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Peter Whittle (born 27 February 1927, in Wellington, New Zealand) is a mathematician and statistician, working in the fields of stochastic nets, optimal control, time series analysis, stochastic optimization and stochastic dynamics. From 1967 to 1994, he was the Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research at the University of Cambridge.
Whittle graduated from the University of New Zealand in 1947 with a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics and in 1948 with a M.Sc. in mathematics.Anonymous. Biographical sketch. In Kelly.
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The Group delivered a solid southern African operational performance, largely driven by volume growth. The change in case mix from surgical to medical resulted in a lower revenue per paid patient day (PPD) growth.
The weakening of the exchange rate in the first half of the year increased cost pressures on cost of sales and information system licensing fees in the second half of the year. Costs were further impacted by the retrenchment costs in respect of the loss of the Life Esidimeni Gauteng mental health contracts, professional fees incurred on the Healthcare Market inquiry and increasing costs in malpractice insurance.
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India generated strong EBITDA growth of 29.3%, which was, however, diluted by the additional acquisition funding costs.
The Group invested R763 million (including contingent consideration of R15 million) and R320 million in Poland and India respectively. The Group's results were impacted by the impairment of R370 million of the Polish investment due to regulatory changes impacting profitability. Earnings continue to be impacted by the dilutive effect of the interest cost on the funding of the international acquisitions.
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The southern Africa business added 176 beds (2015: 253), 36 renal dialysis stations and one oncology centre. The Group is focused on expanding the range of services it offers, and remains well positioned to serve the market. Activities, as measured by PPDs, increased by 4.0% as a result of the investment in additional beds and an increase in the length of stay (LOS). The underlying disease burden and ageing medical scheme population continue to drive an increase in hospital utilisation as well as influencing the case mix.
Margins for the year declined to 27.5% (2015: 28.3%), however, key performance indicators remain strong, with weighted occupancies higher at 72.5% (2015: 71.9%).
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Scanmed expanded its network of facilities through a number of acquisitions during the year, executing on the expansion strategy of its facilities, and continuing to invest in long-term growth opportunities. The Group acquired PGM for R629 million and Carint for R103 million, which were funded from debt raised in Poland.
The Scanmed Group now consists of 624 beds, 12 inpatient cardiology centres and 40 medical facilities.
The Group's total investment in the business is now R2.2 billion (30 September 2015: R1.4 billion).
EBITDA margins reduced to 10.2% (2015: 14%), due to the negative impact of reduced regulated tariffs for cardiology procedures. Cardiology accounts for approximately 45% of the Scanmed Group business. Further tariff reductions have been announced by the government covering orthopaedic and neurology disciplines. The Group has therefore put on hold its strategy for further investments until there is more clarity from the government in terms of its regulations and the next rounds of contracting. The Group has also changed the senior management team to enable a greater focus on cost management, driving efficiencies, as well as seconding some senior Life Healthcare management to Poland.
The total investment from South Africa into Max is R2.5 billion (30 September 2015: R2.2 billion), which includes an additional R320 million invested during the year to fund the Max Smart acquisition in India by Max. Max added 331 beds during the period, primarily through the acquisition of Max Smart, bringing the number of operational beds to 2 384. The Indian operations reported strong growth with net revenue growing by 16.7% and EBITDA by 29.3%. The growth in revenue was driven by the addition of the 331 beds and an increase in occupancies to 75% (2015: 73%). EBITDA margins improved to 10.9% (2015: 9.9%) on the back of improved occupancies, improved speciality and channel mix and better cost control.
The holding company of Max, Max India Limited, listed in July 2016. The share price at 30 September 2016 gives an approximate value of R5.3 billion for the Group's stake in Max.
Group revenue increased by 12.0% to R16 404 million (2015: R14 647 million). This is a product of the 8.8% increase in southern African revenue to R15 230 million (2015: R13 999 million) and the growth in revenue from Poland of 81.2% to R1 174 million (2015: R648 million). The southern African Hospital division revenue increased by 9.5% to R14 381 million (2015: R13 133 million) driven by a 4.0% increase in PPDs and a higher revenue per PPD of 5.2%, made up of a 5.9% tariff increase and a 0.7% negative case mix impact. Healthcare Services revenue decreased by 1.9% to R849 million (2015: R866 million) as a result of the phasing out of selected government contracts of the Life Esidimeni business.
Normalised EBITDA¹ increased by 6.6% to R4 314 million (2015: R4 048 million). The EBITDA contribution from Poland was R120 million (2015: R91 million).
|Life Healthcare defines normalised EBITDA as operating profit plus depreciation, amortisation of intangible assets, impairment of property, plant and equipment as well as excluding profit/loss and fair value adjustments on disposal of businesses, fair value adjustments, transaction costs and surpluses/deficits on retirement benefits.
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|30 September
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|3 496
|Depreciation on property, plant and equipment
|Amortisation of intangible assets
|Retirement benefit asset and post-employment medical aid
|Normalised EBITDA
|4 314
|4 048
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|4 194
|3 957
Cash flow
After paying tax of R981 million (2015: R903 million), the Group generated R3 055 million (2015: R2 951 million) in cash from its operating activities. The Group produced strong cash flows from operations, and continues to anticipate positive free cash flow. The overall net cash flow position of the Group is negative, as a result of investing activities, primarily associated with the continuing international investment opportunities of the Group. This net cash outflow was funded through raising debt in South Africa and Poland.
Financial position
The Group demonstrated a strong financial position against the backdrop of a weak macroeconomic environment. Net debt to normalised EBITDA as at 30 September 2016 was 1.67 times (2015: 1.49 times). This reflects the funding for the Group's 2016 capital expenditure programme, and the impact of R763 million spent on acquisitions in Poland. The bank covenant for net debt to EBITDA is 2.75 times.
The Max investment of R320 million was funded by available cash resources. Poland funded its acquisitions through the raising of debt in country.
The impairment loss of R370 million recognised during the current year, relates to the Group's investment in Poland. Contingent consideration in respect of previous Poland acquisitions, of R109 million (2015: R21 million) was released.
Capital expenditure and Investments
During the current financial period, Life Healthcare invested R2 081 million (2015: R3 218 million), comprising capital projects of R1 013 million (2015: R1 181 million), R320 million equity injection for the funding of the acquisition of Max Smart by Max, and R748 million in new acquisitions by Poland. This investment in the Group's facilities strengthen our service offering, and the new acquisitions are in line with the Group's focus on expanding our international footprint.
Headline earnings per share (HEPS) and Normalised earnings per share
HEPS increased by 7.0% to 192.5 cps (2015: 179.9 cps). Earnings per share on a normalised basis, which excludes non-trading related items listed below, increased by 2.6% to 182.1 cps (2015: 177.4 cps). The difference in growth between HEPS and normalised earnings per share is as a result of the contingent consideration released in respect of Polish acquisitions which will no longer be payable.
