $2 a day – the international poverty standard – and 43 percent live on less than $1.25 a day, workers at the much-demonized Bangladeshi "sweatshops" average more than $2 a day. Granted, that's not a lot. But it's more than they would earn elsewhere.
He goes on to say that safety standards, while lower than in the West, are completely understandable from the position of the poor worker:
As an economic matter, employers are largely indifferent as to how their labor costs are balanced – that is, whether the compensation consists of wages, the administration of safety standards, health care benefits, or vacation time. A cost is a cost. Workers, on the other hand, do care about the mix of compensation. When workers are poor, they want most of their compensation paid in wages, because they are trying to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves and their families.
To call for the rich to stop employing these poor individuals in the "third world" is not to stop "exploitation" and right some great wrong. It is to abruptly stop the progress upward in wages and working conditions that is necessary for economic growth. Bangladeshi companies cannot afford to pay high wages and have great workplace conditions to compete with Western ones without a gradual growth, which may result in a few Western companies paying exceptional wages until it becomes cheaper to return to the West, leaving a devastated native industry in its wake. (This is often the result, as well, of companies producing charitable goods such as the Tom's Shoes "buy one and we send one to the developing world" promotion as well.) Nor can a business succeed by paying greater than the productivity of the worker, which is much lower in an area where poverty and lack of capital prevail. In the words of Ben Powell, "Consumers who truly care about the welfare of Bangladeshi workers should encourage companies to source garments from the country, rather than abandon its factories."
It is, of course, true that from a Christian perspective, we'd encourage these rich individuals to give to charitable organizations and work to help the poor in anyway they can. But it turns out that charity and aid are not in fact the best ways to help the poor long-term. As the Poverty, Inc. documentary ((Poverty, Inc., 2015)) shows, charitable organizations and foreign aid does not cure poverty. Poverty can only be cured by opening up investment and developing trade and industry! As the filmmaker noted on the Tom Woods show ((Ep. 644 – How Not to Help the World's Poor, The Tom Woods Show, April 20, 2016, accessed May 19, 2016)), the best way to help the poor is not to give money or time, but to invest in businesses in the developing world.
[T]he best way to help the poor is not to give money or time, but to invest in businesses in the developing world.
In this regard, the true "mortal sin" is for the rich person to not invest in the developing world, to not hire workers for wages that (by Western standards) are "too low" and to not employ them in workplaces that may not meet Western standards of safety. It is precisely by engaging in this activity, and the competitive increases in wages and workplace conditions resulting from it, that poverty is reduced and eliminated. This activity is why extreme global poverty (those living on less than $1.90 per day in 2011 PPP) has been reduced to a record low of 9.6% in 2015 (("The Dramatic Decline in World Poverty", CATO Institute, October 7, 2015, accessed May 19, 2016)).
The Pope, of course, has good intentions. He truly wants to help the poor, as do all people of good will and Christian faith. But as I have written previously, good intentions do not necessarily translate into desirable results. Knowledge and wisdom must temper those intentions to achieve those results. The alternative is that, like the Israelites are charged in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge". As noted in Proverbs 19:2, "Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way." In Proverbs 19:8, we are instructed that "The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper." I pray that the Pope would seek greater understanding of the origins of prosperity and economic growth before continuing with this counter-productive attack on business, both for the sake of those that follow his teachings and the poor he seeks to help.

