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The banana bread is delicious served on its own for breakfast or as a snack. It is amazing topped with peanut butter (think peanut butter and banana sandwiches, with a twist). It is also delicious served with Nutella (a chocolate hazelnut spread). It is amazing topped with our cream cheese icing, and served as a cake. Finally, it makes a wonderful base for French toast!
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Description of the mechanisms proposed for ensuring that the policies and practices followed in the operation of the .org registry are responsive to and supportive of the non-commercial Internet user community, and reflect as much of its diversity as possible.
Organic Names recognises that the management of .org is not achieved by the straightforward operation of the profit motive. Organic Names has financial policies in place that ensure the stability and growth of the company because this is fundamental to its long-term survival.
In addition to these prudent policies Organic Names has designated an advisory board to guide the registry in its relationships with the user community and insofar as the recommendations of that board are legal and practicable Organic Names will follow them.
In addition Organic Names has already referred to its commitment, subject to the approval of ICANN, to widen the registrar community and reduce barriers to entry for registrars in new and developing countries.
It is also the function of the technical members of the advisory board to recommend and support the use of registry funds and facilities to develop software and to support initiatives from the IETF and similar organisations for the deployment of new protocols and systems.
Organic Names also recognises that the non-commercial Internet community contains many individuals and organisations whose mother tongue and script is not English. The Organic Names registry will provide wide multilingual services and promote Internationalised Domain Name services to work to make the Internet more available to those who have been marginalized through the historic English basis of the Internet.
Organic Names recognises that it is in practice impossible to create an advisory board that is truly representative of such a broad community, but Organic Names will welcome on to that board interested persons and organisations including those currently associated with other bids. Organic Names also hopes that in its final contract with ICANN there will be a mechanism whereby the opinions and policy directions of the supporting organisations to ICANN can be communicated to Organic Names so that its policy direction does not significantly diverge from the mainstream of Internet policy.
Evidence demonstrating support for the proposal among registrants in the .org TLD, particularly those actually using .org domain names for non-commercial purposes.
Organic Names, no doubt in common with every other applicant, initially took the view that as many non-commercial .org users as possible should be immediately solicited for their support for Organic Names application to ICANN.
Organic Names now believes, however, that in the short time available from the publication of the application requirements to the application deadline there is little opportunity to present effectively to such registrants the reasoned and balanced case for the merits of Organic Names proposition. Further, Organic Names believes that many of the most notable and useful potential supporters are in a position where, due to charitable or quasi-governmental status, they are unable to support any one applicant over another.
Instead Organic Names intends, in the next two months, to go further than simply soliciting supporters and adding to them the list of cheerleaders for its cause. To this end Organic Names has developed a four point plan to educate and, we intend, win over the support of major non-commercial .org users by:
Organic Names hopes that Mr Dyers and Mr Blighs success in promulgating Nominet UK as a registry in successful dialogue with its stakeholders will help to give ICANN confidence in this area.
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When I look back to the times when I just started my photography business I am so grateful to my first clients who gave me the courage and a push to continue working on my skills and improving. This is one of my very first official paying shoots. Yes, it is faaaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect. Way far. But I still see things that are very genuine and true to my heart even now. It is very nerve-wracking to share this shoot with the world, but because these beautiful people trusted me with their photos I became who I am now. This family is truly beautiful, I wish back then I was a bit more organized to keep their e-mail address 🙂 I'd love to create new memories with them in my new (compared to 2008) signature Tamara Knight Photography style 🙂
If something is very dear to our heart, we usually apply all our passion to the subject. When I discovered photography I changed. Since that moment I have never looked at the things around me in the same old way. It felt like I had a camera lens glued to my eye from then on! Every free minute I had – I practiced my photography skills. It almost has been almost 5 years (yes, I had to actually look at the date of this photograph to count the years correctly. For some reason it seems much longer than 5 years!!!)
During this 5 years so many things have changed for the better: studying hard, going to workshops to polish my skills, always learning something new, becoming a true professional photographer and actually quitting my day job very-very soon to 100% concentrate on my photography business, already gave my notice!
So now just to compare how far I came here are some of my recent photo shoots:-)
Ok, I must stop now, I have way too many favorites from my recent family shoots!!!
I am in the process of rewriting my collections, they'll include more and will have better options for everyone. And I do have exciting news below…
As a 'thank you' to you, all my loyal clients and followers, here is my offer which will expire in 1 week (October 20th): if you book your future shoot for 2014 now you'll get to keep the current 2013 prices for that particular shoot (30% down payment is required). Please e-mail me to email@example.com with the headline: Tamara Knight Photography savings in 2014. And to the first 5 people who send an e-mail to email@example.com with a headline: Tamara Knight Photography: 5 years! will get $100 toward the print credit to any of the upcoming shoots. Let's celebrate together! 🙂 More exciting offers will come your way in 2013.
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By Michael Blume
Manager, AF&PA Government and Industry Affairs
Our lives' most precious documents are memorialized on paper. Marriage and birth certificates, deeds, diplomas, family photos and letters from loved ones are all safeguarded on the printed page. Although there are exceptions in this increasingly paperless world, there is an undeniable link between the permanence and tangibility of physical documents and our attachment to them.
Important information belongs on paper and should be shielded from broken hard drives, data breaches and foreign hackers. Paper is personal, permanent, safe and confidential.
The hallmark of our democratic system -- the ballot -- is rushing into an uncertain digital future. As Americans are becoming aware of the constant threat of election interference from foreign actors, the lack of paper ballots is a clear weakness.
According to a report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee detailing the extent of America's electoral vulnerability, "[p]aper ballots and optical scanners are the least vulnerable to cyber attack; at minimum, any machine purchased going forward should have a voter-verified paper trail and remove (or render inert) any wireless networking capability."
According to a POLITICO survey, voters in 14 states participated in the 2018 elections using machines that failed to produce an auditable, verifiable paper ballot. These states included key swing states such as Florida and Pennsylvania. Citing a lack of funding, procedural issues or necessity, many election administrators have noted that they have no intentions to depart from paperless voting. To fully secure our elections, these administrators must recognize the threat facing our nation.
The education gap regarding this issue is one of the most significant roadblocks facing positive action to protect the ballots of thousands of American citizens. The decentralization of our electoral system provides a high level of security, yet it is imperative that critical information is disseminated to decision makers that can make a difference.
However, there is a bright side. States, counties and municipalities are transitioning to either exclusive use of paper ballots or encouraging the use of a physical paper trail. Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina all plan to be paper-protected by the 2020 elections with hundreds of counties in other states following suit. POLITICO's analysis (as noted above) provides a helpful guide to the status of each of these jurisdictions' efforts.
In fact, the value of paper ballots appears to be one of the few issues both Republicans and Democrats agree on in principle -- albeit not in implementation. In a 2018 response to a question regarding election security, POLITICO reports President Donald Trump stated, "[o]ne of the things we're learning is, it's always good -- It's old-fashioned -- but it's always good to have a paper back-up system of voting...It's called paper. Not highly complex computers, paper. A lot of states are doing that. They're going to a paper back-up. And I think that's a great idea." Meanwhile, a majority of the Democratic presidential primary candidates have integrated paper ballots into their policy platforms.
Americans' ability to vote in free and fair elections has been protected by thousands of men and women in our nation's armed forces. It is our job to ensure that ballots are protected and safe from tampering in a physical paper form.
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Tanzania Classic Trail, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro
Day 1: Nairobi - Lake Manyara, Tanzania
Your tour starts with a morning drive across the Kenya/Tanzania border on your way to Lake Manyara, stopping for a lovely picnic lunch. A late afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at your safari accommodation on a full board basis.
Day 2: Lake Manyara - Serengeti, Tanzania
Today you drive to the spectacular Serengeti Game Reserve, home to some of the most diverse and unique wildlife on earth, with lunch at the lodge. An afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight on a full board basis.
