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M&A Outlook
Twice a year, Meridian Capital publishes its Consumer M&A Snapshot, which focuses on key trends in middle market consumer M&A. In addition to covering general consumer industry trends, the Spring 2015 Snapshot provides more in-depth analysis on three key consumer segments. In this issue we spotlight the housewares, children's products and food and beverage segments.
As we enter 2015, the improving economic environment has bolstered consumer confidence, creating an attractive landscape for consumer products companies. The favorable market conditions have driven an upswing in M&A activity with both private equity and strategic buyers paying record multiples for middle market acquisitions. Buyers are seeking quality targets with solid contribution margins, broad geographic and channel reach, efficient manufacturing capabilities and strong brands. Given the strong valuations in M&A markets, we believe 2015 is an opportune time for shareholders to review growth, financing and/or ownership transition objectives.
Key Industry Trends
Positive Economic Trends Drive Increased Consumer M&A Activity
Over the past twelve months, 3,061 consumer transactions have been completed within North America, representing an aggregate disclosed value of $464 billion. This marks an increase of 36% over the prior twelve months. Transaction motivations include increasing presence in high growth segments, expanding geographic reach, vertical integration, and access to new customers via strong, established brands. Despite global concerns, strategic and financial buyers continue to be encouraged by the stable and growing domestic and Asia-Pacific economies, improved corporate balance sheets, record stock market prices, improving employment statistics, and the significant "dry powder" that has yet to be deployed. These positive dynamics combined with the favorable debt markets provides us with a number of reasons to expect an upswing in consumer M&A activity in 2015.
Key Industry Trends
Direct-to-Consumer Critical to Brand Development
Shoppers engage with consumer products across a variety of mediums: in a physical store, on a website or mobile app, via social media or on the phone. Successful consumer products companies have found ways to ensure that each touch point is seamless, consistent and complementary. The most successful consumer products companies have implemented direct sales channels that have boosted sales, increased cross-selling opportunities and decreased transportation costs. Consumers often find buying direct to be more convenient and satisfying, resulting in higher customer spending. Additionally, direct-to-consumer allows companies to control the brand message and more effectively collect valuable consumer feedback. The Tie Bar and Proactiv are examples of companies that have utilized direct-to-consumer sales channels to achieve rapid growth.
Online Concept Testing is Driving More Efficient Product Development
Historically, product testing has been a time consuming and expensive process. Companies rely on a combination of field surveys, interviews, focus groups and other qualitative methods to evaluate consumers' responses to new products. Online retailing, particularly through Amazon, allows consumer products companies to receive more immediate and relevant product and consumer feedback. The "Amazon Effect" has reduced the required product testing window from months to weeks. Online testing allows products to come to market faster and helps reduce the working capital and inventory risk often associated with new product cycles. The transition has pushed consumer products companies to review their online channel presence and product development timelines.
More Mindful Consumer Buying Decisions
Many economists believe that the recession permanently changed consumers' priorities and led people to focus on family, friends and health rather than consumption. Consumers are moving to "mindful" consumption, increasingly purchasing goods and services from companies that reflect their standards and values. Successful retailers and consumer products companies are able to differentiate their marketing messages and promotional behavior between consumers who are price conscious and those who are more mindful of buying a recognized brand. Products emphasizing sustainability and ethical sourcing continue to attract significant attention from consumers. In recent years, made-in-USA products have also made a resurgence as consumers seek to promote U.S. job creation and support the U.S. economy. Consumer products companies are responding by building or buying brands that resonate with the post-recession consumers.
Housewares Spotlight
The housewares market experienced a noticeable increase in M&A activity in 2014. Over the past twelve months, 21 housewares transactions were announced globally. Transactions were largely motivated by improving consumer sentiment and companies looking for acquisitions to drive growth and adapt to changing consumer trends. According to Forbes Insights, two-thirds of executives in the housewares space expect strong sales performance in the next year.
Housewares M&A and Industry Trends
Strong Private Equity Presence
PE activity in housewares remains strong based on multiple financial investors achieving successful exits of high profile portfolio companies in 2014. This is evidenced by CID Capital's investment in Chef'n, a manufacturer and distributor of innovative kitchen gadgets. CID invested in the company in 2011 and achieved a fruitful exit to Taylor Precision Products in 2014. North Castle Partner's sale of Ignite Holdings to Newell Rubbermaid in July 2014 also showcased the attractive exit opportunities available to private equity firms. Ignite Holdings, a leading supplier of beverage containers sold under the Contigo and Avex brands, experienced 35% compound annual sales growth for the four years prior to its sale to Newell Rubbermaid for $313 million.
Private equity firms that are actively making platform investments in housewares include Acon Investments, which acquired Igloo Products in 2014, and Centre Partners, which acquired Taylor Precision Products in 2012.
Many other investors with a consumer products focus are seeking housewares platform investments in an effort to capitalize on the industry's strong performance. Given the volume of capital flowing into the housewares industry and the broad range of consumer products private equity firms, entrepreneurs and shareholders have a wealth of transaction options to meet their personal and business goals.
Private Label Attracting Increased Investment
Historically, investors interested in the housewares market have been focused on branded products due to the ability to gain customer loyalty, achieve strong margins, and create a defensible market position. Although this trend continues, recent activity suggests investors are increasingly interested in companies with private label exposure. Select investors are attracted to the insulation against changing consumer preferences, lower marketing costs, and the manufacturing efficiencies that the private label model provides.
Valuation drivers for private label consumer companies are consistent with their branded counterparts – namely a strong distribution presence, differentiated manufacturing and unique product development capabilities. For example, private label companies that engage in collaborative design processes with customers add more value and create higher switching costs.
Lifetime Brands' January 2014 acquisition of Thomas Plant, a U.K.-based housewares manufacturer and supplier of exclusive private label products highlights strategics' interest in acquiring private label housewares manufacturers to drive profitability across existing brands.
Children's Products Spotlight
The children's products market has experienced strong M&A activity over the past year with over 45 transactions closing. With industry revenue forecasted to grow to $23 billion by 2016, a 15% increase from 2013, both strategics and private equity firms are actively seeking acquisitions to enhance product development capabilities, expand distribution and enter fast growing product categories. Similarly, international manufacturers are seeking to gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market and are vertically integrating to create supply chain efficiencies and increased economies of scale.
Children's Products M&A and Industry Trends
Domestic Growth Expected to Improve
After hitting an all-time low in 2011, U.S. birth rates have started to rebound and are projected to increase 0.5% annually through 2019.
The children's products market is also expected to benefit from an increase in family disposable income, driven by an aging parent population and a growing percentage of dual income households. The number of women having children in their thirties has increased significantly, with the number of first children being born to women over the age of 35 increasing from 1% in 1970 to over 15% in 2012.
