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The Stage to Scale Speaker Training by Pete Vargas sounds like a good deal, but is it really? Make sure you read this first because it will help you decide whether this course is a wise move for your business. Full review and nearly $1000 in bonuses below.
This post contains my alumni affiliate link. To read my full disclosure, click here.
What's all the fuss about Pete Vargas' new course, Stage to Scale Speaker Training? It is my goal in this post to calm your nerves and give you the information you need to make a wise decision.
Before we go any further though, I have to give you a full disclaimer: I have been through Pete's course and I am an affiliate for it. I consider Pete a friend. Just to clarify, though, that does not affect what I share below in any way. It does mean that if you purchase the course through my affiliate link, I'll get a small commission (just like I do when you purchase my books on Amazon). It also means that if you purchase through my links in this review, you will earn access to my two exclusive bonuses, worth nearly $1000. These bonuses are not available anywhere else.
Ok, so now, necessary disclaimers aside, let's move on to the the good stuff! … Here's my full review of Stage to Scale Speaker Training with Pete Vargas. You can either watch the video or read the review below.
- 0:15 What you'll learn in Stage to Scale
- 1:15 Also covers the business side of speaking
- 1:50 What I love the most and what sets this training apart
- 2:20 Who Stage to Scale is not for
What's So Awesome About Stage to Scale?
Pete Vargas is amazingly qualified to teach the speaking business
Some people call Pete Vargas the "stage whisperer." I call him the "stage genius." Why? Because he's booked over 25,000 stages over the past 15 years, and as a result he has generated tens-of-millions of dollars in revenue!
His client list is full of stars like Stu McLaren, Lewis Howes, Pat Flynn and many more who are leveraging stages to grow their businesses.
I have taken his course and am using it successfully to redefine and grow my own business! If I wasn't convinced his model would work for me, and for you, and for anyone in any niche, I wouldn't be writing this review!
Stage to Scale Speaker Training is his comprehensive system for getting on the best stages, crafting your Signature Talk, and accelerating your business growth from virtually every kind of stage you can imagine.
Live Coaching Comes with the Course
There are not many courses out there that are this well done, this comprehensive AND also include live coaching! For 8 weeks, you will meet weekly with Pete Vargas, Pat Quinn, an award winning speaker coach, and the other members of your class to get personalized help in applying what they're teaching.
Here's some of the other support that you'll receive within the Stage to Scale course:
- Community. You will have access to the Stage to Scale Community, where you can ask questions, get feedback and support other course owners — and, of course, Pete and his team will pop in there as well!
- Live Coaching every. single. week for 8 weeks! So you can get your questions answers as you are working through the course by Pete or a real member of his team!
- BONUS Vault. I don't know about you, but when I hear "vault" I get the impression that they've spent a lot of time compiling a treasure trove of resources. And they have!
I loved the Facebook community in the Stage to Scale Speaker Training It was amazing how the other students would rally around to encourage and support each other.
Who Should Take the Stage to Scale Course?
Stage to Scale by Pete Vargas is for anyone who currently has an audience and business and wants to grow it in a way that allows them to leverage their expertise on other people's stages to scale their business. This would be primarily:
- Business owners who want to use stages to grow their business; and/or…
- Professional speakers who already speak for a living but may go from one stage to the next… without SCALING, or having a process of retaining the new clients they gain from a speaking gig.
However, it might also include anyone who wants to start a business or jump start it via speaking. And while it's helpful to have some sort of online presence (blog or website), Pete's had people successfully grow a speaking business without it, so I know it can be done.
People who will benefit from this training might easily include:
- Coach
- Speaker/Teacher/Tutor
- Author/Blogger/Podcaster
- Consultant
- Small Business Owner
- Expert
- Influencer
- Service Provider
- …anyone else wanting to grow their business by speaking.
Regardless of your niche or area of expertise, if you're looking for a way to stabilize and grow your business by speaking on other people's stages and securing work with the audience after the stage, then Stage to Scale is probably for you!
My personal goal of helping 20,000 people over the next 10 years create transformational courses to grow their messages into movements was inspired in part by this class, and definitely empowered by this class. We're already filling our speaking calendar for next year!
Who is Stage to Scale NOT For?
This course is NOT for you if one or more of the following are true:
- You are already a pro at speaking and converting the audience into customers.
- You don't have time (it is 7 modules with multiple lessons in each, plus the bonus sections)
- You're not willing to see the cost as an investment (as of this writing, Stage to Scale costs $1,997).
- You think this is a "get rich quick" plan that will magically cause money to appear in your bank account.
- You don't want to speak on stages or grow your business by adding speaking to your model.
If you aren't teachable or willing to apply yourself to learn from Pete and Pat and put the work in to develop your own signature talk, scaling offer and follow up, then I would strongly advise you NOT to purchase Pete's course.
- Lifetime access to 50 video lessons (available online 24/7).
- If you prefer reading, they have fully transcribed each lesson for you.
- Each lesson comes with audio, so you can download and listen on the go.
- They're continuously adding material to the program, and you get those updates for free.
- 8 weeks of direct access to the coaches, team, and Pete in our private community. (Get help anytime you need it.)
And here are some of the other questions we get most often:
Are there any Bonuses?
Yes there are!
Bonus #1: 8 WEEKS OF GROUP COACHING (VALUE: $10,000)
Bonus #2: Meet us at REACH LIVE during Spring of 2019 (VALUE: $1,997)
Bonus #3: Scaling to 6 Figures and Beyond (VALUE: $997)
Plus for anyone who joins Stage to Scale Speaker Training through my link, you'll be eligible for 2 months free access to our Blog Well Mastermind! A weekly meeting of serious women entrepreneurs that will help you stay on track to follow through with the course and really grow your business!
