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Happy Mother's Day...
For the past few days I've had the boys creating masterpieces. They applied the foam-sticker flowery border on the photo album we're giving to my mom. They've written their names - along with the names of everyone they know, like mommy, daddy, grandma - on the cards we bought last weekend.
This is what Mother's Day was about for me. I remember crafting gifts and making cards for my mom every year, usually taking inspiration from the projects in Highlights magazines. It was always so much fun for me, and I know my mom still has some of those things. I hope by having them apply their personal touches to the cards and helping with the creation of my mom's gift that I will have years of handmade treasures to look forward to collecting.
They were too excited and proud of the photo album and sort of let it slip yesterday when we were leaving for a day of shopping with my mom. Next year, we work on keeping things as a surprise;>
Happy Mother's Day to every mother, with or without children.


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Justin Timberlake will be appearing in the latest Mike Myers blockbuster this summer, The Love Guru. In the film he plays a professional hockey player that starts dating the wife of a rival player. Myers job is to get the wife back with her husband and help the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. The film stars Myers, Timberlake, and Jessica Alba. Look for it in theaters June 20.
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Sesame Street: So Good, Yet So Bad
Quick! Name two monsters from Sesame Street!
Okay, now name two female monsters from Sesame Street.
Those of you who can name them probably watch as much of The Street as I do (minimum one hour a day, every day. I know, I know. I'm probably rotting my kid's brain or her teeth or something). And even then, it's not that easy. Zoe and Rosita (and Abby if we're really stretching the definition of "monster") are the female monsters who have appeared the most frequently in the past few seasons.
There's strike number one. Most of the monsters are male monsters. There are so many male monsters that they even end up discussing their crises of masculinity*!
But the thing that really and truly bugs me is that the female monsters are always dressed up. Male monsters just are, but female monsters are at the very least accessorized. Don't believe me? Here's Zoe standing with Elmo:
Elmo is just hanging out in all of his naked glory. Zoe, on the other hand, is wearing two barrettes (pink and purple, natch), a pink necklace, and a goddamn pink tutu. Rosita isn't nearly as crass with her accoutrements, but she's still stuck wearing a bow in her hair. Because, you know, girl.
So, what does this all matter? Why do I care if a fictional character that isn't even human has a hair clip, or pointe shoes, or a huge pink glittery sandwich sign that says "ASK ME ABOUT BEING A GIRL"? I have no problems with femininity or feminine characters, but I do have a big freaking problem with male being the default.
For all the good that it does, Sesame Street is reinforcing the concept that maleness is the norm and femaleness is the aberration. It is also teaching kids that women and girls are meant to be adorned and cannot just be. The solution is pretty easy, though: take the bow out of Rosita's hair and the next time a female monster is introduced, allow her to be plain, just like the male monsters. Allow her to define herself by her likes and desires and not how she chooses to decorate herself.
Sesame Street is a show of firsts. Gordon was one of the first Black role models for kids. Sesame Street was one of the first (and perhaps only) show to compassionately teach children about death and grieving. Sesame Street teaches us that we're all different without resorting to tokens. It's a brilliant show; now let's see it tackle gender in a meaningful way.
*Shorter the linked clip: Baby Bear (aka The Most Annoying Muppet in the Universe) loves his dolly. But what if Telly finds out? Don't worry, Gordon is to the rescue! This is all played out while Baby Bear's little sister (Curly Bear) watches dumbly from the background.
God, I wish I was joking about that.
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Right on, Alexandra. Bugs me that I had't noticed it before.
I remember at one time Zoe was a monster without clothes, and I looked this up and on Wikipedia it had said the reason for this was,
"She is now permanently dressed in a tutu since 2001, as like many girls of her age, Zoe is obsessed with ballet."
This is a little disturbing. Why not introduce just another character who loves ballet rather than turning Zoe into the ballet loving monster to appease the masses.
Side note: I think all the monsters at the flying fairy school are wearing clothes, although not all those monsters are featured on the street at Sesame St. So she isn't the only one dressed up one at the flying fairy school. They are all dressed monsters to varying degrees.
Another side note: I wouldn't expect that Curly would interact/add in the scene. Baby Bear is already quite young and that would make his sister even younger and likely not joining in group play or complex conversations. But I understand what you are saying here.
Rosita is mostly naked minus the greenish/yellow bow. Nice try, but it does by default mean you are not a girl unless adorned in some wholly feminine way. Wearing greenish/yellow as your choice of bow does not count.
Does she talk? Sorry, I didn't think that she talked much, but I may be out of the loop. I don't mean to derail. I thought she was playing the scene to toddler nature.
I haven't seen Sesame Street in decades.
I don't think there were any female monsters at all when I last watched it.
LIke chigau, I haven't seen Sesame Street in at least 25 years. I can't remember any female monsters at all from those days.
The you-can-tell-they're-female-because-accessories business has always infuriated me. Here's hoping the people who make Sesame Street figure out why that's a problem in the near future.
I can just about remember female monsters on The Street (thanks for that great nickname, Alexandra). Back in the day, I was just so grateful that it wasn't the smurfs, that it seemed brilliant. Good to see there is some feedback to try to keep them on the leading edge for our kids. Nice post.
Baby Bear always bothered me as a Sesame Street character. Because he's straight out of a fairy tale, his character is already constrained by that story, so the writers are not free to develop him the way they are with all the other monsters. I don't think he was a good idea.
Prairie Dawn merits a mention here, even though she's not a monster, because at least she's a female Muppet. I wish she weren't such a classic girly goodie-two-shoes all the time, though, she needs to let loose a little. But I haven't seen the show in some years, so maybe they've let her misbehave a little.
And my other main thought about Sesame Street is that they have totally undermined Cookie Monster. He's been seen saying that "cookies are a sometime food" and eating vegetables! That's just wrong! Cookie Monster needs to be the unbridled Id of the show, the spirit of "gimme" that kids understand. He should never have self-control on his own, the fun with his character is in others trying to impose control on this force of pure hunger.
Gotta agree with those who are saying "at least they have some female characters now." Jim Henson was great, but Miss Piggy was just about the only female muppet in the original pantheon — at least the only one who got any air time. (Janice was a later addition I think? And Skeeter — I don't think I ever saw her except on the Muppet Babies cartoon.)
It might just be a "male writers being reluctant to write for female characters for fear they'll screw it up" thing. I believe this is partly why some of my other childhood favorites, Asimov and Tolkein, had so few women in their worlds.
So I'm inclined to cut creators some slack when their portrayals of women are a litle off, I guess. I wouldn't want the Muppeteers to be afraid to introduce Zoe in the first place for fear of backlash about her tutu.
But what I really want to know is, does Sesame Street pass the Bechdel test?
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Yet another two-parter today … for those in the Peoria Unified School District, just 27 days until the little ones return to school. 'Nuff said.
As of this morning there are 36,782 single-family detached homes for sale in Maricopa County, an increase of 24 over a week ago. Sales fell by almost 100 over the preceding 30 days to 4,135 for an absorption rate of 8.89 months in the Phoenix real estate market.
Inventory of bank-owned homes crept over the 5,000 mark to 5,050 and sales kept pace at 1,417 to keep the absorption rate at 3.5 months.
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Could NYPD Have Handled #MyNYPD Better? 2:52
Call it a social-media fail. The NYPD's plan to engage Twitter users backfired when users hijacked the hashtag #myNYPD. Should the police have anticipated the response? Social-media strategist and Syracuse University assistant professor Anthony Rotolo discusses on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
COPS aren't always the most imaginative people.
That's a problem when you're dealing with a new generation of social media-savvy Aussies. If you dish out boring old phrases like "dob in a druggie" to the new generation, they'll stare back at you going "WTF"?
But a very clever cop in Parkes, NSW, has cracked the communication code.