Diversified consumer products companies see the growth potential of this segment and are actively increasing exposure to the space through acquisitions. Newell Rubbermaid, for exampled, doubled the size of its juvenile products segment with the December 2014 acquisition of Baby Jogger, a premium strollers and accessories company.
Innovation Remains Key to Success
Product innovation and development continue to be critical to the success of children's products brands. With parents conducting greater online research prior to purchases, online reviews are essential to differentiating a brand at retail. The need to continuously develop and bring to market safe and creative products tailored to the changing lifestyle trends of consumers has motivated many firms to pursue acquisitions.
Onaroo, an award-winning brand of night lights and alarm clocks for children with a track record of developing innovative products, was acquired by Patch Products, Inc., a portfolio company of Topspin Partners, in November 2014. Mattel's acquisition of MEGA Brands, a supplier of construction toys, games, puzzles and crafts, in April 2014 was also driven by product development capabilities and category leadership. MEGA Brands is the second largest player in the fast growing $4 billion construction building sets market.
International Strategics Motivated to Vertically Integrate
In 2014, several leading international manufacturers pursued brand acquisitions to enhance marketing capabilities and gain stronger North American distribution. Companies with strong relationships across distribution channels proved to be attractive acquisition candidates to manufacturers seeking to create more competitively priced products for the North American market by leveraging existing R&D and production resources.
International manufacturers have also been looking to build strong global brands capable of capitalizing on the increasing disposable income of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region. Demand for toys and games in Asia-Pacific is forecasted to grow 6% annually through 2018. In 2014, Hong Kong-based Blue Box Holding acquired California-based Infantino, a supplier of baby toys, carriers and travel accessories, and China-based Goodbaby International acquired Ohio-based Evenflo, a supplier of child transport systems. Both of these transactions demonstrate the manufacturers desire to vertical integrate in order to achieve cost efficiencies and to expand U.S. brands into the fast growing Asian markets.
Food and Beverage Spotlight
Throughout 2014 and into 2015, the food and beverage segment has continued to experience impressive M&A activity. In the past year, 285 food and beverage transactions have closed with an aggregate disclosed value of $81 billion.
Food and Beverage M&A and Industry Trends
Natural and Organic Goes Mainstream
Growth in the natural and organic segment continues to outpace the broader food and beverage market. Organic food and beverage sales grew 12% in 2013, three times the growth rate of conventional food sales. As a result, many companies are reengineering food products to fit a more natural image. Nestle USA recently announced it will be removing artificial coloring and flavorings from over 250 candy products. Other companies are actively acquiring established natural brands. The purchase of Annie's, Inc. by General Mills demonstrates the company's desire to gain a foothold into the natural and organic segment in order to drive future growth. General Mills plans to grow its organic segment from $600 million to $1 billion by 2020, indicating acquisitions will likely continue to be an essential part of its strategy.
"Free-from" attributes, such as gluten-free and non-GMO, have become key components of product labeling. This year saw substantial interest in "free-from" brands from both domestic and international strategics, including the acquisition of Enjoy Life, a U.S.-based maker of allergen-free snack products, by Mondelez International. Strategic players have a continued appetite for better-for-you and free-from brands and are willing to pay premium valuations in order to gain access to these brands' discriminating customer bases.
Constrained Growth for Conventional Grocery Retailers
Conventional supermarkets continue to see fierce competition from the discount, specialty food store, and warehouse, club and supercenter channels. In this challenged growth environment, the conventional supermarket segment has seen continued consolidation, most recently with the acquisition of Safeway by Albertson's.
As conventional retailers look for margin expansion opportunities, it has become even more challenging for small brands to grow into this channel. These retailers require substantial slotting and promotional spends to bring new products in, making it difficult for smaller businesses to compete with larger packaged food conglomerates.
One bright spot for growth in the conventional and mass grocery retail segment is with natural and organic products. While the overall channel saw minimal growth in 2014, natural and organic both saw double digit revenue growth (52-weeks ending October 5, 2014). As retailers continue to expand this segment, there is a compelling opportunity for niche food and beverage companies to enter this channel.
Ongoing Strategic M&A Fuels PE Investment Activity
The strong ongoing levels of strategic M&A activity in the food and beverage space has attracted a number of private equity and growth capital investors. These investors are deploying capital to build middle market companies to a scale at which strategic investors become acquisitive. Financial investors often provide the necessary capital to help companies accelerate growth prospects whether through geographic expansion, extension into competitive conventional retail channels, product line expansion, marketing or other initiatives. Over the past year, many of these investors have had successful exits through sales to strategic players enabling them to raise new funds and seek new investments in the next wave of emerging companies. With strategics paying upwards of 3.0x revenue for attractive targets, PE firms are able to offer attractive revenue multiples to smaller businesses, while still maintaining strong return upside.
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Grabbing my hand, she said, "Come on, to the back. That's where the magic happens." Andrea Scher, a San Francisco artist and jewellery designer, led me to the back warehouse at Creativity Explored, a hidden jewel located in San Francisco's Mission district.
Although I'd come to San Francisco fresh from art history class hoping to show off my proficiency with art lingo and find hidden meanings in paintings, I'd been uninspired. My trip to the San Francisco Modern Museum of Art left me wondering, "Where is the fun?"
Scher showed me. It lived in an unassuming little building that lacked a big sign, famous names, and any hint that it housed artists and their work.
Creativity Explored's gallery looked like most – spare white walls, people at desks chatting on the phone, and a few curious patrons inquiring about artists' work.
When Scher opened the back door, she revealed a place where not only magic but real art happens.
An explosion of colour hit me as I entered the room. It filled the walls, floors and ceilings. Sculptures, pictures and crafts overtook the entire warehouse. At tables everywhere artists busily worked on their projects. Vincent Jackson stood among them.
The instant he saw me, he stopped working on his sculpture and spoke to me – loudly. At first, his exuberance overwhelmed me. But as I relaxed and listened to Jackson, he gave me the perfect introduction to Creativity Explored.
"You know, them big fancy teachers in them big fancy schools, they gonna say that this ain't art," he said, pointing to his work. "They gonna say that what I do is what a child does and that's why my stuff ain't art. But I say, 'Scuse you? Excuse you? This is art! This is creation! This is expression!' I say to them big fancy people with all them degrees, 'Let's see you do this!'
Vincent, like his fellow artists at Creativity Explored, has a disability. After he spoke to me Scher explained that Jackson is mentally challenged. From what I heard I wasn't so sure. His words made perfect sense to me. In fact, it made me rethink my own creative hang-ups.
In most galleries, only security guards approach you to you know you're too close to an image. At Creativity Explored, it's the artists who constantly approach you, vying for your attention.