What is the price?
$1,997 or 6 payments of $397.
How long do I have to make a decision?
Enrollment for Stage to Scale is closing at 11:59 pm on Nov. 2nd.
This is indeed a "hard deadline" because the live coaching will start the week of November 5th!
What is Reach Live?
Reach Live is Pete's 3-day live event where you'll go deeper into the Stage to Scale Method. You'll meet world-renowned speakers, coaches, influencers, and get to meet the entire Advance Your Reach Team!
How long will I need to dedicate to keep up with the work each week to get the most out of the coaching sessions?
There are over 50 video lessons and the beautiful thing is that each video is fully transcribed so you can read along or simply read the content or see it in context to what you're learning on screen.
As some people can read faster than a video so this is an option but on average you have 3-4 hours of review and do each week. They also provide audio only version for each lesson which you can download and listen to on the go. And there are optional use step-by-step worksheets to help you implement. I didn't end up needing to print most of them, but they're there and helpful for some.
Module #1 – Your Foundation Strategy
Module #2 – Crafting Your Signature Talk
Module #3 – Deliver and Maximize Your Talk
Module #4 –Create Your Scaling Offer: Revenue Part 1
Module #5 – Collect and Convert: Revenue Part 2
Module #6 – The Business Model of Speaking
Module #7 – Collect and Convert: Revenue Part 2
What's the Catch?
No catch, though I do realize that you may be asking "what risk is there in purchasing Stage to Scale with Pete Vargas?"
To be honest, it's just about 0% risk.
Here's why… If you take a look at Pete's track record – winning over 25,000 stages and helping Lewis Howes, Pat Flynn and many more, there is really no question as to his ability to build a successful business model around speaking that is both profitable and sustainable.
Really, the only variable is whether you are going to be teachable and put in the necessary work!
But, still the same, Pete offers a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee.
All he asks is that you send him your work, showing that you have gone through the exercises included in the course…and if you still didn't get the results you were hoping for, Pete will happily refund your money.
(But with all the research and preparation that went into this course, I highly doubt you will go through the course and NOT experience great results!)
What Will You Do?
So now that you've read to this point, you know enough to make a wise decision. Is this for you? or not?
What are you waiting for?
Click the button below to purchase the Stage to Scale speaker training by Pete Vargas and get ready to create reliable, recurring income in your business by leveraging other people's stages and scaling your offer beyond the stage!
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The condom had come off at some point and neither of us realised, and as I wasn't in a relationship I was pretty poor with taking my pill and had missed a few. To feel reassured, I got the morning after pill the next day.
To me it felt like the responsible thing to do. I didn't feel irresponsible because I had slept with someone who i found attractive on a night out, i felt irresponsible because I hadn't checked the condom was on.
I went to a very well known high street pharmacy between lectures. I remember walking up to the counter and trying to keep my voice at a normal volume. I didn't want to look ashamed, but the way I felt like they smuggled me into the side room almost made me feel like I should be.
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A Very Big Picture: Letter from Dubai
Dubai is once again on a spending spree, erecting gargantuan buildings and even planning its own settlement on Mars, all to become a world-beating city. But can an absolute ruler decree creativity?
Dubai, I discover on a recent visit, is still in the business of building megastructures. In addition to the world's tallest building and largest mall, Dubai is now home to the world's largest picture frame, a gilded rectangular structure that stands 150 metres tall, 93 metres wide and frames views of the old city to the north and city skyscrapers toward the south.
Inside the building, a neon "vortex" tunnel ushers visitors into an interactive, augmented reality exhibition on the history and future of the city – a fitting format for a metropolis that might best be described as hyper real. If St Petersburg was born as a Renaissance perspective drawing erected on a swampy tabula rasa, Dubai is a real-life SimCity video game, a fantastical metropolis that emerged on the desert straight from an architect's computer-assisted design software.
But although it was built from scratch, Dubai nonetheless includes common design mistakes: a lack of density and connectivity, dependency on cars, and a notable absence of walkable neighbourhoods and public spaces. So to be more than just a city of big buildings, it appears Dubai is addressing some of its issues by expanding the scope of its superlative targets.
To boost its liveability rankings, the Emirate has appointed a Minister of Happiness whose mission is to make Dubai the "happiest city in the world." To increase cultural vibrancy and public space, the city has built d3, a "creative community" it hopes will become like London's Shoreditch, and installed public promenades along the waterfront. To decrease dependency on oil revenues, the government has created the DIC "innovation hub", dedicated to new ideas in media, technology and smart education. By the time it hosts the World Expo in 2020, Dubai aims to be the "smartest" city in the world.
The government has also announced it will convert its World Expo site into a readymade community called "District 2020". The tech city will feature one of the world's first 5G mobile networks and the government is actively targeting companies working in tech and innovation to occupy some of the 1.5 million square feet of commercial space allocated to the site – Siemans has already agreed to build a new logistics hub in District 2020, and consultancy firm Accenture is also involved.
"Our ambition for Dubai is to be a hub for innovation," says Mohammed Al Shaibani, CEO of Investment Corporation of Dubai. Lofty – possibly eccentric – objectives are routinely set from on high in Dubai. The city is to have "the world's first blockchain-powered government" by 2020. The Roads and Transit Administration aims for a quarter of all rides in Dubai to be driverless by 2030. The city also aims to be "the world's 3D-printing hub," and to build a Martian colony by 2117 – an effort that begins with building a 1.9-million square foot Mars simulation centre.
But given the scale and speed at which Dubai managed to fashion a global business hub in the middle of the desert over the last two decades, there's reason to believe it will deliver on its prospective goals. And the government is currently pouring billions of dollars into infrastructure and tech innovation (43 per cent of the 2018 budget is funding infrastructure projects).