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Dear Scribes,
Yes, we all had a good laugh putting scary Floyd at the top of the Scribes page. It took me a few hours of therapy to make it past the top of the page, ha ha Mr. Rare Man. But let's see who else is afraid of Floyd: Obviously, Floyd will remain evil and Mizar-like until JFG is released. Please see the attached clip scanned in from my local paper. People have gone as far to call Floyd a "Hurricane" of evil. His proplusion device has also been recorded as making winds up to 155 mph (312 hectacres per liter in metric). The Bahamas is in a state of emergency, and all of Florida has been evacuated. Floyd even went as far as to close down Disney World (similar to the Euro-Disney Empty Lot attraction near you) to make children unhappy. Also note the picture of Andrew Altee, knowing that Floyd likes to eat lifegaurds, and their stations. Also notice the quote, showing that residents can now only hope for divine intervention to save them from the "Rar"master.
The second page of the article (not scanned in), goes on to mention how Floyd's constant "Rar"ing (Floyd's "Rar" sounds something like a cross between Timber's "rAR" he makes when he gets passed and the Gruntling's "rarr" they make when they notice Bird/Bear hybrids) has caused many pets to run away in fear. It also mentioned that Rare was entering a strange promotion with Maytag, in the first ever promotion to cross the VideoGame-HomeRange barrier, with the Maytag Gemini (gemini.maytag.com).
I've no idea who Maytag are, which is probably for the best if that serial killer on their homepage is anything to go by.
Anyway, this is clearly all a big jolly jape on Floyd's behalf - he wouldn't hurt a fly really. Blow an ant to bits, maybe, but flies are alright. I mean, look, Geoff Pearce clearly knows the score: old Floydie's just having a laugh, pelting the fun-loving Bahamians with overripe fruit produce in an attempt to liven up their day. And what Mrs. Minnis actually said was "Only dog can save us now", meaning Lupus had joined in the fun by taking sides with the capering island residents. It's really quite straightforward.
Hello Mad Bad Dangerous to know Rarepeople,
So, PD yet again delayed, eh? Who'd have thunk it? Still if the game's going to be half as kick-ass as your screenshots show, April's fine (for me at least). April 2000, April 2001, maybe even April 2002 if need be (although whether or not anyone would buy it in preference for a Dolphin game is dubious). Seriously, forget the words of your detractors, knockers, and jeerers... make the game immaculate. After all, if we wanted something vapid, poor quality, and instantly-gratifying, we'd never have bothered with your cheats in Goldeneye... or indeed with Goldeneye at all. (And we'd probably all be eating Pot Noodles.) One little question, though: will the release date for the PAL version still be the same as for NTSC? In other words, will those of us living in YOUR home country, whose taxes go to feed YOUR monarchy have to wait even longer than the USside Rare fans? Please do tell.
A general question - does anybody know what PD stands for in French? I heard it meant "gay" in terms of sexuality, but what words does it stand for? Whilst I was travelling back to the UK, I happened to stop at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, and the airport staff there seemed less than helpful when I asked them what "PD" stood for. Anybody have any clue?
I completed Goldeneye Cradle 00 yesterday using nothing but two Klobbs. It was very difficult, and I believe the amount of time I spent in something so abjectly pointless illustrates the massive NEED and YEARNING and LONGING that the public has for GOOD GAMES for their consoles such as the NINTENDO SIXTYFOUR especially those done by ENGLISH COMPANIES such as RAREWARE. As opposed to the "oh here's another PC conversion by A B or C yawnaminute". Oh yes and I froze the game after completing Aztec level in a weird way (I placed a load of mines on the rocket tailfin and the endscene never materialized). Obviously an intentional fault, yes?
Could any of you tell me what Joanna Dark's favorite dish is? She looks like a pasta person to me, but I'd be quite happy to hear that she likes soups too. Does she have British or American tastes? (In other words, does she like frankfurters and absolutely despise sausages?) Cumberland sausage? Yorkshire pudding for the lady, sirs? Perhaps even spotted dick?
Anyhow enough crude prandial innuendo and rantings for the moment. Just a reassurance note from your gulli...- er, loyal, PD fans that April for us is "just groovy baby, yeah!!". Seriously, take your time. We love you for it.
BenjaminCJHu, Durham
PS Where do Juno and Vela appear prior to JFG? I haven't been able to find any other mention of them on your website, but maybe that's just me.
Hrrmmm. Can't help you with the PAL/NTSC release date thing, I'm afraid. We don't handle the distribution, so the ball's not in our court there, old boy.
The French meaning of PD? Let's ask Designer Boy: "Perfect Dark, I should hope. Anything else would be silly." Right. And, erm, Joanna's favourite food? "Oysters. Nah, only kidding. Curry."
PS They - oh, hang on, he wants to answer this one as well. Masochist.
"They're in GoldenEye; you have to put a load of mines on the rocket tailfin and destroy their ship, then they appear and hound you mercilessly for the rest of your existence."
Dear Scribes,
Having read some of the irrational musings of demented people in the previous Scribes [16/9/99], I feel the need to knock some common sense into these people.
1. Rareware is a business. Every business has a primary goal, and in Rare's case it's producing the best quality software possible. This goal is integral not only to the success of Rare but also Nintendo, who no doubt will be relying on the reputation of Perfect Dark to sell large quantities of their console. If Perfect Dark is released incomplete, the reputation of Rare AND Nintendo will be severely tarnished. Doesn't take a genius to work that out.
2. By releasing JFG, DK64, and PD in the same period, Rare's total sales *will* be reduced. Nintendo also needs a major product next year to compete with two brand new rival consoles. This may not be the reason for the delay, but it certainly makes a lot of sense.
3. Rare are working on a game that is theirs and theirs alone. They owe us nothing; in fact I would even suggest they owe us far less than some cynical game distributors who demand good money for absolute sh*te.
4. Asinine comments like 'I will come down there and beat the f**kin sh*t out of you' only give the local anti-games brigade something to use against us, and to be honest the thought of somebody like Mister 'suck me sideways' playing any sort of shooting game scares the crap out of me.
5. I can't believe I need to spell this one out, but here goes: Perfect Dark is just a game, people! Get over it! Go outside or something. I love games as much as anyone, and I would love to have played the complete PD this year, but I've the maturity to accept the fact that I don't have a God-given right to demand anything from Rare. It'll be ready when it's ready.
Adam D
Fair comment. As we keep saying, we'd like to think that a few months' delay here and there will do far less damage to our reputation in the long run than chucking out a string of halfhearted, unfinished games. Your whole 'delay for strategic hardware reasons' theory is a bit off, though - we just don't think about it in those terms. PD needed more time to be the best it could be, end of story.
As for your last couple of points, they're good, but far be it from me to suggest that some people take their gaming way too seriously...
Dear Scribes,
Is it just me, or does Mrs. Pie look oddly French? What originally tipped me off was that the color of her pie is the same color as France! But here is the problem. The very French Mrs. Pie is speaking English. And she looks like a prostitute.
The Ponyboy
P.S. Tell Mrs. Pie that I would like some of HER pie, if you get my meaning. Wink. Wink.
She looks French because my interpretation of a floppy chef's hat ended up looking more like a crap beret. I don't know where she's from. That's getting way too deep into the character for my liking.
Dear Scribes,
I think I've worked out the mystery pirate's name! If I am right it was a bit too easy, but if I'm wrong it's obvious that you set up the spelling and 'wildcards' to lead us off track. I think his real name is... Captain Blackeye, but it could of course be any of these too;
-Barmaln Boatlete (Rum-drinking, pub-dwelling, merry-time-having sea-dog)
-Wankarn Beacheze (Self-satisfied Hawaiian bum-of-a-pirate)
-Panzarn-Beakreke (Panzarn being the pirate and Beakreke being the disease ridden parrot in his booty bag)
I don't expect this to be publicly displayed because it could spoil the suspense for those who haven't worked it out, but a response of some form would be much appreciated.
Karri Billing (a.k.a. Stryk)
Not leaving many stones unturned, are you? Mind, you did manage to avoid mention of Bahrain Beasteye the Arabian cyclops - not that that's in any way relevant, naturally. Or is it? Or... is it?
A commendable effort in general, anyway, though I hope you're not really expecting us to tell you whether or not you've hit the nail on the head. That'd be far too easy. We can get another couple of months out of this one yet, surely...
Dear Scribes,
A big congratulations to Nintendo's advertising department in the UK for getting the word arse into an Ad for the GameBoy in a magazine I read. Also Shadowman must get some sort of award for multiple uses of the wonderous arse word from the snake Jaunty. A round of applause to all concerned up there in Stockton on Tees. Setting the standard for the use of arse. Now that the gauntlet is down Rare must respond with a comedy character in Perfect Dark (you do have time after all) who says arse whenever they are hit. It could start a whole new trend...
Arsing Nintendo the new 128 bit machine. With Super Mario Arsination.
J. Edwards
I saw the Game Boy one too. Not bad, eh? It's never anything less than a treat to see arse being spread. No, hang on - that didn't come out right.
Dear Scribes,
During my first year of college, in between actually going to classes and studying and such, my roommates and I played a good deal of 007 deathmatch in lieu of sleep. Everything was alright at first, but eventually, one of my roommates started to develop some unusual habits. For example, whenever someone would choose Natalia as their character, my roommate would sort of stalk her. He'd just follow her around, hiding behind boxes, lurking under the stairs, etc. He used to focus his camera on her calves and mutter under his breath, "Ooh, sexy legs," (he has a German accent, so it's even more disturbing than it may seem) just before shooting her in the head. Also, whenever he successfully killed any character -- male or female -- he would quickly run up to the dead body before it faded out and, pointing his camera towards the fresh carcass and pressing the down C button repeatedly, "hump" it. This isn't even the worst thing he did, but it's the only thing that's related to a Rare game, so that's the end of the letter.
P.S. My "friend" is not actually me, so don't go there.
We do appreciate these little glimpses into the individual deathmatch traits of the hardcore (cough) GoldenEye player. It's also quite therapeutic in its own little way - no matter what happens, it seems there's always someone out there less emotionally stable than yourself. Bless you and your deeply disturbed acquaintances, sir.
PS. The designer says: "But I bet you stopped sleeping with him pretty soon after that, eh?"
Dear Scribes,
I am really excited about DK64. I remember when DKC first came out. I begged my parents to get it for me for Christmas and I did get it. I had so much fun with the side-scrolling action and I can't wait for the 3-D version. November seems like so far away now, but I think I'll make it. I have a few questions about the game though. Will the Deathmatch mode in DK64 be first or third-perspective? Also, will the Cast of DK64, in Deathmatch, only be able to use their specific weapons (i.e. Diddy has Peanut Pistols)? And last, will other characters be playable in Deathmatch like Kremlings or something?
Right then, let's see. Straight from the DK64 designer's gob come the following revelations: multiplayer mode will be third-person a la Jet Force, and while the main participants will be the five playable Kongs with their respective weapons, there'll definitely be a hidden Kremling contingent for the determined player to unearth. How does that grab you, buster?
Dear Scribes,
Your recent update gave me a fantastic idea for a game you should be developing - 'Scribe 64!' Sounds stupid I know, but hear me out (there's a new word for arse near the end, I promise).
One day, mild-mannered Mr Loveday is sitting in his Twycross office when out of the blue he realises that one of his correspondants has called him 'Lovelace'. Loveday's mind is already weakened by being constantly exposed to pointless requests, inane ramblings and dumb suggestions, and this one unforgivable event pushes him over the edge.
The game would be a First Person Shooter, but instead of using guns Loveday would 'shoot' sarcastic words and phrases. The villains would wander around like mindless zombies and would be called arseaols. They would boast unprecedented levels of Artificial Unintelligence and would have 36 animations for being confused and embarrassed.
It would be mission based like for example 'Sirslush is thought be be in hiding hatching evil plans for RareWorld domination.' Another mission would see Kat being kidnapped by a mad criminal genius called Fleab for his own twisted and sinister purposes. For this mission you would play as Sean Williamson and would have to rescue Kat. This mission would be tricky, because Sean Williamson would be hard to control. He would move very slowly and when you try to shoot at something he would usually miss.
The final mission would see Mr Pants personally deliver the first copy of Perfect Dark To Dikran (ha ha) Moskofian and the other impatient people who wrote in to insult you. Mr Pants would take the shiny new cartridge and shove it right up their jacksie (told you).
This would clearly be a massive game for Rare, in fact, come to think of it, you should scrap Perfect Dark completely and concentrate on releasing Scribe 64 as the true and rightful successor to Goldeneye. I hope you'll agree.
It's funny, because when I read back over my responses it never sounds to me like I've been particularly sarcastic - until someone writes in to get all indignant over it. Which means I must be even more of a vicious swine than I'd thought. Wahay!
Anyway, rest assured that if I had any part in the commissioning of new game concepts, this one would be high on the list - for the fantastic-sounding S. Williamson level more than anything else.
A special word from the eavesdropping PD designer: "That is possibly the best idea for a game I've ever heard. The only omissions were the 'beta-requesters', and maybe the 'mad stalkers' as well."
Dear Scribes,
I was wandering around Tawfret a little earlier and found an amazing artifact in the castle ruins! I ran down a hallway lined with pillars and torches, and there it was! An ancient inscription on the back wall that bares the likeness of the beloved Mr. Pants! Did the past inhabitants of planet Tawfret worship him as a god? Or was it the Drones, bored of waiting for the Jet Force team to arrive, who drew the underdressed surveyor on the wall with a sharp stone? Or was it the captive Tribals, who saw Mr. Pants as their last hope for rescue?
Cliff Campbell
Dear Rare,
I am struggling to keep my composure long enough to type well with my excitement over discovering your little secret. I'm probably not the first to say (I never am) "Did you really think you could hide this from me? WELL? Did you think I wouldn't find MR. PANTS?!?!" My first reaction happened to be AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Then I thought, "Wow, I might be the first one to say something about this amazing discovery." Now you know that half the population of this planet will be thinking, "Why on earth is there a picture of a half-naked man on this game?" But I know, and you know, and YOU the reader know that it is the one and only MR. PANTS? And though I haven't seen Floyd say RAR yet, I am hoping that it was added at the last second...
