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A housing development is set to be built in one of Clitheroe's most popular areas.
And housebuilder Jones Homes has pledged almost £200,000 towards creating more primary school places for the influx of families the new homes are expected to bring to the Ribble Valley.
The housebuilder will also stump up £16,000 for improvements to the highways in the area,
Planning permission to build 45 homes on land in the Littlemoor area close to the historic Grade II listed Littlemoor House has been given.
The 1.76 hectare site is the first plot of land secured by the housebuilder in Clitheroe for over 20 years.
The development will include a mix of traditional three and four bedroom semi-detached and detached homes, a selection of dormer-style bungalows and 13 two and three bedroom affordable homes.
Work on site on the roads and sewers has started with construction of the homes due to begin in July and completed in time for Christmas and the new development will be named as Littlemoor Park.
The new homes are the latest to be approved in Clitheroe. Wimpey Homes has planning permission to build up to 1.040 homes on land at Higher Standen Farm although this has caused great controversy as it close to the junction of the A59 with Pendle Road, a notoriously busy spot.
The company has promised to create a roundabout as part of the development but there was fury from protestors when the plan was put on hold at the request of Wimpey until it has built the first 50 homes.

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"Total" unemployment in the UK is about 6.3 million, more than two-and-a-half times the official government total, according to trade union figures.
The Trade Union Congress, using the US system of measuring the broadest possible levels of joblessness, has found unemployment at its highest level for nearly 20 years.
The figures show a vast increase on the UK's traditional measures of joblessness, the International Labour Organisation Rate, which stands at 2.68 million, and the claimant count, which is at 1.6 million.
The TUC claimed the figures paint a true picture of the job market, with many people forced into short-term work in the face of huge levels of competition.
ILO unemployment figures released in January saw the Labour Party claiming Britain to be in the grip of an "unemployment emergency".
The US, or U6, system incorporates long-term unemployment, recent job losses, redundancies and under-employment. UK calculations have been made up to October 2011.
The TUC claimed that while ILO unemployment, which calculates those who have been without a job for the last four weeks, was higher in the 1990s, there are 1.31 million people who are under-employed - working part-time because they cannot find full-time positions - which is higher than any time since April 1993, when it stood at 802,000.
"The headline unemployment figures are bad enough, but the true scale of joblessness is even worse," said TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.
"Over six million people are either out of work or under-employed. Tackling this crisis should be the government's No 1 priority.
"Our jobs crisis is not confined to those out of work. Nearly two million people are being forced to take low-paid, insecure, short-hours jobs because of a lack of proper full-time employment.
"This means people are taking home much less pay, which is putting a strain on family budgets.
He said that ministers' claims that there were "plenty of jobs out there" ignored the sheer number of people looking for work, as well as the suitability of the jobs available.
"Rather than seek to blame unemployed people for being out of work, the government should start helping them by putting proper resources back into employment schemes," Barber added.
"Unless we get people back into decent jobs and wages growing in line with prices again we will not secure a sustainable economic recovery nor get the deficit down."
A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said: "Obviously the TUS has used a completely different system and not one that is used here in the UK. However, the key point is that it is better to be in work of any kind than it is to be totally out of work.
"It is important that people are taking those first steps into employment through part-time work or jobs in different sectors as it provides vital experience and skills that employers will look for when the economy and labour market improve.
"The current climate is tough for jobseekers, but we also want people to know that there are jobs out there, with around 463,000 vacancies in the economy and with Jobcentre Plus adding on average 10,000 jobs to its books every working day."
U6 unemployment in the UK gradually declined from over six million, dipping to 4.36 million in April 2001, before gradually increasing again to its current levels.
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Stalag Luft I
Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing.[1] About 9,000 airmen – 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian – were imprisoned there[2] when it was liberated on the night of 30 April 1945 by Russian troops.[3]
|Stalag Luft I
|Barth, Western Pomerania
|Prisoner-of-war camp
|Site information
|Controlled by
|Nazi Germany
|Site history
|In use
|Garrison information
|900 officers and men
|RAF, SAAF, and USAAF POWs
Camp historyEdit
The camp was opened in 1941 to hold British officers, but was closed in April 1942, when they were transferred to other camps. It was reopened in October 1942, when 200 RAF NCOs from Stalag Luft III were moved there. From 1943, American POWs were sent to the camp.[4]
- Oberst Hartwig von Winckler, Mar. 40 to June 40
- Major Roland von Oertzen, June 40 to May 41
- Major Burkhardt, May 41 to Apr. 42
- Oberst Willibald Scherer, Oct. 42 to Jan. 45
- Oberst Warnstadt, Jan. 45 to Apr. 45
On 30 April 1945, the prisoners were ordered to evacuate the camp in the face of the advancing Soviet Red Army, but the Senior American Officer, Colonel Hubert Zemke, refused to give the order. After negotiations between Zemke and the commandant, it was agreed that to avoid useless bloodshed the guards would go, leaving the POWs behind. The next day, the first Soviet troops arrived.[4]
The Soviet troops treated German civilians in the area badly, but American and Commonwealth personnel were treated with respect (the liberated POWs were careful to wear armbands on which their nationality was written in Russian). After initial concern they would be repatriated by sea via Odessa in the Soviet Union, the Russians eventually gave permission for the POWs to be evacuated by air.[5]
Between 13–15 May, the camp was evacuated by American aircraft in "Operation Revival". The British POWs were returned directly to Great Britain, while the Americans were sent to Camp Lucky Strike[6] north-east of Le Havre, France, before being shipped back to the United States.[7]
In popular cultureEdit
The camp is the setting of the 2017 film Instrument of War, featuring Jack Ashton as Clair Cline, a U.S. bomber pilot imprisoned at the camp from February 1944 to April 1945 who built a violin while a prisoner. The film also depicts the prisoners' refusal to evacuate and the negotiations between the Senior U.S. Officer and the Kommandant.[8]
Notable prisonersEdit
- Nicholas Alkemade, RAF rear-gunner who survived a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 m) without a parachute when his aircraft was shot down in March 1944.
- John L Armstrong Sr, on 28 August 1944, was shot down while attacking a railway locomotive in his P-51 Mustang. On 3 September 1954, he flew a North American F-86 Sabre to take the world speed record over a 500-kilometre (310 mi) course, flying at 1,045.206 kilometres per hour (649.461 mph). He died two days later when his aircraft broke up during an attempt to increase his record.[9]
- Bernard Barker, United States Air Force bombardier, later famous as a Watergate burglar.
- Jimmy Buckley, British Fleet Air Arm pilot and escape organiser (known as "Big X" — note that a character in the film The Great Escape is also so named, but has a different fate).
- Josef Bryks, Czechoslovak RAFVR fighter pilot and serial escaper (September – November 1944).[10]
- John J Carroll, P38 Pilot 55th Fighter Group, shot down over the Netherlands, 1943, Later Vice president of Knorr Broadcasting WKNR (KEENER13) Detroit. Later, Owner Operator of Carroll Broadcasting Inc.
- John M. Conroy, originator of the Pregnant Guppy, transport aircraft and founder of Aero Spacelines
- Roberta Cowell, RAF fighter pilot, and later the first British person to undergo Sex reassignment surgery
- Harry Day, British Royal Air Force Wing Commander and Senior British Officer at this and numerous other camps, survivor of the "Great Escape".
- James 'Dixie' Deans, RAF sergeant and World War II bomber pilot, guided 2,000 Allied POWs across Germany in what was known as the "Long March".
