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Nation Media Group last week made changes in its two flagship companies in Uganda, naming Anthony Craig Glencross as the overall Group Managing Director, heading both the Daily Monitor and NTV.
AS Group MD for Uganda, Glencross oversees the entire NMG platform in the country, while NTV's outgoing Managing Director Johnson Omollo was named as a General Manager in charge of television.
Both companies began restructuring last week with a couple of senior editors at Monitor being shown the exit. And now we have learnt that last week's sword was so pointed that it stretched from Namuwongo to Serena Hotel, the home of NTV.
According to the news on our desk, the biggest victim at NTV was NTV the Beat, where almost the entire team of the show was fired.
The show's producer Shawn Segawa has reportedly been shown the exit along with presenter Douglas Lwanga.
Sources said Lwanga is to be replaced by former T-Nation presenters Sheilah Gashumba and Chrystal Panda.
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Modern Mythology
A project looking at the public perception and "modern mythology" built around icons like Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich and Maria Callas. Concept and design by Marianna Bukowski.
'The Ravens' Tower of London Museum
Permanent installation / exhibit piece at the White Tower at the Tower of London Museum. Art Direction and original concept by Marianna Bukowski. Comissioned by Historic Royal Palaces.
The Ken and Barbie Killers (Promo)
Written, photographed, edited and directed by Marianna Bukowski for the Crime and Investigation Network.
GOLD winner Promax World 2008
FrightFest Season Adverts Film4
A series of original concept promos, all written and directed by Marianna Bukowski for FrightFest Seasons on Film4.
Film 4 Frightfest: Please Be Seated
Print concept written and photographed by Marianna Bukowski for Film4 Frightfest season. (Not used)
Cold Feet
Print ad concept for crime channel programming where husbands or wives turn out to be murderers. Concept, copywriting and photography by Marianna Bukowski.
Crime & Punishment (GFX Promo)
Concept and Art Direction by Marianna Bukowski for the Crime and Investigation Network.
Crime Stories (Promo/Photo)
Still-life photography based promo. Concept written, photographed, edited and directed by Marianna Bukowski for the Crime and Investigation Network.
"The Birds" Alternative Film Posters
A couple of alternative graphic concepts for Hitchcock's classic film "The Birds". Idea and design by Marianna Bukowski.
(Personal Project)
Graphic Concept Promos
A selection of clip-based promos based around graphic concepts. Art direction and concepts by Marianna Bukowski for A+E Networks (The History Channel, Biography Channel, Crime and Investigation Network). 2007-2012
A selection of concepts, photography and copywriting (Swedish / English) by Marianna Bukowski for ESSVE.
Copywriting - på svenska.
A selection of Copywriting in Swedish. Print and Online.

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Inside Line Promotions - MESQUITE, Texas (March 21, 2022) - Garet Williamson posted a pair of 14th-place finishes last weekend at Devil's Bowl Speedway during the season-opening doubleheader for the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.
The Bryant Paver Motorsports competitor advanced from 19th on Friday and from 21st on Saturday. His five positions gained on Friday was tied for the fourth most and his seven spots on Saturday was tied for the second most.
"It was an all right weekend," Williamson said. "We had speed, but it all didn't click like it needed to."
The team was second quickest in its qualifying session on Friday. However, a fourth-place finish in a heat race relegated Williamson to a B Main.
"We qualified good, but fell to fourth in the heat," he said. "We ended up having to run the B Main. The track was gut slick after the heat races. It was following each other around the bottom the rest of the night. We squeaked by on the bottom and got what we could."
Williamson finished second in the consolation race to transfer into the rear of the main event. He picked up five positions in the feature for the 14th-place showing.
Different track conditions yielded similar results on Saturday when Williamson timed in sixth quickest in his group. He gained one position in a heat race to finish fifth before rallying from sixth to third in a B Main to advance into the A Main. He continued to move forward capped by the 14 th-place outing.
"The track took rubber from the heat races on," he said. "On the start of the feature I passed a bunch and we had a restart when I drove through the middle to get a couple more positions. Then everybody got single file so passing was at a premium."
Williamson returns to action with the ASCS National Tour this Friday and Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. He posted a career-best performance at the track's premier event - the Short Track Nationals - during his most recent visit to the oval last October.
"I think we get around there good and I'm excited for it," he said. "If we can have some luck and race well I think we'll be fine."
March 18 - Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas - Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 4 (3); B Main: 2 (2); Feature: 14 (19).
March 19 - Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas - Qualifying: 6; Heat race: 5 (6); B Main: 3 (6); Feature: 14 (21).
14 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 7 top 10s, 9 top 15s, 10 top 20s
Friday and Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
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GOP Ad: Clintons Out of Touch With Everyday Americans
And willing to say just about anything.
Written by Daniel Halper
The Republican National Committee released a web video this week that frames the Clintons as out of touch with everyday Americans. Another theme of the Republican ad is that the Clintons are willing to say just about anything, regardless of the facts.
The ad highlights remarks made recently by former President Bill Clinton.
Watch the 30-second spot here:
The ad opens with text reading: "The Clintons are out of touch with working Americans."
Then this clip from Clinton's recent interview with NBC is played: "Over the last 15 years, I've taken almost no capital gains."
"Tax returns show that the Clintons earned almost $371,000 from capital gains," the ad text reads. "Almost nothing? To who? $371,000."
"I've gotta pay our bills," Bill Clinton is heard explaining in that same NBC interview.
The ad then closes with this voiceover, likely borrowed from a recent cable news show: "'Gotta pay for my bills' sounds very similar to 'We are dead broke.' I mean it's sort of the sense of being out of touch with the everyday Americans."
This article was originally posted at the Weekly Standard blog.


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A new report from Navigant Research tracks all publicly announced wind-turbine orders between July and December 2016, providing details on orders placed by region, country, and vendor, as well as a breakdown of the vendor market of the top countries.
The latest version of Navigant Research's Wind Turbine Order Tracker shows a continued increase in global wind-turbine deals during the second half of 2016. From July to December, orders were collected from projects in 24 countries and from 11 vendors, totaling nearly 15,000 MW of capacity.
