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Ticketmaster report: theatre audiences getting younger and more experimental
UK theatre audiences are younger and more experimental than is commonly thought, according to new research published by Ticketmaster.
The report, State of Play: Theatre, marks the first major investigation into the sector by the world's largest ticketing company and mixes information from its own ticket transaction data with survey responses from a representative sample of the UK population, as well as a selection of theatregoers from abroad. Unlike previous surveys, it covers theatregoing across the whole of the UK and includes responses from non-attenders.
Key findings include:
- Attendance: theatre is more popular than attending sports events or concerts – 63% of the UK population has attended theatre in the last year, compared with 53% for concerts and 47% for going to sporting events
- Demographics: 16-19 year olds are more likely to attend the theatre than any other age group
- Arts funding: only 26% of theatregoers are aware of it, when watching a publicly funded performance
- Taste: audiences want to see new shows (36%) and relatively established ones (43%) over long-runners that have been going for more than two years (21%)
- Innovation: more than a third of audiences (39%) love interactive theatre and more than half think live streaming is a good idea
- Ticket prices: cost is the main barrier to entry for both attendees and non-attendees
- Audience behaviour: nearly one-third of people have used their mobile phone in the theatre during the performance
- Restoration levy: 58% think it should be optional and 68% feel theatre owners should be more transparent about what it is spent on
The report also reveals that two-thirds of people want to maintain or increase their theatregoing in the future. The three most recognised shows among theatre attendees are The Phantom of the Opera (94% recognition), Les Miserables (93%) and The Lion King (92%). Interestingly, though, the three shows that have the highest predicted conversion rate (the proportion of those aware of the show who are also planning to attend in the future) are Once (59%), The Book of Mormon (43%) and War Horse (38%). However, long-running shows are likely to fare less well in this statistic as audiences may have already seen them.
Despite only one of those six shows falling into the category, comedy is the most popular genre among theatregoers, with 42% choosing it as their favourite.
Sophie Crosby, vice president of insight for Ticketmaster International, said it was releasing the report because "information and insight about theatregoers' habits and attitudes, compared with Broadway or the film industry that regularly share data in trade publications, is surprisingly under-utilised".
She said Ticketmaster had decided to undertake the research after noticing a trend within their transactional data, which appeared to indicate that theatre bookers were getting younger. This has been backed up by the report.
Crosby added: "We looked at theatre bookers for the last few years and we saw a trend that was emerging and was quite clear year-on-year towards a younger and less affluent customer base. Immediately, we wondered whether that was just because the shows we were selling tickets for had changed. But we've seen that on long-running shows – such as Phantom and Wicked – that trend is clearly stated in those single shows as well."
For more infographics on the report, click here
Ticketmaster's report offered a range of insights into the behaviour of theatre audiences, we pick out some of the highlights:
How do audiences choose to see a show?
The content – 51%
Reputation – 16%
Price – 13%
The venue – 8%
The cast – 5%
Availability – 4%
The theatre company – 3%
How do audiences find out about a show?
Word of mouth – 28%
Venue or event website – 26%
Newspaper / magazine – 13%
Ticketing company – 8%
Event poster – 8%
TV commercial or programme – 7%
Artist or performers' website / mailing list / social page – 4%
Other – 2%
Facebook – 1%
Radio – 1%
Other social media – 1%
Blogs – <1%
Twitter – <1%
When do audiences book to see an event?
Day of event – 3%
Week of event – 18%
Up to two months before – 53%
Two to five months before – 21%
More than six months before – 5%
Which audiences are most likely to attend (percentage of the age group indicating they attend theatre)?
Aged 16-19 – 87%
Aged 20-24 – 82%
Aged 25-34 – 79%
Aged 35-44 – 72%
Aged 45-54 – 66%
Aged 55-64 – 71%
Aged 65+ – 72%
Are theatres under-using social media?
Social media is hugely popular among theatre audiences. Nearly a quarter (24%) tweet about the performance they are about to see or have already see. Among 16 to 19-year olds this rises to nearly half (47%). Meanwhile, around one in five theatregoers are using social media to write reviews about what they have seen. However, only around 3% are currently getting their information about theatre through social media – this could indicate that theatres are not using social media to its full extent to market shows.
What do audiences think of restoration levies?
Roughly equal proportions of people are for (30%) and against (31%) restoration levies. The rest are indifferent. However, most (58%) think they should be optional and a clear majority (68%) think that theatre owners need to be more transparent about what the charge covers.
Awareness of government subsidy
Just over one in four (26%) of theatregoers recognise that have been to a publicly funded theatre. This is only slightly higher among UK residents (29%). The highest region by awareness of public subsidy is the north east (47%)
To read the report in full, http://blog.ticketmaster.co.uk/state-of-play-theatre-uk
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Ravi Bopara says it is almost inevitable Englandâs one-day captain
Alastair Cook will soon be adding to his meagre total of four Twenty20 caps for his country.
Cook has scored back-to-back centuries in England's two recent one-day wins in their four-match series against Pakistan.
But he has already been omitted from the squad for the Twenty20 series between the teams which will follow the conclusion of the current one-day series, and is without an appearance for his country in the shortest format of the game since 2009.
Cook's Essex team-mate Bopara said: âIâve played with him since I was 14, 15 and with the amount heâs changed over the years, thereâs no reason why he canât change and become that Twenty20 player as well.
âThereâs no reason he canât do it for England. Heâs someone Iâve seen adapt more than anyone in my whole career.â
The third one-day international between England and Pakistan takes place in Dubai on Saturday 18 February.

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DGL and The Andersons win award for Better Site Design with Bioretention Cells!/
DGL and The Andersons are privileged to be receiving an honor award today at the 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards Ceremony for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)! Representatives from The Andersons and Monclova Township will join DGL at the ceremony. The Engineering Excellence Awards is an annual program that brings well-deserved public recognition to Ohio's engineering industry by spotlighting projects that demonstrate a high degree of uniqueness, ingenuity and value. The Honor Award DGL and The Andersons have earned is for the bioretention cell design at The Anderson's Headquarters. The award is a result of the originality, technical value, social and economic considerations, as well as complexity within the stormwater management and drainage field, focusing on bioretention solutions.
DGL's bioretention cell design for The Andersons is currently the largest of its kind in the Northwest Ohio region!
Project Details: The Andersons, Inc., a Maumee based agribusiness, enlisted DGL, along with other professionals to assist with site selection, planning and final design of their world-class headquarters. The site, which included the redevelopment of 37 acres of a private golf club, was designed to preserve existing, environmental features. DGL addressed the issue of constructing the new headquarters and adding a massive parking lot, while considering the surrounding environment, with LEED principles.
DGL utilized landscaped islands as bioretention cells to divide the 700-car parking lot. These bioretention cells also served as part of the client's detention and water quality system. The cells and storm sewer system clean and retain storm water to maintain the natural stream flow in the adjacent wooded area, and further protect nearby Swan Creek.
For more details about the award and project, please contact Robert (Bob) W. Bailey, PE, LEED AP.


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I finally finished Susanna Clarke's 2004 novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. When I started reading it last autumn, some of my friends raved over it and others said they couldn't get through it, and I nearly fell into the latter category. It's 782 pages long and at the end of volume 1 or volume 2 (my memory of reading it is so blurred that I'm honestly not sure which) I had to return the book to the library since I had run out of times to renew it. I borrowed it again several months later and finished it then.
Should I blog about this or not? I asked myself many times as I neared the final chapter. As an editor, I'm very serious about my author-supporting role. My job is to take a good hard look at manuscripts and help writers make them better. While I often have to deliver painful critiques, this is always done within a constructive context. I do not want to destroy authors' confidence, but rather empower them to become the writers they dream of being. That philosophy extends to this blog, where the last impression I wish to give is that my editor's talons drip blood from shredding manuscripts.
However (said the bloody-talons side of my editor persona) the flaws in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell would make such a good cautionary blog post. People need to know what not to do. So I decided to go for it, but gently. (Just to prove I'm not out to get Susanna Clarke, here's a complimentary blog post I wrote last fall when I first starting reading the novel.)
To illustrate the novel's main problem, I've randomly selected three paragraphs, from chapters 54, 26, and 37 respectively:
Miss Greysteel was a little disappointed to find that Strange was not to return with them. The two ladies and the magician took a somewhat prolonged leave of each other and reminded each other several times that they were all to meet again in a few hours, until Dr Greysteel began to lose patience with them all.
A moment was enough to reassure him that he was not at Lost-hope. It was a quite commonplace sort of room—the sort of room, in fact, that one might find in any well-to-do house in London. It was, however, remarkably untidy. The inhabitants, who were presumably new to the house, appeared to be in the middle of unpacking. All the articles usually belonging to a sitting-room and study were present: card-tables, work-tables, reading-tables, fire-irons, chairs of varying degrees of comfortableness and usefulness, mirrors, tea-cups, sealing-wax, candle-sticks, pictures, books (a great number of these), sanders, ink-stands, pens, papers, clocks, balls of string, footstools, fire-screens and writing-desks. But they were all jumbled together and standing upon one another in new and surprizing combinations. Packing-cases and boxes and bundles were scattered about, some unpacked, some half-unpacked and some scarcely begun. The straw from the packing-cases had been pulled out and now lay scattered about the room and over the furniture, which had the effect of making everything dusty and causing Stephen to sneeze twice more. Some of the straw had even got into the fireplace so that there was a very real danger of the whole room going up in a conflagration at any moment.
Arabella stared at him. "Jonathan!" she said at last.
If the 782-page length didn't already give you a clue, this novel has too many words. Two out of the three paragraphs quoted above are padded with empty, unnecessary phrases that don't just slow down the reader, they bog down the story itself. This ratio holds true for the entire book.
A rule of thumb: if you are not Victor Hugo, Dostoevsky, or any other famous, dead author, producing a manuscript of this length likely indicates an undisciplined writing style and the need for heavy revision.
Let me show you what I mean.
All I did was take a quick first pass at the paragraphs, eliminating the most obvious extra words, which cut down the verbiage by approximately 21%. (Do the math—the original three paragraphs totaled 269 words, and my edited version is 215 words.) Multiply 782 pages by the above ratio, and we get 625. Over 150 pages could have been painlessly eliminated from this novel, and that's not even counting the additional revisions needed to make each word pull its own weight. (For example, in the paragraph that I didn't cut, the exclamation mark after Jonathan implies that a more expressive verb than said is needed to describe Arabella's tone.)
I could say a lot more, but I'll take my own advice and stop here.


