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Favorite Furnishing Finds: February 2014
This month's furnishing finds post is dedicated to the wondrous side table. The importance of this piece is often overlooked, though it is such a critical ingredient to any room with dedicated seating. These little gems are where we set our drink, books, glasses, flowers, lamps, tabletop art, and accessories. In the side table we have an opportunity to add color, texture, new materials, and architectural interest.
Though I often use vintage or antique side tables in a space, there are so many great new pieces to choose from. I thought I would share with you some of my favorites here.
Outdoor Furniture Favorites
Summer is in full swing and we're spending a lot of time outdoors these days. The quality of that time can be significantly affected by our outdoor living spaces. Unfortunately we see a lot of outdoor furnishings that are cheap, unattractive and virtually disposable. Below I share some of our current favorites that range in […]
Mark Cravotta's Top 10 Favorite Dining Chairs
Dining rooms tend to be one of the more straightforward rooms in the house. They often consist of only a dining table, a set of dining chairs, a chandelier, and possibly a buffet and a rug. Because there are fewer elements than in most other rooms, the importance of quality and character of each piece is […]


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The NYC Animation/Anime Short Fest (NYCAASF) will be held Marc 25, 2018, in Midtown, New York City, NY, USA.
**** This is a short film festival, only for films 20 minutes or less in length!! We will NOT be screening any films longer then 20 minutes in length!!!!****
Animation is a fantastic, creative medium capable of bringing a storyteller's inner visual world to life and sharing it with audiences everywhere. As the capabilities of computer-generated imagery continue to increase, there are fewer and fewer limitations as to what can be created on the screen.
Anime means "animation" in Japanese. However, in English the word Anime is often used to describe the very distinct style of Japanese animation. In some ways, Anime can be used to explore the everyday lives and fears of young people more effectively than Western Animation.
Join us for the 3rd Annual Animation/Anime Short Fest and become part of a new tradition!
Please be sure to review ALL submission guidelines before you mail the entry. We have limited time and resources to correct application mistakes. Please try and be as accurate as possible. We will contact you by e-mail if there are any problems, so please be sure to watch for e-mails from firstname.lastname@example.com.
We vastly prefer online submissions. If you are submitting with DVD it MUST be formatted as NTSC Region 0 or 1. If your film is selected we will provide full technical specifications but an .mov, mp4 or .mpg works great. All films will be played from a hard drive. Please note, if accepted, we MUST receive the exhibition media AT LEAST TWO (2) WEEKS before the festival.
If your submission is selected, you will be notified by e-mail in the end of March. Accepted filmmakers will be given one free admission pass to the festival. (We cannot help with any transportation, food or lodging costs.) If you are coming to the festival and want to be a part of a panel during the festivities we need to know by March 15, 2018 so we can make arrangements regarding the number and size of panels, etc.
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1. I/we am/are the sole creators of the film, script, short stories, poems which I/we have submitted to the NYCAASFF.
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3. I/we understand that the NYCAASFF will not return and is not obligated to return my film or any other materials I/we have submitted to the NYCAASFF.
4. I/we hereby grant the NYCAASFF the nonexclusive right to use my name, photograph, and likeness in connection with any and all publicity and promotional activities regarding the NYCAASFF.
5. For filmmakers: NYCAASFF may transfer the submitted material to a hard drive for screening, if needed, and if the submitted material is selected for screening the submitted material may be used by NYCAASFF for promotional purposes.
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7. I/we shall be solely responsible for taking all necessary steps to establish and protect my/our copyright in the submitted material, and the NYCAASFF shall have no obligation with respect thereto. The NYCAASFF shall have the right to reproduce all or part of said material for use in its publicity and any and all related communication directly associated with NYCAASFF.
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Modern Wine Room
Why hide your favourite bottles down in the cellar? This elegant personal tasting room is designed to show off.
Rather than hiding it away in a cellar, Victoria designer Terry Johal put this ultra-modern wine rack on full display by enclosing it in glass in the centre of a high-tech media room. "I wanted a break from the traditional wood rail and oak barrel elements," says Johal. Instead, above a pair of slick barstools, he installed an LED-lit wall to back a glowing collection of bottles, all balanced on long pegs of stainless steel. Among the whites and reds, a tablet appears to hover, logging and displaying information about the wine collection. Johal didn't eschew the wine cellar look entirely, though: a warmly lit sapele-wood bar top and a pebble tile are welcoming natural touches that make an evening spent here, sipping and swirling inside this jewel box of a room, seem irresistible.


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Our Rights – a Bundle of Rights
According to the US Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 106 scholarly authors hold exclusive copyright on all their works unless they create works under contracts that stipulate otherwise, or unless they license those rights to others.
The rights of copyright are these:
"(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;
(5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and
(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission."
When we wish to have others publish our work, we must be aware of the rights we have and the rights we wish to license to others for the right to publish.
Commercial publishers solicit and accept our manuscripts for publication, then formally request our permission for copyright, usually in the past in a printed letter, but increasingly in an electronic agreement form. The copyright agreement is usually written by a specialist for the publisher, who wants to make a profit from our work. Scholars respond to the agreements in ways ranging from handing over all the rights stated above for no compensation to using agents who negotiate for complex financial or other compensation.
Negotiating Rights With Commercial Publishers
Driven by a need to publish and establish an elite reputation, many younger scholars sign publisher agreements with little to no thought about the rights involved and this can be a mistake with far-reaching consequences. We may well want to concentrate on the copyright agreement with care and consideration so that we are not hampered by rights issues as we produce subsequent versions of our scholarship and derivative works.
There are several discussions and examples on the web regarding negotiation strategies that allow adequate rights for commercial publishers to use our work to make profit and provide venues for distribution and thus impact, and adequate rights for us to use our scholarship for our own advantages. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC ) resources pages include a thorough and helpful discussion regarding negotiation.
The Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office also has a thorough discussion to assist authors.
We may wish to consider the possibility and consequences of developing and using open access venues for our work and to explore these possibilities for greater impact worldwide. Open access involves less traditional barriers to access due to publisher copyright restrictions and royalty fees for users/readers.
Open Access Publishing
Open access publishing includes a variety of venues that provide low or no barrier access to our work, and may therefore produce widespread impact. Some commercial publishers offer open access publications that are free to users, but the authors pay royalty fees at the time of publication. Commercial publishers have built a variety of models to ensure their profits and at the same time to provide free access to users/readers. Other open access venues are built and maintained by non-profit organizations which publish using web-based technologies and fund such venues as part of the organization's operations. A thorough discussion of open access publishing is provided free of charge by MIT Press and written by Peter Suber.
Whatever venues we choose to publish and distribute our work, we will be well served by managing our copyright based on strategies that enhance our advantages and place our work in venues that will provide the best access for our intended audience.
If you are interested in more information about these issues contact the library's copyright specialist, Lorre Smith, firstname.lastname@example.com or 447-3946.
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Wedding reception drinks served with your canapés, subject to the time of year think about what drinks to serve to your guests on their arrival. Summer fruit pimms is very popular made with fresh strawberries & cucumber that day, Champagne is a traditional drink to offer guests and maybe mix a few with cassis or serve a rose Champagne. Consider serving a Cava instead of Champagne, similar drink, not as dry and it can be a 3rd of the price per bottle.
Pre-mixed summer cocktails can really get the party going early, Mojito, Strawberry or Rum daiquir……to name a few
A winter wedding, i know its a little christmassy but you can't beat the smell of mulled wine simmering away with fresh nutmeg & cinnamon.
Just another money saving tip if you plan to provide your own drinks, check with your caterer first as most will charge you a corkage fee, (we don't) it's your choice I know but when you consider a glass of Champagne will cost you around £3.50 for a mid-range label, compare that to a Cava at around £2.00 per glass (cost prices), multiply that by your 120 guests at 2 glasses each then you could save £360 just on your reception drinks!
Soft drinks for the drivers or the non drinkers, fruit punch offers something different and a recipe we came across years ago and continue to use it to this day is, Orange & Pineapple juice, Ginger ale, topped up with Lemonade served with ice n lemon always a refreshing choice. You could consider providing a cup of tea, maybe not directly at the drinks reception but out of the way from the catering tent, there will always be an auntie who after 2 hours on her feet will beg, steal and borrow to get a brew.
If you want to save some money for the honeymoon and assuming you are having a bar within your marquee, open it early and let your guests help themselves!
More to follow…………..or email the firstname.lastname@example.com or visit us at http://www.callthecaterers.co.uk for more info…….