- Sonny Eliot,[11] USAAF B-24 bomber pilot, later weatherman on WWJ (AM) 950 in Detroit, Michigan. Eliot did weather reports on both TV and/or radio since just after returning home from World War II.[12]
- John Fancy, British, RAF air observer/navigator whose tunneling escapes from various German prisoner of war camps during the war earned him the nickname "The Mole", and inspired the book and film The Great Escape.
- Augustine Fernandez, career officer in the USAAF, bombardier in the B-17, author of the book POWerful memories.
- Bill Fowler, RAF pilot who later escaped from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle).
- Frank E. Funk, American navigator, 772nd Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Parachuted out of sabotaged[citation needed] B-17 on his seventh mission. Later dean of University College at Syracuse University, 1970-1988.[13]
- Francis "Gabby" Gabreski, top American fighter ace in Europe in World War II, a jet fighter ace in Korea, and career officer in the USAAF with more than 26 years service. 61st Fighter Squadron Commander at time of capture.
- Charles Ross Greening, an American bomber pilot who participated in the Doolittle Raid.
- Jimmy James, 9 Sqn RAF pilot and survivor of the "Great Escape".
- Gerald W. Johnson Commander of the Eighth Air Force during the Vietnam War, 63d Fighter Squadron Commander at the time of capture.
- Nicolas Koskinas, Greek, Hellenic Air Force fighter pilot; became chief of the Hellenic Tactical Air Force Command in 1967.
- Mark Linenthal, Jr, American navigator; later poet and professor San Francisco State University.[14]
- James "Cookie" Long, 9 Sqn RAF pilot, later escaped from Stalag Luft III in "The Great Escape", but was recaptured and shot by the Gestapo.
- RA "Bob" Hoover, American fighter and test pilot, who escaped the camp and then stole a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and flew it to Allied territory.
- Einar A. Malmstrom, 356th Fighter Group Commander and namesake of Malmstrom Air Force Base.
- Loren G. McCollom, 353rd Fighter Group Commander.
- John C. Morgan, ex-RAF bomber pilot and USAAF B-17 pilot, the only Medal of Honor winner to become a POW in World War II.
- Brian Paddon, RAF pilot who later escaped from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle).
- Ray Parker, American pilot who from April 1944 to May 1945 edited POW WOW, an underground newspaper within the camp that distributed information of the outside world to the prisoners.
- Donald Pleasence, later known as an actor in such films as You Only Live Twice and Halloween. He also had roles in both The Great Escape and The Great Escape II: The Untold Story.
- Lt Col Luther H Richmond, Commanding Officer of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, was downed by flak while attacking an anti-aircraft position in his P-51. He was a prisoner from April 15, 1944, until May 1945. He retired from the USAF as a Major General in 1970.
- John TL Shore, 9 Squadron RAF pilot, successfully escaped from Stalag Luft I, via 'blitzkrieg' tunnel under incinerator, on 19 Oct 1941 and made a home run to England via Sweden.
- Joseph E. Smith, RAF pilot, survivor of several escape attempts and later a director of NHS Scotland.
- Hubert Zemke, career officer in the USAAF, fighter pilot in World War II, and a leading USAAF ace. He was the Senior Allied Officer in the camp at the time of liberation, and arranged for the POWs to remain in the camp instead of evacuating. 479th Fighter Group Commander at time of capture.
- Roy Wendell, PR director for Fairchild Republic Co., developed public relations strategies for A-10 Warthog, B-1 Lancer
- Brad "Buster" Slaven, Child actor with numerous credits prior to the war and additional credits as an adult actor after the war. Retired from Western Airlines as a pilot.
- Hugh Lake Jameson, B-17 pilot who had played center for Clemson on the first Cotton Bowl (American football) game. His footlocker left behind in England was recovered by family members in 2012
- Robert J Duffy, USAAF 2nd Lt. B-24 Co-Pilot from Iowa City, Iowa. Became prominent attorney in Savannah, GA and author of the autobiography, "Every Step of the Way."
- John Cordner, RAF Lancaster Navigator, Later Headmaster of the Naval School, Singapore
- Lawrence N Kalgreen, USAAF 2nd Lt. B-24 Pilot from Akron, Ohio. Later became president of the Akron Bearing Company.
- Cornelius P Gould Jr., 2nd Lt. P-51 Pilot and Tuskegee Airman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Later became the Founding President of the Ohio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
- Don Widmark, USAAF, Brother of Hollywood actor and western star Richard Widmark
See alsoEdit
- ^ Nichol, John; Rennell, Tony (4 September 2003). The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944–1945. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-100388-7. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ Smith, Mary; Freer, Barbara (2008). "World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I". merkki.com. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Wilson, Bradford P. (2010). Everyday P.O.W. California: Storyteller Press. ISBN 1-880053-03-9.
- ^ a b "Stalag Luft 1 Barth at the Baltic Sea". gps-practice-and-fun.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ Nichol, John (2002). The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944–45. Viking. p. 226. ISBN 0670910945.
- ^ "Cigarette Camps: Camp Lucky Strike". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "Camp Lucky Strike". wwii.memorieshop.com. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Harris, Sarah (2017-11-15). "BYUtv shows healing power of music in new WWII drama". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ^ Swopes, Bryan (2015). "3 September 1954". This Day in Aviation. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Josef Bryks". Free Czechoslovak Air Force. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "bio of Eliot".
- ^ "Beloved Detroit Weatherman Sonny Eliot Dies". CBS Local. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Frank E. Funk Collection". Veterans History Project. The Library of Congress. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ "Mark Linenthal".
- Martin Albrecht, Helga Radau: Stalag Luft I in Barth. Britische und amerikanische Kriegsgefangene in Pommern 1940 bis 1945. (English summary) Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2012. ISBN 978-3-940207-70-8
External linksEdit
- American prisoners of war in Germany : Stalag Luft I, Military Intelligence Service, 1 November 1945
- Footage of former prisoners being evacuated by air during Operation Revival
- Smith, Mary; Freer, Barbara (2012). "Additional Info on the prisoners of war at Stalag Luft I". Stalag Luft I Online. Retrieved 18 December 2013.


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The inaugural Race in the Marketplace (RIM) Forum is an international gathering of diverse scholars who examine the role of race in the marketplace. We define the marketplace as actual or metaphorical spaces where exchanges between producers and consumers occur. The RIM Forum welcomes the expertise and commitment of scholars from diverse epistemological and methodological positions who investigate RIM issues across disciplinary fields and scholarly domains (e.g. retailing, health, housing, finance, art, sport). The broad objective of the Forum is to lay the foundation for an ongoing global transdisciplinary research network which will advance our understanding of the role of race (and its intersecting socio-political constructs – e.g. class, gender, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality) in the marketplace. The RIM Forum will be held May30-June1 in Washington D.C, prior to the 2017 Marketing and Public Policy Conference.
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From the shooting of John Crawford III in a US Wal-Mart store for holding a pellet gun to the removal of black students from an Australian Apple store over fears they "might steal something" to France's recurring debates over "Islamic consumption practices," both research and practice reveal that race plays a significant role in social well-being. In addition, specific identities outside of race, including particular ethnic and social groups (e.g. Hispanic/Latinx, immigrants) and religious groups (e.g. Muslim) are often "racialized" with similar effect.
As a social construct, race is a key site of hierarchy upon which marketplaces rest. A broad cross-section of scholarship has noted the essential role of race and racism in the conception and maturation of prominent present-day global markets. The banking, textiles and soft commodities markets are deeply rooted in racially-charged colonial and imperialist practices. Racial dynamics remain central to contemporary marketplace operations across the globe, such as target marketing, advertising, (reverse) redlining, service delivery and consumer profiling.
