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286 Westchester, FL Lighting Designers and Suppliers
LightUpMyHome is a lighting manufacturer and an online retail company that delivers products directly to consumers...Read moreClick to call15.7 miles from Westchester, FL14881 SW 161ST ST MiamiFL331874650318
LightUpMyHome is a lighting manufacturer and an online retail company that delivers products directly to consumers throughout the United States and also to various countries worldwide.
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Galilee Lighting art glass lighting and modern art collection is a beautiful combination of unique lighting design...Read moreClick to call18.3 miles from Westchester, FL20533 Biscayne Blvd, STE 4-111 AventuraFL33180505037
Galilee Lighting art glass lighting and modern art collection is a beautiful combination of unique lighting designs and art-glass . Our modern lighting & art collection include modern pendant lights, modern chandeliers, modern mount flush lighting, modern wall sconces and abstract art glass paintings. Every style of our modern lighting fixtures is available in many unique colors, different sizes and can be designed in any length. We design modern pendants light chandelier, designed with any number of pendants, according to the space. Our breathtaking lighting designs bring the beauty of modern art glass lighting to the space. We specialize in designing custom lighting for residential and commercial spaces, and offer special lighting solutions for different spaces, lighting for high ceiling, lighting for low ceiling, lighting for foyer, lighting for stairway, lighting for slanted ceiling, art glass wall sconces and modern floor lamps. As part of our service, we advise our customers about the style and right size of chandelier for each space, modern lighting for dining room, modern lighting over the dining table, modern lighting for sitting area, modern lighting over the kitchen island and lighting for high ceiling entrance. our luxury lighting collection offers breathtaking designs of modern lighting fixtures, modern light pendants, modern suspension lights, modern chandeliers,modern art glassworks, contemporary art glass wall paintings, abstract wall art, art glass sinks, and stained glass works for residential and commercial spaces. Our contemporary lighting & art collection is available in exotic rich colors and textures that are created in a special technique of high temperature glass fusing similar to the hand blown glass lighting, uniquely invented by our artist Shimi Pelleg. As a art glass lighting manufacturer, we can create unique lighting designs, and each piece is individually designed and created for every customer, with a personal touch of our artist. We invite you to visit our modern lighting showroom in the famous Miami design district, Florida, to reveal the beauty of light transperancy through art. or view our Shimi Peleg lighting collection on our website. contact us with any project, small or big, and we will be happy to plan with you your own piece of art . To receive our catalog by email, contact email@example.com visit www.GalileeLighting.com
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With an experience of 17 years in the field of lighting design, Iris Kadouri Rizenbah has over 17 years of experie...Read moreClick to call5.6 miles from Westchester, FL8345 NW 66 ST #A8550 MiamiFL33166505018
With an experience of 17 years in the field of lighting design, Iris Kadouri Rizenbah has over 17 years of experience specializing in residential lighting consultancy, design and applications. As an accomplished lighting consultant, Iris brings the experience of dozens of diverse lighting design projects and installations to her clients. CAD lighting plans, lighting lists, lighting installations and custom lighting projects and productions with a unique approach to every home are Iris's specialties. Her experience makes her a valuable addition to any renovation project. Iris specializes in residential lighting design, and it is this expertise that sets her apart. Iris studied product, interior and lighting design at the prestigious Central Saint Martin's University of Design, London UK, and holds a BA (Hons) in the field of design.
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We provide a rewarding shopping experience for our customers in our beautiful 10,000 square foot showroom in Coral...Read moreClick to call36.0 miles from Westchester, FL7401 Sample Road Coral SpringsFL33065485020
We provide a rewarding shopping experience for our customers in our beautiful 10,000 square foot showroom in Coral Springs, Florida, and now we are offering that same great service and experience on the web! Whether you are living in Fort Lauderdale, Parkland, Boca Raton, Delray Beach or anywhere in South Florida, you can shop for Coral Springs lighting from the comfort of your home. Beautiful Things has built a stellar reputation assisting homeowners, builders, and interior designers in selecting the perfect lighting and decor for their homes and projects. We have over 3,000 lights on display in our showroom, from Fort Lauderdale lighting and recessed specifications, to under-counter lighting, in addition to a great selection of lamps, mirrors, furniture, and accessories. Our website will soon display over 500,000 fabulous products. We also offer home automation, lighting controls, and music systems. We have the same guaranteed internet pricing everyday, and we will beat the price of our competitors by 110% of the difference. We have the most prominent pro trade program in the industry, rewarding members with unbeatable insider pricing, customizable project management, and lead generating tools. We are proud of our almost 2-decade reputation as trustworthy and ethical business partners with both customers and suppliers. We invite you to visit our showroom and discover what Beautiful Things can do for you.
Signature Glass Lighting. Some say the invention of glass is recorded on the cuneiform tablets of King Ashurban...Read moreClick to call8.6 miles from Westchester, FL325 NW 28TH ST MIAMIFL3312750503
Signature Glass Lighting. Some say the invention of glass is recorded on the cuneiform tablets of King Ashurbanipal of Assyria. Others recount a tale of a merchant ship, laden with nitrium, encamped on a beach. The ship's sailors, searching for stones to prop up their pots while cooking dinner, sought recourse in the ship's excess cargo. Their improvised nitrium coals quickly melted to fuse with the sands of the shore, expelling streams of a translucent, shimmering liquid, which we know today as glass. Ohr Lighting is proud to return the art of glass making to its geographical roots. Scouring the Middle East and Mediterranean, we have uncovered the work of a small group of pioneering glass artisans manipulating this hallowed craft to create exciting new masterpieces. From their cloistered ateliers in remote locales, we bring you the exquisite creations produced by these latter-day Phoenicians, descendants of the foremost expert glass blowers in the ancient world. Ohr Lighting's glass fixtures are exotic, sophisticated, elegant, innovative, delicate – an exclusive exploration of light, shadow and transparency.
Farrey's Lighting and Bath offers a unique collection of designer lights, ceiling fans, faucets and decor. Adorn y...Read moreClick to call14.4 miles from Westchester, FL1850 NE 146th Street North MiamiFL3318137504
Farrey's Lighting and Bath offers a unique collection of designer lights, ceiling fans, faucets and decor. Adorn your living space with Jewelry for the Home® We specialize in working with residential, commercial or custom interior design service professionals. Locations: North Miami 1850 NE 146th Street 305.947.5451 Coconut Grove 3000 SW 28th Lane 305.445.2244 Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Sundays Closed
We are a leading retailer of hand-crafted, high-quality luxury chandeliers and modern lighting. Designer Chandel...Read moreClick to call8.6 miles from Westchester, FL2621 NW 2nd Ave MiamiFL3312750505
We are a leading retailer of hand-crafted, high-quality luxury chandeliers and modern lighting. Designer Chandeliers started out in 2009 as one of our founders was looking into remodeling his new home. When looking into furniture and lighting he fell in love with several high-end brands like Baccarat, Moooi, Ilde Max, and designers like Philippe Starck, and Karim Rashid. After searching for other alternatives due to high price costs of the items he liked, he realized there was nothing in the market that could look as elegant and modern as those high end chandeliers, so he decided to start designing and developing products that had the same high quality materials but with a more affordable price range. "I teamed up with a lighting designer and wanted to create my own version of chandeliers that I liked with top quality crystals and made by people who have been in the trade for generations. I finally found a manufacturer, showed them my designs and started building out samples." After one year of development we finally are happy with the quality of our products and slowly have hit the market. Today we are proud to say that we have a 100% satisfied clientele that have spread the word and recommended us to friends and family. Each chandelier is unique and is custom made to fit any needs our client want, something no other company offers
VIVA LED focuses on creating the best lighting experience and serving you all over the country and other markets i...Read moreClick to call4.3 miles from Westchester, FL2944 nw 72nd ave miamiFL3312250504
VIVA LED focuses on creating the best lighting experience and serving you all over the country and other markets in the world. we will keep our honest promises to provide the best service with our High quality products.