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2019 Honda Cr-V Exterior and Interior Review
2019 Honda CR-V Redesign
- Good trip and dealing with steadiness
- Wonderful fuel economy
- Consumer-friendly infotainment system
- Larger alloy wheels harm ride high quality
- Inconsistent inside construct quality
- Imprecise guide transmission operation
The 2019 Honda CR-V will get a brand new exterior shade, Satin Metal Grey Metallic. Additionally, hatchback models at the moment are accessible with the diesel engine. The 2019 Honda CR-V acquired a five-star general security rating from the NHTSA (out of a doable five stars). In IIHS evaluations, the 2019 Honda Cr-V Exterior and Interior Review has solely been examined in side and average front overlap impact exams where it obtained a Good score (Good is the best possible score). It also received a Basic ranking on the IIHS' entrance crash prevention take a look at for having an accessible ahead collision warning system (Superior is the highest score for the front crash prevention check).
That is the story of the brand new 2019 Honda CR-V, actually. It's full of options and demonstrates a sophisticated mechanical prowess, but it's explicit about issues. It's medical and precise, in some methods to a fault, however balanced with obvious worth and features. Just like the hit man, the 2019 Honda CR-V isn't any nonsense up front, however there's an underlying warmth and want to please once you get to comprehend it.


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Why do people buy hand crafted bespoke shoes when they are more expensive than machine-made shoes?
No ready-to-wear shoe can achieve the style and fit of a bespoke one because the skilled human hand can still stitch more complex shapes than the best machine.
A ready-to-wear shoe is made to fit the average foot and the average taste. With your own shoe, you can choose from the finest leather or other skin in the World and any available combination of colour or shape you like. The shoes you take home from 83 Jermyn Street will be unique and come to you directly from the craftsmen who made them for you.
To the cognoscenti, a bespoke shoe, unnoticed by most people, is a discreet sign of good taste and individuality.
Some of us have foot problems. The orthopaedic case is a specialist job that we don't normally cater for. However, many people have minor problems that cause unnecessary discomfort. Our shoemakers have a reputation for creating an elegant look for the problem foot and the bliss of foot comfort, invisible to others, is greatly appreciated by the wearer!
And finally, True individuality, like any original work of art, can come only though something created uniquely for you.
Who can I talk to, to learn more?
You can get advice on commissioning a pair of boots or shoes by calling in at the shop during business hours, by arranging for us to visit you, or by attending one of our periodic visits to the USA and Japan. We have an extensive display of our shoes in the shop and you will be welcome to examine them.


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Nov 03, 2017 - 12:26 pm CDT
Three new parking garage elevators at the Austin airport receive upgrades and now use bio friendly hydraulic vegetable oil. Bag Claim 1 doubles in size and completes modernization while Austin Article relocates to new location across from Gate 9.
Carousel 1 bag claim opens, doubles in size
The construction to modernize and double the size of Carousel 1 at the Austin airport is complete as the carousel became operational on Nov. 1. The old 138 linear foot I-shaped bag claim system has been replaced by a new 274 linear foot U-shaped carousel. This almost doubles the size of the carousel that is now quieter and faster.
Work will next begin on replacing Carousel 2. As part of the overall airport improvement project, carousels 2-6 which are original equipment from 1999 will be replaced and modernized individually at their same size. Carousel 7 was constructed in 2015 along with Carousel 8 in Customs.
Elevators upgraded in garage, bio oil and reclaimed stone used
Frequent garage parkers will notice a fresh new look to three of the six elevators of the close in parking garage. The renovated elevators, No. 4-6 are now more energy efficient and quieter, using 100-percent biodegradable non-toxic hydraulic vegetable oil. Modernizing the elevators with a new hydraulic ram system and new signage, the updated elevator cars now operate with a new air conditioning system and have new interior and flooring.
Reclaimed stone was used for the elevator trim. This was stone that saved from the infield construction project that create Customs and Checkpoint 1. The elevators dated back to 1999 when the terminal opened and had reached the end of its service life. Plans are set to begin the rehab of garage elevators 1-3 in early 2018 by Gadberry Construction Inc., the primary contractor for the elevator work.
Now two crews are working 12 hours shifts to complete the upgrades to the elevator, near Gate 13 that leads to the American Admirals Club, United Airlines Club and the Knot Anymore private treatment area. The clubs are accessible by stairs but if assistance for alternate elevator access is needed during the renovation please call (512) 903-6010 for assistance.
Austin Article opens near Gate 9
Austin Article has relocated to a new 2,467 square foot location next to the east terminal exit doors, across from Gate 9.
The store offers University of Texas apparel, best-selling books, magazines and snacks, Austin themed gifts, jewelry, hats and comfort travel items. Local Austin area products and brands include Lammes Candies, Epic chicken and bison jerky and Jardines sauces and salsa. Also selling kid's clothing and gifts, the open store-front designed Austin Article has historic names and images of the city and the surrounding areas.
Operated by Paradies Lagardere, the Austin Article opens at 4 a.m. daily and closes after the final departures of nearby gates.
Aviation earns SMBR Department Advocate Award for diversity in contracting
Aviation was named the Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department Advocate Award winner at the 2017 Contractors' and Consultants' Appreciation Event for Diversity in Contracting.
The SMBR honor is awarded to a City of Austin department who shows commitment and support for SMBR's mission. The award recognizes the encouragement and promotion of subcontracting opportunities, to certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Businesses Enterprises (DBE), to compete for work and contracts.
Aviation has 40 DBEs working on the 9-gate terminal expansion, new parking garage and administration building projects. There are 38 MBEs / WBEs providing professional services and construction subcontracting work, and 10 working on airport concessions.


