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Acidophilus can help protect the body against harmful bacteria, parasites, and other organisms. As it breaks down, it releases things such as hydrogen peroxide that create a toxic environment for unhealthy creatures in the body, helping to drive them out. It also plays an important role in digestion, helping to produce a number of chemicals which aid in the digestion process.
Many alternative modalities of healing look to acidophilus for a wide range of health benefits. In addition to basic digestive assistance, acidophilus is thought to help bolster the immune system as a whole. It is also thought to provide some relief from intestinal problems, such as diarrhea.
The fungal infection of Candida more commonly referred to as a yeast infection when it affects the genital area, is thought by some to be controlled by acidophilus. Since acidophilus occurs naturally in the genitals, and plays a role in warding off such infections, some people advocate topical treatment. The topical application of yogurt, which contains acidophilus, is thought by many to help relieve and ultimately cure a yeast infection. Oral ingestion is also recommended, either of yogurt, or of an acidophilus supplement.
Because antibiotics kill the so-called probiotics, such as acidophilus, as well as harmful bacteria, many people feel that an antibiotic regime can lead to outbreaks of numerous problems, including yeast infections. It is recommended by many to take supplements of acidophilus and eat acidophilus-rich foods for a period of time after completing a regimen of antibiotics.
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Definition of Candida Albicans Candida (sometimes referred to as monilia) is a fungus that is normally present on the skin and in mucous membranes such as the vagina, mouth, or rectum. The fungus also can travel through the blood stream and affect the throat, intestines, and heart valves. Typical candida symptoms may include jock itch, depression, dry, itchy, flaky skin, anxiety, recurring irritability or mood swings, heartburn, indigestion, lethargy, food and environmental allergies, joint soreness, chest pain, acne or other skin problems, migraine headaches, recurring cystitis/vaginal infections, premenstrual tension, and menstrual problems.
Description of Candida Albicans Candida becomes an infectious agent when there is some change in the body environment that allows it to grow out of control.
Candida can cause the following problems depending upon the organ infected:
- in the kidneys can cause blood in the urine
- in the heart can cause murmurs and valve damage
- in the lungs can cause bloody sputum (mucus discharge)
- in the eyes can cause pain and blurred vision
- in the brain can cause seizures and acute changes in mental function or behavior


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MILWAUKEE -- A controversial Jeffrey Dahmer walking tour has stirred up emotions again, thanks to new Facebook ads. Officials with the "Cream City Cannibal Tour" said they'll be kicking off their 6th season with sold-out tours, and friends of Dahmer's victims aren't happy. The owner of the tour is defending the product, saying naysayers should take the tour before judging.
Friends of Dahmer's victims say the ads are sensationalizing one of Milwaukee's greatest tragedies just to make a buck.
Twenty-seven years after the arrest of Milwaukee's most notorious killer, Wesley Lemieux said he's still haunted by his memories of Dahmer.
"I blamed myself for so long. Like, oh my gosh," Lemieux said.
Lemieux said he once connected a friend to the quiet patron.
"I introduced Eddie Smith to him. Was a good friend," Lemieux said.
Smith became one of Dahmer's 17 victims. Nearly three decades later, dark memories are flooding back.
"I seen the word 'Dahmer,' and I'm like 'I have to read. What the hell is going on here?'" Lemieux said.
A sponsored ad has been showing up in Facebook feeds with an image of a shirt representing the number of Dahmer's victims. A post reads "head's up, Milwaukee," announcing the return of the "Cream City Cannibal Tours" in March.
"I was appalled by it right away," Lemieux said.
He wasn't alone. Replies to the ad include: "Wrong on so many levels," "This is in such poor taste" and "This is disgusting."
Hangman Tours, which operates out of Shaker's Cigar Bar, has been running the $25 walking tours since 2012. Their website says: "This tour is so gruesome, it was banned on Groupon -- twice." Victims' family members protested during the opening weekend of the tours six years ago.
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The tour's owner said it's been a smashing success ever since. Over the phone, Barry Weiss urged critics to go on a tour before judging. He said the tour has been used by scholars, media and even the FBi to learn more about Dahmer, while treating the victims with respect.
Those who actually knew them say they're being exploited.
"While they are gallivanting around doing their tour, there is a family member, there is a mother, there is a father, there is a sister, there is a brother looking at this picture going 'why?'" Lemieux said.
Weiss said the tour is popular among people who live on the East Coast and Europeans. They come to Milwaukee for it, bringing tourism dollars.
Lemieux said the money raised through the tour should go towards the victims' families and charities that prevent at-risk teens from becoming victims of people like Dahmer.

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Well, we all know YouTube and its popularity, which is incidentally, only growing by the day due to the increasing importance of the Internet and its associated services. YouTube is the biggest video hosting service in the world currently and supports videos of all kinds, from movie trailers to individual uploads, documentaries, and even full-length feature films. Now, it is not possible all the time to be connected to the Internet and watch YouTube videos. Sometimes we all feel like having the videos ready on our computers and laptops so that we can watch it even without having to be connected to the Internet. And for that, we need a few good YouTube video converters.
YouTube, at first, did not approve of users downloading its videos for offline viewing. You do not have to despair after knowing this because there is a solution to every problem, however, big it is. So you can actually download videos from YouTube using YouTube video converters. Due to a large number of such services, apps and software being available, I will help you to get the best one for your needs by suggesting a list of such services.
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The best YouTube video converters:
- The first one that we have on this list is the Free YouTube To MP3 Converter. This software is one of the most popular and renowned one in this field and more so because it comes for free. It supports all the popular video formats and one of its biggest advantages is that it can even convert a video to an MP3 file. It also supports the queueing of files to be converted.
- The next one that we have is called Free Studio. It is quite famous because of the enormous number of options that it offers during video conversion. It also supports a very powerful video editing software that allows you to perform functions like capture a part of the screen and then editing it along with the option of saving it to another device.
- Next up, we have the Freemake Video Converter. It has a very interesting and vibrant UI and can convert videos in more ways than Free Studio, offering up to 200 formats to download and convert videos in. It also supports MP3 and has some pretty advanced stuff so that downloading and converting videos is a breeze and doing it efficiently and at a high quality is also quite easy.
- The most famous of this lot is maybe the YTD or the YouTube downloader. Not only does this software download YouTube videos but also supports download from the major video hosting websites like Dailymotion, CollegeHumor, and even Facebook. It supports all the known video and audio files and converts and downloads videos with ease.
