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Tucked away, off charming Main Street in Santa Monica, is a hot new restaurant serving modern American cuisine in an indoor/outdoor setting. Brick+Mortar occupies the space of the former Salute wine bar. The set-up and décor is first-date-worthy and the vibe is relaxed with a little energy mixed in. The crowd is lively and fairly described as hip. The bar is prominently featured, and with good cause -- this is a gastropub. And a good one, at that, thanks largely to Executive Chef Laurent Saussy.
The new hot spot on Main Street in Santa Monica is Brick+Mortar located in the Frank Geary designed Edgemar building. Elegant, lean, simple and relaxing, Brick+Mortar hit the ground running when it opened in January of 2012. Formerly Salute Wine Bar, the new owners (BRG Group) re-modeled the entire restaurant in eight days and immediately were rewarded with a flood of clientele. This is a great neighborhood gastro pub that serves five-star food at three-star prices.
It's hard to find Brick+Mortar; so the packed tables must mean good food.
Located on Main Street in Santa Monica, behind Ben & Jerry's, the gastropub is adjacent to the Edgemar Center for the Arts. The two hidden spots rely on word-of-mouth and advertising for business. Keeping customers, however, is another story. Brick+Mortar does not seem to be having problems with repeat business.
The cupcake craze in LA seems to have given way to pies, but not so much the apple pie that mom used to make. Rather, it's savory meat pies that are turning up on menus everywhere from Downtown to the Westside. In fact, when Karen and Quinn Hatfield open their new Sycamore Kitchen this spring, they'll be offering a sausage-fennel pie and also a sweet potato, roasted onion and goat cheese crostata. Can't wait? Here are eight dinner-ready pies to dig into right now.
Main Street, Santa Monica is not hurting for places to eat and drink. From the bustling celeb-spotting Urth Café southward to the sushi firehouse (which might be over the Venice border), there are almost more restaurants and bars than anything else. However, they do tend to separate into two camps: old school casual or upscale trendy. So a no-nonsense gastropub splitting the difference with reasonable pricing is a welcome addition–obviously, judging by the fact that the new Brick+Mortar is already plenty busy.
I've generally found that any restaurant that nails the bread will exceed expectations for the rest of the meal, and Santa Monica's Brick + Mortar was no exception. The space, with its (no surprise) exposed brick walls, felt both hip and cozy. The fact that large-screen TVs are also broadcasting sports games from the dining room walls belies the superbly elevated pub fare on Executive Chef Laurent Saussy's menu.The aforementioned warm, crusty baguette accompanied by butter sprinkled with sea salt and cracked pepper definitely started the meal on a high note.


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Discussion in 'White Hat SEO' started by AnImALmoTheR, Aug 24, 2008.
What do you guys/girls think? Is a link like this worth it?
$1000 per year is a lot, any way you look at it. Also it also depends if the links are nofollow or ********..
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In my personal opinion, this link probably isn't worth it, but if you want to do some due diligence, you could look into the link campaigns and results of people who have already purchased a link. Put some of the URLs linked from that page into Yahoo! Site Explorer and Google for relatively accurate back link estimates. Compare them to SERPs for each specific keyword.
The page is flooded with links. Have a look at them. They are even linking to Viagra and other crap. I would personally stay away from that page even if it was free.
Spend your 1000 other ways, that pagerank can drop with crap links...
too much rubbish included there .. I can't believe it will hold its PR for long
I can tell you how to get a free pr 6 link, just pm me
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is a site was pr8, and had 2000 outgoing links, id still ahve my site on there for free
This is excellent advice. I've done this exact thing to check on prospective links and most of the time when there's crap links involved, it just didn't seem worth it. I doubt if this page will be any different.
can i find out this onfo please
i have heard that links from w3c are no follow therefore not worth it, except for the traffic they 'might' bring you
oh i dint not understand what is it all about
that is waaay to much for a PR8 with no follow. they have sold out on that page like no tomorrow so it's gonna drop eventually. viagara?!
it is still useful (even for rankings) to get such a link but the price is much too high there...
I think submit Yahoo Directories is better investment.
my pr0 sites get tons of organic traffic....
pr doesn't mean a thing
You can still get good traffic with a low PR site, but that doesn't mean PageRank doesn't mean anything.
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Jeannette's Journey Through Time & Place
Name: Jeannette of JAID Style
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Size: 900 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year; rented
Stepping into Jeannette's converted warehouse apartment on the historic downtown mall of Charlottesville, Virginia, it's easy to imagine you have been transported: to a tropical island, off the coast of Africa, in the 1950's, where James Bond and Fred Astaire live. Oh, and you're in a black and white film.
This sense of being transported to another place and time is exactly how Jeannette wants you to feel in her home. In fact, she doesn't want her guests to just feel comfortable; she wants them to feel curious. You may stop in the entryway to get lost in the Edward Gorey prints, before coming across a four foot temple guard carved in India, adorned with jewelry and aviator goggles — there is a sense of humor that runs throughout the space. Next you may wander past an antique Chinese wedding cabinet, across the zebra rug, past the camel carved in India, to stop to stare at Jeannette's most prized possession: a gilded icon hand-painted in Greece. On your way upstairs to the rooftop patio, just past the surfboard, you will lose yourself in a wall of black and white images, with a Beatles mirror reflecting a Union Jack flag that hangs above the bed, across from a collection of world globes. You will, without doubt, experience a single powerful emotion: wanderlust.
Jeannette views her home as an art project, constantly evolving, and you can watch her thoughtful design progress through the space. From the zebra head hanging in the living area, your eye is drawn to the striped kitchen wall, then down the hall to the black and white rug. A collection of carved antique furniture from Jeannette's grandmother can be found dispersed throughout the apartment; a sideboard in the entryway, a table in the dining area, a pie safe in her bedroom. These antiques mix with the modern lines of orange chairs in the style of Charles Eames and the wishbone chairs tucked around the dining room table. The journey through time is as apparent as the journey through geographical places in this apartment.
To achieve this sense of being transported to a different place and time, and in order to best utilize such a small space, Jeannette likes to imagine her home as boat. (It is no coincidence the three round mirrors above the sofa are reminiscent of portholes on a ship.) While the ceiling may be high, there is only one room, which contains the entryway, the kitchen, the living space, and the dining area. Therefore, each area must be streamlined and multifunctional. For example, the dining room table is pushed up against a wall, and also serves as a desk and work space. But I,for one, cannot imagine getting any work done in such a space; here at Jeannette's, in my mind, and eyes, I am off wandering.
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My Style/Inspiration: Antiques mixed with mid-century. The style and colors reflect many of my obsessions: black and white movies (think Casablanca and Fred Astaire), stripes, and travel. Almost everything in my space evokes memories of people I love and places I've been.
Favorite Element: The windows. I love the drama and authenticity of the old, metal windows, and I love the interaction with them, since they are difficult to open and close. Because everything else is the space is white drywall, having this old element so prominent in the space lends it more history.