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7 Things for Universalists to Consider
Some have claimed that all people will be finally saved, even after torment in hell. However, there are all sorts of inherent problems with that view. Here's a brief list of problems to consider.
1. There Is No (Clear) Scripture That Teaches Universalism
The doctrine of universalism goes against the clear teaching of Scripture and finds no clear teaching supporting what it argues. Yes, I understand that there are a few passages that if you pull out of context and place into a certain system of thought, can seem to support the doctrine but it is not the texts natural meaning in context.
The Day of the LORD and the Decisiveness of the Present Life
What we do in this current life has an eternal impact. The New Testament insists on the decisiveness of this life.[1] In the early church, the "idea that the coming judgment will be based on deeds done in this life was widespread."[2] For example, "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. 10:28).
All through Scripture it talks about the Day of the LORD (sg.).[3] The Bible does not talk about judgments starting at the Great White Throne Judgment (Rev. 20:11ff) and going from there on into eternity where people have multiple chances to repent. That's why it says, "Behold [ἰδοὺ], now [νῦν] is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2; cf. Ps. 32:6; Is. 55:6). Acts 17:31 says God "has fixed a day [sg.] on which He will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom He has appointed; and of this He has given assurance to all by raising Him [i.e. Jesus] from the dead." Hebrews says, "it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment [sg.]" (9:27). Thus in Scripture, we do not see that people can repent after the Judgment. Actually to get the idea of repentance after the Judgment you would have to add to Scripture. Yet, listen to Revelation: "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book" (22:18-19).
Texts Espoused to Teach Universalism
The goal here is not to give an exhaustive commentary on each passage but merely to show that there are very viable interpretations that are faithful to the whole of Scripture and do not lead to universalism.
Is. 45:22-23
"Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. [23] By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'"
In the LXX (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) απιστραϕητε is an imperative and means "turn around." It has to do with changing ones beliefs and ways. It translates the Hebrew word (פָּנָה) meaning "turn" which is also in the imperative. So God here is not asking people to turn to Him, He's commanding it. And it says that all people (from the farthest stretches of the earth) who turn to Him will be saved. But it implies that all who don't turn to Him (in space in time before the Judgment) will not be saved. So we see precedence for "all" being saved here, that is, if any turn to the Lord from all over the earth they will be saved. Whosoever believes will be saved, Jew or Gentile. It was (in the OT and NT) an amazing thing for Paul for example that Gentiles can now be welcomed in (he called it a mystery). All the uncircumcised, the Egyptians that enslaved Israel, the Babylonians, all people that turn to the Lord (in space in time before the Judgment) will be saved. They will be saved from the terror of the Messiah's Second Coming and the Final Destruction.
In the context, this passage would strike fear into the hearers, not comfort. This passage is saying, "repent and turn or else!" Further, v. 25 says "all the offspring of Israel shall be justified," i.e. all those who have faith (see e.g. Rom. 2:28-29; 4:1-16; 9:6), not all without exception. "Yahweh's speech ends with a prediction of destructive fire for those who do not submit to his reality and reign (Isa 47:14-15)… There is voluntary submission for some and involuntary submission for others."[1]
The Eternality of Hell
When we interpret "forever" in English, as well as in Greek, context is king. For example, when someone gets back from the DMV and says to us, "that took forever," what do we interpret that phrase to mean? We take a number of things into account in our interpretation. We understand that it takes a relatively long time at the DMV and we understand that people very often joke about how long it takes at the DMV. We also take into account that the person is standing in front of us saying, "that took forever" which clearly demonstrates that it did not in fact literally take forever.
The person that said "forever" was using it as an expression for "a long time." However, if that same person said, "God is forever" we would understand that we need to interpret that "forever" differently. Why? Because context is king. And context is telling us that the referent in this case is "God," not the DMV, and that fact changes the meaning of the word "forever."
The Bible tells us that certain things are eternal/everlasting. For instance, God is eternal (Rev. 4:9-10), Jesus is alive forevermore (Rev. 1:18), heaven is eternal (Jn. 3:16), and judgment in hell is eternal. If we say judgment in hell is not eternal then we lose grounds for saying that God, Jesus, and heaven are eternal since the same words are explicitly and very intentionally used to express the eternity of each subject under question (and the eternality of hell and heaven are even paralleled in Matthew 25:46).
Two Humanities
All throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, we see two distinct groups.[1] God has called particular people from all nations. As James Hamilton has said, "People are either seed of the serpent, on the side of the snake in the garden, or seed of the woman, on the side of God and trusting in his promises."[2]
The careful reader of Scripture can see the enmity between the two seeds in Genesis[3] and in fact through the whole Old Testament. There are physical decedents of Eve that are spiritually seed of the serpent.[4] This is not just something we see in the Old Testament though. We see it through the whole of Scripture (cf. e.g. Matt. 13:38; Jn. 8:44; 1 Jn. 3:8). We see two distinct seeds with two distinct ends from the beginning of Genesis (cf. esp. Gen. 3:15) to the end of Revelation (cf. e.g. Rev. 21).
Notice that in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 there are two groups: 1) those who did not believe and thus receive judgment and 2) those who do believe and thus enjoy the presence of God and marvel at Him. And notice Jesus separates the goats from the sheep based on what they did in their earthly lives (Matt. 25:32ff). People are gravely either goat or sheep, wise or fool, darkness or light, faithful or faithless, in Christ or damned.
As I have said, the Bible shows to different humanities, one lost and the other saved, one in heaven and one in hell. This is what we see throughout the story of Scripture and this is what we see reflected in other places in the early church's teaching. For instance, the Didache (50-120AD) says, "There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two ways" (1:1).[5]
Universalism and Historical Confessional Christianity
As a protestant who believes in sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), I believe that tradition and confessional Christianity does not hold a place above Scripture. However, I do believe it is important and helpful to consider what church history has to say on theological issues. So let's look briefly at the question of whether or not universalism has been accepted in historical confessional Christianity.
Harold J. Brown makes an interesting point that we should consider. He says,
"curiously enough, it is heresy that offers us some of the best evidence for orthodoxy, for while heresy is often very explicit in the first centuries of Christianity, orthodoxy is often only implicit. If we hope, today, that the orthodoxy we believe is the 'faith once delivered to the saints' (Jude v. 3), then it is necessary to assume that it is older than heresy. But heresy appears on the historical record earlier, and is better documented, than most of what the church came to call orthodoxy. How then can heresy be younger, orthodoxy more original? The answer is that orthodoxy was there from the beginning and heresy reflected it. Sometimes one catches a glimpse of another person or object in a mirror or a lake before seeing the original. But the original preceded the reflection, and our perception of it. The same, we could argue, is true of orthodoxy—the original—and heresy—the reflection. The heresy we frequently see first, but orthodoxy preceded it."[1]
False teachings call into question the pillars of Christianity and so teachers and creeds rise up in protection of the church's foundational teaching. The doctrine of the Trinity has always been orthodox but there has not always been a creed stating such. The reason for this is because false teaching gives rise to defensive of orthodox teaching. Thus, in history we often see heresy argued before we see orthodoxy defended. Greg A. Allison says that the "issue of the continuation of punishment for the wicked became a point of debate with the theology of Origen"[2] (c. 185-254) so it makes sense that universalism was not formally acknowledged as heresy until later on.
Everett Ferguson says that
"apart from Origen, who entertained the possibility of universal salvation after a period of purification and education of souls in the afterlife, those who spoke to the subject understood an ultimate division of humanity in heaven or hell. The expectation of eternal reward sustained Christian endurance in the face of persecution and other hardships."[3]
W. G. T. Shedd wrote:
"The common opinion in the Ancient church was, that the future punishment of the impenitent wicked is endless. This was the catholic faith; as much so as belief in the trinity. But as there were some church fathers who deviated from the creed of the church respecting the doctrine of the trinity, so there were some who dissented from it in respect to that of eternal retribution. The deviation in eschatology, however, was far less extensive than in trinitarianism."[4]
Allison demonstrates in his book Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine that
"from its inception, the church has believed that there will be a final judgment of both believers and unbelievers… On the one hand, this judgment will usher believers into the presence of Christ and the blessedness of heavenly reward forever. On the other hand, following the judgment of condemnation, unbelievers will experience eternal conscious punishment in hell. Only a few Christians deviated from this understanding of the last judgment and eternal punishment."[5]
A few more examples:
"As regards the fate of the wicked… the general view was that their punishment would be eternal, without any possibility of remission."[6]
"Everlasting punishment of the wicked always was, and always will be the orthodox theory."[7]
"The punishment inflicted upon the lost was regarded by the Fathers of the Ancient Church, with very few exceptions, as endless."[8]
"Church creeds from the early Middle Ages through the Reformation and into the modern era regularly affirmed the eternal punishment of the wicked… The reality of hell and eternal punishment was thought to be as basic to Christian belief as the Trinity and incarnation."[9]
Is Punishment in Hell Restorative?
Universalists sometimes claim that punishment in hell is restorative. They use Matthew 25:46 as a proof-text and translate kolasin aiōnion (κόλασιν αἰώνιον) as agelong chastening or correction. Below I list four reasons why I do not believe in restorative punishment in hell.
First, the noun kolasis (κόλασις) only occurs two times in the NT (Matt. 25:46; 1 Jn. 4:18)[1] and the verb kolazó (κολάζω)[2] also only occurs two times in the NT (Acts 4:21; 2 Pet. 2:9). The majority of English translations translate Kolasis and kolazó as "punish," "punishment," or "torment," (see KJV, NIV, NLT, ESV, NASB, HCSB, NET Bible). In fact, Francis Chan "checked ten commentators from different theological backgrounds and fifteen Bible translations in five different languages on the word kolasis… they all translate kolasis with the word 'punishment.'"[3]
Second, the term kolasis is used by other literature of the period to mean (non-restorative) punishment. For example, Josephus talks about Herod being on trial and in danger of being sentenced to death, but through the intervention of the high priest, he was delivered from that danger, and all punishment (kolaseōs) (Josephus, Antiquities XV, 16). "Punishment" in the case above does not seem to be used in the "pruning" sense because he is being saved from death[4] (cf. e.g. 2 Macc. 4:38; 4 Macc. 8:9-11). Further, BDAG,[5] one of the most respected dictionaries of Koine Greek, lists all sorts of examples where kolazó and kolasis means "punish" or "punishment" in the non-restorative sense. TDNT[6] also a widely respected dictionary says that the meaning of kolasis is "punishment" and the meaning of kolazó is "punish."[7]
Third, there are other terms that the NT uses to refer to the concept of punishment. Apollumi (ἀπόλλυμι) occurs ninety-two times and means to "destroy" (e.g. Matt. 10:28; 21:41). Olethros (ὄλεθρος) occurs four times and it means "destruction" (see 2 Thess. 1:9). Timória (τιμωρία[8]) occurs just one time and means "punishment" or "vengeance" (see Heb. 10:29). Ekdikésis (ἐκδίκησις) occurs nine times and means "vengeance" (see 2 Thess. 1:8). Orgé (ὀργή) means "wrath" (see Rom. 2:5; Rev. 14:10) and occurs 36 times.[9] William V. Crockett, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and University of Glasgow, has said, "when we examine orge in Paul we find no reason to assume that it has reformative elements."[10] He goes on to say, "orge in Paul excludes any notion of divine love."[11]
Fourth, there is a lot of imagery in Scripture of God's wrath being poured out that does not look like restorative punishment. This is the type of imagery we see: "So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia [i.e. about 184 miles]" (Rev. 14:19-20 see also Ps. 110:5-6; Is. 66:24; Ezek. 39:17ff; Matt. 24:51; Rev. 6:15-17; 19:11ff; 20:11ff; 21:27). Read More…