- Last but not the least, we have the service called ATube Catcher which is a very powerful downloading tool that can download videos from any website on the Internet. It is one of the most powerful video downloading software and performs on a par with the famous Internet Download Manager or IDM as we know it. A significant advantage of this software is that along with all the regular video formats it also supports the formats that the Sony PSP games console is compatible with. It has a Windows 10 like interface and therefore is very simple to use.
- The FLVTO is one of the best in the business considering the YouTube to MP3 conversion and video download from the same. The downloading speed of YouTube videos on this service is amazingly fast, and the MP3 files that are created by this software from the videos are way ahead in quality than most of the other software offers.
- The VidtoMP3 is a relatively new site that is currently on offer to convert YouTube videos to MP3. Like other regular converters, this service offers support for YouTube as well as other big name video hosting websites like Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and others. It also has a very simple process where a user just needs to copy video URL and then paste it on the bar provided in the software. The download begins, and the video is on the way in a jiffy.
A word of caution before getting down to the end of the list. Most YouTube video converters and downloaders are not as good as they look or are advertised. So be very careful while choosing the correct video converting software. Apps and other smaller software make it seem quite difficult to download and convert videos. So if you are somebody who is in a hurry to get good quality videos and also convert them faster, you must try to get the desktop YouTube video converter apps. The one that I would suggest is Aimersoft YouTube downloader which is currently one of the very popular ones.
There are many other such YouTube video converters and downloaders that are available on the Internet. With the advent of apps and development of technology and programming, they are becoming more powerful, so much so that YouTube has come up with its own version where the user can download a video in the YouTube app for offline viewing.
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Looking For Fun Video Games? Check Out These Ideas!Sunday, March 16th, 2014
Adults and kids love video games. Video games can help to relieve a lot of stress. How can one play a better the population? You just have the right gaming information. This article has all the tips you need to be a better at your gaming. Authors Favorite Game: SSF 2
Are you havin trouble hearing dialogue over all of the action and background music? Most video games feature an audio settings section somewhere in the menu of options. This menu usually also allows you toggle subtitles on or off.


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Well, that wasn't much fun. We'll likely do a nice video post-mortem in a couple weeks, but the relaunch of Giant Bomb has obviously been a little rocky. I can make statements along the lines of "well, it's hard to test this stuff in a production environment" but at the end of the day some of the issues we've had are because we just didn't prepare properly. As such, on Tuesday we'll be issuing a two week extension to all subscription memberships on the site. In short, you shouldn't be paying to watch us scramble. That extension should cover our rocky stability first week, and the upcoming next week as we bug fix login issues, Premium RSS feeds, and the downtime of the API which directly is keeping our Boxee, Roku and community apps from running. There's nothing you'll need to do to receive the extension, your next billing date will automatically move out an extra two weeks on Tuesday.
To those of you with actual login issues, it's our number one priority and we should have a fix on the way shortly. Don't worry if you haven't gotten an email response from me yet, it's not that I haven't received them, it's just that I'm waiting for a code hot-fix before I send out instructions. I appreciate all the patience the community has shown over the past couple days and the positive response we've gotten to the redesign. We'll get back up to full speed in this next week and start moving forward on all the functionality and design tweaks you've suggested once we get past these larger stability issues. You can find a list of thing's we're working on over on the boards.
I'm looking forward to putting this mess behind us so we can finish off Blade Runner together. I'm pretty sure I'm a replicant, don't tell anyone.


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We're delighted that staff at Switalskis Solicitors have organised a 195-mile cycle challenge for Children's Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) to mark their firm's 25th anniversary.
The "Tour de Swits" cycle challenge started today (Wednesday 9th May) and will see 15 cyclists from six Switalskis Solicitors' offices complete a three-day route.
The cycling team will visit the firm's offices in Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Bradford, Leeds, Boston Spa, Knaresborough, York, Pontefract, Wakefield and Doncaster, before completing the course at the Sheffield office on Friday 11th May.
A key stopping point today was Millennium Square in Leeds today, where the team were met by Ben Andrews, CHSF's Corporate Partnerships Manager, our mascot Katie Bear and a crowd of supporters.
The Switalskis team has already exceeded its £5k fundraising target and now has its sights on raising even more for CHSF. You can sponsor the event on their Just Giving page.
The challenge has been sponsored by Allianz Insurance, 7 Bedford Row and Nestor, allowing it to go ahead by providing accommodation, insurance, vehicles and jerseys.
Riding 50 miles a day on average, with two overnight stops, the cyclists set off from the Switalskis Huddersfield office today and finish at the Paradise Square office in Sheffield on Friday 11th May.
The Tour de Swits challenge is the brainchild of Sian Morris, legal executive at Switalskis, who is a keen cyclist and will be leading the team. Sian said:
The cyclists have been training extremely hard and are full of enthusiasm for the challenge ahead of us. Prior to the intensive training sessions, some of our cyclists hadn't ridden more than 20 miles, which makes this all the more remarkable and means they will earn every penny of their sponsorship!
To mark our quarter century anniversary year in this way and to have already exceeded our target is something very special for all involved.
Switalskis has confirmed that the Children's Heart Surgery Fund will be the firm's chosen charity for a second year, and the team has challenged themselves to become the first corporate supporter to raise more than £20k for the charity in two years.
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This is a fantastic challenge and it means a great deal to us that the Switalskis team are going to these great lengths to raise money to support the work we do.
It's equally fantastic to hear that they will continue to support us for another year and have already exceeded such an ambitious fundraising target.
All the money they raise will go towards supporting children and families during their stay in hospital, and funding important research, new medical equipment and resources. We wish Switalskis the best of luck for this tremendous challenge.
For more information about Switalskis' Tour de Swits challenge visit www.switalskis.com/tour-de-swits-chsf-fundraising/.
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Sonnie Trotter can hang from the tips of three fingers from a crack as wide as a pencil in a cliff face 30 metres off the ground.
He's the most famous Toronto athlete you've never heard of. And here's why: His slapshot is not extraordinary. His curveball is weak at best. He has no jump shot to speak of. But oh, he can climb.
Trotter scales daunting obstacles in ways — such as without a rope — that take the sport to a whole new level.
Take The Needles, for example. The California area popular with hardcore outdoor enthusiasts is a collection of granite spires up to 140 metres tall, with steep faces and wicked overhangs. The routes are so difficult they can take the better part of a day, even for advanced climbers with pre-planning and a friend to help.