In a post last week, crime prevention officer Daniel Greef from The Lachlan Local Area Command asked if anyone had received bad customer service from their drug dealer.
It was genius, pure genius, masking the classic dob-in appeal as an opportunity to make a consumer complaint.
The senior constable had no idea how much attention the post would receive. His amusing post generated 2500 likes (and counting) on the LAC Facebook page, hundreds of new fans and several more comments.
The post was also shared by Triple M's grill team which generated thousands of additional likes.
Snr Con Greef told news.com.au he had posted other tongue-in-cheek comments in the past but didn't realise people would find this one as shareable as they did.
"I did it just for a laugh really," he said. "But obviously there is a serious message underlying it and if it gets people thinking about it then that's great."
The officer said funny posts weren't always easy to come up with but it helped show police had a sense of humour.


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Former Mayor Laffey enters fray in Mattiello-Frias race
Former Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey, who left Rhode Island six years ago for a new life in Colorado, jumped back into home-city politics on Friday in defense of Republican Steven Frias. Frias is challenging House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, a Democrat, in his home district in Cranston. The Providence Journal has more about the race.
Kent lab's dedicated to crusader
When it comes to providing the best care for patients, Dr. Robert E. Baute doesn't compromise. That was the message as the Kent Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Lab was dedicated to the man who fought so hard to make it a reality. Baute made state health department approval of the lab, which started offering elective coronary angioplasty in August 2015 and is expected to commence handling emergency cases by the end of this year, a crusade that spanned 15 years. The Warwick Beacon has more.
Gladstone's got a green thumb
Urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city, and it's a relatively new movement aimed in part at helping to end hunger. First Lady Michelle Obama has done it by growing her Kitchen Garden in her urban backyard at the White House, and Hugh B. Bain Middle School has done it with its Green Thumb Club and community garden. Now, as the Cranston Herald reports, Gladstone Elementary School wants to do it, too.
Raises part of new Westerly police contract
Police officers will receive a 2.5 percent pay raise in the first year and 3.5 percent increases in each of the next two years under the new contract, approved by the Town Council Friday afternoon, between Local 503 of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the town. The Westerly Sun has more details on the deal.
Stagecoach Inn: Integral piece of Richmond history
It was over two centuries ago that Francis Brown constructed his hotel in what is now known as the village of Wyoming. For decades, it would echo with the din of mill workers toiling at the factories hugging that span of Wood River. The Chariho Times has more on the history of the Stagecoach Inn.
Chariho rebrands in face of tech competition
Faced with increased competition from neighboring school districts offering their own career and technical-education programs, the Chariho Regional School District is doing what a corporation with similar challenges would do: it is rebranding. "We're not going to sit back idly in the face of duplicated programs and attempts by other districts to not send to the regional center," Superintendent of Schools Barry Ricci told The Westerly Sun.
Westerly has little say on airport
The town has little to no authority or control over Westerly State Airport aside from the right and duty to develop zoning regulations for the area outside the facility's property, Town Attorney Matthew Oliverio has determined. According to The Westerly Sun, the airport has been on the council's docket for the past 18 months ever since the Rhode Island Airport Corporation initiated eminent domain proceedings against 12 homeowners
What's next for Silver Top?
As the Cerrone family contemplates the future of the once controversial Silver Top Diner it purchased recently, Pawtucket officials have proposed a few locations to site the small restaurant, including a Fountain Street parcel adjacent to the Rhode Island Antiques Mall. Have a helping of Jonathan Bissonnette's story on the matter in The Times.
Burrillville residents battle power plant
The majority of the nearly 700 Burrillville residents that attended a marathon public hearing on a tax treaty with the company proposing a $700 million power plant in the community's Pascoag section urged the Town Council to make a bold move against Chicago-based Invenergy and hold off signing the agreement. Read more in The Call.
Offers come in for old middle school
Woonsocket has received two offers for the city's old middle school in response to the latest round of bidding conducted after the Baldelli-Hunt administration's prior efforts to sell the blighted structure died in a storm of controversy this summer. Learn more in The Call.
Trip to laundromat leaves man hot under the collar
A visit to the wash 'n dry shouldn't be such a gamble, but Richard Krupski had a run-in with a commercial dryer this week that was more like a slot machine. Find out the dirty details in The Call.
To say that Richard "Ricky" Ballirano is no ordinary teenager would probably be an understatement. Just 17 years old, he has impressive maturity, business sense, people skills, and above all else seemingly near unmatched enthusiasm. The Johnston Sun Rise details how Ballirano used that enthusiasm to give an old landmark a much-need facelift.
Gov. weighs perils & profit of recreational pot
Governor Raimondo and her staff have been quietly planning for a possible future when marijuana is sold, taxed and consumed in Rhode Island like a bottle of wine. What happens in Massachusetts on Election Day could determine their next move. If Bay State voters approve of recreational pot use, "we have to look at it harder and faster," Raimondo said in a recent interview, voicing an openness to recreational use more strongly than ever before — with important caveats. The Providence Journal is digging into the controversial issue.
Crowd scatters at drive-by shooting
Police are searching for a shooter who opened fire on a group of young men in Wanskuck early Saturday. An officer patrolling around 2 a.m. near Douglas Avenue and Admiral Street, a few blocks from Providence College, heard a single gunshot and saw people running, said Lt. Michelle Guerette. The Providence Journal has more on the investigation.
Bay State ballot questions
When Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Nov. 8, they will be deciding more than just who they want for president. Several questions, some controversial, will be on the ballot. The Fall River Herald News details the Bay State ballot questions, including who's backing and opposing them.
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Halloween: Not just for kids
If you were a kid in the first two-thirds of the last century, your parents may have thought of Halloween as "just for kids." But The Fall River Herald News explains more and more adults are getting into the action.
Female quarterback says she's 'one of the guys'
Christine Figueiredo had already filled out the paperwork for her daughter Kara to play high school soccer for the fourth straight season. "It was filled out, but she crossed soccer out and put football," Christine said. "Then I high-fived her." The Fall River Herald News has more on how Kara became the starting quarterback for her high school's JV team.


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Evan LaPointe met Audrey Roberts when he was only 3 years old.
She was a volunteer foster grandparent, and she would take care of Evan when his parents were out of town. "She would cook me food and everything and just spoil me like she was my own grandmother," Evan told Upworthy.
Now Evan is 21, and Audrey is, astonishingly, 104. They're neighbors and have remained close friends.
As you can imagine, Audrey's life has been filled with 104 years of ups, downs, surprises, and heartbreaks.
With an eighth-grade education, Audrey worked for most of her life at a commercial laundry as a marker and checker. She never made more than minimum wage, but she cherished the hard work. Ultimately, she managed to save up about $200,000 throughout her career.
Audrey's husband, John, died when he was 70. Her only son, Earl, died in a car accident at 21. And just four years ago, Audrey broke her hip and had to spend six months in a physical therapy facility. Being away from her home that long was a heavy burden that weighed on her conscience and mental health. "Her overall mentality just got really negative," Evan remembers. "I mean, she was 100 years old. So she wanted to be in her home."
Today, fully recovered and fending for herself, she does laps around her living room to stay active and never misses her hair appointment every other Friday.
"She's doing great," Evan said. "I mean, 104 … she's incredible."
But time and medical expenses have caught up with Audrey's savings.
No one could possibly plan to live to 104. So despite working hard for her entire life and living within her means, Audrey's savings has dried up, and her Social Security checks stopped covering her daily in-home medical care.
Soon, Audrey may have to face leaving her cherished home to live out her final years in a care facility.
But not if Evan has anything to say about it.
Evan created a GoFundMe campaign to help Audrey spend her last days in the home she's earned.
It's an "urgent plea," he said — a plea to caring people everywhere.