As race-related marketplace challenges repeatedly surface worldwide, focused attention is required to critically address how existing racial hierarchies hinder inclusive and equitable marketplaces. However, discussions of race in the marketplace are often subsumed into broader domains of class, ethnicity and/or multiculturalism, limiting our knowledge of how markets normalize, reify, and (re)produce systemic and institutionalized racism. Interestingly, many of the more complex investigations of RIM topics have occurred outside of marketing and create an opening for productive interdisciplinary collaboration.
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I'm 17 years old and next fall I will enter my senior year in high school. This summer I'm taking a month from my summer vacation to journey to Malawi, a country in southeast Africa. There, I'll be working on a number of projects, ranging from helping my sister build incubators to aiding my mother with her instruction of physical therapy. To say the least, I'll be busy.
I'm naming this blog The Orange Sky after one of my favorite songs by an artist named Alexi Murdoch.
The song always struck a chord with me. In it, Murdoch expresses his dream of an "orange sky, with his brother and sister standing by". Family has always been important to me. They are, in fact, the reason for my upcoming trip to Malawi. Years ago my sister, Elizabeth, went to Malawi with my mother, and the following year my brother Josh took a trip. From their own experiences in Malawi, my brother and sister have set their minds to impacting the world for the better using their outstanding education (Josh, as a recent graduate of Stanford and Elizabeth as a upcoming graduate of Rice). They are an inspiration to me and no matter where they are on the globe, listening to the song connects me to them.
Murdoch also sings that his "salvation lies in your love." I'm a strong believer that the well-being of every person lies in the compassion and empathy towards others. I think our capacity to connect with others while we live our short time in this world is fundamental to our existence.
While Alexi Murdoch enchants his listeners to imagine an orange sky, I hope my own experiences in Malawi open my eyes to the discovery of my very own orange sky.
I'm almost done with my packing - Mom is a veteran traveler and she told me exactly what I needed. Our plane takes off Sunday morning to New York, where my Mom and I will head straight to Johannesburg. From there, one more plane ride to Malawi!
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Right now, though, I promised I'd share some snapshots of this year's Christmas decor. I went a bit crazy this year, and the decorations spread beyond the living room. There is also a lot of tinsel and shininess happening, but I wouldn't trade a single piece of aluminum. :)
There were some parts of the house where I didn't take any photos because it was too dark (the curse of living in between tall houses), but I got some of my favorite things captured. Want to see?
|Living room: Tinsel wreaths around plastic deer heads and my grandma's holly garland.
Gold glitter deer and plastic lighted lamp post!
|Living room: Silk red ball ornaments in hubs's grandmother's mid-century dish.
Aluminum Christmas tree (thrifted this summer!) with my grandmother's glass ornaments.
|Dining room: Party time tinsel garland bar area. More tinsel garland around the wall art.
|Dining room: vintage fabric tablecloth, more tinsel wreaths, brass deer candle holders and red silk ball ornaments in pedestal vases. Silver tree farm with bows, two redbirds from Binx Ceramic and a Santa bear carved by my grandmother's friend.
|Kitchen: More tinsel garland along the shelves; new Vera holiday dish towel from Crate and Barrel; Santa head string lights along the chalkboard.
|Guest room: Where all of last year's decor went! :) My favorite thing is the tree branches in Thermoses.
|Last year's tree and brass deer among the bottle brush trees.
Almost everything in these decorations was thrifted at some point, and a lot of it is vintage (of course). I love that you can piece together a fun and festive atmosphere for not a ton of dough! I'm most proud of the green tinsel wreaths, which I fashioned out of vintage garland wrapped around embroidery hoops (which you can find at thrifts a ton cheaper than wreath forms!).
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The Bonneville project is on indefinite hold, so I thought I would run a cool old photo of how it was, back in the day. You can also find a cool 356 Bonneville post that I put on the blog a while back by clicking here.
February 13, 2012
An update from Graham. The project is on hold at this time with planning continuing.
December 24, 2011
Here's an update from Graham ... We have been working some recent sketches that DT, Sacco and I have been working up on the car... they are very much influenced by the conversation and discussions we had with Michael Behr of Porsche Motorsport in Dubai a few weeks ago ... it was Michael's idea to go twin NACA ducts in the roof to get the air we need for the turbos and now we are pursuing this idea, we are also looking to work out how to get the air down into the cooling fan too ... we have a little more work to do on aero and the remaining question is still - where does the weight balance go when we invert the engine and gearbox - remember the engine is big and light and the gearbox is small and heavy and we are being advised to check this out in minute detail before we make the switch from one configuration to another ... we have data from Denny who set and holds the 911 LSR that suggests too much weight in the rear will make the car too light at about 180mph and we need to be sure the overall aero is balanced or balanceable before we switch the engine configuration. Our 993 engine and gearbox (the non-turbo nonVR) should be back together on the bench in a week or so and before we bolt this combo back into the 964 shell we have we will balance the engine/gearbox and work out the centre of balance of it too ... this is most crucial before we do any work on the A ... we then also have to make sure the engine rotation and pulley positions make space for the driver and a SCTA regulation firewall ... lots of little things still to be done before we ask Kent to start cutting one of about only 50 RHD 356A's known in existence . . .
October 1, 2011
Communication between Graham and Denny Kahler...
Good to hear back from you. I built my Bonneville car in the mid 80's. It set numerous records between 1998 and 1991. The '91 record was at 200.615 mph with a 3.0 engine and that record still stands today. We spent the next 10 years trying to break that record. The car was a total hand full over 180 mph and I had spun it at over 200 a number of times. In retrospect it is hard to get a car shaped like a jelly bean, pushed from the behind with a short wheel base to go those speeds. The surface of the salt is like hard packed snow with ruts and puddles. Over those years we tried various wings and ground effect items. In 2001 I decided to go for it. We regeared for 250 plus and installed a nitoius system. I had lost my fear of the spin and hoped to hang on and get big numbers. We also added a few aerodynamic aids in hopes of keeping it stright. To make a long story short during the 2001 event I hit a puddle or rut in the forth mile. The car went left and right and trying to correct it lifted the front and went air borne. I may hold the record for maximum hang time in a 911. The car did not land well and I was lucky enough to survive. I even made the cocktail party that night after the trip to the hospital. The car was totally destroyed except for the engine. Even some of the gauges were oval from the impact. All the safety systems SCTA requires paid off. The last recorded time was 229 mph at the four mile lights and I was still gaining speed before it flew. The nitrous bottle was not installed so we were running just turbos and race gas. No fuel, no ntro and no NOX.
I can tell you many Bonneville stories, We made Bonneville a family and friends event for all those years. My three boys enjoyed their years on the salt. Attached is a picture of the car in 1998 trim. In this configuation it set a record in 1991 with a 2 liter at 211.714 mph. I still have the engines and have wanted to build a streamliner to see just how fast a Porsche powered car can go.
Best success with your project,
Denny Kahler
September 2, 2011
Kent's put the car on a bogey and taken the wheels off and started to go over the car and make investigations on the condition of the shell . . . check out the photos - it's not good news and it looks like the roof has been patched from below so we are thinking that at some point the car may have been on it's roof ... this is the current situation and we're still figuring out about the mid-engine configuration.
|Image, Kent Porter
|Image, Kent Porter
|Image, Kent Porter
|Image, Kent Porter
July 23, 2011
Graham had sent this letter to Prof. Piech to requesting information on aerodynamics advice. As of yet no response.
July 15, 2011
Graham reports that at the moment the car is at the back of the shop in Arizona. Kent has a few jobs to focus on before he'll get down to the "A". This is sort of a lull before we find out about the true condition of the shell and how some of the very strange shapes and sort of wobbles in the roof and sides of the car really got there.