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We are pleased to announce that the Delray Beach Drug Task Force corporate partner, The Home Depot – Delray Beach, and the Home Depot Foundation has awarded a supply and labor grant to help update fixtures, repaint walls, redo gutters, repaint exterior, replace part of the vinyl floor, and add mulch for the landscape at The Crossroads Club. This grant includes supplies and labor.
Over 800 people a day walk through the doors of The Crossroads Club to participate in meetings that help sustain long-term recovery outcomes. Since 1982, the club has served as a safe haven for anyone whose life has been affected by substance use disorder. Open seven days a week, meetings of several 12-step fellowships are held here. The Crossroads Club also supports prevention education within Palm Beach County Schools through its Living Skills In the Schools (LSIS) program, which has served over 116,000 since its seventeen-year inception.
This is not the first time The Home Depot – Delray Beach has shown its support to the recovery community. Last year, the Home Depot became the first corporate partner to join Project Trailblazer, an initiative founded by the Delray Beach Task Force to positively impact the economic architecture of Delray Beach and improve long-term recovery outcomes. The Home Depot recently held its first job fair at the Crossroads club with much success in opening up employment opportunities and helping to reduce stigma and shame.
Thank you to The Home Depot Foundation and The Home Depot – Delray Beach store for their commitment to help rebuild the lives of those who have been affected by substance use disorder.


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Ram Dassramdass.org
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, author of the groundbreaking classic Be Here Now, and his latest, Polishing the Mirror, is one of America's most beloved spiritual teachers. Born Richard Alpert, he began teaching at Harvard University in 1958, where his explorations of human consciousness led him to conduct intensive research with LSD and other psychedelic elements in collaboration with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Because of the controversial nature of this research, he was eventually dismissed from Harvard in 1963.
Ram Dass' psychedelic work continued and became a prelude to the mystical country of the spirit and the source of consciousness itself. Mind expansion via chemical substances became a catalyst for spiritual seeking. In 1967, a fateful trip to India led him to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Under his guru's guidance, he studied yoga and meditation and received the name Ram Dass, or "servant of God." He has since pursued a variety of spiritual practices and has become world-renowned for his dedication to loving service.
Ram Dass is founder of the Hanuman Foundation, which developed the Prison-Ashram Project, designed to help inmates grow spiritually during incarceration, and the Living Dying Project, which provides support for conscious dying. He is also cofounder of the Seva Foundation, an international organization dedicated to relieving suffering in the world. Ram Dass also founded the Love Serve Remember Foundation, which is currently working to digitize and create an online searchable library of 45 years of Ram Dass teachings for future generations.
What People are Saying About Ram Dass
"So many people are desperately searching for love, whether consciously or unconsciously. May Ram Dass' intimate and heartfelt account inspire others to find their own path of true love, compassion, and joyful service."
—Thich Nhat Hanh, author of The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
"If the West even approaches enlightenment in the 21st Century, there's no way to overestimate the role of Ram Dass in making it happen. He planted seeds that turned into a million trees."
—Marianne Williamson, author of The Age of Miracles


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Steven K. Latimer
On October 2, 2011, I was awakened at 3:00 a.m. by frantic ringing of my doorbell. My first thought was Steven must be at the door and something was wrong, but when I saw my friend standing there, I knew something had happened to Steven. She told me I needed to get to the emergency room; there had been a shooting - her son and Steven, along with two young ladies. They all had been shot, but she had no additional information on Steven's condition. I rushed to the hospital where I was told Steven had been shot and died as a result of his injuries. Words no parent should ever hear.
Steven was killed at the age of 23, two days before his 24th birthday. Steven was a bright young man with a great heart and an illuminating smile. His smile could light up a room. Steven attended Hope High School as well as Exeter Job Corps, an education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people, ages 16 through 24, improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training. Steven was enrolled in the Construction Technology program and successfully obtained a certificate in Carpentry. Steven was employed by Bannister Health & Rehabilitation Center in Providence until his untimely death.
Steven, like most young men, liked to play basketball and video games. He enjoyed music, and loved to draw. He was very charismatic and a good communicator. Steven enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, but he loved spending time with his 5 year old daughter, Nevaeh, most of all. Steven was a good person, never one to look for or start trouble. His life was taken by a SENSELESS act of violence! Not only did I lose a son, but this tragedy left Nevaeh without a father.
During the last two years of his life, Steven had begun to mature and grow and recognize the importance of a good education. In early 2011, he began working on his financial aid application so he could enroll in the nursing program at the Community College of Rhode Island. Recently, when going through some of his belongings, I came across two items. The first a poem he had written entitled "Life" and the second, a "List of Goals". Both items reflected his intentions to better the future for himself and Nevaeh by furthering his education. This made me smile and broke my heart at the same time because the opportunity for him to attain his goals had been stolen from him forever. I recall the last time I saw him and Nevaeh together, they were having a conversation, and Steven was expressing the importance of her education.
In honor of my son, as well as the many other sons and daughters who have lost their lives due to an act of violence, I established the Steven K. Latimer Memorial Foundation. This Foundation will provide educational scholarships to Rhode Island children who have lost a parent, guardian or loved one due to an act of violence.
Our first annual fundraising event, the Steven K. Latimer Memorial 5K – Families Against Violence Run/Walk, was held on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island. At that time, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare, Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements, and The Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence, Executive Director Teny Gross joined me as Honorary Co-Chairs of this fundraising event. We wish to bring awareness to the violence in the State of Rhode Island and promote the practice of non-violence. The proceeds from this event funds the Steven K. Latimer Memorial Foundation which will enable us to provide scholarships to our youth as well as financial support in areas that are critical to the education, health and positive growth of our youth.
Until one is affected by a violent act, we act like it doesn't exist or that it can't happen to us. A random act of violence could happen to ANYONE. The violence isn't just an inner city or South Providence issue, it is happening all over our State. We all deserve to live our lives without fear, so STAND UP and SPEAK OUT! We all bring something UNIQUE to the table, so STEP UP and join us in making a difference.
We want our children to know that violence is NOT the answer, to understand and value the importance of a good education, and to always choose peace in their long-term solution to violence. If my standing up and speaking out makes a difference in just one child's life, then Steven's death will not be in vain.
Knowledge is power and by providing the means for a child to have the opportunity for an education they may not have otherwise been afforded, fills my heart with great joy. I am sure Steven is looking down on us from above with that big smile of his applauding our efforts to create a brighter future for a child.
Please feel free to contact me personally to discuss how you could help change a child's life by supporting the Steven K Latimer Memorial Foundation.
Myra Latimer-Nicholas, Founder
Steven K. Latimer Memorial Foundation