James was the perfect example of an artist eager to show his work. This strong, silent man communicated with a cheeky grin and a finger pointed one of the many watches he owned. Later, I noticed his artwork always dealt with time and contained only images of watches. He wasn't trying to make a social statement – he just really loved watches!
At the back of the room, I met artist member Abel, a soft spoken man who processed thoughts much slower than most men his age. As he worked on a collage, Scher asked him questions and discovered he only spoke Spanish. Through Scher translations, we learned he worked on collages literally day and night.
His current piece included trees of mythological proportions, with snakes wrapped around them and bulls standing nearby. Curious to find the meaning behind such a dramatic piece, Scher asked Abel, but he didn't understand. Thinking she had translated the question poorly, she asked several different ways. Finally Abel stopped her, pointed to his painting and explained it: "These are birds, these are bulls, that is a tree·."
My art professor taught me to look for meaning and artists' statements, but never told me that some artists create because they simply enjoy creation. Thanks to Abel, I learned a huge art lesson.
None of Creativity Explored's member artists spent years in art schools or travelled the world must-see museums. Instead, they created to express, regardless if it could be recognised. In fact, a lot of their work confused me – was it a cat, a bat or a dog? But their passion, pride and enthusiasm for their work, made me worry less about using fancy art lingo and more about enjoying the paintings' energy.
Jackson Pollock once said, "You see a bunch of flowers and you enjoy them. You don't analyse every part of them until there's nothing left." After experiencing Creativity Explored, I understand.
Fear and lack of knowledge stopped me from creating. However, a trip to Creativity Explored changed all that. I realised that art is about creation on any level. Painting a picture is art. Building a sculpture, is art. Creating merely for the joy of making things is art too. It isn't always about technique, positive and negative space and political statements. Sometimes art is simply about putting paint to paper.
After, the member artists' words and work inspired me to create, and I purchased a collage piece by Abel at the gift shop. Artists get half of the proceeds and the program retains the rest (which inadvertently gets back to the artist) so it was a good way to say thank-you for the creative spark they gave me.
Creativity Explored is a unique visual and personal experience lead me to think it is named more for the patrons, than the artists.
That's a gallery worth visiting .
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Discover Chieri: history and the city
Small town near Turin, that back in the days used to be more prosperous than it!
by Roxana Iacoban
After leaving the amazing Torinese hills, we headed towards Chieri, a small town about 11 km away from the buzz of the city of Turin. I found out that Chieri, back in the days used to be a richer and more prosperous city than Turin and I started to wonder how and why.
After a short walk along a narrow street we arrived in Piazza Cavour, a beautiful square with an imposing church of peculiar bright colors: Church of St Bernardino and Rocco. The facade is neoclassical and on top, covered by a beautiful cupola. I later found out that the colors were restored not long ago and they are the original ones, despite their particular aspect (even the Chieresi were a bit taken aback the first time they faced this change, but then they got used to seing pink and yellow everyday on their stroll downtown).
Chieri dates back to pre Roman times and it is thought to be founded by Liguria people, its name coming from Carreum – meaning stone which was the basis of Ligurian settlements -. It was a prosperous city, made of "bankers" as they were intended at that time: rich people (merchants) who lended money in exchange of interests (even abroad). It had over a 100 towers which surely reflected its richness. In Medieval times, the more towers a city had, the richer they were. Moreover it was famous in all Europe thanks to the production of different types of fabric, especially a blue colored one (fustian). In High Middle Ages Barbarossa invaded the city and is held responbile for the destruction of all the towers in the city.
Today therefore, there is only one left out of the one hundred back then. But some say this is maybe not true, since the structure of the towers in those times were not the most solid and with the new destruction weapons, they risked on falling down and destroying the whole city since there were so many. That is why some people think the disappearance of the towers might have been intentional.
The Dome of Chieri
There are many churches in the city (fact that again testifies its richness), but by far the most important both due to its majestic presence and historical importance – no to mention artistic heritage – is the Dome of Chieri. The facade is made of stone – which was very expensice back then – and it is an example of gothic architecture. We stepped inside both because we were all curious to see its splendour after our tour guide introduced us its history and because of the hot summer day we were facing. It is always refreshing when you step inside a church isn't it?
I was taken aback by its beauty and its variety of styles and art. We found out that it was built in very short time seen its dimensions and detail, by the will of Amedeo the 8th of Savoia in the 1400's. It has been a forever changing canvas, because renovated and worked on until the 1800's. Moreover, one can find contemporary additions of local artists. It is a real excursus of both pure history and history of Art. We continued our walk uphill and I kind of knew what to expect: a breathtaking view of the city. We found another church of a peculiar shape and facade at our back and in front a beautiful panoramic view of the whole city!
We had to stop in the shade on ancient trees both to catch our breath but most importantly to have a moment of peace and quiet and of pure delight. Downhill we found ourselves on other tiny narrow streets and ended up in the same place where we started, in front of our last element that had actually caught my eye right away due to its imposing beauty: a Porta, a gate to the city (Arco trionfale), that had been built in honour of Carlo Emanuele the first of Savoia for the birth of his first child with Caterina D'Asburgo.
Throughout our stroll downtown, we encountered lost of happy welcoming faces and super kind locals. In two days there, we started seing familiar faces and stopped talking to elder ladies and gents to find more about Chieri nowadays. I was surprised to find out how multicultural it is, that is has many sister cities and that is still so rich and well off, culturally and economically.
Roxana Iacoban
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Chinese Dissident Forges Own Path
By Michael Laris
In fact, security agents had taken Xu for a two-day "vacation" at a riverside resort to keep him out of the spotlight while President Clinton was in Beijing for meetings with China's leaders in late June. In an example of the complex and sometimes baffling relationship between dissidents and authorities in today's China, the plainclothes security agents stationed outside his home had essentially invited Xu on the trip, telling him that if he did not accept, they would not force him to go.
"They had almost 20 people at my door. It was very hot, and the mosquitoes were biting them terribly. So what they meant was, could I consider their situation," Xu said. "I've always had person-to-person relationships with the people that follow me. In my mind I've never treated them as enemies."
At the resort, Xu and He hiked and swam -- with two guards at their heels. Xu even considered trying his luck at bungee-jumping but decided that at age 56, having lost 12 years and 47 days of his life locked in Beijing's No. 1 Prison for his democracy activism, he was too old to leap from a 180-foot-high platform.
But that does not mean Xu is not taking chances. He is trying to do what China's two most famous dissidents -- Democracy Wall campaigner Wei Jingsheng and Tiananmen Square student leader Wang Dan -- could not: to live free in China as a public advocate of democracy. Both Wei and Wang were forced to choose between long prison terms and exile when they refused to relent from their activism, and they now reside in the United States.