Day 3: Serengeti, Tanzania
Experience the fascinating Serengeti during morning and afternoon game drives. Lunch, dinner and overnight on a full board basis.
Day 4: Serengeti - Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Your day starts with a morning drive to the Ngorongoro Crater, with lunch at the lodge. Enjoy an amazing afternoon game drive in the Crater. Dinner and overnight on a full board basis.
Day 5: Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Today you enjoy a full day game drive in the Crater, with a lovely picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight at your safari accommodation on a full board basis
Day 6: Ngorongoro - Nairobi, Kenya
After breakfast, drive across the border, and enjoy a picnic lunch en route to Nairobi. This is where your tour will end.
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Transport in custom built minivan
- Services of an English speaking tour driver/guide
- Game viewing drives and park entrance fees as per itinerary
- All Government taxes and levies
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- Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodge, camp staff and driver/guide
- Alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages
- Any local and international flights and departure taxes
- Laundry service
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The fourth LUX video showing many fresh styles from ST: Petersburg, Russia, check it out!
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Russian fanzine dedicated exclusively to street graffiti in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The fanzine will be released in a limited edition of 100 copies on November.
"We have to relive that. When a thing is totally new and you get happy for accomplishing it. Big dreams and goals in such a simple way." This movie comes on a USB-stick held inside a book under the same name. The book will be available at Highlights in Stockholm, Sweden today (18th Sept).
As usual Kim Matthiesen delivers fresh panels in traffic from the Malmö region in Sweden.
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Not long ago people protesting public displays of Confederate flags in various states would say that such relics of a bygone era belong not on flagpoles but in museums.
Now the folks at the Lynchburg Museum have to decide if that is literally true.
Last month the Museum's advisory board expressed concerns about plans to exhibit the restored flag of the 11th Virginia Infantry, a Confederate unit that mustered out of Lynchburg in the Civil War. A group of Civil War enthusiasts had spent years raising money to conserve the flag (stored in a Richmond museum) so that it could be displayed in the Hill City.
Board members, however, were anxious about the public perception of such a display, given recent controversies over anything Confederate. Accordingly, the museum has walked back its plans, promising to gather public feedback on the question before proceeding with the display, if at all.
Fair enough. I sympathize with board members who must always weigh matters of public support as well as curatorial issues. I should also mention that the museum director is an acquaintance of mine, and I've always found him to be eminently professional and reasonable. So let the conversation commence, and let all sides be heard.
For my two cents' worth, as someone who has spent the bulk of his adult life working for and with museums, I'd remind the board that museums can't shy away from all controversy. Pretty much anything on exhibit has the potential to offend someone. A museum need not go out of its way to court controversy, but neither should it shrink back from addressing it. And sometimes its collection should keep things precisely because they are controversial.
Years ago I had to process a donated collection of really ugly racist pamphlets from early in the 20th century. They would be highly offensive to just about anyone who read them. I mulled tossing them in the trash, but decided that they should be preserved in an archive (though not necessarily exhibited). It struck me that there should be a record of such malice lest we forget it once existed.
Of course, a museum exhibit typically consists of not just the object on display but the interpretation of it as well. This interpretation should contain historical truth (names, dates) but also contemporary context. So for this Confederate flag, there is the chance to not only display it, but also to explain exactly why many people consider it important local history while others see it as a disturbing image. Education is the mission.
Some who see such a flag will dwell upon the service of a Civil War ancestor; others will contemplate the issue of slavery. All receive the opportunity to reflect—and learn.
Many museums possess and sometimes exhibit Nazi flags from World War II, or imperial Japanese flags with the Rising Sun emblem. Often they were signed by American soldiers in WWII and kept as trophies of war. American servicemen brought these items home not because they admired the Nazis, but because they darn well beat the Nazis. They were symbols of victory, a reminder of who won the war and of the nature of the enemy that was defeated.
I'm reminded of a story (not entirely relevant to this case, dealing with personal possessions, not museum collections) told to me once by the son of a WWII soldier. The soldier brought back as wartime souvenirs a whole stack of Nazi flags and banners. For years they sat in his garage untouched. Eventually the vet owned a landscaping business, and, needing tarps for his men to collect raked leaves, he gave them the swastika flags. They used them for years, dragging them full of leaves to a burn pile. When the flags became too ragged to use as tarps anymore, they just tossed them on the fire with the leaves until the stack was no more.
The son told me this story sort of apologizing that his dad had destroyed historic artifacts. But I told him it was the best story I'd ever heard concerning Nazi flags. It occurred to me that if Hitler got the chance to look up from his own personal burn pile and observe the scene, he would definitely know who won the war.
Anyway, the Lynchburg Museum should certainly hear all sides, but also ultimately realize that a museum dedicated to local history has to embrace that history, warts and all. Bring in the flag, and tell the whole story. Let the conversation continue.
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I love Photographing weddings at Sheene Mill. It is possible to have an inside or outside ceremony and I love being by the river for your wedding photos.
Sheene Mill is a beautiful wedding venue located in the village of Melbourn, near Royston (Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire / Essex border). It is only 10 minutes from Cambridge central.
Steeped in history, Sheene Mill is a magnificent 16th Century Mill House set on the River Mel. With outstanding views over the old mill pond and Cambridgeshire countryside, Sheene Mill is an extremely popular Wedding ceremony and reception venue.
It has stunning grounds which will create stunning wedding photography.
After dark Sheene Mill gardens are lit up and you can get some amazing photos. The trees are all floodlit which looks amazing!!
Here's what they say!
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For weddings of 70 or more day guests, Sheene Mill can be offered to you and your wedding party exclusively. This is the ultimate way to take advantage of all we have to offer and truly make the building 'yours' for the day.
We understand that every wedding is unique and no two celebrations are the same. Sheene Mill offers a range of inclusive packages that contain everything needed for an outstanding reception. And whatever option you choose, our dedicated Wedding Co-ordinator will help with every aspect of the preparations.
With lots of different rooms and areas to take advantage of, Sheene Mill is the perfect building to hire exclusively. We have an evening capacity of 180 guests. This allows you to create that all important 'buzzing atmosphere' whilst still allowing plenty of space for your guests to enjoy themselves at their own leisure.
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Partial powers which were transferred from the urban development authority to provincial institutions in 1985, has been transferred back.
Chairman of the Urban Development Authority Dr. Jagath Munasinghe noted that accordingly, from the 1st of this month, the authority to work out core methodologies, obtaining of applications with regard to development affairs, approving estimated costs, and issuing licenses have been transferred to the authority.
Attending a media briefing yesterday in Colombo Dr. Munasinghe noted that the reason for the transfer is due to the technology used by provincial councils being outdated causing delays in plan approval.
However when our news team questioned Chief Minister of the Western Province, Isuru Devapriya, about the matter, he noted that he was against this decision.


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Do you love learning something new? Do you think that you are quite mysterious? Are you interested on something cool, calm, collected, clever, and cunning people? If you are into those kinds of type like spy, here is the list of spy movies on Netflix for you.
The first recommended spy movie on Netflix is The Debt. It is a 2010 one, the remake one of a 2007 Israeli movie. This movie focuses on the team of crack Nazi hunters, just like Inglorious Basterds. The different is that it takes place long after the final shots of World War II were fired. The Debt opens in 1997 at the ceremony to celebrate the release of the book in 1965. In the movie, there is a trio of Israeli agents who tracked down and killed the Nazi war criminal known as "Surgeon of Birkenau". There are some scenes of flashback that start to peel back the layers of the story. It will also reveal the truth about what exactly happened all those years ago. What's so shocking is that the truth is not as neat and tidy as the official account claims. This movie will bring you to both the past and the present, including showing how young Rachel Singer's capture of her target went wrong.
The second one is called Spy Game. It is a 2001 one. This movie is about a CIA case officer named Nathan Muir who is on the verge of retiring and is tasked with rescuing his protégé called Tom Bishop. It is after his capture in China. In the movie, you will be brought to the old day when Muir tries to figure out the way to rescue Bishop, as stated before. Apparently, Bishop is tortured, charged with espionage, and set to be executed. It is without compromising the United States in the trade deal with China. By watching this one, you will be served with the race against time, the impossible task with a lot of obstacles in Muir's way.