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Frontman James Hart Discusses Burn Halo's Rise 'Up From the Ashes'
Frontman James Hart and his band Burn Halo have much to be proud about with their second studio album, 'Up From the Ashes,' featuring the single 'Tear It Down' and the recently promoted track 'Dakota.'
Music fans may know Hart from his lengthy career with rock band Eighteen Visions, but he continues his passion for music with Burn Halo as they promote their new and very collaborative album by going on the tour with Drowning Pool this summer.
While on the road, Hart checked in with Loudwire to discuss, music, friendships, influences and the difficulties of picking a band name.
Tell me a little about your new song 'Dakota' musically and lyrically.
Musically, that song came about kind of when we were in our early stages of writing the album. Our guitar player Brandon [Lynn] had a band that he was in a few years ago that was just a band for about a year and he had written this song and recorded music for it and he showed it to us back in May of 2010 and we really, really liked it.
There were some things that we needed to change about it just to fit what we were doing, but it was a good breath of fresh air because we were trying to force these songs that maybe you would have heard on the first album that weren't us as songwriters collectively. We thought we were really holding ourselves back but this song really opened the door for us to be creative and be individuals, musically and artistically.
Lyrically the song is about depression, despair; it's about somebody that lives inside their own prison and can't get out; they refuse to accept the help of anyone around them that cares about them; they just continue to draw themselves into the dirt.
Do you guys have another single picked out from the album?
We've got a couple of really good ideas of what we would want to go with next in terms of radio. One song would be the title track, 'Up From the Ashes.' I feel like that's a great rock song with high energy; it's a really easy listen. Two other songs that come to mind are 'Threw It All Away' and 'Stuck in a Rut.' Both of those songs lyrically are just so relatable to your everyday person. We feel that they would be successful and maybe help people get through some things in life that they're going through.
How would you describe the music of Burn Halo versus the music of your former band Eighteen Visions?
The first album was night and day different than anything I had done in Eighteen Visions; it was more of a standard, very traditional rock album with some very little metal influences on some of the guitars. On the new album, I really feel like it could have been the next Eighteen Visions album or it could have even been the Eighteen Visions album of 2006. I think it's just got that edginess to it, it's much much heavier than the last album and it's just got that aggressive side to it that Eighteen Visions had, kind of like a metal swagger to the music. I think that's a big part of who I was and who I still am today. I'm glad we made this album because it's brought out a lot of those characteristics in me that I had bottled up for the last two years.
What inspired 'Up From the Ashes' and the cover of the album?
The music behind the whole album was just inspired by us individually, we really wanted our personality to shine through. The album name comes from what we've been through as a band in the last two to three years, a couple of member changes, we've gone through some peaks and some valleys, the ups and downs in life and just music in general, it's tough out there sometimes, situations are thrown your way that you're not always prepared for. You feel like sometimes you want to give up and throw in the towel but we really came together as a band and really rebuilt the name and what Burn Halo is and what we're about and I don't think we would have been able to do that with just another songwriter and the same approach we took on the last album. We just kind of feel like that we've been through all these issues and had all these troubles along the way and they really helped develop who we are as a band, individually and musically.
As far as the album art, we felt like we wanted to do something visually that gave the concept of good and bad or despair and hope and the middle icon of the girl being torn in two. One side goes into this very stable, cool, relaxing forest and it's all about nature and the other side of her is being pulled into this hellish world which we all live in. We're constantly being torn in two and you just have to stand your ground in the middle and hold tight.
What do you think is the biggest difference between this album and your self-titled debut?
The biggest difference is we have a real band. There was no band behind the writing process of the first album; it was just me and a songwriter with a couple of friends brought in here and there to write some riffs but it wasn't a full on group effort. You only have two, maybe three tops, of musical influences individually on that entire album and with this one there are four songwriters and five musicians that played on this entire album and we're really able to come together creatively and expose who we are. I think that's important for a band and for an album. I feel better moving forward with this album and playing these songs live is just a great feeling and people love them, they really translate and come across.
You collaborated with Synester Gates of Avenged Sevenfold on the first record, how would you describe your relationship to Gates and the rest of Avenged Sevenfold?
He was great to work with, when I first started Burn Halo and I didn't know what it was going to be, I talked to him about writing music. He called me and we were talking one day and he said he had some music for me and I really really liked it; the song became a track called 'Anejo' on the first album which we made some minor changes to it but that's one of our better live tracks off that first album that we do play that people really love. Working with him was great; he came into the studio and we thought it would be cool to have him track like a lead guitar on the song and he was all for it. We had him play on our single 'Dirty Little Girl' which was great, as well, had him in the video and everything so my relationship with those guys in general runs really deep.
Just back from my Eighteen Visions days, growing up, going to high school with Matt [M. Shadows] and Zack; I met Matt before any of them, I had guitar class with him and hung out with him at school and outside of school. We kind of grew up playing music together, we always try to look out for each other; me for them when they were coming up and they've always definitively had my best interest at heart.
What band or musician would you like to collaborate with whom you haven't already?
It would probably have to be Dave Grohl. If I was going to write a song with anybody and have them record it, it would be him. He can play guitar, he can plays drums and I'm pretty damn sure he can play bass, too, so I think that would be really cool. He's an icon of my generation.
Just wondering where the name Burn Halo came from?
I was going through names, picking a band name is such a hard thing to do, unless you've got something that means so much that isn't already taken or doesn't sound too ridiculous. I was originally going to call the band Burning Halo, which doesn't necessarily mean that the halo on fire or anything like that; it just means that it's illuminated, it's lit up, it's glowing. It's usually something angelic and pure and it's a sign of hope. Our manager suggested that drop the "ing" and just call it Burn Halo and it sounds a little bit meaner.


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Friday, June 12, 2009
New Directions?
What possibilities there are when one's willing to go through the garbage. Made using discarded movie film and shots taken at the last rave I attended in March. Oh to be 15 again...
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Welcome to Memorial Counseling Center
Life has a way of getting us off track. Situations, people, and even our own actions or reactions to things in or out of our control take us far from where we thought or hoped our life would be. Perhaps you have had this experience.
Maybe you are dealing with one of the following situations:
You have a loss or losses that you just can't seem to shake.
The lingering effects of past hurts keep you paralyzed.
Happiness eludes you as you battle the feelings of depression or anxiety.
A relationship has gone awry and you aren't even sure why or how to reconnect.
You have a teenager in your family that needs support and it feels as though he or she resists your efforts to help.
It feels as though everyone else you know or come in contact with seems more capable and has greater self-confidence than you do.
Loneliness is your constant companion and you are weary of going through another day without any genuine support.
You want to enrich your current relationship or do your best to avoid future conflicts and detachment.
Things are going okay, but having a safe space to process some concerns would be helpful.
The goals you have for the future are there – somewhere – and it would help to gain clarity and commitment towards reaching them.
You have a vision for the future that seems very out of reach and you've almost given up.
At the Memorial Counseling Center, we have compassion for the difficulties that individuals and couples experience. Our goal is to provide a safe place to explore and understand those things that have gotten you off track and to provide professional guidance and direction for making changes that will improve your life. Providing a 'safe place' means that we give you the acceptance, warmth and encouragement needed to make reflection and change possible. We understand that counseling takes courage and we accept you where you are and do our guiding gently and collaboratively.
We use a variety of approaches in working with clients depending on the issues identified and the goals the client is seeking to achieve. If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, we look forward to working with you to achieve your goals. We hope you will take the time to learn about each of our counselors and find one that you believe is a good fit for you and what you are trying to resolve or achieve.
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News about the economy doesn't seem to be getting any better and the costs of gas and food just keep rising. This has made many students who are currently pursuing college degrees think twice about their choice of major. And while no job is 100% secure, there are plenty of industries out there that offer stability during unstable times. According to Sophia Koropeckyj, a senior economist at Moody's Economy.com, the following five industries have shown to be "recession-proof:"
1. Security
Crime is always a problem, no matter how the economy's doing, so the demand for security experts, port security specialists, and police officers will likely grow. In fact, when funds are scarce, more crimes tend to occur. Data security specialists, who work to combat hackers and prevent terrorism and identity theft, are in demand as more and more people depend on computers to store private information. To become a data security specialist, you typically need a bachelor's degree in computer science. Data security specialists earn an average annual salary of $41,470.
2. Healthcare
Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries because people will always need medical attention, despite the state of the economy. Healthcare professionals that are in demand include nurses, physicians, physical therapists, pharmacists, and health aides. There's a particularly dire need for registered nurses. You need an associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing in order to become a registered nurse. The average annual salary of registered nurses is $58,500.
3. Government
Government jobs are affected by economic downturns, but only slightly. Tax revenues are down and there are a limited amount of state and municipal government positions available, but there will always be a demand for court clerks, public safety officers, and especially administrative services officers. You generally need a bachelor's degree to qualify for administrative services manager jobs, which pay an average of $68,000/year.
4. Energy
Jobs related to alternative and renewable energy are likely to achieve steady growth in the coming years in response to rising gas prices. Energy companies may also hire physicists to research methods for limiting fuel consumption. To become a physicist, you generally need a master's degree. Physicists earn an average annual salary of $72,910.
5. Environment
As people becoming increasingly aware of environmental problems like global warming, there's a growing need for scientists and engineers to help companies develop "green" technologies. There's also a high demand for environmental engineers who can help to combat air, water, and soil pollution with their knowledge. You need a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering and a license from the board of registration in your state to become an environmental engineer. The average annual salary of environmental engineers is $47,960.
Plenty of careers are growing, despite the slow growth of our economy. So, if you're about to go to college and are stressing about what online degree program to choose, consider pursuing a degree that would qualify you to work in a recession-resilient industry.


