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This post does not imply that harassment only happens between men and women. Everyone, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, class, or race can experience harassment. Street harassment happens between all groups and all groups have different experiences with it depending on their intersecting identities. Even though men do experience harassment, women (both cis and trans) and other subordinate groups such as the LGBTQIA+ community are more vulnerable to it, which is why this post focuses on such experiences and my experiences on harassment by men.
One of the most vivid memories I have as a child is, sadly, a really bitter one. When I was around 9 or 10, I remember being at one of the many beautiful beaches of La Isla de Margarita, a wonderful small island in the north-east of my country, on a family vacation. My mum and I decided to take a walk along the beach. Because I normally went to these beaches with my grandparents while my parents worked, I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
Every time I walked alone with my mum I felt uncomfortable, fearful and in danger. This time, my emotions were exacerbated by the fact that she was wearing a tiny bikini that accentuated her best attributes. My mum is and has always been very coqueta and this was something that bothered me a lot because I believed it was the reason behind the cat-calls she always got.
"Mami, tu si estás rica!"
*blowing kisses*
"Mira ese _____ y esas ______*
*turns around*
*licks his lips*
Me blaming my mother for the behaviour of these men was my internalised sexism, a product of my socialisation growing up female in Latin America (among other things like religious education, machismo culture, and so on). This was almost like slut-shaming her indirectly. This was my 9 or 10 years old self perpetuating rape culture. I always got angry at her because I thought that she put herself in danger (and when I was with her, I was in danger too) because of the way she decided to dress. In my head, those men were sort of guilt-free.
Ugh. Silly me.
I always asked her if the street and sexual harassment she faced bothered her and her answer was always a fake "no". I thought to myself, "if it doesn't bother her, how come she never smiles or takes these comments as compliments, but instead she walks faster and her facial expression becomes inscrutable?".
Of course it bothered her, she was being harassed.
Cat-calling is just one form of street harassment. The organisation Stop Street Harassment defines it as:
Unwelcome words and actions by unknown persons in public places which are motivated by gender and invade a person's physical and emotional space in a disrespectful, creepy, startling, scary, or insulting way.
Street harassment is so diverse, it ranges from leering, assaulting, whistling, flashing, masturbating in public, stalking, groping, cat-calling and much more. It is very scary.
Street harassment, which is one form of sexual harassment, perpetuates rape culture. This is important to mention because a lot of people believe that street harassment is only about unwanted attention and compliments, but it actually is about reinforcing power dynamics and the status quo. And this is at the core of rape culture. The dominant group, through street harassment, sexual harassment or rape, reminds the subordinate group where they supposedly belong (in the private sphere) and how vulnerable they are (in the public sphere). The subordinate group suffers street harassment fuelled with sexism, racism, ableism, transmisogyny, transphobia, homophobia, biphobia, classism, sizeism and more depending on their identity.
This dichotomy of the private/public = dominant/subordinate = normative/non-normative is constructed because of gender policing, which functions to delegitimise and devalue the gender identity and/or expression of the individual being harassed. Spaces are policed because spaces are gendered. Historically, the public has been constructed as a masculine space and the private as a feminine one. So, when women are in the
masculine public space, they are vulnerable to assault, violence and punishment because it is supposedly non-normative for them to be there.
If we translate this into a day-to-day and more up to date situation, we can understand how the dichotomies help explain power relations and how harassment works. In a society that values virginity over sexual liberation for women; where the gender binary, rigid gender roles and expressions and heteronormativity at the expense of queer and trans* folks; where being white is seen as more legitimate than being black, hispanic, asian or indigenous; where being wealthy means having more social advantages over people struggling with poverty; where people who are closer to unachievable beauty standards are considered more beautiful, smart, capable and much more than people that are fat, have stretch marks, small boobs, no thigh gaps and so on; where people with disabilities are somehow only worth the pity and awkwardness of those who do not have a disability – those that are on the receiving end of street harassment are considered non-normative identities and bodies that need to be policed and punished to not threaten the normative status quo.
This happens because we construct our identities based on what we are not: "I am what I am not". And to define what we are not, we have to police the boundaries of what we are. "I am a man so I must not act like a woman" – BOOM! Gender policing at its finest.
Until I experienced street harassment myself, I kept blaming my mum and the way she dressed for the behaviour of these men. I noticed that even though I dressed differently, was younger and did not have my mum's body, I got harassed too. That's when I understood that it was not my mum's or my fault to be objectified in this way – it is the cultural sickness of rape culture. And once I had that realisation, I felt helpless, vulnerable and sexually objectified.
Sexual objectification happens when a person is robbed of their desires, autonomy and dignity by being dehumanised, treated and seen merely as an object of sexual pleasure. This stems from the dichotomies of self/other, us/them, subject/object, mind/body. In our society, men are the sovereign subjects while women are the Other, the objects of men's desires. As men represent the mind, women are reduced to their bodies which are often objectified, commodified and sexualised on a daily basis.
The feeling of helplessness, vulnerability, dehumanisation, indignity, filthiness, anger and fear that comes from the sexual objectification inherent in street harassment, while paralysing me, often feels like a call to action. Every time I face street harassment, I wish I could slap the attacker on the face for making me feel like less of a person than him. I wish I could ask him if he would like his mother, sisters or daughters to be reminded by strangers of the oppression and violence women have to face on a daily basis. I wish I could scream back at the harassers that my body is not for their entertainment and that it does not define my worth.
I wish I could simply walk on the streets – alone, at night, at daylight, with a short dress, a skirt, a ton of make-up and heels, cleavage, my belly showing, in a winter coat, in boots, in shorts, drunk, high, whatever the heck I want jeez even naked – and feel safe enough to do it. I remember in London walking late at night on my way back home from the library with the keys between my fingers just in case something would happen. I remember a guy trying to slap me on the face after I slapped his for grabbing my ass. I remember all the damn times a guy or older men asked me to smile at them because I look so cute and sweet and hot. I want everyone to be able to walk freely and safely on the streets without the fear of being harassed!
I have been harassed so many times and I am fucking angry about it. I want to scream back at the attackers and tell them that my body is mine and that I dress and walk and am out in the public sphere for myself and not for them to look at me or comment on my appearance. I am out in the public space just because I am just as entitled as anybody else to it because I am a person. I do not need anyone's validation. People can keep it to themselves, I don't want to hear it. Don't approach me. Don't touch me because I haven't given you consent to do it. Don't tell me to smile. Don't force me to conversation. Don't try to force eye contact with me. Don't touch yourself looking at me. Don't lick your lips. Don't blow me kisses. Don't whistle at me. Don't stalk me. Don't follow me on the streets. Don't make a comment about how I look. Don't objectify me. Just don't.
Even though men are also vulnerable to street harassment (and sexual harassment in general), the #NotAllMen argument derails the conversation about how men perpetuate and benefit from rape culture (whether they want it or not). So, I understand a lot of guys get offended when the feminist community calls them out on raping or harassing women and trans women but, whether or #NotAllMen do it is completely irrelevant! Men need to check their privilege and how they benefit from our patriarchal/kyriarchal society and understand that #YesAllWomen are potential victims of or have experienced sexual and street harassment at some point in their lives.
My partner asked me what would happen if a guy approach a girl with good intentions (let's say they are genuinely interested in the book the girl is reading at that time) and the girl would think the guy is harassing her. I answered that even though we know that #NotAllMen are harassers, #YesAllWomen have been conditioned to always be alert against possible predators. We grow up in this mentality of not walking home alone at night, not leaving our drinks unattended, not talking to strangers, always looking at our surroundings, try to take a self-defence class and so on. For this reason, in that hypothetical situation, I answered that the guy must not feel offended but should understand why women react in a certain way, like ignoring him, walking away or being defensive – we need to always be alert!
