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- Singer FKA Twigs created a controversial ad for Nike, according to a New York Times report.
- The ad reportedly featured unconventional imagery, like men wearing sports bras and a woman dancing suggestively with an exercise pole.
- Nike reportedly spent millions of dollars on the ad, which never ran.
- "We create a wide array of material and not all of it is ultimately brought to life in the marketplace," a Nike spokesperson told Business Insider.
Nike may have rubbed some employees the wrong way with an ad it reportedly created last year.
The ad, which never aired, was designed to celebrate the release of the women's version of the VaporMax sneaker in the fall of 2017. One employee who saw the ad told the New York Times it featured men in sports bras in "odd poses," as well as "a woman twirling on what looked like a stripper pole."
The ad was created in partnership with British experimental singer and artist FKA Twigs, who was creative director for the project. According to the Times, it was approved by former Nike brand president Trevor Edwards, who recently stepped down from his position as the company completes internal reviews in response to complaints from female employees alleging a hostile work culture.
The review has also resulted in the departure of several other Nike executives or high-level employees, including Edwards' second in command, the company's head of diversity, a VP-level footwear executive, and a director at Nike basketball.
"We recognize and acknowledge that behaviors inconsistent with our values have prevented some employees from feeling respected and doing their best work," a Nike spokeswoman told Business Insider. "We are determined to take the insights we have gained to build a culture that is truly inclusive and representative of diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences."
She added: "We are already taking action and will continue to drive change to elevate a culture of inclusion and respect."
Nike likely spent millions creating the unaired FKA Twigs ad. According to the Times, the ad debacle showed how the company has dropped the ball when it comes to funding and executing successful women-focused campaigns to rival the men-focused ones involving team sports like basketball.
This is all happening simultaneously as women's apparel and footwear segments have become target areas of growth for Nike as it strives to improve sales.
Nike said it stands by FKA Twigs, and called some of the reporting on the ad "inaccurate."
"Twigs is a highly gifted artist and athlete for whom we have a deep respect and admiration. We are proud to have worked together and we remain grateful for her inspiration and partnership," the spokeswoman said. "We create a wide array of material and not all of it is ultimately brought to life in the marketplace."
Twigs has created other ads for Nike, like the "Do you believe in more?" campaign for Zonal Strength Tights. Adage called that campaign "stunning."

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Story times at the Library are designed to introduce your children to the world of books. Choose the day and time that best fits your busy schedule, then call 973-736-0198 and press option 6 for the Youth Services Department or register online. Summer Storytimes are drop-in, all are welcome.
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Some new updates have arrived regarding the film adaptation of the popular Need For Speed game series, starring everyone's new favorite actor, Aaron Paul, who just recently came off of a stint playing Jesse Pinkman in arguably the best TV show of all time, Breaking Bad. Apparently no expense is being spared, as incredibly expensive vehicles are being used in production – and are being destroyed in epic Need For Speed fashion – even behind the scenes.
Racing enthusiast website Speedhunters has snapped a number of behind the scenes candid shots of on set action featuring the aforementioned destruction. Things are actually shaping up to look not terrible, contrary to almost everybody's expectations. It also seems that many of the stuns we see will be quite real and that every single car showcased will face destruction.
The gist of it all seems to be that if you're a car enthusiast, this may actually be a movie for you. And hopefully, it will have the same affect on fans of the gaming series as well.
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Twenty-five candidates for infield and outfield positions on the baseball team reported to Coach Slattery yesterday afternoon in the cage. After a light warming-up the candidates were given an extended batting practice, several pitchers working in relays. A short fielding practice ended the first days work.
J. S. Clark Jr. '23 and D. F. Thayer '23 were the only members of last year's team to report. Later the squad will be strengthened by Captain George Owen Jr. '23 and J. H. Hammond '25 who are now devoting their time to hockey, and Lewis Gordon '24 and A. W. Samborski '25 who are still playing basketball.
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HQ Trivia, the Tv-design and style recreation clearly show in an application, is starting up to make income. The company this week is rolling out its initial sponsored video games, like a $three million offer which involves sponsored video games from Warner Bros., as effectively as a sponsored recreation from Nike, arriving nowadays.
AdAge was the initial to report on HQ Trivia's offer with Warner Bros., which is applying the well known live trivia application to boost a few motion pictures, beginning with Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player Just one."
According to the report – which HQ Trivia declined to comment on at the time – the overall offer with Warner Bros. is truly worth $three million, and will include things like a $250,000 jackpot on a sponsored recreation that promotes "Ready Player Just one," airing on Wednesday.
The jackpot would be the major ever witnessed on the HQ Trivia application, AdAge noted. (HQ Trivia verified this is the scenario, in an e mail to TechCrunch.) The greatest jackpot the application experienced witnessed till now was the $fifty,000 prize from the recreation that aired on March 4, 2018, the night of the Academy Awards. The recreation also noticed its peak viewers that night, with two.18 million individuals logged on at the very same time, the company reported.
On Sunday night, Warner Bros. verified its sponsorship of a Wednesday HQ Trivia recreation in a tweet from the "Ready Player One" Twitter account:
These days, HQ Trivia teased a further huge name sponsor, Nike, in another tweet.
"HQ x Nike Airing three.26," is all the tweet reported.
Nike verified to TechCrunch it will be internet hosting a surprise recreation nowadays, on Air Max Working day – Nike's made-up shoe-celebrating holiday getaway.
Nike's recreation will give a $a hundred,000 prize pot, alongside with some type "prize that income simply cannot buy" for a hundred winners. Whilst neither HQ Trivia nor Nike would supply much more data on what that prize may well be, folks on Twitter are speculating it is some type of distinctive version shoe to tie-in to Air Max Working day.
The Nike recreation will be a individual, surprise recreation that airs in addition to its normal video games, HQ Trivia tells TechCrunch. Normally, HQ Trivia operates video games at three PM EDT on weekdays and 9 PM EDT just about every day.
These sponsored recreation launches are noteworthy for the reason that they characterize HQ Trivia's initial significant attempts at generating earnings. But they really don't appear as a surprise.
The company has reported for some time that it would collaborate with brand names as a signifies of creating income. For case in point, it instructed Assortment in December that the concentration with its brand discounts would be on improving gameplay. And when HQ Trivia just lately announced its $fifteen million round of funding, it all over again reiterated how it would perform with brand names to sponsor thoughts or supply even larger jackpots in the long run, in its place of just operating adverts.
Having said that, with even larger jackpots, there arrives a even larger chance of cheating – something which is been an raising problem thanks to the quite a few bots that have been built to support individuals solution thoughts correctly.
In point, HQ Trivia just lately kicked the remaining players out of a $twenty five,000 recreation, which it adopted up by tweeting that moderators kick individuals out who violate its terms and contest policies. The company never formally verified what the players did, but the normal consensus is that they were being caught cheating.