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|30 September
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|1 866
|Contingent consideration released
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|Normalised EPS (cents)
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|International operations (cents)
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Changes to board of directors
There have been no changes to the board of directors for the year ended 30 September 2016.
1. Introduction
The board has declared a final distribution for the year ended 30 September 2016, by way of the issue of fully paid Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited ordinary shares of 0.0001 cent each (the Scrip Distribution) payable to ordinary shareholders (Shareholders) recorded in the register of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date, being Thursday, 15 December 2016.
Shareholders will be entitled, in respect of all or part of their shareholding, to elect to receive a gross cash dividend of 92 cents per ordinary share in lieu of the Scrip Distribution, which will be paid only to those Shareholders who elect to receive the cash dividend, in respect of all or part of their shareholding, on or before 12:00 on Thursday, 15 December 2016 (the Cash Dividend). The Cash Dividend has been declared from income reserves. A dividend withholding tax of 15% will be applicable to all shareholders not exempt therefrom after deduction of which the net Cash Dividend is 78.2 cents per share.
The new ordinary shares will, pursuant to the Scrip Distribution, be settled by way of capitalisation of the Company's distributable retained profits.
The Company's total number of issued ordinary shares is 1 057 800 021 as at 10 November 2016. The Company's Income Tax reference number is 9387/307/15/1.
2. Terms of the Scrip Distribution
The Scrip Distribution will be done at a 2.5% discount to the 15-day volume weighted average price (VWAP). The number of Scrip Distribution shares to which each of the Shareholders will become entitled pursuant to the Scrip Distribution (to the extent that such Shareholders have not elected to receive the Cash Dividend) will be determined by reference to such Shareholder's ordinary shareholding in Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited (at the close of business on the Record Date, being Thursday, 15 December 2016) in relation to the ratio that 92 cents multiplied by 1.025 bears to the VWAP of an ordinary Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited share traded on the JSE during the 15-day trading period ending on Friday, 2 December 2016. Where the application of this ratio gives rise to a fraction of an ordinary share, the number of shares will be rounded up to the nearest whole number if the fraction is 0.5 or more, and rounded down to the nearest whole number if the fraction is less than 0.5.
Details of the ratio will be announced on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) of the JSE in accordance with the timetable below.
3. Circular and salient dates
A circular providing shareholders with full information on the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative, including a Form of Election to elect to receive the Cash Dividend alternative will be posted to Shareholders on or about Wednesday, 23 November 2016. The salient dates of events thereafter are as follows:
|Announcement released on SENS in respect of the ratio applicable to the Scrip Distribution, based on the 15-day VWAP ending on Friday, 2 December 2016, by 11h00 on
|Monday, 5 December 2016
|Announcement published in the press of the ratio applicable to the Scrip Distribution, based on the 15-day VWAP ending on Friday, 2 December 2016 on
|Tuesday, 6 December 2016
|Last day to trade in order to be eligible for the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative
|Monday, 12 December 2016
|Ordinary shares trade "ex" the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative on
|Tuesday, 13 December 2016
|Listing and trading of maximum possible number of ordinary shares on the JSE in terms of the Scrip Distribution from the commencement of business on
|Tuesday, 13 December 2016
|Announcement released on SENS in respect of the cash payment for fractional entitlements, based on the VWAP traded on the JSE on Tuesday, 13 December 2016, discounted by 10%
|Wednesday, 14 December 2016
|Last day to elect to receive the Cash Dividend alternative instead of the Scrip Distribution, Forms of Election to reach the Transfer Secretaries by 12h00 on
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|Record Date in respect of the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative
|Thursday, 15 December 2016
|Scrip Distribution certificates posted and Cash Dividend payments made, CSDP/broker accounts credited/updated, as applicable, on
|Monday, 19 December 2016
|Announcement relating to the results of the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative released on SENS on
|Monday, 19 December 2016
|Announcement relating to the results of the Scrip Distribution and the Cash Dividend alternative published in the press on
|Tuesday, 20 December 2016
|JSE listing of ordinary shares in respect of the Scrip Distribution adjusted to reflect the actual number of ordinary shares issued in terms of the Scrip Distribution at the commencement of business on or about
|Wednesday, 21 December 2016
All times provided are South African local times. The above dates and times are subject to change. Any change will be announced on SENS.
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Tuesday, 13 December 2016 and Thursday, 15 December 2016, both days inclusive.
Life Healthcare has made detailed submissions on the subject matter of the Market Inquiry. Public hearings commenced in February 2016, and Life Healthcare has participated in these hearings. We are yet to receive a revised timetable for the subsequent sets of hearings. This is a large and complex inquiry, and Life Healthcare remains committed to participating in the Healthcare Market Inquiry.
Whilst general market conditions are not expected to improve substantially in the foreseeable future, the Group is well positioned strategically, has the advantage of cost competitive and operationally efficient structures, as well as access to the funding necessary to fulfil its international expansion aspirations.
Southern Africa will take advantage of growth opportunities in 2017 through the addition of 15 acute healthcare beds, 81 mental health beds and through the continued growth in renal dialysis and oncology.
The Group will pursue the development of greenfield facilities and/or acquisitions if they strictly meet our success criteria, and will continue to invest in facilities through upgrades and procurement of equipment.
We will continue to deliver cost-effective care through efficient business processes, optimal resource utilisation and benchmarking of facilities and doctors. A changing external environment reinforces the need to differentiate ourselves through a patient-centric strategy, and focus on clinical outcomes.
Prospects for Poland remain uncertain due to the lack of clarity around pricing impacted by government regulations. The Group will focus on providing excellent clinical quality. In light of sectoral regulatory changes in Poland, the Group will continue to focus on driving further efficiencies, the integration of newly acquired businesses and alignment to the Group's best operating practices. The effects of these plans, implemented to sustain growth and manage costs, will only be seen over a reasonable period of time.
The Max business relies on the continued success of existing businesses, and on integrating new acquisitions. Specific metrics of growth for the future positioning of Max include a footprint in northern India as well as improving profitability of mature, at-scale hospitals through improvements in specialty/channel mix and cost structures. Max will continue to focus on driving revenue through increasing the number of operational beds, bedding down the Vaishali and Max Smart acquisitions, and improving operational efficiencies.
The contribution of the doctors, nurses and employees of Life Healthcare have greatly enhanced the quality of our performance. We thank them for their contributions.
Approved by the board of directors on 10 November 2016 and signed on its behalf:
|Mustaq Brey
|André Meyer
Group Chief Executive Officer


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// Photography: Darcy Josie // Outfit: c/o Uptown Cheapskate // Dress: MISSONI // Shoes: Target // Bag: Cynthia Rowley //
I love thrift and consignment shopping. There is something about it that makes me feel like I'm hunting for treasure. This MISSONI dress retails for almost $1,500 and I scored it from Uptown Cheapskate for $30! I purchased this entire outfit for under $100. Every now and then I splurge, like for the Nordstrom Sale, but I like to bargain hunt. I've scored brands such as ASOS, Prada, Betsy Johnson, Steve Madden, etc. at consignment shops. It's the best! It can be overwhelming at times, but I'm here to help!