The use of primitive construction materials and forms integrated with the desire to illuminate your life in a new...Read moreClick to call2.4 miles from Westchester, FL3402 sw 112 Ave MiamiFL3316550503
The use of primitive construction materials and forms integrated with the desire to illuminate your life in a new more innovative way has led to products with a unique ruggedness and contemporary flair. Our cementitious illuminations are timeless. Do something smart and start converting your homes lighting solutions to Led technology while helping a local South Florida business grow. Some cool facts about the products we sell: Replacing one incandescent bulb with our LED light bulbs prevents the release of 300 pounds of carbon dioxide in just one year. CFL (compact fluorescent bulbs) make magnetic fields and they also have mercury in them. Both are dangerous to your health, replacing them with our LED light bulbs takes care of these issues. When these products are used properly they last a very long time. The technology in our our lamps led lighting can endure 50,000 hours of use before potential failure. Basically if you were to leave the light on (accidentally of course) 24 hours a day 365 days a year it would last at least 5.7 years of continuous use. Don't worry about the electric bill a typical smart phone charger draws twice as much energy as the majority of these lamps. Additionally, these use approximately 82% less energy is than the traditional incandescent bulb. Unlike the CFL light bulbs they do not contain mercury. Most lamps in the market use incandescent or fluorescent technology that is rated at most 10,000 hours leaving you with the annoying task of visiting your local hardware store to replace the bulb several times a year. We have a combination of design, art and technology fused together into functional items that can be used for your home office or events. Our passion for minimalist design, energy efficiency and practicality go into all our designs and my work. Please check back often as new designs are constantly being developed. We are the original creators of the one and only C-lite, L-lite, R-lite, and the latest O-lite featured in the Gizmodo, Technabob, and Touch of modern.
Founded in 1975, Oggetti has been at the forefront of contemporary design for the past half century. The line cons...Read moreClick to call9.5 miles from Westchester, FL4141 NE 2nd Avenue Suite 114MiamiFL3313740504
Founded in 1975, Oggetti has been at the forefront of contemporary design for the past half century. The line consists of furniture, lighting, and accessories developed with artisans from around the world. Over the last few years, Oggetti's growth has been fueled by its furniture line, with unique designs from the Philippines and a now a stone and marble collection from Italy. Working with small ateliers, Oggetti is able to showcase its own unique style alongside other highly respected lines including Alexandra Von Furstenberg, Bontempi, and DellaRobbia.
We have dedicated over 35 years to the art of lighting homes & commercial spaces, and we're proud of our reputatio...Read more19.7 miles from Westchester, FL2930 SW 30th Ave HallandaleFL3300950504
We have dedicated over 35 years to the art of lighting homes & commercial spaces, and we're proud of our reputation for assisting clients in realizing their design concept. Our mission is to help you pick the perfect lighting system or fixture with sensitivity to your budget considerations and time constraints. Whether contemporary or classic, elegant or unique, we meet all demands!
The LUXE cable + light showroom is one of the southeast's leading lighting showrooms, supplying residential and co...Read moreClick to call9.5 miles from Westchester, FL1 NE 40th ST MIAMIFL3313750504
The LUXE cable + light showroom is one of the southeast's leading lighting showrooms, supplying residential and commercial markets with creative lighting solutions. Whether you require cutting-edge contemporary lighting design from some of the world's top designers and manufacturers, or a more traditional aesthetic to compliment architectural features in traditional homes or corporate HQs, LUXE provides a full service: inspiring lighting advice, technical solutions and guaranteed reliability of the product. Backed up by over 30 years' experience in the lighting industry, our regular client base includes architects, consulting engineers and interior designers as well as residential customers. Our staff is highly knowledgeable in the art and science of lighting.
At South Dade Lighting, we offer retail and wholesale lighting at a great price. Visit our showroom to see more ex...Read moreClick to call7.1 miles from Westchester, FL13006 sw 87th ave MiamiFL3317650504
At South Dade Lighting, we offer retail and wholesale lighting at a great price. Visit our showroom to see more examples of our wide selection of lighting. You will also find a staff of friendly, qualified lighting specialists that are ready to assist you in finding the right lighting for your home. At-home landscape lighting consultations are also available.
Since 1963 Bensons Lighting has been providing the very latest lighting, ceiling fans, décor items and professiona...Read moreClick to call7.1 miles from Westchester, FL12955 SW 87th Avenue MiamiFL3317650504
Since 1963 Bensons Lighting has been providing the very latest lighting, ceiling fans, décor items and professional lighting design to South Florida customers. Serving the residential, commercial, hospitality and export markets.
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Maris Laporter has been an agent with the Snyder Group since 2004. Prior to beginning her real estate career, her formal education included a Bachelor of Fine Arts from CCS in Detroit, and a Master of Library and Information Science from U of M Ann Arbor, and has earned the Graduate REALTOR Institute (GRI) designation.
In her previous careers in retail, library media services management at the University of Detroit, and as Librarian at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Maris developed expertise in connecting people with useful information. With her design sensibilities, she provides clients with useful suggestions on how to best prepare their homes for the most effective presentation and marketing.
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SIBO: Overview, Symptoms, Treatments, Diet & More
SIBO is a relatively new condition identified by the medical community. Being diagnosed with SIBO can be a confusing and frustrating situation because:
Not every doctor is aware of it or understands how to treat it.
It's hard to diagnose.
There are numerous root causes.
There are multiple ways to treat it.
There are a plethora of diets and supplements claiming to help.
What is Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)?
There is no consensus on the specific definition but it is generally accepted that SIBO is a condition in which bacteria normally found in the colon overgrows in the small intestine and causes abnormal digestive symptoms. Essentially, it's too many good bacteria in a place it doesn't belong.
What Are the Symptoms of SIBO?
The following symptoms are most commonly associated with SIBO:
Abdominal pain
Gas & bloating
Nutrient deficiencies, anemia & weight loss
Because these are not symptoms specific to SIBO, it is hard to diagnose and must be differentiated from a functional gut disorder or another condition.
What Causes SIBO?
There is no one single known cause. It can occur when there is breakdown in one or more of your body's innate mechanisms designed to keep bacteria from colonizing in the small intestine such as:
Anatomical Abnormalities - resulting from abdominal surgery such as adhesions or diverticula.
Low Stomach Acid - Gastric acid in the stomach kills many bacteria before exiting the stomach. Low stomach acid levels can raise gastric pH leading to an overgrowth of bacteria. What can cause low stomach acid?
Medications such as narcotic pain medications and proton pump inhibitors taken for conditions such as acid reflux, heartburn, GERD, LPR, ulcers, gastritis and for H. pylori.
Aging - As we grow older, we can produce lower levels of stomach acid.
Bile & Enzyme Deficiencies - They limit growth of bacteria in the small intestine. What can cause these deficiencies?
Bile deficiency can be caused by dysfunction of the gallbladder and/or liver.
Digestive enzymes need stomach acid to activate, so once again, we see the need for stomach acid. Also, damage to the small intestine caused by inflammation from food sensitivities, medications, toxins and chronic stress (via stress hormones) can cause lower production of digestive enzymes. The overgrowth of bacteria that leads to SIBO can also cause digestive enzyme deficiency resulting in a never-ending cycle of poor digestive function.
Poor Motility – Not to be confused with constipation, poor motility refers to the slow function of the migrating motor complex (MMC). These are the muscles in the digestive tract that move food, bacteria and toxins down and out. The MMC is crucial to maintaining balanced gut bacteria populations. What can cause poor motility?
Conditions such as Parkinson's, diabetes, pancreatitis and hypothyroidism
Narcotic pain medications
Low stomach acid related to aging
Ileocecal Valve Malfunction – This is the valve between the small intestine and the colon. It prevents retrograde movement of bacteria from the colon to the small intestine.
It's important to note that SIBO is a result of one of the above conditions. The root cause must be resolved or there is a high chance for reoccurrence.
SIBO & Other Conditions
SIBO occurs at a relatively high rate with the following conditions:
Abdominal surgery
Celiac disease
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pancreatitis
Crohn's disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Low thyroid function (hypothyroid or Hashimoto's thyroiditis)
Muscular Dystrophy
Ulcerative colitis
How Does SIBO Cause Symptoms & Intestinal Damage?
The bacteria that colonize in the small intestine ferment carbohydrates resulting in gas.
This overgrowth of bacteria compromises enzyme function by injuring the intestinal lining, affecting digestion and nutrient absorption.
Damaged intestinal lining can lead to increased intestinal permeability, otherwise known as "leaky gut".
Bacteria consume your nutrients such as vitamin B12 and protein, which can lead to deficiency.
Bacteria may deconjugate bile acids, which can lead to fat malabsorption and deficiencies of fat-soluble vitamins.
Bacteria can produce various endotoxins such as ammonia and d-lactate that may have effects across the whole body.
How is SIBO Diagnosed?
There is no gold standard and all methods have limitations. There are often false negative/positive results. Three methods are used (more than one can be used for a more confident diagnosis):
1. Endoscopy with culture of the small intestine bacteria. This option is invasive & expensive.
2. A lactulose or glucose breath test, which measures hydrogen and methane. These gasses are not produced by humans and their presence signify the metabolic byproducts of carbohydrate fermentation by bacteria. These tests are relatively inexpensive, not invasive and often performed at home. Contact me to learn more about SIBO breath testing with nutrition counseling options.