The next recommended spy movie that you should try to watch on Netflix is entitled XXX. It is a 2002 one. The movie tells about a stuntman and extreme sport enthusiast named Xander Cage (played by Vin Diesel). He is recruited by NSA to stop the team of Russian terrorist that is operating in Europe. You will get to see the excellent acting of Vin Diesel, the guns, the cars, and the no-nonsense supervisor in Samuel L. Jackson by watching this movie. It is wild even from the beginning.
The fourth one is The Sum of All Fears. This one is based on the novel of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan that has the same name. This movie is starring Ben Affleck who plays as the young Jack Ryan. He is an analyst of CIA. Due to his job, he has to stop WWIII from happening after the bomb goes off in Baltimore. What happens next? Go watch this movie now on Netflix!


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- Safety Message 安全訊息 2020.07.21
- 「建造業抗疫關愛行動」Construction Industry Caring Campaign - Fight against Novel Coronavirus
Latest News
Jan 2013
CIC Newsletter - Issue No. 12 /《 建 造 業 議 會 通 訊 》第 十二 期12th Issue of the CIC Newsletter (Newsletter) has now been published. The key objective of the Newsletter is to provide an effective communication channel between the CIC and industry stakeholders to further enhance ties.
Construction Industry Council (CIC) - Safety Alert No. 003/12: Prevention of Electrocution
Dear HKFOSHA's members,
2012 Industrial Safety Performance of Hong Kong Construction Industry was unsatisfactory, there were over 20 fatal accidents happened. Among these fatal accidents, 7 of them were related to electricity. The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is highly concerned about the suspected electrocution accidents happened in recent months. Thus, CIC Secretariat and the Informal Task Force on Site Safety Incidents issued the Safety Alert No. 003/12 – Prevention of Electrocution to provide initial recommendations and quick reference on safety measures regarding electrical work for employers, contractors, electrical workers and construction workers. You may simply click the following link to read the captioned Safety Alert.
Safety Alert No. 003/12 – Prevention of Electrocution
English version: http://www.hkcic.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=9730&libID=9783
Chinese version: http://www.hkcic.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=9729&libID=9782
Dec 2012
Three new Work Safety Alerts 最新三份「工作安全提示」Please be informed that three new Work Safety Alerts have been uploaded onto the Labour Department's website with the following hyperlinks attached:
The copies of the Alerts in English & Chinese.
Jan 2012
Risk Management and Safety Engineering I – FundamentalsFor details, please refer to the flyer.
2012 Annual Subscription
The subscription for 2012 has been due on January 1. Please complete the attached slip and return it with a cheque made payable to " Society of Registered Safety Officers " .
For those members who are Registered Safety Officer and wish to renew their membership with new membership card printed with Certificate of Mandatory Basic Safety Training (which also serves the effect of a Green Card) issued by 1 January 2012, they are required to pay the annual subscription fee and attach a copy of your renewed RSO certificate to the Hon Treasurer of SRSO for record.
建造業議會發表新指引 - A New Publication by the CICThe Construction Industry Council (CIC) today released a new publication entitled " Guidelines on Safety of Lift Shaft Works (Volume 2- During Lift Installation Stage until Issue of Occupation Permit and Handing Over to Developer)" (the Guidelines). The Guidelines sets out the good practices recommended by the CIC covering this particular work stage for the industry to reference. Please refer to the following hyperlink to download the Guidelines:
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- (Presentation notes Uploaded) SRSO Annual Safety Seminar 2019 and 28th Anniversary Dinner
- Members Gathering (燒烤家庭日2019) on 31March 2019
- SRSO Annual Safety Seminar 2018 and 27th Anniversary Dinner
- Safe Foreman Award 2017
- SRSO - 2017 Annual Seminar and 26the Anniversary Dinner
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Busy weekend, working and music and art opening…I did manage some of that down time…which was a good thing. I didn't disappear the to-do list though. It still lurks, reminding me that summer vacation is a misnomer…that teachers pick up all the pieces in summer that they've been dropping all year long. At least I might be able to sleep in an hour or two. At least I won't have to deal with 12-year-olds for 8 weeks. I might get more free time. I'll certainly have more time for exercise, especially hiking. I'm looking forward to that.
But first we survive the last week of school. And that is not a small thing, for teachers or students.
So first of all, I have three pieces hanging at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts through June 24, part of the SAQA Untethered Thread exhibit…yes, I had three with no nudity (although the larger one is called NakedMan).
You should check out the show…there are some very nice pieces in it.
Then we headed over to the parentals for dinner…it's been a while. Yes, Calli is still a conehead. Her foot troubles have been a pain. She's a good dog. Just keeps conking us with the cone.
She uses it to scoop up balls while playing fetch though.
I did a bunch of grading this weekend…I'm basically done. I have a few more things that need to go in, but then that's it. I need to do all the comments too. Ugh. Hate that.
I finished the one piece of trellis stitch that I hadn't done on Friday.
I did three nights on here…two on Sunday morning and one on Sunday night. Let's see if I can remember what: the herringbone and cretan lines on the left, plus the fishy lazy daisies on the right.
Now I'll embellish off of them.
My parents' dog is here for one night. We offer a special service. We will remove one dog's worth of hair from your dog if you let them stay here. Yes, that's right…one dog's worth of hair.
Such a deal. This dog sheds weird. The boychild did that. He wasn't sure when to stop (before the dog has no hair?).
Then I decided I had earned art time. I traced for an hour or so…
I did all the tiny tree parts, basically…from piece 71 to piece 176.
I'm not sure how much I can really justify working on this in the next three weeks…unfortunately, it's not on the to-do list. It will be, but probably after July 1. I think that's when my vacation really starts. I hope.
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meeting. The public is asked to sign in at the meeting so an accurate
record can be kept for the board minutes.
per district policy #006, a member of the public present at a Board
meeting may address the Board in accordance with law and Board policy
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Jim Thorpe Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The lack of English language skills shall not be a barrier to admission or participation in the district's activities and programs. Jim Thorpe Area School District also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.


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IPG Outperforms the Industry, Winning 11 Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
- IPG Awarded More Than a Third of the Festival's Highest Honors
- IPG Won More Grand Prix than All Other Global Holding Companies Combined
- McCann Worldgroup Named Network of the Year and Healthcare Network of the Year with Five Grand Prix, Including the Grand Prix for Good
- FCB Global Won Five Grand Prix, Including the Titanium Grand Prix
- UM Awarded First-Ever Grand Prix
New York, June 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) announced today an impressive performance at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Showing the depth and breadth of creativity within its network, IPG agencies dominated at the festival taking home 11 of the Festival's highest honor, the Grand Prix. IPG agencies won over a third of all Grand Prix awarded this year, and more than all other global holding companies combined.
Wins across the network represented a broad range of clients, categories, agencies, disciplines and geographies.
McCann Worldgroup won five Grand Prix in Brand Experience & Activation, Industry Craft, Pharma and Health & Wellness categories, as well as the Grand Prix for Good for its "Generation Lockdown" work for March for Our Lives. The network also won a Titanium Lion for its "Changing the Game" work for Microsoft. The Festival named McCann Worldgroup its Network of the Year, McCann Health the Healthcare Network of the Year, and McCann Health China the Healthcare Agency of the Year.
FCB took home five Grand Prix in the Direct, Creative Data, Innovation, Titanium, and Mobile categories. FCB New York's "Whopper Detour" work for Burger King swept the awards, receiving three Grand Prix, including the Titanium Grand Prix, one of the highest honors at the festival. Other Grand Prix winners from the FCB network include Area 23 and FCB/Six.
UM received its first-ever Grand Prix in the Entertainment category for its "5B" work for Johnson & Johnson.