Biggest Challenge: There are no rooms, so I had to be thoughtful about how to use the large, open space so that it functions well for my daily living, but can also be used to entertain friends.
What Friends Say: They ask to go up to the rooftop, which has amazing views of the bustling downtown pedestrian mall below, as well as the mountains that surround the city.
Biggest Embarrassment: The carpet upstairs, though since I'm a renter, I have no control over that. If I had my way, the kitchen would have a concrete countertop and subway tiles to the ceiling. And of course, there's the problem of the kitchen being right in the middle of the space. Needless to say, I would re-do the entire kitchen.
Proudest DIY: My grandfather's huge metal desk (next to my bed). This piece was from a steel mill, and sat in a garage since the early 80's, as no one wanted to touch it. I ripped off the top, sanded down the sides, painted it high-gloss black, and finished it with a desktop from Ikea. The top's edge was a ¼ inch too small for my taste, so I finished the piece with a custom metal band made at a local roofing store.
Biggest Indulgence: As a renter, it can be difficult to get permission to paint. My landlord indulged me by allowing me to paint large black stripes on the kitchen wall! I wanted them to break up the white drywall and emphasize the architecture of the stairs.
Best Advice: Think of your space as an art project. There's nothing you're stuck with, so feel free to bring new things in, and take old things out; have fun and let the space evolve to be an expression of who you are in the moment, on any given day, or week, or year.
Dream Sources: Les Puces de Saint-Ouen (the flea market in Paris), street vendors all over the world, local auction houses, 1st Dibs, One Kings Lane, Shiner International.
Resources of Note:
- • Gold lamps: lampsplus.com
• Black bench: Chinese antique
• Black lamp: Crate & Barrel
• White bowl: West Elm
• 3 white cylinder vases: Ikea
• Sideboard: great grandmother
- • Orange chairs in the style of Eames: garage sale
• Sheepskins: Ikea
• Zebra head: Anthropologie
• Clock: Ballard Design
• Sofa: Metropolitan Home
• Zebra rug: Hollywood Love Rugs
• 3 circle mirrors: Ikea
• Camel: antique from India
• Black and white pillows: Ikea
- • Wishbone chairs: thrifted Hans Wagner replications
• Icon: hand-painted in Greece
• Lamp base: Target
• Lamp lantern globe: World Market
• Table: great grandmother
- • Giant clock: vintage, from India
- • Gold bedside lamps: lampsplus.com
• Union Jack flag: vintage, from local antique store Circa
• Desk: grandfather
• Desk chair: Ikea
• Klismos chair: gift of a friend, recovered by Jeannette
• Carved pie safe: great grandmother
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The 2018 Pastors & Wives' Retreat in Vail, CO is meant to be a time of celebration and renewal for pastors & wives in Acts 29 US Southeast Churches. There will be time for help, care, and direction in the hope that pastors and wives will leave feeling both strengthened and encouraged.
Acts 29 is a diverse, global family of church-planting churches. As a part of that family, the Acts 29 US Southeast Network has some distinct features that work in conjunction with the global assessment standards set by our Acts 29 Central Resource Team.
The Acts 29 US Southeast Church Planter Cohort (CPC) is designed for men who are already recommended for Church Planting (or recommended with conditions) and who are already on the ground in the context of their call.
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Imposing Liberalism. A nalyse perspectives on the imposition of the principles of liberalism on people / groups in Canada and the world through liberal foreign policy. To what extend, and for whom, has the imposition of Liberalism been successful?.
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Analyse perspectives on the imposition of the principles of liberalism on people / groups in Canada and the world through liberal foreign policy.
To what extend, and for whom, has the imposition of Liberalism been successful?
Conflicting Ideologies
Conflicting Land-Holding Ideologies
First Nations Perspective
Non-animate beings
Non-animate beings
Classical Liberalism Perspective
Colonial European Gov. (classical liberalism)
Different philosophies (ideology) towards spiritual and societal beliefs created misunderstanding on issues of land ownership, progress, and change
Classical Liberalism
Aboriginal communities did not believe that they "owned the land" more spiritual and holistic interpretation of living on the land
Europeans would have wanted to buy, own and divide up the land
Foreign concept for aboriginal people's, private property, more communal of resources, stewardship of the land
Eurocentrism - perceived cultural superiority
Reliance on the value of written rules for government, citizens rights and trade
Cultural beliefs that differed from aboriginals.
Classical liberalist view - believed in private property defended by John Locke.
Causes of a large number of land claims Differences in understandings of historical agreements between first Nations and the Canadian government
Misunderstanding of terms of the treaties lead to a need for legal proceedings to interpret them.
Beliefs about the sovereignty of First Nations are not a question today – protection in the Charter of Rights.
Ethical consideration of fairness and equality are valued by Canadians.
First Nations are looked at differently today than in 19th century – entitled to same rights, responsibilities, freedoms, and private property as others.
Modern perspective on negotiations between First Nations and Canadian government are distinct from previous views.
Residential Schools
Enfranchisement & Gradual Civilization Act 1857
Denounce their Indian status – gain enfranchisement & 50 acres on reserve – land handed down.
Resistance by the Aboriginals.
To costly for what was gained
Was something granted instead of something belonging to all member of society
Land grant would have little meaning.
Rationale by the Gov.
Liberalist view (ultimate goal of citizenship)
Rights, freedoms, and material possessions ClassicalLiberalism
Indian Act (government legislation 1876)
Defined First Nations people (segregation)
Step back from 1763 Royal Proclamation (distinct peoples & nations with the right to negotiate as a sovereign nation) intended to end abuse.
Encourage abandonment of Indian status
Wards of the state
Compulsory enfranchisement
University degree
Religious minister
Women married a non-Aboriginal man
Vote in federal election
Join the Armed Forces
Voluntary Enfranchisement
White Paper
Trudeau – federalist
Pluralist society
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Red Paper National Indian Brotherhood
White Paper Trudeau
Major concerns by first nations
Land claims
Fulfillment of treaty rights
Acting on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples
Read pages 312-314 and complete the handout "Contemporary solutions"
Read authors point of view top of page 318
What support and drawbacks to liberalism does Parekh state?
Under what conditions is a country justifying the imposing of its political ideology on another country?
Imperialism– economic / eurocentrism
WWI Treaty of Versailles – democracy / self-determination / security
WWII Marshall Plan economic / security
Kuwait 1991 Gulf war / economic / violation of Kuwaiti territorial integrity
1998 Iraq Liberation Act "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq." in response to the non-compliance to inspection nuclear weapons
2001 Oct. 7th Afghanistan Invasion "Operation Enduring Freedom "War on Terrorism"
2003 Iraq "Operation Iraqi Freedom" Invasion weapons of mass destruction / security
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Do you agree or disagree with the justification for foreign intervention expressed in the quote by Lynn Jones ?pg 319/20
How important do you think the "bonds of common humanity" are in forming the foreign policies of countries such as the United States and Great Britain?
