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Celebrating the Holidays with a Multi-Cultural Crew
For many, the holidays are indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Yet, they aren't limited to a handful of customs – they're not all about Santa and his eight tiny reindeer. Rather, the holidays include all sorts of traditions and religious rites. This is something to be aware of when it comes to business.
So, how do you celebrate the season with a multicultural crew? Consider the following:
Be inclusive
Instead of focusing on one aspect of a single holiday, celebrate the commonalities. This is a season of hope, joy, love, and laughter, regardless of what day is observed. Focusing on things that everyone can get behind is a great way to help each employee feel included.
Represent all religions
If you bring one religion into your holiday celebration, bring all of them – not just yours. Celebrating one religion over the others is exclusionary and offensive. But celebrating them all helps unite people. While religions can sometimes seem worlds apart, at their roots, they have all sorts of things in common.
Allow people to pass
Of course, the holidays aren't for everyone. From those who don't have any religious affiliation to those who could be Ebenezer Scrooge's long-lost son, there is probably nothing in the company manual that says people must be holly and jolly. If an employee doesn't want to participate in the seasonal soirees, don't force them to.
Offer a variety
Regardless of religion and culture, people have different needs when it comes to food and drink. So, cast a wide net. If you serve alcohol, also serve non-alcoholic drinks. If you serve ham, don't forget about the vegetarians. And make sure you acknowledge food allergies and gluten sensitivity.
Ask for input
Communication is key. If you want to know what makes a good holiday party, ask those who plan to attend. Request input on everything from food to music to decorations. The more opinions you consider, the more included everyone will feel.
Set a dollar limit
If you're exchanging presents as part of your holiday party, be sure to set a dollar limit. A failure to do this can result in a wide abyss of cost differences – one person picks up a travel mug from the local mini-mart while the other buys what can only be described as the "Hope Diamond's second cousin." The best way to make the present exchange comfortable for all involved is to set a reasonable limit and stick to it.
Holiday parties are a wonderful opportunity for your staff to bond. But there are different strokes for different folks and not everyone celebrates the same. Take this into consideration and try to make sure each employee is represented.
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JERUSALEM — Jonathan Pollard, an American imprisoned in the United States for spying for Israel, is seeking to be declared a Prisoner of Zion — a status that would require Israel to do all it can to get him released, his lawyer said Sunday.
Israel, which has pressed the issue of releasing Pollard with the U.S. government, has so far refused to assign him that status, which was originally created for Jewish activists imprisoned in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 80s.
Pollard's petition alleges he was kept naked for more than a year in solitary confinement in subzero temperatures. It claims his U.S. jailers also soaked him with ice water, forced him to sleep on a bare concrete slab, and lied to him that the Israeli government had arranged his release.
His lawyer, Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, said Pollard has complained about torture to the U.S. Embassy since the outset of his imprisonment nearly 19 years ago, but this is the first time the complaints have been included in a legal document.
The document asks Israel's Supreme Court to force the government to declare Pollard a Prisoner of Zion, she said.
Asked what took Pollard so long to go public with the alleged torture, Darshan-Leitner said he did so after despairing of persuading the Israeli government to declare him a Prisoner of Zion.
Pollard was a civilian intelligence analyst for the Navy when he copied and gave to his Israeli handlers classified documents. He was not paid when his spying began in 1984, but acknowledged that Israel later began paying him a few thousand dollars a month.
Pollard was caught in November 1985 and arrested after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli Embassy. His case has strained U.S.-Israeli relations.
Pollard has spent his time in several U.S. federal prisons, most recently at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, N.C. Prison officials did not immediately return a message Sunday.
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Don't Let Your Wedding Stress You Out
If there's anything you should be afraid of, it's NOT your own wedding! I have talked to SO many brides who are just stressed out of their minds. The blogs tell them how to have a wedding. Their family tells them. Their friends who got married last year tell them. Even random strangers have opinions on how they should get married.