Here are my tips for a successful shopping trip:
- Go through the entire store and grab what catches your eye. It's so much easier to sort through everything when you're done than go back and find an item. Most likely you won't be able to remember where you saw it or someone else will have grabbed it.
- Try things on. If it looks remotely cute on the hanger, try it on. Things come to life when they have a gorgeous girl looking back at them in the mirror. 😉
- Don't be afraid to grab things you wouldn't normally wear. This dress was one of the last items I picked up. I almost put it back until I tried it on and fell in love!
- Give yourself time. I usually block out at least two hours when I go shopping. Between sorting through racks and racks of clothing, trying them on, etc. I hate feeling rushed.
- If you are crunched for time, compile a mental of list of things you need before you go to the store. This helps give you focus, a target for you're looking for and helps move things faster.
Happy shopping friends! Make sure to let me know what your favorite consignment and thrift stores are! I have yet to find a good one in St. George. Let me know!
A girl should be two things, classy and fabulous.
-Coco Chanel
Have a great week! XOXO,


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The simple approach is to treat others as you would like to be treated. In September 2004, Bill Robb of Profit Improvers Ltd. presented an enjoyable interactive session on this subject to 25 Aberdeen young oil and gas professionals.
Subconsciously, we all know how to be nice and how to get what we want. As we rise up the management hierarchy, we will find that our technical expertise is not enough to ensure success. The deeper-level soft skills required cannot be delivered by a slide presentation. Instead, we need to draw on knowledge derived from our own experiences. During the 2-hour session, we explored various real-life scenarios in which something could have worked better or gone more smoothly or in which an individual could have been nicer. Two examples discussed were:
- Have you ever lost your luggage in an airport?
- Have you witnessed a colleague being ignored by the boss after handing in his or her resignation?
Some techniques are more likely to yield a more favorable outcome in such challenging situations, including putting yourself in the other person's position and being aware of the implications of your behavior. It is important to be conscious of your body language and to control your anger and frustration, and this can be difficult if you feel your anger is justified. If you have been rude, apologize immediately.
At the end of the session, the group discussed the traits of "being nice," including:
- Be genuine.
- Show respect for the other party/parties.
- Have a pleasant demeanor.
- Be aware of cultural differences.
- Listen.
- Be democratic—consult those involved and ask opinions.
- Demonstrate a willingness to compromise.
Robb stressed that being nice does not mean being "walked over." There comes a time when you have to be firm—but you can be firm and polite at the same time.
Robb, left, talks with participants at the session.
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British singer Sam Smith will return for a show in Auckland later this year a little wiser when it comes to his craft and a lot wiser when it comes to some of the more personal challenges he's faced.
Smith has just been Down Under promoting his upcoming tour, and told TVNZ1's Seven Sharp: "It's been really scary actually. I feel quite lonely as a gay man in music sometimes."
Smith has been open about his sexuality from the get go, but that's been accompanied by some tough lessons, most notably after his speech while accepting his 2016 Oscar for best original song.
"I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellan and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar," Smith said at the Oscars ceremony.
The statement wasn't accurate and inevitably the backlash was swift.
"If I say the wrong thing like I did in the Oscars it can really damage the community and what they've worked for. So I learnt the hard way I think," he told Australia Correspondent Kimberlee Downs.
Smith is more comfortable with the mantle of gay icon now, drawing inspiration from one of his personal heroes, the late singer-songwriter George Michael.
"George Michael has been part of my life since I was born. My parents and all my family were obsessed with him. I went to see him open Wembley Stadium when i was 15. I remember that was when i decided that I wanted to do what I do."
He said: "I'm back and hopefully imprinting myself on people's minds and hearts. That's my dream."
Smith's second album has drawn widespread acclaim since its release late last year and hit top spot in the New Zealand charts, a solid follow-up to his debut album In The Lonely Hour.
That one stayed in the New Zealand Top 40 chart for nearly three years, and the love affair is mutual.
"The happiest memories of my life I think have been in New Zealand. Going to Hobbiton was a gamechanger. It changed my life," the singer said.


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So, I may not tell you anything that may be construed as medical advice, I have not the knowledge to tell you about the chemistry of each leaf and how it inhibits the whatsisnames from bedoofling your constrificator. As interesting as those things are, they are the records of a person, usually a student at a well-funded university, peering at a closed system, and changing variables so he can build a database of results, which can then be statistically analysed to see if the experiment was "successful". Just so you know, any real scientist reading words like "unsuccessful experiment' cringes, so I am being sarcastic here. Not at any profession, or methodology, just the way the current methodology is applied, mostly by eugenicists with delusions of adequacy. But what I need to tell you is even more suspect, but my research is Open Source, in other words, while I read the same stuff as everybody else, I sometimes draw different conclusions. So, please feel free to check on the veracity of my information sources, many of them are themselves suspect, and you may make a few bucks proving them wrong, who knows.
I am not a professional journalist, neither am I trying to win a scientific degree, so I am allowed some slack on formal logic and I do not have to get up and scour my bookshelves for the exact author and date for my references. I just do not care that much to convince anyone, and besides, if what I say has value, some kid with enough money for a real education can use it for his dissertation, no-one will even know he plagiarised an African subsistence farmer. Who cares, if it happens, it will save lives, how much can I demand in payment for a seminal idea? That's right, only rich Brothers ever get that sort of patent. So here goes with my theory on vitamins, drugs and herbal medicine: The Doctrine of signatures. As you see, that explains a lot. Thank you, good night.