Xu is trying to change the rules in the delicate dance between dissidents and Chinese authorities. In an interview, he said he wants to show that dissidents are responsible, up-front and patriotic. With his suave manner, Xu has become the most important spokesman for China's democracy movement.
Only 18 months ago, the portion of the State Department's annual human rights report devoted to China concluded that "all public dissent . . . was effectively silenced by intimidation, exile, the imposition of prison terms, administrative detention or house arrest. No dissidents were known to be active at year's end."
But this month, dissidents gathered at Xu's Beijing apartment could be heard making urgent phone calls and talking in excited tones about information that had just arrived by e-mail. They were organizing efforts to aid five dissidents arrested in connection with their public effort to register the China Democratic Party in eastern Zhejiang province on the day Clinton arrived in China.
Xu says the time is not yet right to found an opposition political party in China, contending that, aside from the ruling Communist Party, "in the current situation there is no other power that can govern China. At present, we should respect reality. That means we should push the Communist Party to be more open."
But Xu said that organizing to aid the detained dissidents in Zhejiang will help lay the legal and theoretical groundwork for the "inevitable" founding of an opposition political party that he says will be "steady, mature, responsible and constructive."
"The people want democracy and freedom, but they don't want chaos. [Activism] should be open, rigorous, peaceful and nonviolent," he said.
In that spirit, four dissidents staged a two-day hunger strike in support of the remaining Zhejiang detainees last week. As of Sunday, three of the five dissidents arrested as a result of their attempt to register the China Democratic Party had been released from police custody to a loose form of house arrest, according to Frank Lu Siqing, spokesman for the Hong Kong-based Information Center of Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China.
Since Clinton left China, 21 dissidents have been detained, and all but three have been released, Lu said. Wang Youcai and Lin Hui, from Zhejiang province, are still being held, and last Wednesday labor activist Zhang Shanguang was arrested in connection with his efforts to organize laid-off workers.
Xu learned about authority after he was imprisoned in 1981 for helping to found an important dissident journal during the 1979 Democracy Wall movement -- named for a wall in Beijing where essays expressing dissent were posted -- and for protesting the arrest of Wei Jingsheng. Prison was a "required course," he said.
"Special Prisoner 01," as Xu was known, found that treating the guards with respect made his life bearable. In return, they would often leave the door to his cell unlocked so he could use the bathroom or wash fruit before eating it. He played badminton with the younger guards. He treated them like they had a job to do, and they treated him like an important political prisoner.
But on the occasions when his jailers made a point of humiliating him, even on seemingly insignificant matters, Xu reacted fiercely. Once, a new official broke with past practice and demanded that Xu sit on a tiny stool rather than in a chair for his interrogation.
"If something violates my dignity, my hair stands on end with rage, and I fight them like a snake," he said, adding that he never did sit on the stool.
The government tried hard to break Xu by keeping him in solitary confinement for years at time. "I would just try to talk to the people who brought me food and water, otherwise I would lose my voice. . . . I've been doing a lot of interviews now, so I've fully recovered," he joked.
Xu says that sometimes the smallest sacrifices eat at him most. For instance, he could not attend his daughter's graduation from college in the United States this year for fear he would be prevented from returning to China.
He, Xu's wife, said their daughter has been hurt by her father's absence from her life. When she was 10 and her father was in prison, she made a boat out of tree bark and string and named it "The Waiting." At Bard College in New York, where she studied sculpture, that theme ran through her graduation exhibit.
"She's still making all kinds of boats," He said. "She wanted to achieve our dream of being together, but we still couldn't."
Xu's views have sometimes been controversial. He astonished many by attacking fellow dissident Wei after his exile. Xu sent a barrage of angry faxes to foreign reporters in Beijing saying that Wei was not the father of China's democracy movement and that Wei was not the only dissident who mattered.
Xu contends that he does not worry about being locked up again. "Dead pigs don't fear being burned," he said.
Albright Takes Aim
At Burma, China
MANILA, July 27 -- Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright confronted several Asian nations at a regional conference today, criticizing Burma for blocking the movements of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and China for jailing dissidents after President Clinton's visit.
Recounting a conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, Albright told reporters that she noted China had released some prisoners, but "I made . . . quite clear that arresting people is not the way that we see follow-through."
A senior Clinton administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Albright was concerned about the arrests of about 20 dissidents after Clinton returned from a 10-day trip to China early this month. The Chinese delegation did not respond directly to her concerns, but "they couldn't miss it" as criticism, the official said.
In addition, Albright said political turmoil in Burma poses "a threat to the stability of the region."
As ministers of 20 Asian and Western countries and the European Union met at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, Nobel laureate Suu Kyi spent a fourth day today in a car on a rural Burmese highway surrounded by government security personnel. She was blocked Friday from driving to a meeting with supporters but has refused to return to her Rangoon home.
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Marketing Maven Receives Social Media Honors at IMPACT Awards Held by the Internet Marketing Association in Las Vegas on September 29(September 25, 2017)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marketing Maven received a prestigious IMPACT Award for Social Media Campaign Integrated Strategy in recognition of its Simply Fit Board 21-Day Challenge social media entry for client Allstar Products Group at the Internet Marketing Association�s annual awards celebration held Sept. 29, 2017, at the Enclave in Las Vegas.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/25b88c32-2fd0-442d-8f02-823fc491ba87
"The IMPACT Awards exemplify best-in-class creativity, expertise and results achieved by the top practitioners of Internet marketing across every business segment as well as non-profits, government and education," said IMA Chairman Sinan Kanatsiz. "IMA is a unique resource for top professionals. Our fundamental goal is to build the leadership that will continue to drive this dynamic industry."
The Simply Fit Board 21-Day Challenge (https://www.simplyfit21.com/) was designed for Simply Fit Board users to kick-start their fitness goals in 2017. Due to the success of the four January 2017 challenges, 21-Day Challenges have continued from February 2017 to date. Alongside the 21-Day Challenge website, Facebook groups were created to build social communities for each challenge date and its participants. Only organic social media was used to promote the challenge, along with spokesperson trainer Rosalie Brown sharing details via her social profiles to secure submissions.
Marketing Maven exceeded the goal of 1,500 unique submissions, garnering 8,908 entries and 14,265,876 total impressions to date. Such a positive outcome with the first 21-Day Challenge that we hosted additional 21-Day Challenges for Simply Fit Board users to share with their friends and families. This encouraged additional product sales, with 43,000 product link clicks coming from the 21-Day Challenge. These challenges also resulted in a 28.66% fan increase on Simply Fit Board social media pages.
�This social media strategy stemmed from the need for user-generated content then accelerated into multiple 21-Day Challenges based on consumer demand. We are grateful to have Allstar Products Group as a client because they allow us to brainstorm then execute. The success of this campaign was due to collaboration and thoughtful execution. It is an honor to be recognized by the Internet Marketing Association at the IMPACT 17 event,� said Lindsey Carnett, CEO and president of Marketing Maven.