So as someone who's been around a LOT of weddings, let me give you a few tips on how to keep your wedding planning happy and stress free. ;)
Pick Your Top 3
Unless you have an unlimited budget, you simply can't have it all. But that is NOT a bad thing! When you can't have everything, you're forced to decide what's truly important to you. Then what you are able to really focus your money and energies on, you appreciate so much more.
Before you start buying, reserving, and booking, sit down and decide what the top three aspects of your wedding are. For me personally, it was the photographer (yeah, shocker I know!), the dress, and the flowers. My budget went in that order too. Anything outside of that, I made sure was the more budget option, DIY-ed or just skipped.
Get Help
On your wedding day, you should not be the point person for anything. I repeat, NO ONE SHOULD BRING ANY PROBLEMS TO YOU ON YOUR WEDDING DAY! Your only job is being blissfully happy and enjoying every moment. So whether it's a bridesmaid, mother, friend, or hired coordinator, you need to have a person that knows everything (you can even give them a binder with the info from all your vendors) so that any questions or problems that may come up are directed to them and not you. Seriously. Just get some help. ;)
It's Literally About You
The whole point of a wedding is to celebrate 2 people coming together in marriage for the rest of their lives. So if a celebration to you and your fiance feels like an elegant, candlelit dinner for 30 of your closest friends and family, do that. If it's fun food trucks and dancing under the stars with 300 people, then do that! If it's just the two of you eloping in the jungles of Puerto Rico, do that (and take me with you!)
Use Inspiration Sparingly
There are so many articles on wedding blogs telling you everything that you NEED to have, that everything is crucial to your wedding, but they have to. Their advertisers sell everything wedding related under the sun and they won't be too happy if the blog suddenly tells brides that all they need to get married is a marriage license. So while blogs, pinterest, instagram, magazines, etc. can be super helpful at finding inspiration for your own priorities, don't let it shift them or make you suddenly feel unhappy that you can't have a gigantic wall of peonies, an elopement to Iceland or a celebrity DJ at your reception. Use inspiration, don't let it use you.
Don't Compare
When did we suddenly start a wedding competition? If comparison is the thief of joy, then it has NO place at our weddings! There are so many unique people and circumstances around each wedding that there is no possible reason to compare them. What matters is that you are in love and have a beautiful moment promising that love to each other! I've had people ask me what my 'best wedding' was, and I honestly didn't know what to say. Is there some ranking criteria that I'm not aware of? Does whoever get the most instagram likes win? Why on earth would you want to make something as beautiful, and meaningful as a wedding be part of some bizarre popularity contest? Ok, I'm off of my soapbox now. But seriously, guys, it's NOT a competition!
What Really Matters
When my grandparents got married, it was a little bit spur of the moment. My grandpa was about to be deployed during WWII and they decided to get married before he left. My grandma bought a white dress, wore it to a few dances before her wedding (such a little rebel!), and they were married at a friend's home and had cake afterwards. The only photo from their wedding (see below) was actually from their honeymoon. No one took a single photo of their wedding. (Insert all my wedding photographer nightmares here!)
Though they did regret not having any photos, the point is that for a wedding, all you need is to get married. My grandparents' wedding would be almost shocking in modern america, though it was pretty much the norm in their time. They were happily married for over 50 years, so I think that counts as proof that all you need is each other.
As fun and beautiful as all the invitations, decorations, photography, dresses, and flowers are, you don't need them. All you need is love, commitment to your marriage, and to enjoy your wedding day as the exciting start of all that! #DontStressOut


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BOSTON (AP) � The Mashpee Wampanoag (WAHM'-pah-nahg) want to open a Massachusetts-licensed casino in the coming years. Whether it will get that chance depends now on what a state commission believes will happen in the tribe's immediate future.
Lawmakers gave the tribe exclusive rights to southeastern Massachusetts' only casino license. But the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is considering opening the region to other bidders.