Political cartoon fig. 9-11 who and what policy does the shark symbolize?
Is restricting economic activity a legitimate means of encouraging modern liberal principles in foreign countries?
How can this cartoon be used as an example of illegitimate and legitimate support of encouraging modern liberal principles in a foreign county?
Read pg. 323 & 324 Voices and supplied reading
Which of the quotes in "Voices" do you believe is the most realistic assessment of the situation in Afghanistan?
What reasons do you have for your choice?
How do you think most Afghan citizens view the presence of foreign troops in their country?
Do you think Canada has a responsibility to protect the new democratic system in Afghanistan? If so, What limits, if any, should be placed on that responsibility?
Robert Mugabe
1987 - Present
Juvenal Habyarimana
1973 -1994
YoweriMuseveni 1986 – Present
Economic mismanagement, corruption, and brutal repression, illegal elections
In reaction to human rights violations the Bush administration legislated the Zimbabwe Democracy Act
" the situation in Zimbabwe endangers the southern African region and threatens to undermine efforts to foster good governance and respect for the rule of law throughout the continent."
USA presidential spokesman
Rapid ideological shifts within a country require major social change and commitment – move towards democratic liberalism would require the individuals to embrace free and fair elections.
Elections can only be free, fair and represent the will of the people if the people are informed, open to dialogue, and receptive and tolerant of diverse views and perspectives.
In order to implement Ideological change
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Telstra has signed a 12-year lease for an office building in Canberra to establish a new commercial precinct in the city.
The telco has established the centre to consolidate its operations and to support services for the Department of Defence, which signed a $1.1 billion contract with Telstra to supply telecommunications, network and mobile services to the department.
16-18 Mort Street in Canberra will be refurbished by early 2014 and will house more than 1000 people across 13,250 sqm of space. Telstra staff at Northbourne Avenue in Dickson, National Circuit in Barton, Thynne Street in Bruce and Kent Street in Deakin will all be consolidated into the new building.
Telstra staff at Faulding Street, Symonston will remain at their existing property.
"This will be the biggest project our property team has undertaken in Canberra and the largest for the company so far this year," Vito Chiodo, Telstra property director, said in a statement.
"The end result will be an environment that is inviting but also reflects the high-tech and customer-focused nature of our organisation."
The office will include a new Telstra store and free Wi-Fi.
Investa Office Fund, the building owner of the Mort Street property, will fund the office and lobby refurbishments.
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NO ROOSTERS IN THE DESERT is a new play by Kara Hartzler based on field work by Anna Ochoa O'Leary about the plight of four women who cross the US-Mexico border at great risk and sacrifice. This play was originally commissioned by Borderlands Theater in Tucson, Arizona.
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The Navy's new electromagnetic railgun may be a terrifying piece of ingenuity, but it's got nothing on the weapons of mass destruction dreamed up by video game enthusiasts each and every day.
Honestly, this broad is like Blanka taking apart a sedan.
What you're about to see is not only a thing, but a thing that sells out stadiums and has been the No.1 top album on the US, UK and Canada iTunes Heavy Metal chart for weeks now.
News anchors are much funnier to watch fuck-up than your average nobody, because they do it with so much seriousness.
Like many misinformed rock fans, I used to think that "Baba O'Riley" by The Who was called "Teenage Wasteland." It's an honest mistake, considering that the phrase teenage wasteland appears five times in the song, while the name Baba O'Riley shows up exactly zero times.
The lack of a Joe Versus the Volcano reference is disappointing, but still, this is important, high-quality work. Plus, the juxtaposition of Hanks's lovable face amidst all this gangster shit is instantly hilarious.
There are two teenage boys playing pretend-guitars made out of cardboard. One of them is shirtless. The other is wearing a leather jacket over a torso that probably shouldn't be exposed in public.
Remember when we all thought "Friday" was the worst song ever? This is much worse. "BLOWIN" isn't nearly as catchy as "Friday," and it doesn't communicate the same hopefulness for the end of the week.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- With grilling season in full swing, grillers everywhere are stoking the fires and marinating the steaks, and thanks to Trybe Targeting and its partners, they can now learn the art of true grill mastery.
Trybe Targeting, in conjunction with The Beef Checkoff Program and Bull Outdoor Products, is launching the American GrillMaster Experience at Sam's Club Fan Zones across the country, where Sam's Club members can learn how to become the master of the backyard grill. Through its activations and demonstrations, the American GrillMaster Experience will teach attendees how to properly prepare beef for grilling. Attendees will also have the opportunity to sample featured beef cuts and recipes.
The Sam's Club Fan Zone is an interactive, educational and entertainment experience and is part of the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour. The American GrillMaster Experience will be featured at 18 of the tour's stops at Sam's Clubs throughout the nation.
"We are excited to add this experience to the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour," said Mike McCloud, president and CEO of Trybe Targeting. "Along with our great partners, the beef checkoff and Bull Outdoor, we will be sharing their beef grilling experience and knowledge with consumers."
Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour is the largest and richest competition series in history. With $400,000 up for grabs, the tour features 20 local qualifying events, five regional events and a national championship in Bentonville, Ark. Oct. 14-15.
The American GrillMaster Experience features beef as its official protein and main attraction. It aims to educate consumers about proper beef safety, preparation and grilling and will feature tips and techniques from professional grill masters.
Bull Outdoor Products, the official Outdoor Cooking and Lifestyle Partner of the American GrillMaster Experience, is working with Cookeville, Tenn. native Michael McDearman, who will serve as their grill master. McDearman will demonstrate Bull Outdoor Products and educate attendees on how to be the master of their grill.
"We are looking forward to joining the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour," McDearman said. "Working with Trybe Targeting and the beef checkoff will allow us to share our grilling expertise and our products with consumers."
For more information on the American GrillMaster Experience, please visit www.grillmastertour.com.
About The Beef Checkoff Program
The Beef Checkoff Program (www.MyBeefCheckoff.com) was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill and is administered by the National Cattleman's Association. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.
About Bull Outdoor
Bull Outdoor Products Inc. started in the Barbecue Island business over 15 years ago. Since that time, Bull Outdoor Products Inc. has reached widespread prominence in the grilling industry. It has over 900 dealers and distributors throughout the United States and Canada.
About the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour features four competition categories – chicken, brisket, pork and ribs. The tour is the largest and richest competition series in history, offering up $400,000 in prize money. The tour includes 20 Local Qualifying Events, five Regional Events and one National Championship in Bentonville, Ark. Oct. 14-15.
About Trybe Targeting
Trybe Targeting was launched in 2009 as the food and enthusiast marketing division of MMA Creative Inc., a 21-year-old marketing and advertising agency with offices in Nashville, Cookeville, Tenn. and Orlando, Fla. Trybe Targeting is the agency of record to the Kansas City Barbeque Society, International Chili Society, World's Championship Chili Cookoff and the American Cornhole Organization. Trybe Targeting also helped develop the 2011 Inaugural Sam's Club National BBQ Tour, the richest competition series in barbeque history.