In total, IPG agencies won 163 Cannes Lions, including 11 Grand Prix, one Titanium, 38 Gold Lions, 44 Silver Lions, and 69 Bronze Lions.
The IPG agencies that won top prizes included 3PM Agency (Weber Shandwick), Area 23, Big Family Table, Casanova//McCann, Deutsch, DeVries Global, FCB, FCB&FIRE, FCB/Six, Fitzco//McCann, Golin, Happiness Brussels, LOLA MullenLowe, McCann, McCann Health, Mercado McCann, Momentum, MRM//McCann, MullenLowe, Ponce Buenos Aires, R/GA, The Martin Agency, UM Studios, and Weber Shandwick.
"The future of our industry rests on the ability to combine transformative data capabilities with creative story-telling. IPG's performance at the Festival, coupled with adding Acxiom to our existing tools and capabilities, enables us to provide clients with the industry's most forward-looking and creative marketing solutions," commented Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO of Interpublic Group. "The level of innovation awarded across so many of IPG's agencies and people is thanks to brave marketers who believe in the power of the idea. We are very proud of our collective success at the Festival this year."
The eleven Grand Prix winners from IPG include:
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|Creative Work
|IPG Agency
|Health & Wellness
|McCann Tel Aviv
|Breath of Life
|McCann Health Shanghai
|The Whopper Detour
|Burger King
|FCB New York
|The Whopper Detour
|Burger King
|FCB New York
|The Whopper Detour
|Burger King
|FCB New York
|Creative Data
|Go Back to Africa
|Black & Abroad
|FCB/Six Toronto
|Industry Craft
|Just Do It HQ at the Church
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Music and singing have been a part of Cecilia's life as far as she can remember. She joined the local cathedral choir at the age of seven or eight and when she was 14 she began taking lessons from a vocal coach.
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Cecilia joined the symphonic/gothic metalband Xhiria in the summer of 2010. They have recorded one demo and have played numerous shows all over Gothenburg as well as in Sundsvall and Växjö. Xhiria is currently on a break, but they plan to record two new songs during the summer of 2013.
At the end of February 2013 Cecilia recieved the offer to join the symphonic metalband Lapis Lazuli. She was, and still is, completely extatic over the offer and said yes. On April 8 Cecilia was officially intruduced as the new lead vocalist and front woman of Lapis Lazuli. They released a live video of the song "Forgive, Never Forget" on the same day and their album "Lost" was released on may 31st.
During the autumn of 2013 Lapis Lazuli launched an indiegogo campaign to fund their next album "The Downfall of Humanity". The campaign ended up being a huge success and the band recieved 75% of their budget and were able to proceed with the makings of the album. On February 20th, 2014, Lapis Lazuli released "The Downfall of Humanity", mixed and mastered by metal legend Timo Tolkki, and it recieved a warm welcome among fans as well as reviewers.
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FRANCE completed a footballing double last night when they added the Euro 2000 trophy to the World Cup with a 2-1 victory against Italy in Rotterdam.
|Euroticism: France's David Trezeguet celebrates his golden goal against Italy
They became only the second country to hold both the World and European titles at the same time after a golden goal in extra time in the Feyenoord stadium. Jubilant French supporters flooded the Champs Elysees last night to celebrate the victory with a party that was expected to last until dawn. Similar celebrations were going on in every major town in France as fans toasted the latest triumph of Les Bleus.
In Paris, a crowd of 12,000 watched the match on a giant screen in front of Hotel de Ville, the city hall. Immediately after the winning goal, chants of "on est champions" (we are the champions) broke out. The cry was echoed up the approaches to the Champs Elysees which were choked with crowds on foot and on roller skates.
Young men and women hung from lampposts chanting, waving tricolours and letting off fireworks. Mobile phone networks jammed under the weight of calls. Italy, who reached the final after a penalty shoot-out against Holland, led the pre-tournament favourites thanks to a 55th minute goal by Marco Delvecchio.
|So close: dejected Italian team captain Paolo Maldini and Mark Iuliano [right] leave the field
The French team, which featured five players who will be playing in the English Premiership next year, pressed forward with increasing desperation until Sylvain Wiltord scored in the last minute of normal time. David Trezeguet gave them the trophy with a splendid strike in the first period of extra time.
It is the second European Championship final to be won with a golden goal, after Germany beat the Czech Republic in the final of Euro96, held in England. The victory is the first time that France have won a trophy outside Paris, where they lifted their two previous international titles, the European Championships in 1984 and the World Cup in 1998.
As well as being remembered for its attacking football, Euro 2000 will enter the record books as the biggest betting event in the history of sport. By the final whistle last night Britons had bet more than £100 million on the tournament, the bookmakers, William Hill, estimated. This beats the amount gambled on the previous World Cup and the Grand National, which usually generates about £80 million each year.


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Flauting Con-vention
I'll be honest: I'm not in the Conservatory, but I'm not sure I'd be at Oberlin if it wasn't for the music. Let's have some storytime, and then I'll tell you why.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Ida. She wanted a flute very badly, and wasn't shy about telling her mother this. She also wasn't shy about repeating it. Indeed, it took several months of repeating to get her parents to cave and find a flute teacher willing to take on a four-year-old, but cave they did. Little Ida's first recital half a year later featured Mary Had A Little Lamb and gratuitous amounts of really adorable mistakes, but she stuck with the lessons for many, many years and eventually learned how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb without mistakes. Now she plays whatever she wants to, including two or three other instruments, and her parents are very happy they let Little Ida have her way. The end.
True story. I don't remember asking for a flute, just like I don't remember a time when I wasn't able to play flute; after doing it every day for fourteen years, some of the days start to blur together. At this point, I think it's safe to say I'm comfortable with the instrument. I think it's also safe to say that I'm in love with it. Despite this love, I made the decision a few years ago to not pursue a professional flute career. There are too many other things I'm wildly curious about to limit myself with commitment, even if I'm passionate about my instrument.
My love affair with flute meant that, when I was deciding where I wanted to go to college, a promising music scene had to be just as much a part of the equation as an excellent liberal arts program. No way was I going to exile myself to a place where I couldn't keep taking lessons, practicing, and hopefully playing with my peers. I've had the misfortune of living places that really can't provide me with musicians my age, on my level, so that's one of the things that had me on the edge of my seat with anticipation about college.
Taking all of this into account, Oberlin looked pretty golden. My only concern was that the Conservatory would be annoyingly exclusive and hoard all the good musicians, and I would be left with a pack of nonmusicians who, while probably still awesome, just wouldn't share my love of jamming out. As a prospie, I tried to poke around and find out about life as a non-Conservatory musician at Oberlin, but the general response I got was "you can do whatever you want." I've since realized that this is almost a mantra at Oberlin, and also absolutely true, but it didn't help me at the time.
So, for all of you music lovers who have decided that you also love other things: here it is. Life as a non-Conservatory musician at Oberlin.
I play flute and piano every day in the practice rooms, and I enjoy it. There's nothing like clearing my head on the bike ride to the Con, walking into the building, and letting the cacophony of fellow musicians hard at work wash over me in a chaotically beautiful prelude to my own practicing. It's a daily ritual I enjoy - daily, not only because I feel like a bad person if I don't practice, but also because I take secondary lessons for credit. I have to make sure I'm prepared for my weekly meeting with the Conservatory flutist who listens to me play etudes and Bach partitas and tells me how I can make it better. He also gives me the lowdown on Conservatory goings-on in between pieces, and we chat about life in general while we put away our instruments at the end; it's less formal than any lessons I've had before, but certainly no less effective. Sometimes he'll play a few measures of the piece I'm working on to demonstrate something and I'll think, "Hey, I can probably do that." And then I do it. It's both inspiring and humbling to be taught by someone not much older than me, who is nevertheless obviously a highly accomplished flutist already. There's an approachability there, but also a sense of awe. Can you say motivation?