The Wampanoag's would-be competitors say the tribe faces so many obstacles it won't open a casino for a decade, if ever.
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Sensex ends weak for 4th consecutive session
Mumbai, Sep 3: At 3:30 pm, fall in shares of oil & gas exploration, capital goods, pharma, select auto and power stocks dipped the already weak Sensex.
Bharat airtel, too added to the pressure.
The Sensex closed at 15,378 down 88 points and the Nifty fell 17 points to 4,590.
Sensex trades high; banking sees buying interest
At 1:59 pm, the Sensex traded higher while metal, banking, realty, oil marketing, FMCG, select technology, power and pharma companies shares witnessed buying interest.
The Sensex was up 67 points to 15,535 and the Nifty rose 27 points to 4,635.
In the oil & gas space, BPCL, GAIL, IOC, HPCL and Essar Oil rose from 2.4 to 3%. Cairn India was up by 0.51 per cent while ONGC rose to 0.29 per cent.
Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra and SBI increased from 0.9to 1.7 per cent. In the realty space, Omaxe, Unitech, Sobha Developer, HDIL and Ackruti City were up from 1.5 to 2.5 per cent.
DLF and Indiabulls Real moved up 0.8 per cent.
In the metal pack, Sterlite Industries, JSW Steel, Jindal Saw, SAIL and Sesa Goa rose from 1to 3 per cent.
Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Hindalco slipped from 0.6 to 0.9 per cent.
Top percentage gainers were Todays Writing, Ind-Swift Labs, Archies, Geodesic, Times Guaranty, Swiss Glascoat and Pioneer Distilleries, which rose from 10 to 15.5 per cent.
Top percentage losers were Aroni Comm, Gremach Infra, Steelcast, Nippo Batteries, Axis Capital, Tinplate, Fame India, Austral Coke and Shasun Chemical losing 5.5 to 10 per cent.
Nifty bounces back; metal, auto push high
At 11:16 am, the Nifty bounced back as buying in metal, realty, auto, select power, pharma and banking stocks pushed the market higher.
Reliance Communication rose to 4.5 per cent.
However, selling in Bharti, Tata Power, Cipla, HCL Tech and HDFC chopped gains.
The Sensex rose 74 points to 15,543 and the Nifty up 27 points, to 4,635.
With all the sectoral indices were in the green, the Realty Index increased by 2 per cent.
In the metal space, Sterlite Industries, SAIL, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Sesa Goa, Hindalco and NALCO rose from 0.7 to 2 per cent.
Auto stocks like Bajaj Auto, Amtek Auto, Bharat Forge, Ashok Leyland, Hero Honda and Maruti Suzuki roese from 1 to 3.5 per cent. M&M and Tata Motors went up from 0.4 to 0.5 per cent.
In the realty space, Omaxe, HDIL, Unitech, Indiabulls Real, Ackruti City, Sobha Developer and DLF increased from 1.4 to 3.5 per cent.
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At 9:59 am, the sensex looked up due to the upside in Shanghai while realty, auto, metals and telecom companies' shares traded higher.
The Sensex was up 80 points at 15,547 and the Nifty gained 26 points at 4,634. The CNX Midcap rose to 65 points to 6,093 and the BSE Smallcap up 69 points to 6,938.
Suzlon Energy, Reliance Communication (on the back of Reliance Infratrel IPO), Unitech, SAIL, DLF, Ranbaxy Labs, Sterlite Industries, Reliance Capital, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, BPCL and M&M were the gainers.
However, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Infosys and Wipro were trading weakly.
Midcap Maytas Infra was up 4.5 per cent and reached to Rs 130.
Provogue was up by 3 per cent and Archies rose to 5 per cent. Redington went up by 1.4 per cent and Strides Arcolab rose to 4 per cent.
Newly listed, NHPC went up by 1.5 per cent at Rs 36.85 a share.
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Is my name affecting my credit score?