This post was originally going to be about the ways we can react when we are going through street harassment, but I personally feel very angry about this topic and have always wanted to express those feelings. However, I do want to share an article, organisations and projects that aim to empower victims of street harassment. Maybe I can write a blog post about those some other time 🙂
- This is an article shared by Everyday Feminsim about 7 Steps You Can Take To Address Street Harassmen. It talks about how to help as a bystander, how to respond to harassers as long as you feel safe and much more.
- Hollaback! is a movement that aims to fight street harassment by enabling people that experience street harassment to share their stories (and pictures of the incident!) via their mobile app <3.
- Stop Telling Women To Smile is an art project that aims to create a presence for women in the public space by drawing their portrait and words addressed to their attackers on the streets.
- Stop Street Harassment is an organisation that reports on gender-based street harassment and violence world-wide.
- Cards Against Harassment is a project that creates customisable or pre-designed cards that can be printed to give to the cat-caller as a response to their attack <3.
- Watch this video shared by Upworthy about a woman wearing a hidden camera to show how many times in a day she gets harassed. It shows how sick, disturbing and scary the experience can be.
Have you experienced any form of street harassment? How did you react? Did you care? Did it make you mad? Would you give the cat-caller one of the cards? Why? Why not? Would you holla'd back? Would you say something back at the harasser? Are you usually afraid to do so?
Please share your stories with me in the comment section below! 🙂


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Two of the four people dramatically arrested by police and accused of being part of a major Brisbane drug ring have been kept behind bars.
The other two suspects have been granted police bail, following their arrests yesterday.
Rachel Roberta McKinnon, 27, shook her head while sitting in the dock as her application to be released on bail was refused.
The Magistrate expressed concerns about the seriousness of the charges and the syndicate's suspected link to major organised crime.
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The four accused were arrested after police pounced on a New Farm apartment yesterday.
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A property at Tingalpa was also raided, where a further kilogram of cannabis and more than $9000 in cash was seized.
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Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally. Even as Allie faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she's never known, a new strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to threaten human and vampire alike.
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In January 2019, CMS amended its subregulatory program integrity guidance to Medicare contractors with more specific instructions on when and how to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to report and return overpayments ("Transmittal 828"). A subsequent February 2019 Report in Brief from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General ("OIG") offers insight into this guidance in the context of an audit of inpatient rehabilitation facility claims ("Report"). Notably, the Report suggests that audit findings later overturned in the rebuttal stage or on appeal can nonetheless be credible information of an overpayment requiring further investigation and can justify extrapolation based on a sustained or high level of payment error. See below for links to Transmittal 828 and the Report.
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The OIG completed its review of inpatient rehabilitation facility ("IRF") claims earlier this year. In its Report following the completion of its audit, the OIG estimated through statistical sampling and extrapolation that the hospital audit target received overpayments of $22 million for its IRF services and recommended the hospital refund that amount to its Medicare contractor. The OIG further recommended the hospital "exercise reasonable diligence to identify and return any additional similar overpayments received outside of our audit period, in accordance with the 60-day rule, and identify any returned overpayments as having been made in accordance with this recommendation."
The hospital objected to the OIG's findings in part because the findings were not consistent with past audits by Medicare contractors, which audits demonstrated both improvement in compliance over time and a high level of compliance with IRF requirements. In particular, the hospital objected to the implication that audit results subsequently overturned during the rebuttal stage or on appeal can form the basis for extrapolation. The OIG did not respond to the hospital's specific objections, stating that the OIG recommendations are merely that—recommendation to CMS and its contractors, not final payment determinations under the Medicare program—and noting that subregulatory guidance to Medicare contractors regarding statistical sampling and extrapolation is not binding on the OIG.
Transmittal 828 provided more specific instructions on when and how to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to report and return overpayments. By statute, Medicare contractors may not use extrapolation unless there is a sustained or high level of payment error or educational efforts have failed to correct payment errors. 42 USC 1395ddd(f)(3)(A). CMS requires the use of statistical sampling and extrapolation when a sustained or high level of payment error exists and permits such methods after a documented educational intervention fails to correct payment errors. Nonetheless, the OIG has again asserted it is not constrained by statutory and subregulatory rules on Medicare contractors. Providers who rely on CMS's program integrity guidance in audits remain at risk for overpayments, even when audits and audit programs are designed based upon such guidance.
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After the first season of alternative farming our neighbors were already impressed; the Pig Gardens produces the largest cassava tubers the village has ever seen. Here at Wübu, a farm near Livingston, Guatemala, we're demonstrating sustainable strategies—regenerating soil, planting for biodiversity, using organic pesticides. With 100 acres to convert from chemical cornfields to organic polycultures, designing new cultivation areas has been a reoccurring job.
The Goat Gardens (named for the livestock who initially cleared the area) are one of many such jobs, from which our methods are constantly being improved and adapted. It's also the example here for sharing Four Tips for Sustainable Farm Design.
|A 10-lb cassava plant.
Tip #1 - Design for access.
Avoid those labyrinthine maze-gardens that make navigation a nightmare, that reduce the efficiency of your labor and eventually sap your will to work there. A central access path should be the first and foremost design concern. Secondary paths should branch from that. Then, and only then, should you consider locations of garden beds, trees and even structures.
|The main access path up the right side,
with secondary paths branching off to the left.
So how do you design the central path? Identify the most natural, logical place. Simply walk through the area as you would from one frequented location to another, from the house to the goat shed for example, and see where your feet naturally take you. Follow the natural contours of the landscape. Avoid rocks or trees, steep ground or any other obstacle to passing wheelbarrows, horses, tractors or whatever mode of transport you plan to use. Imagine yourself walking beyond the current area into future uncultivated areas.
In the case of the Goat Garden, a gulley with steep sides, the most logical path was entering at the lowest point nearest the house, following up along the length of the gulley, and exiting at the top where the sides are least steep. Allowing ample space for crops to grow, all beds and swales branched from that.
Tip #2 - Plant on contour.
Planting on contour, meaning level, meaning perpendicular to slope, helps catch eroding soil and build fertility. Either brush fences, rows of stakes, or swales can serve this purpose. In the goat garden we dug two main swales, marked with an A-level. All secondary beds were also rows on contour.
|First, mark contour lines using an A-level.
Learn more about marking contour lines at Wubu Agro-forestry.
|Fifth, watch your plants grow!
Tip #3 - Mulch.
Bare soil must always be covered. Just compare the dark, rich, leaf-covered soil of a forest floor to that crusty, infertile patch in someone's yard. A layer of organic material, such as fallen leaves or branches, prevents both soil erosion as well as moisture loss through evaporation. A thick mulch layer can block the growth of many weed species. Furthermore, the organic matter feeds microorganisms and eventually decomposes into rich soil.
Here in the Goat Garden, we brought bags of leaves from the forest, chopped-and-dropped tree branches while opening the area for sunlight, and later, to prevent chickens from scratching away the lighter mulch, we covered the beds with whole palm fronds as a shield.
|A well-mulched garden:
little weed pressure and little disturbance from chickens.
Tip #4 - Plant Polycultures.
Planting a diversity of plants in one area provides multiple benefits. It reduces pest and disease pressure. It reduces competition because different plants occupy different spacial niches and require different nutrients. It also allows cooperation between certain plants, such as in the classic example of the Three Sisters, intercropping beans that fix nitrogen, with corn that serves as a trellis for the beans, with squash that cover weeds.
|Sweet potato growing beneath and between the papaya,
with rows of chipilin above each trench.
In the Goat Garden, papaya and chili are the main producers, while sweet potato (a shade-tolerant ground cover) grows beneath them smothering weeds and chipilin (a legume shrub with edible leaves) fixes nitrogen and creates mulch.