Source: Trybe Targeting, The Beef Checkoff Program


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Borussia Dortmund have announced a pre-tax profit of €17.5 million for the first six months of the financial year 2012-13.
The German giants recorded a net profit of €14.2m, which illustrates an early €1.4m increase on the previous financial year.
And club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke believes Monday's figures represent Dortmund's ascension as a financial force in German football.
Speaking to reporters, Watzke said: "The numbers that we announce today are further evidence of the ever-growing economic strength of the BVB."
On Sunday, Watzke outlayed his ambitions for the club to announce a total revenue of €250m for the full financial year.
Dortmund look set to surrender their Bundesliga crown to Bayern Munich this season with Jupp Heynckes' men holding a 17-point lead over the reigning champions.


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where's the thrtead about the green paper on sen? Statements to go?(59 Posts)
got to go to work, but are we discussing this? Link please if we are?
here, but hasn't appeared on DfE website yet.
I've been looking for this as I missed most of the tv/radio commentary about it this morning. It's not published yet as far as I can see.
So far I am concerned that there will no legal requirement to provide any form of support if statements go. I'm hoping there is some form of replacement but unfortunately I doubt it.
There's also a thread in "Special Educational Needs" which people might like to keep up with, as it may attract a different group of posters.
Heard this on the radio today and am .
Is that figure "1 in 5 children have a statement" correct? We have always had our dc at school in inner London, where you might expect high statement figures, and, frankly, the number of dc with statements in our children's classes always seemed (a) lower than that and (b) I always felt that there were a good few dc without statements who could have done with a statement and the support and funding that (sometimes) comes along with a statement ....
Anyone else here the discussion on R4 this morning? Was a bit aghast at the woman who swapped the word "labelling" for "statementing". Felt that wasn't helpful. Surely statement = support and funding (in an ideal situation) not "label"!
I heard about this on the radio this morning.
It is basically a sneeky way to screw us over. You can bet you bottom dollar than this is not about giving more money for the essential educational support of our children.
i haven't seen the full paper but seen the headlines. I am wondering how they are going to reduce the number of children on the SEN register. Given how many parents fight and are refused despite their children being in great need of assista...nce, they are now looking to refuse even more.
quite how that helps anyone is beyond me. But i look forward to reading their reasoning.
'Parents of children with
statements of SEN will be able to express a preference for any state-funded
school including special schools, Academies and Free Schools and have
their preference met unless it would not meet the needs of the child, be
incompatible with the efficient education of other children, or be an inefficient
use of resources. We will also prevent the unnecessary closure of special schools
by giving parents and community groups the power to take them over' This sounds to me like they can still refuse what the parent wants by siting 'inefficient use of funds' and that they can withdraw funds from special schools and expect others to run them or they close. Am I wrong?
citing i mean
exactly OHMEOHMY.
I can't see how that is different to how it is now.
Hecate. Totally agree. They are dealing with a lareg group of parents that have had to fight and fight the system to get anything for their kids. And there is a background of budget cuts everywhere.
From my POV Im totally cynical about any changes - how will anything get better when cuts will affect the delivery of services everywhere. I just think they want to cut the numbers of SEN kids and therefore the cost. They talk about teaching not being good enough and special needs being a good excuse. Thats not what I see in our primary school at all.
You can just see the hand of a bright young Tory researcher here - such a huge growing cost on the Sate -lets see how we can address this - but in a smokescreened complex way.
One of the problems is there isnt enough SEN kids! Tony Attwood for example say that only half of people with Aspergers get diagnosed. Lots more kids could benefit by better diagnosis and better ongoing support - but they wont want that!
It's happened before.
Herts were buggers for it.
We don't have the money therefore the children do not have special needs.
You will find that only those children who are most clearly affected will get any help.
(Sadly, my children will come under that. Which is good news in a way for them. I suppose. )
I think the 1 in 5 number is relating to how many children have SEN, not how many have a Statement of Need - there is no way that 1 in 5 children have a statement, not the way LA's lie about them not doing statements any more, how a child has to be 3 years behind before being eligible, etc, etc.
form the bit quoted re: being able ot choose school, and compatible with effiient edcatione tc - is that not what the law already says? (well, maybe not for Academies, come to think of it, but we can already choose MS or SN school, and our preference has to "e considered" - just as is being proposed)
I am glad to many parents who provide poor parenting or teachers who cannot teach Use this as a way of masking their own failure
I used to be a respite carer and I couldnt count on my hands the amount of times I was sent a child with "ADHD" and " couldn't be controled
whilst staying at ours with robust rules and boundaries the otherwise out of control child behaved like an angle
And I am a firm believer that if you really have adhd o sum such thing you would struggle. With rules in whatever wedging and will not have the capeability to pick and choose when to play
My sister is in the process of getting my nephew statmented gurr love my sis to death but hand on heart its her poor parenting rather then my nephew being I'll
My sister has men in and out of her currently seeing a married man whom she has round the kids and my nephew spent the first six years watching her get knocked about she smokes drugs was seeing a drug dealer gose out most weekends leaving them with who ever will have them adhd I don't think so poor parenting yes
No all parents are like my sister but you also get the wet blanket parent which I have seen many a time being a respite carer
Once had a boy who would wee in the corner of his parents house and expose himself when they were out with him in the two years we looked after him I never had one cause to even raise my voice
No surprise her other two kids were pretty wild as well
But parents are so desperate to look at every other cause of their child behaviour other than how they are being raised
omg maypole - am assuming your post is some sort of ill advised humour or irony?
No grumpy. It's true. There are parents who use adhd etc as an excuse.
It happens.
But it is bloody rare! AND these children are not the ones with the diagnosis!
You do not get a multi-disciplinary team diagnosing autism or adhd or whathaveyou, based on the sayso of parents. It is a long assessment process.
Those parents - and they do exist - who claim their child has adhd but the child is clearly just the victim of piss poor parenting (I say 'just', but really ) are not the same ones who have the child under the paed, or going to the CDC, or seeing specialists etc
Because the teams aren't stupid. They know autism from bad behaviour, they know adhd from out of control.
And a child with autism (I speak about autism because I know that more than I know adhd) CAN behave well. The idea that if you suffer from something like this you are out of control is laughable and it is rather alarming that a respite carer does not grasp this rather simple idea. Triggers. Meltdown. etc. A child with these difficulties CAN be an angel. Mine can be wonderful.
They can also smear shit on the walls, throw glasses at me and threaten each other with a knife.
And they can give me a huge hug and sit perfectly well in a restaurant.
And run across a road and nearly get knocked over.
And bend down to gently stroke the cheek of an infant.
And say they want to kill their brother.
And pick me a bunch of flowers.
And put the window through.
That's another scary part of the paper, though, isn't it?
From the report on the radio, it seems those teams are going to be replaced by the voluntary sector??????