June 28, 2011
Now that Kent Porter has the 356 at his shop in Arizona here is the first order of business on the car.
Determine the following...
1. Strip the car down completely and determine how severe the damage is to the tub. This will include a complete acid dipping of the entire chassis once the suspension is removed and the body fillers have been sanded/ground away.
2. Measure the chassis from the center line of the wheels forward to a realistic theoretical bulkhead to determine once and for all how much space there is for the powertrain. Once this is determined, we can finally decide on the engine that can be used.
3. Determine the exact suspension configuration that we will be using including brakes.
June 25, 2011
HHR's 356 Bonneville Build....The Start
Goal: To set a land speed record for the fastest 356, then be able to return the car to street use.
That's just what Graham Henderson is setting out to accomplish, his dream car. No small undertaking, it now stands at something like 150 mph and that's in a body design that's about 60+ years old. To do this he has enlisted the help of Kent Porter of Precision Chassis Works in Arizona who understands the task well. Part of the plan is to build a tube frame below the body, install a 911 engine, not hanging out over the back, but in a mid-engined configuration, do all the safety mods that are required, like a full roll cage and fire system along with all the small tuning to make the car run like a tiger out of the Malaysian Jungle.
Graham owns a few classic air-cooled Porsches from a 993 down, however he fell in love with Porsche 356A coupes when he was a very young architect working in London, and spotted a little silver torpedo sitting on a local street. He was smitten and decided that one day he was going to own one. Subsequently he found and bought a right hand drive, type A coupe in Malaysia. The car has been in storage for the past 13 years in Kuala Lumpur and just in the last week it arrived at the Port of Los Angeles where it will be trucked to Gilbert, Arizona for the beginning of the project.
The "Along For The Ride" blog will follow this adventure with Team HHR to record the story and show photo updates as the car is rebuilt to make a run at record speeds. A separate page (that can be found along the top header) will provide updates to follow all the way to "The Salt". Be sure to check it out and send your comments and questions here.
|The 356 A coupe minus widows and trim as rescued from Malaysia. Image Copyright, HHR
|The 356 A coupe minus engine as it sat in Malaysia. Image Copyright, HHR
|Extremely rare right hand drive. Image Copyright, HHR
|The A coupe after it arrived at the Port of Los Angeles waiting for transport to Arizona. Image Copyright, HHR
|HHR's logo. Image Copyright HHR


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I am pleased to present my new Flower Series Focal Beads.
I have had such fun designing and making these. Using the wonderful Donna Kato's Composition Technique I have developed this entirely new series of beads.
Each bead is hand shaped with a variety of skinner-blend backgrounds and then covered on all sides with tendrils, leaves and blossoms. Each one is completely individual and no two are alike.
I have not made a series of beads before and am very excited by them. The ideas for more series are swimming around in my head, and the next series will be fish!
I have a few more colour-ways for the flower beads still to create and I hope that when they are all ready they will be well received at my weekly craft fair at Cirencester. I am still undecided as to whether to put them up for sale in my Etsy Shop or not. I am being asked more and more at Cirencester if I will make some beads for sale and decided that now was the time to do so. Beading and Jewellery making has become increasingly popular here in the UK over the past two years, and unusual handmade beads are always in demand. I would love my beads to become part of someone's design, or maybe to inspire a design because of the theme of my bead - that would be fantastic.
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|An overview of my saree embroidered in Kantha style
|Closeup of the embroidery on my saree
|A view of my entire saree filled up with the same embroidery motif
The stitches too are quite simple, and one can learn them easily and adapt them to a variety of designs to suit individual creativity.
Nowadays, kantha-embroidered sarees especially on silk are very popular and the most common colors are in shades of whites to browns.
Read more here>> and here>>
This picture is from the Katna's Kantha website, highlighting the various Kantha motifs used traditionally. The website also has photos of the entire process of making the kantha sarees etc.
Chitra's blog also has a big list of the various stitches she has used in Kantha, to achieve different effects.
Here is a beautiful Picasa web album on the many variants of Kantha embroidery on sarees..


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5 Methods to Teach Kids Animation For Fun and Learning
As numerous teachers could let you know, art can be an amazing vehicle for young students to exhibit self-expression and creativity, and to really let their imaginations soar. Art might be particularly significant for children today that are growing up using the benefits and draw-backs associated with an extremely fast-paced life, in which instant gratification can be a given. What's not usually easy however is teaching patience, achievement, and lasting satisfaction, websites as bad this, it is hard to introduce projects that may be time-consuming, and may not show results straight away, but tend to produce very satisfying achievements. - finger family
Allow me to share 5 projects will teach students about animation which span from your fast-paced and straight-forward, up to the more complex plus more drawn out. The many projects teach kids valuable lessons about using 2-D and 3-D images in quick succession to make the illusions to move. There's something for every student, and you can start where you stand and have thrilling!
Photo Animation For the kids with Special Needs
This is among my favorite features for young students with special needs, since the students don't have to be able to draw, and have a lot of an attention span for this one to work. Exactly like with some of the animation projects I teach, I like to show students a fast video as one example of how other people have done the job, to provide inspiration, and understanding. Next, i receive the students to get an overall concept of what they desire to own happen in rapid animation clip are going to producing. The best way is usually to get one student take photos every second or two, as the other students crawl about the room. It's also possible to use a 'themed video', for instance, I developed a video where students came gliding in the frame on garbage can lids. I did so this insurance firms them stay at home one position on the lids, then as soon as the picture was taken, I'd keep these things move a foot forward, and take another photo, whilst repeating to carry on the movement. This project is effective because it is possible being a collaborative project with lots of students, or independently, provided that one student is able to operate you. In addition, it helps with very low-functioning students.
Drawing Animation Is For All Levels
This project works well as a possible independent activity, and is still pretty straightforward as well as simple for students. I enjoy start by presenting yellow sticky pads, as the flip books to the students to draw in on. Each student will start drawing a string of events that develop and alter as the pages advance. Since this project is independent, students' works vary depending upon their artistic abilities. Drawings ranges from renditions of stick people that move slightly forward in each new frame (just to walk across the page once the pages are flipped), to more complex, better drawings that could come up with a whole scene come to life. It's great because it increases the students a good foundation to know how animation works, and could be produced by students whatsoever artistic levels.
White Board Animation is Eco-friendly
Employing a white board to produce animation starts finding a extra complex. This project can be achieved by either capturing, or with a camcorder to capture footage, to get a more advanced project. If you take photos, it really is generally better to contain the camera set up with a tripod, together with the white board put into a place of fine lighting. Like the flip book, a student can draw a design, and then to capture the design, they might take a photograph of computer. Students may then decide to erase part, or all of the design, and draw it slightly differently, or in a series of actions, like they did with all the flip book, ensuring to take photos from the progress while they go, about provide an animated slideshow after the photos are shown quickly in sequence. One of the benefits of the is that it can be a more beneficial to our environment way of doing animation, because you're not using plenty of paper to attain your sequences of images. You can also step this project up a notch by filming the task which has a camcorder, because you can do stop-motion animation, in which you may have other objects type in the scene that communicate with your chance.
Clay Animation is Inexpensive and Fun!
Clay animation, or clay-mation, is a very popular kind of animation, due to the fact that clay enables you to create 3-D characters or objects, that may then be filmed or photographed and moved slightly at intervals to make motion. The good thing of using clay would it be moves so easily and it is a cheap strategy for creating animation, through stop-motion. It does however have to have a bit more planning though, since content of the animation clip changes from the 2-dimensional realm of employing paper, on the 3-dimensional an entire world of being sculptural. Students should think a little more about what else they're going to include, or exclude within the scene, such as backdrops and other objects, or scenery produce a context.