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From Conway Police Department reports
Woman reportedly shoplifts more than $90 in Walmart goods
A Conway woman was arrested Thursday evening for reportedly shoplifting nearly $100 worth of items from the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Prince Street.
According to an incident report, employees called police shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday regarding a woman who was wearing a pink shirt and black pants and had left the store with several unpaid items.
As officer Adam McNeal pulled into the parking lot, two employees flagged him down, pointing toward a 1992 black Ford Ranger pickup truck that was pulling out of the parking lot, the report states.
The responding officer followed after the suspect vehicle and caught up to the pickup truck as it pulled into the Oriental Kitchen parking lot on Morningside Drive. As the driver, later identified as 30-year-old Kelli M. Sanders, stepped out of the vehicle, the officer immediately noticed she matched the suspect description given by Walmart employees.
"I exited my vehicle and made contact with the female (Kelli Sanders)," McNeal wrote in his report. "I identified myself and the reason for speaking with her. She stated that she had her receipt for what she purchased. I asked if I could see the receipt and she stated that I could. She handed me the receipt and I asked her where the merchandise was at. She pointed to the back of the truck. I looked at the bags of merchandise and immediately noticed several items that were not on the receipt."
Walmart employees told police Sanders used the self checkout aisles and scanned in some of the items she left with but that the 30-year-old did not pay for all the items in her cart. According to the report, stolen items were estimated at a total of $91.80.
Sanders was ultimately charged with theft of property and taken to the county jail Thursday evening.
Sock stealing suspect
A Huntsville man allegedly attempted to take a pair of socks from Belk on Friday.
According to an incident report, the 33-year-old suspect wandered throughout the store Friday afternoon before walking into a dressing room with two shirts and a package of socks. The suspect, later identified as Joseph Dwayne Hendrix, soon left the dressing room, according to employees, and placed the two shirts near a register before leaving the store.
Employees looked back in the dressing room to find one of the socks had been taken out of the six-pack and the rest left behind in the package.
According to the report, employees confronted Hendrix about the theft outside of the store and he gave back the pair of socks he attempted to take.
Vehicle break-in reported at Dollar General
More than $1,500 in cash along with several other items were reportedly taken from a woman's vehicle while she was shopping at a Dollar General Store on Friday.
Conway police responded to the Dollar General on Hogan Lane just after 8 p.m. Friday regarding a breaking or entering report.
The 33-year-old victim told the responding officer she was inside the store when the theft occurred.
According to her statement, she parked her 2008 white Hyundai Sante Fe in the front parking lot, noting she parked next to a red GMC truck that had "an unidentified black male and an unidentified white female" sitting in it.
"[The woman] stated she took only $40 cash inside the store and left her purse inside of her unlocked vehicle," the incident report reads in part. "[The complainant] stated that when she returned a few minutes later, she discovered her purse missing. [She] stated she had a gold Tommy Hilfiger wallet, $1,700 in cash, Raulph Lauren perfume, her Arkansas Drivers License, Nappa Auto Parts business card, Bank of America credit card and her Blauer sunglasses inside of her brown purse."


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WRANGELL MOUI side of the range were delineated in de tail and with fidelity. In 1902 the same workers continued their surveys, Mr Gerdine along the western flanks of the mountains and Mr Witherspoon along the northern, so that we at last have topographic data of a definite nature for nearly all of the group. The area which is not as yet accurately mapped extends east from the head of Nabesna glacier to the head of White River, and includes the glacial drainage of the upper Chisana. Over the remaining portion of the group we have topographic sheets on the scale of 4 miles to the inch, drawn with a con tour interval of 200 feet. These give sufficiently complete data for an accurate definition of the geographic relations of the mountain mass. In carrying on this work the survey ors travel from place to place by pack train, occupying, successively, high points, which are located by intersection on other previously determined posi tions. From these points-'' stations," as they are called-the positions of all prominent features in sight-peaks, streams, lakes, and glaciers-are fixed by horizontal angles, and elevations are determined by vertical angles. With these locations and elevations as a foun dation, the streams are drawn and the outlines and slopes of the mountains shown by contours, each feature being sketched while the map-maker is look ing at it. The work is precisely similar to that carried on in the rougher parts of the United States, except that the scale is smaller, the spacing of stations is not so carefully done, and less detail is preserved. CHARACTER OF THE MOUNTAINS The Wrangell group occupies a rudely elliptical area, with the extensive low lands of the Copper and the Chittyna valleys on the south and west, but con nected toward the east with the some what greater heights of the St Elias NTAINS, ALASKA 399 Alps. A well-marked depression on the north, which extends from the upper Copper across the Nabesna and the Chisana to the White, separates them from the neighboring Nutzotin and Mentasta ranges. Measured along the greater diameter of the ellipse from Scolai Pass northwestward to the outer base of Mount Drum, the extent of the group is about ioo miles, while the other diameter at right angles to this is approximately 70 miles in length. Within this area of 5,500 square miles are at least ten snow-clad peaks 12,000 feet or more in height. Several of these are unnamed, and two of them, Mounts Sanford and Blackburn, are higher than Mont Blanc or any of the peaks within the borders of the United States. A partial list of the principal peaks and their elevations has appeared in an earlier issue of this Magazine, but a fuller list is appended here: Mount Sanford ...................... Mount Blackburn ................. Mount Wrangell .................. .. M ount Regal ........................ M ount Zanetti........ .............. M ount Jarvis .................. ..... Mount Drum ....................... Capital Mountain ....... ........ Mount Gordon.................... .. Snider Peak ......................... 16,200 16,140 14,000 13,400 12,980 12,300 12,000 9,697 9,IOO 8,345 In addition to these summits, to which names have been applied, there are two or three unnamed points on the ridge between Wrangell and Blackburn which are 1o,ooo feet or more in height, while between Blackburn and Regal one peak is 13,400, another 12,925, and a third 12,185 feet high. These latter are merely the culminat ing points of a lofty ridge, and lack the dignity and impressiveness of the iso lated summits, Sanford, Blackburn, Wrangell, and Drum, which are by far the most conspicuous mountains in the group. The fact that great height is not essential to grandeur is well illus trated by Mount Drum, which is sur-
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The city's largest and most family-friendly St. Patrick's Day celebration will take place March 16th at the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. This annual event serves as a community-wide celebration of Irish culture with a western twist featuring live music, face painting, cloggers & dance troupes, armadillo races, old west gunfights, cowboy poetry, shopping and dining, and so much more! In addition, we are proud to continue the tradition of hosting an authentic western parade along the historic Exchange Avenue at the conclusion of the program serving as the Grand Finale. Stick around and head to the Stockyards Championship Rodeo or the live music act at Billy Bobs Texas.
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If you have ever been a guest at The Narrative Loft (and if you haven't, you must come visit us), you may have seen some pretty eclectic decor. There is a surfboard in the office, colorful poufs straight from Morocco, desks that have been sourced, sanded, painted and up-cycled, plants of various species and sizes and of course, Miss Mai'a Papaya, a puppy brought to us by an incredible couple who knew that she'd be the perfect fit as our Director of Barketing.