You want more information? I told you I am not qualified, but here goes:
The Doctrine of Signatures is old-speak, when people still valued the opportunity to hear things, and enjoyed the privilege of reading things, so everything they said and wrote mattered. A bit like, twenty years ago, you would not even think of wasting computer memory on saving stupid cat videos, you saved only your most important data, and maybe a few movies on those expensive new disks. These days we publish anything and anything, the value thereof is of no concern, and publication is virtually free. This particular document is a case example. Anyway, the word 'doctrine' can be replaced by working theory, branch of science. Signature just sounds better than signs or signals. In modern-speak, we can call it the theory of morphological resonance. Don't you just love Rupert Sheldrake's work? I came across it almost twenty years ago, and I immediately adopted his theories as the long-awaited counter to blind evolution. Yes, Darwin was not half as stupid as later generations and their confirmation biases portrayed him, I am talking about the way Darwinism is taught. Sheldrake was the first guy, in my opinion, that made good enough sense to hang a paradigm upon, and it also explained so much that was previously unthinkable, because of our bias against primitive knowledge. Morphic Resonance is actual modern science in support of mythical fairy tales such as the Doctrine of Signatures. As usual, we first digress:
It has now fairly conclusively been proven that vitamin supplements are no more than a way to produce expensive urine. The body does not absorb much, if anything, of those little pills we pray by. Thousands of recorded blood tests have shown no increased vitamin levels in blood after taking vitamin supplements. Yet we have tons of data suggesting, even proving, that we need to take these minerals in, or suffer bad health. But taking the vitamins as pills do not increase vitamin levels in the blood. Certain foods, on the other hand, seem to do the trick. Easy," isolate the active ingredient" and put that in a pill. Nope, doesn't work. Use extracts, or raw food, and it works, but once again, we cannot find where these so-called vitamins crossed the barrier from digestive tract to blood. Because it doesn't. It does not have to. It merely must exist in proximity to the system that replicates that particular form. The entire digestive tract is one long eating brain. The gut walls contain neural receptors, and neural receptors are specialised shape recognisers. This means, a specific molecule in your food, can trigger a neural action by simple mechanistic processes.This molecule will then 'spontaneously' be generated by the body itself, thus supplying the needed 'vitamin'. Because I do not quite understand vitamin theory, I cannot go further than that, but it serves as an example of the Greenpets philosophy on holism. Of course, in my own ego, I have to wonder about vitamins. If I do not understand them after some effort, does this mean no-one understands it well enough to explain it to an idiot like me? I always feel the proof of your own understanding is the ability to explain your subject to a five-year-old. Let us see if I can explain the Doctrine of Signatures to a toddler.
Rupert Sheldrake wrote a beautiful book about how the shapes of things tend to influence the forming shapes around them. Some crystals can be convinced to grow in different geometries by 'seeding' them with one of a limited set of shapes that suits the system we are looking at. Molecules fit to each other at certain angles, and those angles limit the variety of shapes they can form, but those variations can be influenced, sometimes at a distance or even over time. Please read Rupert Sheldrake's New Science for Life. This little book shall teach you one simple concept that makes ten million old ideas obsolete, and creates a billion very interesting new questions, a veritable intellectual jungle gymnasium, even if you are a scientist. The most important thing about Sheldrake's doctrine is its universal application. His simple little theory is of value in cellular biology, inorganic chemistry, education, politics, religion, sport, everything you care for, has an aspect that can be better explained by Morphic Resonance. This is the difference between a theory and a universal law. Sheldrake has found/defined a universal law, and it turns out to be so simple, as natural laws tend to be.
Which brings me to the Doctrine of Signatures: That, which looks like a thing, has power of that thing. A leaf in the shape of your heart should be good –or bad- for your heart. Hearts are not shaped like Valentine kisses, so stop chewing the carrot from that end. Liverwort, an old folk remedy, is a fungus, the insides of which looks exactly like you just cut into a liver. Kidney wort really helps for arthritis, which is to be a symptom of overstressed and failing kidneys. The leaves are kidney-shaped and prominently veined. The shape, external or external may correspond to some organ, or the smell of a bruised flower is the same as that produced by a particular disease, or the root, cut through, displays a perfect picture of an eye, pupil and iris, like carrots, and we all know what carrots are good for.
Why are apples good for you? I don't know, but for now I can work with the theory that something about apples seem to kick-start that vitamin-producing mechanism. Of course, if I had money to spend on such research, I would really like to know why the system needs occasional kick-starting, but I would also try find out how it actually works. The problem is, research today exists for the sole purpose of finding something to patent. I wonder who will patent the Human Vitamin Production System. Then we all get fines when we interfere with it by eating fruit, because you are only allowed the patented (and expensive) Production Immunity Stimulatory Supplement. This would be every investor's dream; owning the vitamin industry, with an incorporated production facility in every human body. I wonder how they plan to market the by-product; it shall certainly crop up in our food chain. The way their synthetic hormones have?
Almost entirely, modern medicine relies on poisoning the so-called pathogens that make us sick, or in many cases, they poison you until the parasite or whatever dies or leaves to find better accommodation. It is well understood that the body's fever system is there to kill off lesser organisms that cannot stand the heat, literally, yet every pharmacist is falling over its collective feet to sell you stuff to prevent fevers. A cough is the only way for your lungs to cleanse themselves, yet the world is addicted to 'cough medicine'. A runny nose is your mucous membranes filling in extra duty for your kidneys, but our first reaction is to find something to dry out the snot. Modern medicine shall not look for the resonance system producing vitamins; they will keep looking for ways to sell us vitamins, even when they themselves laugh at the idiocy. Unless they can find a way to compromise that system, 'proving' thereby our reliance on their pills. If you have a new testament bible, go see John's story about the entire world needing an annual dose of holy water just to stay alive. Every pharmaceutical company out there is looking for that holy water, and they are working together to make sure we will need that holy water. Poison them , then cure them, a very old trick played by witchdoctors on cavemen, I am sure. Only, cavemen had the option of pushing the poisoning bastard off a cliff before he killed another child.


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Jan Hatzius, chief economist and head of Global Economics and Markets Research at Goldman Sachs said India as an economy has outperformed in recent years and it has been growing quite strongly.
"At the moment, there is a quite a slowdown in India basically because of the currency reform that was introduced by the Modi government several weeks ago," Hatzius said.
He further noted that "right now the economy is slowing quite a bit. We think in the near term risks are definitely on the downside relatively to a lot of the consensus estimates out there."
Goldman Sachs expects global growth in 2017 to be around 3.5 per cent led by the US.
"Our expectations for economic policy under the Trump administration and under unified Republican control are that there will be tax reform coupled with some fiscal easing and also some increase in infrastructure spending. And we do expect that to provide a positive impulse to economic growth," he said.
Elsewhere in the world it is a more mixed picture.
The Euro area pace of growth is more or less the same at 1.5 per cent, which is consistent with gradual labour market improvement, he said.


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|Together with Vornids
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These look properly weird ;).
Nice paintjob, using different green paints really suits them.
Thank you! Luckily, of my dwindling paint collection, I have a lot of greens :)Delete
wahey! SJ's back, love to see you post again :)
you're certainly comming back in style - if i'm right that these legs/stalks on the Vornid Walker are all smooth and owe all that depth to your paintjob alone then, well, i'm bloody impressed!
Cheers Tomo! I'm glad to say that the detail on the legs is cast, I just washed into the cracks and highlighted the edges. Took a while, but worth it!Delete
Hi, Jacker! Awesome creatures made more-awesome by your painting skills. Fantastic job!ReplyDelete
Thank you kindly Jay, I think they would be right at home in Possum Corners!Delete
Love that walker. Very neat!