The problem with many demonstration farms is they only demonstrate how to be a demonstration farm, sustaining themselves with grant money and course fees rather than real income from agriculture. Instead, Wübu strives to be a model that local farmers can actually replicate. The model must be profitable.
Greatly increasing profitability is value-added products (VAP). Rather than selling tomatoes directly in local markets for Q5 ($0.64) per pound, for example, tomatoes processed into salsa could be sold for Q15 ($1.92) or Q25 ($3.21) per pound, or up to Q50 ($6.41) to Q100 ($12.82) in fancy organic stores or abroad. In the case of the Goat Garden, we process chili into hot sauce, dry papaya slices for dried fruit mixes, dry and grind sweet potato into flour and dry chipilin leaves for teas, salads or condiments. Drying, smoking, jarring, fermenting, pickling—any preservation strategy not only increases a crop's shelf-life, but also its value.


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Hi, when I sort of came back yesterday (20 July) to visit and linger around the wiki, many people greeted me welcome back. It feels nice to be warmly welcomed and I have missed you all. I will likely be active over the next few weeks so you can expect me around, since it's summer and you know, I'm all relaxed and stuff. I probably won't re run as a discussion mod during this time I'm active, though.
I will only get the battles running if more than 5 users want to join.
I may think of a new short game series to run while I'm here. Probably a charades of some sort...? I don't know.
Anyway, see you around!
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You may be wondering why I'm less active recently. It is because
1) I'm in Japan, relaxing from my tests earlier this month.
2) As 2017 rolls in, I have to choose my GCSE subjects to take for the coming years, and I'm gonna have a few mock exams.
3) I hate to say this, but I'm not really into PvZ anymore, and I'm leaning more towards the side of Pokemon Go, Clash Royale, Hill Climb Racing 2 and other games.
Elaborating on Point 3, it may mean that
1) I may not be doing the admin attempt thread I planned to do in March.
2) The BOTU series may be coming to an end, and may only continue when I'm very free. No one plays it anymore anyways.
3) I may want my discussion moderator rights removed when I request so. All I do now is post in threads ra…Read more >
Perhaps inspired by BP, this is my 3rd blog this week, following the Thailand blog and the username change blog. A few things I would like to clarify:
- Username: Will not change, not until Easter next year at the least.
- Activity next week: I will have no wifi or very poor wifi, so yep that does mean my streak will be resetted.
And those two things to clarify. Now, I'll dig deep into my activity schedule:
Oct 22 - Nov 1: I should be very active here as my school is having a mid-term break.
Nov 1 - middle of Nov: My activity will go down slightly, like how it is now.
Middle of Nov - End of Nov: My activity will be quite low because the science tests will roll in.
Start of Dec - Middle of Dec: My activity, honestly, will be a variety. For …Read more >
Sorry I'm making a fuss about this, but I want to know your opinions. I'm considering a username change, so what'd you recommend if
- I like reptiles
- I like TV shows and movies that include action, crime, mystery and comedy.
I've come up with "Detective Iguana" and "Detective Reptile" with Snappy, but I would like more opinions.
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Alright, so due to a school camp, I'll be in Thailand for 16-22 october which is next week. I will try my best to access the wiki via mobile, but if not, well.... I'll be inactive for a week. Just a mini heads up. After that vacation, I may still not be as active as I am now because I'll have a lot of performances and competitions, despite the exams being over this week. So yeah. You ask me when I'll be "extremely active" again, well, I'd say mid november. However, I'll only be "very active" for 2 weeks, because in December, some tests will return. However, I will be here for my birthday Dec 5.
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"Looking back on my career, I made a realization," Michael Ian Black once tweeted. "I am TV AIDS." That's not false modesty. Despite being one of the most consistently smart and funny comics working today, his presence in a television cast almost guarantees a speedy cancelation. His career has included a string of critically lauded TV shows that never had a chance, from The State to Viva Variety to Stella. His latest Comedy Central series, Michael & Michael Have Issues, survived a little more than a month before getting the boot. His biggest successes have come in unexpected places, like being the funniest talking head on those VH1 *I Love The . . .*nostalgia shows, and having an immensely popular Twitter feed, which was ranked the fifth "best" celebrity Twitter (among the 140 picked) by Time magazine earlier this year and (as of this writing) boasts more than 1,650,000 followers. It could be argued that Black is creating an unconventional comedy career in a unconventional media age, and that might be sort of true, if VH1 hadn't run out of decades to be nostalgic about and being funny on Twitter was in any way a paying gig.
This summer, Black is giving a conventional comedy career another shot. Very Famous, his first hour-long stand-up special, premiered last week on Comedy Central, and an album version was released on Tuesday. You can also catch Black on his 20-city national tour, which kicks off next Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky. I called Black to talk about his busy summer, which includes way more time spent with Meghan McCain than you might imagine.
Eric Spitznagel:__ You just released a new comedy album, Very Famous. Which prompts the question, who buys comedy albums anymore?__
Michael Ian Black: Nobody, really. The total worldwide sales for Very Famous are projected at zero. Those are the numbers that were presented to me at one of our quarterly meetings. And I'll be honest, I haven't rerun the numbers since. I would be very surprised if they budged in one direction or the other.
You don't have any relatives or close friends who'll buy a copy?
Nope. I mean, I have relatives, but there's no chance in hell they'd buy my album.
That's kind of sad. I remember as a kid memorizing every Eddie Murphy and George Carlin routine. Comedy records used to be a big deal.
Yeah, and there used to be a music industry too. There was a time when people supported audio recordings, not just comedy but all kinds of spoken-word ventures. You could buy Kennedy's speeches and collections of great oration. And now you can't. You can still find it, but everything's on the Internet for free. I don't look at making an album as anything other than a way to use up the Earth's natural resources a little bit quicker.
__I just got satellite radio and I've been listening to the comedy stations. I never realized this before, but most comedy is terribly recorded.
It's that bad?
Even recent stuff sounds like a bootleg from the 50s.
I don't really have a discerning ear for those things. I'd love to say that my album doesn't sound like that, but it probably does. All I know is that when we recorded it, I was talking into a microphone, and the microphone had wires connected to it, and I assumed they were going somewhere fancy.
__The album art for Very Famous is an homage to Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Are you trying to cash in on the 90s nostalgia that's apparently all the rage this summer? __


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Intro Online Education Software Platform
If you are currently promoting Or considering selling courses, you don't have to do much searching to come up with a Thinkific review. There are plenty of Thinkific testimonials on the market. The main difference that this one offers is that it is written by someone with: Online Education Software Platform
- Over 20 years experience in the e-learning Business, with a Particular focus on companies that sell schooling (as opposed to, by Way of Example, corporate training departments, that do not have to convince their students to purchase )
- Extensive experience designing, creating, and executing online course platforms (I was the founder and CEO of an e-learning platform and course development firm.)
- More than a decade of experience monitoring and exploring online class platforms and helping organizations and individuals pick the Ideal platform for selling classes
I've been closely Monitoring Thinkific and other suppliers which have emerged as a new type of course platforms. These are programs that are more user friendly and less expensive or LMSes. They are small companies that want to enter the online course business and a boon for solo edupreneurs. As time passes, I think they have real potential to interrupt the learning management system marketplace that is conventional.
Thus, having said That, let us get started.
Click here to register Up to Thinkific.
Building and Branding Your Online Course Web Site
Any classes you Sell have to"live" somewhere, and ideally that somewhere supplies an attractive, user friendly for the students and prospective students. Since the introduction of its Website Builder capabilities Thinkific is up to the job. Online Education Software Platform
Using Site Builder — which is simply a part of the admin board for the stage — you have the ability to prepare an appealing home page to your course website and make as many custom pages as you desire (e.g., to give information about you and your other solutions ). While you do not have complete control — you can not, for example, set up your own style sheets (CSS) — you do possess very good capabilities for modifying branding elements like colors and font styles and you may upload pretty much any kind of images or media you'd like to use.