Organic Animation is Subtle and fascinating
This sort of animation is basically only a time-delayed type of animation where you may take pictures or video of something organic because the days use, like a plant growing, or mold consuming some fruit. The main benefit of using this type of animation would be that the students doesn't have to be very creative to experience a really neat video, considering that the object they're filming will be moving forward their very own daily. The students just needs to set-up a tripod, and ensure the technical side of things stays the same, such as the sunlight, or positioning in the tripod. The down-side to this type of animation however, would it be generally is a greater portion of a long-term project, when you must wait a great amount of time and energy to physically show a modification of the thing that certain is documenting. I know of this project done different ways, even by taking a photo of a person every single day for the year, showing subtle changes that may not are already caught by the eye every day.
These are merely some of the samples of ways to teach students to make animation, and they also work effectively as an introduction for other kinds of moving picture once students understand the basics.
Animation Turns Everyone into an Instant Artist
Once students commence to master these easier types of "stop-motion" animation, there is a great direction to start out testing computer animation, along with other kinds of more technical video projects. Remember, animation can be carried out with varying complexity levels, using drawings, or objects from around the house. It really is open for interpretation and could be a huge amount of fun. So find out of the projects, and help students to savor the fun whole world of animation. - coloring pages


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Mr. Edward Williams, of the Counter-Racism Radio Network, asked ol' Gus what trends he has observed in his tenure on The C.O.W.S. As the next program will be the fiftieth broadcast from blogtalkradio, I felt this was a good time to note the habits of my White guests.
White people are world champion linguists - especially the more refined Suspected and Admitted Racists. Molly Secours, Dr. John Hoberman, MC Serch and Tim Wise demonstrated impeccable oral talents. These White folks are exceptional at using words to shift the conversation; they're wizards at avoiding questions. Or agreeing with the non-white person, but dropping a barrage of words, so the original point is smothered in a heap of irrelevant gibberish - this is trademark Timothy Wise. And sometimes... White folks will just filibuster. Ferrell Winfree, Dr. Peggy McIntosh and Timothy Wise have all displayed their ability to respond to questions about White Supremacy in the most drawn out, vague, long-winded manner. They allege this is in the name of spelling out the complexities and nuances of Racism. Certainly wouldn't want non-white people to think Racism is as simple as White people mistreating individuals whom they say are not White.
Experts on Racism
Being White in the System of White Supremacy means you will have access to a gargantuan amount of information on Racism - and any other topic. The White guests on The C.O.W.S. have no-shirt-flexed their knowledge of Racism. Granted, many of the White guests have been PhD professors. But even MC Serch, Ferrell Winfree, GretnaBlast & Jessica Pettitt have showcased an impressive accumulation of data pertaining to White Supremacy. White Supremacists make it a high priority to stay up to date and in the know about their business. In fact, quite a few guests have admitted to digging through the archives of The C.O.W.S.
Resistant To Admitting White People Cannot Be Ignorant of Racism
One factoid from The C.O.W.S. - 11 of the White guests hold a doctorate. White people have brought a silo full of degrees to the program, yet they insist that most White people are ignorant about Racism. Professor Ariela Gross provided the quintessential example. She attempted to argue that White people are not conscious of and knowingly Racist. BUT... she wrote a whole book - What Blood Won't Tell - that evidences that one of the duties of being a White person is that you are supposed to be informed about Racism. Professor Gross' work even documents historical records that when White people demonstrate Racial incompetence, they will get in trouble with other White people.
This should be taken for granted as long as the System of White Supremacy exists, but I think the program has evidenced that White people are quite deceptive when discussing Racism. One of the best examples of this is the number of times White people have come on the program and contradicted their own work. One of the more blatant and recent incidents of this was Mr. Richard Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein commenced to ramblin' 'bout how Asian females get sexually exploited and mistreated by Asian males too, so it's not like the White man is doing anything unique or unusual. However, this Suspected Racist acknowledged repeatedly in his book that this is not an accurate comparison. The correct comparison would be to think about droves of Asian or African males plopping down in Wisconsin or Paris or Berlin and shacking up with three or eight White teenage girls. The fact this would not be tolerated under the System of White Supremacy suggests that their is a strong White Supremacist element to the hordes of White people who travel the globe to satisfy their appetite for dark meat. I suspect Mr. Bernstein being married to Asian female, heavily obstructs his ability to speak honestly about this aspect of White Supremacy.
"We don't practice Racism... We benefit from Racism."
This is White people at their slickest. White people abstain from discussing what they do to expand and refine the System of White Supremacy. They are much happier to yap about all the trinkets and knapsack treats they get as a result of being White. White people make whole conferences and waste an extraordinary amount of time focusing on what the System of White Supremacy produces for White people. I do not see where this provides anything of value that will aid in the establishment of Justice. The focus should be on what it is that White people do to uphold the System of White Supremacy. Dr. Peggy McIntosh and Jessica Pettitt provided exceptional examples of this technique - which I suspect is a conscious act of White Supremacy.
Resistant To Acknowledging That Non-whites Are Ignorant About Racism Michael Bradley remains the lone exception to this rule. All other White guests have asserted that non-whites have a vast understanding of the nuts and bolts of White Supremacy. White people have insisted that they have learned oodles from the Victims of White Supremacy - which I suspect they have. But how can non-white people be informed about yet still subject to White Supremacy? If we were really astute about how these White people run the plantation, I think we would have found a way out by now. What ever we know, it ain't enough! And Michael Bradley has been the only White person to voice this - and he did so as if it were common knowledge.
The White guests on The C.O.W.S. have by and large been an incredibly conceited bunch. At times it comes across as a parent speaking to a child (See Dr. Kenneth O'Reilly). At other points it's just blatant condescension; like the White person can't fathom that a non-white person would have the audacity to question Dr. McIntosh or Mr. Bradley. I'm White, and that means GOD - or at least Expert! I think the System of White Supremacy conditions Noel Ignatiev and the entire White team to look down on non-white people. That smug, White Superiority swagger helps maintain White Domination; it instills a sense of inferiority in the victims, robs their confidence and self esteem. Makes White rule seem organic, the way universe should be. A big part of Mike Tyson's success was intimidating opponents. Often, the match was over before the bell rang.
And a big part of Mike Tyson's downfall was when people no longer feared him. It's astonishing what a difference it makes when you actually believe in yourself. Same principle applies when dealing with White folks. Ask them to speak slow, use words you understand, make sure they answer your question and interrupt them if they attempt to deliver a 10 minute monologue on the privilege of buying band aids that match their skin color.
Author's notes - Mike Tyson's downfall and tribulations are mostly attributable to Racist Man and Racist Woman.
2nd Author's note - The Suspected White Supremacist known as Dana R. Carney is an Ivy League professor and has conducted extensive research that supports my final contention. And it just so happens that she visited The Context of White Supremacy in April of 2010. Give her a listen.


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Plan for expenses:
Pre-arrival – Plan on airfare ($ varies) and a place to stay when you arrive (temporary or permanent). The average hotel/motel costs $75 per night.