3. Trial of antibiotics to determine if symptoms improve.
How is SIBO Treated?
There are three main principles in treating SIBO:
1. Treat the underlying cause
SIBO can be a relapsing condition because it's a secondary condition. The best results involve treating the root causes, if possible.
2. Eradicate the overgrowth of bacteria
Doctors may prescribe antibiotics and/or herbal antimicrobials along with other supplements such as fiber or probiotics. There are numerous protocols a doctor may employ based on the outcome of the breath test, medical studies or clinical results in their own client population. Multiple rounds of treatment may be necessary.
Rifaximin is the most studied antibiotic for SIBO and may be the preferred option because it stays local to the small intestine and doesn't disrupt the good bacteria in the colon.
The Elemental Diet is a physician-monitored liquid diet. It has been shown to normalize breath tests. This may be an appropriate approach for those allergic to antibiotics or for those who don't respond to them for treatment.
3. Address nutrient deficiencies
Nutritional support is required in those with nutrient deficiencies, malnutrition and weight loss.
What is Best Diet for SIBO?
Diet does not cure SIBO but rather helps manage symptoms and create a hospitable environment for healing. There are a variety of diets that reduce fermentable carbohydrates to varying degrees. I work with my clients to select a diet and modify it based on severity of symptoms, underlying cause, and presence of other health conditions.
It's important to note that these diets are not forever diets. They are tools used to help manage symptoms, identify food sensitivities/intolerances and to help the digestive system heal. Once symptoms have improved, we can carefully and systematically reintroduce previously restricted foods. The goal is to liberalize the diet as much as possible while limiting symptoms.
Below are the most widely used SIBO diets in order of carbohydrate restriction:
FODMAP is an acronym for types of carbohydrates.
This is a well-studied diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) and other GI conditions with high success rates.
It is the least restrictive in that it allows certain vegetables, fruit, nuts, grains, legumes, low-lactose dairy, etc.
The Monash University developed the diet and regularly tests new foods for FODMAPS. It offers an app with comprehensive list of low/medium/high FODMAPs and serving sizes.
The Fast Tract Diet
Developed by Dr. Norm Robillard, a microbiologist to address many gut disorders related to SIBO including IBS, GERD, LPR, IBD and more.
It is similar to the low-FODMAP diet in that it restricts fermentable carbohydrates but uses a different mathematical formula.
It focuses on reducing the total amount of fermentable carbohydrates.
Offers books and an app that can track Fermentable Points (similar to Weight Watchers) so users can stay within a point-range based on the severity of their symptoms.
May be useful for those who need more structure than the low-FODMAP provides and less restriction of the other diets.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
Popularized by Elaine Gottschall in the book Breaking the Vicious Cycle.
The SCD has been studied and is successful in managing IBD.
The diet restricts grains, starchy vegetables, lactose, some legumes and any sweeteners other than honey, saccharine and occasional stevia.
It involves an introductory phase and reintroductions as the gut heals with personalization based on what is tolerated.
SIBO-Specific Diet
Developed by Dr. Alison Siebecker, a naturopathic doctor specializing in SIBO.
It's a combination of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet & the Low-FODMAP diet
It's the most restrictive of the SIBO diets and recommended to use if others aren't providing enough relief.
SIBO Bi-Phasic Diet
A 3-month protocol developed by Dr. Narala Jacobi, a naturopathic doctor specializing in SIBO.
This is a variation of the SIBO-Specific Diet but implemented in phases.
Paleo Diet
Restricts grains, legumes, dairy, sugar, processed foods, alcohol.
If necessary, you may need to restrict to low-FODMAP fruits & vegetables.
GAPS Diet
Developed by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, author of the Gut and Psychology Syndrome for clients suffering with neurological and GI disorders.
It has not been studied in clinical trials for any of the conditions it claims to treat.
It is a variation of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
Restricts all commercial dairy, grains, starchy vegetables, processed foods and refined carbohydrates foods.
There is a staged strict introductory phase followed by the full GAPS diet then the reintroduction phase, all of which can last up to 2 years.
How to Prevent SIBO From Relapsing
SIBO is a relapsing condition, especially if the underlying causes are not identified and corrected. Options include:
Watchful observation and retreatment if necessary
Promotility drugs (also known as prokinetics) to address the poorly functioning migrating motor complex (MMC). Prescription motility drugs used for SIBO prevention include erythromycin, cisparide and prucalopride. Herbal prokinetics include Iberogast, ginger and Motilpro.
Lower carbohydrate diet
Use of select probiotics/prebiotics. A study indicates that probiotics may be protective for prevention of SIBO in those at high risk.
How to Support Motility & the Migrating Motor Complex
The Migrating Motor Complex (MMC) is the housekeeping function of the digestive system. It involves involuntary muscular contractions of the stomach, small intestine and colon to help sweep food, waste and bacteria down and out. It only occurs in the fasted state approximately 2 - 3 hours after your last meal and continues for about 90 minutes but this process slows at night. So what can you do to enhance motility and prevent SIBO?
No snacking - Space out meals by at least 4 hours to allow the MMC to work effectively.
Fast - for at least 12 hours between dinner and breakfast the next day.
Improve the stress response – As we have learned, chronic stress hormones can damage the intestinal lining. Stress also reduces vagal nerve function, which is required for the MMC to work properly. Stress has been shown to inhibit contractions of the MMC. Read more about how to improve the stress response.
My Functional Nutrition Approach to SIBO
SIBO is a challenging condition that often relapses. Gut-healing protocols and addressing the root cause are essential to long lasting relief. I work with my clients to:
Elicit a detailed health history to determine the potential root cause(s) and concurrent health conditions
Understand symptoms and triggers
Test for SIBO using at-home breath tests
Recommend a personalized SIBO diet to implement during antibiotic treatment
Implement a gut-healing protocol after treatment based on symptoms, health history, concurrent conditions and preferences
Address nutrient deficiencies, if necessary
Advise on lifestyle changes and stress reduction techniques
Reintroduce foods slowly and systematically to determine food sensitivities and intolerances
Celebrate the victories every step of the way!
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text: Share: Comments Print December 16, 2011 at 9:08 AM Columbia River at Pateros a good winter fishing getaway Posted by Mark Yuasa Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: I got another chance to fish with Shane Magnuson at Pateros. I went up to finish a segment for the new TV Show and, thanks to the folks at the Lake Pateros Motor Inn, spent the night and then headed out with Shane and his buddies in the morning. On board were Dave Murphy, of Northwest Bait and Scent, his friend Greg Steele and our fishing buddy Wally Juno. We headed down to the Rocks and went to work. I hooked and lost a fish in the first few yards of our first drift. There was a good number of fish in this area and across the river at one of Magnuson's favorite spots and we ended up having a busy morning. When we headed in for lunch, we had hooked 12, landed eight and had four keepers to take home. Not a bad short trip on the Columbia. We used a combination of Maxi Jigs, baited with Northwest Bait and Scent shrimp, and Keith Roe micro jigs, without any bait at all. I was surprised to find a pretty good current in this area and I think that helped with the good bite we had. The good action here at Pateros just doesn't seem to slow down, and may get even better as it gets colder in the Methow. For details or to get Graybill's weekly report visit Dave Graybill's website. Comments


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Who we serve
Success Track Enterprise partners our clients to achieve win-win growth in their customer success initiatives. We offer strategic and operational services tailored to different needs:
OPT-IN² Framework
The Success Track Enterprise OPT-IN² framework outlines the pillars of customer success activities with which we can partner your company:
Organisation Processes Tools – INformation + INtegration
Our Opt-IN² framework replies to the external and internal challenges when setting up and evolving a customer success organisation. Depending on your current situation, it is possible to select your OPT-IN² needs "à la carte":
In today's business world where clients have increasing options, customer success is about helping your customers continually reach or surpass their expected outcomes and ROI. They will then naturally want to OPT-IN your product or services – durably. There'll be a double positive outcome of our slogan for your customers and for your own company success:
Succeed Long and Prosper…
For each OPT-IN² element, the construction of customer success across an organisation requires a continual agile approach. As your privileged partner, Success Track Enterprise will share methodologies and best practices which will:
- Provide added value
- Produce results for win-win growth
- Save you time by capitalising on best practices
No matter where you are in your customer success set up, the organisational aspects are the most challenging aspects to master.