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What does the Bible tell us about our interaction with satan?
So many time I hear Christians say they are doing battle with Satan, or they are fighting him and that confuses me. Nowhere that I know in the Word of God does it say we are to do battle with satan. The only place I do know satan is referenced is for us to first submit ourselves to God, then STAND against satan and it says after we do those two things then satan will flee. Then James (Jesus brother) says to draw closer to God and He will come closer to you.
So the question is HOW do we STAND against satan? First I believe you you should not listen to him and what he says so you are not tempted. When you have the Word of God hidden in your heart and you are tempted to do or say something against Gods Word you immediately know it is wrong and you TAKE a STAND and say NO! Basically you DO NOT listen to the temptation because you submitted to God's Word instead of satans word.
I think this is very much like humans, if we are near someone and they consistently do not listen to what we are saying, eventually we will leave and go find someone that will listen to us!
The Word says that Jesus already defeated satan on the Cross and put him under our feet, so why do we think we should do battle with him? It is our duty to not listen to him and STAND on God's Word. I look it as why would I ever lower myself from the place Jesus seated me in Heavenly Places to come down to satans defeated level. When you do this you will always loose against satan because you are on his territoty. Instead stay seated with the Savior and simply resist the temptation staying subbmitted to God's Will and Word and you will see life becomes a lot easier.
The next time you are tempted, try walking out what the Word of God says instead of "doing battle". Simply resist him standing on what God has already said, and simply DO NOT listen to the temptation and satan will flee!
So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. Come close to God and He will come close to you. Jas 4:7-8 AMP


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Baltimore, Md. – Aug. 27, 2014 – Under Armour, Inc. today announced that Kevin Plank, chairman and chief executive officer, and Brad Dickerson, chief financial officer, will present at the Goldman Sachs Annual Global Retailing Conference being held in New York City on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 11:20 a.m.
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Mention Belle Vue at an Archives+ event and you get a rush of memories from those of a certain age.
We have some fantastic posters and photographs in our collection. Not only was there a zoo and a circus on site, but the funfair and sideshows added to the attractions. Wrestling and concerts also took place in Kings Hall.
I have my own memories of Belle Vue. One family legend is that my uncle donated a tortoise that grew too big to be a household pet. I wish I had a photo of that!
However one memory that always intrigues me is my visit to the Flea Circus. I'm still not sure whether these were genuine or an urban myth. I know what I saw in that little booth, standing round a table with tiny tightropes,sword fights and miniature chariots that moved. I can recall the lady in charge showing us how she fed the fleas on her arm.The fleas seemed positively pampered. A few years later, around 1971, I saw an appeal in the Manchester Evening News begging for human fleas, in short supply as living conditions improved. It may have been a publicity stunt, but it convinced me that I hadn't invented my childhood visit.
Was it all an illusion? Why didn't animal fleas work, harnessed to those little chariots? There would have been no shortage of them among the creatures in the Zoo. Surely there was no need for the 'trainer' to feed them from her own blood supply!
Now you can trace the history of the flea circus and its different forms through the internet.The National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield is a great source of images and information. As a child I was happy to suspend my disbelief and accept it for a fascinating and unforgettable spectacle presented in that tiny side show booth at Belle Vue.