Not for Trotter. He rolled up there about five years ago and did what's called an on-sight free solo, covering six routes in a day.
On-sight means the climber knows absolutely nothing about the route beforehand — not even by word of mouth. Solo means no buddy to help. Free means no rope.
Success is getting to the top without falling on the first try.
Comparing most climbers to Trotter is like comparing a human to an X-Men character whose secret superpower is climbing.
"That was a jaw opener," says Erin Zieleniewski, who was at The Needles when Trotter pulled it off.
She went to public school with Trotter in Newmarket and remembers he was really good at every sport he tried, including soccer, hockey and gymnastics. But how does a kid from Newmarket — where climbing opportunities are scarce and he grew up attending gymnastics class with his two older sisters — manage to make a living climbing rocks?
Trotter is a full-time adventure climber. Often called "trad," or traditional, it involves placing gear for protection while climbing. It's different from sport climbing, which has gear already in place.
Think of gear as a set of braces stuck into cracks in the rock. A climber then strings rope through those braces and into a harness. If you fall, the rope will be held and you'll be suspended.
The catch is someone has to set those braces. That's where Trotter comes in.
Trad is seen as the pure form of climbing. Trotter often takes it one step further and climbs without a rope, the ultimate act of outdoor badassery.
He does this professionally and makes money in a sport where most people don't. He climbs cliffs and rock formations in the most remote parts of the world. He hangs on to tiny outcroppings of rock, sometimes a few centimetres wide, with legs spread-eagled to reach far-apart footholds while fiddling with rope and gear, fingers frequently rubbed raw from the rock.
Where mountain climbing is more about hiking, rock climbing takes forearms of steel, excellent balance, flexibility and nerve. A lot of nerve.
"He's definitely the best rock climber . . . Canada's ever produced," says Bob Bergman, who owns Joe Rockhead's, a Toronto climbing gym where a 16-year-old Trotter won the first competition he ever entered.
Trotter's mom, Helgi, remembers her son riding his bike to the climbing gym after school every single day the year he turned 16. He'd come home at night, clutching copies of magazines such as Gripped, and tell her that he'd be on the cover some day. He has since been featured in Climbing, Gripped, Explore, Rock & Ice, Climb, Rock & Snow, Alpin, Outside and the March 2009 issue of Men's Journal.
He has the body for the sport. At 6 feet and 165 pounds, Trotter is tall, lean and absolutely cut with the mussed hair and stubble of a true outdoorsman. He trains hard, doing countless chin-ups and hanging for 30 minutes at a time on a fingerboard he made himself. A fingerboard, or hangboard, is a training device mounted on a wall with a series of grips designed to increase finger strength.
Think about the strongest handshake you've ever had, maybe from your future father-in-law when you first started dating your wife. Trotter could make that ol' man cry.
"It's a little bit boring to do because you just hang there for 10 seconds at a time on very strenuous holds, but the effects are extremely rewarding," he says of hangboard exercises. "The bottom line is your fingers are the weakest link that you have to the rock."
Travelling is a big part of his job and whether on the road, at the climbing gym or at home in Squamish, B.C., Trotter has definitely put in the equivalent of Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours — the amount of practise the author, in Outliers, says is the key to success in any activity. Trotter probably surpassed that in his early 20s, when most guys his age were drinking beer and chasing girls.
"Lots of climbers live in Squamish. Most of them do something else," like work in a restaurant or at Mountain Equipment Co-op, says Gripped publisher and climber Sam Cohen. "It is pretty rare to be able to find a profession (as a climber)."
"It's just his drive and his love for climbing which … is kind of overwhelming. That's the first thing you notice about him," explains Bergman.
There are gold medals and international rankings, but Trotter doesn't go for that stuff. He doesn't need them. Among climbers, he has something more valuable: credibility.
He has such cred that people don't even need to witness his most epic climbs. Trotter's word is gold, and he says he prefers it that way because he enjoys being alone in nature, having just finished a problem he set for himself.
"A lot of the times those routes aren't documented and so they don't get as much publication, which is actually good because it means it's more for yourself and not for anyone else," he says.
Word is that Trotter, 31, was pretty close to the peak of the mountain climbing game about 10 years ago, but wasn't quite good enough to be the absolute best in the world.
"I am a professional athlete in the sense that I do climb at a relatively high level," Trotter explains. "Sometimes it's not always at the world standard, sometimes it is, but there's no pressure for me to perform because of my addiction to adventure climbing. That's what I became known for was this person who took a high level of physical rock climbing, applied it to these adventure routes that very few people would go on because they were a little bit scary, and so I carved a niche for myself where I didn't have to compete with anybody because I was the only one doing it," he says.
He backed off from competitive climbing after sustaining an injury. At the time, he says, he was getting tired of living like a "professional athlete" — eating right, training and always comparing himself to others. He thought about going back to school, but went on "one last trip" to Yosemite National Park instead.
So he's no longer out to conquer Everest in sandals. He spent that week in Yosemite adventure climbing and says it caused him to fall back in love with the sport — his sport.
He isn't pulling in LeBron James or Tom Brady money. He makes what he calls a "decent" living through sponsorships and a variety of climbing-related jobs — testing gear, teaching, giving slideshows, writing, taking photos and video, and posing a hundred metres above ground for catalogue cover shots. His big-name sponsors include Patagonia, Five Ten, Black Diamond and Ryders.
"He is always ready to talk about climbing and what projects you're working on," says Sean McColl, who at 23 is widely seen as the next big thing in Canadian climbing.
Trotter used to teach McColl at a Vancouver rock gym. Nobody taught Trotter. His mom caught him 60 feet up one of their cedar trees at age 4 on the family farm in Sutton, Ont. He spent the first decade of his life on the 100-acre property, often roaming the woods with his black lab.
"Maybe that has something to do with my desire to keep exploring," he muses. "I tend to get — I don't want to say I get bored easy, but I'm very curious."
He calls himself a control freak, but some of the situations he has found himself in sound anything but controlled. Once, while free climbing in Colorado's Eldorado Canyon he lost focus for a second and found himself stuck.
"I found myself 70 feet up off the ground with a very serious potential where I couldn't go back down, but I couldn't go up and the gear was so far below me that if I had fallen I for sure would have hit the ground . . . I don't think I ever would have survived," he says. "I was terrified. I was like, 'You're in this very real situation.' "
Muscles shaking, he recalls forcing himself to breathe deeply, concentrate and look around. He saw a hold just out of reach.