To foster a start-up culture, the government has also set up incubators like Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), an amalgam of entrepreneurial hub and government bureaucracy, where start-ups compete to help accelerate government innovation. The company Civil Maps, for example, which develops 3D mapping software for possible use in autonomous vehicles, was in one of the first cohorts at the DFA and later worked with Dubai's Roads and Transit Administration.
Companies, which are chosen based on a "mini-VC-analysis" of their viability, have also included Hyperloop One. The headline-grabbing high-speed train is now being developed by Virgin and the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and is set to hurtle passengers from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in levitating magnetic pods through low-friction pipes at 1,220 kilometres per hour, reducing travel time from 90 minutes to 12.
"Dubai keeps moving up on the list of the world's easiest places to do business", says Taimur Khan, a senior research analyst at consultancy Knight Frank. "It takes all of five minutes to start a business here."
According to market intelligence firm CB Insights, start-up investment in the UAE exceeded US$1 billion in 2016. The same year saw the number of privately owned start-ups receiving equity funding increase by 45 per cent.
But despite the lofty objectives, barriers remain. Dubai's legal and regulatory frameworks still lag behind the tech ecosystem's recent growth, and it is therefore risky for a company to operate without having most of its ownership held outside of the UAE. Bankruptcy laws, for instance, are in the process of being reformed, but protections aren't nearly as robust as in countries like the US. Even inside the city's 'free zones', the cost of a company's failure is potentially steep.
Dubai has a few emerging VC firms – Wamda Capital, for example, launched a US$75 million Middle East-specific venture fund in 2015 – but the ecosystem hasn't developed to the point where big-money exits are all that common. And the city has yet to produce a true unicorn of its own, although Careem, a local Uber-style service is said to be valued at around US $1 billion.
But perhaps the deeper question here is whether absolute monarchs can really build a 21st-century tech ecosystem through top down decrees. Cities such as Berlin, Melbourne and Stockholm, recognized for their culture of entrepreneurship, are also cultural hubs known for openness and experimentation. Creating a transit hub is one thing – Dubai's airport is officially the busiest in the world for international passengers – but start-up culture, much like happiness, is a little harder to engineer.
The story appeared in the June 2018 print issue of The Peak


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Global Medical Aesthetics Market Forecast to 2024 New Report by Data Bridge Market Research
Global Medical Aesthetic Market, By Product Type (Aesthetic Laser Devices, Energy Devices, Skin Tightening and Body Contouring Devices, Aesthetic Implants, Facial Aesthetic Devices), By Applications (Anti Aging and Wrinkles, Facial & Skin Rejuvenation, Vascular Lesions, Body shaping & cellulite, Breast Enhancement, Scars, Pigment Lesions, Reconstructive Surgery, Tattoo Removal, Psoriasis & Vitilgo, Skin Surgery), End-User, Distribution Channel, Geography Industry Trends and Forecast to 2024
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The global medical aesthetic devices market is segmented on the basis of product type, application, end-user, distribution channel and geography.
On the basis of product type the market is segmented into Aesthetic Laser devices which is further sub divided into Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser Resurfacing, Ablative Skin Resurfacing Devices, Non-Ablative Fractional Laser Skin Resurfacing; Energy Devices which is further segmented into Electrocautery, Electrosurgery, Cryosurgery, Laser surgery, Microwave, Harmonic scalpel. Based on application the market is segmented into food and beverage testing, pharmaceutical, industrial, environmental testing, geological sciences, petrochemical, academics and, others.
On the basis of application the market is segmented into anti aging and wrinkles, facial & skin rejuvenation, vascular lesions, body shaping & cellulite, breast enhancement, scars, pigment lesions, reconstructive surgery, tattoo removal, hair removal, psoriasis & vitilgo, skin tightening and others.
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During a transvaginal ultrasound, the doctor will insert an instrument into the vagina that will aim high-frequency sound waves at the uterus. This procedure will produce echoes. The pattern of the echoes will create a picture. However, if the endometrium looks too thick, the doctor will need to do a biopsy.
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A day trip to Saturn - via Winchester
A new theatre production at the Winchester Science Centre allows families to learn about the solar system. David from travel blog site Venturing Near and Far reviews the latest attraction.
Ever thought about taking a trip to Saturn …. or elsewhere in the solar system come to that?
Now You Are Here!, a new collaborative show between the Planetarium and The Occasion theatre company at the Winchester Science Centre provides just that. Written by award winning scriptwriter, Andy Cannon and supported by the Arts Council and Airbus, this kind of collaboration is not known to have been tried before and has been almost two years in the making. It marks a different approach for a Planetarium show and helps the Centre to deliver on its commitment to making science accessible to all.
From an educational perspective, the half hour show is geared with Key Stage Two in mind, but it can be enjoyed by all ages to make it an excellent family show, with some jokes thrown in to appeal to the parents and perhaps their own childhood. There is a wider mixed media aspect to it as well. It succeeds in being both entertaining and educational.
The stage setting has simple props involving a telescope, a globe perched on a tripod, a stool and a lectern. The show begins with two tour guides, Michelle and Ann from WOW Tours, who soon get thrown into a panic when The Professor does not appear when due to give a talk. The Professor has gone missing somewhere among the stars after discovering "the most incredible, remarkable, mind-blowing thing in the universe."
In the search to find what that might be and with the aid of an A-Z Universe, we travel through the solar system and experience close up visits to the icy rings of Saturn, Venus and the surface of Mars. Even the recent downgrading of Pluto to a dwarf planet gets a nod and a fly past. Along the way our tour guides provide basic knowledge about the stars and these celestial bodies.