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Steven Tyler needs more than time to get healthy.
The Aerosmith frontman has checked into rehab for the second time in as many years, again to address chronic pain he suffers from all the wear and tear that rocking out has caused him over the years.
"With the help of my family and team of medical professionals, I am taking responsibility for the management of my pain and am eager to be back on the stage and in the recording studio with my bandmates Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford," Tyler said in a statement.
"I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith," he adds. "I am grateful for all of the support and love I am receiving and am committed to getting things taken care of."
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Man, 2014.
I know I'm a little delayed in this post. I was working my butt of to finish Me Without You. And guess what?? I did. It's in the hands of my editor as we speak (EEP!) But onto what I really came here for...reflecting on 2014.
Looking back now I wonder what I did with my year. There were several months where I feared that my ability to write a story was gone (Luminary has by far been the hardest book to write/finish and Me Without You seemed to be following suit). There were months where I didn't have a desire to even pick up a book, no less write one. It made my heart sad. Reading and writing used to be my only escape. My happy place.
This year I've had to learn to fall back in love with writing. To an average person, releasing four books within two years sounds like an accomplishment. Heck, I feel accomplished(sometimes). But in comparison to the rest of the indie world, I've felt like a failure. You only released ONE book this year? What have you been doing with your life? I keep comparing myself and I shouldn't. Stop it, Mindy!
With how saturated the indie market has become, quite frankly I've been terrified of the future and what may happen to my plans and dreams. Not only is the market saturated, but what sells isn't exactly what I write.
But I'm taking 2015 by the horns. I have stories piling up in my head, waiting to be written and I can't wait to share them with you! I've come to terms with that fact that I'm never going to be the author that writes what's popular or what will sell. I know it might make more sense to be business conscious(if this is the route I'd like to take professionally), but I don't want the stress of forcing it, to create a career that I hate because it diminishes my love and desire to write, just so I can meet deadlines and "don't become irrelevant" because I'm not popping out a book every couple months (You like that run on sentence?). I don't want to stress about what everyone else is writing/marketing/giving away/selling. I want to write what's in my heart, the stories I want to read. And focus on myself.
Writing Me After You(MAY) was the best decision I ever made, while it's actually my worst selling book(go figure...haha), it's by far my favorite. It's the book I needed to write. And I want to continue writing books that I love, that both terrify me and push my boundaries.
While I don't plan on spitting out a book every other month, I do plan on writing to my hearts content and hopefully releasing three books this upcoming year, beginning with Me Without You on March 27th!
It's time to kick 2015 butt!


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Perpetual Freelancer: Six Flag Theory and you/
This post have been making circles around my head for a while now (I mean a long while), mostly because I am lazy, and also because I am not really a fan of "I feel so important, when I state the obvious" posture, which is often seen in professional blogs. In fact Rants never have never become an active blog for these very reasons. Anyway... Even if stuff below seems obvious, the bigger part of freelance crowd never gave it much thought, but they really should.
I am talking about certain international lifestyle (keywords: Perpetual Traveller or Tourist (PT), Sovereign Individual, Six Flag Theory), which implies distributing your life interests across a number of countries (flags), and treating those countries as mere service providers without any patriotic sentiments. Consider your home country as you would consider a phone company, a mobile carrier or an ISP. Does it have all the features you need? Is it expensive? Is it a good bang for the buck? Is it any better than competing providers? How about fine print? Disclaimers, and limitations of service? You can also use one provider for broadband and another one for television, cut TV cable and go on with online services like Netflix, cut your landline wires in favor of SIP, etc. And most importantly, if quality of service goes down, or price goes up, or if there is something else you don't like, you just change your provider. This is a smart way to work with your service providers, and pretty much everyone applies this approach already. Six flag theory/PT is about the equivalent "smart" approach to the selection of countries for various aspects of your life.
As PT you spend the most of your time in a country that is good for living (your idea of good... from small, but dignified gingerbread town in the mountains to untamed seaside resort with blooming nightlife), legally reside (pay taxes) in a low or no-tax country, use a current account in the easiest banking jurisdiction, and keep your savings in safest one. You also carry your business in a top business haven, and acquire citizenship that gives you the widest travelling opportunities. And it's easier than it sounds, believe me.
PT lifestyle is generally applied by the lucky few, who can afford to move freely around the world — rich layabouts, international/online business owners and some C-level executives, but it is also available for your average middle-class fella (or gal), given that he (or she) is a freelancer. We are mobile, we can take our laptops, and go any place with a broadband, and stay there as much as we want, then go somewhere else. This kind of mobility is a basis of PT. Obviously a spouse can make things harder, and kids will make them discouragingly difficult. But nothing is impossible.
So... Which of the following applies to you:
- You live in a country with very high cost of living, and find yourself with only 30 or 40% of your wage after all the bills are paid.
- You live in an oppressive police state. They have come for your neighbor yesterday,and tomorrow they might come for you. Torchlight procession is just outside your window.
- Taxes are unfairly high, and you don't know what are you paying for, because the place is a total mess.
- Your country is just too dull, and far from everything you like, and you feel that boredom is killing you slowly.
- Your government is very snoopy, and gets snoopier every day. Have they banned Tor? VPN? Are they planning to ban encryption altogether? What can they ban next? Window curtains?
- Your government is very greedy, and gets greedier every day. Simply no comments, getting greedier is what governments do.
- Your political views/religious beliefs (or the lack of thereof)/sexual orientation/idea of fun are prosecuted, or discontented in your country.
- Your home country is dangerous/undeveloped/futureless for you and your kids.
- You just feel like getting out for no specific reason.
- You just feel insecure for no specific reason.
A lot of matches, huh? Despite the fact that you live in well-fed Western/Central Europe? If you are from a corrupt post-communist oligarchy like myself, the list probably got you slightly depressed. Relax, muslim countries are even worse, and USA is the worst of them all. Anyway the above bullets represent the reasons why people choose to become PT.
Before talking about what you can do, let's discuss some theory. First of all PT is a philosophy, and state of mind, not a cookbook or a checklist. For me it's about personal sovereignity, and freedom as libertarians view it, as well as invisibility, security, and privacy that come from being everywhere, and nowhere at the same time. Some people talk about world citizenship and cosmopolitism, others praise the untamed, unregulated capital, etc. There is something for almost everyone. If you care for some advanced reading to form your own view on the subject, start with H. G. Hills's PT, and The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson. Bye-bye Big Brother (BBBB) by Grandpa is another title worth checking out.
So... without further ado six flags are:
- Citizenship/passport of a country that doesn't tax your worldwide income, and has a good visa-free list. If your current citizenship fulfills the requirements, then you are lucky. Otherwise you might want to get another.
- Legal or tax residence. It should be low-tax or no tax jurisdiction. Countries that tax only local income are also good.
- Business haven. For a freelancer (self-employed, private entrepreneur, etc.) it merges with p. 2, because you probably work under your name, pay (or don't pay) taxes as a private person. If you have a full-blown business with suppliers, sexy female secretary and other goodies, make sure it operates in a friendly low-tax jurisdiction. So called "classic offshores" look like an easy, and obvious solution, but there are implications.
- Banking haven. This is easy — place to keep your money, away from Europe, I would say. Obviously away from US.
- Playground, one or more. Places where you hang out. You probably already know what your playgrounds are (the place on your desktop wallpaper), but I'll give you some options to play with. What do you think about Amsterdam, Paris, Rio, Pattaya, Hong Kong? London perhaps? Montevideo? In case if you are wondering, my preference is South-East Asia.
- The Cyberspace to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. All things online: Your communications, web presence, collaboration, cloud, etc. You might want to keep those out of NSA's (or anyone else's) reach. Can also be the place of your primary and/or secondary online business.
Before you decide that this move would be too drastic, note (again) that PT is not a checklist. You can employ any number of elements, start small and move forward at your own pace... or start small, and stay small. No need to take any irreversible steps, such as selling your apartment or denouncing your current citizenship. In fact you can even physically stay in your home country, if you are fine with it, which might not be such a bad idea after you secure your business and assets offshore. Nothing is fixed, and specifics depend on your own situation — citizenship, goals, tolerance to risk, etc., however there some common common principles. If this post generates any interest, I will describe my own experience and findings on the subject in the series of posts, one for each flag. Please subscribe, use Share block on the right, or add a comment. This way I can assess the level of public interest to the subject. Bottom line or what was it all about:
- Living in paradise (your idea of it)
- Ditching taxes legally (four-zero amount directly to your pocket y/y)
- Getting off the your oppressive, snoopy and greedy government's hook
- Decreasing your cost of living radically (if I told you, what are the monthly food-and-lodging costs in Chiang Mai, you would call me a liar)
- Stashing your hard-earned cash in a really safe place, away from the imminent storm, as well as sticky-fingered bureaucrats (for example Russians were robbed to the cleaners twice by their banks and government within last 25 years)
- Reaching that elusive thing they call freedom... or something very similar
- Personal feats — higher self-esteem, broader outlook, dense and diverse experience and impressions... all these will make you wiser, and more relaxed, driving away whatever brain bugs you might have
- Did I mention women? I do now J