The IMPACT17 event also offered an extraordinary array of high-impact keynote presentations, breakout sessions and panels on topics across the spectrum of Internet marketing, Startup and Pitch Challenge, Women Leaders Group and a reception at the Intrigue ultra-lounge at Wynn Resort.
The Internet Marketing Association is one of the fastest growing professional organizations in the world and encompasses a wide range of educated professionals in sales, marketing, business ownership, programming, creative development and related fields.
For details on the Internet Marketing Association, visit www.imanetwork.org.
About the Internet Marketing Association
The IMA is one of the fastest growing Internet marketing groups in the world, with more than 1,000,000 professional members in fields including sales, marketing, business ownership, programming and creative development. It provides a platform where proven Internet marketing strategies are demonstrated and shared to increase members value to their organizations. IMA is underwritten by corporate partners to provide an opportunity to learn, engage and define best practices without making a financial commitment. www.imanetwork.org
About Marketing Maven
With offices in Los Angeles and New York, Marketing Maven is a full-service marketing and communications agency.� With origins in direct response public relations, Marketing Maven has developed into a premier voice in brand strategy, social media, innovative media relations, event marketing, tradeshow support, Hispanic marketing and search engine optimization. Marketing Maven leads the industry in utilizing advanced metrics to measure their clients� marketing reach and providing competitive analysis unparalleled in the industry. For additional information about Marketing Maven, visit�www.MarketingMaven.com.
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Sunday, September 04, 2011
on a birthday dinner...
Another birthday dinner :) This time my lovely & beautiful sister-in-law Brittany's! She is one cool gal. She lives down in South Philly and is a social worker. Very passionate about what she does and lives life to the fullest. All of the things I admire about her. Also she is a total peach for asking mom to make Pasta Fagioli (which is my favorite dish that the mother-in-law makes) and also my favorite dessert ever! Death By Chocolate Cake :) Yummy!
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Royal Wedding TV schedule USA – don't miss a minute of Wills & Kate
If there was a Mr Universe for Princes, the gorgeous Prince William would win. Don't miss a moment of the jolly posh British Royal Wedding coverage on American TV. Check out the US TV schedules and programs below, kindly adapted from AOL's awesome summary.
Wedding Central Live Coverage (3AM) — If you're a Royal Wedding Bridezilla, the coverage kicks off on Wedding Central at the eye-bleedingly early time off 3AM.
MSNBC Royal Wedding Coverage (3AM) — Martin Bashir (of Michael Jackson fame) helps MSNBC get a jump on the other networks with his 3AM appearance from London.
BBC America Royal Wedding Coverage (4AM) — British royal wedding coverage in a commercial-free, direct simulcast with BBC One in the U.K. Hurrah for the BBC – you rule!
CNN Royal Wedding Coverage (4AM) — Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan provide commentary for their cable network. Piers, a British boy done good.
Fox News Royal Wedding Coverage (4AM) — Shepard Smith is live at Buckingham Palace – not to be confused with lives at Buckingham Palace
'Good Morning America' (4AM, ABC) — Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Robin Roberts present ABC's wedding coverage program.
'Live From the Royal Wedding' (4AM, E!) — Giuliana Rancic hosts E!'s five hours of coverage, live from London. Expect lots of screeching
Today'Today' (4AM, NBC) — Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker, Brian Williams and Ann Curry report live from London.
CBS Royal Wedding Coverage (5AM) — Katie Couric travels to London to anchor her network's telecast of the nuptials.
'The Royal Wedding — Live!' (5AM, Reelz Channel) — Four hours of coverage of the wedding, including British TV presenter Adrian Dickson reporting live from Westminster Abbey.
TLC's Royal Wedding Event and Live Broadcast (5AM) — The network is broadcasting live event coverage
'Royal Wedding Highlights' (7PM, Reelz Channel) — It's the post-game show for the nuptials.
'Will + Kate Forever' (7PM, Wedding Central) — Perez Hilton presents.
'Kathy Griffin's Insightful and Hilarious Take on the Royal Wedding' (8PM, TV Guide Network) — Jackie Collins is among the guests who'll help the comedienne put the wedding hoopla in proper perspective.
Kathy Griffin'The Royal Wedding: Modern Majesty' (8PM, CBS) — Katie Couric presents CBS' highlights-o'-the-day package.
'Dateline' (9PM, NBC) and '20/20′ (9PM, ABC) — More wedding day wrap-ups.
'Will and Kate: Road to the Altar' (9PM, E!) — Ryan Seacrest hosts E!'s hourlong recap of the day's best moments.
Turner Classic Movies Royal Wedding Movie Marathon (8PM, TCM) — If you're still in a wedding mood after the real-life wedding, TCM is airing a five-movie marathon of royal wedding-themed flicks, including 'Royal Wedding,' 'Roman Holiday,' 'The Glass Slipper,' 'The Swan' and 'The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg.' YAY – I love a good chick flick.
'Fashion Police Royal Wedding' (10PM, E!) — Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, George Kotsiopoulos and Giuliana Rancic dish on the day's fashions.


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Marlies stay undefeated in Laval
Thursday, January 4, 2018
The Toronto Marlies stayed perfect in the beautiful Place Bell in Laval in front of 9 517 fans.
Sheldon Keefe's team defeated the Laval Rocket by a 5-2 score, with 5 different goal scorers. Maybe not a perfect game from Toronto, but they found a way to win and keep their immaculate record in Laval and take full control of the series with their 4th win in 5 games against the Rocket.
The game started slow, where both teams struggled to get anything going offensively., until Andreas Johnsson scored his 3rd goals in 5 games, tapping in a beautiful pass from Chris Mueller. This goal shook both teams up and the pace of the game increased quickly!
Toronto started the second exactly where they left off with a quick goal by Kerby Reichel, an absolute bomb from the high slot. Laval cut the lead to 1 when Daniel Audette found the back of the net for the first time in 10 plus games. Audette's 7th got the crowd fired up and Laval seemed to get back in the game, only to see Adam Brooks restore a 2 goal lead for the Marlies.
The third period flew by without any goal but with a lot of action until Adam Cracknell converted a Laval power-play with 5 minutes left to play. Hope was short lived in the building when, Rinat Valiev quieted the building with his 1st of the season, a couple of minutes later. To add insult to injury, Chris Mueller scored with the man advantage with less than a minute left to play in the game.
The Marlies' speed and zone exits where too much for Laval to handle. It seemed like the Rocket never really had a chance in this one, but the game was still pretty close. Garrett Sparks collected his 13th win this season, stopping 22 shots. despite the win, he looked shaky on many occasions. He struggled heavily with his rebound control.