Amanda Marie Schroeder, a.k.a Kablooie, evil twin of Kazooie
(Bwaa ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa!)
PS: Floyd looks like an arse with tail lights.
Ah, you two don't know the half of it. Such is the sweet innocence of youth... I know there are plenty of dedicated headhunters out there who've already discovered Mr. Pants' very own game mode, but I'll keep quiet for now so as not to spoil the impact of one of the single best throwaway game features of all time. And it doesn't matter that about 90% of people playing the game will be totally confused when they stumble across it, because everyone reading this will understand, and at the end of the day you can't beat a good old-fashioned stupid in-joke, eh?
I have just seen the "HotNewz" promotional video from Nintendo, and I have just one thing to say.
Congratulations are in order for the man who brilliantly designed Donkey Kong's ass. It is so beautifully proportioned that it appears to have been molded by the hand of God himself. The supple shading and realistic animation have brought me to one conclusion- this is the finest ass in any videogame ever made.
Mike York
You're obviously quite well-versed in the anal intricacies of the animal kingdom, which makes your educated praise all the more valuable. So for now we'll tactfully put aside the fact that you're obviously really strange as we thank you from the heart of our collective high-polygon bottom. Er, cheers then.
Dear Scribes,
Hi. I've just started at uni, and all of the drinking and stuff - great, eh? Anyway, I've met someone downstairs from my flat who is just AMAZING at Goldeneye - he has every cheat, every level and every mode, using the two joypad method. Why is it in life that when you think you are good at something (00 Agent Control), you find someone better than you? Anyway, I beat him on multiplayer. Heh heh heh.
My questions are the following:-
1. Will PD have the two joypad player method?
2. Isn't the hands-and-face-through-door bug really funny in Goldeneye?
3. Will PD multiplayer have a Licence to Kill option under a different name? Pretty pretty please!
4. Will PD be as tough as Goldeneye (a good thing)?
5. Why is that Banjo-Kazooie looks and sounds nice, but that the levels are too small and it's much too easy? Please tell me that Banjo-Tooie, Conker 64 and DK64 will all be much bigger and harder (oo-er).
Thanks for your time - I worship Rare. Without Rareware.Com, the world would be a much worse place. Cheers.
Delegate! Delegate! Where's that designer? Aha.
"1. Yes.
"2. That depends on who you are.
"3. Yes, possibly something like 'Killing License'. Or maybe not.
"4. Yes, arguably tougher. But at least twice as good."
If it's sheer size you're after, DK64's your man. Monkey. Thing. Jet Force is pretty hefty too, and I'd imagine B-T's going to be a considerably larger beast than its predecessor. So you size freaks are pretty well catered for all round...
Dear Scribes,
I have written you because of the fact that you said, (in an earlier Scribes,) that titles in italics, (like Arseblots 64,) could be titles that you are working on. Could is the key word here. I have noticed, that every time you post Banjo-Tooie, it's in italics. Why? You've announced to everyone that you are, in fact, making Banjo-Tooie. So why do you hiddenly insist that you only might be working on it? This has been nagging me for months now, but I've been too lazy to sit on my knackered arse and write about it to you. Also, I have another word that I think most of you people would enjoy. It's 'w*nker'. This would be a... uh... Well, if I say it, I probably won't get posted, so... Um... I won't say it. But Leigh, you can tell them, 'cause you won't get in trouble for it.
From a very mental child,
I think I probably would get in trouble, actually. As for the main point of your letter, Banjo-Tooie's clearly not in italics, look: Banjo-Tooie. Well, alright, it is in italics, but only because the rest of the paragraph is as well. But it's also bold, and has been since it was confirmed as a Rare game in production (or at least that's the theory - don't blame me if I've buggered it up in the past).
Dear Scribes,
Okay. I was fine and dandy, I came home, and logged onto Rarewhere. I saw that Donkey Kong 64 now had an official story! I ran around frantically for a few minutes, and sat down to read it. It's incredible. Finally, K. Rool gets revenge for the Kongs destroying Crocodile Isle twice! But wait! You've created a cast list for us! I read Donkey and Diddy's excerpts, drooling all over my keyboard. I get to Tiny.
Don't get her confused with big sister Dixie of DKC2 and 3 fame.
I just about vomited. How could you possibly conceive something so idiotic? Look: There is only one possibility for Tiny's species: Tamarin. Look at Tiny's eyes. They are separated. Dixie's eyes are connected. Tiny has very small ears, while Dixie has big ka-honker ears, trying to hide behind golden bead earrings. And finally, their size. Tiny is too small to be even considered as a monkey. Obviously, she has to be a smaller species, and a Tamarin would suit her quite nicely.
I read Lanky's little ditty, with no complaints. You even gave him four fingers like Mankey Kong in DKC, to prove the species stability.
But now, we're at Chunky. Oy.
Older brother to DKC3 co-star Kiddy...
Okay, there are so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to begin. Kiddy is a baboon. Chunky is not. Why? Chunky has four fingers. Kiddy has five. Same species do NOT have different numbers of digits! Might I suggest a Bonobo for Chunky's species? Obviously, it's the only one large enough, and still supporting his characteristics.
So you see, adding those relative thing-o's in the Cast List section was a big mistake on your part, Mr. Loveday, and I hope you correct it immediately.
Chad McCanna
Hey pal, I just work with the material I'm given, know what I'm sayin'? And I hope you're not really as slippy in the head as you sound and this entire letter is just one big irony-tastic jape (though I doubt even that would have done anything to brighten the ugly, dead-eyed stares I got from the entire DK64 team while attempting to present them with your 'concerns').
Dear Scribes,
Here are two observations.
1. "Rareware" can be typed using only the left hand. Heck, it only uses 4 keys. I find this quite amazing.
2. You might want to take the "PD Delay Announcement" off of "Currently Hot". Trust me, it's certainly not hot news, that is, when it was annouced people didn't say "Wow! PD delayed! This will mean a better game in the long run! Hurrah for Rare!". It was a little more like "(Censored)!!! Those (Censored) (Censored) Brits! I will (Censored) bomb the (Censored)(Censored)(Censored) UK and (Censored) kill that annoying Conker the (Censored) Squirrel! (Censored)!"
Hey, I'm all for the PD delay (better game) but the only thing hot about the news would be the temperature of the gaming population's blood as it quickly began to boil. The DK screenshot was "hot", the JFG revamp was "hot", this just makes people angry.
Jesse Rimler
1. It's not that amazing when you take into account that three letters from the second half of the word are a direct repetition of three letters from the first half of the word. Sorry to be so brutally scientific about it.
2. It's 'hot' in the sense of 'new and of some interest', not necessarily 'really good'. Which is why I never bother including Scribes updates under the 'Currently Hot' tag, as I could probably get taken to court for trying to claim that Scribes was ever 'of some interest', let alone 'really good'.
Dear Scribes,
Jet Force Gemini. Honestly at first I didn't like this game, I trashed it. What a Sean Williamson I was, let me tell you. This game is an enthralling, immaculate piece of art. If you are reading this and you have any doubts about getting this game, don't think twice. Get it now, after about 2 hours the genius unfolds. Rare has done it again and this game without a doubt will sit beside your Goldeneye and Banjo-Kazooie and porno movies with prestige. Thank you Rare. Thank you thank you thank you. Quality first always, I can't believe I ever thought you'd let us down. I was feeling quite low when I picked up this game but it's filled me with absolute gameplaying joy. By the way are you the voice of the girl in the game, Leigh Lovelace?
P.S. I can't wait for Honkey Kong64.
Stop it. I was approached to do voice samples for Mr. Pants, but I didn't feel that I was worthy of even attempting to fill the big man's shoes. If he had any. Which he hasn't, because then he'd be Mr. Shoes. Oh God, no - you can get rid of that Mr. Shoes 64 mock-up right now, okay?
Glad you liked Jet Force, anyway. It turned out pretty much as we'd hoped, so it's good to see the old trooper getting some positive word-of-mouth.
PS. Give us a chance to finish Wan- (No. - The Management)
Dear Scribes,
Perfect Dark delayed ... Conker undergoing radical redesign ... no details whatsoever on Banjo-Tooie ... countless letters devoted to Game Name Theorem.
A little deduction swiftly reveals the connection. Here is a brief description of the reworked titles:
Conker Instinct: Woodland creatures with evil red eyes and bulging muscles fight to the death in the AcornTech Finals. Watch for the highly touted emotional range of the character's faces, which can display rage, hatred, fury, wrath, and berserk psychosis.
Perfect Tooty: Shadowy intelligence agency sends their deadliest cartoon bear-child to thwart the plans of sinister aliens. Let's just hope she doesn't conform to the exaggerated ursine stereotypes so common to today's videogames.
Banjo-Kadarkie: Character team of slow-witted bear with femme-fatale spy in his knapsack makes for unprecedented gameplay. Carries an "M" rating due to the rear egg-firing graphics.
One shudders to think what will become of these names on the Japanese market. Longtime readers may remember that the Japanese name for Banjo-Kazooie is Super Rural Twanging Device with Vibration Flute. Other examples of Japanese names for Rare games include:
Killer Instinct: Murderous Knowledge from Within
Goldeneye: Adventures of the British Espionage-Men
Diddy Kong Racing: Super Super Monkey Driver!
Donkey Kong 64: Fantastic Ape Trek
Jet Force Gemini: Turbo Twinstar Saga Story Quest
Blast Corps: Blast Corps
Mr. Porto, better known in the Land of the Rising Sun as Porto-san
GoldenEye's designer notes that "it was actually called Calm Down, Mr. Brosnan, but he didn't appear to be listening." Meanwhile, as you probably know by now, Jet Force will be going under the moniker of Star Twins in Japan - bit close to the bone there, weren't you?
Dear Scribes,
Most of the things that you say are always correct, but I can't help saying: "Of course there are 4 members of the Blast Corps team, and Amber IS one", plus she does have really annoying lines, but I hardly think HDudeMan has even a slightly remote possibility of a feasible conspiracy on his hands, or whatever he cares to lay it on.
Also that Nhoj bloke was worrying me until you replied back. Complex is to me, and my 3 mates' most bestest, favouritest level ever, because it's the most interesting, has four (I think) illusionary walls and is just more... COMPLEX than any of the others.
Paul Morris
Sigh. I know there are four members of the Blast Corps team. I was doing this thing called 'lying' in order to perpetuate a comical misunderstanding. It obviously worked, then.
Dear Scribes,
So. JFG, huh?
Dave and Barry, huh? What did these guys do to get a racing game named after them?
Just one Mizar token a play, too, huh? Obviously, American influence hasn't hit Mizar's domain, where the games cost a whole dollar to play. Geez.
So, no cage dancers at the Big Bug Fun Club, either? Makes sense, given the fact that these guys are spawned and there is no, how shall I put this, mojo going on, eh baby? Eh? Wink wink? Nudge nudge?
Where was I?
Anyhoo, JFG's dead good. Insert "Oh, cheers." here. This is why I keep coming back to you guys. You can take a serious war, saving planets, killing gross bugs, and then you pull a funky dance club out of your arse, and kick the hilarity up several notches.
'Kay. That's all I had to say. So, just go on home now. Go on.
Scott Zdankiewicz
Oh, cheers. Who's Dave?
I'm sure we could have squeezed some nubile, gyrating Drone lasses into the Big Bug Fun Club if we'd really wanted to, but there was no sense in attracting more censorship than strictly necessary (I'm still bitter at having to tone down Diamond Geezer's authentic Cockney patter - "Sorry guv, I'll be needing a Lady Godiva before I can help you out" - and some of Fernando's more enthusiastic praise for the Specialist Magazine).
Dear Scribes,
Okay. I know that I (still) really am e-mailing you far too much, but I can't think of anyone else that this poem becomes even slightly relevant to. Yes, I was bored and so, having had the poem "The Green Eye of the Yellow God" running around in my head all night (cultural insommnia, such a pain) and having read one too many Scribes in one sitting, I had no choice but to combine the two to get the bloody thing out of my brain. So here it is. Sorry I couldn't think of a more original title.
There's a secret Rare-built hideout to the north of Twycross Zoo,
There's an old, forgotten farmhouse near the town.
There's a bored, sarcastic Welshman who reads Scribes,
and does Tusk too,
And Kenneth Lobb forever gazes down.
He was known as SirSlush2 by the 'subs' at Khatmandu,
He was dafter than they felt inclined to tell,
But for all his foolish letters, he wanted to go one better,
Until Pipsy the mouse smiled on him as well.
She was nearly two-point-one, and plans had begun,
to celebrate her birthday with a ball,
He wrote to ask what present she would like from SirSlush2.
They met next day as he sat there in the park,
And jestingly she told him that nothing else would do
'cept for the beta of the new game, Perfect Dark.
The night before the dance, SirSlush2 seemed in a trance
They chafed him as he played with Pipsy's car.
But for once he failed to smile and he sat alone a while
Then went out into the dark beneath the stars.
He returned before the dawn, with his jeans and t-shirt torn,
A gash across his forehead dripping red.
He was sent to bed right away, and he slept throughout the day,
And a worried Pipsy sat beside his bed.
He awoke at last and asked, if they could send his PC through,
She brought it and he thanked her with a bark.
He bade her search the hard drive, saying 'that's from SirSlush2'
And she found the beta ROM of Perfect Dark.
She scolded SirSlush2, in the odd way that mice do,
Though both her eyes were strangely big and wet.
But she wouldn't take the ROM, and SirSlush2 was left struck dumb,
With the Rare game that he'd chanced his life to get.
When the ball was at its height, on that still and tropic night,
She thought of him, and hastened to his site.
As she crossed the Twycross square, she could hear the dreamy air
Of a waltz tune softly stealing through the night.
The door was opened wide, with silver moonlight shining through,
The place was wet and slippery where she trod.
An ugly knife lay buried in the head of SirSlush2,
T'was the vengeance of designer, D. Botwood.
There's a secret Rare-built hideout to the north of Twycross Zoo,
There's an old, forgotten farmhouse near the town.
There's a bored, sarcastic Welshman who reads Scribes,
and does Tusk too,
And Kenneth Lobb forever gazes down.
By Chris Allcock
(With apologies to J. Milton Hayes - and SirSlush2)
Still, as long as someone reads it and appreciates it before SirSlush2 tracks me down and butchers me horribly, I can die happy. Enjoy.
Chris Allcock
P.S. Ooh, ohh! I knew I had a question, as well. If Nintendo have their own in-house testers, when it comes to testing a game, doesn't that mean that copies of the ROM are flitting backwards and forwards overseas? Surely that would take a long time, and be a bit risky in terms of security? Or do you fly the whole of the 'Super Mario Club' over to Birmingham Airport, pack 'em all in a minibus and smuggle them all into Twycross?
Very fine, sir. The amount of time and effort put into it is quite... disturbing. I'll refrain from posting the original for comparison just in case anyone gets arsey about it: there are plenty of other places to find it on the Web should any of you feel so inclined.
Now do one for The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock. Go on.
PS. Cybernetically-enhanced carrier pigeons, mate. Salt of the earth. Don't know where we'd be without 'em.
October X Snippets Special