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The past few months have been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the Windows Phone navigation app GPS Voice Navigation.
Last month the app was recognized as the Best International App at the Mobile Excellence Awards. Then the app was pulled from the Windows Phone Store due to a dispute with Nokia Maps. And now, the app has been re-released with a few features missing and a few new ones added to the mix.
While we don't know the particulars of the issues that caused the app being de-listed, it's nice to see the developer being able to work around the restrictions and re-release a rather capable Windows Phone navigation app.
As a result, a few features had to be tabled due to terms of use restrictions. The re-released version lacks off-line mapping, 3D mapping and night mode features. The new version does have map caching, a new home screen design and an "insert via" functionality which allows you to add intermediate points to your route.
While Nokia Maps is no longer available you still have access to Bing, Google and MapQuest maps. As well as adding new features to GPS Voice Navigation, the developer hopes to restore the missing features (off-line maps, 3D view, etc.) eventually.
Additionally, to prevent those who purchased the original version of GPS Voice Navigation from paying twice, the new version is free for a limited time.
GPS Voice Navigation has been around for some time and always struck us as a quality navigation app. It is available for both Windows Phone 8 and 7.x devices.
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November 3rd, 2010 at 11:59 am ModerateI love how you captured the water droplets on the leaves! Beautiful!
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The game follows the exploits of the game's three main protagonists, Papa Doc, Jane Starling, and Blue Belly, as they try to stop the resurrection of a demon god, which is orchestrated by Papa Doc's treacherous wife aided by the pirate crew of Greenbeard and an army of zombies. After she captures the pirate king Flint and knocks out the three protagonists, the three find themselves cursed with their souls separated from their bodies.
The gameplay follows standard point and click adventure games but with a twist. Having been cursed, the three protagonists are able to interact with the world as either themselves normally or leave their bodies and interact as ghosts. As ghosts, they are capable of moving through walls and manipulating things without being seen or heard by most characters. However due to being ghosts, they are unfortunately unable to pass through or touch certain ghost warding barriers such as a line of salt. To pass, they thus have to find ways to clear the barriers away through other means.
Along with the ghost mechanics, each individual character is equipped with a set of skills. In relation to the curse, they are also able to communicate with each other telepathically and able to use each other's body in order to solve certain puzzles that each one alone is incapable of solving. Papa Doc is a strong Vooju priest and is an expert in most Vooju related areas such as reading certain hieroglyphics. Jane Starling is a nimble pirate and is an expert in most pirate techniques such as forging papers. Blue Belly is fat little pirate and is an expert in cooking and other related matters.
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THE MERCY. Starring: Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, and David Thewlis. Also, Ken Stott. Directed by James Marsh. Rated M (Coarse language). 102 min.
This British biographical drama is based on a script written by Scott Z. Burns after he saw the historical documentary directed in 2006 by Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond, titled "Deep Water". Both that documentary and this film depicts the failed attempt by amateur sailor, Donald Crowhurst, to circumnavigate the world by sailing around it.
Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) competed in the 1968-1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe, Around The World Yacht Race, and wanted to be the first person in history to sail around the globe solo without stopping - "blessed by the size of the sea", as he said. Aware of risk, he leaves his wife and three children and sets off in a boat that was clearly not seaworthy enough for the journey, and to support his venture, he promised to give everything he had away, if he didn't finish. He never finished his journey, and his abandoned trimaran, the "Teignmouth Electron", was found drifting in the Atlantic more than seven months after he set off. Crowhurst's last words written in his logbook were: "It is the Mercy", suggesting he anticipated release from mental torment.
Crowhurst's body has never been found. Instead of the heroic tale that might have been told, this is an immensely sad and tragic story of a man who put notoriety and fame first, and wanted desperately to prove his worth to those who knew him, especially his family - but couldn't. His desire for fame cost him his treasured love of his family. It is known that Crowhurst lied about his position in the race; he lied to his wife by radio from his boat; and his press agent back in Devon, Rodney Hallworth (David Thewlis), falsified his race position. Crowhurst himself filed fake journey logs to chart his boat's fictional progress, and he made landfall in Argentina, breaking the rules of the race. Rather than facing defeat, Crowhurst is presumed to have taken his own life.
The movie takes a more inquisitive look at events, and it captures compellingly Crowhurst's tragic downward path to mental instability, especially when he begins to hallucinate. Did he slip and fall overboard? Did he take his own life? Or did he find his way to land to disappear from the sight of others for the rest of his life? The film movingly, allows for the plausibility of different scenarios, accentuating, dramatically, the mystery component of Crowhurst's disappearance.
The acting is very impressive, and the cinematography is excellent. Firth gives a very convincing, and sensitive portrayal of Crowhurst's ambition and his subsequent mental decline. He shows courage, ingenuity and dignity, and combines these traits with naivety, and irresponsibility. The story is a tragic tale of misjudged pursuit of honour and self-glory. Crowhurst's loving wife, Clare, is captured very movingly and effectively by Rachel Weisz. The film has her letting her husband pursue his dreams, even though she has serious doubts about his capacity to realise them. And never at any time does the film undermine the importance of family togetherness, under stress.
The movie saturates itself with unanswered questions. It gives no final answer to them, and nobody knows what really happened to Crowhurst, and it is clearly directed by James Marsh with modern dilemmas in mind. When "fake news" is manufactured, as it was by Crowhurst and his press agent, the film highlights the issue of what consequences are thereby created. In this and other ways, the film's dilemmas have significant contemporary, social and political relevance.
This movie is uncomfortable viewing, but also a very compelling one. It confronts the viewer with the question of "how one behaves, mentally and physically, after the knowledge of having made a serious mistake"? Who shares in the recovery process? And what price does the pursuit of false information create for oneself, and for others (especially the media) complicit in the deceit? In the film, the descent of Crowhurst into possible madness is modestly restrained, but the issues his predicament raises swirl around unanswered in a context of shrouded mystery. This is not a movie that provides simple answers, or moral certainty, and it drifts intentionally into difficult moral waters that can sometimes surround ambiguous events. It is a movie that deserves to be seen.
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Participants in four major outdoor challenges taking place during May are being urged to conquer their career ambitions in Cumbria too.
Choose Cumbria has dubbed May a month of Challenges, and will be promoting the virtues of a challenging career in Cumbria to walkers, cyclists and runners taking part in the Keswick to Barrow and Coniston to Barrow Walks, Fred Whitton Challenge, Walking with the Wounded's Cumbrian Challenge and the Brathay Windermere Marathon.
Choose Cumbria promotes the County as the best place to work, live, learn, play and do business. It has thrown its support behind the charitable events to raise the profile of Cumbria as a place where people can test their intellectual mettle with a wide range of employers as well as test their endurance in stunning and inspiring surroundings.
Choose Cumbria will have branding, leaflets and its popular mint cake bars at the Keswick to Barrow (K2B) Walk on Saturday, May 6, where teams of between six and 12 members tackle a challenging 40-mile route through the Lake District to raise money for charities and good causes. Now in its 51st year, it continues to attract teams and competitors from all over the UK.
The Choose Cumbria team will also be present at the Fred Whitton Challenge signing in event on the afternoon of Saturday, May 6 to speak to participants who will take on the lung-busting 112-mile cycle sportive that takes in climbs of Kirkstone, Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Hardknott and Wrynose passes on the following day. A celebration of the life of popular Lakes Road Club member Fred Whitton, the event has a legendary status for its gruelling but rewarding route through the Lake District.
The Choose Cumbria team will swing back into action again the following week, with a presence at the Walking with the Wounded Cumbrian Challenge, which takes place on Saturday, May 13. The event – supported by Choose Cumbria partners BAE Systems – sees teams from companies and organisations from across the UK tackle "fun and testing" 16, 23 or 29 km courses in the heart of the Lake District to raises funds to support wounded veterans back in to work and independence.
And lastly, Choose Cumbria will again be supporting the Brathay Windermere Marathon, which has raised more than £1 million in the past 10 years to help vulnerable children, young people and their families. 'The Beautiful Marathon' is a 26.2 mile anti-clockwise lap around Windermere, while a half-marathon route takes in the cosy village of Hawkshead, Esthwaite Water and stunning views of the iconic Langdales and the surrounding fells. The event is one of three Brathay Challenges that Choose Cumbria will be supporting, the others being cycling challenges in June and a rowing challenge in September.
Luke Dicicco, project manager for Choose Cumbria, said: "May is certainly the month for challenges in Cumbria and we're really excited to supporting events that give people the chance to pursue their passions and raise money for good causes.
"We're keen to continue the feel-good factor that comes with these events, by showcasing the many new career challenges that companies and organisations in Cumbria have to offer. Many people still aren't aware that they can achieve the personal and career goals here, and that's where Choose Cumbria – armed with its now legendary branded mint cake – is here to help!"
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NASW WI Student Ambassador Program
The NASW-WI Chapter is proud to announce the launching of a new Student Ambassador Program at many of the accredited schools of Social Work across the state!
Inspired by our friends in Massachusetts, we've developed a program that we hope will create a stronger and more personal relationship between the chapter and Social Work students. Once selected, ambassadors will be responsible for spreading the word that NASW is more than just an organization to read about in a textbook, but seeks to offer as much assistance to future, present, and former Social Workers as possible, while also advocating for the profession on important issues. This will be an open dialogue in which student ambassadors will be our voice on campus about member benefits, programs and current advocacy efforts, while simultaneously making us aware of all the great things Social Work students are doing through their student organizations and individually in the community.
We're excited to work closely with our ambassadors, as they are both the current leaders on campus and future leaders of NASW and the profession.
So far, our ambassadors include:
Erin Peterson at Concordia University,
Klaudyia Padilla at Marian University,
Zoie Bauer at University of Wisconsin – Madison,
Janelle Randall at Viterbo University,
Orlando Verdecia at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater,
Stephanie Flores at Carthage College,
Mary Parizek at Mount Mary University,
Nicole Festge at Mount Mary University,
Bronsen Smith at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire,
Taylor Steele at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay,
Kyrie Larcher at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee,
and Jillian Behling from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point.
Look for them at upcoming events or perhaps on one of NASW-WI's committees!
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"What Difference Does God Make"? This question was posed by Ryan J. Bell, the former pastor turned "somewhat" atheist in his mission to explore a spiritual world much different than the one he had clung to for most of his life. (I qualify Bell's "atheism" simply because I am not sure that it is actually possible for an individual with such an immense knowledge of scripture and theology to completely discard his knowledge of God so immediately in order to become an instant, functional atheist.)
Bell has answered the question for himself on his blog: What difference does God make? For Bell, not much.
If you read about Bell's experience, he explains that, although he identified as a Christian, he has lived as if there was no God, going through the motions of his pastoral duties. Bell was existing as though God, and His Word, was simply a means to an end in his professional life. Bell says that he "rarely read the Bible devotionally and for my own inspiration, in part because so much of it isn't inspiring at all". Bell says that, in the past year, his church attendance has waned, and with that, his faith has been clonce of "hope" in God. Bell goes on to elaborate that he now doubts whether God is anything other than an ethereal purveyor of a so-called eternal "life insurance policy" , offering everlasting protection against the red-hot flames of eternal damnation. Bell says that it's likely that a number of Christians actually "may confess an intellectual assent to belief in a divine being and have a well thought out theology but very few of us live as though this God exists and is an active agent in the world."
After reading Bell's blog, I would argue that Bell has never really experienced God. How do I know? Takes one to know one.
For much of my life, I went through the motions of Christianity. I was socialized as a "Christian". I had a firm set of beliefs about who God was and what my faith was all about. Like so many other people on this planet, the sum of my values, skills, and attitudes have been shaped, for better or for worse, by various agents of socialization (family, parents, peers, the education system, mass media, religion, etc.). Because of the nature and process of socialization, I came to believe certain things about my Christian faith and who God is.
So, when I say I was socialized into my religion, what I mean is that there was a long period of time in which no actual "conversion" took place within my heart. Sure, I believed the basics. Adam and Eve ate some radical fruit, had to wear leaves, and ruined it for the rest of us, Noah built an ark and saved all the animals, David took Goliath down with a rock, Moses parted the Red Sea with a staff, Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Daniel hung out with lions and lived to tell the tale, Jesus died on the cross to save me from my sins, and some sort of scary, end-of-the-world apocalypse is indeed coming- someday. However, despite my knowledge of these biblical facts and stories, my heart had not really done much changing. Not really.
Sure, I believed that the Bible was true, attended church, and grew a tad in my faith over time, but the core of me, the center of my soul, still wandered in the desert. And, over time, my insight into who God was, who God is, became stagnant. That's a spiritually dangerous place to be, and was an especially perilous ledge for me to stand on, considering that I viewed God as a mean, angry, punishing ruler who had just finally gotten so fed-up with humanity that He, in utter exasperation, sent Jesus, to fix our sorry mess on planet earth forever and ever, amen. Religious socialization is just that way. Religious socialization is, in a broad sense, an intellectual conversion to religion.
Before his authentic spiritual (heart) conversion to Christianity, C.S. Lewis explained that a belief in God was a tempting, yet imprudent, illusion. For years, Lewis claimed the God did not exist, but was simultaneously angry with God for not existing. Go figure that one out.
Anywho, life experience had also turned Lewis against faith in God, and his familiarity with loss and disappointment only served to encourage his atheistic beliefs. Eventually, however, after years of resistance and very careful examination, Lewis, no longer able to deny that God was real, reluctantly converted to theism. Lewis was, at first, an intellectual convert to faith. The head knowledge of God hadn't yet flowed into his heart.
It would seem that Lewis had two conversions, an intellectual conversion to theism and a spiritual, heart conversion to Christianity. At the moment Lewis confessed that God was GOD, his intellectual conversion, he still did not have a personal faith. He was only admitting that there was some celestial being that ruled the universe. While this is a first step, it is simply not enough. James 2:19 (NIV) tells us as much. "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that–and shudder." I don't know about you, but I take it on good authority that the demons won't be sharing Paradise with Christ-followers, simply because they believe in God. God is not simply something you "believe in" so that your last stop on the road includes pearly gates. God invites us into a relationship with Him. Initially, Lewis did not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, despite his belief in God. His heart conversion came after his intellectual proclamation of a deity.
In his book, The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins argues that religious beliefs are indeed a product of religious socialization. "If you were born in Arkansas and you think Christianity is true and Islam false, knowing full well that you would think the opposite if you had been born in Afghanistan, you are the victim of childhood indoctrination" (Dawkins, 2006, p.3). Although I do not agree with Hawkins' personal beliefs, this quote demonstrates some truth behind religious socialization. Individuals who have only experienced religious socialization have an extrinsic faith that is based upon a shallow understanding of God, but still don't have a deep, internal spiritual connection with Jesus Christ. Authentic faith erodes our faulty perceptions and inane ideas about who God is, and show us what religion is not.
So, does God really make a difference? It would seem that if we look at some statistics and patterns, from the outside, and on the surface, individuals who claim to be Christians actually fare no better than those who do not identify as such. People who profess to be Christians often engage in the same behaviors as non-believers. Christians have been known to: cheat on their spouses, fix the books, use illicit drugs, view pornography, drink copious amounts of alcohol, and many other unsavory behaviors that should always be avoided at all costs. However, Christians are indeed human, and fall prey to the sin nature that plagues all of mankind. The actual profession of a belief in God or personal identification as a Christian is not a prophylactic for divorce, a formula for drug prevention, a pornography deterrent, and it doesn't preclude people from doing all manner of otherwise terrible things. BUT, can God drag foolish people out of the pits they have dug and redeem them? For sure. Absolutely.
At first glance, Bell's intuition about God and religion is simply "a natural ability or power that makes it possible to know something without any proof or evidence". Intuition is something that can help us navigate life. And, it often does. However, intuition can be a very deceptive thing.
If we allow our intuition to guide us through life, we will surely be taken down by disappointment- again and again. God knows all to well our propensity for self-deception, which can, and will, cloud our beliefs, knowledge, and hope in an Almighty, Sovereign God. There is an intellectual glass ceiling. When we reach it – when we wander beyond the fray – and find ourselves in a garden, faced with a choice to either eat the fruit, because our intuition tells us we know best… If we don't ask, seek, and knock. If we leave ourselves to our own faulty ways of thinking and start asking questions to which we only want one answer, or more specifically, one that validates our own selfish, destructive opinions. Takes one to know one.
I know that my perceptual glasses of intuition see God in a way that summons me to put on the monocles of the Word – quickly. If I don't, my intuitions that God might not be fair, is likely not listening to any of my prayers, is too busy for little-old-me, or perhaps, is even a figment of my hopeless imagination, threaten to dismantle my faith, undo my belief, and unravel my heart. My intuition can be helpful, but because I am human, is greatly flawed and has the potential to lead me down very steep slopes on which I prefer not to travel.
And God's grace. Without it, I'd have been ejected from Christianity a long, long time ago. Grace matters so very much. We mess up. Big time. We all journey through life in search for this thing called Truth. God intentionally created us to question, and wrestle, and argue. God knows that we mortals actually believe our intuitions are so correct we might even threaten to take Him to court (nice try, Job). We press our noses to the glass in search for answers, but quickly turn on our heels when the truth we seek offends us or doesn't fit our agendas. Our intuition tells us the world has better solutions. Because we're not feeling it.
Does God make a difference? My question is: what difference doesn't God make?