Website Builder Comes with three themes and there are variations for each of these topics. (The company says more themes are part of the future development program.) Additionally, there are a selection of pre-fab"sections" that you can insert and change on any webpage to provide for things like social proof (e.g. customer quotations or"as seen on" logos), calls for action, count down timer, and pricing options — basically, all the critical tools you need for conducting a successful course or membership site. There is also a blank slate"media & Text" section that may be used to make pretty much anything you want.
As is the case With just about any content management system, it took a while to work out the way to do some basic things like delete segments (the themes offer a house page pre-populated with segments ) and include custom pages to the site menu. However service was readily available for these. Thinkific has a solid support site on which you are able to search for aid, but I tend to only use a Google search together with the phrase"Thinkific" to discover whatever I need (e.g.,"create custom site pages Thinkific"). I've yet to not find good support using this method, whether on the Thinkific website or from another user.
Some added Features to notice:
- Custom URL (under Settings > Site) — By default, you are assigned a thinkific.com speech — e.g., learningrvolution.thinkific.com. Having a paid plan (beginning at $49 per month for Fundamental ) you can find a customized URL
- SSL (Under Settings > Site) — With any plan you have the option to turn on SSL (secure socket layer), a best practice for any Web site these days. (Google smiles on this)
- White labeling (below Settings > Site)– By jumping up into a Guru Plan ($99 per month) with the Growth Add-on ($.10 per active student/per month) you can easily get rid of the"Powered by Thinkific" speech on your site and courses.
- Text Dimensions (under Settings > Learning Content and several different areas) — It is possible to change a great deal of the default language that is used in navigation and other regions. By way of instance, Thinkific uses"Chapters" because the label for parts of a course. You might prefer to change this to"Lessons." Online Education Software Platform
So, you might be asking,"Can I use Thinkific for my primary Web site?"
For edupreneurs That are only starting off and do not have an Internet presence the response is an emphatic"yes." Using Thinkific is a good way to take a big item from your"to do" list (i.e.,"figure out ways to get a decent Web site setup") and focus on creating and launch your courses. It is possible to be concerned about a more sophisticated Web site after.
If you already Have an Internet site, though — particularly on a fuller-featured content management system such as WordPress — I wouldn't recommend relying on Thinkific (or any other course platform) to your main Internet website. Website Builder is great for what it does — and can create a fantastic course site to complement your main Web site — but finally it's relatively limited. Some of the key present limitations include:
- All themes are column. So, as an instance, you can't put email signup types, promotions for course, or other items down the left or right side of your site.
- As noted, you can't apply your own CSS (cascading style sheets), largely a limitation in the event that you truly want to reflect the branding of an present Web website.
- There is no control over search engine optimization settings on Internet pages — e.g., you can not define the title tags or meta tag descriptions. You , however, do this on course landing pages, which is arguably more important for the typical edupreneur.
- Thinkific lacks the abundance of plug-ins and the extensive network of experienced contractors that are available to support platforms such as WordPress.
In spite of these Limitations, Site Builder is very likely to do the work well for most edupreneurs and is quite a little better than what many online class platforms provide.
Creating Online Courses with Thinkific
While you Definitely want to have an attractive, user-friendly site to house your courses, the classes themselves are the primary attraction. As you may expect, this is an area where Thinkific really shines.
To Begin with, the Platform provides a variety of pre-configured templates which may be quite beneficial to track builders searching for help with how to organize their content. The templates cover the assortment of standard scenarios you'd be likely to think about for offering an educational product. All these are:
- Blank — Start new and build your own course to match your specific curriculum requirements.
- Mini-course — Utilize a free or low-cost mini-course to create leads for a full flagship program or service.
- Flagship Course — Construct a full online course employing a robust curriculum outline made with best practices in mind.
- Pre-sell — Produce a pre-sell landing page and get started constructing a waitlist to judge interest in your course.
- Digital Download — Host downloadable documents in an online course to generate revenue or collect email addresses.
- Membership Resource Library — Host downloadable tools to be included in a membership bundle with this template.
- Webinar Replay — Host your webinar replay video to permit registrants to assess your presentation and provide.
All these can Be modified extensively — you can alter the content from the segments that are supplied, delete segments, or add new segments to arrive at the approach that is ideal for your content. All throughout the process, Thinkific supplies"smart mentor course construction tips" to help you. (I found these helpful, but they can be easily turned off, should you prefer.) Online Education Software Platform
In Case You Have zero Experience working with Internet content, there will inevitably be a small learning curve, but my opinion is that Thinkific has done a fantastic job making that curve as manageable as possible. Invest in earning your way up it, and you will reap the benefits.
And, in case you are Already comfortable with other Web content systems — like, by way of example, WordPress or a different program platform — I believe that you will find operating in Thinkific for a breeze.
The logic, overall Of putting together a course in Thinkific makes complete sense. After choosing"New Course," choosing your course type, naming it (which you can change at any stage ), and rescue it, you add"Chapters" (or modify ones already in the template) to create the structure of this course. As mentioned above, if you do not like the term"Chapters," you can change it to whatever you would like.
You fill the Chapters with content in a way similar to the way I described using Website Builder above. There are 11 options:
- Video lessons — Upload a file. (This gets saved in a movie library for re-use in different courses. Videos stored in this library are protected from access by anyone who is not a registered user of your website.)
- Quiz classes — Create a quiz for the students. (More info on quizzes under )
- Multimedia classes — This can be a way to link out to articles not hosted on Thinkific and also make it an integrated part of your course. A Few of the possibilities include:
- Webinar tools (supply the URL to a live Zoom session, by Way of Example )
- Surveys (e.g. Typeform)
- Appointment booking tools (e.g. Calendly)
- Presentations (e.g. Prezi)
- Google Docs
- Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate files (Requires Professional or Enterprise license. More about that below)
- Text lessons — Combine text, images, videos, etc. into one lesson. This is basically the equivalent to"Text & Media" Site Builder alternative discussed above.
- Research lessons — Gather information/feedback from your pupils by building a survey in Thinkific.
- PDF lessons.
- Disqus lessons — Insert Disqus discussion boards to your program. (Note: there is also a discussion option built into Thinkific that you may turn on or off under Support Your Students > Discussions.)
- Audio lessons — Upload a sound file.
- Downloads — Contain resources to be available for download from within the course player.
- Presentation lessons — Upload a presentation as a PDF file and record sound for each slide.
- Lessons — Contain a Brillium examination on your course. (A Brillium permit is distinct from Thinkific and begins at $49 per month. More about that below.)
The above Choices Will find the work completed for all but the most complex edupreneurs. The main areas they fall short is in
- Supplying for branching scenarios — i.e., enabling learners to go down different paths depending on their performances in the course or data you gather about them — and
- Like learning games inserting elements.
If those are Choices you genuinely want, you'd be better off with a full size course authoring tool like iSpring or even Articulate Storyline (see more about these kinds of tools here). Online Education Software Platform
The use of Articulate and Captivate in Thinkific
Many course Founders will be perfectly content with using the tools in Thinkific to make classes, but some might prefer the option of producing their courses with third-party e-learning course creation software such as Articulate Storyline or Adobe Captivate.
Basically, using a Third-party tool is an option to seriously think about if you (a) currently have a substantial number of courses built out in these applications (in which you case you probably do not want to have to re-create them utilizing Thinkific course production tools), or (b) you anticipate developing a substantial catalogue of courses with a comparatively long"shelf life" — in which case you may not want your courses locked to a specific delivery stage.