"Wind farm developers are becoming more willing to explore regions of less than ideal wind resources and wind-turbine manufacturers are using larger rotors and higher hub heights to maximize capacity factors in these regions," says Adam Wilson, Research Analyst with Navigant Research.
He added: "Vestas is a good example of this—the company's average turbine rating for orders received in the second half of 2016 decreased from 2.96 to 2.8 MW, while average rotor diameter actually increased slightly to 114.5 meters from 112.7 meters."
Vestas is trailed by Gamesa with just over 2,000 MW of orders announced, according to the report. Regionally, Asia Pacific leads, owing an 1,800 MW increase in capacity over the previous six months to strong showings in India and Australia. North America follows, with Europe close behind.
Note that this report excludes orders for the Chinese market due to the opaque state of order reporting in that market. Analyses of turbine technologies such as rotor diameter, turbine rating, and specific power are also presented, and the offshore wind market is compared against the onshore wind market. An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download at Navigant Research.
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There are numerous reasons why you may require effective storage options for your belongings in metropolitan cities. Places like New York, California, Los Angeles, or any of the major cities are already short on space because of their ever-increasing population. Consequently, you're the one who has to face trouble when moving from a small town, with lots of personal belongings and nowhere to store them.
To ensure that you don't face too much trouble regarding storage on top of the many other problems and challenges that come with moving to a different city, you should ensure you have some backup options and hacks in place to optimize your storage solutions. Here are four useful tips you can use when trying to store your belongings efficiently in urban big cities.
1. Pack Properly
When storing your possessions and furniture, the way you pack and organize it can greatly affect the amount of space it will take. Therefore, it's essential that you pay attention to how you pack and stack boxes. Some furniture items can be dismantled into smaller components that become easy to store. Make sure you store large kitchen supplies and mirrors upright so that the chances of property damage can be reduced. In addition, you should use bubble wrap when storing kitchen utensils, glass dishes, and plates, etc., and crumpled paper for any fragile items. Most importantly, your dresses should be hung, not crumpled when being stored.
2. Try A Storage Unit
Almost everyone in urban cities has a storage unit rented out under their name, and the reason for this is their ease of use and extreme functionality. Still, if you think that it is a wise decision to store unnecessary, extra, bulk belongings and unused furniture at your friends' or relatives' place, you might need to think again. The level of reliability, security, and comfort a storage facility will provide you is unmatched by any other option. While there are numerous storage options available, reviews suggest that 'I recommend redland city storage' is a dominant sentiment when it comes to local storage solutions. Plus, you can always choose your storage unit according to the exact size and number of your belongings.
3. The Size Of Boxes Matter
While it's okay to store your stuff in bags and cardboard boxes, you'll be able to store your belongings much more effectively if you use the right equipment for the job. Plastic containers should be used for fragile items, while normal everyday stuff can be stored in sturdy cardboard boxes. Moreover, the size of the boxes also matters when looking to maximize storage space. If you use different-sized boxes, they will take more space as compared to when you use the same size. By stacking them effectively, you will not only optimize your storage space, but the chances of the boxes falling will also be reduced.
4. Placement Is Important
When placing objects in containers, it's important not to put all the heavier items together in one box, as that will make your boxes heavy, and hence harder to place. Instead, mix heavy and light items together in a box to ensure optimum weight.
There are tons of storage facilities present today, but still, people struggle with storage issues when moving to urban cities. While it is difficult to make room for everything in your living space, you can use these tips and tricks to store your furniture and belongings easily and safely.


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Millennial to Millionaire: How Philip Kimmey turned his love for dogs into a business
Philip Kimmey co-founded Rover, the country's largest network of dog-walkers and sitters, in 2011 with one mission in mind -- to combine his love for technology and pets. While Kimmey may have faced a few hardships throughout the process of building the business up, with creative digital and face-to-face advertising, word got out about Rover and it blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon.
Check out the video above to learn more about Kimmey's business and how it's been able to maintain a steady growth.


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Singapore's First Centre of Excellence to Drive Asia-focused Green Finance Research and Talent Development
Singapore, 13 October 2020… Imperial College Business School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU) today launched the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC). This is Singapore's first research institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development.
The SGFC is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and nine founding partners: Bank of China Limited, BNP Paribas, Fullerton Fund Management, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Schroders, Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and UBS AG. It will be jointly led by Professor David Fernandez, Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU, and Dr Charles Donovan, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School. An advisory board, comprising MAS, both academic institutions, and the nine founding partners, will provide guidance on the strategic direction of the SGFC.
The SGFC will draw on the respective strengths of Imperial and SMU in climate science, financial economics, and sustainable investing – equipping professionals with new skills and developing a strong pipeline of green finance talent. Its multi-disciplinary research and training will enable financial institutions, corporates, and policymakers to improve the management of environmental risks, develop financial solutions to promote environmental sustainability, and design policies for a sustainable future.
The SGFC will pursue foundational and multi-disciplinary research to help develop strategies for policy makers and financial institutions to support Asia's transition to a low carbon future. The research will be co-created with industry to ensure applicability and relevance, and will cover three key themes:
a. transforming businesses by integrating climate-related data and environmental, social & governance (ESG) considerations into decision-making
b. designing policies and new initiatives that can improve the efficiency of green finance markets; and
c. catalysing the development of green finance solutions.
Talent development
To equip professionals with skills in climate finance and applied knowledge in Asian markets, the SGFC will offer an array of courses across various levels – undergraduate, post-graduate, continuing and professional education. This will develop a strong pipeline of green finance talent which financial institutions and service providers can tap as they expand teams and deepen green finance capabilities to serve the growing needs of Singapore and the region.
Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director of MAS, said, "MAS is committed to developing a vibrant green finance research and talent ecosystem in Singapore, to support Asia's transition to a low carbon future. The SGFC will be an important part of this ecosystem, bringing together two leading academic institutions in environmental science and financial economics. We are especially heartened by the strong industry support for the SGFC, which will be key to its success." Mr Menon announced the SGFC during his keynote speech at the Financial Times' Investing for Good Asia conference today.