A mecca for creatives, The Narrative Loft is filled with people and elements to inspire, create and share. But, where does all the stuff (and creative energy) come from, you may ask?
The answer to that question is always, "adventures".
Cue the Loft team's recent trip to the World Domination Summit (WDS) in Portland, Oregon to soak in more good vibes from really cool people.
One WDS Keynote Speaker, Scott Harrison spoke about his journey from Rolex-touting, hard partying NightClub promoter to Environmental Activist.
Scott Harrison now runs charity: water, a nonprofit organization that provides money to local charities that drill wells and install water-filtration systems in the developing world. Harrison's business is telling stories that pull at people's heartstrings and then their purse strings. He is very good at it: Since he founded charity: water in 2007, he has raised more than $100 million for the cause.
Adding to the list impressive speakers was Vanessa Van Edwards, a behavioral investigator and published author. She runs a human behavior research lab where she uncovers the hidden forces that drive our behavior called the Science of People. She encouraged the audience to face fears and to also realize that Rome wasn't built in a day, as some Social Media profiles would like you to believe. Her path to a successful career was preceded by years of trial and error and failed projects. Vanessa is charismatic, raw and incredibly entertaining.
Attendee, Jan Keck added that, "Vanessa's talk was exactly what I needed to hear right now! So many times we scroll through Facebook, comparing ourselves to all the perfect lives of our friends and thought leaders and it makes me feel like I'm not enough, I'm not doing enough, why haven't I gotten there yet. But it's only half of the story. We only see what's above the surface."
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She is a native of Mount Vernon and attended Drury University, earning Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Writing and a Masters in Business Administration. Winter is a Greene County Estate Planning Council member and a board member for the Doula Foundation, the Springfield Regional Arts Council, and the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks.
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Keith A. Katkin has served as our Principal Executive Officer since May 2018, a member of our board of directors since July 2018, and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Urovant Sciences Inc. (USI) since September 2017. From March 2007 through January 2016, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, where he led the company through its acquisition by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in 2015. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Avanir from 2007 to 2016. Mr. Katkin joined Avanir in July 2005 as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and a member of Avanir's executive management team. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Katkin served as the Vice President, Commercial Development for Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, until it was acquired by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. Additionally, Mr. Katkin's employment experience includes leadership roles at InterMune, Inc., Amgen Inc. and Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Katkin currently serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Novus Therapeutics, Inc., and as a director of Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., all of which are publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Katkin earned a B.S. in Business and Accounting from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at University of California, Los Angeles.
Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, M.D., Ph.D. has served as the Chief Medical Officer of USI since April 2018. From April 2015 to March 2018, Dr. Haag-Molkenteller was the Vice President in Clinical Development at Allergan plc (previously Allergan Inc.), and from November 2007 to March 2015, the Vice President in Global Drug Development. While at Allergan, she led clinical development of onabotulinumtoxinA (BOTOX) for OAB and neurogenic detrusor overactivity. From 1988 to 2006, she was the Vice President of Clinical Program Leadership at Schwarz Biosciences GmbH. Dr. Haag-Molkenteller earned an M.D. and Ph.D. from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Michael McFadden has served as the Chief Commercial Officer of USI since January 2018. From April 2015 to January 2017, Mr. McFadden was the Senior Vice President for Commercial at Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he led Avanir's sales and marketing efforts, and from May 2010 to March 2015, the Vice President of U.S. Sales and Managed Markets. From July 2007 to April 2010, Mr. McFadden was the Senior Director, Managed Markets at Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., and from and from 2004 to 2007, a Regional Sales Director. While at Amylin, he launched two first-in-class diabetes products. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. McFadden was a State Purchasing Director at Pharmacia Corporation (prior to its acquisition by Pfizer Inc.). Mr. McFadden has nearly 30 years of pharmaceutical commercialization experience. Since July 2017, Mr. McFadden has also been an advisor to Akhu Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. McFadden earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Christine G. Ocampo has served as our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since May 2018, and as the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of USI since October 2017. From September 2015 to May 2017, Ms. Ocampo was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Otic Pharma, Ltd., until it was acquired by Novus Therapeutics, after which she served as the Chief Financial and Compliance Officer until July 2017, and as a consultant from July 2017 to October 2017. Ms. Ocampo has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience, including over 11 years as the head of Finance for publicly traded companies in the healthcare industry. From 2007 to September 2015, Ms. Ocampo served in various roles at Avanir, including Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary. From 2001 to 2006, Ms. Ocampo served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Vice President, Corporate Controller of Cardiogenesis Corporation (now CryoLife, Inc.), a publicly traded medical device company. From 1996 to 1997, Ms. Ocampo held a management role in Finance at Mills-Peninsula Health Systems in Burlingame, California, and from 1994 to 1996, served as an auditor for Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Ocampo earned a B.A. in Accounting from Seattle University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Washington.
Bryan E. Smith has served as the General Counsel of Urovant Sciences since April 2018. Mr. Smith most recently served as Associate Vice President and Senior Counsel at Allergan, where he was chief counsel to the company's Urology, Neurology, Aesthetics, and Dermatology business units. Mr. Smith also led Allergan's anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion efforts in close cooperation with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations and other federal, state, and international law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining Allergan, Mr. Smith was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Smith received his B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School. After graduating from law school, Mr. Smith was a law clerk to the Honorable Cormac J. Carney in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Nori Ebersole has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of USI since December 2017. From September 2015 to December 2017, Ms. Ebersole was the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Talent Officer at Paul Hastings LLP. From April 1997 to June 2015, Ms. Ebersole served in various roles at Allergan, including most recently as Vice President, Human Resources from January 2014 to June 2015, partnering with executives globally on key strategic initiatives in the Urology, Neurology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology and Aesthetics business units. At Allergan, Ms. Ebersole led numerous commercial and R&D expansions, compensation planning, leadership development and retention strategies. Ms. Ebersole earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.
David N. Hovland, Ph.D., has served as the Senior Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs since March 2018. Dr. Hovland has over 18 years of experience in R&D in the pharmaceutical industry and has contributed to the global development and registration of multiple small molecule and biotechnology-derived pharmaceutical products. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs at Allergan where he was the Global Regulatory Affairs Therapeutic Area Head for Neurology, Urology and Dermatology. Prior to that he served as Head of the Global Regulatory Operations function at Allergan, as a Senior Director from 2010 to 2013 and as a Vice President from 2013 to 2015. From 2006 to 2010, Dr. Hovland was a Director in the Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety department at Amgen, where he served as a global regulatory strategy leader on pharmaceutical development teams. Dr. Hovland started his career in the pharmaceutical industry in nonclinical development as a study director and project team toxicologist, first at Allergan from 1999 to 2002 and subsequently at Amgen from 2002 to 2006. Dr. Hovland earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his B.S. in Bioresource Sciences from the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Jami and Matt are a couple that when you meet them you just know that these two were made for each other!! They met at the coffee shop where Jami worked when Matt would come in on Fridays to grab a cup of joe. He was her "Friday Guy" and she was the "Mystery Girl" behind the counter. Once they got to know each other it was a sure thing that these two were meant to be.