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Casper's Scare School - The Day The Professor Croaked
Casper's Scare School - Series 2
Casper, the ghost, begins taking some very strange lessons at a new school on how to be really mean. With all the lessons and the hands-on experiments, can Casper turn his "boo!" into something really scary for humans?
Professor Burns wants to leave scare school for a special convention, but Alder & Dash will never let him. Casper has an idea: making the headmasters believe that the professor has turned into Mosshead's fire-spitting toad.
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Episode 16 - Pumkinpal
Casper has unintentionally offended Pumpkinhead. Casper is trying to apologize but Pumpkinhead is too proud to accept his apology, he refuses Casper's excuses and claims he prefers his secret friend's company.


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The theater group "Theater Group '08" (Theatroparea), presents the comedy by Dimitris Psathas
THE CARDPLAYER (H Χαρτοπαίχτρα)
"Theater Group '08" is a group of scientists, business(wo)men, artists, etc. who are sharing a common love and passion for theater. This passion is expressed in organizing and staging non-profit, theater plays, which not only succeed artistically, but also have a charity aspect, in that they fund organizations in need.
The play will be performed in the greek language.
View more details in this announcement...
Date & Time :
April 15 - 17, 2013
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Shutthefrontdoor's bid for the Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree on April 11 is about more than 'just' winning the world's most famous steeplechase.
The Jonjo O'Neill-trained eight-year-old is the 20th - and final - National mount of record-breaking champion jockey AP McCoy, who retires this spring after two decades at the top.
Punters keen to give their greatest ally a fitting send-off will be glad to hear O'Neill deliver an upbeat bulletin on the eight-year-old's progress - the Jackdaws Castle-based trainer says Shutthefrontdoor is "in great form" ahead of his biggest-ever test.
Here O'Neill tells David Yates more about his horse's build-up - and what it would mean to give McCoy a triumph in his valedictory Grand National.


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What I am not sick of is seeing joy in life around me. The company of close friends I have. Warm sunny days. And more.
I am sure that we all understand something of what you are experiencing.
I figure that life is mathematics based; it is a sine wave that can have different amplitudes and frequencies. Hot and cold. Ying and Yang. Day and night. Winter and Summer it all has balance and the trough can seem deep but with inner strength, time and love we can climb out of it. These feelings may return deeper or shallower, who may know(?).
Life is a sine wave.


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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Architects: Dental Associates Family and Specialty Care, LLC and Iconica
Owner: Dental Associates Family and Specialty Care, LLC
Contractors: Spray-O-Bond and Iconica
Dental Associates was looking to move its corporate headquarters from Wauwatosa to downtown Milwaukee to reinforce its commitment as a Milwaukee based company. The site would also house a new clinic location, so a corner with high visibility was sought after. The idea of an historic structure coincided with Dental Associates' thoughts on its own longevity in Milwaukee.
The Iron Block Building was in desperate need of restoration when Dental Associates purchased the property in early 2012. The last standing Wisconsin building with facades made entirely of cast iron, years of neglect had rendered much of the interior unusable, and exterior deterioration had caused unsafe conditions to pedestrians as pieces of the building frequently fell to the public sidewalk. After a previous renovation in 1983, many of the replacement parts did not stand the test of time. Made from aluminum, wood and foam, the restored parts actually made the condition of the cast iron facades worse.
The first phase of the restoration was started in August of 2012. It was decided to renovate the exterior first, and then move to the interior when the roof and facades were stabilized. The first order of business was to remove any parts from the building that were not original. Any original parts that were easily removable were also taken off in order to deal with rust that was trapped behind. An enclosed scaffold was erected around the Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street facades. The exterior was sandblasted down to bare metal in small sections, and zinc primer was applied before oxidization could begin anew. The building was repainted with a two-coat epoxy system in small sections through the winter of 2102/2013, in a color scheme determined by historical and forensic analysis. In the meantime, patterns were being milled in order to fabricate any missing or deteriorated pieces from cast iron. Working from photographs and on-site investigation, the team was able to recast approximately 4,200 new pieces, using 97 new wood patterns. The sand casting took place at local foundries in Beloit and Milwaukee.
The roof was a complete tear off, and the new work included the construction of a stair to access the roof, where a new deck was constructed. The roof was also reinforced to carry two new HVAC units for the new heating and cooling system, along with a backup generator and solar panels. The pediments and cornice were all reconstructed to match the detail and proportion of the 1860 roofline, reversing unfortunate modifications that had all but obscured its original beauty.
Once the exterior was complete, the interior renovation started in earnest. The interior had been stripped of all historic character during the 1983 renovation, so the intention was to regain some of the charm of the interior spaces, most notably an atrium that was constructed when an addition was built to the south of the original building in 1899. The building is not only the new corporate headquarters for Dental Associates; it is also a multi-floor clinic, so the entire infrastructure for 28 dental operatories had to be added. All of the mechanical systems in the building were in poor shape and had to be replaced. Structural work was necessary to add an additional elevator and to reorganize some of the spaces to accommodate modern office functions. The existing elevator had to be completely rebuilt including the replacement of the piston and shaft casing. Again using photographs, the new interior materials and finishes echo the style of the original building while maintaining a modern feel.
Dental Associates rescued an important Milwaukee landmark from certain demolition, and meticulously restored it to its pre-Civil War elegance. The effort in such a highly visible location has spurred resurgence in the Eastside Commercial Historic District where the building stands.
Photos: Mike Rebholz Photography and Quadrant Inc.


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Count me among the early skeptics.
I wasn't so sure that "Star Trek: Discovery," as a streaming show, would even secure a two-year mission.
Granted, the franchise's fan base is loyal, following the tales from the bridge through a half-century of screen iterations. Yet it still seemed a tall order that a new version could genuinely thrive without a broadcast platform — at least enough to satisfy a huge broadcast titan such as CBS.
In the early stages, "Star Trek: Discovery" is proving us skeptics wrong.
The new series, which launched late last month, has already been renewed for a second season. CBS All Access announced that development this week — after a half-dozen episodes sparked subscriber growth, Marc DeBevoise, head of CBS Interactive, said in a statement.
What was less surprising is how well "Discovery" would do on broadcast television. The series debut last month drew a solid 9.6 million viewers and, notably, a 1.9 rating among prized adult viewers younger than 50.
CBS' multipronged approach paid off: "Discovery" set the single-day record for sign-ups to its streaming subscription service, besting its tally from its Grammy Awards digital offering in February, the network said.
Yet there are two caveats to this week's announcement.
First, CBS All Access — as with other streaming services — offers no specific ratings and sign-up numbers, so there are no hard stats for comparison's sake. "Records" in the streaming world are still a relatively gauzy metric.
Second, CBS All Access has clearly invested heavily in the look and promotion of "Discovery," so a second-season pickup was to be expected.
"Discovery," which is set a decade ahead of the original series, concludes its first half-season Nov. 12 (each new episode lands at 8:30 p.m. Sunday), and is scheduled to return in January.
It's received mixed to positive reviews, but must now hold viewers over the long haul.
Then again, CBS All Access (which launched in 2014) is committed to staying ahead of the industrywide cord-cutting trend, having poured as much as $120 million into the maiden 15-episode season of "Discovery," according to Bloomberg.
At that rarefied price tag for a streaming series, the truer logic just might be: "Discovery" is too big to fail.