Professor David Fernandez said, "Asia must find a balance between sustainability and growth. The SGFC will act as a catalyst for embedding climate change into business strategy. We will quickly establish the new centre as the leading resource for financial education and impact research in the ASEAN region."
Dr Charles Donovan said, "Asia could lead the world into a low carbon future. Asian capital markets need to grasp the opportunity. The SGFC will bridge the gap between investors and policymakers on climate change. The world's leading financial institutions see this opportunity – that's why they are backing us."
More information about the SGFC can be found at www.singaporegreenfinance.com .
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This program provides you with the essential skillsets needed to communicate effectively within all levels of your organization. A breakdown in communication could mean disaster. However, by reaching your audience and providing them with a clear understanding of your message you will avoid the pitfalls that come with the uncertainty of miscommunications.
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Colburn Manufacturing Company, Inc. has announced the award of both ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certification from TUV SUD America, Inc. to its company located in Fridley, MN. Certification demonstrates Colburn Manufacturing meets the criteria set by The International Organization for Standards and passed the audit, displaying zero nonconformities to the new standards. Colburn had previously been certified under both ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003.
The standard ISO 9001:2015 applies to Colburn's quality management and quality assurance systems. "By meeting the standards set forth by ISO, Colburn reaffirms its commitment to providing components that meet rigorous standards of quality and safety, as well as consistently high levels of customer satisfaction," said a Colburn spokesperson. "It also demonstrates Colburn's dedication to continued growth and development in servicing the industry and its employees."
The new ISO 9001:2015 standard calls it an additional focus on risk management over the previous ISO 9001:2008. Colburn demonstrates processes to address issues as they might arise in risk management including preventative actions.
The standard ISO 13485:2016 applies specifically to Colburn's credentialing for manufacturing CNC Swiss precision machined parts for the medical industry. Certifying a quality management system that meets the requirements of the standard. The new standard furthers the development of risk management and risk-based decision making as a focal point in the medical industry.
"Our commitment to tight tolerance, precision parts is furthered with the ISO standards implemented. Additionally, Liz Larson, Director of Operations, has furthered her education becoming a certified ISO 13485:2016 Internal Auditor (TPECS) through BSI Group America," said a company spokesperson.
"Our customers appreciate our high level of precision and tight tolerances, our processes and procedures as certified by both ISO standards further ensure that level of quality," said Scott Larson, CEO and founder of Colburn Manufacturing.
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Title: Improvement in Water Resistance of Polymer-Modified Gypsum-Based Composites
Author(s): Y. Ohama, K. Demura, S. Kumagai, M. Joo, T. Katsuhata, D. Sugawara, and D. W. Fowler
Publication: Symposium Paper
Volume: 193
Appears on pages(s): 659-672
Keywords: blast-furnace slag; cement (ordinary Portland); curing; gypsum; silica fume; strength (compressive); strength (flexural)
Date: 8/1/2000
Abstract: Gypsum is widely used for the manufacture of various building materials because of its advantages such as rapid setting, good thermal insulating property and fire resistance, but their use is limited to interior finishings because of its poor water resistance. This paper deals with an improvement in the water resistance of gypsum composite by the polymer modification and partial replacement of sum with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (Blaine fineness=1 0,000 cm /g , silica fume and ordinary portland cement. Polymer-modified gypsum-based composites are prepared with various polymer-binder (a mixture of gypsum and mineral admixtures) ratios, and tested for water absorption, flexural and compressive strengths before and after water immersion. The water resistance of the gypsum composite is markedly improved by the polymer modification and partial replacement of gypsum with ground granulated blast-furnace slag, silica fume and ordinary portland cement. In addition, the effects of curing conditions on the strength properties of the polymer-modified gypsum-based composites are investigated. As a result, an SBK-modified gypsum-based composite with an optimum mix proportion is proposed from the viewpoints of water resistance, strength development and hair crack disappearance.
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Intersil Corporation recently announced the ISL9120, a buck-boost switching regulator that manages system power supplies and peripherals such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, memory cards or LCD modules. Its adaptive current limit PFM architecture delivers industry-leading efficiency up to 98%, while providing smooth transitions from buck-to-boost to prevent glitches in applications where light load efficiency and fast transient response are critical. An ultra-small form factor makes the ISL9120 ideal for the connected devices making up the Internet of Things (IoT) including wearables, smartphones, smart thermostats and devices that run on single-cell Li-ion or Li-polymer batteries, or 2-cell alkaline, NiCd or NiMH batteries.
With the pervasiveness of mobile devices and growing popularity of wearables, power designers are challenged to balance cost, form factor and power efficiency. Typical power solutions for wearables use three DC-DC regulators and 3-5 LDOs, which takes up valuable board space. LDOs also lack the high efficiency and reliability of a buck-boost regulator, sacrificing performance as well. For example, when LDOs are used to power peripherals in a system running on a Li-ion battery with the Vout near 3.3V, a large burst current from the applications processor can cause the Vin to droop below the LDO regulation voltage, causing a memory reset or application shutdown.
The ISL9120 buck-boost switching regulator eliminates this problem by addressing a wider Vin range and providing boost to avoid low voltage glitches that can cause a battery brownout when the Vin droops below the output voltage. Requiring only a single inductor and available in a small 1.41mm x 1.41mm package, designers no longer have to compromise efficiency or form factor.
The ISL9120 offers designers the flexibility to cover a variety of design needs by operating from a Vin of 1.8V to 5.5V and an adjustable output voltage from 1V to 5.2V. Its adaptive PFM operation with forced bypass mode and 2A switches support both low load and high load currents with high efficiency, ensuring longer battery life and less heat buildup. The regulator also delivers 800mA current with 2.5V input and 3.3V output. During system stay alive conditions when regulation is not required, the ISL9120 goes into forced bypass mode, which reduces power consumption to a miniscule quiescent current of less than 0.5uA.