Can that be true? Did I hear that correctly?
Oh no, they're not are they?
Great. Remove professionals who know what they are doing and replace them with people who don't.
Always the way to get the best results. <sigh>
Why don't they just come clean and say they want our kids back in the institutions, where they can lock them away and forget about them.
It's how it feels.
really so wht are they currently giving my nephew a statement
his behaviour is wild he dose spit and swear but thats BECAUSE HES NOT BEING WELL PARENTED AT HOME
like i said i have worked for many years with the respite team and have seen and been in meetings were they want to to give respite to a child who has "adhd" and suprise surpise given some coundries and a robust rountine their behaving them selves
professionals only ask the question what teype of boundies do you give in the 5 years i was a respite worker u have never heard a parent say none
its all he wont listen to me he wont eat what i give him even the school cant handle him
well a school can only handle a child if at home they are given the right foundations i have done handovers were a child who would not dare swaer at me has said get in the beeping house to the mum and all the mum did was go in the house i mean am i on planet zog here
its always amazing in counties were parents are strict due to culture i wonder if 1 in 5 have these conditions i have no doubut that is real but i doubut the numbers
schools will always push for a child they cannot remove from the school to have a state ment as with out it they just have a naughty child with the staement they have the child plus extra money
i many cases i have argued with the school about pushing for a staement when its the parenting skills are lacking or given the schools ofsted report and the poor teaching that gose on if they raised their game the children might not actually need a staetment
sorry ladies but this has become a way now in wich poor parents escape their duties but simply say he has adhd also failing schools scamming more money
in some schools more than 45% of students have sen now unless your just very unlucky or an actual special needs school then i dont belive it as victor meldew would say
i like to see how many of these children would be labled if their was no money attached to them
all this dose is cloud the issue for children who really have special needs with good pareting and a good school aa child should not need not be sen but all to often no one wants to admit most of these children have nither
You do realise it actually costs schools money, don't you?
They have to put funding in from their own budgets to add to what the lea put in.
My children have full time 1:1 support. The lea funds 22 & 25 hours of that and their respective schools put in the rest from their budgets.
I'm not quite sure how that's better for them than not having to spend that money, but perhaps you could explain how that benefits them financially.
and how can you tell who is a bad parent with an out of control child who is out of control due to bad parenting and who is a parent who has a child with challenging behaviour and who is out of their depth and does not know how to parent that child and deal with the challenging behaviour?
I'm glad my children didn't talk or come out of nappies until they were 5 & 6 and who flapped, beeped and squealed their way through the day and smeared shit on their faces and up the walls and hit themselves, so that it is clearly autism and not my parenting.
Or perhaps if I had been a better parent...
the voluntary sector is being looked at, from my brief reading, in terms of co-ordinating assessment and/or providing support and explanations to parents going thro it - I only had a chance to briefly flick thro it earlier, so excuse any factual errors. Statements to be phased out and a replacement phased in.
Am ignoring maypole - sorry. whole other discussion.
I agree-ignore Maypole this is not the thread for that sort of 'discussion'
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The Rio Rancho Youth Poetry Community in conjunction with Swimming with Elephants Publications is officially open for submissions for the next edition of Catching Calliope.
Due out in April of 2014, our Spring edition will feature cover art by Rachel Rounsville and poetry from some of the best in the community.
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Greek Cypriots are celebrating while rival Turkish Cypriots are lamenting a decision by U.S. diva Jennifer Lopez to call off a controversial show in the divided island's breakaway north.
Reports that Lopez would perform at a luxury hotel in the north on her 41st birthday this month triggered a Greek Cypriot online campaign pushing for cancellation.
Greek Cypriots on Friday hailed Lopez's withdrawal "a victory". They saw her appearance as helping legitimize the island's division. It was split into a Greek speaking south and a Turkish speaking north in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
Turkish Cypriots called the cancellation part of a Greek Cypriot campaign to keep them isolated.


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The so-called 'victims' of bullying
stopthegrbullies.com has championed a number of authors and other individuals supposedly targeted by Goodreads bullies. In every case, the 'victims' and their behaviour are presented as harmless, innocent recipients of cruel and unwarranted criticism.
However, the reality is somewhat different:
Robin Sullivan
Robin Sullivan is the owner of Ridan Publishing, a small POD press set up originally to publish books by Michael J Sullivan, Robin Sullivan's husband. It also accepts books from other authors. Robin Sullivan markets herself as something of a guru on how to make a success of small and self-publishing. However, her advice and manner brought her into conflict with the owner of Absolute Write, Macallister Stone, who banned Sullivan from the boards in 2011. This led to several of Sullivan's supporters—including Melissa Douthit—trolling Absolute Write, and being banned themselves.
In 2012, Jim C Hines drew attention to the non-payment of royalties by Ridan Publishing to one of its authors (and sadly, currently a cancer suffer), Ann C. Crispin. Though Sullivan subsequently agreed to return Crispin's rights and pay outstanding monies, other authors have withdrawn from the publishing, citing lack of communication and other problems. Despite such serious issues, Robin Sullivan continues to attend conventions as an expert in small/self-publishing success.
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James Austen
James Austen is a gay self-published author. His attempts in 2011 to self-promote his book, 'Raw Food', at Amazon Forums in violation of Amazon's Terms of Services ended badly, with him antagonising a number of regulars, and him blogging self-pityingly over at Goodreads about his experiences of being 'bullied'. He also launched a vitrolic attack against an Amazon reviewer of his book.
In 2012 he went on a bizarre attack against Kat Kennedy on Twitter, using offensively ableist and misogynistic language, apparently because he mistook her for someone else. Austen's attack was inspired by the creation of stopthegrcbullies.com.
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Dougie Brimson
Dougie Brimson is a former football hooligan and author, who has written about the culture of hooliganism from the inside, as well as fiction. He seems to have enjoyed some measure of success in the 'real' world so his recent forays into internet trollery would seem to be strangely counterproductive. He is a champion of the idea that there is an 'Amazon Review Mafia' composed of Amazon users who pursue and persecute self-published authors by writing negative reviews about them. He also concocted a bizarre notion that Amazon user 'Anna Karenia' was a user of multiple sockpuppets (a theory cheerfully promoted by stopthegrbullies.com) on weak and faulty circumstantial evidence. ('Anna Karenia' does not review at Amazon at all, nor at Goodreads.)
His personal modus operandi seems to derive from his hooligan days, and he has attacked people on Amazon and on Twitter apparently with the sole intention of upsetting them.
He claims to be researching trolling for a screenplay.
His own trolling got him banned from Absolute Write.
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Carroll Bryant
Carroll Bryant is a songwriter and self-published author. He claimed to be associated with stopthegrbullies.com at an early stage, only to say he was no longer involved. However, he is presently an enthusiastic supporter and reporter of 'injustices' at the site, particularly as they pertain to himself.