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Manages a group of sales professionals in one or more of the Sales Functions (account management, territory sales, vertical industry, specialties). Responsible for setting the direction and managing the deliverables of the assigned sales team, and achieving revenue and expense objectives. Resolves customer problems and participates in important negotiations with key customers. Where appropriate, seeks to build strategic executive relationships externally with clients and internally within company, and partners with internal and external resources to develop best-in-class solutions for the customer. Manages the performance of individual contributors and the team overall, and grows and develops talent within the organization.
Accountable for business growth, company market share and revenue increases.
Coordinates all company sales activities in the area-of-control.
Sets quota and goals for organizations.
Develops tactics to generate new sales.
Provides input to team on overall sales strategy, cost optimization, and disciplined process management (pipeline review, asset management, demo sales achievement, etc.).
Ensures optimum sales coverage through direct and partner sales resources and different routes to markets.
Develops sales resources and management talent to ensure a pipeline of qualified sales talent to support future growth. Implementation of master pipeline management.
Builds lasting, consultative relationships with customer accounts.
Proactive change management.
Coach and support sales teams and leadership in developing key and/or difficult account opportunities
Builds long-term growth opportunities using the Account Business Planning process.
Develops the consultative, solution selling capability in their organization to develop compelling business cases to differentiate and highlight the value of the company's broad portfolio.
Ensures resource deployment encompasses end-to-end selling support (solution partners, SA, ISR, resellers, etc)
Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the vertical segment and provides external leadership to industry, community, press.
Engages Global Business Unit Sales Teams (Specialists, Channel Partners, and Alliance Partners) to fully leverage all of the company's products and technology offerings
Creates and manages resource plan including staffing of country sales team to ensure pursuit and closure of opportunities, and perpetuation the existing installed base revenue.
Balances short term with long term planning and resource investment
Demonstrates thought leadership by directing the customer's application of technology to new business problems.
Creates a performance driven culture that ensures the company has the best IT sales force in the industry.
Education and Experience Required:
University or Bachelor's degree, advanced university or Master's degree preferred.
5-10 years of sales and progressive management experience.
10-15 years of industry experience.
Demonstrated results in growing a business or expanding a market.
Knowledge and Skills:
Strategic Sales Planning & Implementation - Provides input to the development of strategic sales plans that reflect the company's business strategy to advance market share/penetration and achieve profitable growth.
Budget Management & Cost Optimization - Manages within set spending parameters to protect the company's business and sales assets, and ensures their effective engagement.
P&L Management - Sets and manages the business investments and resource allocations essential to ensuring the financial growth of business group. Should focus on balance sheet. Optimized operation to improve balance sheet position.
Vertical Industry Acumen - Develops and exercises a profound understanding of business dynamics within area of control, as a basis for informed business decision making.
Workforce Planning - Executes acquisition and development strategies targeted to ensuring workforce readiness, and market opportunity responsiveness.
Execution Management - Collaborates effectively with the company's BUs and value chain partners to ensure operational responsiveness to challenges, and alignment with business imperatives. Acts decisively once decision is taken.
C-Level Partnering - Contributes to enduring executive relationships that establish the company's consultative professionalism and promotes its total solution capabilities at the highest levels of the client's organization. Acts as the escalation point for customer issues.
Competitive Positioning/Strategy - Uses competitive intelligence in account planning and sales activities to develop counter strategies that will neutralize competitive influence on the customer's buying decisions.
Solution Selling - Approaches selling from a business solution perspective to ensure that company products and services accurately address the client's true business need in terms of type, scope, level.
Business and Financial Acumen - Exhibits authoritative business and financial acumen to develop meaningful business recommendations; Understands the portfolio aspect of the company's products/services and how the businesses work together. Understands the balance sheet drivers of channel partners and balances with company requirements.
Change Management - Acts as an advocate for innovation and change across the organization.
Problem Solving - Approaches problems in a rational manner using sound strategies that ensure comprehensive understanding and effective resolution.
Global Presence - Represents the company on global accounts with the cultural sensitivity and business maturity appropriate to the high degree of corporate access and level of responsibility involved.
Leadership - Able to lead effectively in a complex and political environment, and deliver results; Able to influence without direct authority; Able to balance between competing priorities and be flexible and creative; Able to drive team performance to best in class; Able to create and build highly effective sales teams and organization; Able to communicate effectively across multiple levels in client organizations, the company and the industry.
DXC Technology is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities


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Tropical grain production burgeoned in the late 1990s when tropics was considered as a crop friendly region particularly soybean. However, presently farmers in central Brazil are maintaining fruitful farm businesses because of a contemporary tropical system of production known as safrinha, or succession farming which produces two crops, soybean and maize.
Agricultural economists at the University of Illinois wanted some light to be thrown on the productivity of grain production in this tropical area. In a recent study published these economists surveyed input and output components for numerous large scale farms situated in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Peter Goldsmith, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at U of I and lead author of the study said that Mato Grosso where the research is being conducted is the largest geographical state producing soybean in the world. They transcend Illinois or Iowa as a state and the results are similar to US. However, it was considered exceedingly impossible to grow soybean in the tropics 20 years ago.
Goldsmith says that authentically, the tropics expounded as round about 20 degrees north latitude and 20 degrees south latitude is one of the most destitute parts of the world with the shortest agricultural productivity and some of the gravest prevalence of malnutrition. The contemplation is that bread basket was not falling under those regions and they would forever be food-importing regions. The possibility of the tropics as crop growing region was not realized.
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10 weeks to go until we meet our baby girl. In some ways it feels like forever and somehow I know it's right around the corner. Everyone keeps asking, "Are you excited?" My answer is "We're really excited. And scared. But really excited."
I'm sure that this will be a life changing experience. I can't wait to see who she looks like or if she'll be as crazy in real life as she is dancing and kicking around in my belly! It's still surreal at this point.
I was putting things away from our first shower the other day. I put a bottle cooler in our pantry along with some baby spoons and a dishwasher rack especially designed for little baby accessories. As I pushed a few things to the side I thought, wow... this is real! I'm not just putting her stuff in a closet any more. Her stuff is really going to be all around our house. She's going to be here. I didn't say anything, I just tried to process it. It was funny to me when Jody made a similar comment to me the next day. He said seeing those few little items in the pantry made it all sink in. Never mind the crib and tiny clothes hanging in the closet. Until now that's been kind of the room where we put her stuff. It was different seeing things as part of our life too!
Right now we're just trying to enjoy our last two months as a couple and we're eagerly anticipating everything that lies ahead. (And cleaning out closets, and finishing taxes, and working, and everything else that spring time demands.)
We're excited. And scared. But mostly excited!


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Some good information I picked up off of the web, courtesy of Jedijody.
This troubleshooting guide is for Rcexl and many C&H ignitions, it will not work with DA ignitions. If you have no spark or think you are having an ignition problem, carefully following this guide will test the ignition module, hall sensor, and spark plug cap components. This guide can be used for single or twin cylinder ignitions, it does not test the manual or any optical ignition switches that may be in the system. You will need a good fully charged 4 cell Nicad or Nimh battery, an old servo extension, and your trusty volt meter. So,……
Take an old expendable servo extension and cut off the male plug end, separate the wires, strip a bit of insulation from each of the 3 leads and plug the other end into the sensor lead on the ignition module.
Put a good spark plug in the cap, doesn't need to be all the way seated but far enough for the hex of the plug to make good contact with the metal shell of the plug cap, plug a fully charged 4 cell battery directly into the ignition.
Test for battery voltage at the red and black wires of the test extension you made and plugged into the sensor lead of the module, if there is no voltage replace the module, if there is battery voltage->
Short the white and black wires together, every time you break this connection there should be a spark, no or intermittent spark=bad module, has good spark->
Remove the test lead and plug the sensor on the engine into the module and turn the engine over, no spark, replace the sensor, good spark->
Remove the spark plug, look down into the plug cap and turn the engine over, if you see spark arcing through the silicone boot to the metal shell, replace the spark plug cap, no visible spark but you hear a snap->
Put a small screw driver into the bottom of the cap, turn the engine over and you should observe spark jumping from the screw driver to the plug cap shell outside of the silicone boot, an arc of about 1/4″-3/8″, if it does this there is nothing wrong with the ignition, if you hear an arc but it's not in the cap with the screw driver, it could be a problem with the resistor in the cap or the high tension lead where it goes into the cap, replace the plug cap.
All of this can be done on a bench, the plug does not need to be grounded to the engine.