You can use these Types of tools with Thinkific — Articulate Storyline and Captivate are encouraged — but there are some limitations you should be aware of if you go this route.
First, Thinkific (like all other platforms in its own course ) hasn't implemented SCORM, which stands for the Shareable Content Object Reference Model. There's a whole lot to SCORM, but the main thing for edupreneurs to know is that it provides standards for how an online course can communicate with a learning platform to deliver it information like how long a student has invested in a program, or if particular parts of the course have been finished successfully. Thinkific monitors this type of data. (More about SCORM here.)
Secondly, you cannot Import an Captivate or Articulate course into Thinkific on your own. These courses are made up of more than one file (like, for instance, a video file), and to get them into the platform, you have to zip up the files and send them into Thinkific customer support.
The Features and How They Benefit You
An excellent Online course building platform typically offers you the features you need from start to finish. Including the marketing, the course construction, the promotion, and the teacher/student management.
Systems like Thinkific don't host classes on your own website. Your content is actually hosted with Thinkific (so you do not have to go out and find your own hosting,) but it gives you total control over what your site looks like.
When compared to Systems like Udemy, Thinkific certainly provides more liberty and control that is branding. Let's explore a few of the standout features.
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Outstanding Student Management and Communication Modules
Within my Thinkific review, I noticed that the smoothness of the pupil communication tools. It's a visual student management area, together with images of your students, titles, contact information, and details for how far they're on your program.
You have the Choice to send emails that are customized or create a dialogue with the entire community. Online Education Software Platform
Incentives are A part of this learning environment since Thinkific offers report cards, completion certificates, and of course, the mails for sending out just about whatever you want throughout classes.
In addition to Infinite replays of course content, language controllers, and optimization, students working with the Thinkific platform ought to feel.
A Mostly Drag and Drop Editor for Quick Course Design
Part of this Motive Thinkific looks so great in contrast to the competition is that of its class designer. If you don't want to you don't need to mess with any code.
In fact Your content is organized using an easy drag and drop editor, where you stack the course content and move it around vertically.
Talking of Content, Thinkific supports uploads of almost all media types. By PDFs to audio files, and polls to quizzes, the stage is fantastic for offering up a vast range of learning tools for the students.
As we mentioned All these files are hosted on the Thinkific servers. You shouldn't need to worry being too large or running slowly on your servers that are shared.
When you personalize Your course site it offers some handy editing tools to the beginners on the market. For instance, you can adjust items like logos, colour schemes, and banners, all without touching any code.
However, the further Advanced developers have full control over the HTML and CSS. So, if you would like to make your website unique, the alternative is there for you.
Promotions on Autopilot
Some online course Platforms fail from the promotions arena. This is unfortunate since there's no way unless people know your course exists, to begin making money.
Thinkific does It the right way, with marketing and promotional instruments built into the program. Much of this is automatic. Consequently, if you'd like to trickle content to your students Thinkific has this functionality. Online Education Software Platform
Furthermore, you Have the ability and send automated emails based on a program. Pricing can be also done through Thinkific, in addition to the choice to become paid instantly when someone signs up on your course.
In Terms of becoming People outside of your site to come try it out, Thinkific includes an online affiliate marketing program to reward bloggers. Coupons are also provided through Thinkific, giving you a chance to create advertisements with specials and convince novices that your class is well worth investing in.
Everything from Coupons to affiliates is monitored right in the dashboard, and you could also join Facebook, your Adwords, and other reports to see where students are coming out of.
Handling, Engaging, and Supporting Students
Aside from One of the important reasons for utilizing a specialized online course platform is that it creates handling and monitoring your users and their information a lot simpler.
Communicating with Learners
In addition to Assisting you to arrange your students, Thinkific also enables several ways that you communicate with your learners and for them to provide comments on the course. Online Education Software Platform
As previously noted, For instance, you can empower discussion for your courses and manage your students gifts under Support Your Students > Discussions, where it is possible to sort talks by course, react to students, and — if needed –"Disapprove" gifts which you don't want to show up in the course. (Note: Enabling discussions is now an all or nothing option in Thinkific — i.e., possibly all courses have no or it courses have it. The workaround for this is to utilize the Disqus alternative on a course-by-course basis.)
You can also Enable your student. Then you have the ability to approve these reviews (they are not published automatically) and use them as social evidence on your sales page for your course. Unlike discussions, this attribute can be enabled on a course-by-course basis.
Ultimately, there are A number of notifications that could be enabled or disabled in the Thinkific platform, a few of which can be personalized. You can, as an example, send a message if your website is registered for by them to students, register in a course, or finish a course. You can also send reminder messages. (Note: Reminders are site-wide, maybe not course-specific.)
Managing and Organizing Learners
To start with, When a user signs up in your site, Thinkific captures all of their key contact data (e.g., first name, last name, email ) and using custom log-in fields (under Preferences > Orders & accounts) you can easily add areas to catch whatever specific information you want from the users. (Note that, unlike platforms like Udemy, you receive complete access to the user data you accumulate.)
You can also Organize users. This seemingly simple feature may have a big effect on your business model by making it feasible for you to market courses in bulk among the best ways for course sellers to drive revenue growth that is major , in my experience.
You, classes Can easily organize your students by organization, or cohort, time, registration, job-type, or other factors, which makes it possible to refine your marketing and to monitor the efficacy of your offerings. (Note: use of the Groups attribute requires a Guru program license with the Development Add-on.) Discover More about the Thinkific Groups functionality Online Education Software Platform
Tracking and Reporting
A key reason to Have a online course platform — to simply posting content supporting a password on a Web site instead, by way of example — is that it will track quiz and survey information in addition to things like course progress and completion.
Thinkific's Advancement tracking (under Support Your Students > Progress) enables you to select a particular student and track a number of factors for each course in which the student is registered. For each class you will see:
- Percentage of Course of Viewed
- Percentage of Course Completed
- Student Name
- Student Email
- Course Completed at (date)
- Course Started at (date)
- Course Activated at (date)
- Last sign in (date)
- Business
I like that you If you're adding new lessons to an course can also opt to reset a student's completion percentage for example, at any moment.
Overall, the Course coverage is fairly basic, but I suspect it will serve the needs of the vast majority of course entrepreneurs.
Unlike the course Reporting, the quiz and survey reporting is exported to a .CSV file (instead of displayed on display ) and emailed to you. The .csv document contains the responses from all students who've taken a survey a quiz e-mail address, together with their title, and if it was taken by them. For quizzes, it supplies the number and percentage of questions the student got right.
Overall, reporting For both quizzes/surveys and courses is one of the main areas where the Thinkific system could be more powerful. In fairness, this has a tendency to be true for pretty much the platforms of the all . Over time, it would be possible to get course completion and quiz/survey data . Better still, it might be good to be able to view a student transcript that displays hours related to a course, any credit earned (not currently captured at all in Thinkific), along with a link to obtain the certificate associated with the course. Online Education Software Platform
What Thinkific is Missing
Anyone who has Been working in the e-learning sector for the last couple of years (as I have) will realize that Thinkific offers a remarkable selection of features at a very reasonable price. It wasn't long ago a system with those capacities could have easily cost thousands of dollars per year.
With that in mind, It is really hard to assert that Thinkific is"missing" much. There are gaps that can rule out it for some course vendors — and these tend to be. The main ones that I see are:
No support for SCORM or xAPI/TinCan
As mentioned previously, While Thinkific may host and deliver classes created in common authoring tools such as Articulate and Captivate, it does not actually make use of the SCORM (or even xAPI/TInCan) packaging capabilities of these programs. If you've got a reason for using one of the significant criteria, then Thinkific might not be the way to go.