Their wedding day was so special as it was held on Jami's family farm in Hillsborough, NC. Circle M Ranch was all dressed up that day in full Fall fashion with mums, hay bales, and a tractor bar. Jami looked amazing in her gown with pearl under-lay and side-swept hair. Matt is a big car buff and showed off his gear shifter cufflinks to everyone. The bridal party wore plum and everyone was bundled up for what turned out to be a cool and breezy October day. The sunlight was spectacular though as the couple took sunset photos under the giant oak trees on the farm. The two coffee lovers sipped to stay warm and hosted a coffee bar for all of their guests. In the reception barn, guests were treated to dinner and dancing for the rest of the evening.
All the best to this amazing couple!! I know they will be laughing and dancing with each other as they begin their journey as Mr. and Mrs.!
Wedding Coordination: 13 Cedar Events
Photography: Jessica Arden Photography
Hair and Makeup: Haven Salon
Rentals: American Party Rentals
Venue: Circle M Ranch


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School Field Trips
With Spring, comes new baby animals and time to book a school field trip. Children get the chance to explore a real farm, see many farm animals and birds in their natural setting. Get the experience to see, feel, pet and even feed them. If wanted, we will also include a pony ride as one of the activities. Rate for school field trips is just $5.00 per child. Email today about a date. email@example.com


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From MDWFP
JACKSON – Children can get outdoors and explore nature at MDWFP's Mississippi Museum of Natural Science day camps this summer. Age-appropriate camps are offered for preschoolers and children entering kindergarten through entering twelfth grade. "Campers spend their time enjoying outdoor investigations and fun hands-on learning opportunities," says Museum Director Charles Knight.
Visit http://www.mdwfp.com/museum for camp details and to register beginning March 1, 2019. Spaces are limited to keep the camps hands-on.
Preschool Camp: Pre-K campers, ages three-four, investigate the museum grounds hiking, exploring, meeting live animals, and creating fun crafts. In a guided and creative setting, children discover how exciting and fun the great outdoors can be! Campers must be potty trained.
Go Outdoors ... Camp!: Engages young campers in outdoor nature activities including hiking, aquatic adventures, and nature inspired games and crafts. Campers will learn wildlife identification, explore wetlands, and encounter native wildlife while making new friends and memories. This camp offers several age appropriate sessions for ages entering 5K – entering the sixth grade.
Jr. Naturalist Camp: Campers entering grades seven-nine will participate in indoor and outdoor activities that focus on the ecosystems of Mississippi to learn about the identification, collection, and conservation of our native species. This camp includes one overnight stay.
Field Camp: This ecology-based camp for campers entering grades 10-12 focuses on field collection and study of our native species. This camp includes at least one overnight stay.
For details, visit http://www.mdwfp.com/museum or call 601-576-6000. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/msnaturalscience or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/MSScienceMuseum or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MSScienceMuseum.


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A year ago, nearly a year to this day, I wrote a column as I was about to start kidney dialysis treatments ... with hope of getting a kidney transplant.
The good news is that the transplant should happen this summer at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
And this will be my last column for a while, since I am taking a leave of absence in order to get ready and then recover.
I have worked part-time while undergoing dialysis three times a week for the past year. And I�ve stuck with that regimen for about as long as I can.
So my job now is getting healthy.
This has been a year like no other. I have seen the best in people. The support � in all forms � has been rewarding and gratifying.
At the highest level, it is people willing to be tested in order to donate a kidney. I have a friend who is a top donor candidate.
A second friend is also a blood and tissue match. Others are on a list to be tested if they are needed.
A kidney transplant is a medical miracle whose history dates back about 50 years. It�s an easier process than it was even a decade ago, but it�s no trip to Disney.
Someone who donates a vital organ to help keep another person alive is someone ready to stretch to a high level of self-sacrifice. The fact that several stepped up for me stuns me into a rare silence.
I know how many people have called Rhode Island Hospital on my behalf (the process involves matching blood and tissue type, a detailed medical history, a psychological screening).
But I don�t know all their names.
My wife, Julie Bisbano, has given me tremendous support and saved my life in 2007 by getting me to Newport Hospital as an infection ravaged my kidneys. Friends and family have offered help in a variety of ways.
Friends, acquaintances and even strangers have offered prayers, sent cards and emails, offered rides, asked to hold fundraisers. If prayers help (and I believe they do) they come from all denominations in our community.
I take none of this for granted. Some who get sick live in isolation. I have met a woman, age 38, who received a kidney a year ago after 14 years on dialysis.
A couple of family members were matches, but the woman�s health insurance refused to cover a transplant. By the time she obtained better insurance, her family members had their own health problems and no longer were candidates.
Dialysis � which removes fluid and cleans toxins from blood � is a wonderful, life-sustaining treatment. But it can be monotonous � three times a week, three hours at a time � and at times draining.
And it gobbles up a lot of time.
Someday I plan to see my friends � patients and staff � at the Dialysis Center of Tiverton as a visitor. They have all made this process a lot easier.
And so have many who read this column week after week.
On dialysis, my kidney function is 16 percent. With a new kidney (you can live well with just one), function could reach 65 percent to 70 percent.
In the past year, support has been 100 percent. And all I can say is, thank you.
Jim Gillis is a staff writer for The Daily News. You can contact him at email@example.com.


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City, University of London
Course Introduction
The Foundation Year is a one-year full-time programme that provides an entry route for UK and EU students to the BSc Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year). The Foundation Year is designed to prepare you for the subjects that will be covered in more depth throughout the rest of your degree. The Foundation Year is delivered by Cass Business School, one of Europe's leading business schools. Part of City, University of London, Sir John Cass Business School is ranked amongst the top 5 business schools in the UK (FT European Business School Rankings 2018).
On successful completion of the Foundation Year you will have obtained a fundamental knowledge of Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Economics, Accounting and Finance, Computing and IT to ensure that you are fully prepared to enter Year 1 of the main degree. These modules have been carefully designed to include material that you will come across should you proceed onto the BSc Accounting and Finance undergraduate degree programme.
Course Modules
The Foundation course has been designed to familiarise you with material that you will study in more depth in later years of the degree programme. Modules covered are:
Mathematics: This will cover A-level maths and topics from A-level further maths. As you will have already studied A-level mathematics (or equivalent) we will focus more on the later topics such as calculus. The material in this module will prepare you for the first year Introduction to Statistics module, the second year modules Financial Econometrics and electives in the second and third year which are of a more mathematical nature e.g. Business Forecasting.