The ISL9120 buck-boost regulator is available in 9-bump WLCSP and QFN packages, and is priced at $0.72 USD in 1k quantities. Two ISL9120 evaluation boards allow designers to evaluate device features and performance: The ISL9120IIN-EVZ (3.3Vout) is priced at $74.45 USD and the ISL9120IIA-EVZ (adjustable Vout) is $73.35 USD.


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Last month I traveled to Israel with 26 of my co-workers. The trip was funded by a few generous donors with great foresight. They understood something I did not: the experience would transform our organization.
The trip forever changed the way I will think and communicate about Israel. I met remarkable people like Uriel Bachrach, our shlichah's stepfather who was part of a secret science research corps in the Haganah, and Celia Gabay, a foster parent in our partnership region who volunteers as a first responder with Magan David Adom.
I learned how the Peres Center for Peace is engaging in creative partnerships between Israelis and Palestinians. At the Taglit-Birthright Innovation Center I learned how Israeli culture has enabled remarkable innovations in every area of science and industry.
Even the sights and smells were remarkable: spring fields of the Galilee dotted with red anemones, salty ridges surrounding the receding Dead Sea, sticky pastries with bright green pistachio filling, costumed Purim revelers flooding the streets of Tel Aviv, the bustling shuk an hour before Shabbat, the pungent aroma of za'atar, and the sweet scent of just-picked lemons.
I left Israel with more than a collection of amazing experiences. I developed a better understanding of the existential threat to the State of Israel. Standing at a fence that separated a kibbutz from Lebanon, I saw a chilling Hezbollah billboard on the Lebanese side. It featured three Palestinian "heroes," one of whom was responsible for the bombing in Argentina in 1994, and described Israel as a spider-web, fragile and insignificant.
I also saw baby onesies for sale in the Muslim Quarter with a picture of the entire country and the words "Free Palestine." This was a frightening sign of some Palestinians' intentions but also a reassuring indicator of a democracy where all are able to express their opinions.
I left Israel with a more nuanced understanding of the impact of the conflict on both Palestinians and Israelis. And now I know the part of me that feels pain and support for the Palestinians can coexist with the pro-Israel part of me.
Perhaps most important, I left with a clearer understanding of the need for the State of Israel. At Yad Vashem, the Israeli center dedicated to remembrance of the Holocaust, I saw a girl's thick braids that were cut from her head by her mother who realized she could not care for her daughter's hair in the camps. I saw another girl's red polka dotted hair ribbon, still tied in a bow and still vivid red, the only bright object in the building. This is tangible evidence that two young girls existed and then died because they were Jews.
Yad Vashem was designed so that the first thing visitors see upon exiting the main building is the City of Jerusalem. The message is clear: the modern State of Israel is the only certain refuge for Jews, a refuge that is as necessary today as it was went it was first founded.
A bookmark from Yad Vashem is now tacked to the wall beside my desk. It bears a single sentence from the final letter written in Vilnius in 1941 by a man who perished in the Holocaust. He wrote of himself, "I should like someone to remember that there once lived a person named David Berger." The most powerful thing I can do for all of the David Bergers whose lives were lost in the Holocaust, and all of the David Bergers who have yet to be born, is to help ensure we thrive as a Jewish community.
I'm in a better position to do this now than I had been just a few weeks ago. I'll be a more articulate advocate for Israel and our work there, and I can communicate a richer and more passionate message about why the work of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation matters.
I want to personally thank our donors – the CT Charitable Fund, the Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Donor Advised Fund, and anonymous donors, all of whom hold their funds at the Jewish Community Foundation. I promise that your investment will make a significant difference in the impact of our organization.
Stephanie Wagner is the vice president of communications and strategy at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.


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The Stibo Systems STEP platform gives you one of the world's leading Master Data Management systems, recognized by both Gartner and Forrester. STEP handles data across data domains, so you can easily and efficiently orient yourself amidst all of your company's central data.
STEP is more than an advanced PIM system. It is a complete master data system that helps you to systematize and enrich your company's data, thus enabling you to manage customer data, employee data, supplier data, product data, etc., for a 360º overview of it all.
STEP helps you to break down data silos and automate processes.
- Much faster time-to-market for your products
- A 360º overview of your customers, so you can easily provide the best customer service and a robust loyalty program
- Effective collaboration with your suppliers
IMPACT gives you full implementation of Stibo Systems' Master Data Management system, supply security and solid business understanding within commerce and Master Data Management. This creates security and business value for you.
not a PIM system AS YOU KNOW THEM
Classic product information management systems are often seen as a marketing tool for managing product information across channels. But STEP is more than that. STEP handles the entire product data flow – from supplier and purchasing, to your customers and business intelligence.
With Stibo Step, you improve your internal and external processes and increase sales. You can easily get answers to questions such as: How far have are we in onboarding new products? Have the images been delivered? Have I entered all the important product information? You get a better overview of your customers, as online and offline are linked together, and you can see which products the customers have purchased.
Stibo STEP makes it easy for you to manage your customer data. With "golden records", data about the individual customer is displayed in a simple, flexible, single view, so that you have all the information in one place.
STEP's focus on user-friendliness avoids time-consuming updates of information that must be changed manually on several different systems. Instead, all updates in STEP are automatically adjusted and implemented all the way to all systems and channels, across countries, languages and market segments.
Stibo STEP is in many ways the ultimate data management solution. It is a scalable multi-domain master data platform with out-of-the-box capabilities that allow you to configure your setups and integrations without programming.
- Increased security and master data control
- Data flow transparency
- Optimized, streamlined processes
- Data validity and data quality
- Structured data processing
Lemvigh-Müller chose STEP, as they had outgrown their previous PIM system and wanted to increase their product numbers. They therefore needed a future-proof solution that would support supplier collaboration using industry standards such as ETIM, BME-cat, UNSPSC and could easily be integrated with their SAP system, BI solution and website.
With STEP, Lemvigh-Müller has gained access to advanced enrichment options and workflows that automate and support processes and data flow throughout the entire business – from suppliers to procurement and sales. The solution supports their growth ambitions and will ensure faster time-to-market for a growing number of product numbers.