His fifteen minutes of infamy started when, in a (subsequently deleted) Goodreads blog post, he threatened to post a list of reviewers who accepted his books while apparently promising to review them—only to subsequently fail to do so. After a monumental meltdown in comments on his GR post where 49 year old Bryant's predilection for teenage girls, his stalking of young women, threats and other highly questionable behaviour were all exposed, the post was deleted and he was banned from Goodreads. He subsequently posted the infamous list on his blog, and then this post was also deleted (a continuing pattern for Bryant.) At this point it was noted that some of the sites named and shamed had never heard of him, or promised a review in the first place. It was also noted that he was using someone else's photo for his blog avatar.
Since then he has continued to complain on his blog, on stopthegrbullies.com, and in comments anywhere that will allow him to post, about his innocence and unjust malignment as a predator, even as he had continued to post threats against one particular teenager whose real name he has outed, and whose medical records he has threatened to expose unless she stops being mean abut him. (She just wants him to go away and leave her alone, but he ignores all her attempts to block contact and disengage from dealing with him.)
He's a racist, misogynist, and attacks reviewers. Bryant is clearly an unstable and possibly mentally unwell individual so detailing his many acts of unprofessional behaviour is both too time consuming and unkind to contemplate. However his actions have led to at least one YA review site closing completely, and other review sites closing their doors to self-published works. His habit of comment bombing any site posting critical remarks is one reason this site does not allow comments (nor will emails from this individual be read or replied to.)
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http://goodreadsfollies.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/indie-authors-melt-down-on-gr.html [NB: there is very likely a close connection between this site and the operators of stopthegrbullies.com, so proceed with caution]
M.T. (Michael) Dismuke
Michael Dismuke is a self-published author who posted a rant (originally under the user name 'Shadow Wodahs' on Amazon forums complaining that people who had downloaded his free books were not reviewing, liking or otherwise promote them. When Amazon users reacted badly and the conversation deteriorated, he was encouraged to run to stopthegrbullies.com for comfort by stopthegrbullies.com regular, G. Faso. At that point, the original post was changed to hide the whining complaint, and then Dismuke, after changing his user name a couple of times, deleted all his posts on that discussion. The version of Dismuke's post used by stopthegrbullies.com was not the original one, although this fact was never mentioned.
Dismuke posted some inflammatory blog entries at Goodreads about his 'unfair treatment' but they and his site blog have been deleted.
Dismuke has another Amazon identity, Recurring Nightmare, under which he reviews and posts. He has two twitter accounts, and bizarrely, likes to converse with himself using the different names.
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Emily Giffin
Emily Giffin is a best-selling author whose husband took offense at a (now deleted) one star review on Amazon by 'Avid Reader' of 'Where we belong' and posted a comment calling the reviewer a pyscho. Giffin posted on Facebook appearing to incite further criticism of this review, and praising her husband for his actions.
Another reviewer, Corey Ann Doyle, was angered by Giffin's 'acting out online' and changed the rating of her review of 'Where we belong' from four stars to one star. Giffin then attacked Doyle on Facebook, and her assistant attacked Doyle on her review. Other Giffin fans joined in the attack. Amazon has now removed Doyle's review.
Doyle subsequently received three anonymous phonecalls, one telling her to delete her review, and another telling her to kill herself for being mean to Giffin.
Giffin, despite claiming to have done so, never apologised to Doyle, although she did delete all her critical Facebook comments, though not before claiming Doyle had brought all the harassment and phone calls onto herself.
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Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles is a successful author of Young Adult fiction. In June 2011, Goodreads' user Elle wrote a review of Elkeles' book, 'Rules of Attraction'. The review was written in the form of a pretend conversation between the author and reviewer, making fun of certain traits of Elkeles' writing. The reviewer did, however, rate the book three stars.
In August 2012, Elkeles began to email and harrass Elle over email and private message, leaving critical comments on the review accusing her of bullying, that the reviewer was impersonating her (in what was very obviously a satirical and non-serious piece), and demanding that the review be removed.
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Victoria Foyt
Victoria Foyt is a sometime actress and self-published author, married to the screenwriter Henry Jaglom. Her book, 'Revealing Eden', ostensibly an examination of racism, received a torrent of criticism due to an abundance of racist tropes, poor writing, and the promotional videos for the book which showed a white actress in blackface. Dozens of reviews at Amazon and Goodreads expressed disgust at the concept and execution of this book, and hundred of blog posts and media articles have been written about it, most of these critical. Foyt's defence of her book have only served to inflame matters.
Her husband posted a five star review of 'Revealing Eden' without disclosing he is, in fact, the author's husband.
The promotion of Foyt's book by the once well-respected science fiction magazine, 'Weird Tales', also caused a major controversy.
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Gillian Bagwell
Gillian Bagwell is an author of historical romance fiction. Two of her books have been reviewed on Dear Author, but because she recently made a (apparently now deleted) Facebook entry promoting a post on stopthegrbullies.com, Jane Litte of Dear Author said she would no longer accept Bagwell's books because of the risk to her reviewers. Litte stated when stopthegrbullies.com went live, that she would never review any author associated with the site, so her position is consistent with her previous statement.
Strangely, Melissa Douthit, posting as her 'Johnny Be Good' persona, claims Bagwell would be "much better off" not being reviewed by Dear Author. This indicates Douthit knows next to nothing about Dear Author's position in the romance community (let alone that Jane Litte is, in reality, a prominent lawyer.) Since Douthit is obsessed with stopthegrbullies.com's Alexa ranking, of which she is inordinately proud, she might be interested to know that Dear Author's Alexa ranking is 70,801. By comparison, stopthegrbullies.com's Alexa ranking is 313,449, and Douthit's personal site is ranked 5,198,761.
To advise a romance author to avoid one of the most visited and important romance review and opinion blogs, and that they would be 'better off' without Dear Author, is both foolish and completely wrong.
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Jamie McGuire
Jamie McGuire is a formerly vanity published author who has had a huge breakout success with her book, 'Beautiful Disaster'.
She has attacked several critical reviewers of her book, blocking or banning anyone who disgrees with her assessment from her Facebook and blog, and inciting her fans to attack critical reviewers.
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Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass is the author of the highly successful Young Adult book, 'The Selection'. Her book was reviewed by Wendy Darling at Goodreads and on her blog. Wendy's review was then trolled by anonymous commentators, and Cass's agent, Elena Roth, called Wendy a bitch on Twitter, while she and Cass plotted to manipulate the book's ratings on Goodreads.
Wendy's review is what led Melissa Douthit to out Wendy's real identity and other personal details on her blog, and subequently to the creation of stopthegrbullies.com.
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Melissa Douthit
Melissa Douthit is a self-published author, career sockpuppeteer and internet troll. Big fan of paid reviews. She owns stopthegrbullies.com. See the home page of this site.
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Ryan Winfield
Ryan Winfield is an author who in October 2012, posted on Facebook about a competition he was running, offering $2,500 worth of prizes. Unfortunately, to enter the competition, readers had to leave a review of his book on Amazon, and this is a contravention of Amazon's rule of not allowing payment for reviews.