Foundation Probability and Statistics: We will be covering material that is similar to that in the statistical modules of A-level maths. We will be assuming that you have not studied probability and statistics before, so the pace will be slower than the mathematics module. This module will prepare you for the Introduction to Statistics module taught in the first year.
Introduction to Economics: This course will cover fundamental topics in both macro and micro economics. We will assume that you have not covered this material before and this module will help you prepare for the first year modules Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. This module will have an integrated study skills module which will develop your ability in such areas as note taking, essay planning, mind maps, etc. which will help both with this module and the rest of your studies and later employment.
Introduction to Finance and Accounting: This module will introduce you to concepts such as interest rates, discounted cash-flows, different types of investments and company accounts. The material in this module will prepare you for the first year modules Introductory Financial Accounting and Introductory Management Accounting, as well as the second year modules Financial Markets and Company Valuations. It will also provide real world skills for the analysis of companies and investments.
Introduction to Microsoft Office Suite: This module is taught mainly on-line but supported with a weekly tutorial. This module will help prepare you for the Visual Basic module in the first year and in addition will help with all your future studies where Microsoft Office products are used, as well as providing real life skills which will be attractive to employers.
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It is so easy to get caught up in our own little lives and forget the needs of others and what they may be suffering even on a so-called "normal" day. Then when disaster strikes, sometimes repeatedly, we are shaken awake. It is my hope that our compassion will continue to be fueled by these circumstances and that we will do whatever we can to help lift each other up. And hopefully such responses can become the norm, instead of depending on a disaster, natural or otherwise, to keep them going.
I am often astounded by my good fortune and how things sometimes seem to just fall into place. I am also reminded that such events have a cause and effect and that it is often up to me to cause an effect for someone else. What can I do today to make even a small change in someone's life? Sometimes it is as simple as being kind or friendly to a stranger in the elevator. I know that it makes a difference to me when someone is polite, as opposed to when they ignore me or dismiss me. Gordon B. Hinckley expresses this well when he says, "The smallest gesture can mean so much to those who need a little lift in their lives."
What would happen if I use the elevator as an experimental capsule in which I am simply kind and positive, a place where I can provide my fellow floor travelers with a tiny uplifting experience? And if I am successful there, what then could I accomplish in the larger environment of the hotel lobby? The porch outside? The sidewalk? The grocery store? The gym?
Bernard Meltzer says, "There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up." This is something we can all do, in both large and small ways. Stepeh Covey says, "Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity." When circumstances are such that almost everyone we encounter is in need some way, let us remind ourselves not only to respond, but to reach out, and if we can't truly lift another up, at least we can metaphorically cushion their fall.
Each day David and I start the morning by sharing something we have read. We use it as a source of contemplation, and often it becomes a guide for how to simply approach the day. Today we read, "Trade your expectations for appreciation and your whole life becomes a miracle." (Tony Robbins) I will try to use these words today--not only when I get out into public, but as I putter around my apartment. Since we have divested ourselves of most of our material goods, cleaning our apartment is simple and quick. And the acquisition of anything that enhances our lives, even something as simple as a suction-cup hook from the dollar store that secures my potholder to the wall by the stove becomes a small treasure as it allows me to keep everything in is place.
I find it necessary to examine my life intensely each day. This includes both a close look at my own internal struggle and my place in the world around me. This give and take has become a natural way to progress through the day. As Sylvia Plath writes, "I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again." It really is as simply as that. Why would I choose to stumble through life with no awareness, when the alternative is to live deliberately?
Because I can't walk today to clear my mind (the air quality index is in the danger level due to the nearby wildfires), this blog is necessary as a launchpad for how I will proceed once I close my laptop. I will intentionally practice appreciation, first by being thankful that the weather is cooler today, we may get a little rain tomorrow, and the air is expected to be cleaner by Friday. Let me never look on a forest, or for that matter, a single tree, without the appreciation that it is not being consumed by fire.
I am aware that such ideas can be hard to hold onto. Without intent, they can vanish as quickly as a puff of smoke. So let me use these observations to fuel my appreciation each day by refocusing and practicing. When one can truly do that, everything in the universe becomes a potential pivot point for change in a positive direction. I will close today with this:


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When the Mets cited a blister and a rising innings count as their reasons for manipulating Matt Harvey's pitching schedule, the hope was that their showpiece pitcher would still be able to start in the showcase event at their home stadium.
Every time Harvey has taken the mound for the Mets, it has been a special day, but perhaps never more so than on Tuesday, when he will be the starting pitcher for the National League in the 84th All-Star Game, at Citi Field.
Bruce Bochy, the manager of the National League team, announced Monday that Harvey would start in the second All-Star Game hosted by the Mets, and the first at Citi Field.
Mets Manager Terry Collins said Harvey was likely to throw two innings, if all goes well.
He will face the 13-game winner Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers in a game that will decide home-field advantage for October's World Series.
The Mets chose not to have Harvey make his last scheduled start in Pittsburgh in a game that theoretically could affect a pennant race. But they thought he was ready to throw an inning or two in a game that could help project his rising star across the baseball world.
"It's not an exhibition game for Matt Harvey tomorrow, you can bet on that." Collins, a coach on Bochy's staff, said. "He's bound and determined to be the best. That's all he ever talks about. This is just another step so that he shows everyone that's going to be here tomorrow and everyone watching on TV that he's as good as there is."
Harvey, an All-Star just 355 days after making his major league debut, will become the third Mets pitcher to start an All-Star Game, following in the steps of Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden, two aces to whom he has been compared.
Harvey arrives at the All-Star break with a 7-2 record and a 2.35 earned run average, with 147 strikeouts in 130 innings. He earned the starting honor over Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who might have earned the start in another city with his 8-6 record and major-league-low 1.98 E.R.A..
But Bochy said that Harvey's numbers would merit the start in any park in the country. That did not sit well with Kershaw.
"That's his opinion," Kershaw said.
There was no justification required when American League Manager Jim Leyland introduced Scherzer, his own pitcher with the Tigers, and mentioned his 13-1 record and 3.19 E.R.A.
"I don't think I need to explain anything more than that," Leyland said.
Both managers did their best to appease local fans. Bochy inserted David Wright, the Mets' third baseman, into the lineup as the cleanup hitter, saying that if Wright was the captain of the N.L.'s home run derby squad on Monday night, then cleanup was the only sensible place for him to hit.
Leyland has Robinson Cano, the Yankees' second baseman, batting second. But more important, he promised that Mariano Rivera, who is retiring after his 19th and last season, would pitch. Rivera is on his 13th All-Star team.
The hope, Leyland said, was to bring Rivera on in a save situation in the ninth inning. But if that did not materialize, Leyland said he would find a spot for Rivera.
"You can rest assured he will be on the mound at some point, and you will see him pitch," Leyland said.
Harvey will become the first pitcher to start in his home park since Roger Clemens started for the N.L. at Houston's Minute Maid Park in 2004, a game that ended badly for Clemens and his team, which lost, 9-4. Another pitcher who started in his home stadium was the Boston Red Sox' Pedro Martinez, who tossed two perfect innings at Fenway Park in 1999, striking out five. Harvey, obviously, would prefer that kind of performance.