"We just remember how hard it was [when she broke her hip] and just how she got mentally," Evan said. "So my brother brought up the idea of trying one of the GoFundMe's. We gave it a shot, and so far we're doing pretty good."
As of this writing, Evan's GoFundMe has raised over $23,000 in just 11 days. All to "Keep Audrey Home."
"It's really important to me and to all of us just to keep her home and keep her happy," Evan said. "That's her last wish. When she passes, she wants to be in her home."
Almost 530 people have donated so far, and the campaign has even gotten the attention of GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon.
"This campaign is very typical of what can happen on GoFundMe," Rob told Upworthy. "Our core purpose is to empower people to help people."
GoFundMe differs from other crowdfunding sites in that it raises money for causes. So while the campaign is designed to help one person, the motivation behind each dollar seems to be a larger, more systemic one. Many people see themselves or their loved ones in Audrey's face.
"One of our core values is helping to spread empathy," Rob said. "And I think what I'm seeing in the comments on this campaign is a lot of people are saying, 'Wait, this can happen to me.' … So though it's just helping one person, it's really bringing awareness to issues. I think it's getting people involved in giving."
What are the issues forcing Audrey out of her home? Take your pick.
The rising costs of medical care. Failing government safety nets. For Solomon, it's income inequality at play.
"One stat that's really staggering is that half of all Americans, if they had to come up with $400 for an emergency right now — can't," Solomon said, citing an article this month in The Atlantic. "The income inequality problem in our country, and more importantly on a global basis, is really big. Perhaps getting bigger. … Relying on government to come together and solve it, or nonprofits to solve it, I think is too daunting a task. It's really local communities that have to band together to help people out when life hits them."
For Evan LaPointe, though, the issue is a simple one: dignity.
"Our goal is to touch the hearts of people who believe dignity is vital to life," says the GoFundMe page. And in my conversation with Evan, he brought up the subject multiple times.
"I'll be the same way," he joked. "I hope I make it to 104, but I'll be the exact same way. I mean, she loves her home and we don't blame her at all for it."
Whatever reasons people have for donating to Evan's cause, he's already overwhelmed by the support and positivity.
"We're always seeing negative stuff going around," he said. "But we've gotten a lot of cool things from people just saying, 'This is great what you're doing.' Just seeing something positive and other people noticing it is really cool. I mean, we just wanna keep her home no matter what. We're just doing whatever we can."
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The Prodigal Brother-Blue Line Hockey Series-available now at eXtasy Books! Is there ever a time when you really can't redeem yourself? And if so, then what's left to live for? At one time, Brock was the dream child of the Canton family. Not only was he the oldest, but he was predicted to be the number one draft pick for the NHL. All those dreams were shattered when Brock suffered a career-ending injury. Depressed over his loss, he became lost in an addiction to drugs. Not only that, but he betrayed his three younger brothers to the point that they never want to see him again. But that was then, and now Brock is clean and sober. While his brothers still don't trust him, they give him a job at the rink they own. It's there that Brock meets Jimmy, the only openly gay player in the NHL. Sparks instantly fly between the two of them, but will Brock be able to fight his addiction and past long enough to find his HEA? But then again, it is Christmastime, and they do say that is when miracles happen. Excerpt: Saul lowered the camera and studied Jimmy for several moments. "You and Chad are pretty close, right?" "Sure we are." "If you want it to stay that way, then do yourself a favor, and don't ever ask him that question. If there's one thing they hate discussing, it's their old home life. Just forget about it. It will be better for you and Chad." "What if it's not Chad that I'm worried about?" "Then who…" Saul trailed off as he glanced over at Brock. "You can't mean what I think you do. He's straight." As if on cue, Brock chose that moment to send Jimmy a look so smoldering and full of lust that it was a wonder the ice didn't melt. Jimmy returned it, even going so far as to slowly lick his lips in a suggestive manner. "Oooooor, maybe not so much so," Saul drawled out slowly. "Oh my God. Why didn't Devon tell me that Brock liked men?" "I don't think Devon knows. Or at least he didn't before today. I'm sure he's beginning to suspect, though." Saul grunted. "Yeah, he'd have to be blind not to." "How do you think he and Chad will react?" "They'll be surprised at first, but it does go a long way toward explaining some things. I've always felt that part of Brock's problems was that he felt guilty for not…" Saul trailed off, then shook his head. "Never mind." Then it all dawned on Jimmy with alarming, heartbreaking clarity. Brock felt guilty for not protecting his brothers. It must have been even worse when Devon had come out to take some of the heat off Trey. No doubt, Brock felt that should have been his job, and he'd failed them yet again. "You don't have to go on. I get it." When Saul looked alarmed, Jimmy put up a hand. "You don't need to worry. My own home life was far from pristine, I won't go around and blab their secrets. Not when I have so many of my own." Saul looked a bit relieved, but most of the tension remained in his body. "You can't say anything to anybody…I mean it. You have no idea what the ramifications could be if their whole story came out." That meant that there was still a bit of the mystery remaining. Instead of turning Jimmy off, it made Brock all the more intriguing. "You do know that it's only because of them that you had it so easy when you told the world that you're gay," Saul said, not unkindly. Jimmy nodded, as he'd never been under any other misconceptions. "They may not have been pro, but they were hockey players. It was thanks to them that I even got the courage to do what I did." Saul gave him a sideways look. "Yet, you're really not out are you?" That question shocked Jimmy enough to make him forget to stare at Brock for a while. "What is that supposed to mean? I was on the cover of the Advocate and Sports Illustrated declaring my homosexuality, or did you miss that?" "Okay, maybe that's true, but you're still hiding in the shadow of the closet."
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I can't believe it! Brock's book!? Ms. Hecht, you made my day!
I really enjoyed Brock and Jimmy's story. I am so glad that the Canton Brothers are back together.
Me, too. They deserved a HEA.


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A collection (Over 500) of India nursery rhymes/songs for Toddlers / kids / baby / Children.
They are in four language of India - Hindi / Bengali / Telugu / Marathi -
With a very easy to use user interface, this app also provides lyrics along with the nursery rhyme.
It is available FREE of cost, and needs INTERNET connection is required to work. All of contents are Youtube and this app provides the Link list for user's easy use.
Also User can see the English Nursery Rhymes Version as touch the flag icon on the header.
India Version has 4 categories - Hindi / Bengali / Telugu / Marathi -
English Version has also 4 categories - Nursery Rhymes 1 / Nursery Rhymes 2 / Lullaby / ABC Songs -
List Of Representative Nursery Rhymes of India Version
1. Machli Jal Ki Rani Hai
2. Chanda Mama Door ke
3. Tamatar Bada Mazedar
4. Tota Hoon
5. Machhli Jal Ki Raani Hai
6. Bava Bava Panneeru
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Long Beach Oceanfront Trail
With our recent rains in mind I searched for a place that wouldn't demand trudging through slippery mud. This paved bike/pedestrian path in Long Beach fit the bill nicely. The beach is sometimes loud and bright. Today it was mostly quite foggy. Particularly early morning, I felt as if I were being wrapped in a soothing blanket of fog. This seemed to have a calming effect on everyone. We walked and passed, in friendly silence, as if acting out some unspoken agreement. Every few minutes the silence was broken by the loud but pleasantly resonant blast of a nearby foghorn.
Hiking Distance: Approximately 8.5 to 9 miles
Driving Directions: I became confused and circled for a good 20 minutes before finding my starting point. I have since been able to get some clarity on the driving directions a la Mapquest: From the 405 South Fwy., merge onto the 710 South Fwy. Drive 3.25 miles. Take exit 1C on the left toward Downtown Long Beach/Convention Center/Aquarium. Drive 0.39 miles. Merge onto Shoreline Dr. West. Drive 1.75 miles. Turn right onto Shoreline Village Dr. for 0.11 miles and stay right on Shoreline Village Dr. for 0.08 miles. Park in the pay lot on the right. I paid $14 for the day.