Cheers! I didn't have high hopes when I saw all the pieces in a baggie, but once assembled it's quite a looker. I used blobs of pro-create putty to attach the legs, which are mounted in ball-sockets. You could get a lot of different looks depending on how you posed them.Delete
Thanks for posting these here as well as on Instagram. The walker has an interesting "opium poppy" look to it. And of course a great paint job.ReplyDelete
No problem! I will be doing some more frequent posts soon I hope.Delete
I knew you were going Vegan - just not so hardcore, even your army choices now...??ReplyDelete
Never! Khurasan sends me cool toys, and I paint 'em... However I really like this range now. They are nice and different.Delete
Great to have you back. Drink more coffee (basing materials) and keep posting!ReplyDelete
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Eek! Nearly two weeks since my last post and over two weeks since my last post about the internship! Kind of gives you an idea of how busy I've been!
A little backtracking for this post, because I want to finish writing about my time with Operation Food Search/Cooking Matters, even though I've had a short rotation since then. To start, I ended up with two posts going up on their blog! The first, "Children and Cooking," is about my experience assisting with one of the in-classroom presentations and getting children to help in the kitchen. Originally, the draft for that became a lot longer than we originally planned, so I split it into a second entry, "Eat seasonally and save money, too!" Go check 'em out!
My three classes/demos that I led my last week of that rotation… Well, I didn't set anything on fire! The first demo went well. The recipes (a sweet-potato chili and a chile sweet potato dip) were well-received and there was a good discussion afterwards. The little bit of left over chili that I brought back was enjoyed by a couple of people in the office. The second demonstration didn't go quite as well. I made two different dips and "pancakes" (really more like hashbrowns) and only one of the dips was a hit. Why the difference in receptivity? Different audiences. I made a really basic mistake and forgot to take into account the fact that the second demonstration was for children. So! Big lesson learned there: Don't forget to pick your recipes for your audience. While the food wasn't a huge hit, the children did seem to have fun helping me and were all eagerly volunteering and competing to yell the answers first, so at least that part went well.
Now, the third demonstration. Heh. Overall, this one went well. It was in a group rehab home that also provided counseling services for those that didn't live there and we had a pretty decent crowd attend. No one really wanted to volunteer, though, so I and the RD overseeing me did most of the cooking. Again, we made a chili and a dip, figuring the chili was perfect for the cold, rainy weather that day, and the dip would be good to talk up for serving at football or hockey watching parties. The dip was the same as the first demonstration, but the chili was a different recipe. We started with the Cooking Matters recipe Turkey Chili With Vegetables, but then doubled it, used one can of black beans, one can of kidney beans, only one pound of turkey, and added one large cubed sweet potato. So far, so good…the mistake happened with the chili powder. If you check out the original recipe, you'll see that it calls for "chili powder." Well, I used what I saw was the chili powder, but it came out on the spicy side! While a few people liked it that spicy, it was too spicy for some. This recipe had been made many times before and wasn't that spicy, so we looked at everything a little closer. Turned out, what I had used for "chili powder" was actually "ancho chili powder." D'oh! See, "chili powder" is a combination of spices (ancho or jalapeno chilis with cumin, garlic, oregano, and salt) so it's not as spicy as "ancho chili powder" which is only dried, ground ancho chilis. Whoops! So, lesson learned? Always, ALWAYS double check your ingredients– not just that you have them, but also that they are exactly what the recipe calls for. The original plan for the discussion was to discuss portion sizes, but we also ended up adding a bit on how to save a recipe. (For example, if your chili ends up too spicy, add extra tomatoes and beans, bulking up the chili and spreading out the spiciness.)
The rest of my time with OFS/CM was spent working on papers and having debates such as "Should people on food stamps be restricted from purchasing things like soda?" Something I forgot to mention in my last post about this rotation was that prior to the start of the rotation, I had to partake in the Food Stamp Challenge. The rules for our set-up are slightly different than the $4.80/day most challenges use. For one week, all you have to do is write down everything you eat and about how much it cost. Then, for the second week, you are limited to $21 for the entire week (or $3 a day.) I highly suggest anyone who wants to work with those who are food insecure try the challenge. Actually do it and no fudging! I know of one person who just gave up right away when she realized it meant she couldn't have her favorite organic lettuce mixes. The Challenge isn't doable for everyone and some people don't need the Challenge because they've already lived it.
For me, the Food Stamp Challenge was doable because as a poor intern and after years as a poor student, I don't spend a whole lot on food- just the occasional splurge. But participating in the challenge meant absolutely no splurging. For example, the first week where I was just tracking what I spent? I had an expensive glass of wine. Couldn't do that my second week or I would've blown my budget for days. It is possible to spend less than $3/day/person on food and still meet your nutritional needs, but it takes a lot of planning and self-control. I ended up going to the library and looking through cookbooks that were all about cheap recipes. I also ended up coming across Budget Bytes, which is now one of my favorite blogs.
I have read some of the criticisms of the Food Stamp Challenge and I understand the limitations of it. For a brief look at some of the problems with the Food Stamp Challenge and similar challenges, please read this post. In the essay I had to write about my experience, I pointed out that it wasn't realistic because unlike those who are using SNAP funding to survive, I didn't have to figure in time to travel for acquiring food, cooking food, overhead costs such as electricity, and a whole slew of other other things that go into feeding oneself.
I had a blast working with the Cooking Matters team at Operation Food Search. My time with them has me re-considering the possibility of going into community nutrition. At the very least, I'll want to somehow be involved with public health advocacy. And isn't this what the internship is supposed to be about? Finding out what field of nutrition you're best suited for? We'll see what the rest of the rotations hold for me.
Related articles
- Operation Food Search/Cooking Matters (didispatch.wordpress.com)
- Traverse City students learn healthy cooking (record-eagle.com)
- Cooking Matters Class (uropcbrp.com)
- Healthy, affordable cooking with a big dose of fun (siouxcityjournal.com)
- Why use cooking in the classroom? (bakingforteachers.wordpress.com)


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C4ward: Celebrating Arts and Culture along the Green Line
December 17, 2015
By Mary Kay Bailey, Central Corridor Funders Collaborative
One of the biggest assets and, according to this writer the most delightful thing about the Green Line, is that you can travel the world within its short 11-mile span. The work of the Central Corridor as Cultural Corridor (C4) partners is to amplify this message and boost local economies through arts and culture, lifting up the diversity of people, places, and businesses that call the Green Line neighborhoods home.
On November 13th, a packed room gathered at the Wilder Foundation to learn about and explore seven cultural districts along the Green Line. Hosted by Twin Cities LISC, the event featured the tastes, sounds, arts, energy, and people living and working in the following districts: in Minneapolis – the West Bank and Prospect Park and in Saint Paul – the Creative Enterprise Zone, Little Africa, Historic Rondo, Frogtown, and Little Mekong.