After a flurry of criticism, and hate directed at the critics by Winfield's fans, the Facebook post was deleted, not before one Amazon user posted a one star review on Amazon warning users about the competition distorting the review system.
This relatively minor faux pas in promotion would have disappeared into the bowels of internet memory, except for stopthegrbullies.com's highlighting it and complaining about Winfield being 'bullied'.
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Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran is a British journalist and author whose book, 'How to be a woman', is currently #154 in the Amazon.co.uk best selling ranks. However, the use of ableist and transphobic language, and other problematic issues in the book have meant that not all readers found it an enjoyable experience, particularly from a feminist perspective. Goodreads reviewer Ceilidh downgraded the book to one star "because the more I think about it, the more I realise how much this book, its blatant hypocrisies, the obvious yet un-addressed bias of the author, the lack of fact-checking and the entire "Vichy France with tits" joke piss me off." She was far from the only reader to post her dissatisfaction about Moran's book.
Ceilidh's review was trolled by Moran supporters, and stopthegrbullies.com regular Goronwy/G. Faso/Annabeth Hole. Subsequently the stopthegrbullies.com posted a false claim that Ceilidh had downrated the book because Moran had blocked her on Twitter.
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Eve Thomas
Eve Thomas is a British romance author who describes herself as a "mum, author, passionate campaigner and founder of The Eve Thomas Institute, World Peace Day and OneVoice." Her novel "The Eyes" was published in 2012 by the notorious scam publisher, Publish America, but although she was apparently unhappy with PA and went to Absolute Write to complain, she later deleted her posts there (although the replies remain.) Proceeds from this and her other book, "Choices – The Darker Years" are supposed to be going to a women's charity. Thomas thought this made her book immune from criticism, and when she received low rated reviews on account of the offensive plot and poor writing, she spammed the reviews with links to stopthegrbullies.com (which she later deleted along with some of her more outrageous remarks), and generally harrassed people. Some of those people who felt harrassed into reading her book left reviews stating that.
After receiving pushback on the spamming and promotion of a site which promotes the stalking of women, she made a defensive blog post claiming she was the victim of bullying on GR but that she had no connection with stopthegrbullies.com, and a second post claiming she had been threatened, and that the police were temporarily in charge of her Goodreads account (a palpably false claim.) Many comments critical of Thomas were deleted on these posts. She also clumsily tried to link her self-induced mess with the tragic murder of Reeva Steencamp.
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Ruthi Kight
Ruthi Kight is an American YA author. In February 2013 the cover of her book "Knotted Roots" (along with dozens of others) was mildly snarked in a regular feature by YA blogger Christina ('A Reader of Fictions'). In March 2013, in a now deleted Facebook post (screen caps preserved by fellow blogger Kara in her status update), Kight objected to this snark, and gave license to a number of her author friends to abuse Christina both on the Facebook post and on Christina's blog.
Kight and others later apologised, after their books had been negatively shelved by other YA readers and bloggers shocked at their behaviour. Unfortunately, Kight's apparently sincere apology didn't stop her running to stopthegrbullies.com to bleat about the 'bullying', thus destroying all the good will she'd created by her apology. She also deleted her Goodreads account.
Since Kight debuted at the bully site, Christina has received at least one private message telling her it's up to her to stop the drama, by which, one assumes, she has to take her original post down or edit it.
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What can we learn from these people?
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Distance Learning (1 day equivalent): from the 1st of October to the 5th of November 2018
Channel design and relationship management are key choices for a successful value delivery to the customer. Wrong interpretations of emerging trends in the distribution and incorrect channel management choices can thwart the firm marketing strategy and the market success of its products or services.
This program will adopt a strategic and international perspective to provide an in-depth assessment of the key issues to be taken into account in managing distribution channels. Participants will have the opportunity to be updated on current innovative techniques and best practices in channel design and relationship management as emerging from practitioner experience and the most recent research on the field conducted by the SDA Bocconi Retailing Observatory. The main phases (from analysis of context to evaluation of performances) of the go to market process will be investigated.
Participants will find the answers to the following questions
- How to reach customers effectively?
- How to build a competitive advantage through channel management?
- How to manage channel relationship effectively? Which are the best KPI to measure the effectiveness of channel management?
The program is designed for general managers, marketing and communication managers, trade marketing managers and retail managers, that are interested in broadening their horizons and implement advanced channel management activities.
"Really good. Smart professors, good course structure, nice class mates. After this program I've got a broader picture of the retail world. There are several tests that I plan to do. It's such an inspiring experience."
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PRE-COURSE ACTIVITY - From the 1st to the 10th of October 2018
Individual assignment on go to market KPI: rebuild of the participants' company KPI to assess the go to market strategy.
FACE-TO-FACE - From the 17th to the 19th of October 2018
Analysis of the context: Emerging trends in retailing - Shoppers insight - Innovative positioning & distribution formats
The role of channels in building a competitive advantage: Channels role in today's economy - Channels relevance in the firm's (marketing) strategy - Innovating through channels
Go to market strategy: Key go to market choices - Multichannel management - Emerging channels - Channel Relationship Management
Distribution effectiveness: Performance metrics – Competitive and economic KPIs
Innovation through Channels: Multichannel & Omnichannel approach - Go to market & digital technology - Innovation Lab day - Mobile Channels
POST-COURSE ACTIVITY - From 22nd of October to 5th of November 2018
Individual assignment: participants select their key learning from the course and create their individual roadmap to implement the key learning in their activity.
- Sandro Castaldo
SDA Professor of Marketing. Scientific Director of the Channel & Retail Academy.
- Monica Grosso
Program Coordinator and Coordinator of the Channel & Retail Academy. SDA Assistant Professor of Marketing. Professor of Marketing at EmLyon Business School.
- Lluis Martinez Ribes
Associate Professor of Marketing at ESADE Business School.
Teaching model
The course offers a stimulating forum for senior executives. Lecturers, guest speeches and practical case discussions are designed to maximize the level of interaction and opinions exchanged with expert professors, guest speakers and among participants themselves.
Enrollment procedure
Please complete the enrollment request form, available on this web page, and mail or fax to:
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The final deadline for enrollment is 11th September 2018. Please see details in the enrollment form.
Participation fee
€ 4.400 + VAT (if required)
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A 10% reduction on the program fee is offered to applications sent in by 2nd August, 2018.
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This program is part of SDA Bocconi School of Management Channel & Retail Academy (CRA) .


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Finding Peace and Healing Body Mind and Soul
Barbara Ann Brennan - Healer.
Most of us spend our lives longing for something.
Welcome to Finding Peace and Healing Body Mind and Soul.
Most of us spend our lives longing for something. We generally can't define exactly what it is: happiness, fulfillment, peace, some sort of certainty that our lives have of meaning. This longing is, of course, well known and certain people – I call them great people – have come forward and devoted their lives to finding answers to this problem, and then endeavoured to teach the rest of us what they have learned.