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We are Stibo Systems' partner and ready to help you with the implementation of Stibo STEP. Contact Sune if you want to know more about Stibo.


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Justice is an ambitious story that takes every member of the original Justice League (except Firestorm), throws in a whole bunch of other characters that Alex Ross and Jim Krueger grew up with, and has the villains discredit the lot of them by actually helping humanity. That set-up incorporates several novel ideas applied to assorted super powers, so although the writing style is ponderous, to begin with at least there's some hope that the story will match the jaw-droppingly good art.
That art is the true wonder. Doug Braithwaite's layouts and pencils were handed to Ross to finish the illustration by painting over it, the result a glorious collaboration. Time after time you'll gasp at an iconic illustration or a beautiful spread, and these aren't just of the heavy hitters, as practically anyone who gets a line of dialogue is depicted beautifully. The Joker serves absolutely no story purpose whatsoever, but Braithwaite and Ross turn out several great pictures of him. That so often proves to be the purpose. Toward the end there's the inevitable slugfest between the protected JLA, their villainous enemies, and other heroes who've been brainwashed, and it's immense. It looks even better on the superior paper stock and oversized pages of the hardcover Absolute edition, an Eisner Award winner for the production. The art is so good, so iconic, that there is a serious case to be made for ignoring the plot deficiencies and buying the collection anyway just to drool at the pages.
Those plot deficiencies, however, accumulate. To begin with there hope that some illogical aspects will be explained, and that does occasionally happen. There is a reason for multiple scenes of Brainiac crowing over a captured Aquaman, for instance, but as Justice continues more and more plot holes lack an explanation. The concluding chapter has a couple of very powerful characters do what they could have done earlier, and the main villain's scheme is revealed as something that they could have carried out in less complicated ways without involving the Justice League in the first place. If Justice was entertaining throughout, then a disappointing ending might be overlooked, but Justice isn't entertaining throughout. Ross and Krueger lack the ability to focus the script on the necessary moments, and the result is long, dull scenes that don't impact on the larger plot and make Justice quite the slog if the art alone isn't enough.
Batman's files on assorted heroes and villains are relevant to the story, let it be said a plot first used by Mark Waid in JLA: Tower of Babel, and a large bonus section of the Absolute edition presents Batman's thoughts on each major character. These are accompanied by production illustrations from Braithwaite and Ross, followed by a layout section and reproductions of Braithwaite's pencils before Ross applied the paint. It's sumptuous, and ideal for anyone who can't get enough of the art. However, the Absolute edition has a price to match the format, so if even the collected Justice is too expensive, used copies of the original volumes 1–3 may be preferable.


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Chinua Achebe's novel No Longer At Ease describes the twilight zone between the British rule of Nigeria and the country's independence. It is a transitional period during which the Whites are leaving the country and the natives are getting responsible for their own lives; colonialism is giving way to a post-colonial situation. Nigerians are now forced to negotiate the claims of both colonial modernity and their previously degraded African mode of life. The period of transition is one in which binary oppositions (colonial vs. African, modernity vs. tradition) seem to be collapsing, unveiling what Mudimbe calls "the strong tension between a modernity that often is an illusion of development, and a tradition that sometimes reflects a poor image of a mythical past" (5).
No Longer At Ease was first published in 1960, the year of Nigeria's independence from England. This is significant because it is a novel that pertains to a trend of literature called post-colonial literature that still survives. There are many issues that arise out of post-colonialism, issues that authors and writers around the world have had to deal with. Africa, India, and the West Indies all have come out of the colonial era with a new literature that must address the problems that colonialism left behind. Some of the problems in post-colonial regions concern language, education, the conflict between traditional ways and Western or European ways, the presence of the English, and corruption. Those who later moved into the land of the colonizer (for instance, Obi, while studying in England) experience an entire set of new problems such as nostalgia for home, memory, and the desire for the homeland. When Obi returns from his studies in England, he is an honest idealistic young man. He takes a high paying job in the civil service but soon finds that his salary is not sufficient to meet the financial demands made upon him. He also gets involved with a woman his parents and the clan despise. In the end he is caught taking bribes and is sent to prison.
Undoubtedly, many of the problems confronting Obi Okonkwo arise from his uneasy situation in the space between a diminishing colonialism and an emerging Nigerian nation. The major conflict of No Longer At Ease is the fact that Obi Okonkwo , the protagonist of the novel , is caught between two worlds: that of a traditional Africa and that of a changing and new world that lives amidst two cultures: the English and the African. A young man is caught in between tradition and the ways of the West in his homeland, toward the end of a colonial reign; he is entrapped in the dialectic of difference and identity. Obi finds that he cannot completely dissociate himself from the colonial culture which he has inherited from his father, nor can he totally identify with the Igbo culture of his ancestors. Obi got into this conflict because of the education he has received in England. It is the higher education he has received that put Obi in a position where he is 'no longer at ease'.
No Longer At Ease takes place in historical time, but it is a personal story rather than a historical one. Achebe, writing in the later 1950s, wished apparently to deal with the alienation such educated young men as himself felt in the new nation moving swiftly toward independence (Wren 63). Upon their return, those who have been educated in England face different problems. They have to develop a different kind of worldview they never had before. Furthermore, local customs make the 'been-tos' (the precarious intelligentsia) feel uncomfortable.
According to Simon Gikandi, No Longer At Ease takes up the question of the exact authority of custom and what spaces sustain it, given the challenge posed by the forces of colonialism, which is seeking the society's space with the autochthonous culture. As a result of this contest between the forces of colonialism and the authority of the indigenous custom, Obi constantly struggles to define himself in the two contending spaces, the schizophrenic inherited space in Umuofia and "his transplanted locale", Lagos, which is fully under the hegemony of colonialism (Chinua Achebe 9-10).