This was an excellent show and introduces children to the wonders and scale of our solar system in an effective way. The ambitious production does a terrific job of integrating so much into the half hour, no mean feat indeed. There is traditional audience participation and at one point the performance draws upon contemporary texting! The children present seemed to have no trouble maintaining their concentration.
Accordingly it may seem churlish to identify where some enhancements could still be made. For instance, the soundtrack did not really add much to the story and could perhaps have added a bit more to the drama. It would have been clearer if the tour guides had used their pointer in the dome sky to help explain the Milky Way. Finally when returning to, and zooming in on Earth, an opportunity was missed to leave a message of how we need to take great care of our small and wondrous planet. However, these are minor points and do not detract from a half hour well spent in the company of the enthusiastic tour guides.
You Are Here! continues at the Winchester Science Centre until Sunday 4th November. Some days have two or three performances, click the link above to check the dates. If you can't catch it this autumn, it returns to the Science Centre from 13-24 February 2019 which will also provide opportunities for school classes to attend as well as regular family visits.
All you now need to do is put on your spacesuits. Let your countdown begin!
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Backlogging: 'The Flame in the Flood'
Shaun Cordingley
I have been working my way through my backlog to start off 2018, with a special emphasis on indie titles, (before PlayStation starts blitzing out the big titles of the year), and last night I finished the campaign of the early 2017 rougelike survival adventure game The Flame in the Flood by Developer/Publisher The Molasses Flood. Typically I am not a huge fan of survival games; I tend to get tired of the premise once things invariably get repetitive, but I was drawn to The Flame because it had a really cool art style, a cool, indie folk soundtrack, and I really liked the premise, so I gave it a shot, and I have to say, I am pretty damn impressed.
The Flame in the Flood sets you up as a young girl named Scout who, along with her dog companion Aesop, needs to traverse a flooded world on her makeshift raft, and survive. The core of the game's campaign revolves around Scout finding a radio with a fuzzy signal that seems to suggest there may be more to find out in the world than danger, and so you set off down-river to see what is left of the world.
Honestly, while the story largely exists in the background of the gameplay, it is there, as told through occasional conversations with other survivors (rarely), and stories told via quilts (seriously, there are some great survivor stories on the quilts), that is not to say that it did not pack a little bit of a punch. The ending (which I will not spoil), after the hours I spent (and the in game days she spent struggling downstream) felt rewarding, and I felt genuine emotion for Scout at the end...however the game itself is largely centered around exploration and survival and I found myself forgetting about the story for swaths of my playtime
Fundamentally, the player is responsible for keeping Scout alive, and maintaining her energy, thirst, hunger, and warmth each have their own demands. If she's hungry, you need to make sure she's eating something that won't make her sick. Thirsty? Purify that water or collect some rain. Tired? Find a safe place to sleep. Warmth? That wolf that's trying to (and will) kill you? You need to kill it first and make some gloves...winter is coming. What this means is, like most survival games, you will spend a good chunk of your time exploring the wee islands that are all that is left of the world and hopefully finding the plants/resources you need.
Crafting is key to the game, as most things you want/need require more than one part, and then you need to put them together into the functioning item you need. I really appreciated the fact that you were able to craft some items on the fly, but others required you to be at a fire, or even on a workbench in an old hardware store. While this does mean that you are constantly scrounging for supplies, it also made every discovery, and every exploration feel meaningful across my playthrough, and I could see what every piece could be put into, so I did not feel like I was ever wasting space on something I might use.
As the game is procedurally generated, with a full weather and day/night cycle, it meant that every location felt interesting to explore, and that I was never sure if I was going to find that piece of flint I needed, or just another pile of old lumber. This also means that you will have curveballs thrown your way so you can never get too comfortable. Ant stings, infection, a boar you didn't see charging you and snapping a bone in your leg requiring you to make a splint, needing to create penicillin to treat that nasty bug you caught because you could not find that one plant you needed all make the game feel like an adventure, and it kept me uneasy from start to finish (which is exactly what I want from a title like this).
Part of the exploration in this procedurally generated world is done by raft--this I think is what elevated The Flame in the Flood above the other survival adventure games I have played. To get from scrounging location to scrounging location you would enter into a section of rafting that meant that you needed to guide your cumbersome raft through obstacles in the river, and fight the current to land at certain (marked) locations. You had control, but it never felt perfect/precise (because it's just a bunch of lashed together lumber you're "sailing") which meant that it could make things very interesting for you if you aren't careful. Plus, and this is important for me, it meant that you never got to go back to places you had been before, and you could (despite your best efforts) miss/never see every location, so, on the fly, you had to make snap decisions about where you were going to land, based on what you might find, and then hope for the best.
I loved that.
This made the game feel like I was always moving forward (because I literally was) and it meant that I always felt like I was making progress, and that what I need might just be around the next bend, or at the next dock. One thing I end up disliking about most survival adventures is the back-tracking: having to return to places you were before, or having to waste precious time slowly moving through areas you had picked clean hours before, exhausting your character and taxing your supplies. The Flame in the Flood did away with that beautifully, and in a way that fit into their premise so well that I did not even realize why I was enjoying this one so much more until I was almost 6 hours in.
There are a few flaws in The Flame in the Flood that I feel I need to mention though. The menu system is not perfect, and I found that especially Scout's "outfit" menu was a nightmare to navigate at first (I got used to it, but my first campaign run (that I died in from my raft breaking up/infection) I did not realize I had taken off her boots until way too late. On PlayStation 4, the numbers and some of the text were incredibly small (almost unreadable when it came to her stats numbers) which was annoying to say the least, as I would occasionally lose track of what I was looking at (not to mention the menus symbols for a lot of the plants looking, at their small(ish) size incredibly similar).