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Numerous studies attempt to operationalize sustainability and seek to characterize objective, or at least standardized, metrics of sustainable conditions and/or operations. In this paper, we suggest that sustainability is better viewed as an emergent quality, defined in terms of specific institutions and situations. Observations from the water sector suggest that sustainability is not merely a matter of ―bolting on technologies‖, but a complex synthesis of institutional factors, social value perspectives, technologies and engineered artifacts, and natural or environmental conditions.
Although physio-chemical properties, ecological processes and thresholds, and technological factors must inform deliberations, we suggest that the realization of sustainability is at base a narrative enterprise. Observations articulated in this essay were derived through an ensemble research approach including a targeted literature review, a three-phase survey of 18 U.S. water utilities, and a workshop with water sector professionals, regulators, and experts in sustainability and organizational change.


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Do you count? Because I sure do. This is why I am going to fill out the 2010 Census form.
Educate. Activate. Motivate. These three words are the basis of the 2010 Census' plan to get residents living in the United States to fill out their Census forms.
The student population, especially college students, is considered one of the Census Bureau's "hard to count" audiences. It is vital to the success of the 2010 Census to get students involved because students have the ability to mobilize their peers and community.
Students don't realize that a) the Census is mandatory and b) by filling out the Census you can help your local community. There is a clear public relations opportunity to promote the accessibility, convenience and confidentiality of the Census to hard-to-count audiences. By engaging these audiences, the Census will obtain an accurate count of a city's demographic.
Follow University of Oregon's 2010 Census Facebook page to see how the University of Oregon is gearing up for the 2010 Census.