As I said, these Are areas that, for the most part, are not served by platforms which are in Thinkific's class. To get a platform which supports all three means a price point a few times higher than Thinkific — and it could go a lot from that point. So, be sure that these are openings for you before ruling out Thinkific.
No continuing education credit capabilities
While you can Indicate the number of hours for finishing a class in Thinkific, you can't define the amount of continuing education accessible for a program. While There Might Be work-arounds, for many course providers that focus on providing continuing education credit, this will be a Substantial barrier to utilizing Thinkific, Online Education Software Platform
No multi-tenancy alternative
Multi-tenancy Means that you handle and can make multiple instances of a stage. This can be very useful if you're a training company with corporate clients and those clients want their very own branded instance of this platform for handling and serving their own users. While the Group performance in Thinkific gets you part of the way there, it isn't the exact same thing as multi-tenancy.
Although I To discover an online course platform that has hidden charges, Thinkific advertises it too has no hidden fees or contracts. That's very good to know, but nothing special.
However, Thinkific Does provide a program for people who want to test out the platform but not get bogged down by constraints. In theory, it makes it possible to begin building a pupil base and start your shop. There is also a free trial if you give one of those plans a whirl.
The pricing is Divided into four easy plans:
Starter — $0 to all core Thinkific features. This strategy has a high transaction fee, everything you want to make, promote, and market infinite courses, your courses, course upsells, content hosting, basic integrations service, and instant access to all capital.
Basics — For $49 a month you get all core and starter features, together with a 5% transaction fee, coupons and promotions, monthly subscriptions, class packages, intermediate integrations, fundamental Zapier, drip content, affiliate reporting, a majority student emailer, customized domain, and additional course rates. Online Education Software Platform
Business — For $99 per month you receive the features from all prior plans, no transaction fees, completion certificates, personal and hidden courses, site white labeling, a host narrative, intermediate Zapier, webhooks, three-course admin accounts, advanced HTML/CSS editing, priority service, instructor payout reporting, an onboarding call, payment plans, and a direct Infusionsoft integration.
Advanced — For $279 a month you receive all attributes from previous plans, no transaction fees, a single sign-on (SSO), three site admin accounts, 10-course admin accounts, an onboarding specialist, onboarding package, people API, innovative integrations, and innovative Zapier.
Thinkific has some Great advantages to its pricing design. Not only can you start your course for free (something that is not offered with competitions such as Teachable,) but the additional three plans are broken down in a logical fashion.
After all, you Most likely don't need API accessibility until you start getting advanced with your course promoting.
I wouldn't mind Seeing the HTML editing and the completion certificates in the Essentials plan, however $99 a month isn't that bad.
As you can see, The transaction fees are 10% for the plan. That is high, however, it creates an environment for people who do not have the capital to launch a professional online shop or anyone who have low volume now. As soon as you start earning money you'll be able to reduce that trade fee.
You can By paying on an annual basis, Save money. If you cover it all upfront, the Essentials plan goes to $39 per month. The company program is $79 a month and also the Advanced plan is $219. This makes the pricing programs much like Teachable.
I will finish this Thinkific review where I began: this is a stage I recommend. Hopefully it's evident by now that it offers a range of the characteristics to support your edupreneur in selling classes that are online.
I think it is Important to replicate as I wrap up that Thinkific is a company with a great deal of momentum. This is not a point: the marketplace for online course platforms like Thinkific is currently noisy and crowded. You can be sure that a lot will be gone. I feel confident that Thinkific will be about, and the company is clearly growing and continually investing to improve its platform. Online Education Software Platform
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Cheers again to oneworld, as best alliance for in-flight wine06 febbraio 2013
Judges at a leading international wine-tasting competition have once again raised their glasses to the oneworld® alliance and many of its member airlines.
They have for the fourth year running selected oneworld as the Best Alliance for the wines served in-flight by its member airlines in the latest Cellars in the Sky Awards, run by Business Traveller magazine, in association with the International Wine Challenge.
In December, oneworld retained for the second year running the equivalent title presented in the USA, as Best Airline Alliance in Global Traveler magazine's Wines on the Wing awards.
oneworld is also current holder of three of the leading awards presented to airline alliances overall - from Global Traveler, World Travel Awards and Australian Business Traveller.
oneworld's members flew high in the Cellars in the Sky airline award categories, taking first prizes in seven of the 13 categories, along with 12 runners-up placings, with a further two taken by member elect Qatar Airways. Airlines in the Star alliance achieved five first prizes and four runners-up placings, while SkyTeam members achieved one first position and two runners-up.
It is the 28th year that Cellars in the Sky Awards have been presented. A panel of four leading experts blind-tasted hundreds of wines served on longhaul flights by a 33 airlines from around the world.
oneworld's Australian partner Qantas collected all four top prizes - Best Overall Wine Cellar, Best First Class Sparkling, Best Business Class Sparkling and Best First Class Wine List Presentation. It was runner-up for both Best First Class Cellar and Best Business Class Cellar and in the class for Best First Class Fortified and Sweet.
Malaysia Airlines, which joined the alliance on Friday last week, walked away with the trophy for Best First Class Cellar along with the prize for Best First Class Red. It took also runner-up placing for Best First Class Sparkling
British Airways took top honours for Best First Class White.
Cathay Pacific collected four runners-up certificates, Finnair two and American Airlines and LAN Airlines one each.
The awards were presented last night by television wine presenter and Co-Chairman of the International Wine Challenge Charles Metcalfe at a ceremony at London's Dorchester Hotel.
The judges comprised: Charles Metcalfe; Master of Wine and wine-making consultant Sam Harrop, Master of Wine Tim Atkin, Master of Wine and top restaurant wine consultant Peter McCrombie.
For the results in full, see www.businesstraveller.com/cellars-2012
About Business Traveller
Business Traveller describes itself as the world's leading business travel publication, publishing some four million copies a year globally, in the UK, USA, Germany, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, China, Hungary, Denmark, Poland and Africa. See www.businesstraveller.com
oneworld is an alliance of the world's leading airlines committed to providing the highest level of service and convenience to frequent international travellers. oneworld airlines include airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines, and around 30 affiliates. SriLankan Airlines e Qatar Airways si uniranno presto all'alleanza.
Queste compagnie aeree:
- Serve some 860 airports in almost 160 countries, with more than 9,300 daily departures.
- Carry almost a million passengers a day on a combined fleet of more than 2,500 aircraft.
- Generate nearly US$ 120 billion annual revenues in total.
Le compagnie aeree membro di oneworld collaborano al fine di garantire costantemente un'esperienza di viaggio di livello superiore, senza interruzioni, offrendo privilegi speciali e premi per i viaggiatori frequenti, come la possibilità di guadagnare e riscattare le miglia e i punti ottenuti nell'ambito di tutta l'alleanza. Top tier cardholders (Emerald and Sapphire) enjoy access to some 550 airport lounges. I passeggeri che viaggiano con una certa regolarità (Emerald) possono inoltre usufruire delle corsie preferenziali per l'imbarco prioritario ai controlli di sicurezza presso aeroporti selezionati e beneficiare di franchigie per il bagaglio extra.
oneworld is currently the holder of three leading international awards for airline alliances - named the Best Airline Alliance by Global Traveler in its GT Tested Reader Survey 2012 Awards for the third year running, the World's Leading Airline Alliance in the 2012 World Travel Awards for the 10th year running, and Australian Business Traveller Best Airline Alliance in 2012 for the second year running.


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This is an action-packed issue.