Customer success is not an isolated department with a group of individuals responsible for the success of your customers. It's the responsibility of all company actors. Alignment on common customer success goals is a main pre-requisite. As customer success is an emerging role, it's by experimentation that other companies have learned to optimise organisational best practices according to their specific context and objectives. Depending on your current situation, you will find below some main challenges with which Success Track Enterprise can partner your organisational initiatives:
- Vision and strategy
- Business case and ROI
- Charter and organisation
- Cross functional alignment
- Objectives and compensation plan
- CS KPIs
- Leadership development
- Team coaching
As the main aim of customer success is to partner your customers to continually achieve their expected business outcomes with your solution/services, smooth processes are key to streamline both external interactions and internal operations.
External Customer Processes
External customer processes aim to engage timely and meaningful interactions with customers as they progress towards repeated success with your solution or services. External processes will continually capitalise on knowledge derived from the internal processes. We can help you with the following client-facing processes:
- Customer journey mapping (from customer view)
- Customer journey coverage modelling
- Customer change management enablement
- Customer nurturing programme
- Customer health and expansion programme
- Customer risk engagement
- Advocacy programme
Internal Processes
Internal processes enrich customer knowledge and streamline actions across the customer journey, ensuring that all internal actors know what is needed, why, when and where:
- Customer segmentation
- Internal customer journey mapping and alignment
- Continual added value demonstration
- Health management processes and dashboard
- Risk management processes and dashboard
- Product and experience evolution processes
- Internal expansion processes
After the definition of your organisation and processes, visibility on the criteria for the required related tools becomes easier.
Below are some of the main areas which you may be contemplating to implement or adapt in your tool stack to support your customer success machine. Success Track Enterprise can help you define the right tools orchestrated around their fit with your vision, organisation and processes.
- 360° view – adapt CRM workflows, data, dashboards
- Tool stack definition and evolution (based on organisation + process needs)
- Multi-channel orchestration of engagement + workflows
- Customer nurturing tool needs
- CS platform short list selection
- CS platform needs and evolution
INformation + INtegration (IN²)
When you opt to put a customer success organisation into place, the OPT (organisation, processes and tools) will be an agile, iterative approach. Iteration ensures continued success (for your customers and your company) as you adapt to the ever changing needs of your customers and markets.
As the OPT part of your framework gradually progresses, management and cross-functional teams need to be continually aligned on customer knowledge and internal organisation, processes and tools. This is why the «IN²» part of the framework is centred around a two-fold permanent focus :
– INformation: continual collection and enrichment of customer data + knowledge across customer journeys.
– INtegration of seamless customer knowledge via programmes and communication across internal teams.
Customer success teams depend upon accurate and up-to-dated usage, CRM and financial data in order to track and measure their customer health. Such data is often stored in silos and is not easy to access, analyse and exploit. The ability to access the right metrics at the right time facilitates the operational management of the customer success activity.
Customer knowledge + INformation/INtegration ensures positive team momentum towards meeting client expectations and win-win success for your customers and your company. Below are some of the INformation/INtegration challenges with which Success Track Enterprise may help.
- Define progressive customer data needs, measurement and KPIs
- Define data governance – who does what, why, when and where
- Capitalisation and alignment of cross-functional customer data
- Set up of data dashboards
- Exploitation of customer data and related cross-functional actions
- Streamline internal cross-functional customer data
- Define an internal communication plan
- Define and internal governance and decision-making process
- Formalise and up-date the customer success framework
- Define and refine customer success programmes and playbooks
Service Approach
Success Track Enterprise partners your strategic and operational OPT-IN² framework areas in a 3-step building block and pragmatic approach:
1. Macro customer success situation survey
- Macro short survey
- Snapshot of you current CS situation
- Input to next step
2. Strategy guidelines and priority matrix
- Interviews with main stakeholders
- Analysis and diagnostic
- Macro recommendations and priorities
- Indication of:
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- Actions with which Success Track Enterprise can partner you
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Our above 3-step pragmatic approach aims to:
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- Save you time by capitalising on market best practices
- Spread costs as a subscription
Feel free to contact Success Track Enterprise with your needs and questions.
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We understand that as a veteran, there are a number of skills that you can bring to an organization, but it may be difficult to translate those specific skills into civilian jargon for job searches/resumes. At Northrop Grumman, 20% of our employees are veterans, with another 1,600 reservists on our team. It is important to us to help members of the military transition to a civilian career. Develop a strong impression with these resume tips for veterans.
A common issue with veterans writing resumes is that the veteran has been trained to think of "self" last; that the team and mission are all that is important. These are excellent values and an ethos that are to be commended. However self-serving as it may seem, as a veteran, you must promote yourself and your skills when applying for a job outside of the military, including your contributions and experience.
• Never go below 11 point font
• No more than three pages long (and one or two pages is preferred)
• Use bullet points vs. paragraph formats
• The average recruiter/manager will take no more than 20 seconds to read a resume: be concise and convincing from start to finish
• If using bullet points (recommended) make sure you're consistent with using a period (or not)
• Spell check
• Proofread, then ask a couple of other people to proofread – both for content and for grammar
• Specific dates of employment and job transition
• Correct job titles
• Summary of qualifications
• Clearance information
• Statements describing your most recent job and prior jobs (include as many as appropriate)
• Specific results and benefits that support your activities and accomplishments
• If you are willing to relocate, indicate so near the bottom of the page
• Identify yourself as a veteran early in your resume
• What tools you used, how many people you supervised
• How much money you managed, saved or generated (in dollars and/or in %)
• If you have led any teams (including the ranks of those led, general objective, success statistics, etc.)
• Avoid indicating one specific job in the objective; we hope to use your skills on multiple projects
• If you are an active student/recent graduate, indicate your current/most recent cumulative GPA
In this section, promote your qualifications and unique talents. Focus on how you can add value to the organization. Use bullet points, indicate quantitative and qualitative data; don't just say "automation" or "operations". Rather, describe your complete experience.
• "In total, have tracked, maintained, repaired and been accountable for $5.8 million worth of government aviation property."
• "Have guided, trained and assisted over 300 U.S. Naval officers in the execution of various aircraft maintenance duties and flight schedules."
Example: Tool Shop Supervisor (Logistics Branch Manager)
Example: VAW-123, Aviation Maintenance/Production Chief – (Tool Shop Supervisor/Logistics Branch Manager) – directly supervised 48 people.
Did this while supervising this many people
Did this while using this tool to more efficiently do that
Saved the Navy this much money by dong this
Did this while supervising this many people
Did this while using this tool to more efficiently do that
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It is love touched by lust that makes three. A woman curled in the fetal position creates a nest for her pregnancy. Above her, a face, the image of the man she loves. Together, they will become three.
I purchased this stone in 1984 with money given to me by my father to buy food. I was an extremely skinny and emaciated artist at the time. What joy to finally be able to buy a very good piece of Italian alabaster! Alarmed by my lack of gaining weight, he relentlessly demanded why and I had to tell him what became of his gift. He could not believe I had bought a "rock" instead of feeding myself. His comment: "every time a chip of alabaster falls on the floor, it is 25 cents that could have purchased food". It gave me "sculptor's block". I finished the piece in 2012. The felt base was added in 2015.


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I received a different sort of rejection letter last week. A typical response is a canned, impersonal email that doesn't provide the reasons my story didn't make the cut. This rejection was a personal response from a market that rarely provides personal responses. It informed me that my story had made the final round of consideration for publication and provided me with comments from the editors, both positive and negative (mostly negative).
So the result of this rejection was the same as all others: I didn't get published. But the quality of the rejection suggests that, not only did they like my story enough to talk seriously about it, but they liked my prospects for future stories enough that they threw me a bone. They thought that by sending a personal response with some encouragement in it they might compel me to submit again. It worked! I've already submitted another story to that market.
This is a little bit of a brag post, but also a marker. Until now the only people reading my stories seriously have been friends and family. This rejection suggests that other people I've never met (editors for a professional publication, no less) took my writing seriously enough to read it carefully. That feels pretty good.


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San Francisco,
what to say about a love-hate relationship
with you,
a lover not of my own devising nor accord?
Perhaps one day I'll share my guide with others,
for now I'll share others'
from a video to a blog post,
from a film to a book.
May others come to see your hidden beauty
like I've begun to
even though the darkness lurks.
36 Hours in San Francisco
The New York Times
Highlights a few restaurants to try and ways to enjoy the culture at large
The eating joints feature Californian food (defined as 'vegetable driven cuisine' influenced with 'Italian and French' flair) with things to see involving the famous De Young museum and enjoying whiskey on the Embarcadero, looking out at the Bay. The narrator claims that while things are changing, it 'still offers the same beauty'.
The Classic San Francisco Guide
Offers a collection of decent to good restaurants and beloved ones (like Zazie's, Hog Island Oyster Bar, and Slanted Door) as well as a curated list of bars, activities, etc.