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The Perfect Pink Lipstick- For Only One Pound!/
I've been wanting to do a little 'my daily make up routine' type post for a while now, and today I managed to find the perfect pink lipstick, so the time is right!
Now I'm no beauty blogger or expert; I only started wearing foundation a few years ago, but the past year I've found myself getting more & more into make-up. I must be going through what most girls do as teenagers, except I haven't developed an interest in blusher & eyeliner until my thirties!
I now have a daily makeup routine that takes about seven minutes, but that packs quite a lot in. I'm very into my bargain dupe beauty products, especially as I've had to teach myself how to use them, so buying £28 eyeshadow and then not being able to apply it properly wasn't an option.
So this 'routine' or whatever the professional beauty bloggers call it, is ideal for someone who is a bit of a beginner when it comes to putting on a face.
Here is what I wear day to day.
Rimmel Perfect Match foundation in Classic Ivory. This is a really easy foundation to apply as its liquid form and blends without too much work. I used a brush for foundation for a while, but in the end I've found it just as successful to use my fingers to apply it as a base. It costs around £6.99 which is the average price for a Rimmel foundation.
Next I go straight to eyes. If you haven't shopped in Superdrug for makeup before then you are in for a treat when you discover their Revolution range.
I bought the Redemption Iconic 1 palette, which is a measly £4. Revolution is a 'dupe' range mostly, meaning their products are a bargain version of similar more expensive versions. There are quite a few of these £4 palettes to choose from. I also picked up a version with blues, purples and greens, but I've yet to apply them without looking a bit like a clown. Like I said, I'm new to this makeup malarkey!
The furthest left shade of shadow is perfect for a base, so I also got it by itself for £1, as I've nearly used it all up in the palette. I apply that right up to my brows, then the light shimmery gold colour in the centre of the palette on the eyelid. Then I brush one of the darkest colours into the crease. I actually learnt my eyeshadow skills from watching Ru Paul's Drag Race & hearing that 'garage doors' are when someone only uses the one shade of eyeshadow. You certainly get an education watching Drag Race.
As I'm writing this I've just noticed my nails are chipped in all the photos! I'll never make it as a beauty blogger at this rate!
Next up is eyeliner. Over the years I've tried pencils, eyeliner pens, little ink pots with brushes, but I still can't seem to get the liner in the right place! So if you struggle with eyeliner I'll let you know my little secret. I used a Rimmel Scandaleyes eyeshadow crayon. It's a thick, soft stick of blackness that even with my shaky hands, I can line my bottom lids with. I've long since given up trying to get any liner on the top lids. I think this was about £5.99 to buy in Superdrug.
Whilst my top lids escape liner, I define them instead with mascara. I use a Boots No.7 waterproof one at the moment, and although the brush looks like it wouldn't do much to your lashes, I find it better than any big thick brush.
Brows are next. I have Susan, who I go to for my laser tattoo removal, to thank for teaching me how to define my brows. I feel like I'm putting on fancy dress makeup if I ever had tried an eyebrow pencil, but Susan gave me this little palette and a wedge shaped brush which is just perfect for filling in and making your eyebrows look neat.
Next, contouring, of a sort. I've really wanted to attempt the clown contouring I've seen on YouTube, but with my makeup skills still being very new, I haven't contoured excessively for my daily makeup routine. Instead I use the Revolution Sculpt & Contour Kit in Ultra Fair to put a bit of highlight shimmer on my cheekbones, and bronzer below. I'm still playing around with this 'step' of my routine, but I think practice will make perfect in the end.
The Rimmel foundation, whilst giving great coverage, can be a tiny bit shiny, so I apply a tiny bit of pressed powder. Again I went for a cheap and cheerful range and got the shade Candlelight from Collection.
Lipstick is the final step! I haven't bought any lip liner to practice with as yet, so it's always just straight old lipstick and no messing around. My friend Claire from The Lily Pink Bakery gave me this Soap & Glory palette about two years ago, and I still have it on the go. Naked Beige is my usual colour to wear, as its closest to my natural lip colour.
But, as the title of this blog post says, I have found the perfect pink lipstick for me, and it only cost £1!
It's Revolution from Superdrug again and the shade is called 'crime'. I've always stayed away from brightly coloured lipstick as I'm self concious about my bottom teeth being crooked, but my friend Jane has told me on a few occasions that I should just go for it, so I took her advice. I bought that pink thinking it would either look okay, or it would look atrocious and go straight in the bin. Luckily my £1 was well spent and I really like how it looks!
So that's my daily makeup routine as of September 2015. I imagine it will only get longer as I practice with more products and follow more tutorials from all the proper makeup bloggers out there. But for now, that's my flirtation with beauty blogging done!


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"When [Mad Men] first started, all of my friends, everyone who knows me, said, 'You've got to watch it. You'll love the costumes and the sets,'" says Josh Agle, the artist best known as Shag.
Agle, though, wasn't necessarily interested in checking out the mid-20th-century costumes and interiors that mark AMC's hit series. And when he finally walked in on his wife watching Mad Men, it was the stories and characters that sucked him into the show.
"I hope that's the same thing with my paintings," he says by phone. "They might be set in the '50s or '60s or '70s, but the real content is in the characters and stories they're telling as opposed to the window dressing, the way they are dressed and the furniture that they're sitting on."
Since the 1990s, Shag's depictions of life in a retro world filled with lavish parties and cool people have attracted more than just fans of Cold War-era aesthetics. And while his distinctive style may draw viewers, it's his knack for creating intricate narratives within his paintings that keep people gazing.
"A lot of times, people ask me what's going on in this painting and I never tell them," says Agle. "Sometimes the stories that people are thinking are better than the ones I had when I was painting them."
For his latest show, "Animal Kingdom," Agle's created a whole new slew of characters and scenarios guaranteed to have onlookers guessing about the story behind the painting. Each piece in the show, which opens at Corey Helford on Saturday, features at least one character dressed as an animal. The animal costumes, Agle says, represent human traits. There are feline women and equine men. There's a boy dressed as a lamb acting as though he's an adult and men sporting antlers hanging around a woman lounging in a living room.
The initial inspiration for the show was a costume pattern Agle found that dates back to either the late 1960s or early 1970s. The pattern featured one suit and a variety of different ears and tails to create a number of different animals.
"It's not stated directly, but in most of the paintings, the woman is in control of the situation," says Agle. "So, a lot of the paintings have women and men or a woman and a man, and just by how they are dressed and how the woman is posed, you can see that she is in charge."
This idea goes back to one of Agle's favorite images, the Playboy bunny.
"Women would put on a bathing suit and then some ears and a tail and all of a sudden they were a bunny," he says, adding that he's intrigued by "what that said about the women in the Playboy Club and the men who went there."
But the themes for "Animal Kingdom" go beyond the old-school Playboy bunnies. Agle also found inspiration in the furry subculture and anime fandom.
"I love looking into subcultures," he explains. "Whether or not I'm interested in it myself, I love that people throw themselves into it wholeheartedly. "
In the furry world, where people dress as anthropomorphic animals, Agle found a connection to the themes that have been running through his work for years. But, it wasn't simply the idea of people dressing in costume that Agle thought was interesting; it was the notion that people are "hooking up" in costume at furry conventions.
"In my paintings, I always try to reference our connection to our prehistoric selves as human beings," he says. "Since we're descended from earlier mammals, maybe these people are more in touch with their primal being."
As for anime, Agle was drawn to human characters with animal attributes, like catgirls. Agle says he was most interested in instances where there's no real explanation as to why a character has a tail.
"I found that intriguing as well because it says something about the character, but never directly references that fact," he explains.
Like furries, this genre of anime character does tie into his previous work. If you've seen enough girls wearing maid outfits and cat ears, you can probably relate them to Playboy bunnies on some level.
Naturally, Agle has filtered the relatively modern furry and anime inspirations through the vintage eye of Shag. His characters play against paneled walls and shag rugs with cocktails in hand.
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After experimenting with a more subdued palette in shows like "Autumn's Come Undone," Agle is back to painting with more vivid hues, including very '70s shades of orange, green and red.
"When I first started painting, it was all about the '50s. I loved the look of the '50s," he says. "Then it moved to the '60s. Now it's kind of moving toward the '70s."
Agle chuckles as he finishes his thought. "Maybe one day I'll actually reach the 2010s or 2012."
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100 g butter
1 can (395 g) sweetened condensed milk
2 packets (400 g) malt biscuits or other plain biscuits
200 g Eskimos
desiccated coconut
Crush biscuits. Chop Eskimos. Melt butter and condensed milk together. Combine all ingredients, shape into a log, roll in coconut and chill for several hours. Slice.
Rather rustic looking logs
The resulting cakes are all different.
Somewhat reminiscent of Rorschach ink blots?
Somewhat reminiscent of Rorschach ink blots?
If you like this recipe you may also like to try my apricot fudge and marshmallow treats. Enjoy.


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That said, Rob Zombie? What are you doing?
Zombie making 'Halloween' sequel
Looking over various internet stories, everyone treated this as a real deal. The Variety article has zero mentions, while IMDB still lists it as in pre production with a late August release date. Some people I know would argue otherwise, but that Halloween remake was aight at best. And while I like to think that Rob was indeed "inspired" after recording his new album, he wasn't inspired to create something new? Count me as one of the many disappointed. If there is anything positive to glean from this development, we can keep in mind that The Devil's Rejects was a sequel, and that movie is a stone classic. However, I know this Halloween sequel will not be as good, with a start date of March for rush release by October. I just don't understand people sometimes.