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Two words that I am repeating as a mantra the last few days. The last week has been a turbulent one I must say. It felt like a emotinal high intensity time with endings, new beginnings and a sense of emptiness on the background. After launching my new website and blog, I cleaned my whole house and created a new space. This also motivated me to clean my inner space. To let go of what's no longer serving me. So I chose to consciously let go off one habit and create a new one that's in alignment with my highest good. 'I surrender' are the two words that are helping me in letting go and reprogramming my body and mind. At the beginning of a new year many of us choose to set a goal and often times it's about letting go of a habbit, creating a more healty, balanced, abundant and happy life. I notice while releasing my habbits my body and mind who are used to a certain way of living come in a state of resistance when I change my moves, my way of thinking and my way of doing. I often time ask myself the question: Why do I sense resistance if I know deep down that the change is for my highest good. I know that eating healthier gives me more energy and I feel more vibrant. I know that through excersizing I receive more mental clarity and strengthen and shape my body. I decided once to meditate every day for 20 minutes. I know from experience that this gives me more inner peace, a better sense of centeredness, clarity, relaxation, energy, a stronger connection with my higher self and so much more. Knowing this out of experience…why… realy why.. do I sense resistance if it's the third day and I 'have to' sit down for 20 minutes:-) I just wonder? There is always this visitor showing up with a beautiful name: RESISTANCE, to become friends with. My habbit is to resist resistance, hahaha, what a paradox. The essence is that on that moment I resist what Is. When the desire to continue the habbit comes up I am fighting mentally and physically with it. "I am not allowed to want it, think it and feel this". Besides the mental quirrel I sense it physically. My muscles contract. Other examples are that my hand unconsciously turnes into a fist, my breath becomes slightly on the surface, my schoulders and jaw become thight and my solar plexus (stomic) becomes tense. By saying my mantra 'I surrender', the fighting stops, the resistance stops. I open myself and the sensations in my body change. Contraction turnes into openess. Stagnant turnes into flowing. Fear changes into Love. A new state of harmony is realized. Even if it's just for a few seconds. Harmony was there for a moment and allowing becomes a new practise. Allowing what is….welcoming it. Not fighting, or turning my back to it but opening my arms and heart for it. Time after time. Turning the fist into an open hand. Just for now, try it, get a sense of it. Make a strong fist with one hand. Very thight and sense the energy of resistance…. Now open your hand, palm up….sense and breath. Be with it. What do you feel now and where do you feel it? Out of my own experience by welcoming the resistance, the fear, or any emotion….it disappears! Just like that. We are true magicians you know!
The soul-mate of resistance named ACCEPTANCE is the way to bring harmony. It brings me into the now, present with what is. I experience acceptance as warm, loving and most of all opening. In the last week while paying attention to my 'pyshical resistance symptons' I noticed more moments of resisting what is. It's there…. just watch it. I am still surpriced how often this visitor appears. I would like to invite you to give yourself one day to notice your resistances. In one day I could resist the alarm clock going off, a conversation I was in, making a phonecall, sending an email, cooking, even dancing… so much resistance. It made it very clear that resistance is the jumping off place for experiencing Love, Self-love.
Everytime when I have a craving, a desire, a tention that's not in alignment with my higher good or my intention, I say: 'I surrender'. And it feels like a warm stream of water running down via my heart, arms, hands, through my legs and feet into the earth. And it relaxes, opens me for the moment. Being with….instead of fighting against. You can apply this to every life situation.
I also sense by using the mantra 'I surrender' support from something greater then me. Before I choose to let go of something I ask the angels or the universe to support me, to help me to let go with ease and grace. I trust this higher power and it's support. The knowingness that I am not doing it alone and being supported makes the matra even more powerful to me. The power of change increases. Asking for support….another thing I am learning to empower and embody mySelf. So transformation for me is embracing resistance and embodying acceptance and surrender.
In Nia™ (a body centered movement practise I teach) we work with nine movement forms. One of them is Aikido and this a perfect movement form to transform resistance. Nia™ discribes Aikido as: 'Harmonious Spherical Motion'. While practising it, it represents: going with the flow, flowing, constant motion, dancing with what is, circulair, using what is for your own benifit, sensing harmony, being open, receptive and moving from center. These are the qualities you can sense within your body if your are in acceptance. I am checking in through the day. Am I open? Are my joints open? My muscles? Is energy flowing through my body or is there a place that is in resistance and creating a blockage. Breathing to this specific area is one of the tools I use to open it up again. Visualizing a door or window opening is another tool, but being present with it is often already enough. Just notice what happens if you even add a mantra to it! Stand up, sense it…move it …in your living room or where ever you are.
What are you resisting? How does resistance feel in your body? and what helps you in becoming open…becoming acceptant? Let's play with it!
There are two books I can recommeand when you would like to play more with resistance and acceptance: opening yourself for change.
1) The Anatomy of Change, A Way to Move Through Life's Transitions, by Richard Strozzi Heckler
2) The Sedona Method, Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-Being, by Hale Dwoskin –
PS: and when you choose to go back for a moment to your old habbit or addiction. Know that it is the 'jumping off place' for creating what you truly desire, over and over again. A place that invites you to even love yourself more so you can guide change with gentleness.
In Love and light,


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I have been picking up a few more clients for my writing business recently and having a blast doing it. The fun in writing for different blogs and companies is the sheer variety that comes with the job. Automotive, trending news, entertainment and even health and wellness. I learn something new everyday and still get to write at the same time. It doesn't get much better than that does it? I originally went back to school at such a late age, (early forties), to build my skills for a profession I could enjoy and feel satisfied doing. Who knew it would work out that way?
So for those of you thinking of going back to school, or are in the process of schooling, or just thinking of getting a new career, find something you love to do. We all have those things we enjoy doing, hobbies and such. Most of which have marketable possibilities. Find what yours is and work towards that. It is hard and takes patience and perseverance, boy howdy does it! You will find that it was worth it. I still have a ways to go but I can see it coming and it brings a wonderful excited feeling of satisfaction. At forty eight years old I have never felt that from a job before. Pretty cool.
Some people say it is too much of a risk to just go off on a lark like that. My answer to that I would rather risk than regret not trying. We all gather regrets in our lives, it is unavoidable, being human and all. I was determined that not trying my best at what I love to do would not be a regret of mine.
Anyone else trying, or not trying?


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SOUL Tequila
Soul Tequila is a premium label blanco tequila which embodies notions of quality and youthfulness. Inspired by traditional Mexican papel picado (paper cut) and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the label illustrates a modern depiction of a traditional ofrenda (offering) dedicated in honour to dearly departed souls. The playful typography, coupled with the bold red colour palette offers a fresh contemporary edge appealing to a younger audience.


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So Who Is Responsible For The Deficit?
If you watch MSNBC or CNN (and of course Fox News) you'd think it was Barack Obama. Well, not so much. According to a new report issued by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, and based on figures from the Congressional Budget Office, the Bush tax cuts and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are responsible for a much bigger share of the annual deficit projections than TARP, the stimulus package, and even effects of the economic downturn combined.


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Phuket Accommodation | Patong Hotel Deals
If you are looking for Patong Deals you have come to the right place. Packaged hotel stays that focus on the hotel's need to get rid of rooms because the booking is early, late or in the quiet season will often get you excellent Patong deals but you need to know where to look to get these.
Patong Deals come in many formats but the biggest natural savings come by looking at the seasons. Patong hotel low season are 30% cheaper than the high season. This works for 5 star, 4 star and 3 star. The 2 star hostel, hotels, bungalows and resort can be even higher and as much as 55%. Low season is May until October 31st. In many of the years May and July 10th till August 20th have as good a weather pattern as high season so these dates are worth keeping an eye on.
Patong deals can be found at here. You have to define the month you are visiting and search though the differing hotels deal.
Luxury Patong hotel deals
Luxury Patong hotel deals can be found at the excellent La Flora Resort Patong, popular Novotel Phuket Resort and central Millennium Resort Patong Phuket. These top Patong resorts all offer something different but all take full advantage of the hotelATM.com long stay deal. In this any hostel, hotel, resort in all of Thailand will have a stay 15 night pay for 14 policy. So if you are here for a whole this is a a great deal especially in low season. These luxury Patong hotel deals change all year round and alter every season.
Budget Patong hotel Deals
The budget hotels in Patong have a wider selection of deals as there are more of them and they have a greater competition. Patong hotel deals page sections the offers out into the following type of deals.
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These Patong hotel deals change over time and are continually being updated as the new offers from the hotel come in so it is worth checking here every couple of weeks to see what is changing and what money you can save.


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Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new challenge from Linda Callahan!
All About FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Winners For Sketch 89
Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new challenge from Linda Callahan!
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Thank You Linda S.! With so many wonderful creations for this sketch, it is honour to be picked. Thank you for makig my day!ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much for choosing my card as the Clean Queen. I am just blown away. Thank youReplyDelete
Congrats Paula - what a fantastic card! Thanks so much for picking my card Narelle...absolutely thrilled!ReplyDelete
Wow, thank you Jen T for choosing my card! I had so much fun using the FMS sketch to make it and I am so happy to share it with you and your readers!! Love the sketches here at Freshly Made Sketches :)ReplyDelete
Congrats Ladies! Awesome job!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 8:43 AM
Girls, your cards were amazing! The gallery was star studded this week and it was probably a hard pick for each DT member- Congrats on your selections as the Queen and Princesses. Wonderful cads from all the participants;))ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS to ALL!!!! All the cards are awesome, it is really hard to choose one. Great inspiration.ReplyDelete
Congrats to everyone!!! Thanks so much Cindy for choosing my card this week! I LOVE to play along with you all!ReplyDelete