I also had a couple of bugs that crashed the game completely. They were never game-breaking, and I did not lose a lot of progress (thankfully), but they were there and I would have hated to have gotten one when I was an hour outside of a checkpoint.
As with most rougelike survival games, death is permanent, however the campaign does have occasional auto-checkpoint that you are able to restart from if you have been playing for a while (by which I made, travelled a fair distance down the river), but these are not something to rely on as I had an unfortunate wolf attack force me to restart about an hour and a half back from where I was when Scout had died.
I would not call this a flaw by any means (I'm happy the checkpoints are there), but do know that this exists, and it's not a great lifeline.
At the end of the day The Flame in the Flood is a wonderful survival game, with a few small flaws, that gives you a cool take on the genre and allows you to feel something beyond the regular "just get through the next day" grind that a lot of survival-adventure games lapse into. The soundtrack is an excellent blend of country-folk and indie folk that comes in at perfect times, and really elevates the feeling of the game on numerous occasions; I had a moment when I was desperately searching for the rags I needed to make a splint for Scout after a boar caught me off-guard, it started to rain, and a blues harmonica kicked in and it was just so perfect I was grinning....while frantically searching.
All told, I think I clocked the campaign at 11 hours (and never felt like it was dragging), even finding myself, after taking the appropriate time to reflect on the ending, starting up an Endless Mode (just go and survive) run because it's a game that really is quite engaging.
The Flame in the Flood is an excellent indie game that I definitely recommend folks check out (if any of what I've been saying has interested you, or you are a fan of say, Don't Starve but wanted more purpose), and is available on all of the things.
I was lucky enough to grab the Complete Edition on sale for 5$ and I have to say I feel like that was a steal--play this indie game fans, it's very worth it.
Anyway, I'm going to get back on the endless river now for a little bit more...
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There is a light in Wilda's eyes that makes you want to know her. There is a kind and gentle touch in the way she relates to her family, her neighbors, and with all of us who visit. The Colorado Haiti Project is grateful to count her as a friend, colleague, leader and teacher as we continue our long-term partnership with the community of Petit Trou de Nippes.
Wilda began her work with Petit Trou's community health aides (CHA) in 2006. She wanted to attend the initial meeting but was unable due to family responsibilities and young children. About a month later, one of her neighbors who had become a CHA came to her and told her they needed another representative from their small village, Carrefou Bourjin. She asked Wilda if she would like to join. She immediately said yes and has been a leader in the group ever since.
Wilda now has three children, Eliezer Delima, a junior in high school, Othniel Gedeon, a 7th grader at St. Paul's and Anne Wilda, a 1st grader also at St. Paul's. She is especially dedicated to supporting her kids and furthering their education. Wilda's husband, Jacob, runs his ironwork business from home. He takes old pieces of rebar and other iron and creates beautiful and useful furniture. You can always find him in the yard, talking with friends and clients and shaping chairs and tables.
As a CHA, Wilda participates in immunization clinics, helps gather data, and provides important education. She helps explain why the immunization is important and speaks to children's health and nutrition. She has attended every training offered for the community health aides and aspires to become a nurse one day. She once shared that even if it takes her until she is 80, she will be a nurse. Of the many aspects of CHA work, her favorite is the work of triage. Being a rural farming community where machetes are one of the main tools and motorcycles are the main forms of transportation, there are many injuries. Although she does not provide clinical care, she is the first one called when someone in her community is injured. She helps manage and monitor the patient while getting medical help.
Recently the community health aides began a survey of their community. Wilda has visited 80 homes so far. Putting together a detailed assessment of the community will allow the health agents to provide better support and will allow CHP to understand the real needs of the community. During the survey, the community was introduced to moringa, a tree of extremely high nutritional value that grows well in Haiti. Some families are already familiar with it, for some it is a new plant. To encourage the introduction, the CHA's gave out a card to each participant offering two free moringa starter trees.
After Hurricane Matthew, Wilda went right back to work on her own little farm. She enthusiastically supported the work of the community seed bank started in partnership with the local community, CHP and the Episcopal church. She not only replanted her entire farm but was also able to dig a family well to allow her to enlarge her garden and save time from daily water collection.
Wilda is now a founding member of a new community association formed to support the families and farmers of the Petit Trou commune. Her shares that her role is to listen to the people, her friends and neighbors and those whom she sees as a community health aide. She hears and knows the true needs of her community and shares with the association.
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Andi + Kelly + 1 : Maternity
Maternity Session : Dallas, Texas
Session Date: February 2013
I met Andi and Kelly for the very first time Easter weekend of 2012 for a 30th birthday couple photoshoot. We had the whole of downtown Austin / South Congress to ourselves that morning as everyone was enjoying Easter service with their family. Imagine my surprise when Andi contacted me and told me that she was ready for a maternity session? What??!! Stalkers, there's definitely something in the water. :)
We started the shoot in their darling little home. Love the little piece of light I got in their master bedroom.
A favorite. Andi and Kelly decided not to find out the gender of the baby...So I've decided to place my bet on the baby being a girl. I haven't been right lately...so it's really probably a boy. :)
After a quick shoot at the house, we headed out to my one of my favorite locations in Dallas to shoot - White Rock Lake.
Gorgeous right? And who would have ever "thunk" this can be found right smack dab in the middle of Dallas?
Gorgeous right? And who would have ever "thunk" this can be found right smack dab in the middle of Dallas?
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The mission of the Parents Association at Racine St. Catherine's is to foster positive relationships between parents, staff and the community for the enrichment of our students' educational experience; to enhance the school environment by promoting activities/events that create joy for our students; to strengthen the communal spirit within our school; and to encourage the investment of time, energy and resources so all within our St. Catherine's family can do their best work.