There are hundreds of modern day spiritual teachers.
We could go to great lengths and list the hundreds of dedicated teachers from the past, the saints, the philosophers, the mystics and even those who have founded our religions. We owe a great debt to them. But they have their reward, I'm sure. Rather, I write here of today's teachers, and there are many of them. The bookshelves in by study bulge with their works: Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Roger Walsh, Stuart Wilde, Edgar Cayce, The Delai Llama – I'm simply running my eyes along my shelves...there are so many.
The Auric Egg - Chakras and auric fields.
Introducting Barbara Brennan
However, in this Hub I would like to mention one modern day teacher in particular. I make mention of her because she has provided what I regard as the most in-depth analysis of the human condition as it pertains to our health and well being, that I've ever read. I don't know how well known she is, but there are details about her on Google. Her name: Barbara Ann Brennan. I have on my desk before me as I write this, a huge paper-back book, a tome, really, called Light Emerging –The Journey of Personal Healing. It's A4 size, has 341 pages and heaps of illustrations, both black-and-white and coloured. But more than that, it has some of the most insightful stuff into the human condition I've ever read. It is terrific!
Finding Peace and Healing Body Mind and Soul.
Without going into a lot of detail, I find that Barbara's concepts and ideas equate very much to my own experiences in Vipassana Meditation, a technique of insightful meditation that I've now been practicing twice daily for nearly twenty-five years. Barbara talks of "Frozen Psychic Time Conglomerates," which are commonly referred to as 'Sankharas' in Vipassana. To quote just one short passage in Chapter One.
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We wall off the deeper part ourselves. We hide behind our ego masks.
"We wall off our wounds. By walling off our wounds, we also wall off our connections with our deeper center or core. Since the creative process comes from the core within us, we have also walled off our creative process. We have literally walled off the deeper part of ourselves from our conscious awareness and our exterior life."
Barbara then goes on to say:
Pain is repressed and held in our auric fields.
"The pain we have repressed started very early in our childhood, many times even before birth, in the womb. Each time since early childhood when we have stopped the flow of energy in a painful event, we froze that event both in energy and time. That is what we call a block in our auric field. Since the auric field is composed of energy-consciousness, a block IS frozen energy consciousness. The part of our psyche associated with that event also froze in the moment we stopped the pain. That part of our psyche remains frozen until we thaw it out..."
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Frozen hangs ups, fears, phobias and traumas stay in us. But there are ways to dissolve them.
There are many ways in which those frozen hang ups, traumas, phobias and fears can be made to become 'unfrozen.' There are ways to dissolve them. I won't go into what they are here; the Hub would become too long. However, I will say that the technique of Vipassana Meditation that I practice (that as taught by Mr. S.N Goenka) also does this. One systematically releases them from the layers they're caught up in within our bodies (I say bodies rather than body, for I'm including our interpenetrating auric fields as bodies here) This is done by sharply focusing ones entire attention and penetrating into the bodies in a systematic way. There is no imagination in Vipassana. No visualization. No affirmations, manras or chanting. One simply stays with the reality. But the reality one finds as one goes deeply within, is not the reality most people are familiar with. But I'll say no more on that.
Mr. S N Goenka or Goenkaji, as he is affectionately called.
Emerging Light is a masterpiece.
Barbara Brennan's book, Light Emerging, is a masterpiece. And apparently it's not her only work. An earlier book on the same subject – that I haven't sighted – is every bit as good, apparently. That one's called, Hands of Light.
As a teacher of what is most important to us – I commend her to you.
I hope you enjoyed reading Finding Peace and Healing Body Mind and Soul.
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Tom, I found this hub most enlightening. I have the authors you mention and, I'm sure, most of the books by them in my personal library. In all my research I've never run across information about Barbara Brenna or Vipassana Meditation by Mr. Goenka. I will be looking for resources by and about them. I loved the fact that you say there is no chanting or mantra's, etc. involved. I think what make many people lose interest is the busyiness of our lives and by the time we can devote to meditation, prayer or any other former of higher power or inner communication we are just too tired
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Friday, 17 August 2012
Pavel Chukhrai: The Russian Game - Русская игра (2007)
Writers: Pavel Chukhray, Nikolai Gogol (novel)
Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Sergey Garmash, Andrey Merzlikin
Awards: Best Directing Festival'' Cinema and Literature'', Russia, 2008
Best Film Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Russia, 2007
Audience Award Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Russia, 2007
Pavel Chukhrai's latest film, The Russian Game, hardly seems deserving of serious review. It depends on the star power of its three leading actors (Sergei Garmash, Sergei Makovetskii, and Andrei Merzlikin), the debonair good looks of a Russian-speaking Italian (Guiliano di Capua), and a mediocre rendition of comic antics reminiscent of Viktor Titov's 1975 classic, Hello I'm Your Aunt (Zdravstvuite, ia vasha tetia) to create a slapstick adaptation of Nikolai Gogol''s play The Gamblers (Igroki, 1843). Chukhrai does his viewers, studying for a 19 th century Russian drama exam, the favor of reproducing Gogol' almost verbatim. As in the play, the film tells the story of three Russian gamblers who move from town to town cheating their unsuspecting opponents out of tens of thousands of rubles. While staying at a provincial inn, this trio serendipitously meets a fourth expert card-shark, who has just arrived from afar. Both parties—the trio and this fourth character—have the same intention: to lure others to the card table and to use slights of hand and marked cards to pocket fortunes. However, upon discovering his superior swindling skills, the trio invites the fourth to join their gang, recognizing him as a potential asset to their schemes. Of course, all is not on the up and up. An elaborate plot to deceive this fourth character, concealed until the final scene, leaves him outwitted and financially ruined. In addition to following the play's plot, the film goes so far as to reproduce a theatrical feel; the artifice of cramped studio sets, stylized costumes, and exaggerated performances that provide evidence of the actors' thespian backgrounds seem better suited to the stage than to the screen.
On one hand, as is the case with other Chukhrai films, most notably The Thief (Vor, 1997) and A Driver for Vera (Voditel' dlia Very, 2004), The Russian Game cannot be dismissed too quickly. It has garnered certain acclaim, winning awards at two of the less important film festivals dedicated exclusively to Russian cinema. At the 2007 Window to Europe (Okno v Evropu) film festival held in Vyborg, Russia, it received the Grand Prize and audience favorite awards. It also was recognized with an award from the Moscow Department of Culture at the Moscow Premiere festival. As a result of these awards, the Russian popular press has reviewed the film comprehensively and positively. Irina Liubarskaia, writing in the weekly journal Itogi, lauds Andrei Zhegalov's cinematography, congratulates the actors on inspired performances, and complimentarily describes the screenplay as witty. Larisa Iusipova, who covered the film for Vremia novostei , deems it as the unqualified leader of the Window to Europe festival program, an opinion shared by Lidia Maslova, a journalist at Kommersant" .
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