On the food note, goop recently came out with a 'Foodie' guide, which for Bird & Babe, seems to be a bit more spot on with the local favorites. However, surprisingly, the best pizza place in town (and possibly America) has yet to be discovered by them: Una Pizza Napoletana.
San Francisco 2.0
a film by Alexandra Pelosi
Reveals the dark side to the city that is changing and that even has the cabbies up in arms
One told me once, "San Francisco is becoming the very kind of city that originally created San Francisco in the first place. Everybody moved here to get away from that kind of town." It'll be interesting to see Pelosi's take on the change and what she feels are the sources behind it.
Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
Gary Kamiya
Poignantly shares the history--both ancient and contemporary--of this area and the city we've all come to know as San Francisco
The city is a 7x7 mile square and each chapter introduces a rough square mile (couched perhaps in a description of a neighborhood or landmark or an understated, abandoned cabin on the edge of town). Beautifully written, Kamiya's wit and style are bound to keep anyone engaged from cover-to-cover with tales and details also included from his own salty journey (from Yale dropout to SF taxi driver to SF Chronicle writer to published author). I love this SF Chronicle bestseller, and it's been the perfect companion to appreciate this city more.
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I've lived and have been running in NYC for about 7 years now. For 6 of those years I never ran the NYC Half Marathon. But this year the lottery gods were on my side, and I finally received an entry through NYRR. I've always heard how fun of a race it is, and what a great course it is, so I was pumped to be part of it this year.
With the marathon about 2 months behind me and being right in the middle of the long, cold winter months, I had been feeling less than motivated to run and was getting antsy to train for something, anything. So this was perfect timing. I picked out a training plan I found online, and put everything in my calendar. Long runs on the weekends, some hill work, plans to go to the track, added in some cross training and yoga days. I was ready to go!
Week 1 came and went and - running wise - was kind of .. no it WAS.. a fail. It's okay, I told myself, next week you will get to it. Well, week 2 came and went and same thing. Aaaaand week 3 was a repeat of weeks 1 and 2.
I don't know what it was, but running felt SO. FREAKIN. HARD. My weekend long runs were mostly awful feeling and there were several times I thought to myself "How on earth did I run 26.2 miles only 2 months ago?!". Any weekday hill or speed work plans I had were thrown out the window. Those runs just became about getting in a few miles.
With March 19th quickly approaching, I was feeling like I had lost my running mojo and was not looking forward to the race at all anymore. Even the day before and the morning of, the pre-race excitement adrenaline was not kicking in. I just wanted to get it over with.
Well, for how crabby pants I was about the whole thing, to my utter shock, I had SO MUCH FUN and totally crushed the course feeling strong AF. There was no PR, but it was the second best half marathon I've ever run. The second I crossed that finish line, before even looking at my watch to see my time, I thought to myself: "Oh yea! Stella's got her groove back!"
So this all obviously has me thinking, what gives?! How did I go from being miserable about even running the NYC Half to having one of my best races in a loooooooong time?
Well I think it was a combination of a few little things and one more large scale thing.
So, let me expand on the smaller things first….
First, I think that not doing any real hill work, speedwork, tempo runs, or anything of that sort actually played to my advantage. Again, the marathon was only a few months before. And after a loooong, tough summer training my body just needed a break. So I was able to go into the half with rested legs.
Second, I always did my weekend long runs down the west side and then into the park - flat to rolling hills. Well, the NYC Half is the exact opposite - the rolling hills of Central Park to the flat West Side Highway. I know my running well enough to know that I am fairly consistent in naturally getting faster the longer I am out there. So to have been doing my long runs where I was building speed while running the rolling hills of the park for the end reversed on race day, I felt like I was flying! (Disclaimer: the way I was doing it was in no way, shape, or form a conscious decision as it was more so a logistic decision.)
Third, having had a great run with a fellow Fred's Team teammate the Thursday before the race, spectators out on the course, a few Fred's Team cheering stations to look forward to, getting to run through a pedestrian tourist free Times Square, and everyone else's excitement was great. I pick up other people's energy fairly easily so thank you to everyone who was excited for this - I totally fed off that energy for 13.1 miles!
Ultimately though, what I think it all boils down to is this: when I saw that following my training plan was going to absolute crap, I released myself of any small, super specific (probably mostly arbitrary) goals. I let myself be okay with just running to get myself across a finish line. Instead of being so zoomed in, I let myself view this from 10,000 feet above looking down. This race simply became a small part of a much larger journey I am endeavoring on.
This year I've decided (and with a little convincing from a friend, you know who you are ;-)) to venture into the world of triathlons; not just any triathlon though. A half Ironman. Oh, and I've never done even so much as a sprint triathlon. Crazy? Yes, I will certainly be the first to admit that.
This is obviously a huge endeavor that is going to take a huge amount of dedication - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Part of why I decided to go on this journey though, is because I needed a change from training for marathons. My body and brain have been craving a new challenge and journey.
Now this is not to say that marathon training or running marathons has become easy, trust me, they are still hard, but over the past few training training cycles as I've gotten more and more familiar with the process, it started to become less about the process and more about the end result. This doesn't work for me. I am one of those people who truly loves learning and being a student. I love the journey to something more than I love the end result. So deciding to train for a triathlon is my way of getting back to and cultivating that.
It was in this sense that the NYC Half simply became a small part of my larger journey this year, not something entirely separate from it. Stepping up to a starting line completely free of any expectations of myself and running knowing that I was adding another piece to the puzzle, ultimately allowed me to really spread my wings and fly. It reignited in me the excitement of training for something bigger than myself, and has me feeling ready to step into my power.


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text: Research Articles (Statistics & Population Studies) http://hdl.handle.net/10566/732 2019-08-20T07:25:06Z 2019-08-20T07:25:06Z Prerace medical screening and education reduce medical encounters in distance road races: SAFER VIII study in 153 208 race starters Schwellnus, Martin Swanevelder, Sonja Derman, Wayne Borjesson, Mats Schwabe, Karen Jordaan, Esme http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4221 2018-11-23T00:00:22Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Prerace medical screening and education reduce medical encounters in distance road races: SAFER VIII study in 153 208 race starters Schwellnus, Martin; Swanevelder, Sonja; Derman, Wayne; Borjesson, Mats; Schwabe, Karen; Jordaan, Esme OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy and feasibility of an online prerace medical screening and educational intervention programme for reducing medical complications in long-distance races. METHODS This was an 8-year observational study of medical encounter rates among 153 208 Two Oceans race starters (21.1 and 56 km) in South Africa. After the first 4-year control (CON) period, we introduced an online prerace medical screening (based on European pre-exercise screening guidelines) and an automated educational intervention programme. We compared the incidence of medical encounters (per 1000 starters; all and serious life threatening) in the CON versus the 4-year intervention (INT) period. RESULTS In comparison to the CON period (2008–2011: 65 865 starters), the INT period (2012–2015: 87 343 starters) had a significantly lower incidence (adjusted for age group, sex, race distance) of all medical encounters by 29% (CON=8.6 (7.9–9.4); INT=6.1 (5.6–6.7), p<0.0001), in the 21.1 km race by 19% (CON=5.1 (4.4–5.9); INT=4.1 (3.6–4.8), p=0.0356) and in the 56 km race by 39% (CON=14.6 (13.1–16.3); INT=9.0 (7.9–10.1), p<0.0001). Serious life-threatening encounters were significantly reduced by 64% (CON=0.6 (0.5–0.9); INT=0.2 (0.1–0.4); p=0.0003) (adjusted for age group and sex). Registration numbers increased in the INT period (CON=81 345; INT=106 743) and overall % race starters were similar in the CON versus INT period. Wet-bulb globe temperature was similar in the CON and INT periods. CONCLUSION All medical encounters and serious life-threatening encounters were significantly lower after the introduction of a prescreening and educational intervention programme, and the programme was feasible. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental illness: Exploring perspectives on pregnancy du Toit, Elsa Jordaan, Esme Koen, Liezl Leppanen, Jukka M. Niehaus, Dana http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4116 2018-10-16T00:00:20Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental illness: Exploring perspectives on pregnancy du Toit, Elsa; Jordaan, Esme; Koen, Liezl; Leppanen, Jukka M.; Niehaus, Dana INTRODUCTION: Unplanned pregnancy is a community health concern. Research with South African women revealed the complexities surrounding pregnancy planning. Categorising pregnancies as either planned or unplanned is insufficient, as reducing a multidimensional concept to a dichotomous variable oversimplifies a complex matter. METHODS: Pregnant females, 18 years and older with a primary DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000) diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are qualified for inclusion in this quantitative descriptive study. Participants completed a structured psychiatric assessment, including the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) during care as usual visits at two Maternal Mental Health Clinics. RESULTS: Although 37.1% termed their pregnancy unplanned when asked dichotomously, the LMUP scores revealed that 50.6% of the 170 participants fell outside the 'planned' category. Worryingly, 73.3% of the women with unplanned or ambivalent pregnancies did not use contraception. Neither the women's intention to fall pregnant nor their perception of the right timing for being pregnant could be predicted by the group (unplanned, ambivalent or planned) in which they fell; 82.6% of the unplanned group, 57.1% of the ambivalent group and 6.0% of the planned group indicated not wanting the baby. All the women in the 'planned' group agreed with their partner to have a baby. This holds true for 24.4% of the women in the other two groups. CONCLUSION: Results revealed similar findings as other studies in terms of contraception use, pregnancy timing, pregnancy intent, desire to have a baby, partner involvement and healthpromoting behaviours during pregnancy. The large size of the ambivalent category emphasises that pregnancy planning cannot be viewed in terms of two dichotomous points, but should rather be thought of as a scale or continuum. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Leisure athletes at risk of medical complications: outcomes of pre-participation screening among 15,778 endurance runners - SAFER VII Schwabe, Karen Schwellnus, Martin Swanevelder, Sonja Jordaan, Esme Derman, Wayne Bosch, Andrew http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4050 2018-09-18T00:00:19Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Leisure athletes at risk of medical complications: outcomes of pre-participation screening among 15,778 endurance runners - SAFER VII Schwabe, Karen; Schwellnus, Martin; Swanevelder, Sonja; Jordaan, Esme; Derman, Wayne; Bosch, Andrew OBJECTIVE: International guidelines for pre-participation screening of masters/leisure athletes to identify those that require medical assessment exist, but have not been implemented in mass-community based sports events. We determined the prevalence of runners who, according to these guidelines, would require a medical assessment before participating in a distance running event. METHODS: Participants of the 2012 Two Oceans races (21.1 and 56 km) in South Africa (n = 15,778) completed an online pre-race medical screening questionnaire using European pre-participation screening guidelines. We determined the prevalence of runners that would require a pre-race medical assessment, based on risk factors, symptoms, and disease. RESULTS: The pre-participation "self assessment of risk" screening identified 4,941 runners (31.3%; 95% CI 30.6–32.0) that would need to undergo a full pre-participation medical assessment prior to running, if the current pre-participation screening guidelines are applied. Although musculoskeletal complaints and prescription medication use were the main triggers for a medical assessment, 16.8% (n = 2657) runners should undergo medical evaluation for suspected cardiac disease based on the questionnaire results: 3.4% (n = 538) reporting existing CVD (very high risk) and 13.4% (n = 2119) reporting multiple CVD risk factors (high risk). Other possible risk factors were reported as follows: history of chronic diseases (respiratory = 13.1%, gastro-intestinal = 4.3%, nervous system = 3.8%, metabolic/endocrine = 3.5%, allergies = 13.9%); chronic prescription medication = 14.8%, used medication before or during races = 15.6%; past history of collapse during a race = 1.4%. CONCLUSIONS: Current guidelines identified that > 30% runners would require a full medical assessment before race participation – mainly linked to runners reporting musculoskeletal conditions. We suggest a revision of guidelines and propose that pre-race screening should be considered to identify runners with a "very high," "high," and "intermediate risk" for medical complications during exercise. Pre-race screening and educational intervention could be implemented to reduce medical complications during exercise. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high: a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours Schwellnus, Martin Jordaan, Esme Janse van Rensburg, Charl Bayne, Helen http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3849 2018-07-06T00:00:52Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Match injury incidence during the Super Rugby tournament is high: a prospective cohort study over five seasons involving 93 641 player-hours Schwellnus, Martin; Jordaan, Esme; Janse van Rensburg, Charl; Bayne, Helen OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence and nature of injuries in the Super Rugby tournament over a 5-year period. METHODS: 482 male professional rugby union players from six South African teams participating in the Super Rugby tournament were studied (1020 player-seasons). Medical staff of participating teams (2012–2016 tournaments) recorded all time loss injuries (total injuries and match injuries) and exposure hours (93 641 total playing hours; 8032 match hours). Injury incidence, injured player proportion, severity (time lost), anatomical location, tissue type and activity/phase during which injury occurred are reported. RESULTS: The overall incidence of match injuries (per 1000 player-hours; 95% CI) for each year was as follows: 2012 (83.3; 69.4–99.2); 2013 (115.1; 98.7–133.5); 2014 (95.9; 80.8–113.1), 2015 (112.3; 96.6–129.9) and 2016 (93.2; 79.9–107.9). The injured player proportion for each year was as follows: 2012 (54.6%); 2013 (49.4%); 2014 (52.0%); 2015 (50.0%); and 2016 (39.8%). The thigh, knee, head/face and shoulder/ clavicle are the most frequently injured locations, and muscle/tendon and joint/ligament injuries account for the majority of injuries. Most injuries (79%) occur in contact situations, in particular during a tackle (54%). CONCLUSION: The incidence of match injuries and the injured player proportion in South African teams competing in the Super Rugby tournament is high. Match injury incidence is consistently higher than previously reported for senior male rugby players at elite/ professional level. Targeted risk management strategies are therefore needed in the Super Rugby tournament to manage risk of injury. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z


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There are several ways to finance a business. These include bank loans, finance from independent lenders, and crowdfunding. Your capability of financing your business depends on convincing somebody else to invest in your idea and you.
This is easier said than done, however. Investors and lenders have tightened their belts in recent years, offering lifelines to only the most affluent of projects.
The way around this is to present your business in the proper way. Outside investors and lenders require a minimum level of financial and operational information to even consider financing. Chancers and threadbare ideas need not apply.
To help you collect everything you need to finance your business, here are some vital starting points:
Business Plan: Inspire investors with a detailed roadmap
Your business plan must include a roadmap for the first three or five years of company operation. Why? Because investors and lenders will need to assess the short, mid and long-term potential of your business.
By providing this information in your business plan, you are going to show excellent foresight and make their jobs easier.
Financial figures, operational predictions, management structures, director profiles, and market analysis is needed for the roadmap.
These elements will combine to create a clear and concise view of how your business will perform. Only then, can your business plan detail your brand, products, services, and other business offerings.
Your funding request: Don't overlook buyout plans and debts
Following on with your business plan, yours will also include a funding request.
If your roadmap is the sales pitch, then your funding request is the closer. It will include the funding requirements for your business and it will breakdown how that funding will be spent. This gives investors and lenders a clear picture of where their money will go.
The two most commonly overlooked elements of the funding request are debts and buyout plans. These fall into the category of future insight.
With buyout plans, investors want to know what will happen if a buy-out happens over a projected term, such as three or five years. With debts, investors want to know how debts intend to be repaid over a term.
These points may seem rudimentary, but some investors and lenders will ask about them.
The perfect partner: The funding options available to you
For most start-ups, lending is the best way to finance a business. There are two main ways to go about this. The first is with a high-street bank.
High-street banks offer quality products, but the application criteria are stringent, and the decision-making process is sometimes very slow. Many applications for startup finance are turned down out of hand.
If you are accepted, however, you will enjoy excellent customer service and support from a high-street bank. These are the major benefits for start-ups.
The second option is financing with an independent lender. Independent lenders are more flexible in their finance and repayment terms and they also offer a faster decision process than most big banks. This makes them a better choice for some.
In terms of value for money, independent lenders are on a par with high street banks. They offer similar interest rates over a fixed term.
Some independent lenders also go the extra mile by considering all applications on an individual basis. This adds a human element to the process, something which is often missing with the big banks.
Here at Nationwide Corporate Finance, we can finance your new business, startup business or help with unexpected tax bills. Visit us today!
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- How to maximise your chances of securing a small business loan
- What to do when the bank says "NO"
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- Improve your cash flow – 7 ways to make sure your business gets paid on time, every time


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1. Optimism - optimistic people are generally more pleasant to be around than their gloomy counterparts, so clients are attracted to upbeat lawyers. Lawyers may be trained to think in terms of worst-case scenarios, but the ones who exude confidence will retain and attract more business. There's a huge difference between the lawyer who finds a way to win a case and the one trying not to lose. There's also a great attitude difference between the lawyer finding a way to get a transaction done and the one searching for all of the problems with the deal.
2. Resilience - it's the ability to hear no fifteen times before getting a yes. This may conjure up an image of a lawyer badgering a prospective client but I have never given up if an initial approach isn't successful. In a law practice, winning a client can be a matter of timing. Some relationships take a while to develop, and the clients' needs change. The business owner who didn't need your services in January might feel differently in June or October, and you will be remembered favorably if you've kept in touch during the intervening months.