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"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote: > > Remy Maucherat wrote: > > > > Remy, > > > > > > What I am trying to do is start a discussion of _what_ the behaviour > > should be, > > > so it can be fixed. I already consider the current behaviour to be broken. > > > > I'm mixed on the subject. Craig implemented it that way, so I want to hear > > his opinion on the subject. > > > > The original rationale for the current behavior was/is a very common > user error > with Tomcat 3.x -- it goes like this: > * User drops a WAR file into "webapps" and restarts Tomcat > * Tomcat auto-expands the WAR and runs fine > * User updates the app, drops in an updated WAR, and restarts Tomcat > * Tomcat sees the expanded directory, and does NOT auto-expand > * User files a bug report "Tomcat does not reload my updated classes" > :-( > > I'm open to suggestion for different behavior, but keep this scenario in > mind. > That "problem" is taken care of if the user configures the Context with unpackWARs="false", and can be documented in the user config docs. The current behaviour could lead to other bug reports, "I changed some files in an expanded WAR file, but when I restarted Tomcat my changes are missing". [PROPOSAL] Tomcat Startup ************** If unpackWARs="false" --------------------- If a new war file exists with no corresponding expanded war file -> The war file componenets are expanded out as needed into the work dir. If a war file with a last mod time newer than the unpacked war file components exists -> The previous war file components are removed, then the war file components are expanded as needed into work dir. If unpackWARs="true" -------------------- A war file exits, but no directory exists matching war file prefix. -> create directory name matching war file prefix and expand war file. A war file exists, and a corresponding directory exists. The war file last mod time is older than directory. -> Don't expand war file. A war file exists, and a corresponding directory exists. The war file last mod time is newer than the directory. You have one of two cases: A completely different web app exists in a directory with the same name as a new war file. You wouldn't want Tomcat to overwrite another web app, how would you determine that the war file is not a replacement. An updated war file was installed and the directory is for the previously expanded version. What if the web app saves configuration info to property files in /WEB-INF/classes, or other data in /WEB-INF? In both cases I think you should not do anything, just log an information message to the Context log. Let the user decide, perhaps they could use the manager servlet to redploy a web app. Tomcat Shutdown *************** When tomcat is shutdown it should not remove any unpacked war files, whether unpackWARs is true or false. Tomcat Runtime ************** In a web hosting environment I envision the manager servlet getting used a great deal by users to manage their web apps. The manager would most likely be invoked by some web app administration tool which does authentication and authorization. The DefaultContext would set unpackWARs="true", since that is the default behaviour for a Context deployed using the manager. The manager servlet currently supports the following: list - List the context paths of all web applications currently deployed on the virtual host in which this manager application is deployed. deploy?path=/xxx&war=yyy - Deploy the web application whose WAR file (or directory containing the unpacked application) is present at URL yyy, and attach it to context path /xxx. See below for valid syntax options for the web applcation archive URl. If the URL of an actual WAR file is specified, the WAR will be automatically expanded into a directory underneath the application base for this virtual host. [PROPOSAL] Change the command name to "install". If the web app already exists the install will fail. The user will have to "remove" it first. The "war" file is renamed if necessary so its prefix is the same name as the path. reload?path=/xxx - Cause the web application deployed at context path /xxx to reload all its associated Java classes, even if automatic reloading is disabled. undeploy?path=/xxx - Cause the web application deployed at context path /xxx to be gracefully shut down and undeployed. If a WAR file was automatically expanded into an unpacked directory when this application was deployed (or when the servlet container was first started), the expanded directory is deleted. [PROPOSAL] Change the command name to "stop". Do not remove the expanded web app directory when undeployed. Perhaps the user just wants to stop the web app for maintenance reasons, and will start the web app again after the maintenance is over. [PROPOSAL] New manager servlet commands remove?path=/xxx - Undeploy and remove the web application from the server. This removes the expanded war file directory and the war file. start?path=/xxx - Start a web app that is installed but not running. update?path=/xxx&war=yyy - Update a web application with a new war file. The web app is stopped. Only those unmodified files expanded from the original war file are removed, then the war file is expanded, and the Context restarted. The new list of manager servlet commands would be: install update start reload list stop remove Regards, Glenn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Nielsen firstname.lastname@example.com | /* Spelin donut madder | MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. | Missouri Research and Education Network | */ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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TA has helped DiscoverOrg:
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- Grow >6x in revenue and >6x in profits since the time of investment
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DiscoverOrg is a leading subscription-based B2B information services company providing proprietary data and integrated insights that enable B2B Sales and Marketing organizations to identify, connect, and sell to target buyers. The Company serves top technology, consulting, staffing, telecom, and services companies targeting IT, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, Engineering, C-Suite, Finance, Legal or Operations departments of Fortune-ranked, mid-market, and SMB companies in North America and internationally. DiscoverOrg offers 12 proprietary datasets covering 20 million contacts across over 500,000 companies. Since TA's investment, DiscoverOrg has become increasingly automated in its sourcing and cleansing of data. This combined with over 4x growth of its customer base and more robust integrations into the CRM and marketing automation systems of its customers have created strong network effects. DiscoverOrg receives over 5 million data points each week from its contributory data model that cleanse and grow the database, enabling the Company to scale at a faster pace while maintaining accuracy in a real-time, automated fashion.
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Accretive acquisitions have historically been a key value-add for TA's portfolio companies. Since our investment, TA has helped DiscoverOrg identify, source, negotiate, and debt finance four strategic add-on acquisitions, leading to significant cost synergies, enhanced service offerings and customer value proposition, and a larger addressable market.
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Marshall, Texas – Garrett Boersma of Marshall, local businessman and former two-term City Commissioner, declared his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives for House District 9 today. Boersma is running in the Republican primary.