At Shoreline Village, there are colorful shops and restaurants. I did not explore them. To begin, I hiked around the breakwater on Queensway Bay. There are short piers here with great views of the Queen Mary.
In the fog she looked like a ghost ship.
Maybe I'll visit one day.
I hiked the hook-shaped breakwater to it's end. There are feral cats living among the boulders along the waterline. I've seen this before on other beach hikes – cats love these boulders.
The breakwater is about a 1/4 of a mile long, I would guess. I backtracked to Shoreline Village.
Two fake lighthouses – The taller one is known as the Lions Lighthouse for Sight. I didn't see a way to get over to there. I'll add it to my itinerary for when I next hike in the area.
With Shoreline Village on my left and a marina on my right, I joined the bicycle/pedestrain path. I reached the beach in a half a mile..
Soon I arrived at Long Beach City Beach. This beach is very wide at this end – a massive amount of sand between the water and the path.
At the beach there are large, separate lanes for bikes and pedestrians. I began at marker 0.00 and decided to see what was on the other end, 3.00 miles away.
There are several interesting apartment buildings near the path. The one with the spire, shown in photos 1 and 2, is called Villa Riviera. Photo 3 – I also passed the Long Beach Arena, painted with a giant mural known as the Whaling Wall (clever).
I would imagine this beach and these paths are really crowded on sunny weekends. On this day, sweet desolation.
A mural painted over a platform which seems to have no purpose. I climbed the stairs to check it out.
On the platform I found an empty briefcase. Was it stolen? Whenever I do a beach hike near a big city, it always feels like there's sketchy business going on. Also, a delicious bowl of Cheerios left to soak in the drizzle.
To the right of the mural is a walkway that leads up to Bluff Park, a near mile long greenbelt which runs along the top of the bluffs, hence the name. One may continue this hike on the paved path, but I would recommend enjoying the views from above for awhile.
Photos 1 and 2 – The first thing I ran into was the site of a WWII gun battery. Photos 3 and 4 – Views from Bluff Park, back toward the Queen Mary and the dome that once housed the Spruce Goose, and then downcoast at man-made islands just offshore.
In a short distance, the park seems to dead end at a street. The street leads back down to the beach. To stick to the blufftop I walked toward the traffic light and crossed the street, following Ocean Blvd. east.
Just across the street is a small grassy area, Valparaiso Plaza. There's a beautiful corral tree and an old cannon.
The plaque, if I'm guessing correctly, indicates the cannon is a gift from Valparaiso (in Chile), a Long Beach sister city It was dedicated on the Bicentennial, July 4, 1976.
From the cannon I walked down the street a short block, passing the Long Beach Museum of Art, and then rejoined Bluffs Park.
A bronze statue known as the Lone Sailor commemorates those who have served in the Navy.
At 0.8 miles I took a staircase back down to the beach.
This put me just two or three hundred yards from Belmont Pier.
Photo 1 – Futuristic counting machine recording the number of passersby.
Photo 1 – It's a nice pier, with concrete benches marking the dates of important American battles and a restaurant at the end. The extreme southern view is blocked off and used, I think, for customers who wish to dine outdoors. The pier extends both east and west, a "T" shape.
Close-up of the island to the east
There are also cool views to the west.
After resting awhile I exited the pier. I always like to check out the underneath.
Remember the marker which began the three mile countdown? The pier sits just past the two mile point. So I continued on, along the sandy beach for a short distance. Photo 4 – There were animal-shaped cut-outs stuck in the sand, usually near trashcans. Photo 5 – Sure must have been a special dog.
At last I reached the three mile mark, my turnaround point. I kind of expected the trail to end here, but it continues on.
Sites from my return trip. Photo 3 – An historic lifeguard station circa 1938.
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On June 21st, 2017, the McGuane Park Advisory Council (PAC) hosted a Make Music Chicago event for the third consecutive year. We are proud to be able to bring music into the Bridgeport community and to our park, which is mostly known for athletic activities. After a difficult first attempt, McGuane PAC was able to put together a lineup in 2016 that covered an eleven-hour span with acts ranging from Country to Blues to Classic Rock and even Cantonese Opera. After the success of last year's event, we have been able to expand our park's music events from only MMC to a four-week, Wednesday evening concert series culminating with a five-hour Make Music Chicago celebration.
Although the Bridgeport community is one rich with artistic talent, it rarely gets a chance to showcase its home-grown musicians within the neighborhood. McGuane PAC aims to use MMC as vehicle to highlight those musicians. Many of our performers last year who had been raised in the neighbor hood had either played sports or attended summer camps at McGuane and were excited to give back to a place that had been a big part of their youth.
The 2017 Make Music Chicago concert at McGuane began at 4:00pm and lasted until the field house closed at 9:00pm. Bands played on our stage on the East side of the field house under a canopy of the park's majestic trees. There was seating in chairs in front of the stage as well as plenty of shaded space within the park to spread out a blanket, have a picnic dinner, and take in the wonderful music. Refreshments were also sold by the advisory council.
Located in the Bridgeport community, McGuane Park totals 20 acres and features an indoor swimming pool, two gymnasiums, an assembly hall, a kitchen and meeting rooms. Outside, the park offers baseball fields, an athletic field for soccer or football, tennis courts, an interactive water feature and a playground. The playground was renovated in Fall 2013 as part of the Chicago Plays! program. McGuane is located across the street from Stearn Quarry, now the Palmisano Park nature area. McGuane hosted a music series on Wednesday evenings for a month leading up to Make Music Chicago on June 21st.
TAIGO ONEZ: DJs IN THE PARK
"My experience with Make Music Chicago has been so wonderful since the first year I joined the many curators and artists that contribute to such a fantastic yearly event. The staff has always been truly supportive, and always in good energy of our events. It's the one time of the year we as artists of all forms can come together and give back to the community. With the DJ Series that I curate, Make Music Chicago gives DJs the opportunity to be seen and heard all across the City of Chicago. We give opportunities to not just big name DJs in Chicago, but those that don't get a chance to be seen or heard on a regular basis. This is truly something special. The great element to this festival is that it takes place all over the city, filling Chicago with music for the entire day. So much fun for the entire family packed into a single day of great events to choose from.
My goal with the event is to have it expand to become something massive for the Underground Dance music community in Chicago that rivals other large scale events in major cities across the US and around the world. Our usual lineup consists of around 8 to 12 DJs from all forms of Dance music. As a collective we have pulled together some really talented DJs. And MMC has been the platform that has been open and accepting to every DJ/Artist we have had join us for the last 5+ years. Many of the DJs on our lineup have an international following, which has also helped to catapult what we do into larger audiences. Here's to a wonderful future of events with Make Music Chicago."
Santiago (Taigo) Onez, Hailing from the South Side of Chicago, Currently a General Manager, Resident Dj/Host of Bang Le' Dex on Germany's Cuebase-FM, Resident DJ/Host of Desired Frequency on Fnoob Techno Radio London, Co-Host of The Essence Radio Show at 88.5FM Whpk in Chicago, & Co-Owner A&R of Mind Burn Records Chicago. Taigo has release on the respective labels: UKR based out of Seattle & Portland, Mk Recordings based out of Linz, Austria, P&Z Records from the Netherlands, KRUNCH based in Chicago, Sub÷Divizion Detroit, and FORMAT Recordings Chicago. He is a long time Make Music Chicago participant and organizer of DJ's on the Midway and Hyde Park House Music Series.
In 2017, twelve DJs performed at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park from 11:00am to 8:00pm on June 21st.