There are some good websites to help you evaluate and estimate your monthly living expenses. Here is one such site you should consider in estimating your costs for living in Gainesville: http://cruisenews.net/independence/indpt.php?name=expenseestimate
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Expenses to plan for should include: (all expenses are estimated)
- Rent: – Avg. 2 BR / 2 BA apartment Costs ($1000)
- Telephone (land line) ($35)
- Cell Phone ($150)
- Electric ($150)
- Natural Gas ($20)
- Water/Sewer ($20)
- TV Cable ($75)
- Trash pickup ($20)
- Vehicle: If you use the RTS City Bus System, your UF ID badge allows you to ride free. If you want a personal vehicle, it will require:
- Acquiring a Florida Driver's License ($48)
- Purchase of vehicle (Varies $5,000 and up)
- Purchase of vehicle Registration ($225 new)
- Transfer of Title (if it's a used vehicle) ($85 used)
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- Weekly Laundry Expenses ($4 per load wash/dry if using Laundromat)
- Setting up household (dishes, pots, pans, cups, glasses, silverware)
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- Clothing
- Daycare
- Leisure – Hobbies, restaurants, movies, travel to home country, etc.
Work Expenses:
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Receipt of paycheck:
Your first paycheck will not be for the total 2 weeks. It depends on the pay-period end date and when the July 1 start date is, but most likely your first paycheck will only be for a 7-day period (estimate $880 before taxes for a PGY 1). All this could change if your Visa paperwork is incomplete.


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I was with a distraught friend last week. Her tears wouldn't, couldn't stop flowing. Each thought she had elicited more tears. And this made her feel weak. I've been in that place, thinking that my sadness calls my strength into question. I've chastised myself for my tears and my whining. I've looked in the mirror in horror as I saw my blotchy swollen face from all the crying, wondering how the hell I could have stooped so low. But I'm a strong woman! I become incredulous. How could this happen to me?
My ideal of a strong woman was one who kept it together, who didn't let life's setbacks get her down, who did what it took to keep going, who became angry and indignant instead of sad. Breaking down in a puddle of tears on the floor was for wimps and I wasn't going to be one.
But there have been times in my life when I've found myself there, on the floor, crying like a banshee, clutching my heart, not from physical pain, but from the pain of simply being human. In order to survive that moment, I sensed that could only be in that moment and not fight it. I had to surrender to my feelings. So while my hands were clutching my pained heart, my soul opened up to receive whatever blessing that moment had to offer.
Coming out the other side of those dark moments, I have redefined what strength means to me. Strength means that I am brave enough to feel the full breadth of emotion I have been graced with. Though I still want to ward off those times when I feel weak and insipid, I've learned to release myself into them, take away those judgments, and realize that it takes a ton of strength to feel the pain.


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went to olafur arnald's concert yesterday. nils frahm and hauschka also opened for him. they were all really good.
friend and i were eating before the show at some japanese restaurant. we were talking and i was facing the door. suddenly olafur arnalds, nils frahm, and their other crew people suddenly came in and sat down in the table next to us. it was pretty surreal and cool. i walk up to him and ask "…. are..are you olafur arnalds?" and he looks at me and says "… yeaa.." and i saw "…hi, um i'm going to your concert later…" "…" "… uh, can i get a picture with you?" he looks around and says "okayyy.." so i take a picture and he says "okay. see you later" that was it. it was so cool.


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I'm a UX Design student in Toronto and for my final project, I'm working on creating some sort of food app for Vegans. If you have some time today to fill out this questionnaire, that would be super helpful
Here's the link: https://genromano.typeform.com/to/b3XOKV
Thank you!
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Honoring Women in Academic Medicine and Their Achievements
Women in Academic Medicine, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Committee of Interns and Residents at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine hosted the annual Evening of Fellowship on January 23, honoring recent successes and achievements of the Miller School's women faculty.
The event began with networking among attendees from various departments, including many chairs and center directors. The group was welcomed by Hilit F. Mechaber, M.D., Associate Dean for Student Services, who chaired the event and the nominating committee, as well as Ivette Motola, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Director of the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education and vice president of Women in Academic Medicine (WIAM).
Laurence B. Gardner, M.D., interim Dean of the Miller School, also welcomed the attendees, congratulated the honored faculty and recognized WIAM for all of their efforts. The evening culminated with special recognition of women faculty, including those who were promoted in 2016-2017.
The honorees for the evening included:
Katherina Walz, Ph.D. , Research Associate Professor, Human Genetics
Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Violet Lagari-Libhaber, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Paola Lichtenberger, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Michele Morris, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine
Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
Deborah Heros, M.D., Professor of Clinical Neurology
JoNell Potter, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Raquel Goldhardt, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Sara Wester, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Michaela Schneiderbauer, M.D., M.B.A., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics
Judy Schaechter, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Wacharee Seeherunvong, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Elizabeth Felix, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Deborah Jones Weiss, Ph.D., M.Ed., Award Tenure – Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Tatiana Perrino, Psy.D., Associate Professor, Educator Track of Public Health Sciences
The recipients of the 2017 Women in Academic Medicine awards:
Kara M. Cavuoto, M.D., Ophthalmology, Excellence in Mentorship Award
Carolyn Abitbol, M.D., Pediatrics/Nephrology, Excellence in Mentorship Award
Lilian Abbo, M.D., Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease, Excellence in Leadership Award
Ivette Motola, M.D., M.P.H., Emergency Medicine, Excellence in Leadership Award
Christine Curry, M.D., Ph.D., OBGYN, Trailblazer Award
Alessia Fornoni, M.D., Ph.D. Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Career Achievement Award
Nanette Vega, M.A., Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Excellence in Service Award
Committee on Interns and Residents Awards
Resident award: Nicole Beaton Sur, M.D., Neurology
Fellow award: Zeina Hannoush, M.D., Endocrinology
WIAM strives to assure that the Miller School of Medicine promotes an environment that values every member of our school community, and simultaneously provides the resources necessary to fulfill a commitment to our women faculty.
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Introducing Lakeyia, Jenella, and Marva
Each week we are introducing you to the 2018 Queen's Young Leaders, sharing their stories and celebrating the incredible work that they are doing in their communities. Take a look at last weeks post featuring Aditya Mohan, Ishita Aggarwale, and Midia Shikh Hassan.
This week we are getting to know Lakeyia Joseph, Jenella Edwards, and Marva Langevine.
Lakeyia from Dominica
From an early age, Lakeyia has stood up in support of young people and gender equality in Dominica.
While still at school, she established a charity called Golden Opportunities which donates clothes, shoes and school supplies to children from low-income families. To date, the organisation has distributed over $10,000 worth of supplies to children and young adults. Lakeyia is now working to establish the Golden Empowerment Foundation, which seeks to motivate young people through education, sport and training, and promote greater understanding of gender equality.
In 2017, the High Commissioner of Canada in Barbados named her Dominica's Youth Champion and Ambassador for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality.
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Jenella from Grenada
Jenella is dedicated to helping young people in Grenada achieve their full potential.
Being aware of the difficulties faced by young people to further their education, Jenella founded the HEON (Help Educate Our Nation) Project in 2015 to provide disadvantaged students with full scholarships to attend either college or a recognised skills centre. The project raises funds by hosting an annual dinner, and by selling promotional items such as t-shirts, bags and stickers as well as sourcing sponsorship from local businesses. Before establishing the HEON Project, Jenella was the President of the River Sallee Youth Alliance, which aims to foster a strong community spirit through after-school programmes, activity weeks and clean-up campaigns.
Jenella is now expanding the HEON Project to attract more supporters and help even more students to receive a quality education.
"I am truly honoured and humbled to be recognised for the work we have been doing in Grenada. I am grateful to have been chosen to receive such a prestigious Award and to raise awareness of the project in Grenada in the hope of providing more opportunities to more young people."
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Marva from Guyana
Marva is transforming the lives of bereaved, sick and underprivileged children and families in Guyana.