"It is a great honor to announce my candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives. As a sixth-generation resident of Harrison County, the welfare and prosperity of my friends and neighbors throughout the east Texas region is my first and greatest priority."
"During the legislative session, Governor Abbott's conservative agenda was derailed thanks to members of the Texas House. A prime example of an opportunity lost was the failure to pass property tax reform, a top Abbott priority. We need property tax relief. I will fight to ensure East Texans receive the property tax relief they have been waiting for."
"My steadfast commitment and pledge is to remain a consistent, reliable conservative voice for the core values we share. It is my firm belief that a basic principle of any elected official is to be a faithful steward of our hard-earned taxpayer dollars. State spending should be cut where appropriate and whenever possible. Our state budget should be truly balanced, with no accounting gimmicks. All Texans will prosper and our Texas economy will strengthen and grow when government is constrained to its proper role, competitive free enterprise is encouraged, and the liberty of the individual is protected."
"Texas has issues to resolve and taxpayers deserve better results from our state legislature. We must improve our education system overall and how it is financed. Another need is to improve the delivery of transportation infrastructure with a focus on the completion of I-369."
Garrett Boersma is an experienced businessman and consistent Christian conservative. Boersma's professional background includes commercial real estate finance and commercial real estate property development.
Garrett is committed to our community, serving as a member of the Courthouse Preservation Council and the Citizen's Advisory Council. He has also volunteered countless hours as past President of the Harrison County Historical Museum, and as a former board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Pines, Harrison County Historical Commission and the Harrison County Children's Services board.
Texas House District 9 includes the counties of Cass, Marion, Harrison, Panola, Shelby and Sabine.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn-University of Memphis athletic director Tom Bowen released a statement Tuesday morning in support of Tigers basketball coach Tubby Smith in the aftermath of six players announcing they plan to transfer.
Dear Tiger Nation:
The past several days have been challenging ones for our University of Memphis men's basketball program. I met with Coach Tubby Smith at length, and while student-athletes deciding to leave our University has been difficult to watch, it has not surprised us.
Across the country, more than 700 Division I men's basketball student-athletes transferred last year. That record number of transfers is expected to be eclipsed again this year, as this trend continues to grow.
However, Coach Smith and I are extremely optimistic about the future of our program. Coach and his staff have been actively recruiting experienced student-athletes to play at the University of Memphis in the 2017-18 season and beyond. Beginning tomorrow, on national signing day, we will be announcing the newest members of the Tiger basketball program, along with an in-depth look at the returning players and those that have already signed a national letter of intent.
I ask you to be supportive of the process and this program as well. Coach Smith and his staff are creating the building blocks that will allow our men's basketball program to flourish in the classroom, the community and on the court. Thank you for your passion of Tiger athletics and Go Tigers Go!
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New R. Proc. Interface paper
Kirsty McDonald published a paper in R. Proc. Interface assessing acute energy and stability optimization in walking.
NCSRR Visiting Scholar
Suzanne Cox is awarded a Visiting Scholar grant to the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) at Stanford University!
J. Biomechanics Award !
Matt Salzano, together with Suzanne Cox, Steve Piazza and Jonas Rubenson win the Journal of Biomechanics Award at ASB, Boulder CO! Congrats Team!
High Field MRI on bird joints
Matt Salzano and Suzanne Cox run 7T High-Field MRI on guinea fowl joints. See tendons threading through bones?- cool!
New Lab Website Launched!
After a LONG time, the Muscle Function + Locomotion Lab has finally launched a new website! It still has some development needed, but good enough to get out there!
Botox experiment- prelim data
Suzanne Cox, Matt Salzano and Justin Csaszar show botulinim toxin effect on jumping performance in guinea fowl.
Dr. Suzanne (Zanne) Cox joins lab!
…Dr. Suzanne (Zanne) Cox has jointed the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Welcome Zanne!!
Students represent at ASB40
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In fact, the day my house was broken into I shared this image on Instagram:
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Have you had an event shake your passion for this beautiful, instant, open, online world? And what did you do to overcome it?
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Concourse Media's James Andrew Felts and Matthew Shreder have announced a deal with Regal Entertainment Group to distribute the interactive product Moviebill.
Moviebill will launch in 2018 and is an augmented reality platform linked to a limited edition, collectible monthly magazine dedicated to a major tentpole release.
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The founders said every major studio is on board and the collectible magazine will contain exclusive cover art and previously unseen artwork, behind-the-scenes video, deleted scenes, games, and talent commentary on the digital component.
"Moviebill provides an experience for moviegoers that helps bring the movie to life and promotes a deeper connection to the movies in our theatres," Regal CMO Ken Thewes said.
"Circuits like Regal have done an incredible job at enhancing the theatrical experience," Shreder said. "We're excited to be launching this new product early next year to give moviegoers more content about the movies they've paid to see, as part of their ticket price."
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Over the course of their near 20-year career, Califone have created one of the most consistent and rewarding discographies within independent music. There's no band more adept at submerging, and blurring the lines of, experimental sounds and folk music than Califone with main songwriter and performer Tim Rutili narrating the rich arrangements with a voice caked in rust and grace. There are no weak spots amongst their catalog.
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Jorge Posada loves the way the top of the Yankees' rotation looks. Now he would love to see Brian Cashman add another starter to bolster the bottom of it.
Posada expressed his hope that another arm would be added to plug in behind CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte before spring training, allowing the Yankees to shift either Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes back into a relief role.
"I would like to have one more starter and keep one of those guys in the bullpen," Posada said. "You can never have enough pitching, so I think we need one more arm in the starting rotation."