"I basically jumped for it. I was lucky. It was a really positive hold. I remember my fingers disappearing into this pocket . . . like putting your hand into a massive bowl," he says.
At the end of that year, he was a professional climber with a sponsor.
He's since been to India, Australia, Mexico, Malta, Spain, France, Austria, Ireland, Scotland and England, among other places.
He's travelling less these days. He has fallen in love. His fiancée, Lydia, owns a yoga studio and they're getting married in August. And he found a home in Squamish, where he moved three years ago.
"I felt so light," he says. "I remember completely disappearing on this wall and I just loved it."
Here's how he describes himself today on his website: Professional Rock Climber, Amateur Photographer, Videographer, Writer, Guide, Speaker, Runner, Squamish Local, Nature Worshiper, Mountain Addict, Lydia Love Slave, Aspiring Carpenter, Soccer Enthusiast, Surfer Wannabe.
And the story behind hanging by the tips of three fingers from a crack as wide as a pencil, 30 metres up?
It happened in 2006 at Cobra Crack in Squamish. At the time, it was the hardest crack climb in the world, humbling the best of Europe and North America. Trotter had been working on it for three years.
Picture a steep rock face about 30 metres tall. Running down the middle is a small fissure just wide enough to slip the tips of your fingers in. You have to stick your fingers into the crack and brace yourself with your feet. Then pull your fingertips out and stick the other hand in a bit further up. You work your way up, very slowly, with almost nothing to brace your feet against. No one in the world had managed it to that point.
For Trotter, it became one of his most famous climbs and the subject of a documentary, produced by Ivan Hughes and shot by Paul Bride, that won Best Short Mountain Film at the 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
"For 20-25 years, people have been trying to climb it," he says of Cobra Crack. "It basically had legendary status."
As he does, along with the soul of a poet.
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"I would say my entire life revolves around climbing rocks in one way or another," he says with a soft laugh. "I wanted to see the world as much as I could and I wanted to climb rocks because it was the most fun, or the most beautiful, thing I could think of."
Words to live by
On the beauty of rocks:
"I look at rock and I see sculpture."
On being alone after an epic climb:
"It's an unbelievable feeling. I almost prefer that."
On being scared:
"If you take the time to educate yourself and to understand how it works, then you realize there's not that much to be afraid of."
On getting tattooed:
"When you're 17 you don't realize how the rest of your life is going to unfold. If I had to decide now, I probably wouldn't have tattoos."
On making a living climbing:
"By no means does rock climbing get anyone rich. It's more of a rich life."
On why he prefers climbing to gymnastics:
"There are no rules. You are free to roam."
On the importance of strong fingers:
"If your fingers can't hold onto those tiny holds, then your body's useless."
On sponsorships:
"When you're passionate and when you have a lot of fire, I noticed that people want to help you succeed."
Quick hits: Sonnie Trotter
What do you listen to on road trips?
Rock and roll: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Hip, Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Where do you want to travel next?
Argentina and South Africa.
What was your first part-time job?
Busboy at Pizza Hut.
If you had to give up climbing, what would you do?
I would get more into photography.
What's the best beer for camping trips?
Wild Honey Organic Ale from the Nelson Brewing Company. It's fricking delicious.
Do you have any tattoos?
One on each shoulder. One is a modified Superman symbol with "Canada," and one is the Chinese characters for Yin and Yang.
When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
An architect.


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A collection of reviews of films from off the beaten path; a travel guide for those who love the cinematic world and want more than the mainstream releases.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
A non-review of La Sapienza (2014) because it didn't work for me New York Film Festival 2014
The plot of the film has a couple pondering what their lives have led them to. He's an architect who builds modern buildings, who is wondering what his cold an impersonal style as brought about, especially now since his clients don't want him to change to a more human, more natural style. She's a behaviorist focusing on the lower classes who is equally at a dead end. The encounter a young brother and sister who cause them to look at their lives.
Filmed in a cold and formal style with intellectual exchanges and everything perfectly planned out I never connected. I couldn't never get past the art of director Eugene Green's perfectly designed set ups. Nor could I take any of the dialog seriously when the characters seemed to be lecturing at us instead of speaking to each other.
Its a perfectly constructed film that is completely devoid of life. Its so perfectly made I was completely lost to it by the twenty minute mark as I stopped caring what was being said and done and instead I simply watched how it was all put together.
Its cold and lifeless and everything that is wrong with so called art films.
If you like overly intellectual films that you can pontificate about for hours to friends who would rather see something more alive by all means see it, but if you want something that's alive with real people see something else.
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How to make the most of your days in Port
What's the best way to make the most of your days in a port? Read on and you'll find out.
As you may know, we are affiliated with Avoya Travel Network. They recently published this blog that listed 5 tips to make the most of your days in port. It's a great place to start – so let's see what they have to say.
Research 'must visit' places at each port
Research, prioritize and plan the things you really want to do. And remember that for the things you're not able to get to….there's always next time! This is a service we (as travel agents) do typically provide – advising clients about must see places in each port. Some clients already have things in mind. But sometimes there's a great little cafe, museum or event that may not make the highlight reels, but our clients really enjoy. And some clients really have no idea of the specific things to do in port. They need some good travel agent advice.
Ask a crew member
This is great advice. And just don't ask the cruise manager or those manning the excursion desk. Get input from your servers, bar tenders, entertainment and housekeeping. They all get to go ashore sometime and they may even have some "off the tourist trap" advice.
Pick a good pace
Picking an appropriate pace is advice we give to many of our clients. Ever come back from a vacation saying "I need a vacation"? That probably means your pace was too fast. Relax, enjoy, stop and smell the roses! We have clients that always build in "down time" – where they can relax and just read. They know their pace and they have had many great experiences. On the other hand, we've had clients who go stir crazy on a river cruise because the pace is simply too slow.
Arrange for transportation in advance
Here's some examples of what we've done for our clients.
- Arranged for a private tour pick up from a specific hotel or port
- Suggested the cruise transportation as the best approach
- Advised the client use a local taxi instead of the cruise line provided transport
- Suggested the client use the local metro
- Arranged for excursions which pick up directly from the port, not associated with the cruise
Be realistic about your plans
Finding the right pace is about timing; Being realistic about plans is about scope. We have so many clients that come to us when planning a vacation that simply want to pack too much into a specified time period. Scaling those expectations down is one of the services we offer. And I think it's one of the more valuable services. We had a client the other day that wanted to Rome, Florence and Venice AS WELL AS Switzerland and parts of Germany….all in a week. When we explained the logistics involved as well as the inconvenience of living out of suitcase all week, the client finally relented. Part of vacation planning is being realistic. And we always find that there's surprises you discover along the way that you'd like to spend more time on. So we recommend building in some "slack" time in your itinerary.