Many partners in the C4 initiative had traveled together several years earlier to a conference in New Orleans. There, they were inspired by the work of Carol Bebelle, the founder and visionary of Ashé, a community arts center in one of New Orleans' historic black neighborhoods. Ashé is a Yoruban word (a language used by an ethnic group of 40 million people in Africa) which translates roughly as "Amen" or "so let it be done." This sense of action, purpose, and support is behind Ashé's mission of using "art and culture to support human, community and economic development."
As Bebelle shared, "Culture is the big Mama; it's the roles, rules, rituals, traditions and pathways. It's the foundation for life." Culture serves multiple functions: it allows people to be rooted in who they truly are and with cultural activities – through food and music, we can more easily move into issues that may be uncomfortable, fearful, or shameful. "Laws have not made us change," Bebelle asserts, but rather we respond to a cultural, social, or creative awakening or inspiration that leads to a shift in consciousness, then action, and ultimately a changed reality. Bebelle encouraged participants to partner up, to do, and "to be critical, not cynical."
Fueled by Bebelle's powerful insights along with music and words from local artists, seven groups set off to explore seven districts. We asked participants to share some of their tour highlights.
Aleah Vinick joined the group visiting the Creative Enterprise Zone, located in the vicinity of the Raymond Avenue Station area. In this tour, participants visited a number of creative non-profits and businesses, including: Rebel Ink, Forecast Public Art, Urban Boatbuilders, Urban Growler, Bang Brewing, and Workhorse Coffee. As Vinick puts it, "I didn't really even understand what the Creative Enterprise Zone meant, but after meeting the creative entrepreneurs who work and manage their own small businesses within the zone, I'm a true believer. It's a tight community of hard working people who support their neighbors' efforts to work and thrive!" Vinick is excited to come back and check out the new Can Can Wonderland space once it opens.
Sharon DeMark headed to Snelling Avenue's Little Africa where tour-goers were treated to shops, restaurants, cafes, public art – including amazing colorful beautiful murals made of both paint and mosaic. The name "Little Africa" captures that many African cultures and countries are represented in Saint Paul and the state as a whole. On the tour, DeMark met people who were Eritrean, Nigerian, Oromo, and Ethiopian, in addition to Somali. Participants discovered that many businesses are owned by women and that entrepreneurship goes beyond the retail storefront as businesses create the products that they sell (e.g. a hot sauce that has dates as its base). DeMark is looking forward to a repeat visit to enjoy the "gracious and generous welcome I received as a person not of African descent AND the great coffee at Star Foods and Snelling Café!"
Lucas Koski toured Little Mekong where participants saw the future site of the Little Mekong public plaza, the Asian Economic Development Association's pop-up performance space, and visited Ha Tien deli, May's Market, Lao Thai Restaurant, Thai Cafe and the Hmong Cultural Center. Koski noted, "I learned about the incremental growth and success of some of the businesses…a lot of people were adversely impacted by the construction of the Light Rail, but the roots of the community in this geographic area are very deep and strong." Koski's looking forward to next summer when he can make his first visit to the Little Mekong Night Market – and hopefully the new public plaza.
I hopped on the train to the West Bank to visit the region's most densely populated neighborhood that has been a home to immigrants for decades, starting with the Swedes and today, where the top five languages spoken (in addition to English) are: Oromo, Korean, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali! We were delighted to discover "hidden" shops and restaurants in Al-Karama Mall on Cedar Avenue where our cold hands were warmed with spiced and milky tea. We learned that the neighborhood is home to the largest concentration of music venues between Chicago and the West Coast and that the Southern Theater's ARTshare program lets members pay $18/month to see unlimited performances! I'll definitely be back to eat more food at Dilla's, visit the House of Balls, and see performances at the many theaters and music venues.
As poet Tou Saiko Lee notes in his poem engraved at the Lexington Avenue station, there is a "universe on University" and indeed, along the whole route of the Green Line. Get out and explore – treasures await!


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Robotics are the future of many workplaces and this cutting edge technology is fascinating.
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. The design of a given robotic system will often incorporate principles of Mechanical engineering, Electronic engineering and Computer science particularly Artificial intelligence.
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Oct. 6, 2006
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
GAME SCORES: Florida Sate 3, North Carolina 0 (30-23, 30-27, 30-21)
A sign of a good team is that it can win when it's not at its best. Despite not playing its best match of the season, the Florida State volleyball team pulled through in crucial times late in each game to sweep North Carolina 3-0 (30-23, 30-27, 30-21) on Friday (October 6) at Tully McDaniel Court.
With the victory, Florida State improved to 11-4 overall, 5-1 in the ACC. Florida State has won all five home matches against North Carolina under Todd Kress. The Tar Heels dropped to 3-12, 1-5 in the league.
"We need to continue to improve in a number of different facets and we were a little flat tonight, but it's always nice when you can win and not play your best and I thought that was tonight," Kress said. "I thought Makini (Thompson) played well in critical situations and Jess (Skower) did good things.
Topping the team for the third match in a row was outside hitter Makini Thompson (Quincy, Mass.) with a match-high 14 kills and a .565 hitting percentage. Up next was fellow outside Jessica Skower (Naples, Fla.) at 11 while rookie Jackie BonSalle (Albuquerque, N.M.) added nine and middle blocker Sarah Griffin (Hereford, Texas) chipped in with eight.
Florida State out-dug North Carolina 40-36 with more than half of them coming from libero Summer Weissing (Boca Raton, Fla.) had 18 and defensive specialist Alex Plummer (Woodbury, Minn.) had a season-best 10. Setter Zrinka Tomic (Nustar, Croatia) had 38 assists. FSU held a .300 (51-18-11) to .137 (33-19-102) advantage in hitting percentage.
"Alex Plummer played perhaps her best match as a Seminole, no doubt about it," Kress noted. "She passed well, defended, we worked a lot with defensively at middle back this week and she did a great job."
Four errors by the Seminoles allowed UNC to establish a 6-1 lead in game one, but the Tar Heels committed four errors of their own to allow FSU back in the match. A Griffin kill tied the match at seven then the senior gave FSU its first lead at 10-9 with an ace, but four-straight UNC aces gave it the lead back at 15-11.
UNC held a four-point advantage until 17-13 when Tomic served seven-straight points to swing the lead back to FSU's favor 21-17. During the run, both Thompson and Griffin had a pair of kills. The Tar Heels would tie the match up at 22-22, but Skower had a trio of kills and a trio of aces to close out the game, 30-23. Griffin led the way with five kills, while Skower had four. FSU hit .367 (15-4-30) to UNC's .033 (7-6-30), but North Carolina stayed in the match thanks to six aces.