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How to Get a Seat in the PG Medical Course of Your Choice?
There is one impressive question that baffles most UG medical students:- a way to get a seat within the PG medical course of your choice? What may be the correct formula so one gets a high rank in PG medical examination and bag a course of one's choice? AIPGE exam in Bharat or for that… Read More »


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Like most b-to-b marketers, IBM's Small and Medium Business in the Americas three years ago was sending its extensive customer database monthly e-mail newsletters. But the company had a dismal 1% to 2% open rate. Of those, only 1.5% clicked through. At the same time, IBM executives started getting what Leslie Reiser, senior manager of relationship and interactive marketing for small and midsize business in the Americas, calls truly innovative e-mails from the competition. "We realized we needed to get an edge on the competition at that point," she said.
IBM tapped interactive agency IQ Interactive to create a rich media e-mail campaign. The agency came up with a new e-mail format, a video player that merges e-mail and a TV-like experience-with a twist.
Customers receive e-mails containing highlights of the current issue along with a link. When they click through, they are taken directly to a DVD-like player screen.
The programs, which are created by the marketing team with the help of 25 subject matter experts within IBM, tie business issues and industry trends back to IBM's current marketing campaigns. Each story is carefully crafted to not only entertain but engage, Reiser said.
"At every point, the newsletter isn't about watching a movie and going off," Reiser said. "It's a constant call to action; it's collecting more information, while still giving that viewer total control so they can flip from article to article, and link deeper into content."
The Flash-based newsletter was an almost instant success. Its open rate skyrocketed to 22.8%, from 1% before the relaunch. Click-through jumped to 11.1% from 1.5%. Customers stay with the newsletter, too, watching video for an average of five to seven minutes.
Some months the response is even more impressive.
"We ran a feature story last April and we had a 76% follow-through for those who watched the Web show; 76% of people filled out an electronic form so they could download a white paper," Reiser said.
The newsletter's budget is about $500,000 per year, some of which goes toward two agency fees (exclusive of salaries for the three full-time people who work on the product). However, the investment has paid off in a big way. For instance, the newsletters have also become a library of portable sales tools. IBM often reuses the video at trade shows and events, and salespeople use it as a sales enablement tool, Reiser said.
Most important, although the newsletter wasn't intended to generate direct sales-its objective was to create thought leadership, Reiser said-in the last year alone, IBM has gotten several large business opportunities directly from newsletter traffic, including one worth $12 million to $15 million. In fact, 15% of revenue generated through the Americas small and medium business Web site is influenced by the newsletter. The HTML version of the newsletter had no measurable Web revenue.
"In a perfect world, we'd have the resources and funding to send salespeople out to every client, but we don't," Reiser said. "This video newsletter does that for [us]. It connects us with the customer; it's a viewer-controlled virtual extension of the IBM sales force."