The Marlies will try to extend their 2 game wining streak to 3 on January 5th, when they'll face-off against The Lehigh Valley Phantoms.


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After reading dozens of books on startups, here is what I recommend. The books below are a great introduction into business thinking, experimentation, and how to invest (not just money, but time and other resources too).
START HERE – these books all have good information and complement each other – I recommend buying all four. You will read them many times.
ART OF THE START (Kawasaki): http://www.amazon.com/Art-Start-Time-Tested-Battle-Hardened-Starting/dp/1591840562 (basics for a tech startup – Kawasaki focuses too much on pitching to angels/VCs/funders as opposed to bootstrapping)
START SMALL FINISH BIG (DeLuca): http://www.amazon.com/Start-Small-Finish-Big-Successful/dp/product-description/0446524026 (basics for all new business creation, from the Subway founder DeLuca – lots of great bootstrapping tips – how to get from small to very large)
DO MORE FASTER (TechStars): http://www.amazon.com/Do-More-Faster-TechStars-Accelerate/dp/0470929839 (more detailed basics for tech startups, from the venture incubator TechStars in CO/NY – most important tips are on how to create a good initial team and how to iterate quickly from bad ideas to products that sell soon – I think a committed team of people who trust and complement each other matters more than an initial idea for most startups)
REWORK (Fried): http://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745 (conceptual basics from the 37 Signals founders on how to build a solid business and conceptualize a product – many new ventures face these issues)
"HOW TO MAKE WEALTH" (Graham): http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html (the single best essay on startups and one of the best things ever written about business and wealth). Graham has written a few other excellent essays on startups:
"STARTUPS IN 13 SENTENCES": http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html
"WHAT STARTUPS ARE REALLY LIKE": http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html
"WHY TO NOT NOT START A STARTUP": http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html
"HOW TO FUND A STARTUP": http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html
"THE 18 MISTAKES THAT KILL STARTUPS": http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html
ADVANCED READING – explore here as you need more specific information or some great inspiration – you can borrow these or consult them at libraries (I own them).
ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS LAW (Bagley): http://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurs-Guide-Business-Law/dp/0324042914 (basic info/guide to all the legal issues – you'll never need anything else)
FOUR STEPS TO THE EPIPHANY – CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT (Blank): http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705 (a great process/way to talk to customers and develop a product that they want iteratively – geared toward tech)
MADE IN AMERICA (Walton): http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835 (how Sam Walton built Walmart from one store to the largest US company by sales)
BEHIND THE CLOUD (Benioff): http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Cloud-Salesforce-com-Billion-Dollar-Company/dp/0470521163 (how Marc Benioff, a serial entrepreneur, built Salesforce, with great tips on doing a tech startup)
DELIVERING HAPPINESS (Hsieh): http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048 (how Tony Hsieh, a serial entrepreneur, built his tech companies, and his vision of a company not just selling things but actually improving people's lives, making them happier)
COPY THIS (Orfalea): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PO64KA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0761137777&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1NEATZ91HJQV4KFMP7VR (how Paul Orfalea built Kinkos from one store after graduating from college – lots of great stories and personal growth advice)
"THE GOLDEN GUT" (Kirkland on Adelson): http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358041/index.htm (how Sheldon Adelson, a serial entrepreneur, built multiple businesses and sold them, getting bigger every time and taking smart risks and experimenting)
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Charlie Hunter Confirms Initial Fall Schedule; Live DVD, Duo Album with Bobby Previte Due
Charlie Hunter has announced his initial fall itinerary. A portion of the gigs will feature his trio consisting of Hunter, John Ellis and Geoff Clapp, with Derrek Phillips playing a few dates as well. The schedule includes late summer gigs in New York, California and Texas before Hunter joins Garage A Trois for a west coast tour in September and early October. The Trio will also play a six-night run at Yoshis in San Francisco, December 16 21.
This fall, Charlie and drummer Bobby Previte will release a duet album titled Red Dog on Ropeadope. A specific release date has not yet been set. Also look for an announcement on a new live DVD from Hunter in the coming weeks.
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In the early 1900s an astrologer named Evangeline Adams was sending subtle shockwaves throughout New York City.
At the time, fortune telling was illegal. And so her services were particularly mysterious and private.
Adams gained a sort of notoriety for several predictions that turned out to be correct. News of her forecasts spread throughout the city. Most shockingly, they made it to Wall Street. At first, the President of the New York Stock Exchange, Jacob Stout, found use in her work. He once wrote the following to her:
"Dear Miss Adams: You will oblige me by seeing what the stars have for me during the consecutive months of 1908. Your forecasts for the present months were singularly correct. Yours truly, Jacob Stout"We have no way of knowing exactly what Adams was teaching these men but it spread. There are rumors that Charles Schwab paid to regularly see Adams. But even more profound, perhaps, is that J.P. Morgan – yes the legendary banker that we all know about – became a listener of her work. There are stories, rumors, and notes about his time spent with her. It is all fairly mysterious and she wrote a biography saying:
"I do know about the late J.P. Morgan's belief in astrology, because – well, because I taught it to him. I read his horoscope many times, and furnished him during the last years of his life a regular service, explaining the changing position of the planets and their probable effect on politics, business, and the stock market. No further proof of his interest in the science is required beyond the fact that he renewed this service from year to year.
The first time he came to my studio, his attitude was frankly one of curiosity tinged with suspicion. I had a heavy Chinese screen in one corner of my studio, and I remember how Mr. Morgan pulled his huge frame out of his chair and looked curiously behind the screen before beginning the interview. But that attitude melted away at the first meeting. And, in his last years, he asked me from Egypt to join him and his party in the Orient, where he had gone on his famous yacht, the Corsair.
His idea was to spend several months in a scientific investigation of the occult in those parts of the world where its practice reaches back into prehistoric time. I declined the invitation, not because I didn't appreciate the opportunity, but because I preferred to pursue my own investigations." - The Bowl of Heaven by Evangeline AdamsIt may shock many people to read this. Whether there is some deeper meaning here remains unknown. But it is, without question, unique and interesting at hear these accounts – to know that one of the greatest bankers in our nation's history was potentially influenced by astrology.


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September 2017 - An Important Announcement Regarding DACA - Associate Dean Vic Marks
Dear Members of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture community:
We have been following events closely in the days since President Trump announced that the federal government will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and want to make sure that anyone who might be affected by this decision has access to the most up to date information and resources.
As Dean Steele stated in his September 7 message, our first priority as a school community is to protect and educate our students. President Trump's decision on DACA violates the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion that we hold dear.
For any members of our community who are in the DACA program:
- The deadline to re-file for a two-year extension is October 5, 2017. While every case is unique, most DACA students should be eligible to re-file.