"Having the opportunity to take the ball is something I'll never forget, and I'm very thankful for, especially at home," Harvey said. "It's my first All-Star Game and being at home, it's extremely special and I'm very, very thankful."
Harvey said he had no more issues with the blister on his right index finger, which Collins said was the worst he had ever seen.
"He ripped the entire skin back," Collins said. "I mean, it was torn up. And the next day, you didn't know he even hardly had a blister, because he did exactly what the trainers said to do, how to fix it, how to take care of it. He probably sat there all night taking care of this thing. And the next day, it looked like it hardly bothered him."
Some of the other stars said Harvey belonged.
"I can't imagine many pitchers having better stuff than Matt Harvey," said Joe Votto of the Cincinnati Reds. St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina compared him to Justin Verlander, the Tigers' hard-throwing right-hander.
"Yeah, absolutely" Verlander agreed. "You're naturally going to draw comparisons. Hard-throwing, and he's having a great year. I haven't seen him pitch in person, so I'm excited to see him."
The Mets and baseball are excited for him to be seen, too.


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Junior Researcher
Matthias is a sports physiotherapist. He obtained his Bachelor in physiotherapy in 2008 at Saxion Hogeschool in Enschede (NL) and finished the specialization in sports physiotherapy (M.Sc.) at the German Sport University Cologne (DE) in 2015.As a sports-physio Matthias was part of a professional Dutch Long Track Speed Skating Team in recent years and supported skaters at national and international championships. Currently, Matthias is a PhD student at the VUmc. During his PhD project 'Skating on thick ice' he systematically develops an injury prevention program for talented speed skaters in the Netherlands. In his leisure time Matthias is a track and field coach (sprint) and enjoys running.


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Here is another of my dance shoe themed charcoal and acrylic works. I return to this on occasion as I enjoy creating the detail in the shoes and what they represent to me. I've created this art piece with a mix of dark and vibrant purple this time. There are seven purple acrylic variations splattered throughout. I created this piece in time to music as I splattered in a circular motion to hint at a twist.
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Hello 2016! It's a brand new year and time to challenge ourselves. In the past year my goal was to share travel experiences from the perspective of a family (more specifically, a Canadian family of four). That's the kind of blog I've always looked for to inspire our own travels. One where the successes and fails are equally shared and I can get useful information on what might work (or fail terribly) for our own family. There were a lot of great times in 2015 and I enthusiastically shared them here. There were also some tough times, and looking back I regret that I glossed over them. The beautiful, inspiring moments really needed some balance to make this blog relatable. I assure you, there were some scale tippers that I just didn't have to courage to immortalize here on the blog.
As the catalyst for most of these misadventures, I guess it's my responsibility to own up to them. I am the vacation planner of our family and am ready to admit I DO NOT know our limits. Not even close. It's a mix of personal ambition and wanting us to push further to experience more together. Sometimes that works out just perfectly. And then . . . well sometimes not. Take for example one of my favourite and most honest travel posts of the year aptly entitled MoMA with Kids : Fail !
I don't do it often but I freely admit my strongest writing comes forth when sharing the less than perfect, funny, and sometimes chaotic moments. In 2015 the post I wrote, Breakdown in Montana, A Road Trip gone wrong was a piece full of honesty, adversity and ultimately, comedy. I wouldn't wish to ever experience that kind of adventure again, but it did serve up a lot of life lessons. Also, because of that post we were invited to travel to New York and share our story for a possible reality show pilot. I became very aware that when you expose your flaws you become relatable and real to even a complete stranger. That's a good thing in an online world that keeps on getting bigger and more impersonal every day. And, since this long surviving blog of mine has never made me any notable amount of money, it may as well be the best darn record of this era of family vacations, road trips, and adventures and even mis-adventures.
It's been two years since I've had the comment section open on the blog and since then, I've really noticed the readers comments on other blogs declining drastically. People just don't engage like they used to. Part of it is the use of RSS feed readers. I read all my favourite blogs on Bloglovin and from what I can see, many of you read this blog through that platform too. It's just easier than keeping individual tabs on each site. The downside is, when you really want to add your two cents it's a bit of a process. But, even if the comments section has become a relic of the bygone blog boom, I'm opening them up anyway. In interest of keeping our stories real, I want to hear about yours too and to be available to answer questions. So let's do this 2016! There are a few funny travel fails to share from our time in San Fransisco and Yosemite that I haven't had the gumption to write about yet but let's say I'm feeling brave this year!


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9 al 12 de Septiembre de 2019 | Hilton Garden Inn La Sabana, Costa Rica
Pave the Way for Future Business Growth and Dramatically Reduce Costs with a Fully Optimized Shared Services Organization
Allanar el Camino para el Futuro Crecimiento Empresarial y Reducir Drásticamente los Costos con una Organización de Servicios Compartidos Totalmente Optimizada
Considering that over the past decade, Latin America has emerged as one of the fastest growing destinations for shared services and outsourcing due to its geographical proximity, multilingual capabilities and low-cost arbitrage amongst other benefits, whether you are looking to adopt a shared services model for the first time or to optimize an existing model, you don't want to miss out on this exceptional opportunity.
Considerando que durante la última década, América Latina se ha convertido en uno de los destinos de más rápido crecimiento para servicios compartidos y externalización debido a su proximidad geográfica, capacidades multilingües y arbitraje de bajo costo, entre otros beneficios, ya sea que busque adoptar un modelo de servicios compartidos. Por primera vez o para optimizar un modelo existente, no querrá perderse esta oportunidad excepcional.
Designed for Shared Services leaders responsible for optimizing service delivery in the Latin America region, the 13th Annual Latin American Shared Services and Outsourcing Week is your definitive source for the quintessential tools, knowledge and solutions necessary to take your SSO to new heights of efficiency. This is your organization's exclusive opportunity to hear from today's leading shared services and outsourcing champions in the region during thought-provoking keynotes, case-studies and interactive sessions.
Don't Miss Out On The Chance To:
- Maximize SSO performance by embracing innovative approaches for identifying, attracting and engaging stellar shared services talent
- Attain the skills and know how necessary to not only successfully launch a new SSO but also expand and optimize an existing organization
- Find out what it takes to successfully set up a new shared services organization in the LATAM Region
- Know how others before you successfully incorporated new, high value-add services to boost both the financial and strategic impact of an existing SSO
- Master change management in the age of digital transformation and enhanced employee expectations
- Reach new heights of performance and efficiency by embracing innovative process optimization tools and strategies such as GPO and RPA to streamline cross-functional processes from end-to-end
- Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to ensure your team effectively identifies and capitalizes on new areas of value creation
- Master change management in the age of digital transformation and enhanced employee expectations
What to Expect in 2019
New Location! San Jose, Costa Rica
New and Exciting Site Tours
Maturity, GBS, and RPA Tracks
Country Specific Rountables
Brand New Speakers & Topics
Walk away with lasting connections and enjoy over 10 hours of built-in networking time, from like-minded peers from over 10+ countries.