In addition to these classes, I recently started sitting in on the weekly flute studio lessons. The professor said that I was welcome to come watch, so for the last few Thursdays of the term, I listened to Conservatory flutists do their thing. It is, again, simultaneously inspiring and humbling. I practice extra hard on Thursdays.
When I've had my fill, I return home to Dascomb. Two of my next-door neighbors are in the Conservatory, for voice and string bass; I watch operas with the tenor, and our whole group of friends goes to their concerts. Con kid or no, almost all of us are classically trained musicians, so we can appreciate the high-quality music our friends produce. I especially look forward to the Conservatory Orchestra's perennially impressive concerts (not least because I'm very proud of my friends in it). For the ambitious College student, the Con Orchestra holds open auditions - but they're difficult, to say the least. That, and there are always more musicians than there are spots, so any non-Con musician would have to beat out Conservatory kids (who, mark you, are majoring in their instrument) to join. I have hopes of trying out next year, but I don't figure I'll make it. I don't mind. I'm having a lot of fun with my flute as it is.
Fun, like the Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences Orchestra (OCASO): a student-run, student-conducted organization that puts on at least one concert per term. There is an overabundance of flutists, so I only played in one piece in this past term's concert. Happily, it was Haydn's Clock Symphony (which was loads of fun). I'm not complaining. Sometimes unfun things happen, too, like having trouble getting rehearsal space when all the Conservatory ensembles needed to rehearse for their concerts. Not being part of the Conservatory, we didn't get priority status - but next term we will be an ExCo! If all goes according to plan, that will mean much more regular rehearsals and definitely two concerts.
Since OCASO welcomes anyone with an interest and an instrument, no one really has control over how big (or tiny) any one section gets, and a wide range of skill levels are represented - consequently, the music has a 50/50 chance of being either banal or impossible to sightread. There's no way to please everyone, but there's also nothing binding about it. OCASO is great because no one is forced to join; everyone in the room is there out of their own free will. They're there because, like me, they need to be in an ensemble to be happy musicians.
I love that I go to a school where, if someone wants to, they can just start their own bleedin' orchestra, and people will join.
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Yay for college orchestra! The con is definitely one of my favorite things about being here - the musical atmosphere on campus is incredible. I can't even begin to list the concerts to which I have gone that were thoroughly impressive and enjoyable. Music at Oberlin is the best! :)
Posted by: Patrick on January 20, 2011 10:33 AM
It must be music time at the Oberlin blogs; I'm neck-deep in a post about my relationship to music at Oberlin, too. It also features flutes!
There was a really cool video made about the OCASO last year, which you can watch here.
Yay music! Yay... little Ida! Yay ensembles! Yay!
Posted by: Ma'ayan on January 20, 2011 11:28 AM
ALL of the Oberlin music. Because soon I will be blogging about HANDBELLS! YAY!
Also, the OCASO video is awesome. I'm definitely in the group in the concert, you just can't see me. Jeffrey and Anna are amazing and I'm glad that they started the group.
Posted by: Patrick on January 20, 2011 11:54 AM
Someone besides me pimping College Orchestra!
Posted by: Zoë on January 20, 2011 7:34 PM
What of those who are more inclined toward the jazz side of things? I'm an entering A&S Oberliner (ED1) and I really totally dig the whole music thing. Very seriously. I study and play - I'm in a few groups, a big band or two, blah, but I couldn't do the double degree thing - too little time, was applying to the college, fear (and loathing), depression, self-doubt, etc. From what I've heard/read (especially in this blog), being a college student doesn't mean you can't practice and play regularly, but the big thing is groups! Are con jazz groups open to college students as well? Do we have to set up our own? Also, do college students have the same opportunities to take con classes and study with jazz professors, provided they're fo' real? Can crazy people like me fulfill engineering req's, study jazz guitar and chemistry, and bake bread at the same time?!
Posted by: Dan Bee on January 20, 2011 9:22 PM
Patrick: Yes! Music! And all I wrote about was flute things I do regularly, not even exciting things (or non-flute things) that I love that don't happen every week.
Ma'ayan: I watched that video as a prospie and that's basically why I'm in OCASO. Go publicity!
Zoë: Only every chance I get!
Dan: 1) You are in big bands and bake bread; you are awesome. Oberlin loves you already. I just wanted to say that.
2) I am excited that you have questions, but jazz is not my area of expertise. It makes me sad, but there you have it. As far as I can tell, a lot of jazz ensembles just kind of form informally when friends jam out and realize it's truckloads of fun, but con jazz groups I am completely in the dark about. Perhaps you should direct jazz questions at fellow blogger Will Mason?
3) In my experience, non-Connies take lessons from Connies. I, personally, am trying to finagle my way into lessons from a Con professor right now. It's probably possible, especially if you're super super intense about it! At least, that's what I'm banking on.
4) Seriously? You can do whatever you want. Not even the sky is a limit.
Posted by: Ida Hoequist '14 on January 20, 2011 10:44 PM
Hey Dan,
I've written a little bit about this in past blogs; I'd check out these two posts below and also the comments and I think most of your questions will be answered. The short of it is that you will have to audition to be able to form a conservatory combo, and then you'll have to track down musicians to play with -- so, in other words, passing the audition doesn't guarantee getting into a coached ensemble. the best thing to do is play with a lot of people during orientation.
as for lessons, the faculty here are as accommodating as they can be of talented college students: basically, they teach "X" number of hours each semester, and if those hours are all taken by con students then you're out of luck. but if they have a smaller-than-usual studio you can probably get lessons. bobby ferrazza's the nicest guy you're likely to meet and he'll definitely help you out if he can.
Posted by: Will on January 21, 2011 12:22 PM
Huh. I didn't know that's how it works. Thanks, Will!
Posted by: Ida on January 21, 2011 12:51 PM
as a post script, "Talented college students" isn't meant to sound condescending -- it just was the word that came to mind for trying to separate those who come here having played an instrument for a while from those who come here wanting to learn a new one. (Both are great, but only the former should consider trying to study with faculty.)
Posted by: Will on January 21, 2011 1:38 PM
Gee, thanks for the helpful word lads. Will - I can't believe I missed your post on exactly what I was asking, but I've read all your blogs otherwise. Actually, they were part of the reason I applied to only the college. I figured if I get there and find that I can actually keep up with the other jazz guitarists, it'll still be cool. It's too bad you'll be done by the time I get there, or we could've jammed. Oh well, you know? Anywho, I'm super excited for next fall semester. Thanks a bunch!
Posted by: Dan Bee on January 22, 2011 6:44 PM
As a "prospie" of Oberlin, I really enjoyed reading this article about music in the conservatory and out of it. I have been involved in music as long as I can remember; currently, my main musical instruments are piano, horn, and voice. I think I would like to go into music, possibly as a music teacher, but I'm not entirely sure about that, or even about going into music in general. I do know whether I major in music or not, I would definitely like to be heavily involved in ensembles and courses throughout college. What can anyone tell me about either starting in the Conservatory, and if I decided it wasn't for me, transfering to the college, or starting in the college and attempting to get into the Conservatory later?
Posted by: Erin on February 6, 2011 1:55 PM
The best choice, to me, is to start with the conservatory. It is easier to enroll at Oberlin College after missing your first year (particularly if your interests are varied), while the first year of the Conservatory is so intense that you'll have a much harder time enrolling afterward. If you go double-degree, you can often complete your Bachelor of Music. in four years and have the freedom as a fifth year to pursue varied interests just like a freshman (but with more perspective!).
You should also be very careful; you shouldn't consider applying to the conservatory because you are good at instruments, but instead because you love them and could not see yourself without playing a particular instrument. Very (I mean very!) few people can handle more than one instrument (esp. if one is piano or voice), particularly as a double-degree, so you might need to do some soul-searching.
However, it is an AMAZING idea to apply for a music form you love, then take a few crazy college classes your first year and decide if you want to be double-degree! You can also study music as a Bachelor of Arts student and get some of best experiences of both schools without giving up the liberal arts college experience. You have a lot of choices! Good luck :)
-Seán, a 5th year double degree who started as a conservatory freshman!