One of the most important aspects of Obi's life is that he was educated in England. Obi Okonkwo is a young man born in Igbo in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umuofia. He was well educated and eventually sent to study law in England. The Umuofia Progressive Union had raised money for a scholarship for its brightest young man to study abroad. The Union believes in education, and they want him to study law so that he may help them with their land cases. But Obi eventually changed his course of study from law to English. The irony is that he "learned" nothing about the law (but studied English instead) and ends up in court. This is a perfect metaphor for the novel: the idea that he left what the Umuofians wanted him to study (which was law) in order to pursue the language and literature of the "colonizer", which did not help his as much as bring him hardship.
When it was time for Obi to leave, it was a huge occasion in the town for one of its young men to go and study in England and therefore his father, Isaac Okonkwo, made a big feast for his son's farewell. This also underlines the significance of Obi's departure to England. Everybody is celebrating because Obi will receive education in England. They expect a good return on their investment because Obi is their kinsman. The oratory in Umuofia before Obi goes abroad exposes the people's expectation that is the driving force behind Obi's view of his role as well as his internal conflict and alienation from his center of being, the clan and his family. According to Okechukwu, "there is a man-of-two-worlds motif in all his encounters with his people, whether they are praying for his safety or advising him on his conduct" (90).
A few days before Obi's departure Obi's parents called a prayer meeting at their home during which the Reverend Samuel Ikedi sees the occasion as fulfilling Biblical prophecy (Achebe 9). The people of Umuofia have been sitting in darkness, and Obi's departure to England for further studies is an act of bringing light to his people. Even before he leaves, Obi has been given the burden of bringing light to his dark village. This light has the power to rescue him from "the region and the shadow of death". For the Christian pastor, Obi's trip to England represents not a step into a different culture and set of values, but a new form of fulfilling traditional expectations. He is not sent to bring home human heads as his ancestors did but knowledge. Obi is also admonished not to give himself to the pleasure of women (Achebe 12). As always, the concern is with the welfare of the clan, the community, to which individual desires must always be subordinate.
Obi stays in England for nearly four years, at times longing for the warm weather of home and all the other nostalgic qualities his memory supplies him during long winters abroad. Nevertheless, his arrival is less than what he has expected: "His homecoming was not in the end the happy event he had dreamt of. The reason was his mother. She had grown so old and frail that he could hardly believe it " (Achebe 63). In his book Reading Chinua Achebe, Simon Gikandi argues that "the withering of the mother – the symbol of the homeland and the source of life – already points to Obi's tenuous state in Umuofia" (93). Furthermore, Obi's rejection of his father's God (Achebe 64) signals his rebellion from the paternal authority. Back home in Umuofia, Obi cannot reconnect with things as they were before his departure for England.
The fact that he went to England to study and has returned puts him a peculiar position, one in which he will have to face the issues of a man torn between his own country and what he has learned in the hands of those who have colonized his country (the English). This small fact molds the way others treat him and shapes what others expect of him. At the same time, the education he holds dear is also one for which he has felt guilt and one which has often made him a stranger in his own Nigeria.
Upon his return from England, Obi is secured a position in the civil service, given a car, money, and respect. However, Okechuku claims that Obi's coming home without informing the Umuofian Progressive Union beforehand robs his kinsmen the opportunity to display their prize and bask in their achievement of having trained someone overseas. He is already starting to gradually lose the awe that his position in the civil service, his exposure overseas, and his acquisition of Western education should have given him (82).
The Umuofian Progressive Union has a reception for Obi in honor of his return after having studied in England. His fellow Umuofians are very proud of having someone from their village that studied in England and the president gives a long, and spirited speech about Obi and about knowledge. He does so in a full and formal English, which the members of the Union like very much. In his study of Nigerian nationalism, Coleman reminds us that the generation which still looks up to the colonizer as its model of behavior is characterized by the "misuse or overuse of long words, in the use of pompous oratory, and in the ostentatious display of educational attainments" (146-7). Simple grammar does not impress this generation. The value of words does not lie in their meanings but sounds.
Obi makes several mistakes at his reception. First he arrives informally dressed and then he speaks in an informal English. His kinsmen are unimpressed by his speech and Obi has robbed himself of another opportunity for placing himself on the pedestal where his people expect him to stay. Obi does not realize that he must dress a certain way and because it is hot, he simply wears short sleeves. He speaks English with less formality (an English of "is" and "was") because he is used to the language, and it is not strange to his tongue (Achebe 35-37). According to Okechukwu, Obi's speech buttresses Achebe's implicit argument, that British education is inadequate for preparing a future Nigerian leader (82).
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Microsoft marked the middle of May with a wide variety of database updates that touched systems from MariaDB and Cosmos DB to PostgreSQL, following up on the Microsoft Build 2019 event at the start of the month.
Rohan Kumar, corporate vice president for Azure Data discussed the tendency of data regulations, network connectivity and latency to shift data closer to the edge, along with next-generation sensors and IoT devices. At Microsoft Build 2019, the company launched Azure SQL Database Edge, which is currently available in preview. In the Database Edge offering, the database engine can run on x64 or ARM devices using containers on edge servers or gateways. Microsoft set out to incorporate features such as local compute and storage, support for Power BI, bi-directional data movement, compatibility with R, Python, Java, Spark and the T-SQL language and low-latency analytics. "In-Database AI capabilities enables scenarios like anomaly detection, predictive maintenance and other analytical scenarios without having to move data," he wrote. "Fundamentally, the engine can process data locally and upload using native replication to a central datacenter or cloud for aggregated analysis across multiple different edge hubs," Kumar added.
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What Does Lori Voornas Now Have In Common With Tina Fey and Betty White?
I can understand why placing Lori Voornas in the same company as legends like Tina Fey and Betty White might seem like a stretch, but we found out Wednesday that Lori indeed does have something in common with them.
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has presented The Gracie Awards since 1975 to honor the achievements of women in television, radio, and digital media on a national and local level. The awards are named after Gracie Allen, part of the comedy team of Burns and Allen who were a success for over 40 years, starting on the radio in the 1930s and eventually moving to TV.
We found out today that Lori is a 2021 recipient of a prestigious Gracie Award for local morning show radio host. She joins the ranks of other outstanding women like Tina Fey and Betty White who have won in the past, along with other 2021 Gracie recipients like Hoda Kotb & Jenna Bush Hager of Today and Catherine O'Hara of Schitt's Creek.