Case studies panels on emerging technologies, data/analytics, digital transformation, and strategy to move to a GBS
Networking in San Jose, Costa Rica
Lunches and Networking Breaks
Region and function specific Interactive Discussion Groups [IDGs]: Take a deep-dive into your most pressing SSO-related challenges during these small group, practitioner-ONLY discussions
Workshops that offer powerful, actionable strategies for implementing a SSO, cultivating a culture of change and innovation, building a business case for GBS, realizing your digital transformation journey, and creating the next gen SSO
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I2P Director, Global Financial Solutions, Invoice to Pay
Pfizer, Inc.
Vice President - Global Project Execution Manager
Director CRFSS, Finance Operations
Global Shared Services Book to Report Process Operations Lead
Ledvance Business Services
Latin America CIO and Global IT Director - Data & Analytics
BIC Brazil
FSSC Director
Shared Services and Corporate Accounting Global Director
Director, GBS LAO
Shared Services Center Director
Arca Continental
Head of Shared Services Center, Americas{
Intel Corporation
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Sometimes life can be so crazy. We think we have it all figured out, but really we do not. And that can really be frustrating the older you get. Just when you think you have something figured out, you don't.
And as always, we look to our past and wonder if the decisions we made were the best ones, and wonder if what we did really was right, Did we miss something? Then, we look to the future and wonder, what lies ahead for us, are we missing something important now that will help in the future?
Life can be so chaotic, it's true and I realize that. And no, I don't have things figured out, but there are something things that I have learned along the way that stay constant and true, I think we encounter who we should when we should, and we experience what we should when we should. The hardest part of life for all of us is saying goodbye, but sometimes we just have to say goodbye. We must make room for the changes. The new and wonderful can not come in if the old is still standing in the doorway!


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Through collaboration and a shared vision we can create a better world
I see nothing. We may sink and settle on the waves. The sea will drum in my ears. The white petals will be darkened with sea water. They will float for a moment and then sink. Rolling over the waves will shoulder me under. Everything falls in a tremendous shower, dissolving me." ― Virginia Woolf, speech
There are always times in our lives when hope seems a way off or the tears consume us. This week I certainly felt the heaviness of sadness sit on our shoulders as we said farewell to our daughter as she makes her way in the world. Her journey is literally just across the Straits but the symbolism of the moment seemed enormous.
While our tears are for a moment in time, there are always times in life when these moments become overwhelming. This week, some of our team attended the Global Indigenous Suicide Prevention workshop at Te Papa. Maire Kipa and I presented about the Te Kō-ha suicide prevention workshop which includes a focus on the research that we have done with whānau who have experienced suicide. You can read my speech here.
There was a wonderful energy from the presence of rangatahi amongst the forum; but also a wider context for Māori and Pasifika whānau.
Recommendations from Whānau:
Suicide prevention should be made part of the health and physical education / hauora curriculum in schools.
Whānau and community groups, can be used to strengthen connections between and among whānau and prevent isolation.
Being connected culturally and with whānau needs to be a significant part of both suicide prevention and intervention.
A whānau-centred approach to recovery is necessary to prevent individuals from internalising and solely focusing on the experience of personal grief and loss.
A safe and open place for people to go to meet and talk to others.
Te Kaika
On Wednesday 28th February, we attended the opening of Te Kaika, along with a capacity crowd of whānau, of Pasifika peoples, and many Whānau Ora entities. I saw representatives of A3 Kaitiaki; Moana House; Te Roopu Tautoko ki te Tonga; Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora; Corstorphine Hub; He Waka Kotuia and of course our Whānau Ora Navigators. Dame Hon Tariana Turia started our day:
"It is a powerful vision of Ngai Tahu, to work together with your Commissioning Agency Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu; the University of Otago, Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora; Otakou Health and the Pacific community. This is exactly what was always intended by the notion of Whānau Ora – that through collaboration and shared vision, we would create a better world for all our whānau to inhabit".
Dame Tariana went further to say:
Te Kāika embodies collaboration : the Mataora Clinic, School of Physio, School of Dentistry, Ārai Te Uru Whare Hauora, Kōhatu – Māori Division of Health Sciences and of course Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu. It is a day to celebrate and acknowledge the persistence and unstinting faith of your team – Professor Peter Crampton; Donna Matahaere-Atariki, Albie Laurence and the partnership that Caversham represents.
It was a fabulous day, full of great connections as the communities across Otakou, who have come together to consider the best interests of whānau.
Meeting with our Minister
This week, our Board Chair and I made a visit to Wellington to sit with our Minister and hear some of his dreams and aspirations for Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu. The Minister have his impression of the positive work that is being undertaken and complimented us on our unique approach.
Next week, the Minister is paying a visit to some of our entities in Murihiku; Otakou; Timaru and Hokitika. Please let us know if you would like us to support you in these visits. And don't forget to send us photographs!
Making sure our Maori and Pasifika people count – completing the census
Please make sure you complete the Census and support and encourage your contacts, colleagues and whānau to complete it. Here are some compelling reasons why this is especially important for Māori and Pacific:
The census provides most value only if everyone has been included. For people who don't have a computer, tablet or smartphone or people who aren't confident using them it's going to be harder to complete this census without help. The risk is they might not bother. . Together, we need to make sure Māori and Pasifika are represented by emphasising the importance of the Census and encouraging or helping our people to complete it.
The next census day is Tuesday 6 March 2018. People are being asked to complete it online on or before that date using a special number mailed to each address. If you want a paper version, you have to request one.
Census information is completely secure and confidential and the anonymous data it provides, informs what services we need to plan for and decides how funding and other resources are going to be allocated to health, education, employment and transport. Government funding to services is largely based on Census numbers.
What can you do to help
Make sure you complete the census and that everyone who lives with you does the same - or better still, do it with them
Encourage everyone you talk to between now and next Tuesday to complete the census– make sure they know about it and why it matters, and have received their letter and code or have requested a paper version
Offer your help, take a smartphone, tablet or laptop round to anyone who might not have one and go through it with them (you can always look away for very personal details like income)
Tactfully check in with your kaumātua, and wider whānau, especially if they don't use a computer or smart device regularly, to see if you can help them complete their census
Share this letter, and the link to the census website as needed:
The more we know about the people in our community, the better we can understand and shape services that meet everyone's needs. We make better plans and smarter decisions when we have the figures right.
For more details about the census, go to www.census.govt.nz


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Ok, everyone's got a top 10 list these days; no claims of originality here. I had my first list last year and thought I would do so again for 2012. This year however, it just made sense to me to make it a Top 12; 12 for '12. So here we go.