Dear James,
Could my long name be the reason why my credit check failed? I have five surnames, in total 26 characters. Usually banks, service providers etc have a hard time fitting all my surnames on their systems. They pick and choose to make them fit, resulting in a variety of combinations. This was never much of a problem until I applied for a bank account with another bank and failed their credit check. Could you tell me if this could in fact be a reason to fail the credit check? And what can I do to "collect" all the variants of my name into one person (if at all possible)?
Tiago, London
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It is very likely that that the length of your name and variations in how it has been recorded are causing a problem with credit checks. I think the best place for you to start is by getting hold of a copy of your credit report and reviewing it thoroughly. If you haven't done so already you can get a free report by either trying our CreditExpert service, or ording a copy of your statutory credit report.
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Time and Relative, the child of acclaimed SF&Fantasy author Kim Newman is actually set BEFORE the first television adventure with the First Doctor and Susan in the space and time machine.
Not only the first in a series of novellas but the first to be written as a POV (point of view), yes, it's written as Susan's diary - a very orginal and different idea.
1963, and theres a big freeze in England - snow
covers everywhere and brings life to a halt.
The story really begins when at Coal Hill School when all the kids are sure one of the newly constructed snowmen shoots one of the pupils, strangly, none of the adults take any notice.
It's very hard to review the story itself because it's quite complex but all I can say is that the story is very Doctor Who-ish ...although some elements seem out of place for the Hartnell era, I mean who saw much visual violence in the Hartnell era? Sydney Newman would have been straight down to that production office.
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this exciting new range...it's different and the Beeb books need competition of some kind....I have felt for a while and I know I'm echoed from various internet sources in that the books lately have been a bit 'stale'.....we need a 'new' style of storys for the books, and I believe that the novellas have that style which is needed...................


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What price amateurism?
They say that the MCC abolished cricket's amateur-professional divide in 1962. They are wrong. Men's cricket at the top level may have become totally professional. But women's cricket has remained amateur.
Over 50 years on, I still cannot name a single fully professional female cricketer. No woman anywhere in the world has ever earned her living by playing cricket. Even the very best - like Sarah Taylor and Ellyse Perry - still play largely for the love of the game, not for their next pay cheque. In an era where spot-fixing and IPL auctions dominate the men's game, that is refreshing. But it is also problematic.
We want women's cricket to be exciting, and of the highest standard. But how much can we really demand from our women cricketers without remunerating them appropriately? How much time can they be expected to give to the game when they are also juggling other employment? And will cricket's biggest stars really remain in the game when other careers would pay them so much more? Why should Ellyse Perry stay in cricket when football is potentially much more financially rewarding?
The love of the game is worth a lot. But it doesn't pay the bills.
That is why Cricket Australia's announcement last week - that its top contracted female players will now be able to earn up to U$77,500 annually - is so important. It is a huge increase: the value of their contracts has increased from a minimum of $4800 to $24,000, and from a maximum of $14,500 to $50,000; in addition, tour payments for players have increased from about $96 to $242. (By comparison, England players earn on average $26,800.) The changes will make the players some of the best-paid female athletes in Australia. They also make the Southern Stars the best-paid female cricketers ever.
Not that there is much competition for that label. Up until very recently, it was not just a case of playing for love, but paying to play - and paying a lot. The first Australian tour of England in 1937 meant each player paying a $180 boat passage, which was the equivalent of a year's salary on a basic wage. By their third tour in 1963 players paid about $1050 to travel, still a year's earnings for most players. Teams were usually named up to a year in advance, in order to give those selected the time to fundraise, or in some cases to work two jobs. All players paid for their own playing uniforms. By the 1987 tour, sponsorship had been secured from Qantas, Puma and the Australian Sports Commission, but each player still had to stump up $1500 towards her costs.