- If you re-file for this extension, it is critical that paperwork is filled out properly. Be sure to allow yourself enough time to complete and review the paperwork ahead of the October 5 deadline. See information below about DACA renewal workshops where you can find assistance with this process.
- The fee for re-filing is $495. This cost should not stop anyone from re-filing. There are many organizations committed to helping with this fee, including the Mexican Consulate. More information about fee assistance can be found here.
We encourage every member of our community who currently has DACA to discuss your circumstances with immigration counsel.
- You may reach the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- The UC Immigrant Legal Services Center will be holding DACA Renewal Workshops at UCLA on Wednesday, September 27 and Monday, October 2. Please see attached flyer for additional information and to sign up for one of these workshops. At these workshops, they will be able to serve any UC student and their immediate family members (parents, siblings, spouse, children), UC staff, and DACAmented alumni who need assistance with their DACA Renewal.
- Additional sources of free legal advice are available at the following locations:
For more information and resources, we encourage you to review the September 12 letter (also attached) that the University of California sent to the UC Community containing guidance for students and other community members who are in the DACA program.
We will continue to work with campus to support and provide resources for our DACA students and reaffirm our commitment to and compliance with broad federal and state privacy rights and other rights that provide protection to all members of the UCLA Arts community.
We will keep you updated with relevant news as the situation evolves.
Victoria Marks
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
August 2017 - VAPAE Team Transition
Dear colleagues,
It is with great fondness and appreciation that we bid farewell to two cherished members of the VAPAE team, Lindsay Lindberg and Laurel Butler, as they transition out of the program and into the next chapters of their professional and creative endeavors.
In her five years as VAPAE program coordinator, Lindsay Lindberg has been both the backbone of the program's administration and the heart of our campus presence. Her unflagging dedication, enthusiasm, and hard work in support of our community programming has propelled VAPAE throughout its years of growth and expansion. We owe her a tremendous debt of gratitude for all of her contributions to the extended VAPAE family. Lindsay will be pursuing a PhD in education at UCLA's GSEIS this fall, with the intention of using her experiences at VAPAE as a platform for conducting much needed research in the field of arts education. So, while we will miss her delightful presence in the dean's office, we will fortunately still see her on campus and be able to thank her in person for her tireless service. Congratulations, Lindsay!
Since last spring, VAPAE Associate Director Laurel Butler has brought her creative vision and energetic leadership to all aspects of the VAPAE program, from our community partner programs to new on-campus collaborations and initiatives. She has also served as a member of the VAPAE faculty, bringing her signature pedagogy to the undergraduate students in the VAPAE classroom while serving as faculty advisor for multiple UCLA student groups and independent projects. We are fortunate that she will be staying on the VAPAE faculty this coming school year, while she transitions out of her administrative role in order to focus on her arts-education work with incarcerated and system-impacted youth. Congratulations, Laurel!
It is now with great pride and excitement that we introduce the two newest members of the VAPAE team: Program Coordinator Amorette Muzingo, and Community Engagement Coordinator Raymundo Baltazar!
An accomplished arts educator and administrator (and VAPAE alum!), Amorette has been deeply engaged with and dedicated to arts education and community engagement programming in the School of the Arts and Architecture since graduating from UCLA. Amorette has proven herself to be a valuable member of the UCLA community working to bring high quality arts education programming to all students. Since graduating in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Art History, Amorette has worked as a teaching artist for VAPAE's afterschool arts programs, coordinated the summer FORM Academy program, and was an active leader in the VAPAE Art as Resistance student group. We are so grateful to have her extraordinary administrative and organizational acumen and warmth of spirit in her new role with VAPAE. Congratulations, Amorette!
Also an accomplished artist and arts administrator (and VAPAE alum!), Raymundo has been a treasured member of the VAPAE staff for the past year as our Afterschool Programs Coordinator. He has also served as a teaching artist with several community programs, bringing his creativity and gregarious teaching style to classrooms throughout Los Angeles. He has helped organize multiple outreach campaigns for VAPAE including our Arts Education Ambassador Social Media campaign and our Afterschool Program Impact Report, and consistently goes over-and-above in his dedicated advocacy for the VAPAE Program and all that it represents. Raymundo recently graduated with honors from the school's World Arts and Cultures program, and we are thrilled to have him inaugurate this new position with VAPAE. Congratulations, Raymundo!
Please join me in thanking Lindsay, Laurel, Amorette, and Raymundo for their exemplary service to the School of the Arts and Architecture and VAPAE, and offering our best wishes and congratulations as they navigate these exciting changes and transitions.
Sincerely, Kevin M. Kane
Director, Visual and Performing Arts Education Program
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
January 2017
VAPAE stands strongly and righteously as a safe space that welcomes and supports all our students, staff and community partners regardless of background, birthplace, religion, documentation status, or any other socially or politically constructed identifier.
We believe in love, not hate; we believe in kindness, not cruelty; we believe in inclusivity, not segregation. We work to build bridges, not walls. We are committed to justice, access and hope for all. We will continue to create projects, programs and courses that promote these values.
VAPAE believes that the arts and arts education are and will remain a powerful tool for connection, enlightenment, creativity, healing and resistance during these challenging times. In our classrooms, community spaces, and arts studios, we respect and cherish all who cross our thresholds. All are welcome to join us in our study, research, practice and activism.
In solidarity, the VAPAE Program
"All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous."
Iris Murdoch
December 2016
VAPAE is proud of all of our afterschool programs and grateful for a productive and fun fall season of art making and community building. We wish all of our students, parents, teacher and school partners, and our fantastic teaching artists a happy and health holiday 2016. See you in the new year!
FORM Academy (Fabricate, Originate, Reimagine, and Make) hosts inaugural summer program
Barbara Drucker, Founding Director of VAPAE and Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Arts Education, collaborated with fellow professors in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture to develop FORM Academy - meeting the need for high quality summer arts experiences for students in low-income communities of Los Angeles. Read more about this pilot program here.
VAPAE Leadership Transition
This June 2016 marks the culmination of my seventh year as the founder and director of the VAPAE Program - leading it through its establishment as the first school-wide minor in May 2010, to the development of the Arts Education Teaching Sequence and in-school partnerships; to the creation of first one, now seven afterschool programs; to the development of the award winning program, Classroom in Residence at the Hammer, now in its 4th year; and last but not least, to the implementation of our first multigenerational afterschool arts program, MASA at the UCLA Community School.
Over the last seven years the presence and reputation of VAPAE has grown significantly to become a highly respected, nationally recognized arts education program - one that demonstrates the positive impact that participation in the arts can have for all human beings, while modeling the values of interdisciplinarity, innovation, collaboration and community engagement.