2012 was a little slow for me as far as photography went. Knee surgery at the end of 2011 completely stymied any photography outings until early May when I made my first visit of the year to Yosemite. As you might guess, Yosemite is my favorite place; not only to photograph, but just to be there; just to walk the meadows, sit by the Merced and of course drink from the Fountain at Fern Springs. Yes, it is one of those places that most times is simply overrun with people. But anyone who knows Yosemite also knows when to go and where to go to lose themselves and feel like you are the only inhabitant. It is a special and magical place.
In recent years I've set out to learn how to "see" Yosemite by photographing the little nuances and intimate scenes that really make it a special place; really get to know the light, the backdrops, combing all the different elements and moods. And in a place like Yosemite with monstrous granite domes and towering waterfalls, it's nearly impossible to not look up and marvel at the grand landscape. So at the end of 2012, I felt I was getting closer to my goal of showing the quieter and more intimate side of Yosemite; and not just the obvious. I don't have a single image this year that shows El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridal Veil or Yosemite Falls. Some images are distinctly Yosemite, while others not so.
It wasn't easy choosing 12 out of the 50 or so images I thought were decent enough to scan and process. Here are some of my favorites from 2012:
"El Capitan's Court" may be my favorite of the year. Not necessarily because it's the best image or most spectacular – it's certainly nothing extraordinary as far as subject matter, composition, etc. This image just means more to me personally. I felt like this image captured so many of the wondrous elements of Yosemite and specifically Yosemite Valley. From the stately and brittle Black Oaks, the delicate and diversity of grasses and plants of the meadow floor, to the Ponderosa and Cedar, the guardians of the valley, all in the shadows of the towering walls of granite. A simple landscape – yet showcasing Yosemite in all her glory.
During my last photo outing of the year, I had a goal of really trying the capture the grace and elegance of the grasses of Yosemite Valley. Four days in early November and many hours wandering Leidig and El Capitan Meadows and I felt like I was able to capture some of that. No powerful or dynamic sunset or spectacular light; just some elegant details of a place that far too often simply get overlooked and most certainly stepped over. 😉
These grasses and ferns weren't found in a meadow, but right along side the Merced River. In a little garden patch that is only revealed at the end of the fall season when the water level has dropped, the waterfalls have dried up, and the Merced is but a trickle. This particular year saw the lowest water levels in the river I had ever seen. This revealed so many new scenes and opportunities for little gardens like this to photograph. Already by now this little garden is underwater as the winter storms have started bringing flowing waterfalls back to Yosemite.
Speaking of the Merced River… another major element I forgot to mention in the first image. While you can't see the river in "El Capitan's Court," the Merced lies just a few steps beyond the Black Oak trees. For me at least, the Merced River is the lifeblood of Yosemite Valley; perhaps even more so than the valley walls themselves.
And to all the waters that feed the Merced River; The water falls, Bridal Veil, Yosemite, Cascade, Horsetail Wildcat falls, and even Fern Springs, the Merced, gives and sustains life to all those who call Yosemite home. During the spring the waters creating a rushing torrent of power and change; while in the fall and early winter, just a trickle, yet still giving of life.
Trees have long been a favorite subject of mine. And the trees of Yosemite make it that more special to me as I love photographing the trees of Yosemite. So my Top 12 list certainly would include some trees. Included in this list is one of my favorites just below, "Autumn Dimensions."
I included this snag of an old Black Oak for a couple of reasons. One, was about capturing the fleeting light that so often happens – of course not just in Yosemite. But those dynamic moments when light comes and goes, the clouds quickly moving through creating constantly changing light. Yosemite seems to have the market cornered on changing light. How does the saying go? "If you don't like the light now, wait two minutes…" Here, the light was changing fast and for brief moments lighting up this old tree as if a spotlight from above had the oak on center stage. So, it was about the light and secondly getting this accomplished with a film camera… well, sometimes you just need to be lucky, or burn lots of sheets of film. I think I made 4 exposures. Lastly, I don't shoot with b&w film, but I often find myself wanting to, or envisioning scenes in black and white. This was one of those times; the contrasts, tonal ranges with the near stark white trunk and the fleeting light, I knew would be stronger without color. Yeah, just a tree, but a special one now.
Last, but not least, the oddball of the Top 12. Odd, only because it's the single image I didn't select that wasn't from Yosemite. One of only three photo outings in 2012, remember, I said it was a slow year. This image was captured on a little unnamed rocky beach in Garrapata State Park along the Big Sur Coastline of central California. The combination of light, color, motion and texture make this one of my favorite images of 2012.
It was hard to get this down to only twelve images. For those who are interested in seeing what the rest of the year was like, including many more images from Yosemite, you can go to my website and visit the "New Work Gallery" OR I also have them up on G+ where you can see the photo album, "2012, A Year in Review."
Thank You! All my best in 2013!


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I always wondered if old people required special golf clubs to play, or they just used same golf clubs as regular golfers. But fortunately, just one month ago, my dad asked me to pick good golf club set for him, and considering he's 60, I started researching to find best golf clubs for seniors like him. Christmas is also pretty close, and I think it's going to be great gift to give to my dad. Long story short, I looked at a lot of different seniors golf clubs, read a lot of customer reviews online. I learned a lot of basic information about seniors golf clubs there, but at the end of the day, I still needed more information to find best senior golf clubs for my father.
How did i manage to find best golf clubs for seniors?
I had so many questions about golf clubs that I didn't even know where to start. Are hybrid golf clubs better the best option for senior golfers? Some reviews said so, while other golf club reviews said totally different things. So I continued to read more and more, and finally it started to make sense. There are few key issues that old people have while playing golf. Heavy bags are one of them. See, as you grow old, it's really hard to carry heavy golf bag all around the golf course, especially when you're walking by foot. So if you're looking for best golf clubs for seniors, first you need to make sure that product you choose is light and convenient to carry. It's usually achieved by using different lighter materials than usual golf clubs. For example, golf clubs with fiberglass shafts are pretty popular. Hybrid golf clubs are pretty popular as well.
I am buying seniors' golf clubs for my dad myself, but overall old people don't seem to be too concerned about price. Probably because they want to spend their free life having fun and not holding back to save few dollars. Saving on golf clubs is at some point right thing to do, but when you're getting affordable seniors golf clubs, you shouldn't expect too much. And that's what a lot of seniors do, at least according to reviews I've read. Speaking of good golf club reviews, just follow the link to read great review about seniors' golf clubs. They have listed 5 top rated seniors golf clubs as well, so if you are interested in best selling clubs, check it out. But I think that just because other people liked golf club set they bought, doesn't mean you will, too. You need to go out there and research, learn about these golf clubs, find out what advantages and disadvantages each of them have.
To sum up, choosing best golf clubs for a senior man or woman isn't that hard. You need basic understanding of golf clubs and how golf is played. It's also easy to choose best product when you're not worried about the price. But when you are, you can still manage to buy best seniors golf clubs for the money you have.


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