The key
So what's the key to making the most of your day in port? It's getting good advice. A great travel agent can not only give you ideas but help you through the process of planning and getting all the little details correct. Why not ask someone who has "been there, done that" about must visit locations, the right pace, transportation details and what all to include in your vacation? That's part of the added value travel agents can provide.
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Hannah Davis has been secretly in love with her best friend, Jason Malone for years now. Afraid of rejection and ruining their friendship, she settled for just that—friendship. Until one tragic night out, turns her world upside down. Will she survive?
Jason Malone has been in love with Hannah Davis since the day they met years ago. But one tragic night out, could cause him to lose the chance at love that he has desperately been waiting for. Will he be able to save her?
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Our faces were so close at this point that our noses slightly brushing against one another when either of us moved. Matthew slowly raised his hand and brushed the back of it across my cheek as we stared into each other's eyes. Closing my eyes I let out a long, slow sigh. This was my Matthew…the loving boy I used to know. If only time could be rewound and things could take place differently. I was lost in thought when I felt Matthew's damp lips press against mine. Shock raced through my mind as I let out a gasp. My eyes flew open in response as I found myself slightly pushing back from him. Then I watched Matthew shut down. Hurt followed by anger flashed across his face faster than I could count to three. He was back on his feet shaking his head violently back and forth.
"No…No … NO!!!! I KNEW IT!!!" he yelled louder and louder.
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A story of two young people, living with a friendship between them, when both of their hearts want more. Fear of losing what they know and have, keep them from being honest to each other. Once the secret was out, life threw them a curve ball that will force them to decide of love was worth the fight.
While the cover made the book appear darker than what I found, I did enjoy the twists and turns in the story. I would have preferred a darker story and I could see where things could have been taken farther, but over all it was a good read. Once you get to the end of the book you might find yourself confused by the feelings you will have towards the bad guy.
I felt like we got more about the secondary characters than the first. We knew more about her friends relationships than we knew about Hannah and Jason's relationship or past relationships or how they'd come to be such good friends. I say that but this could have been a development due to the story plot. As we know there are some authors we just can't predict the chosen path they decide to take us on.
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While sustainable mobility must include a wide range of approaches, using electric drives instead of combustion engines must be an important component.
Therefore, we started exploring the issue during a tour through the e-mobility exhibition in the Volkswagen transparent factory. Highlights were the e-bikes or pedelecs – there are already millions on the road… and also the electric scooters on show.
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Secondo Peter Forbes, che ne parla in un articolo per Aeon, gli attuali mutamenti climatici ci condurranno a condizioni simili a quelle conosciute dalla terra durante il periodo Cretaceo.
Should it come to pass, any new era with a Cretaceous-like climate wouldn't precisely mirror the original. For a start, the continents were then in very different positions: India was an island still thousands of miles south of its union with Asia; a broad ocean separated Africa (with South America still attached) from Eurasia. But in a Cretaceous rerun, there would very likely be no ice at the poles once again, and sea levels would be about 216 feet (66 metres) above current levels.
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A randomized controlled field trial of iBsafe—a novel child safety game app
Unintentional injury is a leading cause of childhood death and disability in the United States (US) and worldwide (1-3). Kindergarten-aged children have some of the highest injury rates. Two of the top ten causes of non-fatal injury among 5- and 6-year-old US children are bicycle injuries and dog bites (3). Bicycle injuries and dog bites together account for over 50,000 emergency department visits and 1,000 hospitalizations of 5- and 6-year-old children each year, with combined costs approximating $250 million (1,3,4).
Multimedia education can increase child knowledge of bicycle safety and dog bite prevention (5-8) and interactive games can improve children's understanding and management of their health (9). Mobile technology is a rapidly expanding field with the potential to deliver interactive safety programs. There are currently 7.5 billion mobile device subscriptions worldwide (10). Seventy-seven percent of adults in the US own smartphones with recent increases in ownership among low-income families (11). Despite recommendations to limit screen time, half of young children regularly use mobile devices, most often to play games (12). Thus, we posit that injury prevention programs embracing mobile platforms with an interactive game experience can have a positive preventative impact, simultaneously reaching large populations with rapid dissemination.
We conducted a pilot randomized controlled field trial of iBsafe—an "interactive Bike and Bite safety" game application (app). Founded in behavioral theory, iBsafe was designed to teach kindergarten-aged children evidence-based/expert-guided strategies to be safe on bicycles and around dogs; its programming tracks game play data for correlation with outcomes. Details of iBsafe development and content are described elsewhere (13). This study aimed to determine the effect of iBsafe on child safety knowledge and translation of knowledge to skills practice. Secondary outcomes were to evaluate the frequency of safety discussions between children-parent dyads during the trial, and to assess iBsafe acceptability. We hypothesized that children who received iBsafe would demonstrate increased bicycle and dog safety knowledge and perform more safety skills than controls.
This randomized, controlled, single-blinded, field trial of iBsafe was conducted between November 30th, 2013 and February 23rd, 2014. The local institutional review board approved the study (ID: 2013-3991).
Potential child participants were identified from a limited chart review of recent 5- or 6-year-old physicals performed at a local pediatric community group practice. Child-parent/guardian dyads were excluded if either were known to be non-English speaking; and/or the child was: developmentally/emotionally incapable of understanding their involvement, a sibling of a child already enrolled in the study, or deemed unsuitable for participation by their pediatrician.
Potentially eligible dyads were mailed a letter from their pediatrician outlining the study. Also enclosed was a stamped, return-addressed, "Do Not Contact" postcard for the parents to mail if they did not want to be contacted. Dyads for whom a postcard was not received within 10 days of the initial mailing were contacted by study personnel. During this phone contact, personnel explained the study, assessed interest in participation, and scheduled study procedures.
Enrollment and randomization
Enrollment occurred at the baseline visit during which informed written consent was obtained from all parent or legal guardian participants by study staff. Using a computer-generated, simple random numbers table (produced in advance of the study start), consented participants were sequentially and irreversibly assigned one of two conditions: (I) iBsafe group, and (II) control group.