3. Self-motivation - some experts say self-motivation is difficult to teach, and this may be true when it comes to reaching external goals like a sales quota or billable hours. But everyone has a desire to meet personally devised goals that really matter to him or her. If you take responsibility for your future and design an action plan with your goals in mind, your internal motivation will propel you to meet those goals. You will also attract the clients whose needs are aligned with yours.
4. Personability - clients gravitate to lawyers they like. A friendly, sociable associate will attract more clients than a surly lawyer who finds meeting people an unpleasant chore. Although some people may be naturally more outgoing than others, anyone can improve his or her social skills through coaching or simply observing how others do it. Research has shown that top sellers come from every personality type, and the best of them work within, not against, their personality type. If you're not a pit bull, it won't serve you well to act like one. If you're a nurturer, learn ways to successfully nurture your clients. Learning to genuinely enjoy your clients, regardless of how naturally outgoing you are, will also help you enjoy your work. And that is contagious.
5. Empathy - this is the underpinning of all Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills. Using emotional radar to discern what makes a person tick is essential. If you're a good listener, you study body language, and you communicate well, you're an empathic person. In Myers Briggs tests, the vast majority of lawyers are thinkers rather than feelers. For this group, listening and trying to see the world from the client's perspective is even more important.


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"DBS helped sell junk Swiber bonds to public" was the headline to an article from TISG.
The article went on to describe three bond sales of Swibber bonds by DBS. It then went on to compare the sale of these bonds to another DBS product (akin to mini-bonds) where retail investors lost money.
There is a problem though with this analysis and comparison. The Swiber bonds were never sold to the public. As a ST article put it, "The Swiber bonds were available only to accredited investors – with net personal assets of more than $2 million – or those investing a minimum of $250,000."
The TISG article never reported out that these bonds were only available to accredited investors – with net personal assets of more than $2 million – or those investing a minimum of $250,000. Its headline said the bonds were sold to the public, and this was repeated a few more times in the article.
Given that TISG is proud that it operates as a commercial site not a socio-political site, one can only wonder at the lack of editorial supervision given that the author "Eternal Vagabond" usually writes stuff that is against PAP administration, one would have tot that editorial supervision would not be so lax. Here the failure of editorial supervision led to misform. In fact the headline and article are defamatory. DBS could sue TISG for claiming that it sold these bonds to the public.
In the course of a row with critics of TISG, Ravi Philemon made it clear that there were writers that TISG never edited, juz published. See the bit towards the end juz before Ravi's photo http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/08/09/tisg-lashes-out-in-response-to-ncmp-daniel-gohs-remarks-on-its-article/.
I can only guess Eternal Vagabond is one of these untouchables.
Update at 6.50am: Given that the writer does not even know that the other DBS product (DBS High Notes 5) is not related to junk bonds ( "This is not the first time DBS is linked to junk bonds"), my constructive, nation-building advice to TISG is to make sure the Eternal Vagabond's financial pieces are vetted throughly. And if this commercial website can't pay for such editorial expertise, don't publish this writer's financial pieces.
But maybe defaming DBS is part of the "eyeballs" plan?


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ART WITHOUT CAPITALISM (THE NEW PATRONS) by François Hers & Xavier Douroux
Published by Les Presses du Réel (2013)
A new model of action to invent new modes of art production and exchange by establishing a direct dialogue between the artist, the citizen-commissioner and the cultural mediator, outside the museum and apart from the art market.
Keeping capitalism out of the game while works and their contexts are reinvented: this book is about the possibility of a new chapter in the history of art, in which the 'public' allows itself to become a patron of the arts, and people from all walks of life begin to speak the raison d'être of art works. Artists are faced with undreamed of situations in which the mediators of contemporary art play an avant-garde role. Responsibility for the common good is shared between citizens and their elected representatives, while a 'gift economy' (public grants and private donations) provides the means to engage freely in a new adventure: the advent of an 'art of democracy'.


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There's a chance Woodfibre LNG may enjoy better access to components needed for building its facility, as the Canada Border Services Agency is evaluating what should or shouldn't be part of an anti-dumping tariff.
The agency announced on July 26 it would be looking into whether liquefied natural gas modules should be included as part of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal's injury finding.
This investigation was triggered by Woodfibre, which, along with other LNG advocates, spoke out against anti-dumping fees the tribunal imposed on fabricated industrial steel components from China, Korea and Spain.
The fees were slapped onto those goods after the trade tribunal ruled in May 2017 those countries were exporting the products at below-normal prices to the detriment of the Canada's economy. The tariffs could reach up to 45.8 per cent.
Woodfibre and other LNG advocates protested, saying there aren't any Canadian manufacturers capable of manufacturing the modules required by the LNG sector.
The investigation is expected to conclude on or before Nov. 23.


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INTTRA sets record transaction volume breaching 4m mark in May
NEW Jersey-headquartered INTTRA, the largest neutral network, software
and information provider at the centre of the ocean shipping industry,
announced that for the first time in its 17-year history the company
in May processed more than four million requests for container
bookings or shipping instructions on its platform.
The record volume shows the continued strength in INTTRA's business
and the value delivered to customers as shippers and carriers
increasingly embrace digitalisation to drive efficiency, visibility,
and connectivity across the container freight supply chain, the
company said.
"INTTRA continues to have strong momentum," said John Fay, CEO of
INTTRA. "Transactions are rising, and customers are joining our
platform at high rates. INTTRA will use its industry leading network
and products to drive the industry forward in digitalisation and will
leverage our team's long-standing expertise to deliver the benefits of
standardisation and innovation to our customers and the industry."
May's record-setting results followed strong growth in 2017 when the
company processed 45 million container orders on its platform, reports


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On the hook
Public on hook for Vikings stadium overruns
The agreement to build a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium in Minneapolis features a key difference from the plan to build the project in Ramsey County and even from the Minnesota Twins' new Target Field. Once it is built, any Vikings stadium operating cost overruns ultimately will be the public's responsibility. And not just overruns. The public will be legally obligated to maintain the stadium "in a manner that is first-class and consistent with comparable" National Football League stadiums -- a clause that could translate into substantial future costsComment: Once again demonstrates that MN legislators are not really representing the people. Agents of the NFL and the Vikings!


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Yes, I know most of the posts lately have been Iceland-related, but get over it (or get excited for me!). Thursday evening I'll be Reykjavik-bound and will hopefully have some sweet flicks to watch while on the plane. The last time I flew Icelandair, I ended up watching a pretty entertaining promotional video about Iceland. Besides getting me jazzed for this trip, I also learned that a majority of Icelandic peoples believe in elves and fairies. Who knew?
I also learned that A LOT of movies and TV shows are filmed in Iceland. Thanks to tax breaks and a crazy-ass landscape, more and more studios are taking their productions up north.
Take a look at what I'll be watching before the trip...
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
This movie is a totally predictible cheeseball's spiritual odyssey. But so what? I loved every second of Ben Stiller's twee journey. The first half of the movie prominently features Iceland, and man does it make it look good. So much so that Icelandair actually offers a Walter Mitty adventure package!
If you didn't see this in IMAX, then I'm not sure you should bother seeing it at all. I had some issues with the script, but at least it was imaginative. The scale of the visuals (giant waves, frozen clouds, etc.) are what made the movie for me. One of these impressive sequences features an ice-covered planet with frozen clouds and a very special guest star. Guess what? This place actually exists in…you guessed it: Iceland (you know, minus the frozen clouds).
Look, I know Tom Cruise is a controversial character, but I think we can all agree, he makes damn entertaining movies. I had super high hopes for this flick, and while it didn't quite blow me away, there were still a lot of impressive visuals courtesy of Iceland's alien landscape and midnight sun (which basically creates a permanent "magic hour"). Plus, it has a great soundtrack by M83.
As Oblivion showed, when in need of an alien-looking planet, head to Iceland! Volcanic landscape and epic waterfalls + computer-generated alien ship = Hollywood magic. Also robots.
Game of Thrones
Didn't know that beyond the wall is filmed in a real place? YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW! Sorry, couldn't help it. Poor Kit Herrington & Co. have to brave the near arctic conditions of Lake Myvatn in winter, but it makes for a damn pretty show! Want to live like a wildling and see it yourself? Icelandair has tours for that too.
Thanks Iceland for providing such epic landscapes for Hollywood to film! My eyes, tired of watching years of crappy CG, are especially grateful.