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This week was definitely interesting! As per usual, we had a fun filled episode for you guys! So take a look at my weekly thoughts!
Visiting SM Entertainment, JYP and FNC Entertainment is a must! It's nice to see it up-close, and everything looks a lot smaller in real life!
Walk down K-star Road, and you'll see an array of bear-shaped figures, all designed with your favourite idol groups' logos!
We also made it FNC Entertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP!
My dearest Jackson잭슨, I did wait for you, and I know you didn't show up because of Shanice…
So I didn't get to rekindle my love with Jackson 잭슨, but never mind!
We got to see JYP instead!
*Whispers* JYP!
And yes I got my picture in front of the building, because yes, I AM BAD!
And Shanice did not make me because I'm bad all by myself!
All those other fans were shoooook! I'm not sure why, because there isn't any security around the area; compared to YG Entertainment, it's pretty relaxed. Same for SM Entertainment actually!
No "Hey! Hey!" this time!
We then moved onto SM Town at Coex Mall, and guys if you're an SM fan, this place is what dreams are made of!
Visually and interactively, it's amazing! My only qualm was that they had a lot of EXO 엑소 apparel, but nothing for SHINee 샤이니!
There were bright lights and so many different areas to explore!
It's a good thing that I took so many pictures, isn't it Shanice? 😀
Prepare to be amazed…
Oh look, guys, it's all of the awards that Shanice didn't win…
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Review of We Are Proud to Present... Jackie Sibblies Drury's We are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, between the Years 1884-1915, the third play in Yale Summer Cabaret's 40th Anniversary season, isn't a play so much as a provocation.
As directed by Co-Artistic Director Jessica Holt, the play is willing to demonstrate the way theater can fail, even the way it can fail to get off the ground. We watch a group of actors—designated only by number, Actor 1 through 6, or by generic tags—White Man, Black Man—try to put together a presentation on the genocide of the Herero tribe by colonial Germans in the years designated. When compared to the murderous machinations that the Third Reich perpetrated in Europe, the near-extermination of the Hereros, like the near-extermination of certain Native American tribes, is generally not so well acknowledged by history, in part because, in the African case, the methods and the outcome are not so well documented. All that the cast—and presumably the playwright—has to draw upon are letters home written by German soldiers, strangers in a strange land trying to keep up their spirits by addressing "the girl they left behind" who is figured in the play as one omni-Fraulein, Sarah (Jenelle Chu).
The provocation of the script, then, doesn't come simply from that fact that, in letting us in on "the process" by which characters are formed and situations created, we have to accept how tenuous all that is, but from the fact that these actors—mostly out of their depth, and led by Actor Six (Shaunette Renée Wilson) as a kind of den mother—confront themes of racism and colonialism and genocide and must find a way to make such matters "portrayable." And that, as they learn, is nearly impossible.
Which is a way of saying that Drury's play points out the lack of clothing on almost any emperor you'd care to name, not least the idea of "historical verisimilitude" or "realism." Every staging is an approximation of something but that "something" is never "what actually happened." Even the letters back home—the documents, the evidence—say little about what is really going on. Granted, there may be ways to make a documentary on the subject, but that's not the purpose of theater: theater has to create a representation, it must find a way to make an audience experience something that—in this case—it would probably rather not experience. Why do certain peoples detest and work to destroy certain other peoples? Why are certain peoples viewed as "less than human" by certain other peoples who have decided that they alone meet the criteria for "human"? There are no adequate answers to these questions and yet Drury's play—and the commendable cast and crew of the Summer Cab production—attempt to grapple with them, for our benefit.
In the early going, there are fertile moments of vaudevillian goofing that let us find some amusement in how theater treats us to amusement. By giving us young actors (a strength of the production is that, as seldom happens, the actors are supposed to be and are twentysomethings) not too versed in history or playwriting as our surrogates, Drury confronts us—with good comic timing from Holt and her cast—with the ignorance that underlies, often, our efforts to "understand" and "empathize;" such ignorance can sometimes become the basis for deliberate acts of violence. Not knowing and not wanting to know are close kin.
The actors want to know just enough to make a show—we can say that, mostly, their hearts are in the right place—but what they mostly show is that they don't know enough. What they know are what we know: the racist clichés, the racial stereotypes, the bad attempts at accents, the mimicry that can't help becoming mockery. Early on, an argument about "Cologne" or "Köln" as the name of the German town demonstrates how even place-names and places can be in seen in two ways: by those who live there, and by those who are outsiders. This becomes particularly pertinent when the African-American actors disagree on how to characterize Africans (neither has ever been to Africa, much less Namibia), and even go so far as to imply there is a right and wrong way to "be black."
A comical, and also very pertinent, moment occurs when Actor 3 (Aaron Bartz—in his third play this summer, demonstrating great versatility and commitment to the Cabaret experience) "becomes" Actor 6's "grandma" and, while his "mamminess" is a cliché, his improv does get at a truth of the play: you can put on someone else's shoes, but that doesn't make them your shoes. Ultimately none of the actors (in the play) are able to own their parts or to create the presentation they are aiming for. The presentation we get shows us why they fail.
What makes that "failure" so powerful is that it draws upon the oldest feature of theater—catharsis. And catharsis, as ancient theater teaches, needs a scapegoat. Here the scapegoat is well-chosen: Actor 2 (Ato Blankson-Wood) is the one who is most critical of the others' ill-informed efforts, calling them on their lack of knowledge and their willingness to work with stereotypes. In making Actor 2 the "black victim," the cast gets uglier and uglier, letting us see not only the logic of domination that can lead to murder, but the group mind that delights in the discomfort of "the Other." The moment—with its insistent chant, "I've been black my whole life" and "ooga booga"—attains both a pinnacle (dramatically) and a nadir (socially). The aftermath is played well by the cast as tantamount to kids lost and self-conscious when the make-believe goes too far then ends abruptly. As the parental dictum would have it: "It's fun until somebody gets hurt."
And when it comes to humanity's anxious policing of its racial and national and ideological boundaries, somebody always gets hurt.
Three of the actors playing actors we have seen before this summer: Aaron Bartz makes Actor 3 a fairly gifted improv actor with good instincts; Ato Blankson-Wood makes Actor 2 rather truculent but also the voice of reason, which, as things go, generally becomes a casualty when "the blood is up"; as Actor 4, Julian Elijah Martinez is primarily a reactor, though we might say, in the end, he's the conscience of the play; new to the summer season are Matt Raich as Actor 1, the actor least comfortable with what his role—the soldier pining for his homeland or policing newly claimed German territory against its former Herero inhabitants—demands, until he finds a "motivation" in Southern U.S. racism; Jenelle Chu gives Actor 5/Sarah a certain ditzy charm as she "acts out" her cat or pines or breaks into "Edelweiss" or a bad German accent, becoming a kind of Nazi-ish Über-Mutter; and Shaunette Renée Wilson's Actor 6 is the director with an eye on the ball, whose acknowledgement that she saw in the face of a Herero woman in a magazine her own grandmother forms the personal basis for the entire process. In other words, this isn't simply an exercise in historical empathy, it's a question of how to recognize legacy and claim kin when the legacy has been expunged and the kinship is a vague racial recognition.
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jessica Holt, and the Yale Summer Cabaret team provide a provocation that entertains and discomfits. If I have a criticism it's at the level of "plot points"—Drury asks actors to be not very good actors so that they break character inappropriately, or "unconsciously" use accents, or act their way into dead ends, to serve her purposes. Such things are part of the process, certainly, and generally that's behind the scenes; here, much rides on not getting it right in just the right way.
And, as has been the case all summer, the tech team delivers—special mention for Andrew F. Griffin's Lighting (this is really one where you don't even notice how much work it takes to make it all seem "natural"), Nick Hussong's very valuable Projections, and Kate Marvin's Sound Design which makes you wonder why any production ever uses the sound of blanks when a gunshot is needed.
We Are Proud to Present… plays for two more nights—tonight and tomorrow. See it if you can get in.
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, formerly known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, between the Years 1884-1915 By Jackie Sibblies Drury Directed by Jessica Holt
Scenic Designer: Christopher Thompson; Costume Designer: Steven M. Rotramel; Lighting Designer: Andrew F. Griffin; Projection Designer: Nick Hussong; Sound Designer: Kate Marvin; Stage Manager: Will Rucker
Yale Summer Cabaret July 11-July 26, 2014


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jade tree - Twenty Five Years
250 - Coke Bottle Clear w/ Pink Splatter
1000 - Black (Record Stores / Online Retailers)
Release Date: February 26th, 2016
Physical: Vinyl
Digital: iTunes, Amazon, Google Play
Stream: Spotify, Tidal
In celebration of our 25 year anniversary, Jade Tree will be releasing a compilation featuring the best and brightest of the label's extensive historical catalogue.
Since 1990, Jade Tree has strived to accumulate a selection of releases that are as musically diverse as they are memorable. This compilation will be the physical representation of two and a half decades of Jade Tree's presence in underground rock music.
For many of the artists the label has worked with, Jade Tree has been the threshold between the underground and the mainstream. Twenty Five Years brings a retrospective look into the foundations of the label, and in doing so, takes one more step forward toward Jade Tree's next chapter.
1. The Promise Ring "Is This Thing On?"
2. Pedro The Lion "Rapture"
3. Strike Anywhere "Infrared"
4. Denali "The Instinct"
5. Kid Dynamite "News At 11"
6. Joan of Arc "Post-Coitus Rock"
7. From Ashes Rise "Reaction"
8. Fucked Up "David Comes to Life"
9. Swiz "Cakewalk"
10. Lifetime "Daneurysm"
11. Cap'n Jazz "Little League"
12. Paint It Black "Exit Wounds"
13. Jets To Brazil "I Typed For Miles"


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Scosche intros new iPhone-compatible MagicMount Charge & Elite linesAccessory maker Scosche announced a series of car mounts this week, including the MagicMount Pro Charge line, supporting Qi wireless charging on the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X.
The Charge products come in Vent, CD, Surface, and Window/Dash versions, depending on what part of a vehicle people want to attach to. Each supports 5- and 10-watt charging, though it's not certain if they can handle the 7.5-watt mode iPhones use in fast charging.
Regardless of the mount type, the products use magnetic technology, with a 360-degree adjustable cradle. Each package includes an AC adapter, a micro USB cable, and two MagicPlates with adhesive.
A related product, the Qi Dock Powerbank, can charge a phone and a portable battery simultaneously.
Also unveiled this week was the MagicMount Elite line, without Qi charging but using more visually appealing metal construction.
All of the new Scosche accessories will ship sometime in the spring, when pricing should be available as well.