I have totally enjoyed the opportunity to play Sousa marches at Sousapalooza! A few years ago the Tinley Park Community Band that I play in was contacted about this and now my fellow band members and I attend this event every year. It's really cool to play a concert on the Summer Solstice and feel connected to the other musicians that are performing next to me in Chicago and around the world at this global event. I've performed alongside my daughter, who is a music educator, my private lesson students, and the retired CSO principal clarinetist Larry Combs!"
Lynn Hojnacki is a musician who plays with many community bands, including the Tinley Park Community Band, the New Lennox Community Band and previously The Southwest Suburban Community Band. She teaches private lessons for clarinet and saxophone and joins MMC every year at Sousapalooza!
Sousapalooza is MMC's longest-standing and most popular play-along, where musicians of all levels can come play John Philip Sousa Marches alongside professional musicians. In 2017, Sousapalooza was part of an all-day program of performances and play-alongs held at Cloudgate Plaza in Millennium Park on June 21st.
"We lovingly dubbed it the "octopiano". Four dancers knitted long swaths of ribbon with the piano at the center, almost as if the piano had grown arms. While music played, the dancers moved together, stretching the knitting to extend the pianos reach to the beach and surrounding fields. The freedom of playing music outside met the freedom of dancing, as we all watched the waves of Lake Michigan.
That performance took place in July of 2016, and it began a wonderful relationship between my company Synapse Arts and Make Music Chicago (MMC). It was when MMC placed one of their Pianos in the Parks at our home as Arts Partners in Residence at Loyola Park that I really started to look into them. The piano prompted conversations about how difficult it can be for apartment-dwellers to gain access to a full-sized instrument. The composer I work with was excited to have a chance to play it, and our project grew from that inspiration. It became clear to me that MMC and Synapse share the goal of making art radically accessible.
This year, MMC and Synapse co-presented performances that expanded on the fun we had in 2016. The 2017 project is called Weave Trees, and is a dance with grand textiles that hang from trees in Loyola Park. Viewers are invited to stroll through the seven dancers as they knit and swirl more than 2,000 feet of satin. The knitting connects the dancers to trees and one another, expressing connection and creativity. Live original music will be performed by composer/pianist Matthew Griffo and cellist Leyla I. Royale.
Site-specific performances have the power to alter our ideas about places we see every day during our commutes. MMC treats everywhere as a music venue, and Synapse sees everyplace as a dance venue. By taking traditional performance forms outside, we effectively remove physical and psychological barriers to the artwork. In this way, we can make any location more vibrant and beautiful, highlighting community and creativity."
Rachel Damon is a designer, choreographer and performer whose self-made career bridges onstage and backstage. She is the Artistic Director of Synapse Arts, and is also a Stage Manager at Blue Man Group and Adjunct Faculty member at The Dance Center Columbia College Chicago. Rachel loves to knit while watching action movies, and she eats dessert every day. Rachel and Synapse Arts presented four 30-minute performances of Weave Trees at Loyola Park as part of Make Music Chicago 2017 on June 21st.


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Andy Comeau: Chief Executive Officer
Andy brings nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare information technology to his role as CEO of OpenTempo. Prior to joining our team in July 2015, Andy had executive responsibilities for Cerner Corporation's population health solutions. Andy originally joined Cerner through its acquisition of PureWellness where he served as vice president of sales and marketing and was instrumental in driving the company's rapid growth, leading market position and eventual sale. Andy's career experience also includes both commercial leadership and strategic planning roles for both IDX Systems and McKesson Corporation. Andy graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Mathematics and lives close to Burlington.
Rich Miller: Founder and
Chief Strategy Officer
A career entrepreneur, Rich launched his first venture, 6 Degrees Software & Consulting, Inc., which created successful products and service lines for the software tools, corporate training, research, legal and medical markets. In 2006, after significant market research and analysis, Rich launched his initial services for the healthcare space. In 2013, we re-incorporated as OpenTempo, Inc. to reflect the company's singular focus and commitment to our product and the medical systems market. At the same time, he brought on the company's first external investors. Rich continues to be the driving force behind our market approach, staying ahead of market requirements, maintaining our competitive advantage and contributing to bookings growth. Rich is also an active member of the OpenTempo Board. Originally from Long Island, NY, Rich graduated from the University of Vermont and lives in the Burlington area.
Travis Peckham: Chief Technology
Officer and Co-Founder
Travis serves as OpenTempo's Chief Technology Officer and manages all aspects of product design and development as well as the company's technical operations. Travis started his career with Rich Miller working for 6 Degrees before working as an independent consultant and software developer and eventually joining IDX Systems (and later GE Healthcare) as the leader of Customer System Management. He eventually rejoined Rich and started OpenTempo in 2006 and has been with the business since then. Travis has a BA in computer science from Boston University. He loves rock climbing and has written a comprehensive book on climbing in Vermont (Tough Schist). He lives in the Burlington area.
Steve Bence: Chief Growth Officer
As OpenTempo's Chief Growth Officer, Steve leads the company's commercial operations and strategic planning. Prior to OpenTempo, Steve served as senior vice president of Sales and Customer Success at Aesynt, the global leader in robotics for health system pharmacy automation. Steve came to Aesynt through McKesson where he held a variety of commercial leadership roles in their provider technologies business over a 10 year period. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Steve earned his BA and MBA degrees from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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Sarah leads OpenTempo's Customer Operations team including our customer contact center, implementation and project management, and our enterprise program management and business continuity service lines. Sarah started at OpenTempo as a project manager and was promoted to her current role in 2016. Sarah brings over 15 years of department and organizational leadership — primarily in the not-for-profit sector — to her role. Sarah graduated from the University of Vermont and currently lives in the Burlington area.
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Data Structure and Database concept
Paper Code:CHE 401
There shall be one compulsory objective type question comprising 10 Nos. spread over the entire syllabus and each carrying one mark.
Two questions are to be set from each module out of which five questions are to be answered taking at least one from each module. All questions carry equal marks
Module I:
Linear Data structures: Sequential Representation, Arrays, Lists, Stacks, Queues, Circular Queue, De-queue
Linked List Representations: Linear Linked List, Circular Linked List, Doubly Linked List and their Application.
Recursion: Design of Recursive algorithm, Tail Recursion
Module II:
Non-Linear Data Structures:
Trees : Binary Trees, Traversals, Threads, Binary Search Trees- Insertion and Deletion algorithms, AVL Tree
(Definition and basic concepts)
Graphs: Breadth First Search (BFS) and Depth First Search (DFS).
Sorting and Searching:
Sorting Algorithms: Bubble sort, Insertion sort, Selection sort, Quick sort.
Searching Algorithms: Linear search, Binary search.
Module III:
Database Concepts:
Introduction: File Processing System and Database System ,Concept Architecture, Data Model, scheme & instances, Data Independence, Database User, Database Administrator
Entity Relational Model: Basic Concepts, Entity-Relationship Diagram, Keys, Weak Entity Set, Generalization and Specialization
Introduction to relational algebra
Module IV:
Database Language: Introduction to SQL: DDL, DML.
Relational Database Design: Functional Dependencies, Different anomalies in database designing, Normalization: 1NF, 2NF, 3NFand BCNF, Lossless-Join Decomposition and Dependency Preservation.
Text Books:
Data Structure:
- Kruse Robert L., Robert Kruse, Cl Tondo., "Data Structures and Program Design in C", Pearson
- Aho Alfred V., Hopcroft John E., UIlman Jeffrey D., "Data Structures and Algorithms", Addison Wesley
Database Concepts:
- Henry F. Korth and Silberschatz Abraham, "Database System Concepts", Mc.Graw Hill.
- Elmasri Ramez and Novathe Shamkant, "Fundamentals of Database Systems", Benjamin Cummings Publishing. Company.