Study procedures occurred over 13 consecutive weekend sessions at one of the institution's outpatient facilities where our simulated safety lab was maintained. Separate areas were available for parents and children to undergo study procedures independently.
Data collection and outcome measurements
Baseline assessment
Parents completed questionnaires that assessed sociodemographics; mobile device use; child bicycle- and dog-related experiences/injuries; bicycle and dog ownership; previous injury prevention education; and current injury prevention practices including discussions about safety. Children completed a 20-item knowledge pre-test with text and picture questions about bikes and dogs. This test was read to the child in the absence of the parent, and answers were recorded by research staff.
Field trial intervention
After baseline assessment, children received their assigned study packets, which were taken home for 1 week. Packets had identical exteriors. Intervention packets included a loaner Apple iPod Touch device with the installed iBsafe app, a wall charger and power cord. iPod Touch devices were programmed to be a closed/locked system, ensuring that the only activity the device could perform was the iBsafe game app. Dyads were instructed that use of the device was voluntary; however only the child enrolled in the study could do so. Control packets included American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) nutritional pamphlets, intervention packets did not (14).
Follow-up assessment
Follow-up assessment occurred 1 week after randomization. Study packets were returned and parents completed surveys to assess injury prevention practices and safety discussions during the trial. Children received the identical 20-item knowledge post-test in the same manner as the baseline assessment. Intervention dyads completed iBsafe acceptability surveys.
All child participants underwent identical skills testing procedures. Because one cannot put children at true risk of injury, testing occurred in our simulated safety lab. This environment had multiple stations representing the different safety strategies promoted within iBsafe game play. Stations entailed real props, giving children an opportunity to engage in simulated experiences. Bicycle safety props included helmets, bicycles, and simulated streets/sidewalks. Dog safety props involved live dogs in settings such as behind a fence, eating, and tethered. To ensure child safety, we used certified therapy dogs from our pediatric institution's dog visitation program. Three volunteer dogs and their owners were selected a priori so that dogs would have similar characteristics. Specifically, we used Golden Retrievers dogs since these were perceived as less threatening in our prior work (6). While each testing session utilized just one therapy dog, all dog owners were trained on testing procedures to ensure consistency of the dog's behaviors at each station (e.g., dog lying down in "stay" while at the tethered station). At each station, children were prompted to demonstrate or role-play what they would do. A trained research coordinator who was blinded to the child's randomization group independently observed, scored and documented the child's skill performance by assessing the child's verbal responses and non-verbal actions.
Study conclusion procedures
At the end of each testing session, iBsafe data were downloaded from each iPod Touch device. All study participants received AAP bicycle safety and dog bite prevention pamphlets. Control participants were given the option to take home an iBsafe study packet for a week if the child desired to play the iBsafe game.
Statistical analysis
Data were managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools (15). Bicycle safety and dog bite prevention knowledge test scores and safety skills assessments were calculated pre- and post-intervention for each child participant. Scores were calculated by summing the number of correct answers to the 20 knowledge test questions and separately the number of correct responses at the skills stations. Any missing responses were coded as being incorrect. Missing answers were minimal. One case was missing the post-intervention dog bite prevention safety skills assessment. Eight cases were missing answers to one question on the assessments, and two cases were missing answers to three questions.
A sample size of 60 (30 in each arm) was selected a priori based on recommendations for conducting pilot testing (16). To account for within subject variability as well as between subject variability, a repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare knowledge tests pre- and post-intervention between groups, differences between groups with 95% confidence intervals are reported. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare safety skill assessment scores between groups. All statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 22.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY) and R (base). Some graphics were created using R (3.2.4).
Study population
To enroll 60 children, we screened 283 charts and mailed 201 invitations. Six percent of those mailed invitations returned "Do Not Contact" postcards. Nearly 80% of eligible participants who were interested in participating enrolled in the study. All 60 dyads completed the study and were included in this analysis (Figure 1).
No substantial differences in demographics or mobile device use were noted between groups (Table 1). Over 90% of parents were Caucasian and the majority had a college degree. More than half of children were male; most were 6 years old. One hundred percent of children used mobile devices; the majority spent 30 minutes to 1 hour on these devices daily. Nearly 80% of parents reported that "game play" was their child's most frequent mobile device activity. Both parent groups strongly endorsed the notion that children can learn from mobile apps (>80%) and felt it was important or very important to have mobile app games for child safety (>70%).
Full table
Bicycle and dog-related experiential histories between groups were also similar (Table 2). Over 95% of children in both groups rode bicycles; 25% of children had been injured while doing so. While most parents felt that bicycle safety education was important, only 20% of children had received formal bicycle safety education. For dog-related questions, 90% of children were regularly around dogs and nearly half of homes had dogs. More than 13% of children had previously suffered a dog bite. Although 100% of parents felt it was important or very important for their child to learn how to be safe around dogs, only three children had ever received formal dog bite prevention education.
Full table
Knowledge tests
Both bicycle and dog safety knowledge scores increased with exposure to iBsafe (Figure 2). At baseline, the iBsafe group had significantly lower bicycle safety knowledge scores than the control group (7.8±1.4 vs. 8.7±0.9; difference −0.9; 95% CI: −1.586 to −0.348; P=0.003). Post-intervention, the iBsafe group had significantly higher bicycle safety knowledge scores than the control group (9.2±0.9 vs. 8.7±1.0; difference 0.5; 95% CI: 0.056 to 1.011; P=0.029). Baseline dog safety knowledge scores for both groups were similar (iBsafe 5.7±2.7 vs. control 6.1±1.9; difference 0.4; 95% CI: −1.601 to 0.801; P=0.508). Post-intervention, the iBsafe group had significantly higher dog safety knowledge scores than the control group (8.2±2.1 vs. 6.7±1.8; difference 1.5; 95% CI: 0.551 to 2.582; P=0.003).
Safety skills assessment
The median number of demonstrated safety skills was higher in the iBsafe group for both bicycle and dog-related components (Figure 3). The median number of bicycle safety skills in iBsafe participants was 5, compared to 4 in control participants (difference 1.0; 95% CI for difference in medians 0.52 to 1.48, P=0.007). The median dog-related safety skills in iBsafe participants was 5, compared to 3 in control participants (difference 2.0; 95% CI: for difference in medians 1.29–2.71; P<0.001).