A Tomic ace gave FSU it's first lead in game two at 5-4, but after a BonSalle kill made it 8-7, a pair of errors and an UNC kill gave the visitors the lead back, 10-8. Florida State would forge ties at 15, 17 and 19 all, but each time Seminoles would commit a costly error that let the Tar Heels regain the lead. FSU tied the match at 22 and finally took over the lead, 23-22, thanks to a Tar Heel attacking error. Following a Thompson kill, another UNC attack miscue gave the Seminoles a two-point lead (25-23) they would expand to four (28-24) on a block by Brianna Barry (Winter Springs, Fla.) and Skower. UNC would pull to within one (28-27), but BonSalle finished the match with a pair of kills to give FSU the 30-27 victory.
Thompson and BonSalle were the only two Seminoles to record more than two kills in the match as Thompson recorded a game-high seven winners, while BonSalle was next at five. FSU held the hitting advantage again .227 (18-8-44) to .167 (13-7-36), but errors in the service game hurt FSU as it committed five service miscues. UNC also held a 5-2 advantage in blocks.
"We have to get production out of a couple of our freshmen so if one is having a bad night, we're going to get the other one out there," Kress added. "It's kind of been left side by committee this year and either Malorie (Wessel) or Jackie pick it up. Tonight it was Jackie's night and hopefully we can get production out of at least one of them."
Out of the locker room, Florida State used a 7-2 run that turned a one-point game into a 12-6 advantage on a Thompson ace. During the run, the junior added a pair of kills. UNC strung together a trio of kills to pull within two (14-12), but the Tar Heels were their own worst enemy as they committed two-straight errors to push the margin back to five (17-12). The lead would grow to as many as 12 (29-17) on an UNC attack error before the Seminoles closed out the match 30-21 on a Skower kill.
Thompson and Skower tied for the lead at five kills while BonSalle contributed four. Tomic had 10 kills and Weissing added six digs. FSU out-hit the Tar Heels .333 (18-6-36) to .171 (12-6-35) and the Seminoles limited their service errors to just one.
Florida State is back at Lucy McDaniel Court Saturday (October 7) evening when it plays host to NC State. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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Faces of Ashford University
The Fall 2010 semester marks a milestone in Ashford University's evolution. It's the biggest on-campus class ever. More than half the students are attending on a full-tuition scholarship. More than 70 percent are receiving Academic Scholarship benefits. International students have more than doubled. Founded in 1918, it's a heartland university rich in history. Here are some of today's Ashford personalities.
Nathan Billany, The A+ Soccer Star
A men's soccer team captain from Yorkshire, England, Nathan returns to Ashford for his senior year on a full-tuition Academic Scholarship. Plus, he's got a new National Soccer League caliber field to play on this season. Imagine the kick when he learned his good grades qualified him for a full-ride. "This is about as good as it gets," he says. "Grades have always been the most important thing to me. My Academic Scholarship is an excellent, unexpected reward." An Academic All-MCC in 2008 and 2009 and Daktronics-NAIA
Scholar-Athlete in 2009, Nathan is majoring in pre-law with a minor in accounting. He enjoys politics, current affairs and reading.
Elyce Bark, A Booter with Beauty and Brains
She's the reigning Miss Clinton County, a soccer player extraordinaire and elated to be attending Ashford University on the President's full-tuition scholarship. Elyce, a junior, is a multi-talented achiever with a delightful, enthusiastic demeanor. An Academic All-MCC selection in her first year of eligibility, she also received the Champion of Character Award in 2009. She is from DeWitt, Ill., is majoring in business and also enjoys singing choir and watching theatre productions.
Nicholas Meeker, Most Deserving Freshman
Even though many students have benefited from Ashford's new scholarship opportunities, Admissions Representative Mary French says Nicholas' humble, grateful manner truly demonstrates the scholarship's significance and how it's changing the life of one who is so deserving. Nicholas, from Mt. Caroll, Ill., is a freshman on a full-tuition Academic Scholarship. Since age 16, he worked at a local nursing home to pay all his own expenses. Without the scholarship, college would have been financially impossible. His proud mother and family raised money to purchase him a laptop as a graduation gift. He is majoring in social and criminal justice.
Tiffany Waterman, Grateful to her Grandma
Tiffany, from Davenport, Iowa, credits her grandmother, who read an article about Ashford's program in the newspaper, for her full-tuition Academic Scholarship. Both were ecstatic to learn her good grades were the ticket to a four-year higher education. She is a graduate of North High School. Tiffany's close friend, Emily Goldsberry, who graduated from West High School, also met the criteria. Both have begun freshman classes -- and they're roommates too. Tiffany is majoring in business administration.
Anthony Motroni, Perseverance Pays Off
Anthony applied for an Ashford Academic Scholarship when he was a junior at Clinton High School, but his grades just weren't good enough. Recognizing that he had his whole senior year to do well in the classroom and raise his GPA, he hit the books with determination. He ended his high school career with a 3.06 GPA which put him into the Dean's Scholarship bracket. At Clinton High, he was on the State Championship Bowling Team and plans to bowl on the Ashford team, which is new this year.
Sister William McCue, Ashford's Own Divine Inspiration
Sister William graduated from Mount St. Clare College (Ashford's predecessor) in 1954 and began teaching at the university in 1964. For more than 45 years, her uplifting spirit and joyful character have inspired students. A self proclaimed lifelong learner, she is the chair of the Philosophy Department and Religious Studies Department and continues to teach many classes. Outside the classroom, Sister William is an avid sports fan who attends most of the university's home events. She embraces progress and says every day is an exciting day at Ashford University.
John Ballheim, VP, Campus Director, Ashford University
John joined the Ashford University team in 2007. A veteran educator, he began his teaching career in Andrew, Iowa. Today, he has decades of experience leading post-secondary institutions within the United States and Canada. An avid community and education advocate, he holds significant board positions in Clinton. He has also held leadership roles in education related task forces and arts groups. John earned two master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and two bachelor's degrees in History and Economics from the University of North Iowa.
Dr. Jane McAuliffe, President, Ashford University
Jane has served as president of Ashford University since 2005. She earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Special Education from Arizona State University. She also earned her master's and bachelor's degrees focused in the area of Special Education. Her professional career began as a special education teacher and her experience includes both public and private K-12 schools. Prior to her appointment to Ashford University, she served as president of Argosy University in Sarasota, Fla. During her career, she has held top positions with leading universities across the country.
Polly Bukta, Ashford University Board of Trustees
After serving seven years in the Iowa House of Representatives, Polly made the decision not to seek
re-election in 2010. She did accept an invitation to serve Ashford University. In 2007, she was the first woman named speaker pro-term of the Iowa House. With a passion for education, she began her career as a fifth-grade teacher and was an educator for 33 years prior to becoming a legislator. Bukta has lived in Clinton since 1967. She earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with a minor in French from Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.