Posted by: Seán on February 8, 2011 10:15 PM
Seán: you rock. I could not have put it better myself. In fact, I probably even couldn't have put it that well.
Erin: I hope that helped! Good luck. See you sometime in the future, if all goes well.
Posted by: Ida on February 9, 2011 11:15 AM
Great, thank you so much! I definitely have some "soul-searching" to do, but it'll be easier knowing all of the options I have! I'm also hoping to come visit on one of the weekends in March to get a feel for the campus itself. Thank you guys for the options and the advice :)
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If you have been keeping up with My Vacation Lady's blog posts, which come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, you might notice that 2 of last week's blog posts had to do with our recent cruise to Cuba on the Fathom Adonia. Today's blog is more about my experience AFTER we returned from our cruise to Cuba with a water color painting that we had purchased.
When we were younger and had many more walls to fill, we would always come home with a piece of artwork from places we traveled. In recent years, our walls are full and we really didn't need any artwork, until we saw the colorful pictures from Cuba. We were looking at some small pieces from vendors in Havana and nothing knocked my socks off. We did see a couple of things we liked but by the time we got back from lunch, the vendor was gone. We thought that it wasn't meant to be.
Walking back to the ship, a few canvases caught our eye. One in particular would be a good size for over our living room couch. The starting price was 50 CUC (remember- 2 currencies in Cuba) which was about $50 US. With a bit of negotiating, we purchased the canvas for 30 CUS's. We were thrilled- $30 for a large painting that really depicted Havana. Since I'm not a DIY kind of person, I thought framing this picture would run about $300. It had been a while since we framed a picture last but I thought that $300 was a good estimate.
Fast forward 2 weeks and we go into Michael's, a popular arts and crafts store with a custom framing department. Thomas is our Framing Specialist. We unrolled the canvas and Thomas spread it out on the counter and was looking at it carefully. The first thing I said was that I wanted a black frame and a mat to match one of the lighter colors in the painting. I didn't think Thomas listened to me at all when he took out 2 multi hued brown-ish wood frames. He asked what color the wall in the room was and then proceeded to take out some mats. None were anything that I was asking for. Why was Thomas doing this?
When asked why Thomas was taking out frames that weren't what I asked for, he said that when he looked at the picture, he saw how vibrant the color were and how much it reflected the vibrancy of Havana. He then took out black frames and the color matting that I asked for. Guess what looked better? You guessed it- what Thomas had picked out.
Little did I know that the counter had a camera over it and within minutes, he had a color image of what the picture would look like framed in his choice against a background that was similar to my wall color. SOLD. I didn't even ask the price. When we did ask the price, my mouth fell open a bit (closer to $600 than $300). He went over everything he included and we did take out an extra decorative matting. Final price ended up at just about $400.
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Here's where you can have some fun. These don't need to be books you've read. Just share books with covers you adore!
I'm just going to post a gallery of some of my favorites below. All of these have stood out to me for various reasons. Some I have gone on to read, most I haven't. You may be able to guess that, with a few exceptions, I have a particular taste in book covers going at the moment.


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So it surprises me when I hear people say, "I can't do social media, someone might post negative comments about my business." Of course they will! People will always grumble, but hearing complaints first hand makes it a lot easier to respond. Would you want a bunch of unhappy customers posting bad feedback and NOT have the chance to do something about it?
Just like any other social networking site, you should add information to your personal profile that expresses your personality. But you should also carefully tailor your profile to its audience: other Couchsurfers. Remember, these people don't know you, and they need to find out if you seem to be a good, trustworthy person before they let you into their house (or ask to stay at yours).
Learn or Master a New Skill – Ok people, tell the truth here. How many of us have purchased books, ebooks and courses that are sitting on our shelves collecting dust? Now is the Ideal time to commit to learning or mastering a new and profitable skill set. Now's a great time to master and fully utilize Linked-In, twitter or affiliate marketing! Go for it. Your bank account will be happy.
The pilot for "Girl Meets World" is slated to begin production in February. The new series is expected to be picked up easily and to become part of the Disney Channel line-up for the 2013-2014 season.
The First Family filed its return, reporting an adjusted gross income of roughly .7 million. The President and Mrs. Obama paid 3,770 in federal taxes, as well as ,568 in state income taxes in Illinois.
When you get hired by a company as the social media mangement guy or gal, your responsibility is to maintain the presence of your client. This means, keeping the Facebook page up to date, posting on their blog, and tweeting for them. This can be a really time consuming job, but if you have a framework to work from, it can be a great way to get the deluge under control.
But, lets not miss the real value created here. This is the first time that Old Spice has been able to build a targeted database of 1,345,093 facebook fans that are willing to have a dialogue with the Old Spice Brand. The value of the relationship created between Old Spice and this group is far greater than the earned media value. It is also, I suspect, the first time that Old Spice has had the pleasure of speaking to its customers directly! Social media is giving brands a marketing asset they never had before. This is a breakthrough opportunity for brands to generate revenue.
I have a lot of respect for Amway Global. It is extremely hard to come across an Mlm company that is billion deep in revenue with quite a few top income earners making upwards of 0,000 in a month. A typical example is Barry Chi & Holly Chen of Taiwan. Therefore much respect to Amway Global. That company is a true trail blazer.


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The central premise of this essay is to look at a critical problem that seems to bother most (if not all) effective non-profit organizations namely SCALABILITY.
Scalability of an effective solution can depend on many resources like access to funds, availability of management talent, technology etc. which are almost always a luxury in the developmental sector. As a result, NGOs who otherwise do an amazingly effective job on a smaller scale (read community) fail to take it to a national level. There is an array of good works that many NGOs do in areas like education, rehabilitation, livelihood enhancement, health etc. so that question is if there has been a successful implementation of a particular idea in a small locality then should it not be made accessible to every similarly needy Indian?
One classic example is the development of model villages – Ralegan Siddhi by Anna Hazare & Hiware Baazar by Popatrao Pawar in Maharashtra. It has taken an entire lifetime to build these exceptional role model villages and it is impossible for these heroes to replicate these projects on scale at other places on their won.
Before I come to the precise point, let me throw a question – Why is it necessary for all NGOs to scale up? Most always, an effective NGO is one person's vision and his/ her lifetime. The leader works against all odds to make things work but when donors look at project cases the usual decision parameter is Amount per life touched. As a result, NGOs are forced to add numbers to their impact by taking on more responsibilities in order to get access to donor money.
In this essay, I propose that NGOs should not be looked at as "Distribution Channels" in the value chain, they should rather be considered as R&D labs experimenting societal change projects. The moment I take on this perspective, the entire ecosystem changes form (opportunities & constraints)
Imagine a non-profit organization which is doing exemplary work of rehabilitating drug addicts through de-addiction and employability skills program. Each year because of the depth of engagement, it cannot impact more than 50 beneficiaries but the impact is measurable and 100%. Now this NGO is going to compete for donor money with many other NGOs who are possibly reaching out to many more people (nature of work is such) and thereby better justifying donor's ROI.
Now for a moment, if I choose to look at this NGO as a Lab which is creating a blue-print of 'Successful Rehabilitation' then my expectations are set. At this point, I would like to flag that many NGOs themselves are obsessed with scale, hence it is important to change the lenses of both the entities - Donors & NGO
So how does the impact scale up? The donor funds the project and in-lieu shares ownership of the IP (wherever involved). Now when successful & measurable results are achieved, the donor & the NGO offer its blue-print to either of the following 2 entities:
- Government - when there is no revenue model
- Business – when there is a revenue model
Now, will we a society benefit if all drug addicts are rehabilitated? Dumb question but there is no revenue model here, so no commercial organization will come forth to explore this further, but government can & should. At this time, government pays an amount (equal to the spend or at a premium) to buy rights to the solution. Money is shared by the donor (who can now direct it to some other cause) & the NGO. Once ownership rights are transferred, appropriate governmental agency draws a road-map for a nation-wide roadmap and works closely with the inventor NGO to roll the project out. Now the government is free to decide the delivery channel – it could be paid government employees or a network of executing NGOs (not all can be labs) who are compensated for their time.