Data Structure:
Tanenbaum A. S. , "Data Structures using 'C' "
Horowitz Ellis & Sartaj Sahani , "Fundamentals of Data Structures" , Galgotria Pub.
Database Concepts:
Date C. J., "Introduction to Database Management", Vol. I, II, III, Addison Wesley.


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All natural things like milk, fruits and vegetable must be included in our diet plan. If one takes proper nutritious diet, then only health can be maintained. Health refers to the state of physical fitness and mental stability. Fruits play a very vital role in maintaining your body fitness as they are rich in glucose and fructose. They help in reducing extra fat from your body if taken before meals. They also help in preventing diseases like calcium deficiency because fruits are full of calcium. Oranges, kiwis, Mulberries and prunes are some of the fruits that contain calcium and provide protection against calcium deficiency.
There are many fruit exporters that provide fresh and highest quality of fruits. They mainly deal in bananas and pineapples. In Asia, Philippine is one of the popular destinations that deal in Cavendish bananas and pineapples. To make your body perfect, a proper balanced diet is very essential. Fruits are highly beneficial for health. They offer a wide range of bananas like Lady Finger, Cavendish and Williams. Philippine Cavendish Bananas are preferred by hotel owners only. These exporters offer a variety of bananas available in two ranges such as:
Class A big hands:
- Length : maximum 7.5 inches, minimum 6.5 inches
- Expected life: 9-11 weeks
- Calibration : maximum 39 mm, minimum 36 mm
- Bananas per bunch : at least 12
- Fingers per box : average 85-105 (13.5kg)
Class B small hands:
- Length :maximum 12 inches, minimum 7.5 inches
- Expected life : 9-11 weeks
- Calibration : maximum 47 mm, minimum 39 mm
- Bananas per bunch : at least 12
- Fingers per box : average 76-88 (13.5kg)
Apart from bananas, they also export different types of pineapples all over the world. MD2 is one the popular types of pineapples used for consumption purposes. These fruits are packed in safe containers. They also provide the specifications regarding pineapples such as:
- Net weight – 12kg/box
- Sizes – Big 5,6,7,8 per box. Small – 9,10,11,12 per box
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Welcome back to our series on the 7 Days of Creation in Legos. If you missed yesterday, you can go here. Today we are looking at Day 2: Sky. (And don't forget to check out the other bloggers I am teaming up with for this creation series. There are some great ideas at the bottom of the post.)
Let's start by reading our passage:
And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water." So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day. Genesis 1:6-7
Ready to build? We'll be using many of our dark and light blue legos from this set (affiliate link). Our sky may look a little strange now, but we're preparing it to hold our lego sun, moon & stars for Day 4. You will be using pieces that are single and double wide and all various lengths.
Here is the short of it. Details follow below.
1. Build two rows of blue to fit the length of your box. The sky is only two dots deep (a double wide brick).
2. Begin to create space for the sun. The sun that we're creating needs space that is 8 dots wide and 9 rows/bricks high. Use only single wide pieces for this space.
3. Build 1-2 more rows depending on how tall your box is. As you will see later, we left room for the white rays of light to show behind our sky reminding us that on Day One, God made light.
4. Begin to create space for the moon. Our moon needs space that is 8 dots wide and 7 bricks high. Again, use only single wide pieces so that our moon can fit in this space.
5. At any place you would like in the sky, add two of the pieces with the front attachment as well. This is how we will attach our stars.
6. Continue to build up and finish your sky by adding cap pieces across the double wide pieces.
On Day 2, God made the sky so blue. And it was good.
Day 3>>
See the whole Creation Series in Legos at a glance.
Don't miss these great ideas for Day 2 in the Creation for Kids Series:
Rainbow Q-tip Painting/ Why is Sky Blue Experiment? from True Aim Education
Days of Creation Accordion from Bible Fun for Kids
Creation: Sky – No Sew Quiet Book for Toddlers from Powerful Mothering
Day 2 Paper Plate Art & Memory Cards from Walking Fruitfully
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Lenovo P2 is an Android device that supports Ann overhaul of functions. The Lenovo P2 manufactured by Lenovo sticks out with amazing specifications that makes it a phone to stand out. In this article we share what we think is helpful to buyers and those who would like to be informed of the Lenovo P2..
Quick Lenovo P2 Specifications
- 5.5 – inch FHD display screen
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1080p screen resolution.
- 32GB ROM + 128GB SD slot
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Octa core processor
- 16MP rear camera
- 8MP front camera
- Fingerprint Identification
- 5100mAh Battery
Lenovo P2 sports a Full metallic body entirely making it more secure and also features advanced screen protection technologies likes of the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 ensuring a safer display screen resistant to minor scratches and dust proof.
Lenovo P2 also stands as a Dual-SIM phone that supports two SIM cards that have the ability to work on standby.
It is a 5.5-incher whose display behind its 1.5 inch dimensions it also sports FHD display for high quality and HD pictures. With that the earlier mentioned Corning Gorilla Glass 3 does the protection.
Lenovo P2 performs fastest thanks to the octa-core processor that is built within this gadget. Alongside that the phone sports a 4GB RAM that ensures efficient multitasking and app changeover.
Storage wise the phone as earlier mentioned has got a 4GB RAM. On top of that it has a 32GB ROM with more than 80% of storage being available for the user. It also sports a 128GB Micro SD card slot that can be used to add up the memory.
It sports dual cameras; a 16MP rear camera and an 8MP for Selfies and video call.
The battery of the Lenovo P2 has one good thing when it comes to power. It sports a 5100mAh Sony/ATL battery with Quick Charge technology. This battery can give you some good juice.


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In today's post I do an unboxing video of the new Trollbloods Battlegroup for Hordes Mk3 from Privateer Press.
If you haven't heard, Privateer Press just released a new version of their rules, re-working and streamlining the entire game and all of the stats for all the models, and they've also released a whole bunch of new Battlegroup boxes which are really awesome – especially for new players.
Here's an unboxing of the new Trollbloods Battlegroup I just picked up the other day:
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Motivations can often conflict. Suppose it is six o'clock and I want a drink; suppose also that I know that it would be unwise or inappropriate in my present circumstances to drink. In cases like this I feel a struggle inside me. For Plato and for Aristotle, such struggles were an important part of moral experience, and on their description and analysis depends much of Plato's and Aristotle's moral psychology. It is not well enough appreciated that, in this respect, Aristotle was an uncritical follower of Plato. If we understand Plato's theory and how little Aristotle departed from it, we will be able to make better sense of some difficult passages, especially De Anima III.11, and we will even be able to solve the conundrum of the 'sphere' which has teased scholars for two thousand years.