Safety discussions
The frequency of safety discussions between parents and children was also impacted by the intervention. At baseline, approximately 80% of parents in both groups reported rarely or never having bicycle safety discussions. Post-intervention, 53% of iBsafe parents reported rarely or never having bike safety discussions whereas control responses remained the same. For dog safety conversations pre-intervention, 83% of both groups reported rarely or never having discussions. Post-intervention, 33% of iBsafe parents reported rarely or never having dog safety discussions as compared to 67% of controls.
Child and parent acceptability of iBsafe was high; 87% of iBsafe children "very much" liked the game and two-thirds stated they would want to play it again. Seventy percent of iBsafe parents reported their child played the game at least five times during the trial. Most parents (83%) rated the game as "good" or "very good". Nearly all parents felt it taught their child to be safe riding bikes (97%) and around dogs (93%). The majority endorsed the notion that iBsafe would help keep their child safe while riding bikes (77%) and around dogs (72%). One-third of parents were "very likely" to buy iBsafe or another mobile safety game app, while the remaining two-thirds stated they would be "somewhat likely" to do so.
Child injury is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the US and globally. Though safety programs exist, there remains a disparity in the type and frequency of injury prevention education children receive. In our study of a highly educated population whose children have regular pediatricians and among whom there is near universal parental desire for their children to learn how to stay safe, formal safety education is lacking and children are experiencing preventable injuries. For example, most of our child population rode bikes and 25% had been injured while doing so, yet only 20% had ever received bicycle safety education. Similarly, 13% of children in our study had already suffered a dog bite and although 90% of them were around dogs regularly, only 5% had ever received dog safety education. Thus, there is considerable need for improved child safety education models that are both effective and have expansive reach.
Evidence-based, interactive mobile app games such as iBsafe could help solve this child safety education gap and potentially improve outcomes. Our findings show that iBsafe is effective at improving child safety knowledge and increasing safety skills. Specifically, children who played iBsafe had significantly higher bicycle and dog safety knowledge than controls, despite having similar or lower baseline knowledge in these respective areas. Since knowledge does not always translate into skills or behaviors and ethical evaluation of injury risk should not place children in harm's way, our innovative testing procedures gave children the ability to engage with bicycles and dogs to demonstrate their skills without true risk. Based on blinded review of children's skills and behaviors in this environment, children who played iBsafe executed significantly more bicycle and dog-related safety skills compared to controls, providing evidence for iBsafe's potential to reduce injuries.
We also note that iBsafe dyads had near triple the frequency of safety conversations for both topics, while controls reported decreased frequency of bicycle safety conversations and slight increases in dog safety conversations. While it is possible that the increased attention iBsafe parents paid to discussing safety had an impact on children's scores in our testing environment, the finding that iBsafe stimulates safety conversations in families reinforces its potential benefits. Increasing safety conversations can educate children, expand parental awareness of their child's risk and possibly increase supervision, which is associated with less risk-taking behaviors and fewer child injuries overall (17).
This study supports that educational game apps such as iBsafe can leverage the already extensive use of mobile devices among children. At baseline, 100% of children in our study regularly used mobile devices with game play as their most frequent activity. Among children given the opportunity, iBsafe was extremely well accepted. The vast majority of children "liked playing the game very much" and most wanted to play it again. Interactive game apps that teach children evidence-based content have the potential to provide essential information and be an alternative to other non-educational mobile game play.
Although iBsafe content currently focuses on two of the top 10 injury mechanisms burdening US kindergarten-aged children, the implications of this study are more expansive. Mobile safety game apps are limited in availability, but they are desired and can reach massive markets. Irrespective of randomization group, more than 80% of parents believed that children can learn from mobile game apps and over 70% strongly endorsed the need for mobile game apps to teach children how to be safe. Furthermore, parents whose children played iBsafe were extremely positive with most rating iBsafe as "good" or "very good" and nearly all stating it taught their children and would help keep them safe.
Given the burden of injury in the US and worldwide, pediatricians and injury experts must adapt the approach to educating children and families about safety. The effects of media use in childhood is complex and multifactorial with ever-increasing evidence of risks and benefits, thus establishing healthy media use plans for families to include screen time limits is recommended for optimal child health and development (18). Mobile safety interventions should not replace conversations between providers and patients about keeping children safe, nor should they supersede the most important safety practice of parental supervision. However, with the lack of child safety education even amongst those who appear to have the best access, safety experts should consider working with mobile markets to develop and bring evidence-based, effective safety interventions to children's fingertips.
This study had several limitations that temper findings. Although we demonstrated positive benefits of iBsafe game play, our study was not powered to assess for specific differences or to evaluate possible modifiers of the effect of game play on safety knowledge and skills. Our sample size was, however, well within recommended sample sizes for two-armed pilot trials to aid in determining future trial effect sizes (19). Our population was also relatively homogeneous and results may not be generalizable. Although child mobile device use in the US is near universal irrespective of age, ethnicity, parental educational attainment or socioeconomic status (20), it is unknown if iBsafe is effective in all populations. Our knowledge tests were developed from safety recommendations espoused by the AAP and while the question set has been previously used (6,21-23), the test has not been explicitly validated. Additionally, our simulated safety street and utilization of live therapy dogs has not been tested. This environment did, however, provide a safe environment in which to systematically evaluate children's behaviors without real risk of injury. This methodology offers an exciting and innovate model of using live therapy dogs in the testing environment. While our results may not completely capture true knowledge or behaviors in a real environment, we contend that the changes observed in the iBsafe group reflects an increased awareness of safety knowledge as a result of the mobile app game play, and demonstrates the potential for direct translation to skills and injury prevention. Further assessment of iBsafe and its end-user data will help understand game play variance and impact on outcomes. Finally, whether knowledge and safety skills acquired translates into real life behavior and decreased injury rates remains unknown. We encourage future evaluation of iBsafe or other mobile safety game apps to determine effectiveness in reducing injuries.
This study demonstrates that iBsafe, a novel mobile safety game app, is effective at improving safety knowledge and skills among kindergarten-aged children, increases frequency of discussions about safety, and is extremely well accepted by children and parents. Safety game apps can leverage children's ubiquitous use of mobile devices and bring safety education to those who might not otherwise be exposed. If systematically developed, tested and implemented, evidence-based mobile safety game apps have the potential to decrease child injury burden both in the US and globally.
The authors thank Christopher Bolling, MD and the pediatricians of Pediatric Associates of Northern Kentucky for their assistance in recruiting participants; Edith G. Markoff, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Dog Visitation Program Coordinator, for helping coordinate study volunteers; and our three study volunteers and their amazing therapy dogs—Beckie Russo and Peach, Karen Renz and Chloe, and Martha Coen-Cummings and Star—for their time, enthusiasm and dedication to this project.