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History is within our reach
Rise Networks is Nigeria's leading social enterprise with a deliberate interest and passion for youth empowerment and education development, facilitated by innovation and technology in Africa. Our strategic focus is on vital human capital development issues and their relationship to economic growth and democratic consolidation.
Our operational framework embodies four inter-related delivery channels which include education and youth development hinged on innovation and technology, capacity building, youth inclusion, job access and thought leadership. We are also involved in product-based research, content creation, project management and consulting responsibilities along the lines of our core areas of expertise.
Rise Networks started with its flagship magazine RISE as the brainchild of an ambitious 300 level Law Student in a miniature room at a school campus dormitory in the north-central city of Jos. After six successful editions of the magazine and the amazing, positively-overwhelming responses from the target audience (youths), the publisher was convinced to do more. She knew that the thousands of magazine copies that managed to soar against several odds was not enough to alter the lifestyle of the youths and empower them in terms of intellectual and professional capacity development. That was when the bright and promising journey of Rise Networks was birthed as we hosted our very first and most successful session of the RISE NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM in 2007. This maiden edition of our youth seminar left participants with indelible memories as they were challenged with the truth, driven with purpose and the willpower, as well as the awareness that youth is never a state of limitation. Since then, the event has enjoyed incredible sponsorship from the private sector, even as it has become the most anticipated and the most talked about youth seminar in Nigeria; the subject of topical interest by the media and individuals with outstanding accomplishments.
Our hearts are gladdened by the reports and testimonies that keep pouring in from young people home and abroad. Till date, about 50, 000 youths from diverse communities have encountered the RISE effect. While this is impressive, our goal remains to alter mindsets and galvanize the energies of youth towards hard work, leadership and the power of synergy.
Deploying resources judiciously, we initiated the RISE BUSINESS ACADEMY in 2008 as a follow up plan for the epoch-making youth gathering, Rise National Youth Forum. We also secured strategic and technical support from Phillips Consulting and Nestle to provide knowledge-based professional training for aspiring executives who desire to make a difference in the Nigerian workplace environment. This was borne out of the conviction that most organizations have tailor-made programmes for Entrepreneurs and we realize that not everyone has the hope to become one as several other people aspire to reach the top of the ladder in a chosen Career Space. Consequently, we made effort to equip this category of people with intellectual skills required to excel as Employees because Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Multinationals need executors in their businesses. Thousands of youth are direct and indirect beneficiaries of the RBA Innitiative and we hope that they will continue to affect their employers in tremendously positive and rewarding ways.
With the our determination to make a difference in the creative industry, the RISE Group in 2009 diversified into Creative Design, Concept Creation and offset Printing using up-to-date machinery and employing the best hands and minds to deliver premium service to SMEs and Large Businesses alike.
Leaning towards Education Support with the intent to further promote the learning culture and improve knowledge acquisition, our organization (by mid 2010) undertook the setting up a modern, state of the art eighteen-seater study Library to service students, young professionals and journalists. Rise Networks also operates a functional E-bookstore at www.risebookstore.org.
The publishing arm of the RISE Networks, RISE Publications Ventures also has to its credit, a world class, multiple endorsed, 120-paged full colour picture and research-based Strategy workbook designed to use the stories of selected leading brands to teach emerging businesses the key points in management principles that will ensure growth and sustenance. The book is titled "Stratetricks" coined out of the two words, Strategies and Tricks.
In 2012, Passnownow.com was created and positioned as one of the most incredibly innovative interventions in Nigeria's deplorable education sector. The Passnownow venture is a crowd-sourced, media-oriented learning process which employs contemporary solutions and innovatve methods to teach, engage, entertain and empower young people who are growing from teenagehood into early adulthood.
As expressed in our Vision Statement, we believe that even in our small space we truly can be the change we wish to see in the world. And this can only be accomplished when we continually work towards building an enduring legacy for our generation by encouraging youths to think, learn and work hard to create an environment that abounds with free flowing applicable and laudable ideas.
Rise Networks currently domiciles a chunk of its content on the web and all that we provide are FREE for usage and sharing. Our physical capacity building programmes hold in all the six Geo-Political zones of Nigeria and we participate in progressive dialogues and contribute to decisions aimed at improving livelihoods across Africa.
- To revitalise values by inculcating positive behaviour in the representatives of the future
- To create a springboard for young, unsung, uncelebrated heroes to explore their talents and express their creative voices
- To empower young people in developing business building initiatives that will enable a viable Nigerian economy
- To build a new generation of responsible leaders and worthy role models who will make a difference in the world
To become the ultimate reference point in Africa and the World as a hub of relevant knowledge resource and a facilitator of opportunities and platforms that improve the lives and livelihoods of Nigeria's Youths, with an affirming commitment to empower and prepare them to restore the dignity of Nigeria's Democracy and her steady Economic Growth.
RISE will make substantial contributions to society in terms of concrete actions and changes. We represent a new optimistic generation that will work to make history and hope rhyme.
1. Youth and Education Development hinged on Innovation and Technology
2. Capacity Building on Youth Inclusion, Job Access and Thought Leadership
3. Product Based Research, Content Creation, Sharing and Management
4. Project Management and Consulting Responsibilities along the lines of our core areas of expertise
Advisory Board
Mr. Foluso Philips – Executive Chairman: Philips Consulting (Nigeria)
The Managing Director of Phillips Consulting Limited (PCL), graduated as an Industrial Economist from the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1974. He joined the British Gas Corporation as a graduate Trainee Accountant where he qualified as a Cost and Management Accountant in 1976.
In 1977, he joined the Lucas Electrical Company before leaving the UK for Nigeria in 1979 to work with the Pfizer Group. Mr. Phillips later took on a role as Management Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand International, a UK based company in 1985. During his tenure, he undertook and managed financial management, costing, computer systems and organization development assignments in the UK, Northern Ireland, parts of Europe and West African countries. In 1990, he returned to Nigeria after being appointed the General Manager, Finance for the SCOA Group in Nigeria. He held the position for two years before setting up Phillips Consulting Limited. He is a certified Management and Chartered Accountant.
Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr. – Director General: Nigerian Economic Summit Group, and Former Minister of Information; Former Minister of Youth Development (Nigeria)
Frank Nweke was born on 18 September 1965. He obtained a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Zoology from the Federal University of Technology, Yola . Mr Nweke is an Edward S. Mason fellow and holds two Master's degrees, in Public Policy and Public Administration from the prestigious Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, respectively.
He became a resident consultant to the Enugu State government on development planning and general public sector reforms in 1999. He was Coordinator of the Enugu State Community Development Programme (2000–2001). In June 2001 he was appointed as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Enugu State, a position he held until June 2003.
In June 2003, he was appointed Federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Duties. He became Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Special Duties and Youth Development in April, 2004. In July 2005, he was appointed Minister of Information and National Orientation, an office he occupied until May 2007.
Mr. Frank Nweke Jr is the current Director General of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Nigeria's most influential private sector led economic think tank and advocacy group.
Mrs. Iquo Ukoh – Director: Nestle Nigeria PLC
She had her secondary education at Methodist Girls High School in Lagos and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition/Dietetics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Iquo has attended a lot of training programmes including the Leadership programme at London Business School.
Ukoh's working career spans University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, National Institute of Medical Research, Lagos and Nestle Nigeria where by dint of hard work and high level of professionalism, she became the first and only female Marketing Manager at an executive management level till date.
Under her management, Iquo helped to build lasting brand relationships with Nigerian women through her innovative programmes like the MAGGI Women Forum (A home management programme targeted at women in semi urban areas).
In the course of her job, Iquo Ukoh has travelled and worked widely in countries in Central/West Africa- Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'ivoire, Senegal etc ensuring the success of Nestle's flagship brands MAGGI, MILO etc which today are household names.
Iquo Ukoh, a well respected Marketer in Nigeria is a fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria(NIMN) and a member of the American Marketing Association. She is also a member of Nutrition society of Nigeria, Dietetics association of Nigeria, African Refugee Foundatio and Advertisers Association of Nigeria where she has served in Official capacities.
As a keen advocate of youth empowerment is also committed to ensuring that the youths realize their dreams, take on effective leadership roles and are well positioned to resolving societal conflicts. In the light of this, under the auspices of Nestle Nigeria, Mrs Iquo Ukoh was personally invited by President Bill Clinton the former president of the United States of America to attend the first Bill Clinton initiative in New York, an initiative aimed at addressing various social global issues.
Iquo Ukoh is currently the Consumer Maximization Manager and first female Director of Nestle Nigeria Plc
Mr. Ituah ighodalo – Managing Partner: SIAO Financial Advisory Firm (Nigeria)
Ighodalo attended King's College, Lagos before going to England to study Economics and Accounting in the University of Hull, from which he graduated in 1981.
Mr. Ighodalo trained and qualified as a professional with the firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers in 1986. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (1994) and the Nigeria Institute of Taxation (2000). He is an Associate, Nigerian Institute of Management (ANIM) (1992) and the American Institute of Management (1993).
In 1987, he started his accounting practice, Ighodalo and Co., which merged with three other firms to form SIAO in 2005. Today, SIAO is a one-stop shop for financial advisory services and business assurance. The company has consulted for various clients at all levels, providing a broad range of services, including strategic planning, financial advisory, project evaluation, and financial systems design and upgrade.
Ms Osayi Oruene – Executive Director: Fate Foundation (Nigeria)
Osayi Alile Oruene is the Executive Director of FATE Foundation, a leading nonprofit entrepreneurial initiative in Nigeria, West Africa, which has successfully provided entrepreneurial education and services for the past nine years to young enterprising Nigerians, and equipped them with skills, tools, networks and financing to create successful businesses.
Osayi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Lagos, and a Master's degree in Public Administration Pi Alpha Alpha from Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States of America. A seasoned manager with a track record of outstanding performance in community, economic and social development achieved through collaboration with socially responsible businesses and individuals. Prior to joining FATE, she worked at Junior Achievement of Nigeria, where she rose to become the vice-president. Her interest in working with non-profit organisations stems from a personal commitment to the socio-economic development of the country through private sector-led interventions.
Ms. Oruene is a member of several professional organisations including the International Women Society, the American Society of Public Administration, Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ). Her expertise has placed her on the board of several organizations including theNetwork for Executives of Non-Profits in Nigeria, which she founded.
Mrs Nike Ogunlesi – CEO: Ruff and Tumble (Nigeria)
Adenike Ogunlesi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ruff 'N' Tumble, an indigenous clothing company in Nigeria that specialises in children's clothing. She founded the brilliantly-named children's clothing business in Lagos in 1996. It has become a great success story and exports along the West African coast.
She has built a reputation for being one of the best manufacturers of children's clothing in Nigeria.Adenike was featured in the Africa Open for Business documentary and was recognized as the Fate Foundation Model Entrepreneur in 2005. She is a mentor to Junior Achievement of Nigeria and the Fate Foundation.
Mr. Tonye Cole – Executive Director: Sahara Energy (Nigeria)
Tonye was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State some 38 years ago. He attended Corona School, Victoria Island and later King's College, Lagos before proceeding to King's School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
He is also an alumnus of the University of Lagos and Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil. A merit honours graduate of Architecture, Tonye Cole worked as an architect for frontline Brazilian architectural firm Grupo Quartro SA in Goiania Brazil ('90-92) where he was involved in the design and implementation of the urban planning and city development of Palmas, the capital city of the newly created state of Tocantins. The city of Palmas was designed as a 'green fields' project and built up from scratch.
Amongst the projects he worked on in Palmas are the State Ministry of Justice HQ and the City Hall. Upon his return to Nigeria, Tonye Cole was recruited in 1993 as the Director of Operations EMSA S.A., a Brazilian civil engineering company, the 7th largest engineering firm in Brazil that was awarded World Bank-financed water projects for Lagos State Water Corporation. He was responsible for incorporating and setting up the Nigerian office, recruiting the local staff and managing the office. Tonye Cole is currently the Executive Director of Sahara Energy
Mr. Fela Durotoye – Chief Executive Officer: Visible Impact Limited (Nigeria)
He is a Computer Scientist and an Economist who acquired financial and management consulting experience with VENTURES & TRUSTS LIMITED, the sole investment consultants in Nigeria to the European Investment Bank, between 1992 and 1995. As a venture capital and project finance analyst, he was involved in the set up and management of several venture capital projects including Academy Press, Business Forms Limited and Stark Nigeria Limited.
Fela has a Masters degree in Business Administration from "Great Ife", the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, during which he understudied the Management of Change in Complex Organisations. In 1998, he brought his experience to bear in the area of Business Process Re-engineering for some major Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation projects in PHILLIPS CONSULTING where he excelled to head the Customer Service Group. As Head of the Customer Service Group, Fela designed and facilitated several customer service and personal mastery training programmes and retreats.
In 2001, Mr. Durotoye established V.I.P CONSULTING Limited, (now VISIBLE IMPACT), and soon gained the reputation as the one of the leading experts in the fields of Customer Management and Workforce Activation particularly in the banking sector.
Having honoured over 120 invitations to speak at various meetings and public gatherings, in just 2004 alone and over 350 in 2007, the name Fela Durotoye now rings across Nigeria, the United States of America and the United Kingdom as one of our nation's most sought after business strategists and motivational speakers.
Today, the prowess of V.I.P CONSULTING (now VISIBLE IMPACT) in the specialized area of workforce activation has earned Fela Durotoye the name "MR. PASSION" in business circles including Guaranty Trust Bank, Standard Trust Bank (now UBA), First Bank, Oceanic Bank, First Inland Bank, Bank PHB, Fidelity Bank, First City Monument Bank, Skye Bank, Diamond Bank and Access Bank, IBTC Stanbic Bank just to mention of few of his clients.
In just 36 years of existence, Fela Durotoye has positively impacted millions of lives and our nation as a whole. At an exclusive event in the United Kingdom in September 2004, Fela Durotoye was "personally nominated for the Nobel prize" by His Excellency, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, the Executive Governor of Ogun State.
In recognition of his contributions to the field of Human Resource Consulting, Fela was recently honoured with the "Excellence in Human Resource Consulting Award" by NIPRO, a body of Nigerian Professionals based in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, at their global convention in Miami Florida in December 2004.
Fela was recently appointed the founding President of the Motivational Speakers Network of Nigeria (MSN) and a Director of the Association of Change Empowerment Speakers (ACES) of Nigeria. He is also the Chief Executive of the GEMSTONE Project (www.gemstone2025.org), a movement with an assignment to build Nigeria into the world's most desirable nation to live in by December 31 2025.
He was recently selected as the new boss of "THE INTERN" a business reality television show.
Mr. Simon Kolawole – Editor: This Day Newspapers (Nigeria)
Simon Kolawole is the Editor of THISDAY, arguably Nigeria's most influential newspaper. He holds a B.Sc in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos and an MA in Governance and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
In January 2009, he was named among Africa's Next Generation of Leaders by The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times of London.
Mr. Kachi Onubogu – Director: Promasidor Nigeria PLC
Kachi Onubogu is an experienced marketing and business development manager with cross functional and multinational working experience gained over 18years in the sales, marketing, finance and general management functions.
He has a first degree in Physics from University of Jos, Nigeria and an MBA from University of Pretoria. South Africa.
He is currently the Commercial Director at Promasidor Nigeria PLC.