We had the news broken to us by Erik Hellum, the COO of our parent company, Townsquare Media, which you can listen to here.
I've worked with Lori for almost 20 years and there's no one more deserving than she is of this award. No one works harder to put on a great show and does more for our community and our listeners than Lori does. She's always there to lend a hand to help or an ear to listen. Add that to her incredible on-air talent and it doesn't surprise me one bit that she was selected to receive a Gracie.


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PHOENIX, ARIZONA ------------------------------- Topic: BALKAN AFFAIRS ---------------------------------------
PHOENIX - Richard Holbrooke, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and evidently America's permanent ambassador to Mira Markovic, met on Wednesday (June 24) with Albanian terrorists in Kosovo while snubbing a Serb Bishop. That's as if the American envoy to the Middle East, Dennis Ross, were to meet with the Hezbollah or Hamas terrorists right after conferring with Benyamin Netanyahu. In other words, it was a clear and unmitigated poke in the eyes of the Serbs, just as the latter analogy would have been an unforgivable insult to Israel. But then, the Clinton administration has already elevated some "former" terrorists, such as Yasser Arafat, to the status of respected statesmen. And the State Department has been making friendly overtures toward Iran, the world's center of terrorism and anti-Americanism; while Bill Clinton is currently kow-towing to the communist dictators in China. So, I guess, why should we be surprised the man whom some approving New York media referred to as the "Kissinger of the Balkans" was posing Wednesday for photographs with Albanian KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) terrorists. Maybe the new New World Order slogan should read - "thugs of the world unite!", along the lines of the Communist Internationale's erstwhile mantra - "workers of the world unite." But wait a minute, what "country" is Mira Markovic? (to which Holbrooke is the permanent ambassador). Well, Ms. Markovic is the person who runs Slobodan Milosevic, who is in charge of Serbia, which is a part of the country called Yugoslavia, of which Milosevic is president (see "Milosevic: A Riddle Wrapped in Mystery" - TiM GW Bulletin 98/6-6, 6/22/98). Kind of like the way things work in Washington, where Holbrooke was the "NGO" (Non-Government Organization) pulling Madeleine Albright's, Clinton's and Congress' strings on U.S. Balkan policy, even when he was ostensibly working for a Wall Street bank, let alone now, that the Wall Street-Washington revolving door has spun him again back into government service. But not all New Yorkers speak approvingly of Holbrooke. Benjamin Works, executive director of The Strategic Issues Research Institute and a political/military consultant to CBS News and to Fox News Cable who has already contributed to TiM a piece on Kosovo (see "Kosovo Is Heating Up" - TiM GW Bulletin 98/6-4, 6/15/98), had this to say in his June 25 newsletter about Holbrooke's latest mission: "Richard Holbrooke, our UN Ambassador-designate, swaggered into Belgrade to lay down the law with Slobodan Milosevic, then made a high-profile trip into Kosovo to visit the KLA in the Decani area, comparing what he saw --burned out houses-- to his experience in Vietnam as a junior diplomat in the 1960s. 'I felt like I was going back into the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta and seeing the same tragic scenario playing itself out,' he declaimed melodramatically at the KLA-held village of Junik, as if he had been a young rifleman under fire and not a junior Saigon diplomat. 'All I can say is we will give it our best shot.' Meanwhile, the KLA took a few shots at Holbrooke's entourage, held back at a Serb police checkpoint a few kilometers away. Mr. Works depicted Holbrooke perfectly. He is a bully and a racist to boot as the following excerpt from this writer's Aug. 18, 1997 WASHINGTON TIMES column, "Will American forces ever leave Bosnia?", shows: "The sympathetic New York media have nick-named him 'Kissinger of the Balkans' - a sure omen of an ignominious end to an illustrious diplomatic career. Just as the Henry Kissinger diplomacy ultimately produced the most humiliating defeat in America's 221-year history - loss of Vietnam war - Richard Holbrooke's current Bosnia 'peace mission'" is doomed to failure no matter how many wrists Bill Clinton's 'Balkan Bully' twists in this troubled region. The reason is quite simple. There are two MIA's in U.S. Bosnia policy. One is balance. The other is fairness. Without the two, no deal can work in the long run. A Wall Street deal-maker (which is what Holbrooke is when not pinch-hitting for the State Dept.) ought to know that, even if the goons and the Foggy Bottom diplomats don't seem to grasp such a simple concept... Continued engagement of foreign troops on Balkan soil would give NATO yet another raison d'être, while projecting its neo-colonial power closer to Russia's borders.... In short, balance and fairness was evidently not what Holbrooke's mission is about. He earned the epithet the 'Balkan Bully' by his unceasing oppression of the Serbs. Revealing his deep-seated hatred of the Orthodox Christians, this former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, called the Serbs 'murderous [expletive deleted]' in a discussion with ABC's Ted Koppel, according to a flattering Nov. 6, 1995 'NEW YORKER' article. Holbrooke's racist remark seemed to shock even this veteran newscaster... 'Murderous [expletive deleted]' is hardly the language graduates of this country's finest diplomatic schools are taught to use. Nor are the anchors of popular TV news programs expected to repeat them, so as to reinforce the negative impact. Such gutter language belongs in the gutter, of course. Which is why it became quite typical when the Nazi or the Soviet leaders chose to demonize certain groups of people. Still, this is neither the Nazi Germany, nor the Soviet Union (at least not yet). This is America - 'the home of the free'." [etc.] Ten days after this was published, Holbrooke made a rare appearance on NPR (National Public Radio) to virtually apologize for his racist remark about the Serbs. Here's an excerpt from what he said (see TiM GW Bulletin 97/8-10, 8/28/97): Holbrooke's clumsy apology seemed downright comical in the face of his obvious Serbophobia. The U.S. envoy's Wednesday meeting with the KLA, an organization which even the State Department has labeled as terrorist, clearly demonstrated what his aim was - to provoke and outrage the Serbs. This was a good example of how perfidiously Balkan ethnic fires can be stoked by foreigners who pretend to carry an olive branch and work for peace. Kosovo is evidently "Bosnia II" all over again. New names, new places, same old warmongering