Posada discussed a number of topics during a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News Wednesday, as he promoted the release of the "New York Yankees World Series Collector's Edition" DVD set. But as is usually the case, the staff was first and foremost on his mind, especially the Yankees' two young - and heavily debated - arms.
"Both of them are very good with what they're able to do in the bullpen," Posada said. "Chamberlain did a great job last year in the starting role early, and we know what Hughes is capable of doing, too. Right now they're in the rotation, but we'll see if we can add someone."
Although no front-line starters remain on the market now that Roy Halladay has been traded to the Phillies and John Lackey has signed with the Red Sox, there are still some intriguing options. Ben Sheets and Justin Duchscherer have caught the Yankees' eye as they return from their respective surgeries, while workmanlike pitchers such as Jason Marquis and Jon Garland are also free agents.
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Posada was excited to see Cashman acquire Curtis Granderson, who will be formally introduced 11 a.m. today at a Yankee Stadium press conference. And although Johnny Damon and the Yankees don't appear to be close to a new deal, Posada believes the two sides will ultimately get it done.
"I think he's going to be back," Posada said. "He's a proven winner, and you like to see that."
As for his own future, Posada acknowledged that his days of catching 130 games or more are likely over, but he has no plans to become a full-time designated hitter before the end of his contract in 2011.
"I'm preparing to be an everyday guy," Posada said. "You have to understand where you are in your career; there are 162 games, and while I don't think I can catch 135 or 140 games anymore, I can definitely still catch 115 or 120."
Posada, 38, caught 100 games last year, his lowest total in a non-injury season since 1998. He was the DH nine times, a number he figures will increase this season, and with Jesus Montero - who was named by Baseball America yesterday as the Yankees' No. 1 prospect - expected to start at Triple-A in 2010, Posada knows that he could see the young slugger in the Bronx on a full-time basis by 2011.
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I remember growing up watching Carl Lewis in multiple Olympics.
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee. I loved watching her. I was 9 years old and remember being so amazed with her ability to perform in all of those track and field events. I had asthma growing up and I remember being in 4th grade and having an asthma attack at our elementary school track and field event. I connected with Jackie because I was so amazed that a big time athlete had it too. I had to learn how to cope with that and still be able to compete in sports. Love Jackie :)
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1992 Dream Team Highlights. LOVED watching this team play. Unbelievable!!!
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We're very close to a year having passed since Lucasfilm became the property of Disney and Star Wars: Episode VII was announced for a theatrical premiere date in 2015. Since then, we've had to navigate our way through a seemingly endless parade of rumors and unsubstantiated reports. That is, save for confirmation that J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) is directing the movie, drawn from a script written by Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) and based on material developed by Star Wars creator George Lucas.
Interestingly, not long after rumor began to circulate that Lucasfilm was preparing to make a major Episode VII-related announcement, we do have an update on the film's progress, straight from the lion's mouth. However, while the update is significant, it has nothing to do with casting and/or the subtitle for the seventh live-action Star Wars installment (despite speculation pointing in that direction).
The news from Lucasfilm is that Arndt is no longer involved with development on the Episode VII screenplay, having stepped aside so that Abrams might continue developing the script in collaboration with Lawrence Kasdan (who's been consulting on the project this whole time). As of right now though, it remains to be seen if Arndt will be receiving co-screenwriting credit for his contributions to the new Star Wars movie; or, rather if he'll just be credited for the screen story, based on his Episode VII treatment (he's rumored to have also written story treatments for Episodes VIII & IX).
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Abrams' body of work as a screenwriter includes his feature-length directing efforts Mission: Impossible III and Super 8, in addition to episodes of Alias, Lost and Fringe. Interestingly, back in the days before he broke out as successful TV show-runner/executive producer with Felicity in the late 1990s, Abrams wrote such films as the drama Regarding Henry - featuring Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford as the lead - and the sci-fi/romantic drama Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson; not to mention, his work on Michael Bay's end-of-world disaster thriller, Armageddon.
Arguably, the more intriguing writing addition for Episode VII is Kasdan, who co-wrote the script for The Empire Strikes Back - which many consider to be, far and away, the best Star Wars movie - in addition to Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark, some 30 years ago. Admittedly, his more recent screenwriting output (see: Dreamcatcher and Darling Companion) leaves something to be desired, but maybe a return to the space opera franchise that jump-started his career will help to rejuvenate Kasdan's creative spark. (Lucasfilm/Disney seems to think as much is possible, considering that Kasdan has also been recruited to write one of the Star Wars spinoff films.)
The Lucasfilm press release also includes a nice breakdown of the personnel working behind the scenes on Episode VII, with additional confirmation that John Williams is returning to compose the score:
Location scouting, production design, casting, and costume design are already underway on "Episode VII." A team of gifted artists are working to bring the latest installment of the "Star Wars" saga, including director of photography Dan Mindel ("Mission: Impossible III," "Star Trek"), production designers Rick Carter ("Lincoln," "Avatar") and Darren Gilford ("Oblivion," "TRON: Legacy"), costume designer Michael Kaplan ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"), special effects supervisor Chris Corbould ("Skyfall," "The Dark Knight Rises"), sound designer Ben Burtt ("Lincoln," "Star Wars: Episodes I-VI"), re-recording mixer Gary Rydstrom ("Jurassic Park," "Saving Private Ryan"), supervising sound editor Matthew Wood ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "The Master") of Skywalker Sound, and visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End") of Industrial Light & Magic. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, with Tommy Harper ("Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," "Star Trek Into Darkness") and Jason McGatlin ("Tintin," "War of the Worlds") serving as executive producers.
Principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII is (according to Lucasfilm) "scheduled to begin Spring 2014 at Pinewood Studios for an expected 2015 release." As always, we'll keep you posted on any future news concerning the film's development.