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Discover the finest cheeses from around the globe along with a selection of gourmet chocolate, jams, breads, and biscuits in this shop that specializes in party platters and gift baskets, but also offers tasting plates for enjoying on its patio with waterfall views.
- Artisan cheese
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Voted "Best Cheese Shop!" -Hudson Valley Magazine.
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- Episode 54 -
The other day I picked up a check in my office for a referral that I did about six months ago for a property in upstate New York.
While I always keep track of clients who I refer to other agents, this one somehow slipped my mind. So getting a referral check brought a smile to my face and a was wonderful way to start off my week.
But that got me thinking about my referral network and how I can perhaps build on that to keep those little surprises coming.
We are, after all, in a people business.
We love to get referrals from those who we've helped, so why not return the favor by reaching out to other Realtors?
My agency has a great relocation team that does referrals for us. We provide them with the information on the client - such as where they are moving, their timeframe, and more specific personal things about them - so that they can match the client with the right agent at their new destination.
But I also use other sources as well to bridge that connection even further.
Lately, I have been using the RESAAS referral network to reach out to agents in every corner of the world.
This is an easy way connect with other agents, and not only provide them information on your location but get well versed about theirs too. This way you can build on those relationships. While you may not have a client right now, you may in the future. And telling a client you have a contact for them when they are making a move to a place they know nothing about gives them a true sense of comfort, as well as someone to trust right from the start.
I try to connect with at least ten agents each week in different parts of the world.
While I am promoting to them all the happenings around South Florida, I am also offering to them referral incentives in case they have clients coming my way. Most of the time, they in turn send me information on their areas and I actually use that information when doing my monthly e-newsletters to my clients.
Each month I have a section in my communications that shows how my referral network is growing, and now I have contacts in X, Y, and Z locations. Last month, I showcased agents in Seattle, Montreal, and Sao Paolo, Brazil!
These little snippets get a lot of attention because I receive at least five emails each month from my clients either commenting on my new agent connections or asking me if I have someone in a specific location where they know of someone moving.
Just another way to engage your current clients in what you do, showing them your real estate reach is global, not just local.
I recently found out that three of my very good friends from the past became agents recently.
One of them was local and I have reached out to her for a lunch date next week. The other two are in different parts of the country, so I have emailed them congratulations and we have begun sharing ideas, already renewing that bond from all those years ago.
A lot of agents have the tagline on their business cards, "The best compliment you can give me is a referral of a friend or family member."
That simple statement can be the best marketing anyone can ask for in business.
Kay Conageski is a professional Realtor® with The Keyes Company based in Plantation, Florida. Check out her RESAAS profile ›


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IT Band Syndrome effects up to 12% in Runners and over 50% in cyclists. Learn more about how to treat this pattern with this Mentoring Minutes!
References & VIDEO NOTES:
Gait Posture. 2015 Feb;41(2):706-10. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.01.031. Epub 2015 Feb 7.
Associations between iliotibial band injury status and running biomechanics in women.
Foch E1, Reinbolt JA2, Zhang S3, Fitzhugh EC3, Milner CE3.
- The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine if differences in lower extremity and trunk biomechanics during running exist among runners with current ITBS, previous ITBS, and controls.
- Twenty-seven female runners participated in the study.
- Participants were divided into three equal groups: current ITBS, previous ITBS, and controls.
- Over ground running trials, isometric hip abductor strength, and iliotibial band flexibility were recorded for all participants. Discrete joint and segment biomechanics, as well as hip strength and flexibility measures were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance.
- Runners with current ITBS exhibited greater trunk ipsilateral flexion less iliotibial band flexibility compared to runners with previous ITBS and controls.
- Runners with current ITBS may lean their trunk more towards the stance limb which may be associated with decreased iliotibial band flexibility.
Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2017 Feb;12(1):16-24.
Wilhelm M1, Matthijs O2, Browne K1, Seeber G3, Matthijs A2, Sizer PS1, Brismée JM1, James CR1, Gilbert KK1.
- Iliotibial Band (ITB) syndrome is a troublesome condition with prevalence as high as 12% in runners. Stretching has been utilized as a conservative treatment. However, there is limited evidence supporting ITB elongation in response to a stretching force.
- The purpose of this study was to describe the iliotibial band tensor fascia lata complex (ITBTFLC) tissue elongation response to a simulated clinical stretch in-vitro.
- The strain response of six un-embalmed ITBTFLCs to a simulated clinical stretch of 2.75% elongation was assessed. Four sets of array marks were placed along the length of the ITBTFLC. Tissue elongation was compared between proximal, middle, and distal ITBTFLC regions.
- Significant elongation was observed in the proximal, middle, and distal regions during the "stretched" versus the resting condition. The proximal region exhibited significantly greater elongation versus the middle and distal regions.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 May;83(5):589-92.
Quantitative analysis of the relative effectiveness of 3 iliotibial band stretches.
Fredericson M1, White JJ, Macmahon JM, Andriacchi TP.
- a compare the relative effectiveness of 3 common standing stretches for the iliotibial band (ITB): arms at side, arms extending overhead, and arms reaching diagonally downward .
- biomechanics was captured as a 3-dimensional image by using a 4-camera gait acquisition system with a forceplate.
- For each stretch, change in ITB tissue length and the force generated within the stretched complex was measured. Data were then combined and analyzed by using kinetic values assessment.
- All 3 stretches created statistically significant changes in ITB length but stretch incorporating overhead arm extension, was consistently most effective both for average ITB length change and average adduction moments at the hip and knee.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Nov 16;16:356. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0808-7.
Biomechanical risk factors associated with iliotibial band syndrome in runners: a systematic review.
- Iliotibial band syndrome is the second most common running injury. A gradual increase in its occurrence has been noted over the past decade. This may be related to the increasing number of runners worldwide. Since the last systematic review, six additional papers have been published, providing an opportunity for this review to explore the previously identified proximal risk factors in more detail.
- The aim of this systematic review is thus to provide an up to date quantitative synthesis of the trunk, pelvis and lower limb biomechanical risk factors associated with Iliotibial band syndrome in runners and to provide an algorithm for future research and clinical guidance.
- Thirteen studies were included (prospective (n = 1), cross-sectional (n = 12)). Overall the methodological score of the studies was moderate.
- Female shod runners who went onto developing Iliotibial band syndrome presented with increased peak hip adduction and increased peak knee internal rotation during stance. Female shod runners with Iliotibial band syndrome presented with increased: peak knee internal rotation and peak trunk ipsilateral during stance.
Sports Med. 2012 Nov 1;42(11):969-92. doi: 10.2165/11635400-000000000-00000.
Iliotibial band syndrome in runners: a systematic review.
van der Worp MP1, van der Horst N, de Wijer A, Backx FJ, Nijhuis-van der Sanden MW.
- incidence estimated to be between 5% and 14%.
- a systematic review of the literature on the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of ITBS in runners.
- The kinetics and kinematics of the hip, knee and/or ankle/foot appear to be considerably different in runners with ITBS to those without
- While the articles were inconsistent regarding the treatment of ITBS, hip/knee coordination and running style appear to be key factors in the treatment of ITBS
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2010 Feb;40(2):52-8. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3028.
Competitive female runners with a history of iliotibial band syndrome demonstrate atypical hip and knee kinematics.
Ferber R1, Noehren B, Hamill J, Davis IS.
- examine differences in running mechanics between runners who had previously sustained iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) and runners with no knee-related running injuries.
- Because the iliotibial band has both femoral and tibial attachments, it is possible that atypical hip and foot mechanics could result in the development of ITBS.
- The running mechanics of 35 females who had previously sustained ITBS were compared to 35 healthy age-matched and running distance-matched healthy females. Comparisons of hip, knee, and ankle 3-dimensional kinematics and internal moments during the stance phase of running gait were measured.
-The ITBS group exhibited significantly greater peak rearfoot invertor moment, peak knee internal rotation angle, and peak hip adduction angle compared to controls.
Sports Med. 2011 Jun 1;41(6):463-76. doi: 10.2165/11588740-000000000-00000.
Effects of bicycle saddle height on knee injury risk and cycling performance.
- Incorrect bicycle configuration may predispose athletes to injury and reduce their cycling performance. This review summarizes literature on methods for determining bicycle saddle height and the effects of bicycle saddle height on measures of cycling performance and lower limb injury risk.
- Increasing saddle height can cause increased shortening of the vastii muscle group, but no change in hamstring length. Length and velocity of contraction in the soleus seems to be more affected by saddle height than that in the gastrocnemius.
- The majority of evidence suggested that a 5% change in saddle height affected knee joint kinematics by 35% and moments by 16%.
- On the basis of the conflicting evidence on the effects of saddle height changes on performance and lower limb injury risk in cycling, we suggest the saddle height may be set using the knee flexion angle method (25-30°) to reduce the risk of knee injuries and to minimize oxygen uptake.
J Sci Med Sport. 2017 Apr;20(4):349-355. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.09.002. Epub 2016 Sep 20.
Hip abductor strength and lower extremity running related injury in distance runners: A systematic review.
Mucha MD1, Caldwell W1, Schlueter EL1, Walters C1, Hassen A2.
- Determine the association between hip abduction strength and lower extremity running related injury in distance runners.
- Prospective longitudinal and cross sectional studies that quantified hip abduction strength and provided diagnosis of running related injury in distance runners were included and assessed for quality.
- Of the 1841 articles returned in the initial search, 11 studies matched all inclusion criteria. Studies were grouped according to injury: iliotibial band syndrome, patellofemoral pain syndrome, medial tibial stress syndrome, tibial stress fracture, and Achilles tendinopathy, and examined for strength differences between injured and non-injured groups.
-Meaningful differences were found in the studies examining iliotibial band syndrome. Three of five iliotibial band syndrome articles found weakness in runners with iliotibial band syndrome; two were of strong methodological rigor and both of those found a relationship between weakness and injury.
- Hip abduction weakness evaluated by hand held dynamometer may be associated with iliotibial band syndrome in distance runners as suggested by several cross sectional studies