scenario. One of such outraged Serbs was Bishop Artemije, whose Raska and Prizren diocese includes Kosovo, and whom Holbrooke had snubbed during his whirlwind visit to the region. By the way, Bishop Artemije is well known for his opposition to the Milosevic regime, and has been an outspoken critic of any side which was using violence as a means of solving the Kosovo crisis. Constant appeals by His Grace for an urgent dialogue have been muffled by gun fire from both sides in the Kosovo conflict. Here is Bishop Artemije's open letter to Holbrooke: June 25, 1998 Indeed, the Bishop has good reasons to question whether Holbrooke's visit to Kosovo was really peace-making and well-intentioned. For example, Holbrooke used the devastation of Decani, a small town near the Albanian border, to launch another tirade against the Serbs in the presence of western reporters. He asked the Serbs to leave the town and allow the Albanians to return, as if the Serbs had occupied a foreign territory. Well, Decani has been one of Serbia's cultural pearls for centuries. That's where an ancient Serb monastery is located, a beautiful Romanesque structure built by the Serbian King Stefan in the 1320s. Its walls are one of the world's richest medieval galleries, displaying some 1,000 priceless frescos (see "Murder on Wall Street," TiM GW Bulletin 98/5-6, 5/09/98). Near the Decani monastery was also a refugee camp for the "ethnically cleansed" Serbs, the orphans of the New World Order that one rarely hears about in the establishment media. They were reportedly under siege by the Albanian rebels at the end of May. For a few days, TiM had also lost all contact with the monastery as its power had been cut. Even a Serbian Democratic opposition leader called on Milosevic to send the troops to Decani and to free the Serbs trapped on their own land by the Albanian insurgents (see "Kosovo: Ancient Monastery, Serb Refugees, Under Siege?", TiM GW Bulletin 98/5-9, 5/29/98, at our Web site). Of course, few average Americans would have known all this about Decani. Which is how Holbrooke's twisted remarks, widely reported by the western media, can become truisms in the minds of the uninformed. And which is why, if there were truth in media, there would be no reason for the Truth in Media. Nor was this the only distortion which emanated from Holbrooke's visit to Kosovo. As in Bosnia in 1992-1993, the State Department and the establishment media are trying to advance the theory that the Serbs, the victims of decades of "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo, are now doing it to the Albanians, systematically forcing them to flee to Albania. Yet at the same time, the same U.S. government and media have been complaining that the Yugoslav Army has now sealed the border with Albania (so as to prevent the illicit arms traffic and supplies for the KLA rebels), thus preventing the Albanian refugees from fleeing to Albania. Anybody noticing a contradiction in terms here? The Serbs are supposed to be forcing the Albanians out of Kosovo by preventing them to leave? Sounds like some "Wag the Dog" screenwriter blew the script here. Or is it that the NWO producers of the Kosovo show think that all of us are brain dead and would gulp down their propaganda medicine without a second thought? But perhaps the most bizarre aspect of Holbrooke's latest Kosovo jaunt was that he traveled with three ethnic Albanian officials in a 14-car armored convoy for which protection was provided by a truckload of Serbian security forces. That's as if the Israeli forces were to provide security for an American envoy so as to facilitate his meeting with Israel's enemies!? Only in the Balkans... No wonder people in Serbia are talking about Milosevic being America's stooge. --------- P.S. A June 17 Reuters wire reported that Spanish and German police had broken up a major criminal network operated mainly by ethnic Albanians from Serbia's Kosovo province, and arrested 88 people in the two countries. The Albanian crime ring is suspected of committing over 1,000 robberies during the last 18 months. The authorities had also frozen several bank accounts in Germany and Spain which they said were used to launder stolen money. Police said that the operation is continuing, and more people might be arrested over the next few days. TiM Ed.: And these are the kinds of people the U.S. government is backing? As we said earlier, "thugs of the world unite" seems be the new NWO slogan. Also, check out..."Milosevic: 'A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery'...", "Kosovo Lie Allowed to Stand", "New World Order's Inquisition in Bosnia", "Kosovo Heating Up", "Decani Monastery Under Siege?", "Murder on Wall Street", "Kosovo: 'Bosnia II'", "What If the Shoe Were on the Other Foot?" and/or "Clinton arme secrètement les musulmans bosniaques" Or Djurdjevic's WASHINGTON TIMES column: "Ginning Up Another Crisis" |


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The Easter season signals the start of spring with the days becoming warmer, daylight staying around longer and beautiful flowers blooming in yards and gardens.
Many people celebrate the holiday season with family gatherings, by traveling to new places, and with fun activities such as Easter egg hunts. But have you ever included your dog in the fun?
Some dogs like to dress up. You can buy headbands with eggs or bunny ears that come out of the top and wiggle when the headband moves. Put it on your dog (if they like it) and it could be their own Easter bonnet! You might even want to have an Easter parade with your friends and neighbors.
When I was a kid, I enjoyed hunting for my Easter basket. It was usually behind the couch or a chair in the living room. Some people buy special treats and toys for their pets for Easter. Have you ever put them in a basket and had your dog hunt for it? I'm sure they would love it!
Why not have an Easter egg hunt for your dog? I've done this the past couple of years with my dogs and they really love it. I bought some plastic eggs and then put a treat or two in each one. Then I "hide" them in the yard. When the dog signals that they found one, they either pick it up and give it to me to open, or I pick it up from the ground, open it, and they enjoy the treats inside.
Here's a video of my dog, Hokie, enjoying an Easter egg hunt.
Whatever you do this holiday season, plan some special time with your dog and perhaps try some of these activities.
I'd love to see pictures of your pets dressed up, or videos of them hunting for their Easter basket or hunting Easter eggs.
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Grand Opening!
The time has come for our Grand Opening on August First! I am so excited I could hardly sleep. We have been working so hard trying to take an empty store and develop it into a place that can provide miracles for some people and repairs for others. The ( continue reading… )