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They're the hottest thing in country music direct from Tennessee – brother/sister group The Band Perry, Kimberly, Neil and Reid. The trio swept the board at the most recent Country Music Awards winning Song Of The Year for If I Die Young and Best New Artist, and now they're hoping Europe will fall in love with them too. I caught up with them last week, just before they played their first ever show on non-American soil…
Let's talk about If I Die Young, the song that's catapulted you to stardom. It's not about dying though is it?
Kimberly: "It's not – it's a song about life. We live in East Tennessee in the Appalacian Mountains and the day we wrote it was a beautiful cloudy day – the song's about complete contentment. It was pre-record deal, pre-songs on the radio but it's about saying, if it all ends now, we're pretty happy where we are playing music as a family."
Neil: "It's one of our favourite moments playing the song live because we stop and people sing it back to us like an anthem with smiles on their faces – so I think they see it as positive."
If you did die young, what song would you play at your funeral?
Kimberly: "Oh god, some kind of tearjerker to get people going!"
Neil: "I'd go for something funny – Fat Bottomed Girls probably. We play that live and I love it."
Reid: "Stairway To Heaven – there's no other song at that moment right?"
You swept the board at last year's Country Music Awards, winning Song Of The Year and New Artist of The Year. How was that?
Kimberly: "Winning Song Of The Year for If I Die Young was surreal – it's one of those where you have to really wait till the next day to let it sink in. We bumped into Vince Gill when we walked off the stage after winning and he said songwriter is the one everyone wants to win – we'll never forget it."
Neil: "We were on tour with Reba McEntire at the time and she told us to relish the moment and just stop and savour it. She threw us a party to celebrate."
You're up for Best New Artist at this year's Grammy's, up against Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, J Cole and Skrillex which is a diverse field. Are you fans of the others?
Reid: "We are now! Skrillex is our pre-show dance party, we really like them."
Neil: "We're normally on the road when we hear about these announcements, but this time we were at the Grammy Nominations party so that was cool seeing our faces on the screen. We can't wait to go – it's the superbowl of the music world."
You've all been performing for years – what made you come together as a group six years ago?
Kimberly: "It was always the plan to come together as a band, I just had to wait till my younger brothers got taller. It was basically a height issue."
Reid: "We played together in the house growing up, we learnt three-part harmonies and always knew it would happen some day."
Neil: "I think Kimberly was also waiting for me to mature."
Kimberly: "We're still waiting for that aren't we?"
What's Christmas like at your house? Is there a fight for the Singstar microphone?
Reid: "We're never home at Christmas so we don't get a chance! Although this year we were, so we took time off and ate a lot of food. We were too busy eating to sing."
Do your parents play or sing?
Reid: "Our dad was a bass player in college and mum plays the piano, but really they gave us a good grounding in all types of music."
Kimberly: "Our dad would put us to sleep with The Rolling Stones and mum would wake us up with Loretta Lynn and would also dance to Michael Jackson – they had eclectic tastes."
What other names did you kick around before settling on The Band Perry?
Neil: "We spent two whole days looking at books and we had four pages of names but none of them looked right. We decided we wanted our name in there, but Perry didn't feel right and there were also a dozen Perry Bands. So we put it in a blender and that's what popped out…"
You're really well-known in the US and but not so much in the UK – what are you hoping for in the UK?
Kimberly: "You guys love live music and we're a live band, so it's a case of putting boots on the ground and start sweating it out."
Neil: "Tonight is our first ever show outside of America. No pressure!"
Do you have plans to come back to the UK for a show?
Reid: "We're back in March when the album is released and we'll also be touring with Brad Paisley when he comes back – not sure of dates for that yet."
Finally, if you could be the lovechild of any two artists, which would you choose?
Neil: "Keith Richards and Loretta Lynn."
Kimberley: "Can you imagine! Can I throw a third party in there too?"
Neil: "Which is weird, but go…"
Kimberley: "Freddie Mercury – he's my all-time favourite frontman."
Reid: "He could be our uncle. We'd also like Eminem as our cousin…"
The Band Perry's single If I Die Young and debut album The Band Perry are out on March 19th.


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She of the Wild Reads highlights and reviews books that support women on their journey toward becoming fully authentic, free, and fully alive. Today we'll be checking out The Book of She: Your Heroine's Journey into the Heart of Feminine Power by Sara Avant Stover. Enjoy!
About The Book of SHE
In The Book of SHE: Your Heroine's Journey into the Heart of Feminine Power (New World Library, October 15, 2015), bestselling author Sara Avant Stover guides women to a powerful new understanding of and appreciation for every aspect of femininity. "Your feminine soul, which I call your SHE, contains your deepest source of personal power, inner wisdom, and authentic expression," writes Sara. "We spend so much of our lives focusing solely on our material realities, forgetting that we are all carry a spark of the divine within us, that most of us never come to truly know our souls."
The Book of SHE provides women with a road map for what Sara calls The Heroine's Journey, which merges psychology and spirituality into a path that leads to psychological wholeness, empowerment, and ultimately, full female realization. While Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey" was conceived in 1949 with primarily men in mind, Sara's gender-specific map of the Heroine's Journey is designed with the unique twists and turns that initiation into empowered womanhood in modern times entails.
The Book of SHE turns the current paradigm for success and empowerment on its head, and reminds women that everything in their outer world is based on the unseen, inner one. "By changing the inner, we change the outer — not the other way around," writes Sara. "Through relinquishing our chronic busyness, we open up the space to increase our capacity to be present and truly enjoy this precious life."
Beth's Review
When I was offered the opportunity to read + review The Book of SHE, I jumped at the chance. Not only was it already on my divine/empowered feminine to-read list, but I thought it particularly jived with what we do here at She of the Wild. I'm always looking for more delicious reads on this not-very-well represented subject matter, and Sara's book seemed perfect for my tastes.
Each chapter of The Book of SHE includes:
- the main text, on topics such as "Becoming a Whole and Holy Heroine" and "Ending the War Within"
- exercises to help you practice and incorporate Sara's teachings into your real-world life
- journaling prompts to bring you deeper into your heroine's journey
- access to supplemental materials on Sara's website, such as audio recordings of the meditations included in the book, which I LOVED -- I always get frustrated when authors include meditations in their books, but don't include an audio version
Sara also describes some of her personal experiences from her own heroine's journey. I always enjoy reading such anecdotal stories, but find that many books swing heavily either toward or away this material. The Book of SHE offers a great balance between the author's life experiences and the inspirational instruction.
I particularly enjoyed how Sara shared some of the feminine archetypes that have showed up in her life -- including Emily Dickinson. Yes, the poet. You know that I swooned over Emily being treated as a divine feminine archetype!
The Book of SHE is easy to read -- but does lead you into some complicated terrain, such as journeying to our personal underworlds and healing our mother wounds (yikes). This is necessary for those women who are seeking to live more awake and more empowered, but it can be very uncomfortable. Thankfully, Sara offers a lot support as you traverse this tricksy terrain.
I felt extremely challenged by much of The Book of SHE -- but in ways that felt healthy and necessary. And I also felt incredibly inspired by Sara's words and excited to see what embracing some of her practices might do for me.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
"We are at the point where, as grown women, we recognize the need to stop pushing ourselves forward from a hidden agenda to be loved" (p. 35).
"Our bodies aren't indentured servants here to labor for us until we take our dying breath. They are sacred chalices . . . . Our bodies always tell the truth and hold the information we need to thrive" (p. 43).
". . . every moment of the day can be SHE space, if we allow it to be. When we're nursing the baby, driving on the freeway, and chopping onions, we can be at home in our bodies and alive in our senses. Rather than getting lost in thoughts, we can fully inhabit our lives" (p. 81).
"We need to see the darkness as part of our nature. It's half of the miracle of life -- a safe and holy place -- imbued, like dark chocolate, with bittersweet beauty. We need to remember that all true creativity springs from the darkness. We need to learn to hold sleep, surrender, and uncertainty as profound spiritual practices" (p. 102).
If you'd like to embark upon your own heroine's journey, you can purchase your copy of The Book of SHE HERE . . . or keep reading for a chance to win a free copy!
From the Author
Author Sara Avant Stover shares a little about her vision in writing The Book of SHE here:
The Giveaway is CLOSED. Thanks everybody!
Sara's publicist has generously offered to give one She of the Wild reader a free copy of The Book of SHE (!!!).
To enter to win your free copy, fill out the form below and click "enter" by Wednesday, March 10, and you're good to go!
*Please note: a winner residing outside of the United States will win a digital copy; a domestic winner may choose to receive a print or digital copy.
And! If you'd like to earn extra entries, share this post on your favorite social media outlets, then come back here and leave a comment saying that you did so.
Best of luck, wild ones!
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