She is the founder of the Guyana Golden Lives Organization, which she has used to open up a national conversation about the loss of a loved one in childhood. The organisation provides financial and psycho-social support services for bereaved children, job opportunities for widows, and food hampers and building materials for low income families. In the future, Marva hopes to hold 'grief in the classroom' workshops for teachers and community outreach initiatives on bereavement. Marva has also created Camp Golden, a camp for bereaved young people, which provides counselling, food, shelter and educational opportunities.
In addition, Marva is a founding member of Den-Amstel Dynamic Network, a youth group focused on restoring the cultural art forms for which her home village of Den-Amstel was once famous.
"I found my purpose and I received the courage to give hope to those who needed it. What started as ice-cream dates and hugs for two toddlers after their mother died, has grown into an organisation dedicated to supporting bereaved children as they cope, grow and succeed."


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Why Affiliate Marketing Resources Important
Some programs will accept completely newbies and some won't. Those which will take you in may offer more or less, depending on their philosophy and resource allocation policies. What does all this mean for you?
If they take you in, what they can offer you is an e-book that will take through the basics of Internet marketing, then you are very likely to fail. Very few people have enough time to sift through million of Internet guides and article directories to find useful information. And then maybe you will stumble right from the start on useful information, but will it help you? Probably not because you won't have the ability to know what's hype and what works for you.
What you want is an affiliate associate program with a very different approach when it comes to couching new people. What you need most of all is to have categorized affiliate marketing resources. You need to know what to learn and how to learn. If they are serious about working with new affiliates, they will have guides and tutorials that will teach you how to promote their products, where to find customers, how to stand up from the crowd of competitors etc.
If you don't know how to make a web site, you don't have a web site - maybe then can arrange for you a free web site or they will teach you how to build one for a fraction of the price a designer will ask. You need sales copies, you need testimonials from real customers, you need pictures, you need to build FAQ pages - all in all you need marketing tools to promote your business. The affiliate program you've joined should provide you with all these and then some. The more marketing resources they can allocate, the better off you are.
Their support is extremely important in the early days. Most of the affiliates who quit do so because they feel they don't get results fast enough and they can find no one to address their questions and worries. Most all affiliate programs' managers know that 10% of their affiliates make up for 90% of their incoming cash flow. If you want to be in the upper 10%, you will have to work closely with the support team and be willing to dedicate a lot of your time to learning the best techniques and methods of making money on the Internet.
Don't sell yourself cheap, don't settle for less than you can get. Find a good affiliate program that can help you grow and develop new skills and all this while you earn cash.


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Hello, and welcome to the April ICS Blog Hop! This month we are talking about birthdays, and showing you some fun ways to make the people in your life feel special, and loved!
Our theme is #iambringingbackbirthdays inspired by Shannon West one of the trainer's at Stampin' Up! She posted on her facebook page in January that social media had ruined the good old fashioned birthday card and she was bringing them back this year! One of her posts said if you wanted a birthday card to let her know, and so far, over 1600 people have asked her for a card!
She carved her own #imbringingbirthdaysback stamp, and everyone loved it so much that Stampin' Up! started manufacturing a nearly exact replica, that you can now order for yourself!
For my card today, I decided to use the Rose Wonder stamp set form the Occasions Catalog. This was the first set I just "had" to have from the catalog. I fell in love with it instantly.
I was going for something elegant - but simple.
I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks so much for stopping by! Next up on the hop is the lovely, Jennifer! I am sure she has something fun to share with you!


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TripAdvisor sent out a survey this week. In it, they provided mockups of a service they're developing that will be a direct competitor to TrustYou and GuestFolio.Read More
Live Chat For Hotel Websites
Hotels around the world are starting to install live chat buttons on their websites to help their customers finish their hotel bookings. Learn more about how easy and cheap this actually is to do.Read More
Loyalty Programs for Hotels: Flok
Flok is a loyalty program that is well suited for hotels to use. It's simple to use, affordable, and a rewarding experience for both guests and hotels. Click through to learn more.
Guest Concierge Systems: GuestFolio and CheckMate
Hotels now have software solutions to help bridge the gap to make them more competitive with the newer startups like AirBnB. The two best options that I have found are: GuestFolio and CheckMate. Two services that offer similar functionality, but in different styles.
RevPAR Hacking
A revenue culture spans the teams responsible for driving your hotel's bottom line. Revenue management, marketing, e-commerce, and sales share revenue considerations at every level of their strategy.Read More
Pickup Report 2016
The advanced pickup report for 2016 is now ready for download. Things have been improved and tidied up to make reviewing your revenues even easier than before.Read More
The Weekly Hospitality Notebook →
Starting this Friday, September 18th, I will be publishing a weekly newsletter, The Weekly Hospitality Notebook.Read More
Improving Your Hotel Rank on TripAdvisor
Patrick Landman wrote a short list of ways to Improve your Hotel Review Score and Ranking on TripAdvisor which highlights a few points to consider when developing your marketing plan. He left out a few tools that can be used by hospitality professionals that will help drive your score and ranking up in significant ways.Read More
Interview with Joel Rosen at Buuteq
Technology has changed the way we interact with our customers. It used to be that reviews were written by professionals and those reviews came out infrequently. Today, they come out in seconds and are written by the people who actually have the experiences. You have to be proactive in order to avoid negative situations. Technology gives people the opportunity to vent and they will if they have a bad experience. You can be reviewed by the time someone gets up to their room; they could already put something on TripAdvisor about their experience.
One of the things that a lot of people in the hospitality industry and service industries in particular miss is that you need to think about the interactions you have with a guest because everything can change in a matter of minutes if someone puts a negative review online.
– Joel Rosen, Horwath HTL, hotel consultant
An interview done by Joel Rosen with Buuteq, which is a hotel website/marketing design company. The interview is partly about why he chose Buuteq for his latest client, Pacific Gateway Hotel at Vancouver Airport, but I think there are plenty of informative tidbits found within that will be helpful for every hotelier.
You can read the full review at Buuteq
New Year, New Hotel: MailChimp Campaign from roomMaster data
[First post of a series: New Year, New Hotel] Towards the end of the year, I sent out a thank you letter to all the guests who have stayed at the hotel and wishing them happy holidays. It sounds like a daunting challenge:
- How do I collect all those email addresses from the property management system?
- Where do I import the addresses to?
- Do I send a plain email or something fancier?
Thankfully, this is not a difficult task and takes maybe an hour of your time to complete from start to finish. Below are instructions with roomMaster 2000. The process will likely be similar with other PMS software. Once you have the data file with email addresses, the steps will be the same.
Exporting Email Addresses from roomMaster
The first step is to collect the email addresses. roomMaster makes this very simple using a query service.
BACK OFFICE Menu –> Guest Profile Email Export
You have five options now. 1. File name (I keep it the default) 2. Export Type (CSV) 3. Only Certain Records (to collect email addresses from people who stayed in 2013, or other time period) 4. EasyMail (collects first and last names, company name, etc) 5. Open File (a quick view to make sure there is data in there)
Hit Extract and we go into the query window. If we had left "Only Certain Records" unchecked, we would receive all the email addresses from the very first night audit.
In the next window, we want to Insert a new query.
Scroll down until you see the Last Checkin Date and Last Checkout Date. We are going to tell it to pull all the email addresses from 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2013. We could leave it open so it collects only the stays from 01/01/2013 forward, but you are likely to have a few guests who stayed this past week mixed in. Might seem weird to receive an email stating, "Thank you for staying in 2013," when you checked in during 2014.