On the next page, we introduce dog owners to the concept of pediatric spay and neuter surgery – performed when a puppy is just six to 14 weeks old. Animal protection professionals regard the procedure as the tool that may finally make a significant dent in the animal overpopulation problem, a cause we wholeheartedly support. Immediately following that article, however, is one that addresses concerns about the procedure that some holistic veterinarians have ("Can I Spay Later?"). Is it more important to take the action that will help the entire canine population, or the one that will be best for your individual dog? We try to help you find a win/win solution.
We're also proud to bring you a comprehensive article about why – and more importantly, how – to utilize the most amazingly effective training tool to come along since the invention of the dog treat. It's becoming more and more common to see people using head halters to control their dogs without choke or pinch collars. Unfortunately it's also fairly common to see the halters misused, or to hear about someone whose dog objected to the halter so mightily that the owner decided the tool was without value. Pat Miller, our lead writer on training issues, shows us how to properly introduce the halters for maximum control (and peaceful, effortless walks!).
We've featured Case Histories of many grievously ill dogs who have recovered full health and vitality with the help of homeopathy. Freelance writer Debbie Stover, a newcomer to WDJ's pages, presents the first part in a two-part series on this mysterious system of medicine. Accepting that the super-diluted homeopathic remedies can actually effect a canine cure may require a "leap of faith" on the part of some skeptical dog owners. All we ask is that you keep an open mind – and keep homeopathy in mind when faced with a condition your vet deems as "incurable." We've had hundreds of dog owners tell us amazing stories about their beloved companion's recoveries (and their own conversions!).
The Case History is another "raw food saves the day" story. In this case, a sickly Setter is restored to glowing health through food. When he was sick, the rescued dog could hardly bear to be touched; today he's a therapy dog, being hugged and kissed in convalescent hospitals weekly.
Janet McClay, another writer who is new to WDJ helps us figure out how to safely shave a pound or two (or even 10-20) off our portly pooch. You probably already knew that the answer is diet and exercise . . . but what kind of diet? And how much exercise? See the article to find out.
In the February issue, we reviewed a number of products designed to make it easier to clean up after your dog on walks: poop bags, scoops, and carrying cases! We mentioned that the ability to biodegrade was important to us when choosing a poop bag – which sparked an immediate flurry of mail from readers who suggested that landfill garbage dumps are simply not the best place for dog poo, whether it's in a biodegradable bag or not. We share our current best thinking on the weighty subject of environmentally friendly dog doo disposal.
Finally, we present the story of a reader who had a bad experience at a vet's office: where the vet sort of manhandled her growling (but frightened and muzzled) dog. Positive trainer Pat Miller explains how the dog who is afraid of the vet's office can be – and should be, quickly – trained to feel better about necessary visits to sometimes unpleasant places.
It's a lot to take in, but you've been warned!
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"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you…something great will come of it!" from 'We Bought a Zoo'
Isn't that the truth! The fear of that initial opening or meeting, how many great opportunities were squelched because of fear of those first 20 seconds. I love this quote and the movie! To make a donation to the Dartmoor Zoo go to > http://www.dartmoorzoo.org/


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One of the most significant challenges that companies face today is risk and compliance management. With a fast-evolving regulatory environment, scrutiny for internal processes, and decentralized operations, many mid-sized companies are working hard to find ways to organize their approach to managing risk. Having a clear strategy in place helps you mitigate risks and make smart decisions that foster your company's evolution.
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) policies let mid-size companies centralize these issues into one seamless strategy that guides everything in your organization. A strong GRC plan influences all areas of the business, from strategy to product development. As CIO writes, "Think of GRC as a structured approach to aligning IT with business objectives, while effectively managing risk and meeting compliance requirements." The same can be said about GRC as a framework to manage important decisions and investments across the organization.
In many cases, large organizations have fully developed GRC plans in place; however, for mid-size brands, it is imperative to lay the foundation for these strategies to guide organizations as they continue to grow. What do business leaders and IT managers need to develop their own GRC strategies?
What Is a GRC Strategy and Why Do I Need It?
At a high level, GRC strategies allow organizations to take a deep dive into identifying their areas of risk, understanding what they need to do to stay in compliance and creating policies that ensure consistent governance across the company. As the business environment has become more complex and compliance has become more crucial to day-to-day operations, organizations need a strategic approach for thinking about and enforcing their governance policies.
Risk comes from a variety of areas:
- Information silos and lack of transparency: When areas of the organization operate independently or don't share critical information, that can lead to compliance risks and inefficiencies that cost both time and money.
- Changing legal situations: Regulatory and legal environments are constantly evolving on issues ranging from data to trade guidelines.
- IT investments that aren't centralized or aligned with the company's most important objectives: Ensure that the technology tools you're using meet industry compliance guidelines, and that dollars spent on technology tools support your organization's top goals.
- Fragmentation between different parts of the organization: When your leadership doesn't have a shared vision or plan for achieving goals, it can lead to fragmentation. A GRC policy provides a centralized set of goals and an approach for getting there.
- Leaders making decisions without access to critical governance-related information: Mid-sized organizations can be decentralized. A GRC strategy ensures that governance-related information is available to company managers involved in making decisions and investments.
As different challenges arise, companies that are able to respond effectively — while reducing their risk — have a set plan in place to respond in a timely manner and achieve faster risk reductions. A good GRC framework provides enough context for both agile and informed responses.
Creating a GRC Plan that Works for Your Organization
Moving forward with a GRC plan must start with basic education and awareness. In a blog post, Gartner reports that in one study they conducted, 40% of organizations weren't using GRC software and 65% of those leaders weren't aware of the term GRC. When you embrace GRC at the organizational level — and invest in tools that go along with it — you provide a whole new way of approaching issues that come up and affect your company. For mid-sized companies, this can be a conversation that begins with education and exploring how a GRC policy lets you achieve your larger organizational goals.
There can be several steps to implementing a GRC plan:
- Start by identifying need and internal champions: Outlining, implementing and enforcing a GRC strategy is a significant undertaking. It requires financial and human capital resources and may fundamentally impact your core business processes. Start by identifying who in the organization will drive the initiative. Now the goal isn't to have a huge department in charge of all of this. But it's about making sure that the right people get the right information at the right time and that the right objectives are established and the right control processes are put in place.
- Don't start from scratch: As CIO notes, there are several established frameworks within the GRC world that can provide a starting point. Rather than developing your own process from nothing, build on best practices that have been used for a decade in multiple industries. Some options to consider include: COBIT, COSO and ITIL. The framework will help guide you through four specific elements of developing a GRC plan that works:
- Strategic alignment: Determine why GRC is a priority for your organization and how it will help you achieve your most important business objectives.
- Program development: What do the specific elements of your program look like? What guidelines, policies and standards are you putting in place?
- Risk controls: What actual business processes will be affected? What controls, tools and technology are needed at an implementation level?
- Monitoring: Once your GRC plan is in place, how will it be monitored over time? What will you do for regular reporting? Will a larger scale audit happen on a regular basis — such as annual — for continual process improvements?
- Determine whether you'll seek certification: Another asset in your ongoing development and enforcement of GRC is having a team member with a certification. A number of different certifications exist; this list is a good starting point for highly regarded options. A certification program in GRC helps your team understand what's necessary for setting up internal governance processes, putting plans into place for their enforcement, conducting audits to ensure they're being followed and continuously improving the process over time.
- Make it easier to enforce the policies with GRC software: With today's technological tools, it's easier than ever before to enforce policies at a practical level. GRC software tools allow companies to configure a data tracking and reporting system that meets their needs. TechTarget sums it up: these "tools allow administrators to identify an organization's risk exposure, measure progress towards quarterly goals or quickly pull together an information audit. Good governance, defined as effective, ethical management of a company at the executive level, is treated as an objectively measurable commodity. Data retention and risk management are converted to similarly measurable metrics." Successful data tracking, reporting and auditing is the heart of GRC implementation, and the right technology allows organizations to implement it with ease.