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Vice President - External Relations/Communications
- Employer
- National Youngarts Foundation
- Location
- Miami
- Posted
- Jun 25, 2013
- Closes
- Jul 25, 2013
- Contact
- Mr. Bob Bromberg
- Function
- Operations & Strategy
- Duration
- Full Time
VICE PRESIDENT – EXTERNAL RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONSPLEASE READ THE ENTIRE JOB DESCRIPTION. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THE QUALIFICATIONS SECTION. The National YoungArts Foundation seeks a Vice President – External Relations & Communications for its 30+ year old national YoungArts program. Visit us on the web at www.youngarts.orgPosition Summary Position is responsible for leading the development and implementation of creative and effective communications efforts to meet short and long-term goals. The position will join YoungArts at a critical juncture as the organization increases its programming and launches a new home base in Miami with the recent purchase and relocation to the iconic Bacardi campus on Biscayne Boulevard, just north of the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The VP of External Relations & Communications will work closely with the senior management team to expand the organization's activities in regions such as New York and Los Angeles. Essential Job Functions: Public Relations & Marketing 1. Has oversight over all internal and external communications for organization. 2. Directs and develops all strategic aspects of communications (internal and external) to align messaging, increase visibility, and effectively position the organization as the national leader in the development of young artists. 3. Oversees all organizational external relations efforts and works to ensure that the YoungArts brand, desired image and position is protected, maintained and elevated in the public's eye. 4. Develops clear, consistent and compelling message platform for organization that speaks to all of YoungArts' audiences and embodies the "YoungArts spirit." 5. Develops strategic short- and long-term public relations and marketing initiatives. 6. Promotes YoungArts, its programs and alumni to target audiences through local, regional and national campaigns. 7. Manage all media policies and messages. 8. Guides the organization through an institutional re-branding effort. 9. Manages the organization's website, graphic design, and publications programs, including an annual report. 10. Manages continued phase development for website with organizational priorities. 11. Oversees audit of organizational collateral and message. Consistently researches new and innovative opportunities to position organization through print, digital and collaborative initiatives. 12. Provides key statistics for organization and develops talking points and messages. 13. Ensures President, Board members and other ambassadors have talking points and remarks as needed, and handles communications for President as needed. 14. Builds ongoing public support for YoungArts programming, including performances, exhibitions and television. 15. Works with creative partners to promote HBO "YoungArts Masterclass" program. 16. Sustains and expands the organization's varied audiences. 17. Provides and delivers communications strategy and collateral support to promote all organizational special events. 18. Ensures crises management plan is in place for organization. 19. Manages the work of marketing and public relations consultants. 20. Serves as spokesperson (after President and when requested) for organization. Partnerships & Sponsorships 1. Develops and oversees strategy for media partnerships (nationally/NYC, MIA). 2. Works in tandem with the Development and Programs departments to garner recognition for programs and sponsorships 3. Develops and helps implement and manage strategy for national and community-based partnerships and affiliations. Ensures all existing partnerships are clearly defined, provide a positive platform for the YoungArts brand and serve core YoungArts audiences and priorities. Ensures partnerships are highlighted as appropriate on website and in collateral and communications materials. ------Includes Affirmation Arts, American Ballet Theatre, Americans for the Arts, Baryshnikov Arts Center, HBO, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, MTV, The Phillips Collection, Presidential Scholars, Smithsonian, and others. Recruitment 1. Develops and directs national recruitment strategy for annual YoungArts application. Oversees team and appropriate consultants on distribution of collateral annually. Reports and analyze recruitment results. Qualifications: Position requires a four-year degree in any relevant discipline (advanced degree preferred) and not less than 10 years of experience in leading the communications team for a national nonprofit or arts organization. Position also requires strong computer skills including internet research and Microsoft Office applications including database management. Position also requires the following abilities: 1. Must have advanced interpersonal and communication (written and oral) and presentation skills. 2. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and deliver work product within strict time demands. 3. Ability to work independently and efficiently on several projects simultaneously. 4. Must have demonstrated planning and assessment skills, and strong leadership skills including consensus-building, conflict resolution, motivation and decision-making 5. Must have ability to think strategically and have a broad and long-range view of the organization's direction. We offer an outstanding total compensation and benefits package including 100% employer paid medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance, a 100% matching 403(b) plan, generous paid time off and on-site parking.Please send response in one continuous WORD or PDF document including cover letter, resume, three references and salary requirements. Applications not containing all of these elements will not be considered.


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With a 4000mAh battery under its hood, battery must be your least concern when you own Intex Cloud Power+ from Intex, India's no. 3 Smartphone vendor. Priced affordably at Rs 8,599 the Cloud Power+ is exclusively available on Snapdeal.
It's not the first time though Intex has launched an Android Smartphone with massive battery, they have earlier outed Intex Aqua Power and Aqua Power+ and it also joins the big battery models from the rivals that include Lenovo P780, Lenovo A5000, Xolo Q3000, Lava Iris Fuel 60 to name a few.
Intex claims the Cloud Power+ to deliver up to 17 hours of talk time and up to 1176 hours of standby time. Even on the specs list, the Cloud Power+ seems to be power packed at this price point boasting a 2GB of RAM. The dual-SIM Smartphone features a fully laminated 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) IPS display with a pixel density of 294ppi.
Powering the device is a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek (MT6582M) processor, 2GB of RAM and Mali T760-MP2 GPU. There is a 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). It runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 out of the box. Camera setup includes a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash while there is a 5-megapixel fixed-focus front-facing camera for selfies. The camera features include Panorama, face beauty, continuous shots, voice capture, HDR, smile shot, face detection.
The Cloud Power+ measures 147x72x8.65mm, weighs 156 grams, and is available in Black Silver, Champagne, Black Champagne, and White Champagne colours. Intex has also included a flip cover worth Rs 599 in the box.
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- 5-inch fully laminated IPS display
- 720p resolution
- Android Lollipop 5.0
- 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
- Mali T760-MP2 GPU
- 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB
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- 4000mAh battery
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R/GA Singapore Adds Significant New Leadership Roles
New York: R/GA, the agency for the digital age, has added two experienced industry veterans to its Singapore office: Sushobhan Mukherjee, planning director, and Steve Kalifowitz, group director, production. The two will be central to the office's leadership and will support MasterCard's global digital account. They will report to William Charnock, chief strategy officer, and John Antinori, EVP, chief production officer, respectively.
The agency is committed to building the Singapore office into a creative and technical powerhouse and will be hiring the best in class to do so. Mukherjee, an award-winning planner, and Kalifowitz, an experienced global producer from R/GA's New York office, will join forces with other core team members to establish R/GA Singapore as the leader in digital marketing. By combining R/GA's best practices with regional-specific insights, the Singapore office will be well positioned to deliver innovative ideas to clients and grow their businesses.
"Sushobhan is an experienced strategist with a deep understanding of consumers in Asia and the Middle East. His innovative thinking has earned him not only national and international acclaim recognized via industry awards but also the confidence of his clients in his ability to experiment with new, different, and successful approaches to brand building," said Charnock. "This is exactly the type of strategic capability R/GA is building for our clients—not just in Singapore but all over the world. We are making the bet that strategic excellence in the digital age will involve this combination of innovation and experience epitomized by Sushobhan, one of the best practitioners in the region."
A veteran strategist, Mukherjee understands brands from a variety of vantage points. Armed with an MBA in finance, he initially worked as an economist and researcher, and transitioned to strategic planning in the mid-1990s. His planning prowess has been recognized at the most prestigious award shows, ranging from gold at both the Jay Chiat Awards and the APPIES in Singapore. He is adept at pioneering planning functions, having established stand-alone offerings at JWT Mumbai, Publicis Singapore and India, and Mudra. He was most recently VP, strategic planning director, at JWT Mumbai, where he transitioned the agency to a more digitally focused approach to planning and helped create award-winning integrated marketing campaigns, including "Teach India," which won the Grand Effie at the 2009 show.
As the regional strategic planning director, APAC, at Publicis Singapore, Mukherjee successfully managed the transition of the HP account from Saatchi & Saatchi to Publicis and helped acquire the Aviva account in 2007, making it the first nonaligned regional new business win (account duties expanded into Australia, Hong Kong, and India) and the agency's only international client win that year. His financial expertise stretches across some of the largest brands in India, ranging from Aviva to Citibank, and various sectors including life insurance, mutual funds, and an array of banks.
He drove Publicis India's entry into the social and development sector and transitioned Mudra's planning function from new business into a self-sustaining planning department. In his previous positions, he worked with companies like Rediffusion DY&R, Discovery Communications, McCann Erickson, Trikaya Grey (now Grey Worldwide), and Mode Research (now TNS, the world's largest market research firm).
Kalifowitz, an award-winning producer skilled at managing R/GA's projects and interoffice relationships, will be tasked with ensuring that the agency's world-class offerings and processes are integrated into the Singapore office. As the executive producer for R/GA's Retail practice, he has led engagements for clients such as Nokia and Walmart, developing in-store digital solutions for the global retailer.