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03-Dec-2015 @ 11:30
Tens of thousands of jobs will be advertised only to workers in Britain under changes agreed in Brussels today.
Conservative Employment and Social Affairs spokesman Anthea McIntyre has been instrumental in securing the key amendment to regulations governing EURES, a website used by people across Europe seeking work.
"This is an important decision," said Miss McIntyre, MEP for the West Midlands. "Of course it is only right that businesses have the choice of advertising their jobs only to British residents and that people in Britain get the first chance to secure those jobs.
"At the same time we must remember that we have 700,000 vacancies unfilled because businesses cannot find the workers they require, and in those circumstances it can be an advantage for companies to extend their search through EURES to attract the best people from Germany, France and elsewhere."
Existing rules insist that all positions advertised in UK job centres must also be posted on the EU-wide site. Since December 2014 the UK Government has given British firms the choice to opt out, but this position remained open to legal challenge.
Today the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee approved an amendment formalising the UK's position and allowing employers not to advertise a vacancy on EURES if the move is justified "on the basis of skills and competence requirements related to the job." It also removes the need to advertise traineeships and apprenticeships across the EU.
The amendment will now go before the European Parliament in January for final approval.
Before the UK Government changed its rules in December 2014, 60 per cent of the 2.4 million jobs on the EURES site were for posts in the UK. This has now dropped to 15 per cent, reducing one of the factors pulling EU migrants to Britain.« Back


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What is STUNT?
STUNT is played by two teams who perform preset routines on the playing field, at the same time as each other. These routines consist of varying skill levels of partner stunts, pyramids, tosses, jumps, and tumbling.
Game Format
Regulation STUNT games consist of 4 quarters of play:
1st Quarter: Partner Stunts (4 rounds, 1 pt. each)
2nd Quarter: Pyramids and Tosses (4 rounds, 1 pt. each)
3rd Quarter: Jumps and Tumbling (4 rounds, 1 pt. each)
4th Quarter: Team Routine (3 rounds, 3 pts. each)
Each of the first three quarters will consist of four rounds. Each of these rounds will consist of one of six available routines based on the category of the current quarter.
Number of Athletes
At most, there will be 16 athletes on the floor at any one time.
In the first quarter, the number of partner stunt groups required for each of the routines are as follows:
Routines 1 and 2 – Two-Three stunt groups (2 Stunt groups will be used if your team is small .. 8-person is 2 groups).
Routines 3 and 4 – Two groups.
Routines 5 and 6 – One group.
In the second quarter, all routines will require the use of either 8 or 16 athletes for pyramids and tosses, depending on the team's size.
In the third quarter, all
routines will require seven athletes for tumbling and jumps.
The fourth quarter routines will be consistent with the individual requirements of each routine in that level.


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Warning! This degree has changed. Read the transition arrangements.
Warning! This degree has been withdrawn and is no longer available for new applicants. Students who are already working towards this degree can continue to enrol in subjects.
postgraduate RMI-MIB-MAS-2019
Master of International Business
A focus on international business from a sustainable perspective
Advance your career in international corporate, government or the not-for-profit sector. Gain in-depth knowledge of accounting for sustainable management, managing across cultures, marketing, logistics, economic analysis and business research design.
Available loans
Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
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On successful completion of this degree you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad, critical and practical understanding of contemporary issues and practices in business
- Evaluate and apply concepts, principles, theories, methods and contemporary practices in the area of international business to a range of organisational settings
- Demonstrate a reflective and critical awareness of the legal, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of business operations, processes and decisions
- Conduct and manage business activities across borders, cultures and communities ethically and sustainably
- Communicate clearly and persuasively to negotiate, consult, and engage with clients, employees and other stakeholders
- Apply research principles and methods to design innovative options and solutions for, and make reasoned judgements about, problems and issues in contemporary business practice
- Apply and integrate professional theory with practice in authentic Work Integrated Learning (WIL) contexts, professional contexts and industry settings.
Higher education
- Australian Bachelor degree or equivalent in Business (or a related discipline); or
- Australian Bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline; or
- Successful completion of the RMIT Graduate Certificate in International Business; or
- Australian Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters degree or equivalent in Business (or a related discipline)
Work and Life
Minimum 3 years Full Time Equivalent (FTE) management experience.
Applicants will be required to submit a CV.
English Proficiency Requirements
For information on English Language Requirements and acceptable English Language tests please see:
The Master of International Business is comprised of 16 subjects, however, students who have been admitted into the Master of International Business will receive advanced standing from the following subjects and are therefore only required to complete 12 subjects:
- Management 1 - Managing People
- Business and Government in the Global Context
- Global Business and Social Technology: A Case Study Approach
- Accounting for Management Decisions
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in International Business will articulate to the Master of International Business with advanced standing, and will be required to complete eight (8) degrees in order to qualify for the degree.
Credits will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT University's Credit Policy.
If you wish to apply for RPL or Credit, please complete the below PDF form and attach it to your degree application.
If you have already submitted your degree application, please send your RPL/Credit application directly to RMIT via RMIT Connect
RMIT Credit RPL Application Form (661 KB)
The Master of International Business is designed to prepare you for a career in international corporate, government or not-for-profit organisations. The degree builds the knowledge and skills necessary for critical and creative approaches to international business by providing advanced study in contemporary international business theory and practice that is supported by ethical and sustainable business decision-making. It will also provide you with the capacity to address the international regulation of business and critically evaluate the impacts of decisions and practice through case studies and interactive and experiential learning activities.
The capstone experience relates to the understanding and analysis of international business from a sustainable perspective. This subject comprises of topics that provide special emphasis on sustainability and sustainable international business. The unit Sustainable International Business Futures has specially been designed to introduce such experience.
Recommended Study Pattern
Award Requirements
To meet the requirements of the Master of International Business award, students must satisfactorily complete 9 compulsory core subjects and 3 postgraduate elective subjects.
Students may choose from any postgraduate subject offered through OUA for their 3 elective subjects.
Exit Points
The Master of International Business (MIB) has two early exit points.
Students may exit with a Graduate Certificate in International Business after the successful completion of the first four (4) discipline subjects in this degree.
- BUSM4389 Sustainable International Business Futures
- ACCT2230 Accounting for Sustainable Management
- BUSM4359 Managing Across Cultures
- BUSM4101 Contemporary Issues in International Management
Students may exit with a Graduate Diploma in International Business after the successful completion of the first eight (8) discipline subjects.
- BUSM4389 Sustainable International Business Futures
- ACCT2230 Accounting for Sustainable Management
- BUSM4359 Managing Across Cultures
- BUSM4101 Contemporary Issues in International Management
- OMBA820 Marketing for Managers
- OMGT2255 International Logistics
- OMBA800 Business and Economic Analysis
- BUSM4358 International Strategy
Choose your subjects
Students should enroll into BUSM4358 International Strategy after completing all core units(except BUSM4449).
Students should complete BUSM4449 Business Research Design as their final unit.
Students need to complete 3 electives in the Master of International Business. Students may choose from any postgraduate unit offered through OUA.
Please note: The Master of International Business has undergone a change due to changes in the Australian Qualification Framework. Students who started their degree prior to 2015 can continue with the pre-2015 course. All students beginning their studies from 2015 will need to study the new course structure.


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Welcome to Rosella Floral Designs, we are a Sydney based Wedding and Events Florist and Stylist primarily focused on serving the wedding industry and corporate world (conferences, awards nights, presentations amongst others). We also cater to special occasions and events including art collection openings, gala balls, graduation events, formals, charity fundraisers, aged care facilities, bridal showers, baby showers, Christenings, jubilees and birthdays.
We invite you to take a look at the collection of our prior work to see what we can do for you. As an experienced wedding and events floral designer, event planner and stylist we have a large portfolio of work that we can show you on our site as well as in face-to-face consultations. Please take a wander through our "Services" prior to contacting us for a free consultation.
In order to stay current with our progress and updates, please visit our Weddings, Event Styling & Blog pages and our social media sites, which can be accessed via the icons at the bottom of every page.


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