The mid-day meal program is arguably the most successful large scale experiment and it is considered an important reason for the high enrollment rate of students in government schools. Now, execution at such a scale required government intervention. The delivery channels are NGOs / SHGs who are paid for their time. It is important that every effective community level intervention grows to become a mid-day meal like effort, else an entire life-time of an amazing leader is going to get spent in running just a project.
We need to replicate what worked in Ralegan Siddhi & Hiware Baazar in only another 600,000 odd villages. Only the government can pull this off but not without the guidance of Anna & Popatrao.
The ecosystem has to change for us to experience a society free of "Unequal Access to possibilities"
Pranil Naik is an Entrepreneur, Professor and a Business Consultant with over 15 years experience across various domains. He is a Professor at Xavier Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and Founder of LeapForWord which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the cause of enhancing English language skills of children and youth from under-served communities. He is an alumnus of SIMSREE, Mumbai.


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Singapore is a small country with no natural resources. To promote economic growth and development, Singapore has adopted an open economy to foreign investments and international trade since its independence in 1965. This has allowed us to transform from a third world economy into a global business hub with substantive activities across diverse sectors over the past 50 years.
Located at the crossroads between the East and West, Singapore is an attractive location for global businesses to gain access to new and emerging markets in Asia. With its excellent infrastructure, robust and transparent regulatory environment, political stability, skilled workforce and a stable and efficient tax regime, Singapore has become a trusted hub for many businesses, with manufacturing as the largest sector in our economy.
Foreign-sourced income exemption regime
Singapore has a broad-based tax system that levies taxes on companies and individuals. We tax foreign-sourced income on a remittance basis. Double taxation is eliminated through the provision of a foreign tax credit for taxes suffered by the taxpayer abroad on the remitted income and through avoidance of double taxation agreements. To mirror and simplify the foreign tax credit administration for businesses, the foreign-sourced income exemption regime was introduced on 1 June 2003.
Start-up Tax Exemption scheme
Income derived by companies in Singapore is taxed at a flat rate of 17%. The start-up tax exemption scheme was introduced in 2004 to provide newly-incorporated companies some exemption on their taxable profits in their first three years of operations. Please refer to IRAS' website for more details on the start-up tax exemption scheme and the qualifying conditions.
Partial Tax Exemption scheme
The Government also recognises that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are an important component of a vibrant economy. To help such companies grow and establish themselves, the Government has put in place a partial tax exemption scheme which lowers the taxable profits of these companies. While the partial tax exemption scheme is available to all companies, the exemption thresholds are designed to target the benefits at SMEs. For more details on the partial tax exemption scheme, please refer to IRAS' website.
Group Relief
As companies grow and expand their operations, they may organise themselves as multiple holding companies, subsidiaries and associate companies to accommodate different business units and to manage liabilities. The Government introduced the loss transfer system of group relief. Under Singapore's group relief system, current year unutilised losses, donations, and unabsorbed capital allowances of related companies may be transferred to related companies within the group. This reduces the overall tax burden for the whole group. For more details on the group relief system, please refer to IRAS e-tax guide on group relief.
This was introduced to facilitate mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on developing a vibrant and dynamic SME sector. For further details of the M&A scheme and qualifying criteria, please refer to IRAS' e-tax guide on the M&A scheme, which can be found on IRAS' website.
Double Tax Deduction Scheme for Internationalisation
The Double Tax Deduction Scheme for Internationalisation (DTDi) provides support to businesses as they venture into the international markets.
Tax incentives
Like many jurisdictions, Singapore adopts the use of tax incentives as one of the tools to develop new and high-growth activities. Tax incentives are granted only for qualifying activities and the associated income. Other non-qualifying activities and the associated income of a taxpayer will continue to be taxed at the corporate tax rate.


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On August 12, 1934, she married Harry Martin Watkins at Bison. He died October 21, 1986.
Survivors include: two sons; Larry E., Lynn E. and wife Nancy; daughter, Joyce E. Heaton and husband Richard; nine grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend. Memorials may be sent to the Larned United Methodist Church Kitchen, in care of the mortuary.


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A Look Back At Our Grand Opening 50K Poker Tournament
By: John Reynolds
When leadership at Players Poker Club was deciding what kind of tournament to put together for our Grand Opening tournament several factors were considered. The biggest is what would speak best to the Houston Poker community about what Players Poker Club could offer now and in the future. Quite simply they wanted the best poker tournament in Houston! But what makes a tournament "the best"?
50K Guaranteed Poker Tournament – Players Poker Room Houston
A Guaranteed Prize Pool at a fair price point. A $50,000 guaranteed prize pool for a $340 entry fee was an exceptional value for the player. While some other tournaments around the Houston area can take as much as 33% of the total entry fee for the house, $300 went directly into the prize pool!
- A fair structure that allows for play. It doesn't matter what the opening starting stack for the player is if the structure is "pushy". The starting stack of 25,000 in tournament chips, the half hour blind levels, and the big blind ante not starting until level five allowed players to play their own game, not worry about that tournament turning into a shove fest! The opening flights started with just a 25/50 blind level and the final level of the opening day (level 15) was just 2000/4000 with a 4000 big blind ante.
- A well-run tournament. Under the lead of experienced tournament director Chris Hall, the tournament was assured a smooth flow. And what would a tournament be without rules the players could view at any time? Players could pull up the Players Poker Club Houston website and view the poker tournament rules in their entirety. With the tournament being a re-entry tournament, players could view how many players had entered and how many of those entries were remaining each flight on Players Poker Club's Poker Atlas tournament clocks visible through out the room. Transparency! A hallmark of a well-run poker tournament is the ability of the players being able to see the remaining field and the average chip count.
- A friendly staff. Houston poker players have many options of late. A knowledgeable and friendly staff is what make people feel comfortable in a room. The floor supervisors, dealers, cage staff and servers at Players Poker Club all strive to give the best customer service experience possible.
The Opening Flights
The opening flights of Players Poker Club Grand Opening Tournament were broken into four flights over three days. This was done to give players every opportunity to participate in the tournament and generate the largest prize pool possible. If a player was unfortunate enough to bust out of one flight, they could play a subsequent flight. What's more even if a player bagged in an earlier flight, they could still play in a later flight with a best bag forward format.
Flight 1-A
Flight 1-A started at 2 p.m. on Thursday April 4th with a bit of uncertainty. How would people respond to Players Poker Club's Grand Opening Tournament? What would the turnout be like? The advertising efforts of the entire staff came into sharp focus quickly as the day one turnout exceeded most people's expectations. 49 entries on a Thursday afternoon at $340 price point was to say the least outstanding!
Solid and consistent play allowed Ritchie Walmsey to establish the first flight lead. Through the 15 levels of the opening flight the action was a bit more wide open, as players knew they had subsequent flights if matters on the table turned against them. By the end of the eight hours and 15 minutes of play Ritchie held onto the chip lead bagging 212,000 in chips. Pete Rios meanwhile made a late run at the chip lead and was able to bag 202,000.
Of the 49 that started the flight, 11 bagged, or over 20% of the field! The first flight chip average was roughly 135,000. While not giving a bonus for multiple bagging, the Grand Opening Tournament did allow for "best bag forward" and players could play again in subsequent flights without having to surrender their previous bagged chips.
Flight 1-B
Is it better to play in the biggest opening flight to try and get a greater amount of chips for the restart or is it better to play a smaller flight and have to fend off less competition? Mike Le would probably say the latter of those two options. More on Mike in a bit!