"Steve brings to the Singapore office an extensive knowledge of R/GA's work and unique production model—a vital component of the agency's legacy—and that makes him perfect for the job," said Antinori. "By knowing how to leverage R/GA's international resources to produce a high quality of work, he's well equipped to help grow Singapore's capabilities, ensure a high level of service for our clients, and facilitate collaboration between Singapore and our NY-based headquarters and other hub offices."
Having been with the agency for close to three years, Kalifowitz has the unique ability to reach deep into R/GA's resources and manage multiple parties, leading to outstanding results. For Nokia retail, he led the project rollout initially in China, Thailand, Indonesia, and India. He spearheaded the production and launch of "15 Seconds of Fame," an innovative digital experience for the American Eagle Outfitters flagship store in Times Square, New York, which placed shoppers' photographs on a 15,000-square-foot LED billboard. He also helped win the retailer's 77kids by American Eagle account and worked with the retail group to successfully launch an interactive digital experience in the brand's debut kids' stores.
Prior to R/GA, Kalifowitz was in broadcasting, building a core background in storytelling by producing films and commercials for HBO and ABC Sports among others. His work as a producer for Inside the NFL and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel earned him two Emmy Awards and four nominations.


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In the era in which wellness vendors were still claiming an ROI on wellness (and more and more are not), I asked a number of them how they calculated the ROI. Not one calculated the ROI in a way that a steely-eyed CFO would endorse.
Below is a partial list of costs wellness vendors should be considering, but rarely if ever do consider. If you have a wellness program and want to look for an ROI please start with this list:
1. Wellness vendor fees
2. Communication costs
3. Investments in materials (i.e. Fitbit) and facilities (i.e. onsite fitness centers)
4. The cost of biometric tests and health assessments
5. The cost of program incentives (awards, premium reductions, etc.)
6. The wages and benefits of the company's wellness team members
7. The wages and lost productivity for employees to sit through biometric tests, wellness meetings, to read wellness memos and other emails/communications, and the time to fill out health risk assessments*
8. The cost of following-up on false positives from asymptomatic employees going to doctors for ill-advised tests. This one is not uncommon – and can generate as much as $70,000** in additional cost and harm in a single episode.
Further, when wellness vendors claim improvements in productivity, they need only look at a client's wages as a percentage of sales (with a few minor adjustments). If that ratio is not declining, employee productivity is not improving. That is a simple calculation, but most wellness vendors claim that employee productivity cannot be measured – a fallacy.
For an excellent discussion on failures of wellness productivity claims click here.
The same principles apply to VOI claims as well. Click here for an excellent review of what some call the VOI scam click here.
This post may be flogging a dead horse. So be it.
Tom Emerick
Tom's latest book, "An Illustrated Guide to Personal Health", is now available on Amazon.
*If ten thousand employees spend 8 hours per year in wellness meetings, reading wellness emails, filling out forms, etc, at an average wage of $20/hour, the cost is $1.6 million.
**I've personally witnessed people who've had false positives on wellness exams and spent thousands of plan dollars just to explore false positives. The largest one cost a shade under $70,000 to get an all clear. If you want to know the true cost of a wellness program, this impact can't be ignored.


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As the sun slipped below the horizon on a cool Sunday night in Hammond, about a thousand residents, veterans and active military members filed into Cate Square Park, holding candles and American flags to honor the 11 men killed Tuesday during a military training exercise near Pensacola, Florida.
A crew of four Louisiana National Guardsmen from a Hammond unit were flying a Black Hawk helicopter with seven Marines on board, conducting a routine training exercise above the Gulf of Mexico when the helicopter, shrouded in a bank of fog, crashed into Santa Rosa Sound.
"This hit our home pretty hard. It hit our community hard," said Gillian Rabalais, holding back tears, before the memorial.
Her husband, Philip Rabalais, served as a helicopter mechanic in the Louisiana National Guard from 2000 to 2006.
"I know half these guys in the crowd. We're here to grieve and pay our respects," Philip Rabalais said.
The Rabalaises decided to organize the candlelight memorial for what they say is a tight-knit community and posted plans for the event on Facebook last week.
"This is where these guys work. It's where they hang out," Gillian Rabalais said. "It had to happen here."
As of Sunday afternoon more than 3,200 people had seen the flier on Facebook, she said.
"It's incredible how many people have turned up. They just keep coming," Gillian Rabalais said 30 minutes before the service, as hundreds of people had already gathered in the park.
For Paul Zeringue, 26, a specialist in his third year with the National Guard's 1021st Engineer Company, the memorial was an opportunity to back his fellow servicemen.
"We're like a family, so we have to support each other," he said. "I'm here for them."
Also in attendance were members of the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion in Hammond, which is the unit of the guardsmen who were killed. The somber group arrived dressed in their crisp guard uniforms and quietly released balloon lanterns in memory of their fallen comrades. None of the members would speak to the media.
The state's National Guard had not released the names of the four guardsmen killed by the time Sunday's memorial was held, so the names of those being remembered were not mentioned.
The guard has said the bodies of two of the soldiers killed have been recovered and two others were still missing and thought be in the helicopter wreckage. A salvage company was to recover the wreckage by late Saturday, but Guard officials did not return phone calls on Saturday or Sunday, so it was unclear if that occurred.
The Marines have identified their members who were killed.
Even without knowing the identities of those killed, people found ways to remember them.
Lori Banks, a family services worker in Hammond, brought her service dog Hayward because she saw it as a way to provide relief to other grieving community members.
"I think this whole thing shows how short life can be," she said.
As bagpipes played "Amazing Grace" and members of the crowd recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the guardsmen lit paper lanterns that floated off into the twilight.
Leading the crowd in prayer at the end of the memorial, the Rev. Trent Campbell, of River Rock Church, pointed to a cluster of people, most of whom live in the community.
"You all," he said. "This is what those men believed in."
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In the suit, decided by a three-judge appellate panel, plaintiffs Dale, Larry and Marlow Fossen had accused Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana Inc. of violating Montana's little HIPAA law as well as the state's unfair-trade-practices law by increasing their premiums over 40 percent for the...
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The griffin, the sunbird, manticores, unicorns - all manner of glorious creatures never captured in zoos, museums or photographs are packed vividly into this collection of stories. Neil Gaiman has included some of his own childhood favourites alongside stories classic and modern to spark the imagination of readers young and old. All contributors have given their work free to benefit Dave Eggers' literacy charity, 826DC. Includes stories by: Peter S. Beagle, Anthony Boucher, Avram Davidson, Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Nalo Hopkinson, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Kurashige, E. Nesbit, Larry Niven, Nnedi Okorafor, Saki, Frank R. Stockton, Gahan Wilson, E. Lily Yu.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work - The Graveyard Book. His ground-breaking picture books include The Wolves in the Walls. The L.A. Times has described his multi-million-selling graphic novel series Sandman as 'the greatest epic in the history of comic books'. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films. In 2011 he wrote The Doctor's Wife episode of Doctor Who and appeared as himself in The Simpsons.
Audience: Children
For Ages: 11+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 480
Published: 13th February 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.9 x 13.0 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.39
Edition Number: 1


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Dementia has been described as one of the biggest global health and social care challenges of the 21st Century. Nevertheless, the Prime Minister has stated that by 2020 he wants England to be the best country in the world for dementia care and support and for people with dementia, carers and families to live.
In order to respond to this large and complex challenge, we must work together to address workforce development needs across health and social care, across physical and mental health and across geographic boundaries. In the East of England we are doing that through a network of Dementia Alliances that has been established by Heath Education East of England to ensure maximum shared learning.These are Norfolk & Suffolk, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire, Cambridge & Peterborough and Essex.
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