- Be prepared to invest over time: Launching a full-fledged GRC program can be expensive. According to Forbes, mid-size organizations can spend millions per year creating programs that comply with specific compliance requirements. Develop a plan to make incremental investments, beginning with your organizational priorities and expanding over time. Assess where technology can help you save money in the long-term. A GRC program doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing deal. Instead, it's about making the commitment to systematically addressing the risks that your company faces and continuously seeking improvement over time.
If you're looking for better ways to mitigate your company's risk and improve performance across the business, GRC can help. Mid-size companies are at just the right size to begin putting a plan in place to manage complexity and guide future growth. Launching your own strategy is a multi-step process. Begin by educating yourself about the existing frameworks, and determine what tools and technology can help you with a successful implementation. Mid-size organizations across industries find that it's well worth the investment, and it sets them up for future growth and the ability to tackle even the most complex compliance challenges.


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Celebrity chef Anne Burrell's stops by the show for our 10-Minute Taco Tuesday challenge and delivers with a fast, easy and delicious one-pan recipe.
- 24 soft flour tortillas
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for pan
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 large jalapeno, seeded and diced
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch cilantro stems, minced, plus leaves for garnish
- 1 pound ground chicken
- ½ pound spicy fresh chorizo
- About 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- Zest of 2 limes, plus juice of 1 lime
- 1 (16-ounce) jar salsa
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
- 1 ear corn, kernels removed
- About 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- Sour cream, for serving
Preheat an oven for 350˚F. Divide tortillas into two stacks, and wrap each stack in aluminum foil. Place in the oven to warm while preparing the taco filling.
Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2-3 tablespoons olive oil, then add the onion and cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Add the jalapeno and season with salt and pepper, then cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the garlic and cilantro stems for 1 minute, then add the chicken and chorizo and stir to combine, adding more olive oil, if needed, and pan is too dry. Season with the cumin and lime zest, then stir in the salsa, black beans and corn kernels. Add the lime juice and cook until the chicken and chorizo are cooked through.
Remove the warmed tortillas from the oven. Layer two tortillas together, then add a pinch of cheese, top with some chicken filling, then sprinkle on more cheese and the cilantro leaves. Serve with sour cream, if using. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, cheese, chicken filling, cilantro leaves, and sour cream.


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USA Today unveiled their slate for their 2017 film preview and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was included in the discussion. James Gunn spoke to the outlet about the relationship of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his father, Ego the Living Planet (Kurt Russell), in the film. Gunn hinted that the relationship between the two might contain a twist that may cause Quill to reassess his initial impression of his father.
It runs the gamut of emotions for him, wanting to understand why his father wasn't around to quickly idolizing him and ultimately learning the reality of the relationship and comparing the man who sired him to the man who raised him.
These comments appear to outline that Quill will at first see the return of his long-lost father as someone to look up to. However, Gunn's comments about the reality of the relationship being revealed may indicate that Ego may have other motivations for his son than a family reunion. Quill may have cause to compare Ego's parental style with that of Yondu, who originally abducted him from Earth at the behest of Ego. (Michael Rooker)
In the first film, Yondu was depicted as having chosen to raise Peter outright rather than give him to Ego as he was originally hired to do. Although outwardly gruff and confrontational, he was also shown to have a soft spot for Quill, keeping him from harm and allowing him to take a place among his crew. Ego's personality is currently unknown, but he was referred to as a "jackass" by Yondu at the conclusion of the first film.
Gunn also talked about the new family dynamic surrounding the Guardians as they progress into their second adventure. As they have now unified into a team, that may require them to trust each other more than they were initially willing. Each member of the team also comes from very difficult backgrounds and have no attachments, other than each other, to which they can return.
To let somebody love you is a very difficult thing, especially when you're damaged goods. And all of the Guardians are damaged goods."
It'll be interesting to see how their relationships play out especially now that the sage of sexual love Mantis, is now included in the team. If that hilarious bit at the end of the trailer is any indication of what's to come and what secrets there are to be outed, we're going to have one hell of a time. Who knows what Mantis finds out when she places her hand on Drax.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will release on May 5, 2017. The film sees the return of everyone's favorite ragtag group of goons, the addition of the sage of Peter Quill's sexual love, Mantis along with former baddie, Nebula. The sequel also marks the debut of 80's superstars Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. No word yet on who Stallone is playing but we're hoping that it's one of the OG Guardians from the 1960's.
Source: USA Today


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In today's world, which full of stress or is just rushing across making better career and tensions for what future holds, our mind not only forgets about the significance of staying fit mentally but physically too. To be able to cope up with this competitive world, and fulfill our ambitious while facing so many cutthroat challenges staying fit is not just a necessity but it is a way of life. So here we contented to introduce you to our Dubai Fitness Centre, which is not only one of the world's top institute of fitness, but provides world class facilities and welcomes any kind of age group who aspires to stay fit.
It is one of the largest Fitness Gyms in Dubai, which makes being fit not only a scutwork but makes it fun and interesting. It is the only Dubai fitness center which helps to work out, not only adults but all the wide variety of age groups. Not only they conduct Swimming Classes forKids, where the top class of professional coaches takes care of assessing each student's ability and placing them in groups of similar abilities, tailoring their teaching to each class, but it also includes other fun filled activities like Bootcamp Dubai, for kids of age group 7-15. This innovative session focuses on movements that get kids fitter faster than ever before while having fun at the same time. It also holds Crossfit Classes Dubai, where Children are divided into various categories: Vikings, Knights, Romans, Spartans. There are 3 levels within each category. Kids are motivated with targets to work towards moving onto the next level. After achieving it, they are rewarded with certificates and badges. This helps in encouraging the environment that embraces the fact that kids will excel at different skills and exercises at different rates. Apart from ToddlerSwimming Classes, Crossfit Dubai and other convivial activities it also has a broader and wide range of tasks and activities for every citizen of Dubai which include Aquatics, gymnastics, martial arts, CrossFit pastor, Olympic weightlifting and Personal training.
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Staff who carry out the day-to-day work of the council are not elected and are not party political. The person who is in overall charge of these staff is the Chief Executive, Tim Shields. Tim is responsible for leading all of Hackney Council's services and the Council's management team. Together, they make sure the Mayor's priorities are met. Tim is also Chief Returning Officer for the borough's elections.
The Council's management – at a glance
Mayor of Hackney – Philip Glanville
Chief Executive – Tim Shields
Find out more about the current Speaker of the Council
Council departments
The Council is made up of 4 areas:
Chief Executive's – Led by Tim Shields, Chief Executive
Children, Adults and Community Health – Led by Anne Canning, Group Director
Finance and Corporate Resources – Led by Ian Williams, Group Director
Neighbourhoods and Housing – Led by Kim Wright, Group Director
We are very happy to report that the majority of staff speak highly of the Council and are satisfied in their role. They have a good understanding of change and feel well communicate with, and 72% are proud to work for the Council.
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Posting Date: October 20, 2018
We are a travel and Rent a Car business located in Dubai searching for a Filipina Secretary
Jobs Responsibilities:
– welcoming walk in customer/clients and offer drinks
– Answering queries in person, by email or phone.
– Hotel Booking and Ticketing, Visa typing, arranging and filling documents as record.
– Creating account summary and Daily Report, submitting overstay and last day reminder
– Cash Handling, Petty Cash, generating invoice, account statement, Bank transfer, Collecting amount, delivering bills, book keeping, Processing, Tallying Tax Invoice.
– Making certain the office is neat and tidy. Providing professional atmosphere
– Creating deal for car renting, submiting contract in RTA system
– Some other duties assigned by the company's manager.
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