This helps explain why England and Australia, who have been playing international women's cricket since 1934, have played just 18 bilateral series' in that time. Up to 2000, Australia had toured England only six times - in 1937, 1951, 1963, 1976, 1987 and 1998 - with more than a ten-year gap between each visit. Why? Players simply could not afford to do so more often, and neither the Australian Women's Cricket Council (AWCC) nor the Women's Cricket Association could afford to subsidise them. During England's tour of Australia in 1957-58, the AWCC shelled out $2200 for travel around Australia, $2400 for accommodation, $500 for catering, $210 for grounds and $73 for umpires expenses. This was as frugal as it was possible to be, but press coverage was poor, and gate receipts were almost non-existent. The AWCC ended up saddled with a deficit of over $2280 in the wake of the tour.
The International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) wanted to arrange more tours. But by 1963 the AWCC was nearly completely broke. At the IWCC meeting held during their tour of England that year, it rejected the proposed increased tour schedule out of hand on the grounds that they "would require more time to finance the visit of an international team than the four years interval proposed". Such were the financial pressures of women's cricket in Australia in the 1960s. It's hard to imagine now, perhaps, but very real at the time.
This brought with it the risk of losing your best players. The Test match Australia played against India in 1977 is a good example of this. Two of their top players on the tour of England the previous year - Sharon Tredrea, who made two fifties over the five Tests and three ODIs, and Karen Price, who took 3 for 6 in 14.2 overs during the final Test at The Oval - did not play. Why not? They were quite obviously two of the best players in the country. The problem was they were broke, short of leave from work, and could not afford to travel to Perth for the interstate tournament. They were therefore ineligible for selection, regardless of merit.
For all these women, the idea of professional women's cricket was laughable. As it was for any woman playing international cricket until very recently. "Women will always play for the love of the game and there will be no professional female cricketers", wrote Rachael Heyhoe-Flint and Netta Rheinberg in 1976. That was just the way it was.
I say "the way it was". It's fair to say that the situation has been transformed in England and Australia since 2008, the year that the ECB and Cricket Australia introduced ambassadorial contracts. It is undergoing a transformation in New Zealand, with the first semi-professional contracts just recently announced by NZC. And this latest step from CA is fantastic, ground-breaking news. Perry will stay in the sport. So will many others.
But there is a caveat. The question now is how long it might take other cricketing nations to catch up. Worryingly, in a recent interview, one of the BCCI's vice-presidents, Niranjan Shah, stated that he sees higher player payments as unnecessary for improving the women's game in India. It's obvious where they stand on the issue. CA's Chief Executive James Sutherland asserted that in the Australian context, "the performances of our female stars justify this step". But doesn't Mithali Raj, currently ranked the second-best female batsman in the world, and fourth on the all-time highest run-scorers in women's ODIs, deserve decent remuneration? Marizanne Kapp made a unbeaten 102 in South Africa's 126-run victory against Pakistan in the World Cup. Where was her financial reward?
Fully professional women's cricket is the next logical development from here. But for it to be a viable prospect, we need more cricket boards to acknowledge the fact that their female players deserve payment. Until then, the amateur-professional divide, the one that supposedly disappeared long ago in men's cricket, will continue to engulf the women's game.
Playing for the love of the game may be admirable. But for those at the top of their sport, should it really still be necessary? Cricket Australia doesn't think so. Nor do I. And nor should any of the other national cricket boards.
Raf Nicholson is a PhD student, an England supporter, a feminist, and fanatical about women's cricket. She tweets here


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Gain in-depth, leader-to-leader knowledge and insights you can put into action right away.
Dig deep into topical issues
Discuss critical trends and tackle current challenges in your profession.
Make valuable connections
Meet and exchange ideas with other PMO leaders in an intimate and informal setting.
Learn by listening to our keynotes
Hear thought-provoking concepts you can use to improve your PMO and deliver strategic initiatives.
Be the first to hear about the trends in your profession
PMO Symposium is where we launch our annual PMI's Thought Leadership Series.
Choose from more than 60 sessions
The formats will range from informal knowledge hubs to traditional educational sessions.


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