Flight 1-B was the smallest of the four flights of the Grand Opening Tournament. The 2 p.m. start time on Friday April 5th only brought in 38 contestants. And while flight 1-A saw a pretty even distribution of chips, flight 1-B certainly did not! Johnny Ha was on a mission to accumulate as many chips as he could and when the smoke cleared at the end of 15 levels, he sat with the overall chip lead of 314,500 chips. Even the second biggest bag of the flight, Mickey Pineda's 229,500, was more than the biggest count of flight 1-A. Only six players advanced out of flight 1-B! The lower percent (16%) meant a higher average for those that made it through. The chip average from the flight was roughly 190,000.
Back to Mike Le! Mike was third in chip count for the flight at 183,500. Of the 87 players in the first two flights only Mike made it to the final nine. He survived a rather brutal smaller field and was able to advance. Getting through an opening flight after all is only half the battle if you want the big prize!
Flight 1-C
Saturday April 6th featured two opening flights with the earlier of the two, Flight 1-C, starting at 11 a.m. By now the word had gotten out loud and clear that Players Poker Club's Grand Opening Tournament was one no player in Houston should miss! Almost as many people played in flight 1-C(81) as had in the previous two flights(87).
The well-known Houston poker couple of April and Sam Wiggins made their presence felt early and often in Flight 1-C. While playing at separate tables, both accumulated chips at a frantic pace. After 15 levels Sam bagged 226,500 chips for a very respectable sixth in the pecking order of the flight. However, that paled in comparison to the bag of his better half, April, who took the over all chip lead with a bag of 325,000 chips!
Of the 81 players that started the flight, 17 bagged chips, or about 21%. And while April Wiggins did pull out in front with the overall chip lead, eight players bagged with under 100,000 chips to keep the average lower than the first two flights.
What stands out to me in this flight are two of those sub 100,000 bags. Blake Barousse(83,000 chips bagged) and Michael Nichols(61,000 chips bagged) both made it to the final nine! Again, sometimes it's about surviving and advancing. Mo Kasswran would also make the final nine out of this field as he was only out bagged by April with his 289,500 in chips. Houston Poker tournament juggernaut Dara Taherpour bagged 261,000 chips and would ultimately finish just outside the top nine with a respectable tenth place finish in the final standings.
Flight 1-D
The first three flights of Players Poker Club's Grand Opening Tournament were smashing successes as 168 entrants in those flights hit the guarantee of $50,000 before the first card was pitched for flight 1-D! Remember what I said earlier about a transparent prize pool? Players Poker Club only takes the fees up front allowing $300 from each entrant to go directly into the prize pool. While the 109 players in flight 1-D stretched Chris Hall and his staff, it also allowed the prize pool to go well over the guarantee. In the end the prize pool would reach a mammoth $83,000!!!
Back to the question of is it better to play in a larger flight or a smaller one. Of the 109 players, 22 bagged with seven of those players bagging over 200,000 in chips. Over half of the final nine would come out of this flight. Leading the way in the chip count was Jerome Moon with 357,000 in chips. He was just a 5K chip ahead of Shawna Berger at 352,000 with Austin Bursavich rounding out the 300K plus club at 340,000 in chips.
Just over 20% of the field for Flight 1-D bagged. While the average was still in the 140,000 range, the big bags up top meant there were many small bags on the bottom with five players bagging 60,000 in chips or less. Clearly moves would have to be made be made early and often by many players on day two if they wanted to cash.
Day Two Restart
56 of the 277 entrants made it to the day two restart. At 2 p.m. on Sunday April 7th cards got in the air with $20,000 of the $83,000 prize pool going to first place. As expected, the short stacks had to make their moves early as six restart tables turned into five before the end of the opening day blind level of $3,000 small blind, $6,000 big blind and $6,000 big blind ante.
Mike Nichols started the day with just 61,000 chips. But a few savvy, and perhaps a bit fortunate, plays pushed his stack up to the point of contention. The same could be said of his fellow 1-C player Blake Barousee, who started the restart with just 83,000 chips. Both men would reach the final nine.
After the truly short stacks saw an early exit the tournament ground down and players tightened up as the level of play was at an extremely high level. After a bit of a suck out saw Dara Taherpour exit in tenth the final table was started with the remaining nine players.
Poker Tournament Winners!
9th to 5th
- 9th Place Blake Barousse
- 8th Place Derek Normand
- 7th Place Desmond Scott
- 6th Place Austin Bursavich
- 5th Place Mike Le
After a grueling journey the tournament came down to four players with one of them walking away with $20,000! The final four came down to Amir "AJ" Abtahi, Kris Burchfield, Mo Kasswran and Michael Nichols. After an inspired run from his starting stack of 61,000 on the day Michael Nichols bowed out in fourth place and took home $6,250 for his efforts. Mo Kasswran had more chips to start the day than any other player on the final table but fell in third and took home $7,580 for the tournament.
Kris Burchfield is a well-known Houston area poker pro while his opponent when it reached heads up, AJ Abtachi is better known in the poker community for his dealing rather than his playing. AJ made it clear through out the tournament that his play had reached a higher level than it had before and that going forward he would be more recognized for expert play! In the end, while AJ played a masterful tournament, Kris Burchfield finally put him out with a spike of an ace with his ace three off suit. AJ was still handsomely rewarded for his play with $12,050! Bragging rights and the title…and $20,000 in cash….went to Kris Burchfield.
Post Tournament
Many people chimed in on the club's Facebook page(Players Poker Club of Houston) about how they enjoyed the tournament and it's format. People became aware of the club and it's friendly staff and going forward they knew where the best Poker Tournaments in Houston would be held. But the end of the Grand Opening Tournament is just the beginning for Players Poker Club Houston. Starting May 16th Players Poker Club will have another $50,000 guarantee tournament with the same structure, at the same location with much of the same friendly staff. We'd like to thank all the people who made our Grand Opening Tournament a success and look forward to seeing everyone back at Players Poker Club in the future.


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WIN an indulgent day at The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel
PUBLISHED: 16:20 18 December 2013 | UPDATED: 16:20 18 December 2013
Been overdoing it? Too much festive food, too many cocktails, too little sleep?
The mind and body can feel somewhat jaded at this time of year, so, for the ultimate pick-me-up head off to the Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket, indulge in an all-day spa experience and face the world ready to tackle those new year resolutions.
The spa is right next to the four-star Bedford Lodge Hotel in the heart of Newmarket. It's housed a graceful Georgian building that was once part of the estate of the sixth Duke of Bedford. Months of careful planning and restoration work have gone into creating the right environment and the effect is stunning.
Many of the building's original features have been retained, including the grand staircase and high ceilings. The result is a warmth and comfort often missing in spas with a more clinical ambience.
The building is huge with room for 10 treatment rooms, relaxation areas, a spacious hydrotherapy pool with five water experiences, outdoor rooftop hot tub, Rasul for cleansing mud treatments, experiential showers and an ice fountain, steam room, sauna and hammam, a couples treatment suite, a beauty room for manicures and pedicures, a therapy room for visiting cosmetic doctors offering non-invasive procedures and a lounge offering both indulgent and healthy food and beverages.
There is an extensive range of treatments using British spa brand ESPA – try the two-hour Lavender Poultice Massage, which uses exfoliation and warm herbal poultices to calm and relax the mind and body. It provides heat to muscles and joints, increasing circulation, and is followed by a purifying and rebalancing massage. A warm, soothing compress infused with lavender follows. Bliss.
There are numerous ways to experience the Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel from single treatments to full spa days and packages with accommodation at the hotel. For the full range go to


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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — An appeals court in El Salvador has upheld a 30-year homicide sentence for a woman who insists she suffered a miscarriage, and did not carry out an abortion.
The ruling has sparked condemnation from women's rights activists like Sara Garcia, who said "once again this judicial system is creating unequal conditions for women."
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Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was convicted in July of aggravated homicide.
Hernandez says she had been raped and didn't realize she was pregnant. She said she felt pains and passed out during what may have been a miscarriage.
She was charged with homicide for killing the fetus. Abortion is illegal in all situations in El Salvador.
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