About Ashford University
Founded in 1918, Ashford University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org). The University offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs online and at its Clinton, Iowa, campus. The University is known for its high quality yet highly affordable online and on-campus programs. For more information, please visit www.ashford.edu or call Shari Rodriguez, associate vice president of Public Relations, at 858.513.9240 x2513.


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A positive and uplifting atmosphere is vital to the success of healing, recovery and rehabilitation. Archstone Care Center employs outgoing and friendly professional staff to create social programs and activities to fit the resident needs. We provide a monthly activity calendar to each resident to keep them informed of upcoming events. Friends and families are always welcome to visit and attend our special events.
Specific activities may include:
- Active resident and family councils and volunteer programs
- Newspaper delivery available, Current events update
- Entertainment
- Field trips/outings
- Fitness activities
- Games
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- Musical performances
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- Religious meetings
- Singing exercises
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- Volunteer involvement
- Accommodations for therapeutic diets with enhanced dining
- Personal laundry and linen services
- Newspaper delivery available
- Small pets welcome to visit
- Barber and beauty salon services
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BOYNE CITY - Camp Quality will open it's 21st year of operation on Aug. 10 at Camp Daggett on Walloon Lake.
"We have a full camp of staff and volunteers for our 21st year of letting kids with cancer be kids again," said director Eleanor West.
Camp Quality began in Northern Michigan when a group from the Community of Christ church contacted Vera Entwistle, who had started a camp in Australia, and asked if she would help start one here, West said.
"The church gave us start up money and then we became a 501(c)3 of our own. It does not have a denomination affiliation," she said.


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Peachtree Movers knows you have a long to-do list to complete before moving, if pets are on the list we have a few tips to help make the move less stressful for you and your pets.
1. Gather Your Pet's Records
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How brands can turn crowds of consumers into movements of change
Purpose brands that are authentic in creating a positive contribution to society while focusing on the delivery of great products and services are outgrowing other competitors. A clear purpose drives consumer preference and motivates employees, accelerating business results and positive change. Unilever's CEO Paul Polman and the ex-global marketing officer of competitor P&G Jim Stengel (amongst others) have repeatedly shared how brands with a purpose out-perform the rest. So, how does one accelerate impact and growth of purpose-brands further?
Our research on the economically powerful millennials and upcoming generation Z indicate that the growth of purpose brands will continue, as these generations have a serious affinity toward brands with purpose. However, the opportunity lies in the acceleration through further involvement of these generations in the role that the brand takes: they want to actively contribute to a more inclusive, sustainable society and want to see the relevant results of their actions.
I identify three levels of purpose-brands:
- Those that deliver part of a solution
One of the best examples available in my opinion is Toms, but other brands like Chipotle and those connected to organizations such as Fairtrade and the Marine Stewardship Council have also embedded part of their solution to a societal issue into their business-model.
Empowerment and Measurability
The examples from Level 1 and 2 above provide opportunities for massive societal impact however, measuring such brand impact as well as the subsequent sense of consumer empowerment is difficult. As such, communicating this to the people they serve is also tricky.
So, you may feel very inspired by Magnum and its campaign and share the view the brand vocalizes, but you exist as an anonymous individual in a seemingly motionless crowd.
Interestingly, the examples mentioned under Level 3 above give you clear and measurable points of action. You can actively contribute to part of the solution for the societal issue the brand supports by acting with your wallet. Every time you buy a brand in one of these examples, you make a statement whilst contributing to the brand's cause… And so, Toms does more: they create communities of change.
Exponential growth of "goodsumption"
Because of the measurability of results and because of the sense of empowerment, I see the exponential growth of purpose-driven brands in the third category.
We've noticed the growth of energy-labels over the years and soon we'll see the labelling of societal impact gain just as much relevance, with organizations such as BCorp taking a more prominent accreditation role.
Labelling will help consumers to take conscious action.
Technology helps by allowing consumers to make purpose and ideology-based buying-decisions (think of apps such as Buypartisan and Buycott).
Business-models where positive societal impact and positive business-results are directly linked (so, the more I buy, the more I directly impact) will provide consumers with a feeling of empowerment and contribution.
From voting with your wallet to co-creating
Technology will soon take consumer-empowerment even further. I have recently had several meetings with Amar Sharany, the inspiring founder of in/PACT. The software and programs his team have developed allow consumers and employees of businesses to participate in the allocation of "Goodcoins", the monetary expression in/PACT uses for budgets available to brands to drive purpose. With this, consumers and employees do not only act through their wallet; they co-create and co-decide with the brand and get information about their individual contribution for the causes and the ideologies they support.
Creating movement-brands
I see purpose-brands turning into movement-brands that inspire and empower consumers to join their cause, accelerating their positive impact on society and their growth potential, when:
- They touch a primary individual emotion broadly recognised in society. These emotions are based on feelings of fear (for social exclusion, rejection, loss of loved ones, health, environment), resentment or injustice.
- Their purpose –the change the brand envisions and acts upon- addresses this primary emotion and is relevant for their business. The closer the link between target-audience, purpose and business, the easier it will be to create traction.
- They stage and dramatize the societal issues they want to address in their campaigns. They take a stand.
- They contribute to the solution of a societal issue, using their business model as lever for change, sharing a view and/or changing behaviours.
- They empower consumers and employees to participate and actively contribute to the purpose the brand supports. They make them part of the solution to injustice, social exclusion, ecological and environmental issues etc. and actively create communities.
- They create visibility of results and impact created by the brand and the people it serves. They will in the near future use technology to create customized-connections about the individual consumer-contribution, inspiring consumers and increasing the sense of impact and empowerment.
Taking the above to heart, brands can turn crowds into movements that are united in their common purpose and actions. Business can become an even more impactful contributor to positive change. Isn't that an inspiring thought to start 2016?
First published by Sustainable Brands; read the full article here.
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Homage and Courtship: Romantic Stirrings of a Young Man
African Books Collective, 2010 - Poetry - 132 pages
"Here is collection of sixty-two beautifully crafted poems on some of the deepest of human emotions. The striking force of the poems lies in the intriguing relarionship between romanticism and romance. Ambanasom's romanticism is concerned with the concept of nature as a universal being or a cosmic entity, nostalgia, the attempt to link his childhood with the present and the future, and the response to nature at different levels of his development. In the poet of romance there is a more direct expression of basic human emorions, in particular of love that is enchanting, possessing, seductive, and alluring. We find in the poems, love that is reciprocal and imbued with constancy and understanding." John Nkemngong Nkengasong, Writer And Critic, University Of Yaounde 1
"Ambanasom inserts the appropriate word for the appropriate emotion, using images to clothe his thought, images assembled from things actually seen and untimately known. His poetry achieves music and rhythm through diction, alliteration, repetition, assonance and the rhythmic cadence of the structure of some of the poems. This, to my mind, constitutes its force."---Eunice Ngongkum, Senior Lecturer, Department Of African Literature, University Of Yaqunde 1
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