Next, we use the query wizard to get the email addresses we would like to pull out. There are a lot of options here, but I am keeping it simple. Some other queries that could be useful: anyone with a company name or used a direct bill account, anyone who had used a certain rate code, everyone who lives within your state/province, and so forth. The information pulled out is only useful if the Front Desk agents have been entering it often. Something to keep in mind for this year's and future years of operation.
Once you have your query entered, you hit Finish, save the query for future reference (Stays in 2013), and then hit Extract. Depending on how large of a database you have, this process could take only a few seconds. You should receive a pop-up window with a string of email addresses, commas and other items entered between " " marks. If you did, great, if not, you will have to double check the query to see what went wrong.
In the pop-up window, go under FILE and Save As to save the file to your desktop (or other location). If you choose not to have the file open up right away, the file is downloaded to the roomMaster folder (in this case, it's E:/DATA/roomMaster). From here, you will want to email/transfer the data file to a computer for you to work on so you don't tie up a workstation at the front desk.
MailChimp is a mass email service that operates online. It's quite powerful to use and many companies with huge client bases use it on a regular basis (i.e. all those promotional emails about sales at Amazon The service is also free, up to 2,000 subscribers or 12,000 emails send per month. If you are a large hotel, you will have to choose from either a paid option or segment your guests and only send emails to a select bunch. One option, send the emails monthly, but delete the mailing list before you send out the next batch. Keeps you in the free program, while reaching out to your guests.
The email templates can also be incredibly fancy or simple. For this example, I am going to stick to simple. The next steps are going to assume you have signed up for the service and are on the main page.
Create the List
Left-hand side of the screen is the menu bar. Below Campaign is Lists. Select it, and then in the top-right of the screen, select Create List. Choose a New List for now.
Go through and fill in the fields: List Name (i.e. hotel name), From Name, From Email (where any responses will go), and so forth. At the bottom, I would suggest a Daily Summary to show how many opened the email, unsubscribed, or subscribed.
Once you have created the list, now it's time to import the email addresses.
In the list view, at the far right of your list name is a dropdown menu (Stats then the arrow). Click the arrow, and then go to Import.
Click Upload from CSV Find your file and start the process to import the records.
In the next screen, we get to tell MailChimp what the data is. Email address is going to be the first column, first name likely the next, and last name. The last columns will be the stay information. Click skip on the columns that aren't going to be mentioned again (blank ones, stay information mainly.) For the others, click Edit and select the appropriate field.
Click Import and now you have a list of subscribers to communicate with.
Select Campaigns in the menu on the left, and then Create Campaign at the top right.
In the next screen, I select A/B split campaign. This allows you to setup two different subject lines to see which is more effective. MailChimp will send out emails with each subject line to 15–20% of the list. Whichever subject line is more effective will be the subject line for the remaining members of the list. Gives you are higher chance of success with the campaign.
Next screen, you will select the list you are going to use, name the campaign, create your subject lines,
With the Templates, you can either design your own or use one they have already designed for you. I selected the Basic design in the Predesigned section to keep it simple.
The editor is quite nifty. Whenever you hover over a section, you get a little pop-up to change it. Change will bring up an editor (or different window if you are changing an image). The editor is pretty self-explanatory, but there is one thing I would like to point out.
With merge tags, you can bring in some information about your subscribers and make it more personal. For example, I could enter: Hello, *|FNAME|**|LNAME|*
and get
Hello, James McCullough
There are other options in there, like links to share on Facebook, the date, and even ask a quick poll.
The image editor is also quite powerful. You can crop images, resize them, add effects, and so forth. Too much for me to cover in one post. Do keep images to a minimum though.
Once you have the design done, and text entered, the next part is to send it. If you click through the Plain-Text section (for people who aren't viewing it as HTML with the graphics and formatting), you get the last screen to confirm all the details again.
At the very bottom, there is a Send button and also a Schedule button.
Select Schedule, and you get to enter the time and date for when that email is going to be sent. Pay special attention to the time zone for sending the email. The email won't be as effective if it's sent in the middle of the night for your time zone.
Once the email has been sent, you can log into MailChimp and see the activity, and even a full report. The report will tell you whether people are clicking on the links found in your email (to your hotel booking page, for example), what the links were, and even the time people opened the emails. Don't be alarmed when you only see a small percentage of people opening up the emails, either. Open percentages are generally quite small, not even 50%.
In the campaign I sent the week before Christmas, it was sent to 1,100 people. 400 of them opened the email (39%). 16 of them clicked on a link (1.5%). The best time the email was read was 1 PM. The crazy thing is that nearly 100 people were still opening the email two weeks after I sent it. An indicator of how infrequent people look at their email during the holiday season.
I hope this mini-tutorial on how to export the email addresses and create a mailing list has been of interest to you. I would love to help you out in creating your mail campaigns (MailChimp has multi-user support), brainstorming ideas on how to use your list and segment it to send emails to specific groups, or assisting in exporting the data from your PMS.
The price in setting up your list and helping design your first campaign is $25.


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Having been in Belize for over a week, the highlight of the expedition, a trip to a Mayan Temple, was to be the next day. After spending the day relaxing and snorkeling on South Caye, we had arrived back at our motel rather late in the evening.
Fierce storms were in the area,and it was doubtful because of high water and flooding as to whether we would still be able to make the trip to the ancient Mayan pyramid.
It consisted of boating up the Maya River for 45 minutes and then hacking our way for five hours through the jungle with machetes, staying over night, sleeping in sleeping bags and returning the next day. I was all for adventure, but the longer I remained in the jungle , the less I thought this might be a good idea,(those snakes are awfully big) I think I had reached the limit of my adventurous soul.
As we approached the boat dock and headed for the motel I had lagged behind the rest, it was fascinating being near the ocean while the storms raged out at sea! I watched for some time, listening to the thunder and being held in awe of the lightning reflecting off the clouds.
The storm appeared to be getting closer, it seemed to be time to go for shelter if I didn't want to become a lightning rod. The group consisted of five, three women and two men and were thus divided up in separate adjoining rooms. As I entered my room, I heard voices coming from the adjoining room where the ladies were staying, yelling for me to come inside because of the approaching storm.
Being I was already inside, I became confused as to why they were yelling. I stepped out on the balcony and inquired as to why they were yelling at me when I wasn't down on the boat dock. I scared the living daylights out of them, they swore that I had been standing on that boat dock until the very second that I spoke to them.
It was rather unnerving to all concerned, three people saw me on that boat dock when I wasn't on it, they couldn't have all been seeing something that wasn't there. Is it possible , as the Aborigines believe, that when someone visits an area, they leave an aura that can bee seen forever! That is how the Aborigine Trackers track someone across solid rock and find lost travelers in the Outback.
We all had a good laugh about it and blamed it on the beer we had consumed, but not that much beer had been drank. However the fact that I did have a vague memory of contact with some sort of alien beings while standing on that dock haunted me. The trip was ultimately canceled, I had made contact with the ET's ,(their ship was behind the storm clouds), I was counseled in the fact I no longer needed to trek into the jungle, it was to my best interest to avoid the situation.
I also sensed that for a while at least, part of me remained standing there,while the rest of me walked to my room.
Do we leave an image that can be seen consciously or subconsciously by other people,did it happen because I had possibly made contact with ET's?
Guess that is for each of us to decide in our own way.
My life has been a spiritual journey, If you would like to read about some of it: http://www.manymanyworlds.com
Read of the Author's journey of enlightenment; A Modern Day Walkabout: http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/ebook/277761-ebook.htm
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Mobile Responsive Design helps your website adapt to whatever size screen it is viewed on. In an age of mobiles, smartphones, tablets, and HD screens, your website needs to be ready for anything. Does your website look great on mobile phones: if not it is costing you money!
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