Funding: This work supported by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Emergency Medicine and in part by an Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Grant Number 8UL1-TR000077.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Ethical Statement: The local institutional review board approved the study (ID: 2013-3991). Enrollment occurred at the baseline visit during which informed written consent was obtained from all parent or legal guardian participants by study staff.
Disclaimer: Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
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Public writing workshops schedule
Clear-writing class
"Absolutely the best money I've ever spent. I learned more about writing for my audience from Ann in one day than I have in any other seminar."
— Carie Behounek, marketing communications coordinator, COPIC Companies
Creative-writing class
Writing-process class
"Loved it! I learned more about communications writing in two days than all of my previous trainings over the past seven years combined."
– Christine Rochelle, content manager, iCIMS
PR-writing class
Persuasive writing class
"Amazing! I learned more in two days than I did in all my college classes combined. I feel so much more confident in writing pieces that work!"
– Katie Johnson, public relations manager, Iowa Soybean Association
Web-writing class
Catch Your Readers
In our persuasive-writing class, you'll learn how to:
Get Clicked, Read, Liked & Shared
In this content writing course, you'll learn how to:
Write Better, Easier & Faster
In our fast-writing training program, you'll learn how to:
Master the Art of Storytelling
In our creative-writing workshop, you'll learn how to:
NOT Your Father's News Release
In our PR-writing workshop, you'll learn how to:
Reach Readers on the Small Screen
In this mobile web-writing workshop, you'll learn how to:
Rev Up Readability
In our clear-writing class, you'll learn how to:
Think Inside the Inbox
In this email-writing training course, you'll learn how to:
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In our workshops, you will learn how to:
Ready to improve your core writing skills and get up to speed with the latest best writing practices? Choose from these writing workshops:
Why choose our writing courses?
Are you a corporate communicator, public relations professional or digital marketer who needs to improve your writing skills or polish your writing style?
Do you want to:
- Get up to speed on the latest best practices in blog-post writing, email marketing, writing for the mobile web or digital PR writing?
- Move people to act with persuasive writing?
- Master the art of corporate storytelling?
- Start writing better, easier & faster?
- Measurably increase readability?
"I learned more about communications writing in two days than all of my previous trainings over the past seven years combined."
– Christine Rochelle, content manager, iCIMS
If so, polish your skills and find new inspiration for your work at one of our upcoming business writing classes.
When you choose a Wylie Communications writing class, you'll:
1. Walk away with proven-in-the-lab best practices.
No doubt about it: Our trainer Ann Wylie is a nerd. While you're out having fun on a Friday night, Ann's more likely to be cuddled up with a warm study.
All of those Friday nights and all of those studies have resulted in a system of data-driven techniques that get readers to:
- Pay attention to your message
- Understand it
- Remember it
- Act on it
How do we know our system works? It's the same approach Ann's used to earn more than 60 communication awards, including two IABC Gold Quills — the Pulitzer Prizes of business communications.
"This was the best writing workshop I've ever taken. It was packed with best practices backed up by research."
— Liz Carmack, senior communications specialist, Texas Association of Counties
2. Get tips and tricks you can use tomorrow.
Tricks trump talent every day. When it comes to communication, marketing and PR writing, whoever has the most tricks wins.
At our writing workshops, you'll get fill-in-the-blanks formulas for crafting corporate stories and metaphors … recipes and templates for writing blog posts and news releases … tools and targets for measurably improving readability … models for quickly organizing stories of all kinds … and tricks, tactics and techniques for handling dozens of other writing issues.
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3. Master the techniques you learn in class.
In the crunch of writing headlines and meeting deadlines, it sometimes seems as if there's not enough time to pause and consider how you're doing.
But our Master Classes include workshops. In these practice sessions, you'll get a great opportunity for reflection and improvement.
Bring your laptop and a story to work on. You'll learn new techniques, practice them, get feedback from Ann and the class, edit and rewrite, and leave with a totally rewritten piece. That's how we put the Master in Master Class.
"I cannot believe how much I changed and improved one piece in this session. I also enjoyed the ability to hear more from the other professionals in the room. Very interactive, which I loved."
— Megan McCarl, public relations associate, Lambert, Edwards & Associates
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The analysts forecast the global Construction Glass market to grow at a CAGR of 5.98% during the period 2017-2021.
Construction glass is a translucent glazing material, which is mainly used in external walls and windows as a building material. It has many chemical and physical properties, such as thermal insulation, solar control, safety and security, fire resistance, noise control, chemical resistance, electric resistance, interior design, flexible molding, and stability in changing climatic condition. The construction sector is one of the major end-users of glass. Almost 80% of flat glass manufactured is used in construction applications. Benefits such as safety, security, environmental protection, and natural insulation, offered by such architectural glass are leading to its steady rise in use, both in commercial and residential buildings.
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Covered in this report
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global construction glass market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the demand for the product from key regions.
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:
• Americas
The report, Global Construction Glass Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors
• Asahi Glass,
• Nippon Sheet Glass,
• Central Glass,
• Saint-Gobain,
Other prominent vendors
• Bendheim Glass
• China Glass Holdings
• China Specialty Glass
• DB Glass
• J.E. Berkowitz
• PPG Industries
• Sisecam Group
• Xinyi Glass Holdings
Market driver
• Need for energy efficient buildings
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market challenge
• High competition among vendors
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market trend
• Growing trend of skyscrapers
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Key questions answered in this report
• What will the market size be in 2021 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?
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Table Of Contents – Major Key Points
PART 01: Executive summary
PART 02: Scope of the report
PART 03: Research Methodology
PART 04: Introduction
• Market outline
PART 05: Market landscape
• Market overview
• Market size and forecast
• Five forces analysis
PART 06: Market segmentation by end-user
• Market overview
• New buildings
• Retrofit buildings
PART 07: Geographical segmentation
• Market overview
• Americas
PART 08: Decision framework
PART 09: Drivers and challenges
• Market drivers
• Market challenges
PART 10: Market trends
• Growing trend of skyscrapers
• Rise in construction of green buildings
• Rapid advances in coating technology
PART 11: Vendor landscape
• Market overview
• Other prominent vendors
PART 12: Key vendor analysis
• Asahi Glass
• Central Glass
• Nippon Sheet Glass
• Saint-Gobain
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