Of course VAPAE was not built alone - it was a team effort, including all the artist educators who contributed as faculty and program leaders; the undergraduates from our School and across campus who shared their ideas in our arts education courses and their expertise and energy in our afterschool programs; our guiding teachers who patiently mentored the VAPAE teaching artists assigned to their classrooms; our community partners who graciously offered their time and space; and last, but not least, all of the children and parents who have participated in our programs. Without their enthusiasm and open hearts, I personally could not have sustained the energy required to develop VAPAE. Because of them, the VAPAE team and I were able to work continuously and passionately over the last seven years to build this program.
At this time I would like to acknowledge the substantial work that Dr. Kevin M. Kane has contributed as the associate director this past year, and to introduce him as the next director of VAPAE, effective July 1, 2016. Many of you have already worked with Kevin, and know that he is deeply committed to community engagement through the arts, highly trained in arts education theory and practice, and a professional artist in his own right. Over the coming years I am sure that Kevin will intelligently and sensitively lead VAPAE into its next phase of development, and I am certain that it will flourish under his direction.
And I would like to take this moment to thank all involved for supporting the development of VAPAE – each in your own unique and meaningful way - including our generous donors, UCLA faculty, staff, students and especially the classroom teachers. Without you VAPAE would not be what it is today - an innovative, forward thinking arts education program, led by practicing artists and scholars, housed within a major public research university in one of the best professional schools for the arts in the country. The existence and strength of this program is a major accomplishment, and one that we should all be proud of.
Congratulations to all of us for establishing and developing this amazing program. May it continue to produce passionate artist educators from UCLA who spread the word about the importance of involvement in the arts for all; and may it continue to spark the imagination and intellect of all the young people involved in VAPAE programs to continue to develop as open, creative human beings, filled with strength and courage to think independently and to explore and develop full and meaningful lives.
Barbara Drucker
Associate Dean, Community Engagement & Arts Education
Founding Director, Visual and Performing Arts Education Program
Professor, Department of Art UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
VAPAE's Sound Bath Under the Stars Provides a unique opportunity for Students, Faculty, and Staff
May 9, 2016 - 6pm
Read more about VAPAE's Sound Bath Under the Stars here. Make sure to bring a yoga mat, pillow, or blanket- anything that will make you feel comfortable. Participants will relax under the stars as vibrational tones fill the space, releasing tension and anxiety. Space is limited. Please arrive by 5:45pm to ensure your place!
Apply to the STEAM INSTITUTE brought to you by the Daedalus Teacher Collective and the UCLA VAPAE Program this summer
June 27 - July 1, 2016
Participation is free - earn 2 LAUSD Salary Points this summer! Space is limited. To apply and for more information, go to DaedalusCollective.org
VAPAE Collaborates with UCLA Community School Initiative with Launch of Summer Institute with Horace Mann Middle School
On April 5, UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies hosted an event marking the first phase of planning for a new community school in South Los Angeles. VAPAE will help students to develop as artists while supporting social and emotional development during this June's Mann-UCLA Summer Institute.
VAPAE on KPCC
The Classroom-in-Residence at the Hammer Program (CRH) is an award-winning, on-going collaboration between VAPAE and the UCLA Hammer
Museum. This March, VAPAE hosted two classrooms of elementary aged pupils at the Hammer Museum and UCLA's campus, for an immersive week in-residence
in an arts-rich environment. Listen to the article featured on KPCC.
UCLA's Classroom-in-Residence Program (CRH) awarded the Superintendent's Award 2016
The Superintendent's Awards for Excellence in Museum Education Competition recognizes the outstanding achievements in California museum programs that serve K-12 students and educators. The competition is the joint project of the sponsors, CAM and the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Six California museums were selected in 2016 to receive an award for excellence in museum education, chosen by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torkalson. VAPAE's Classroom-in-Residence at the Hammer was one of the winners! Read more...
UCLA Community Program of the Year Catalyst Award - UCLA's Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) has been designated the 2015 recipient!
The Catalyst Award recognizes a UCLA Community Program that has made a significant impact in the communities it serves. The School of the Arts and Architecture's outreach to the greater Los Angeles community- through VAPAE's Arts Education Teaching Sequence, afterschool programs, Classroom-in-Residence at the Hammer, and public events series- is being recognized for demonstrating a commitment to providing arts education to students, teachers, and the community and for achieving UCLA's tripartite mission of education, research, and public service. Read more...
Read more about VAPAE's work at the UCLA Community School in a recent article on Ampersand.


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Sorry not a poet, but you get the gist. We're kicking off our 12 Days days of Christmas posting here on Kchat! Happy holidays!
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Junsu in a pear tree.
This answers the age old question. what do you think I'm made of Junsus? Do you think Junsus just grow on trees? Apparently, they do and now I need to invest in a fire escape garden.
Stay tuned for day two!


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Donald Trump hosted SNL last fall and now he's clearly on his way to being the last ever President of these United States. However, using the logic that Comedy=Votes, then there's a chance the latest video from Bad Lip Reading could help Ted Cruz close in on Trump in at least a few more key states. Which is … worse?
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The summer months are a great time to try out your cake baking skills – with picnics and barbecues happening every weekend, taking a home made cake along will put a smile on everyone's face! For our Summertime recipe this week, we've chosen an easy summer bake. Made by adding dots of cheesecake mix to almond sponge along with strawberry chunks, it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
Here's what you'll need:
175g butter
250g caster sugar
4 large eggs
200g self-raising flour
50g ground almond
75g full-fat natural yogurt
2 tsp vanilla extract
250g strawberry, sliced
Handful of flaked, toasted almonds
For the cheesecake blobs…
200g full-fat cream cheese
25g caster sugar
1 large egg
Here's what you'll need to do:
1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line the base and sides of a deep 23cm cake tin with baking parchment.
2. Mix the ingredients for the cheesecake blobs together in a bowl until just combined – be careful not to overmix or it will become runny. Set aside.
3. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, ground almonds, yogurt, vanilla and a pinch of salt in a large bowl, and beat together until smooth using an electric hand whisk.
4. Scrape half the cake mixture into the tin, then scatter with half the strawberries.
5. Use the back of a teaspoon to create dips in the surface of the cake and dollop in spoonfuls of cheesecake mixture – saving about half for the top.
6. Cover with the remaining cake mixture, being careful not to disturb the cheesecake and strawberries below.
7. Scatter with the remaining strawberries and spoon on the remaining cheesecake mixture, using the same method as before.
8. Scatter with almonds and bake for 50 mins-1 hr or until a skewer comes out clean.
9. Cool for 20 mins in the tin before turning out.
And there you have it; the perfect strawberry and almost cheesecake sponge, delicious served warm or cold! Let us know how you get on if you try this recipe by leaving a comment below.
(Source: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/strawberry-almond-cheesecake-sponge)


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