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DUB x NSFYC Newcastle Jam
June 19, 2018
Check out the video from our recent Newcastle Jam with the NSFYC lads, Filmed by Ryan Lilburn. Cheers everyone who came through and a huge thanks to Federal Bikes, BSD Forever and Animal Bikes for the prizes. The next one will be in Liverpool on August 25th, 10th birthday shit, it's gona go off… See you there!


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The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Doug needs a best man, in the worst way. Jimmy is the best friend money can buy. But sometimes when you buy a friend, there'
Rating: 6.7/10
Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Affion Crockett, Kaley Cuoco, Jorge Garcia,
Burning Bodhi (2015)
Rating: 4.7/10
Kaley Cuoco, Virginia Madsen, Sasha Pieterse, Cody Horn, Landon Liboiron,
"The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Smart Is The New Sexy.
Rating: 8.4/10
Comedy, Romance,
Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar,
Authors Anonymous (2014)
Happy endings are hard to write.
Rating: 4.3/10
Tricia Helfer, Kaley Cuoco, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Jonathan Bennett,
Hop (2011)
Big Game, Big Ears.
Rating: 5.5/10
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy,
James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole,
Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012)
Rating: 6.1/10
Rob Lowe, Kaley Cuoco, Catherine Dent, Cara Buono, William Mapother,
The Penthouse (2010)
Everyone's Trying To Get On Top
Rating: 3.7/10
Rider Strong, Corey Large, April Scott, James DeBello, Kaley Cuoco,
Killer Movie (2008)
Fear Reality.
Rating: 4.7/10
Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Gloria Votsis, Torrey DeVitto, Jason London,
Cougar Club (2007)
Forget youth. Go for experience. Join the club!
Rating: 4.2/10
Jason Jurman, Warren Kole, Joe Mantegna, Kaley Cuoco, Izabella Scorupco,


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Coronary heart disease
CHD is the condition that results from the buildup of plaques within the walls of arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients. CHD can lead to heart attacks, which occur when the buildup suddenly interrupts the heart's supply of blood, leading to the damage or death of heart tissue. This is the single largest cause of death in the world.
Cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease is a condition in which the arteries leading the to the brain become obstructed, which can decrease blood supply to the brain. A stroke occurs when one of these arteries becomes completely blocked, cutting off the blood supply to all or part of the brain. This can result in significant brain damage, depending on the size of the obstructed artery and the duration of the blockage....


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We can't expect students to be autonomous and creative when we tell them exactly what to do. Instead let's aim to point students in the right direction and get out of their way.
I love it when I enter classrooms and I can't immediately find the teacher. Sometimes the teacher is huddling with students. Other times the teacher is sitting with a group or working one-on-one with a student.
Embodied in this guide by the side philosophy is that students will learn more, discover new concepts and apply their learning on their own. Students are no longer passive learners. The assignment becomes a quest for knowledge as students strive to discover answers on their own. We've moved beyond the transmittal of information from teacher to student. The teacher becomes a facilitator.
Cognitively, this approach makes sense. When students—for that matter anyone—are able to generate relationships between the new material and what they already know, they are far more likely to remember it and apply it. In this constructivist classroom, students are given the opportunity to truly interact with the material.
This is not to suggest that the teacher no longer lectures or instructs. A guide by the side teacher provides a framework, some information, and resources. The guide by the side constantly poses questions to stimulate students.
Students need to think for themselves, pose and solve problems. In a guide by the side classroom, students produce knowledge instead of reproduce information. As we become guides on the sides—it won't happen overnight—students will become more independent and real learning will improve.


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David Pratten wrote: > Today there is clear support for media-specific markup (@media screen, > @media print) however I have not found in current CSS features the ability > to support multiple different types of screen output or printed output > (targets or channels). > > For example, here in Kazakhstan, at "Intimak" NGO we publish the same health > information as a webpage and as 2-fold double-sided A4 brochure format and > also A2 poster format... This sounds a little bit like media queries. Is this what you're asking for? http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/Received on Monday, 19 September 2005 02:42:27 UTC
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Belle has become world famous since my last update, after getting outed as the Duke pornstar :) Let's see what else she's been up to lately..
Belle hooked up with a guy after school and it turned out he was packing a huge dong. That's her favorite and she couldn't wait to put it in her mouth. She gave him a nice blowjob before he stretched her clam to the max!
Check out the full picture set + HD video here!


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Loch Gu Loch Race report
Swimrun is a pretty new sport to the UK. Inspired by the scandinavians and the famous Otillo race.
Loch Gu Loch was set in the hIghlands and included 2 swims across the very dark, deep, cold Loch Ness.
This was a really tough event but equally rewarding. The highlands are breathtaking and if you get the opportunity to visit, do.
This was the first time this event had been run so there was a sense of nervousness from everyone, including the organisers. The tension in the air was palpable during th
e tour boat ride from Fort Augustus back up the Loch to Castle Urquhart which seemed to take forever.
It's fair to say we were a little apprehensive going in, mainly around the first long swim across the cold depths of Loch Ness. We had no idea what the temperature would be like, if we had the right kit, if we were fit enough, would there be a monster, etc.
I'm still not quite sure how we did that swim in 39 minutes. I guess a combination of adrenalin, nervous energy and not wanting to get too cold. We gave each other a big hug on the shore before stumbling out of the water to try and warm up on the run.
Things got better and worse from there. The scenery was incredible. At one point I realised I was using a scottish mountain as a sighting point which certainly beats the tower at Shoreham power station. Some of the higher lochs were colder than Loch Ness as a result of some of the hydro electric schemes that move water around but I came to really look forward to the swim sections which wasn't the way I thought things would pan out. With two boggy exceptions, the water was clean, clear and cold.
I think we did well on the swims because we stuck together. There's no point one of you blasting off only to then wait for the other. The tow rope meant I could swim and not have to worry that Kat was off track or falling behind and Kat was able to draft behind me for long sections.
The trail runs were where things got tough for me. I don't have a lot of miles in my legs and some of the trail sections were hard going. A mix of road, track, quad track and no track – just heather and bracken. After 9 hours, Kat was just warming up and I was desperately trying to hold onto her.
Getting to the final 1km swim back across the Loch was a huge relief. Half way across, I noticed another team were close behind us and our 'let's just take it easy and get it done' strategy went out of the window. I swam hard to put some distance between us.
The final steps up to the finish line at Fort Augustus were agony but like always, it was outweighed by the happiness (relief) of finishing.
Going in, I remember saying that this was like a Triathlon without the fun bit (cycling) but, actually, I really enjoyed it and I will probably be back for more next year.
For kit we used the Zone3 Evolution Swim run suits which were excellent. We both wore trail shoes and trail socks that wouldn't soak up too much water. Under the suit we went with Tri Suits and short sleeve base layers. Anything more and I think we would have overheated on the runs. The tow belts with pull buoys attached were invaluable. We used Speedo hand paddles and ran with 500ml Salomon soft flasks in the large pockets the Evolution suit provides. Quite a few people went with Chill swim dry bags rather than carrying gear in their suit. Some went with Camelback style rucksacks but I found that caused lots of drag in the water when I tried it.


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Early voting now open!
Early voting for the Tuesday, June 14th primary is now open and runs through Friday, June 10th.
Voting early is convenient and there are locations all across Reno with a variety of available times. For a complete list and schedule, please visit the Washoe County website.
I'm asking for your vote in the primary as it's crucial to my campaign heading into the general election. I appreciate your support as we move Reno forward!


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Our approach
Confident, collaborative and well informed
The BradleyDyer Raw team is made up of skilled, experienced professionals with a genuine desire to provide creative solutions that deliver real value to your business.
We want to work with you, not just for you. That's why we invest time in building comprehensive knowledge of what you do and how your customers think. The combination of this in-depth understanding and our extensive cross-industry experience gives us the basis to develop powerful, clearly-focused strategies which will fulfil both business and brand objectives.
Ours is a one-team approach – coming together with clients to build strong, working relationships and lifelong collaborative partnerships. It's a point of pride that many of our clients choose to call BradleyDyer Raw when they take up position in a new company.
We are confident that our friendly, 'can-do' attitude will help us blend seamlessly with your team, so we can deliver innovative, creative solutions that meet your strategic goals.